3 posts tagged “crochet”

1.  I made a Rainbow Cake.  My first attempt was made with diet pop as the recipe suggests, but that didn't work for me at all.  So this time I followed the cake mix instructions and got a nice-looking, fully-baked, colourful, edible cake.

Rainbow Cake

Unfortunately it is a mix, so the taste ... not that great.  But it is edible.  Maybe next time I'll make it from scratch.  I'm just not a very good baker.

2.  Saw Inglourious Basterds last weekend.  Don't get me wrong, I love me some Quentin Tarantino.  However, this one was over the top, even for him.  It's basically a Jewish revenge fantasy, with a small group of mostly Jewish-Americans taking on the Nazis.  They collect their scalps and brand the few they allow to live.  There is a big film premiere in a small theatre in France, and all the Nazi big-wigs will be there.  Both the Inglourious Basterds and the owner of the theatre are planning to kill Hitler, Borman, Goebbels and the rest of the top tier that night.  It's well-acted, well-written and very funny in parts ... but the level of gratiutous violence was a big turn-off.  I had to turn my head away more than once.  In fact, I couldn't watch the climactic scene in its entirety; it really was a disturbing level of blood and mayhem, serving no obvious purpose. 

3.  I crocheted a fried egg.

Fried Egg

Isn't it adorable?  It's for a swap on Ravelry.  It's not perfect but I like it, and I miss it already.  *Sniff*  Amigurumi is the bomb.

... is a coaster.

Coaster

Yup, there are a couple holes that shouldn't be there, but hey!  It looks pretty darn good for 1) my first completed crocheted project and 2) my first attempt at a round crocheted project.  I'm even using it on the dining room table.  :-)  I must say, I much prefer knitting to crocheting.  While things "crochet up" faster than knitting, I just find knitting more fun.  Even when I'm making mistakes.  Still, there are some cute little crocheted animals I'd like to make someday, so I'll keep plugging at it.

This is probably my third attempt at crocheting, and my most successful.  I'm currently working on my first crocheted dishcloth (simple single-crochet throughout, of course).  So just as when I first began knitting, here is my first real crocheted worm.

Crochet Worm