mama stitch and fish

yes - i know this photo was taken yesterday and i still had my pink xmas tree up. i wanted to actually leave it up til valentine's day like i have in previous years, but took it down this evening. but only because i scored a pale pink feather and fibre optic tree in the sales that is even more perfect for valentine's day!!! so now i need to crochet some hearts to go on it!

well, to be truthful, o dear - really truthful - i have NOT been crocheting up a storm at all. tis really only the last couple days that i have been finishing off some amigurumi presents for utah family that i promised when i saw them all back home last october! 2 fishes and a plane and a turtle all need to be posted soon...now just got to find some lunch hour time to post them!

but it probably will not be tomorrow, because i'll be getting some anti-inflammatory rx's filled so i can get my left hip back to normal before tribal bellydance on wednesday night. an old kick/thai boxing injury has reared its ugly head and set off a bad bout of bursitis that i pray dies down sooner rather than later. last time i had it i had to give up my daily run - which is also the same time i started getting ALOT curvier.

so guess i better coutneract the less movement again with less food - and more exercising of the crochet muscles!

so what has everyone else been up to?

blue xmas

i've been making blue sparkly crocheted ornaments for my pink tree...

...everytime i look at them they make me smile as they REALLY do look like amigurumi butt plugs!

finished!

i've finished my mom's shrug and started an airplane!
but i also need to do my xmas crochet...luckily the latest lion brand newsletter has the perfect crocheted bauble for the pink tree.

finished...for now!

finished sorting my black dreadlock scarf.
now what?
am still looking for dark charcoal to pull together all the skully squares, and some bright bright pink to finish off the aum piece of work.

so in the meantime i guess i could start on the heart shaped box!
(and now i want to crochet a uterus as well)

this is a cute idea too: http://kelguen.livejournal.com/857.html

black christmas

i can't believe how difficult it is just to buy regular old black crochet cotton in central london. i ended up having to pay £5 a ball for the 'silky' stuff at john lewis and i/m hoping that it will workup into some lovely black snowflakes to put on our bright pink xmas tree!

and a big word of warning to anyone who goes shopping down oxford street - their credit card system has been fucked since last weekend, so take cash...

in stitches

i have actually learned a new crochet stitch.
well, new to me...because it is actually antique!
its the long treble and it goes something like this:
Long Treble Crochet (1 tr): Like treble until you have the three stitches on needle; thread over and draw through one (thread over, draw through two) twice.

found it on this site

which is a great directory of stitches, but the way it was written out didn't make sense to me so i did my first cotton candy pink snood wrong wrong wrong, but o well - its looking great now - i just wish i'd added pearls.

and my brain works different so this instruction would have made more sense to me:
like treble until 3 stitches on hook
(thread over and draw through 1, thread over draw through 2) twice

or is that just the modern equivalent of a written instruction?