Link: http://abc.go.com/primetime/desperate/quiz/index.html

Who would I thought? I consider myself more a Bree type of girl... You know... crafty, likes cooking, a little wird for what comes to social behaviour... I do understand and feel sympathy for Bree's character. Well. Susan is Ok though. It was a funny test to take anyway.

The top is finished... on time! even thirty five minutes in advance!

More pictures later on! I have to rest a little bit!

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Wahou!

Today was like a marathon, I thought I wouldn't make it, but then I did it! I DID IT!

Well, the result is not really up to my expectations, I will certainly need to lose 20 pounds to feel comfortable in it, but still, I did it, I imagined, conceived, and crocheted a short sleeved sweater in seven days (if I don't count the time spent frogging).

at 9:35 AM I was still thinking I was going for short sleeves, but a feww pictures persuaded me overwise.

And then I discovered the sweater could be worn in two ways! So I decided the trim for the collar would be a wider collar = the alternate body.

I crocheted the two sleeves at the same time, row after row, so that should I run short of time they would be the same length.

I started decreasing rows when I thought I reached the elbow, saddly it was too late, so the sleeves have a kind of puffy look that wasn't meant to exist in the first place. No time to fix it.


I hesitated until the last minute to trim them with two or more single crochet rows in the cherry (purple) yarn. I was afraid I wouldn't have time OR yarn... There was so few left of it. I eventually abandonned this idea.

At 4:23 PM the sleeves were ready.

At 7:25 PM I gave the last scissor cut : the collar was done. All was finished!

I hurriedly took poor pictures to be e-sent to jinglelady, which was done by 7:44 PM.

I crocheted almost 10 hours straight!

10 HOURS!

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Link: http://sagafurs.com/creativity/techniques/crochetmink/index.php

Did you know this was possible? I had no idea... but it makes perfect sense as it's the same principle as for crocheted fabric. Some of those models look good but that must be really expensive... and so much work just to get the ball of "yarn" done in the first place. I mean, hide is not like fabric... it's thick and hard to cut. Besides, if you cut into fur you certainly don't want to cut the hairs and end up with a mess. I think I'll stick to fabric. Not that I am unconfortable with fur, I'm not a vegetarian, I eat meat, fish and eggs, I wear leather shoes, I have a sheepskin rug, I like to crochet wool and silk, and I see no wrong in wearing dead animals' skins as long as someone (be it me) ate the flesh of it... I do desapprove of hunting animals only for their skin or ivory and then leave the flesh to rot. No... it's just that I tend to be frugal, and fabric or worn out clothes are a more reasonable choice.