Saturday, October 25, 2008

Blooming Crochet

I got the copy edit of my third book, By Hook or Crook. So all work on book four stopped since I get too confused trying to juggle stories. Actually, it was just the writing part I discontinued. I did still keep working on the crochet items for the fourth book.

I have been playing with different yarn and pattern ideas and came up with a clue based on glow in the dark yarn. It’s made by Bernat and yes, it does really glow in the dark. The wrapper says that if you leave in the light for five minutes, it will glow for five minutes. I assume if you leave it longer, it will glow longer. In any case, in book four it glows longer.

I’m guessing everyone isn’t as excited about this yarn as I am since Joann’s doesn’t carry it, and Michael’s had it on closeout. The wrapper had a pattern for a kid’s hat. I’m using it for embellishments.

I used glow in the dark pink to made a rose. Even without the glow in the dark aspect, the yarn is satiny and the flower turned out quite pretty. In book four, flowers in the special yarn are going to be decoration on a pouch purse which Molly Pink finds because the flowers show up in the dark.

All my flower making wasn’t confined to clues. I was to take part in a book fair put on by my chapter of Romance Writers of America at the Encino Barnes & Noble. I wanted to wear something crocheted, but it was too warm for a scarf. So, the night before I made a nice big burnt orange flower. I attached a pin back to it and had a perfect visual reminder of my craft.

Crocheted flowers are really fun to make and cool to wear.I got the copy edit of my third book, By Hook or Crook. So all work on book four stopped since I get too confused trying to juggle stories. Actually, it was just the writing part I discontinued. I did still keep working on the crochet items for the fourth book.

I have been playing with different yarn and pattern ideas and came up with a clue based on glow in the dark yarn. It’s made by Bernat and yes, it does really glow in the dark. The wrapper says that if you leave in the light for five minutes, it will glow for five minutes. I assume if you leave it longer, it will glow longer. In any case, in book four it glows longer.

I’m guessing everyone isn’t as excited about this yarn as I am since Joann’s doesn’t carry it, and Michael’s had it on closeout. The wrapper had a pattern for a kid’s hat. I’m using it for embellishments.

I used glow in the dark pink to made a rose. Even without the glow in the dark aspect, the yarn is satiny and the flower turned out quite pretty. In book four, flowers in the special yarn are going to be decoration on a pouch purse which Molly Pink finds because the flowers show up in the dark.

All my flower making wasn’t confined to clues. I was to take part in a book fair put on by my chapter of Romance Writers of America at the Encino Barnes & Noble. I wanted to wear something crocheted, but it was too warm for a scarf. So, the night before I made a nice big burnt orange flower. I attached a pin back to it and had a perfect visual reminder of my craft.

Crocheted flowers are really fun to make and cool to wear.

5 comments:

Camille Minichino said...

Isn't that the best thing about crafts? You can make something up that's very personal, a conversation starter, and you have fun while you're doing it.

pwl said...

I saw the glow in the dark yarn in our new Zellers - beside the Hallowe'en stuff. However, I managed to avoid it in favour of a lovely huge ball of variegated blue yarn, some white for crocheting snuggles, and a large ball of variegated blue craft cotton. It's always dangerous in the yarn section...

Linda O. Johnston said...

I think it's really cool that you and my fellow KillerHobbyists can channel your creativity both into your writing and into your crafts, Betty. I love the sound of that yarn and hope to see some of your handiwork one of these days.
--Linda

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Betty Hechtman said...

Camille, yes making the flower was all those things.

Pw, yarn departments are dangerous. The glow in the dark yarn is really cool.

Lind, Writing the crochet mysteries is great because all the yarn I buy and all time I spend crocheting count as research.