A Great Resource!

The website, “Annie’s Attic” is a fantastic resource to those of you who are getting serious about crocheting. It provides easy to follow diagrams on how to create different types of stitches and some even have videos to show the process. Furthermore, it has links to a messageboard, newsletter, product reviews, tips and featured articles.


"Can Something As Simple As A Knit Or Crochet Cap Help Save A Newborn Life?"

One of the articles I enjoyed reading was called “Caps to the Capital” It talks about how one of the reasons for newborns dieing at an early stage is due to not having enough warm caps to wear and how “Many of these deaths could easily be prevented with cheap interventions, such as knit caps to keep newborns warm.” (Save The Children, 2006). This article is on behalf of an organization called “Save the Children” who is funding this project to get help from crocheters and knitters from the United States to donate baby caps. They even provide a website where donators can download a step-by-step kit for directions and materials to create the caps. Also, they are not looking for people to just purchase a crocheted cap and send it to them, they want people to participate and have their voice speak. If you don’t know how to crochet then you can donate money to help fund the cost of shipping the caps. You can read the article here.

REFERENCES + IMAGE FROM:

Annie's Attic. (2006). Caps to the Capital. Retrieved on December 5, 2006 from
http://www.anniesattic.com/crochet/content.html?type_id=S

Annie's Attic. (2006). Retrieved on December 5, 2006 from http://www.anniesattic.com/

Samples of my work II

I would like to share some of my latest work where I again used double crochet stitches. These pieces include two scarves and my first attempt to a winter hat. For the scarves, I sketched out the pattern and color choices and added the fringes to resemble a real scarf. Both of them took me about a week to complete. The hat was my first time experimenting with rounds and surprisingly it turned out alright. I had to undo a lot of my work in the beginning and redo the stitches to get the circle to form smoothly. Some of the chain stitches at the top of the hat turned out too tight which does not make it a perfect fit and feel a bit too snug. I used a pattern from a kit I bought from Wal-mart. It took me about 3 days to finish this piece.


Black and Grey Scarf (Measure 52 inches)


Pink and Green Scarf (Measure 52 inches)


Pink Hat (Measure 6.5 inches)

PHOTOGRAPHS TAKEN BY KRISHNA PATEL