Hurray for the Taos Wool Festival! All my classes are running, and I am very pleased. I promised samples for the “Freeform Knit or Crochet an Underwater Scene” workshop. Here is the crochet scene in progress, along with the inspirational picture, from my favorite fish book, Reef Fish Identification, by Paul Humann.
I like to sketch a life-sized version of the picture, with notes about what is in the foreground and in the background. That helps me size the crochet correctly.
It’s important to distinguish fore- from background, because you can use the knowledge to add dimension to the piece. That’s what I’m going to do with the big brown section. It is the background to a frilly sort of seaweed, which I will crochet separately. Stay tuned for more pics as this sample progresses.
Eva has been making doll hair from some of my decorative threads. Here are her dolls, made with pipe-cleaners, wooden beads, and yarn.
