African Flower Hexagon

Some pictures of colour combinations for the African Flower Hexagon.

"Masa" Bag

For those of you that want to start the "Masa" Bag:- Make a rectangle of approximately 20 x 53 cm. The length:width ratio must be approximately 1:3. Use any stitch or combination of stitches in the yarns of your choice. You can even use squares or a combination of squares and straight rows!! Anything goes .... be creative!! We will finish this in one of the September classes. Happy Homework!!!

Masa Bag

September Square and Project

Spring has sprung!!! Ready to get into some "Flower Power"?? Join the September classes to learn how to do this square and bag.
See you there!!!

Flower power Bag

Small Things

Hearts and Lurex Roses

Butterflies and Single Flowers

Flowers

A selection of "Small Things" for Helene at Waste-me-Not, Witbank

Motifs

Roses and Rosebuds

Only 217 To Go!!!

Hard at work joining the squares for Sue's granny blanket! All the 272 squares are done, now it's full steam ahead joining.

Sue's blanket in progress

A Virtual Pinboard

Just found the most amazing Virtual Pinboard- I'll definitely be using this. Maybe I'll now be able to find all the nice things I wanted to go back to!! Check it out:http://pinterest.com/about/

Crochet in Art

Jessica Bosworth Smith, a honours degree art student at Rhodes University, has made a HUGE (1.5 x 1.5 x 1.5m) sculpture that she wants to cover in crochet work. I have been commissioned to do the crochet work for her. I'm busy on the last couple of pieces and look forward to seeing the finished project that will go on exhibition in October.
We have used Ell Family Knit Double Knit in Cherry red, Black and White.
It is heartwarming to see "the younger generation" using crochet in all kinds of projects. Go Girl!!!

Irish Crochet

I have just dicovered the webpage of Olga Krivenko. She does Irish Crochet work like you've never seen before!!! Although it's a Russian page, you can use the Google or Bing Translator - the translations are not 100% correct, but you'll get  the gist and a good giggle (lol). Just for fun try translating it into Afrikaans) Be sure to check out this amazing site. You will find the link on my blog list under Olgemini. Groetnis

Crochet Class Diary

How nice!!! I have my first "follower"!!! Welcome Moz, I look forward to do classes with you and your card-makers. Also excited about the Breast Cancer awareness workshop you are planning.

I have also finally managed to sort out how to do the diary for crochet classes. Check it out on maribcrochet.yolasite.com.

I'm making progress - even if it's slow - in setting up a website for on-line wool and yarn ordering. Waiting for all the bits of info. I will keep you posted on how things are progressing.

Groetnis
Mari

Turning Over a New Page

Congrats to me! I finally got around to doing this. Talk about procrastinating ........
I hope to mainly share news, class dates and some projects with you - then I'll know what I'm doing and when I'm supposed to be doing it!!!! (lol).

To kick off here are the dates and times for the next couple of classes:
Sat 30 July
09h00 - 12h00: New Beginners class at Thimbles 'n Threads (Group B)
14h00 - 17h00: Private class in Hayfields

Wed 03 Aug
09h00 - 12h00: New Beginners class at Thimbles 'n Threads (Wed group)

Sat 06 August
09h00 - 12h00 Group A Class at Thimbles 'n Threads

Sat 13 August
09h00 - 12h00 FIRST Tunisian (Afghan) Class at Thimbles 'n Threads

Sat 20 August
09h00 - 12h00 Group A Class at Thimbles 'n Threads

And that dear friends is about it for now.
Groetnis, Mari B