Tuesday 6 December 2011

Yarn Along 


Happy to be joining Ginny and the gang over at Small Things for this weeks Yarn Along.
I'm very in love with crochet these days. It's a madly busy time, and as I'm working away to fill orders, what I really want to be doing is this. This is another simple project I'm trying out to test its suitability for students. The bag pattern is so easy it's a dream...no seaming whatsoever, you just crochet into both sides of the foundation chain. Magic, perfect for beginners. This is of course Noro yarn and these would not normally be my colours of choice at all. But this random ball has been lingering in my wool basket and I was curious. I plan to make a spiral braid for the strap, I've not yet tried this technique so I'm interested to see how effective it is and wonder how the children would do with it. I'll post when its all done. I've a mad notion to add long fringes and wooden beads to the end. The closet cowgirl in me ; )

I'm excited to get stuck into this little book The Four Temperaments by Rudolf Steiner, where he discusses how inner self and inherited traits combine. I do find it fascinating to observe how the various temperaments manifest themselves, and how as parents and teachers we can meet and respond to them. I'm just beginning, I'll let you know how it goes.

Looking forward to seeing what y'all are stitching and reading out there. M 


9 comments:

  1. Your crochet bag is beautiful and I love the colours. I enjoyed reading The Four Temperaments:)

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  2. I've always been fascinated by the temperaments. In my training we did some wonderful work with masks. There is also another fantastic little book on the temperaments. I have a photocopy somewhere but I can't seem to find it now. I'll let you know if I do!

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  3. Wonderful colors. What are the yarns that you're using? I don't crochet, but my daughter does - she would be interested in this seamless crocheting technique.

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  4. It will be beautiful, you cowgirl at heart! I look forward to seeing it when finished.

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  5. Crochet is my first love and the seamless technique is great. I absolutely love the earthiness of the yarn you are using. The 4 temperments are really useful when raising kids and understanding why certain people are the way they are. I tell people the 4 temperments are like the characters in Winnie the Pooh, Pooh, Piglet, Eyore and Tigger lol.

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  6. love noro, the colors in your bag are lovely. i'd like to read that book, i'll have to check with our library.

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  7. Hey lassies, so great to have you all stopping by, thank you. I love the analogy with Winnie the Pooh! And Ellen, this is Kureyon yarn from Noro. For your daughter, check out this link, its a very similar pattern:
    http://www.planetshoup.com/easy/crochet/pursemini.shtml
    Hope she has fun with it x M

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  8. How have I missed all these posts? I have vowed to do a blog post myself today and get back into it. I can't believe I used to blog everyday. That was before Facebook. Hmm. Food for thought.

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