Picot Peek

Jennifer asked for a photo of the crochet project I mentioned in my weekend crafting notes post
at the notes blog. I actually happen to have one already, which is
unusual for me. (I still haven’t gotten around to taking a picture of
those uneven curtains you were all demanding to see the other day.)
Jane and I were working out the pattern for these little picot square
table coverings I’m making to hide the scratches on our cheapo end
tables, and I liked the way her color sketch looked next to the
squares. (The squares are as yet untrimmed, unblocked, and unjoined,
obviously.)

Picot

This is the Picot Square Tablecloth pattern from Vintage Crochet,
a most delicious book. I’m making two smaller cloths instead of one big
tablecloth. There are pink and cream colored squares, too. I stole the
yarn from another Vintage Crochet project I have in the works:
the ripple stripe blanket. It’s a long-term endeavor. You can see a wee
bit of it creeping into the frame at the top right.

I like these starry squares because they’re so quick and finite.
Thinking in terms of "this square" is much less intimidating than "this
big huge project I’d like to finish sometime this decade."

Rilla inspects to see if it passes muster.

Hmm, I’ll need to see the pink one before I can make a judgment. I like the green one, though. It matches your bag.

Monday Links

  • SouleMama: For 2009
    – Oh oh oh!!! Have you bought your 2009 wall calendar yet? I usually
    pick out an artist’s calendar for the year, but I might just have to go
    with Amanda Soule’s A Year of Craft instead. That red bird against aqua
    wall photo is the one that made me fall in love with her blog. ETA: Oh,
    shoot. It’s 28.95. Hard to justify spending more than 12 bucks on a
    calendar, especially this year. I’ll just have to keep up my ceaseless
    clicking around her blog.
  • FreeRice: Subjects
    – Many thanks to Karen Edmisten for pointing out that FreeRice has
    added all kinds of new subjects to its "play this and we’ll donate rice
    to the World Food Program" game. I am loving the famous paintings quiz!
  • Wonderful noodle stretching and folding video – Boing Boing – Fold the dough 12 times to get 4,096 noodles. Awesome. Jane, this one’s for you.