Thursday, September 23, 2010

I'm always last to the party......

figuratively speaking that is..... I'm actually quite prompt as far as timings in real life go.

Anyway, promptness aside and figuratively speaking again, if there's a good idea out there, I will EVENTUALLY find it, try it, blog about it and then find out that I am about a year later than everyone else at finding this great 'new' idea!!

It doesn't matter to me at all really..... I am so excited just to learn a new technique or be inspired that out-of-dateness doesn't bother me any more....

and so I bring to you dear friends my latest fun find.....


crocheted ric rac....


love, LOVE, LOVING this....


so quick, so easy and so versatile.

I found a couple of places with instructions on how to actually go about crocheting said ric rac here and here, and it is SO addictive.....

I've been merrily crocheting away for just a few minutes and have got a couple of fairly long lengths of pink hairy 100% merino wool and 100% white cotton ric rac both done on my smallest hook and quite utterly CUTE.

It really does grow quickly.... yay for speedy cuteness!


I may do some even smaller when I get myself a teeny, tiny hook and some thinner thread......

I may do some even fatter with my big hook and some FAT yarn.....

Then I may adorn various items around the place, including cushions, clothes and maybe even a few shelf edges with this BEAUTIFUL stuff....

I may refrain from using it anywhere near Brian's work suits and shirts but do you think a little bit on a tie would work?

2 comments:

Joy McD said...

How pretty! I am going to have to try to make some :)

dot said...

You can NEVER be too late with an idea so keep em comin Deb! Now I need to have a go it's beautiful and I'm so partial to ric-rac.