Monday, May 18, 2009

Tapestry/ Intarsia Crochet Success!

Even though the Tapestry crochet didn't seem to work out well in the round for the Inky Ghost Hat, it works out magnificently with pixels and squares.

Here is result of an 8-bit Cheep-Cheep completed with this method:


Not bad, eh? It took me about almost 4 hours (or 6-7 episodes of Lost-however you want to count it) to complete. Once you get the hang of it, it's not hard to do at all. The only problem is the back....


See what I mean. I finished this back in April. You see how far I've gotten with hiding the ends. It doesn't seem as bad as it looks, but this is after I've worked on hiding the loose ends over several days time. Take what you see here and spread it over to the top and bottom left and that's about what I started with. I couldn't do it all in one sitting-I tried and wanted to scratch my eyes out after a while. To me, it's like trying to read all of The Silmarillion in a day. It can be done, but who really wants to do it?

So as usual, there is always a down side to the easy stuff. If there was a way I could hide all of the ends with a yarn or cloth backing without the fear of the work unraveling, I would do it. But for now, it's back to the basics.

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