Crochet to Go

I finished this suit on the second-to-last day of my trip to Mexico. I think I've posted the top before - I made it several years ago, and it's gotten a lot of use. I've resisted making a bottom, primarily from a practicality standpoint. I just wasn't sure it would actually work.

Inspiration came from - of all places - US Weekly and The Superficial. Mena Suvari was featured wearing two different suits, of varying degrees of explicitness. This first one is similar to my final version; I think I'll skip this size.

It actually worked, and was surprisingly comfortable. I used cotton crochet thread and a 2.55 mm hook. I wouldn't recommend using anything larger. The material kept its shape while wet, it just gets a bit stiff. The bottom is worked entirely in sc; the top consists of 6 granny squares sewn together.

This book puts together all my passions (well, at least crafting and celebrity gossip) in one horribly wrong package. Awesome.

Bjork by Inez van Lamsweerde and Vinoodh Matadin
Originally uploaded by the adventures of hori hara.

One my surprisingly observant coworkers stopped by my desk the other day and said, "Whenever I hear Bjork I think of you." I was flattered and flumouxed, until he said, "You know, that outfit she's wearing in the posters on the street outside."

I had never noticed, but look - it's crochet! Quite a spectacular collection of crochet ruffles.

It's hard to believe everything you read, but according to this article Beyonce and Jay-Z just dropped $40K on this crocheted chair.

If you have the big bucks, too, buy it here.

P.S. Actually, it's a "Chrochet" chair.