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Creatures from the Deep.
This summer, after learning that one of our circle of friends was going to have a baby, a few of us decided to do the sort of thing that we do: collaborate on an ambitious handmade gift by long-distance (I’m in New York, the others are in Philadelphia). The project: a patchwork quilt. Since I’ve [...]
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Crocheting the Coral Reef.
This scene would take mountains of wool to recreate. (Image from NYPL Digital Gallery.)
I have lately been admiring the crocheted coral and other sea creatures designed by jpolka. But I did not know of the application of crochet to the hard science of the sea until I read about hyperbolic crochet, a means of [...]
The Completed Quilt.