Cap'n Mermaiden's

Eyeglass case, #1. My very first finished item! :) I gave it to my mom for Mother's Day.

I made a 2nd one for myself.

This was my next pattern. It is a cell phone holder, with carrying strap.

The very first project I started is a Shells and V's pattern from about.com. I started it with some Red Heart worsted weight yarn at first. I was doing alright with it, but it just wasn't turning out quite like I had wanted, so I picked up a skein of Red Heart's Soft Baby (sport weight yarn), in Seashore Print color, and began again after I felt I had gotten familiar enough with the stitches to actually complete something. Wow, the difference in yarns was amazing. I regained fervor in working on the scarf, almost entirely while at work between phone calls and my other many Heldesk duties, and completed it on the 18th. It was my first project begun, but not my first completed. Actually, I finished the final touches of it on the 21st. I added fringe to it, along with some mini pop-poms.

Here is a closer-up shot.

(This is just a humerous (hopefully LOL) ramble. Yes, I realize the art of weaving fabric has been around for many a century. And I realize that men crochet too. But like I said, it's just a silly post.)

Yarn! Why is is so addictive?

What is it about crochet that draws women in and keeps them there the way it does? I blame it all on yarn. There are so many colors, and textures, and patterns, and... oh! There's just so much to absorb us, isn't there? You can't even see it coming until it's too late, either.

Know what I blame it on? MEN! Yes that's right. They KNOW that we are suckers for pretty colors and patterns and multi-textured things, and coordinating and making things just so. They must be the ones who did this to us! I know why, too. And here's my theory to back up this theory! They did this to us because they knew we'd get all wrapped up in our yarn, and we'd shut up and leave them alone for a while. They made these things, and presented them to us, and so, we crochet!

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