Have I blogged about this before?
If I have, forgive me. It's become a mini-obsession. :D
Somehow, in between dreaming, blogging, doing laundry, sleeping, vacuuming, dusting, writing, Facebook stalking my teenager, and other duties as assigned, I've fallen in love with hyperbolic crochet.
Yes, I know it sounds like some weird dance step or a drug that accelerates the metabolism but it's neither.
Actually it's a simple method for crocheting cute balls of fluff with lots and lots of uses.
They can be crocheted using any yarn in any color, to match your mood or decor.
My obsession started with a search for the perfect flower pattern.
Looking at flat, one-dimensional flowers didn't give me the sense of creative urgency I needed to start working the pattern.
Then I discovered hyperbolic crochet.
Are you now wondering what hyperbolic crochet is?
Yes?
Here is how Lion Brand Yarn describes it:
It's because I have a thing with numbers that's been going on since childhood, when my mother told me the story of our "family numbers", a story I'll have to tell some other time or I shall digress too far.
I don't recall when I first learned of hyperbolic crochet. (Can you tell I like saying those words?) But I've since used several patterns to achieve the h.c. before realizing I don't need a pattern, just an idea and an understanding of how often to add stitches.
Any way, without further ado (and before I nod off at the keyboard) here are photos of the Hyperbolic Balls of Bliss I've crocheted so far.
The beige Ball of Bliss is rather small. I crocheted it using crochet cotton, also known as crochet thread.
This weekend I pinned a small hair elastic to it and wore it as a ring. I got lots of compliments on it.
The other two are here awaiting a good home.
They are too big to be worn as rings but they:
If I have, forgive me. It's become a mini-obsession. :D
Somehow, in between dreaming, blogging, doing laundry, sleeping, vacuuming, dusting, writing, Facebook stalking my teenager, and other duties as assigned, I've fallen in love with hyperbolic crochet.
Yes, I know it sounds like some weird dance step or a drug that accelerates the metabolism but it's neither.
Actually it's a simple method for crocheting cute balls of fluff with lots and lots of uses.
They can be crocheted using any yarn in any color, to match your mood or decor.
My obsession started with a search for the perfect flower pattern.
Looking at flat, one-dimensional flowers didn't give me the sense of creative urgency I needed to start working the pattern.
Then I discovered hyperbolic crochet.
Are you now wondering what hyperbolic crochet is?
Yes?
Here is how Lion Brand Yarn describes it:
Hyperbolic Crochet is the name given to applying a mathematical principle to crochet patterns. A hyperbolic plane expands exponentially from any point on its surface, always curving away from itself. You can easily crochet a hyperbolic surface by increasing at a constant rate throughout the piece.
Hyperbolic growth in nature gives rise to the ruffled shapes of coral, kelp, and sea anemone. Crocheting coral forms is a great opportunity to try different yarns and stitches, and is just one example of the types of project that hyperbolic motifs may inspire you to do.
The Institute for Figuring created the concept of the Coral Reef with hyperbolic crochet and have been developing this concept since 2005. More information about the project may be seen on their website www.theiff.org.And here are links to the IFF fun stuff:
- Hyperbolic Crochet Coral Reef
- IFF links to galleries of hyperbolic crochet in action
- Hyperbolic Space Introduction
It's because I have a thing with numbers that's been going on since childhood, when my mother told me the story of our "family numbers", a story I'll have to tell some other time or I shall digress too far.
I don't recall when I first learned of hyperbolic crochet. (Can you tell I like saying those words?) But I've since used several patterns to achieve the h.c. before realizing I don't need a pattern, just an idea and an understanding of how often to add stitches.
Any way, without further ado (and before I nod off at the keyboard) here are photos of the Hyperbolic Balls of Bliss I've crocheted so far.
The beige Ball of Bliss is rather small. I crocheted it using crochet cotton, also known as crochet thread.
This weekend I pinned a small hair elastic to it and wore it as a ring. I got lots of compliments on it.
The other two are here awaiting a good home.
They are too big to be worn as rings but they:
- are interesting as over-sized bracelets
- look lovely sitting on a mantel or a desk
- will inspire lots of comments when tied to a car antenna...
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