Recent posts FROM TINY WORLD
Silkie chicken in progress
A work-in-progress post for today: she doesn’t look it yet but this will be a Silkie chicken. She has tiny wings (and Silkies don’t fly due to the fluffiness of their feathers) and black skin, feet and beak. I’m using…
Making micro-crochet look “right”
POINT 2: GET SOME DETAILS RIGHT Hair and fur are especially difficult to create in the correct scale for a micro piece, but can be very persuasive toward overall “rightness” if you manage to do it. Sometimes, also, you can…
Making micro-crochet look “right”
POINT 1: ABSTRACTION AND SCALE Last time I wrote about some problems in finding just the right thread for a specific micro-crochet effect, and this leads me to a much bigger overarching issue: the question of scale and abstraction. I…
The problem of hair and fur
Today I’m thinking about the problem of hair and fur. It’s a challenge of both technique and scale; you need to figure out how to handle your materials to make them look the way you want, but you also need…
Elephant Complete
The elephant is complete, ready to be a birthday gift for my daughter’s friend. I rather like the way he stands out against the red background—no political comment intended; I’m just looking to vary the colors in my IG grid.…