A little crochet obsessed lately...

Even though I SO enjoyed embroidery class, and plan to start trekking on that sometime soon, I've been feeling a little crochet-obsessed lately. It started with crochet class, where I met Vickie Howell, who blogs about all things crochet and knit and craft on her blog.  She has a modern edgy style that puts a nice spin on this old school craft.

After that I found a pattern for a zig-zag afghan that I'm still making progress on.  It's so simple and I love working on it, it's hard to explain how therapeutic it feels to make something with my hands that isn't complex.

Then on Vickie's blog, she had a how-to for crocheted earrings that I couldn't resist trying.  Et voila! I learned some new stitches, did my first crochet-in-the-round and am now rocking some HU-UGE crochet earrings.  If you bump into a girl with these, that will be me.

Then I went into a book store this past weekend and found this book called Vintage Crochet packed full of lots of things I want to try in a style and mood that's very appealing to me.

That book inspired me to do a little browsing on Amazon only to find Crochet Adorned, another book that called my name. I ordered it on Amazon, and when it arrives I'm sure I'll be starting a new project!

This book then inspired me to look up it's author Linda Permann, who lo and behold has a fun blog called Lindamade and is a fellow Texan, like me.

This in turn led me to a blog called Rose Hip, where Beata crafts up these adorable crochet-edged pillowcases that she sells in her Etsy store - you may have to stalk her store to get your hands on one!

*image from Rose Hip

This then led me to Posy Gets Cozy, which is a blog I read regularly for several years but drifted away from.  I loved her style, but I never was crafty... until now.  So now I have a whole new appreciation for Alicia Paulson's crochet love.  I mean look at this Sunshine Day baby afghan - I love the color combinations!

*image from Posy gets cozy

And then of course there is Dottie Angel - whose style and joie de vivre I've long admired.  But I've only just learned to appreciate her freewheeling crochet and amazing use of color.

*image from Dottie Angel

I'm fascinated by all of these women from different walks of life, all over the place, with a shared passion.  It's interesting to me how you can take this same craft and translate it into so many different styles, and colors, and I love finding those examples that inspire me to want to start work on something new!

To those of you who do not love crochet, I apologize for this little burst of madness, but it had to be done!

And to those of you who do love crochet, if you have some favorite web sites or blogs or books, do share in comments!