Photography & Crochet

I was over at my in law’s place for dinner and I had my new camera with me, so I thought I would do a quick shoot.  I wanted to play with the monochrome setting; focusing on light and shadow, texture and contrast as the subject matter.

I restricted myself to object inside the lounge/dinning area of the house and took a few shots.  I think that a few of the them came out alright. 

   

   

          

                 

Another project I promised to post about is my crochet Peter Pan collars.  I think they came out quite well considering that I had to translate from USA to UK crochet instructions.

The first one I did came out quite lacy and loose and unfortunately way too small for me to wear!  For the second one I changed the size of my crochet hook from a 3.5 to a 2.5, and naturally, the result was tighter all-round.

I really like how the collars look, and I have photos of them ~ one day I shall have to wear one in an outfit shoot to show how I like to style them.   But for now, here are the collars just as they are.

  

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

I have one more collar to finish off in purple ~ I am experimenting with the length of the initial chain to see if having it sit wider around the neck will look better.

After that, I am going to try it in a black 3 ply cord rather than the 2 ply that the purple is.  I would like to perfect this pattern than start creating variations to sell on Etsy.   Would you be interested in one of these collars do you think?

xox,

b.

P.S. ~ I am putting the first collar up on Etsy for a discounted price as it is rather small…. I am not sure who it would fit but maybe someone can find a use for it.  I would prefer to make these to order ~ I.e., the customer sends me the size and colour they would like and I crochet it for them.