An Art Project

Humanities 442 Art project log

February 24th, 2013

My first step of my project was to learn to crochet. I planned to make a rug, washcloth or hot pad, and I wanted to learn a hands on skill in order to do this. My friend Constanza is an excellent crocheter, so she lent me yarn and a needle, and too me step by step through the process. After you learn to main step, you now basically just keep going around and around the circle. My issue was that I was making it very tight, which made it curl, so I kept needing to double up to make each stitch wider and make it flat. You'll see my ripples! 

February 27th, 2013

I sat down to do some more crocheting. The basic stitch didn't take extremely long, so I just sat and listened to some music while I made my stitches. I got to a point when it was pretty large, and felt like I did a good job practicing. I called Constanza so we could plan the next step. 

March 12th

Connie and I decided that it would be best for me to keep with the circle stitch (I obviously should know what the real names are by now). My plan was to make a rug of sort, but while I cute and sewed strands of tshirts together, it looked like I couldn't have enough for that. This step took me forever, since I'm not very good at sewing by hand. I only used 2 of my husbands old tshirts, but it made nice, large "yarn" in order to create a pot holder .

March 29th

I tried to coordinate with Connie because I had forgotten how to begin the circle, but we didn't ever coordinate well enough. I took things into my own hands, practice the use of Google, and found how to begin the circle again. Using this "yarn" is actually harder, because its much larger and gets stuck on itself easily. The overlays between strips which I had sewn needed to be tucked in, but I liked the look of it. 

April 6rd

I decided to finish the remainder during general conference. It didn't actually take as long as I had imagined, but I loved how it looked in the end. Never having learned to crochet before, I was very proud at myself for this new skill I can use in order to create. Unlike many in the class, I am not very artistically talented, so this was a nice way in which I felt I was able to create something out of nothing. It actually made me feel more concentrated during conference, as well! 

The Finished Product

Finished product looked great. I'm sure TVA is glad I am not ruining their counters with hot pots anymore. My husband was so proud and thought it was very cool, and I felt accomplished as well.