three sides to every story.

i'm at it again.

loose ends.

as i waddled about queen street with my button bags in tow, i manged a quick visit into the knit cafe today. guess what? the hang for hive series #1 (my big crocheted triangle) has been extended a bit. the next window display was being done in-house so they are going to call the change over as their whims dictate. enjoy more triangle, queen street west!

how much is that polygon in the window?

sunny days = glare.

but here it is, my triangle in the window. it's only at the knit cafe for the rest of the month, so go check it out!

while i was taking it, that first picture there reminded me of serena's picture of main street, bruno. serena's picture is grander than mine, but it's so rare to get a 'main street, bruno' feeling in big ol' toronto.

out of the hive (and visible to the street).

it's finally up! my headaches are still with me and this shift in temperature really explains it. the first big crochet triangle thing from my hive series project found its way to the knit cafe's window on this drizzly afternoon.

it was too soggy out and my head hurt too much to take more pictures. i will have to come back on a nicer day. but here it is. go visit! say hi! stare and scratch your head!

suggestions of direction.

"go that way," it says.

today i was lucky enough to make a date to meet up with karyn at the workroom earlyish. she let me use the cutting table to figure out the layout of my big triangle of triangles (barring any emergency big cutting, that is). it was such a boon to have a wide open space that isn't my home in which to contemplate the possible colour configurations. and karyn is no slouch when it comes to colour, palette and layout, either, so i felt i would have a safety net should i encounter any panics.

this thing is supposed to go up in the window of the knit cafe in two days. i have been riddled with migraines recently and experiencing some serious back pain from all the sewing, so we will see how it goes. i feel like i can gauge the changes in barometric pressure with my cranial blood vessels. i'd really rather not have this dubious gift, though. it's getting in the way of my triangular visions for the world.

now back to sewing, when what i really want to do is flop down on the workroom floor. someone's got the right idea...

ps - karyn also took some pictures of my layout and somehow they are way cheerier than mine. you can poke around through them round about here. thanks, karyn!

one hundred!

no image, just a quick note to say that i completed by 100th crocheted triangle today over tea and chats with shannon and tara. we are forming something of a crochet support triad, so it was an appropriate place to house this milestone. and now the piecing and stitching begins. have a good weekend.

secrets revealed (or of cats and bags)

okay, here it is. this is a first laying-down of the first piece for this big crochet project i have been dreaming of/hooking up. named 'hive series,' the project should eventually encompass a collection of pieces. i am not sure how many, yet. this first one is still a few triangles short (and the stitching is going to be equally laborious to the crochet, i presume), but it was pretty thrilling to see so much of it together.

the possible configurations are mind-boggling, so i think my end layout will probably have more to do with fate than planning (fatalism being a character flaw of mine).

so...there. something.

weird project nearing turning point.

i have almost 100 triangles made. is anyone following this cryptic progress? anyway, i have another hint: a first iteration of this thing will be on display in the window of the knit cafe for the month of april. that's where this current push has come from.

truly, all this secrecy has come from my own lack of clarity about what i am doing. as my own fog lifts, yours will, too...ifever you are.

making in public.

tonight, i found my way out of my nest/cave to catch the last half of the workroom's monthly stitch and bitch. serah-marie and i had lots to chat about as she worked on an afghan and i crocheted more triangles. i. am. al. most. there. 94 done. 100 to go.

thanks, karyn, for giving me excuses to get out of the nest/cave.

three point turn.

here is a bowl of crocheted triangles in a future terrarium. i currently have 70 out of the 100 triangles i need for this mysterious thing i am making.

i can give you a hint, though. it has something to do with this.

triangle toss.

61 triangles. 39 left to make.

further palette thought.

here is a bowl in which i am working out my thoughts about colour in regard to the new 'hive series' project i am working on. it's big. and crocheted. and involves all these colours. and a couple others. i currently have 54 traingles made and need another 46 to complete this first piece (the numbers keep changing, but i think i have it now).

palette society.

...just a picture of a pile of triangles. i am thinking about colour palettes for this new mysterious thing i am working on. i think i am calling the piece 'hive series', though. so...i have figured that much out. also, i think this first incarnation will be six feet tall.

triangle dreams.

uh oh. i had another big idea. i was hoping it would subside but it did not so now i am crocheting 210 isosceles triangles. this is what happens when i buy a bunch of yarn at a gauge far too small for its original purpose. i will let you all know when more takes shape. oh, inspiration, you are very distracting.