Where's My Mama?

The Lazy Cats are kind of sad this week. Our Mama has to work night shifts at the hospital. Nemo is keeping the bed warm for her, while he waits for her to come home so he can have sleepy cuddle time. These days are very quiet, because we like our moms so much! We miss them when they are gone. Plus, it is hard for them to work on the shop when they have to do their real jobs so much.

We didn't get to watch the Oscars last night, because no one was home to turn on the TV. Although, we did hear the Jennifer Hudson won. Go American Idols! The Idols are on this week, so we have to make sure to help our mom vote. Mittens is good at dialing, because he can use his thumb. :)

Mittens took a turn in the lightbox again. Isn't he a beautiful cat? Like Nemo, he is very photogenic. But, no jewelry? I guess it's cuz our moms didn't post some tonight! Bad moms. They need to work on the store more! But, they did post one of our great-aunt's quilts. And Mom put her first Crochet Sculpture up for sale. And the Soho chandelier earrings. Maybe they can do more tomorrow. Nana is coming for dinner tomorrow, so we can say Hi to her. :) We love Nana. And she tells our moms to give lots of treats! Hooray for treats. Hmm.... I think it's time for us to get some treats soon! Do you hear that Mom, Mama? We need milkie and crunchies, and we'll tolerate grooming and mani-pedis to get it! :)

A special shout out to Mama: We love you! Meow! Purr! Come home soon!

Love, your kittens, Nemo and Mittens.

Geometric Crochet: Results!

Here are some pictures of my first geometric crochet attempt-- a hyperbolic plane in dark blue, dark purple, and red that I am calling "The Floral Reef":



This piece was made with acrylic yarn and stitched with an H-hook using the N=4 pattern. It has 12 rows: 7 of dark blue, 3 of purple, and 2 of red. The number red stitches (490, 2 rows) > purple stitches (427, 3 rows) > blue stitches (361, 7 rows).

You can see how it starts as a twist, but can be formed into a whole variety of shapes! You can change it daily! :)

I have one more piece I am working on, pictures coming soon. I may post both of these for sale on my Etsy shop http://lazycat.etsy.com if I hear any interest in them.

Mom's turn at Geometry and Crochet

We're going to let Mom explain this one....

I was inspired by a thread in the Etsy forums http://www.etsy.com/forums_thread.php?thread_id=5042733 to try to make some "geometric" crochet. I started out with the hyperbolic plane, where you add a stitch ever N stitches such that the surface area of the plane expands with each row. It starts out as a curly-q and then can be twisted to form all sorts of cool shapes. Here are the beginnings of my first attempts:

H-hook, N=4

F-hook, N=2

I hope to add more rows and more colors to these as they grow.

Here is the original article (love the pictures in this one)

http://www.sciencenews.org/articles/20061223/bob10.asp

and here are crude instructions (I'm going for rho=4cm)

http://www.math.cornell.edu/~dwh/books/eg00/supplements/AHPmodel/index.html

I'll come back and post more pictures as this progresses. If anyone is excited about purchasing it, use the email link to the left. Please feel free to leave any comments below.

And, I promised I would put something in about the cats, so here are Nemo and Mittens being super cuddly:

PS (from the Cats): Our moms' shop has also been featured as a "spotlight seller" on DIY Divas! Check out their feature! http://diydivas.myfastforum.org/sutra253.php#253

Also, the Aspen Necklace and Earrings set is featured on http://nolestyleandbeauty.wordpress.com/ so please check that out as well!

We are working our way up the ladder to fame... ;)