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Annie's World — Tue, 30 Nov 2010 07:00:47 +0000

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Designer Shawls & Wraps

Shawls and wraps are often a part of our daily wears in some way or the other. It may be a shawl, a scarf, a stole or a general wrap, something that can be termed a wrap or a shawl is always there. Designer saw opportunity in this and came up with creative and out of the league designs in shawls and scarves. But overtime the trends saw a pattern, in the way that majority of the people preferred a certain kind of fabric or a certain kind of decorative work of the designer productions.

Seeing the popular patterns the designer shawls and wraps have inclined their designs towards these fabrics and decorative additions. Have a look:

Pashmina: A popular fabric with an unmanageable popularity and adoration. Pashmina shawls, pashmina scarves, wraps; all of them are extremely loved and worn. Designer pashmina shawls are highly demanded all over the world and thus gave designer a fabric to exploit and design in creative unusual styles.

Organza: Organza is again a beautiful fabric that has been used creatively by the designer. It is also popular as a bridal wraps material. Colorful organza wraps look absolutely stunning and sparkling. Specially for wedding and party occasions. They make good a wear with western as well as the traditional dresses.

Crochet: What an intricately woven fabric a cant do, a loosely woven fabric can ! Crochet designer wraps are worn by all the high profile celebs and people. They are the fashion accessory when you can find the right wrap in your wardrobe. Include one for your 'nothing-to-wear' times.

For decorative accessory beads and sequins are popular in stoles and shawls. Fringes are an easy way to add some glamor quotient to a normal shawl. Sequins wraps and beaded shawls are quite popular with the young crowds as well as the older age women. So if you are still not in touch with a designer, get in touch now !

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Lace Crochet

Annie's World — Fri, 19 Nov 2010 06:06:13 +0000

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Is Crochet An Art?

Simply because crochet is rapidly becoming a new medium for men and women trained in what we have known as "fine arts." This is as true of various other areas traditionally called "crafts," notably pottery and weaving, but crochet offers unique opportunities for freedom. You will hear one artist after another cite this as the raison d'etre of their work. Artists speak of the excitement of exploration suddenly made wonderfully possible with the "new" materials of crochet-the working with one continuous thread and the sudden changes of direction permitted through crochet.

Many artists have been quite articulate on this subject. Listen to Janet Decker: "To be completely free in my work is my objective. Crochet has succeeded in this respect as it is virtually limitless and is easily integrated with other media. Although I am employing a craft-oriented vehicle, the crochet stitch, I am not merely dealing with design and color. I am concerned with expression via sculpture. Crochet is not the primary medium, the medium is sculpture, but the fact is that the crochet stitch is the best to build with. There is always one stitch on the hook at a time. This freedom leads to a learning experience for me as I work."

Or hear Camillo Capua: "To come upon a thing and to comprehend it in terms of its physical matrix leaves its purpose free to stand or fall on its own strength. The simplicity of crochet allows for minimization and a more basic reaction. Perhaps the nicest thing is that the product is made of one strand of material, mathematically maneuvered, and remains one strand when complete. I believe this is vital" as vial as the strand that all things are made of."

Crochet is not really something new. It is a four hundred year old lacemaking art which became home and wardrobe decoration for generations, but it has only lately matured in its imaginative uses and technical approach to the heights represented by non functional art forms. In contrast to weaving, crochet has never been a textile craft necessary to man's survival. Lacemaking and crochet, generally associated with a particular refined way of life, are relatively modern developments, creations of the grand period of the Italian Renaissance. For years doilies and delicate lace done with microscopic needles were considered the epitome of the crocheter's art. Now embellishment is not done for its own sake but to enrich a form without destroying it. More and more modern crochet demonstrates a kind of integrity or wholeness.

In an important way, then, crochet is in its infancy; it is a new frontier that has not been regarded as such. Its newness makes it an exceptionally appropriate avenue to creativity. Artists break rules and crash through the old barriers between art and craft. In a nutshell, the whole debate over art versus craft is becoming increasingly irrelevant and unimportant. Other cultures and other eras made no distinction between fine and applied or useful art. The Maori people do not label an object practical or fine art; in their minds there is only good or bad work. Now, that makes the point clear and simple. A common bird perch may bear carved designs as exquisite or "fine" as the posts of ceremonial buildings. A tribal group in Kenya has a word for beauty that can be used for aspects of many kinds of objects including milk jugs. For this group, art is a state of being, a quality. We come closet to this usage when we call something a "work of art" and mean it as an appreciative judgment.

The point is worth repeating: We still have a long way to go. Crochet as art is now a fruitful and exciting subject because it is a most dramatic example of the need to look at craft in a new way.

Pick up your yarn, pattern and needle and let's start crocheting, and it will become your very own art.

About the Author

Linda McRae is a retired Postmaster, who has a business at home. She has written many articles about the loves of her life, while working from home. This one being about her hobby of crocheting, you can find some beautiful vintage crochet patterns here Vintage Crochet Patterns.

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Crochet Christmas

Annie's World — Thu, 18 Nov 2010 09:19:17 +0000

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How To Give A Homemade Christmas Gift

Who says Christmas gifts need to be expensive? In fact, who ever said that Christmas gifts should be bought?

If you have the time to spare and the creative juice to squeeze, you can actually make your own gifts at the comforts of your home. And you don't need much, just a few materials, some great ideas and design concepts and of course, a commitment of time.

Below are some homemade Christmas ideas that can help you get inspired. Read on and you might find something that can turn on that idea light bulb in your head.

1. Think of your interests
Before proceeding to make a homemade Christmas gift, first consider what your interests are and what you are good at doing. For instance, you cannot expect to do a trimming for a Christmas tree when you absolutely have no knowledge of crafts. You can't also be expected to whip up a macaroni salad when you have not cooked anything in your life.

Know what you can do and then do it. If you are great with crocheting, then consider giving crocheted items as Christmas gifts. If you are good with painting, then consider giving paintings and cards as holiday presents. That way, doing home-made gifts will not only be easy but will also be enjoyable for you.

2. Think of their favorites
When you have already established what you can do as homemade gift, now is the time to think of the things that they will like or will be able to use. For instance, if you are doing crochet items as gifts, consider what they will most appreciate , e.g. sweater, scarf, bonnet, make-up purse, etc.

Also, consider their favorite color. The same goes with cooking or baking for them, consider their favorite foods. It is not only enough that you make the gift yourself; they must also like them. That is your bottom line. Otherwise, all your efforts will be wasted.

3. Wrap it up
Just because you made the gift yourself, it does not mean that you will not wrap it up or you will not take the time to wrap it properly. You also have to make an effort in the presentation. Try to jazz up your wraps with ribbons and glitter cloths.

You can even wrap it yourself with more or less the same materials that you used for the gift, that is if it's a craft project. You can also have it wrapped in stores that specialize in wrapping service. Also, don't forget to make a super personal dedication that they will surely remember.

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Crochet Christmas Holiday Stocking