365Caws is now in its 14th year of publication, and was originally intended to end after 365 days. It has sometimes been difficult for me to find new material, particularly during the winter months, but now as I enter my own twilight years, I cannot guarantee that I will be able to provide daily posts. It is my hope that along the way I may have inspired someone to a greater curiosity about the natural world. If so, I can rest, content in the knowledge that my work here has been done.
Wednesday, November 9, 2022
Cone Crochet
Day 27: I'm not big on "cutesy," but when I found a pattern on YouTube for a crocheted fir cone, it was more than I could resist. It appears in multiple iterations on various peoples' channels, so I won't repeat it here. Select the one which is easiest for you to follow. It took a bit of fiddling to find a thread combination which would render a life-size version. I used two strands of 8/2 weaving cotton in two shades of brown and a 2mm hook. The pattern is easy but somewhat time-consuming (and by that, I mean that it took me an hour to make a single cone), so I rather doubt I'll be attaching them to everyone's Chrismtas gifts as I'd thought I might do. Still, they work up quickly enough that select friends may receive truly iconic symbols of the Pacific Northwest to use as ornaments.
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