2014/05/30

12 row cornfed with a #4 hook

This puppy would hurt.  The colors are great but mostly because black just makes any color pop.  I like it in my hand but I don't want it coming at me at 70 mph.


2014/05/29

tiranga disappointment



the single central stripe is not as sharp as I hoped... closing is clunky... need the same color in the middle..a double stripe at least.

glen...

rainbow...strangly unsatisfying



this was an attempt to mimic the scrap ball from earlier...but for reasons I can't describe...I don't like it... too small...too much red... not sure... the scrappy one was superior, not sure why though.

rainbow defeat...and victory



This was meant as mimicry of the rainbow scrap ball... but for reasons I can't describe... i don't like it... but in contrast to this... driving in unbelievably horrible traffic today in Kathmandu just a the sun was setting now at the beginning of monsoon..the skies cleared and we witnessed a rainbow so neon bright that we almost couldn't believe it was real... win some lose some.

2014/05/25

Slinging at the camera

It's hard to find volunteers for this, but not impossible.  The guys running the paragliding in the background told me I could fly with a new pilot for a discount.  Discount paragliding...hmm...  kind of like amateur dentistry...

2014/05/24

Ti Ranga Projectile


Going for an imitation of the Indian flag here...the "Tiranga" hindi...or maybe Sanscrit for "three colors".  But it was a mistake to go for a single row of white, made the closing look like an eye sore.

trichrome projectiles

these three colors are great except that the middle band is a bit too think... I will have to try only two rows for these.

trichrome up close...




though the rows are even since the middle rows have more stitches te effect is not stripes but spots... unless by "stripes" you mean a ping pong table is white with green stripes.

2014/05/16

Towards a more comfortable wooden-bead handle knot.

This handle knot is actually a modified sheep shank where the two wooden beads occupy the two outermost of the three loops used in this knot.  I used to close the knot with a fisherman's knot on the stay side.  I found that this rubbed too much while slinging and that without the fisherman's knot on top, this beaded handle is much more comfortable.  Always innovating so you can... slingmoore.

Trifecta

Sometimes you just get it right.  Bright colors will be easy to find in places where they otherwise might get lost.  Now that the design is solidified... it's time to mass produce. 

Slingmoore

2014/05/12

where's the closing?

You, my friend, are looking at it.  Now a close inspection reveals a small divet where the interior closing knot pulls on the seam a bit too much.  But contrast this with my first closing attempts...

2014/05/10

tricolor inspires...

...the next generation of projectiles.  The rainbow dude from a couple of posts ago taught me that scraps have potential.  I crocheted up to a twleve- stitch row with a yellow scrap piece that could not have been used on other patterns.  Then two rows of a green and a single row of blue.  When joined the blue ends up with a double row.  Downside is it required some careful knot splicing to keep the knots inside the ball and still secure through what is bound to be a lifetime of being slammed against walls trees and other hard objects.

tricolor pics


2014/05/09

I was wrong Rainbow Scrap Projectile Rocks

though a bit knotty due to the knots... its a pretty good one... think I will try another multicolor... What do I know eh?

2014/05/07

The Rainbow Scrap Projectile

sometimes... it's just too ugly to even bother filling it... I like the colors but its made from scraps and... I mean do I even have to say it?  It turns out later I stuffed it, leaving the straggly strings everywhere, and my boys loved this ball above all others for it's sheer oddness.  I ended up losing it in the bamboo grove next to my house.  Years later, when the bamboo was harvested, one of the workers brought this one and a half dozen others and put them on my front step.  

2014/05/02

clean profile

slightly new closing yields a tighter profile... it's more secure too... and of course...cornfed.

2014/05/01

Cornfed Projectiles

after a small break... ballistic crochet is trying corn-stuffed sling projectiles... perks include popcorn upon landing in a fire.