Too lazy...

 ... to finish the video. I have collected how-to material for this bag, but do not seem to feel like getting the video assembled. Here is at least part of it.

Exhibition in F24, Münster

 

 

It is so great - F24 cafe exhibits both upcycling work and some traditional bobbin laces.

Delayed how-to

 

 

 

 

 

Making videos takes  time and I have not gotten around to finish this one yet. The pictures are the reminder.

 

Dots & Rings visit - living art

On June 13 I visited the exhibition and found - again - the  colourful crochet rings had gone missing. I am really curious to know who likes (or hates) them so much that he/she gets a ladder to remove them. I do hope that the riddle will be resolved one day.

The other rings aged and weathered as expected but were also adopted by a cryptic sprayer. They now proudly sport some numbers and/or letters: As far as I can make out it is two 4s and a 1 or Z. Wikipedia offers you an explanation for 144 with regard to the year. §441 is a law of the BGB to negotiate a price and §414 another one. 44Z is a measure for the chain wheel on a bicycle and Z44 a dry gin. If you google 4Z4 you get all sorts of parts and a video for an off-road truck. 

 

 

On the other ring set I found J i K, if the J is meant to be a J. Wiki offers an explanation for IJK, but for any arrangement of the letters you will find multiple meanings.

So, explanations for the intended abbreviation are greatly appreciated. Do come forward, anonymous artist😀!

 

How-to video for silver bag

How-to video on YouTube

to make this bag from scratch:

 

 

 

 

 

 

How to prepare nets for crafting video

Just published this How-to-video on YouTube
 

 

 

Kuckenburg special

My daughter made image videos for me. Do have a look! 

Clutch

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 Shoulder bag

Munch in net

One-way net colors fit the painting, so, here is Munch's Cry in net. That was great fun - despite the actually sad topic.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Videos

As motivation for interested persons I put up how-to videos today on YouTube. Enjoy!

Potatosack speaking 

Net how-to, general

See-through storage

Shoe-bags

New year and ... corona

Lockdown, so no net material - back to sheet plastic and bobbin lace corona.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

I just came across this sentence in Salman Rushdie / Midnight's Children and liked it:

Most of what matters in our lifes takes place in our absence.

 

 

Münster collection bin

Münster's waste management facility Eulerstrasse provides a collection bin for one-way nets and just put the information online.

 

 

Vielfachglück

Großklaus bags are now available at net cost in Vielfachglück store in Münster city center.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

That's the Season

 

 

Fluffy

This is much more interesting than the product it became, wouldn't you say?

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Gone missing

Someone must have liked them so much - these crochet rings have gone missing from the Haverkamp installation

Do get in touch, I'll be happy to make more.

Photographs with nets @juliaparris

Cool idea: Use fruit packaging in photographs for its colour

Reblog from @juliaparris

Dots and Rings, the 3rd

The donation of a larger amount of nets made it possible to work something for Haverkamp again. I put it up today and noted that the four crocheted rings from the 2nd set had gone missing! So, whoever has them, enjoy!

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Some rings from the 1st installation are still doing well, while some lost their color and I removed them.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Continuing...

As a new grandmother, there are lots of other things to make, but every now and then I turn to my nets again....

 

 

 

 

 

 

Light backpack

They seem to be popular these days: simple back-bags made from cotton. This one was made from carrot nets using a knitting loom. It has an inner fabric lining.

Indian summer

A bit early, but I felt like it. Made from lemon, orange and onion nets.

The bin was full!

Even during corona - the collection bin at the Münster central recycling yard was full for the first time! Thank you AWM!

New nets

Picked up the latest collection by the extended family. Thank you all for the effort!

Tractor

My godson is crazy for tractors, thus, I made one. A piece of one-way net was useful as well.😄

And then - he demanded a trailer!

Trash collage

Handcrafted one-way net structure paper was used. The idea was to create a small personal gift with a story to tell without burdening someone with a bulky present of no use to them. The idea originated from a conversation I once had with my late friend Al Yergey, a mass spectrometrist, who had started to learn botanical drawing. He did not want to give his originals away and I told him to scan, print and sign his work to generate presents which would be treasured by the receiver. He gave me a drawing of a rhododendron bud a year later, which has been decorating a wall in my home ever since.