Cat Mad Crochet

Estimated reading time: 3 minutes

Having faithfully continued my watching and exercising plan, I’m back with another episode of Pushing Daisies and its attendant crochet. As for the exercise, it is possible I am slightly stronger; however, my elbow has begun to ache, and I am babying that now. 

There’s not as much crochet this time, but there are crocheted hats! I love hats despite looking weird in them. Oh, for the day when I find a hat shape I look amazing in. I will buy or make it in every color and presentation and wear them everywhere.

Episode 3 – The Fun in Funeral

There they are! The crocheted hats! At least, I think they are. They only ever appear on the hat stand, but I love them. They look to be mostly a mesh sort of stitch, cool in hot weather, and the one on the left, at least, is very highly starched. Unwearably starched? Maybe. Perhaps these are just decorative, but I do appreciate the heavy use of crochet to visually establish a character as quirky and strange.  

Personally, I would make hats with a solid stitch pattern because the openness of these feels weird somehow. I think it’s just a personal preference thing. When I make my hats, I like to stiffen the brim by working over a piece of yarn. I think this would be much harder to hide with an open stitch pattern. I know some people use wire at the edge to stiffen brims, but I do not trust myself with wire near my eyes. I know it would be concealed. I also know my penchant for finding a way to inflict accidental harm on my eyes. Ask me about repotting aloes when I was recovering from gallbladder surgery. It’s shocking that I even have functioning eyes at this point. 

The next, and only other, bit of crochet is right around the corner on Aunt Vivian. Look at those gloves! They are stunning. Could they be something else other than crochet? Yes, but I have reason to believe they are not.

Behold some details of my grandmother’s crocheted gloves!

Fine mesh? Yes. Tiny spots that are actually little puff stitches? Yes. Do they look a lot like the pair Aunt Vivian is wearing? Yes! Perhaps Aunt Vivian’s gloves aren’t actually crocheted, but there is historical reference for the possibility, so I am counting them.

The fingers and palms on the gloves in the show were done in a simple chain mesh stitch and then a different stitch was used to create little spots on the back of the hand. I would use little puff stitches, as in my grandmother’s gloves, but I think you could do tiny shells if shells bring you joy. 

Either way, I think we should try to bring elaborately crocheted gloves executed in tiny threads back into vogue. Why not? We, as crocheters, can show off our magnificent stitch work and the world can be amazed at our skill and tenacity.

That’s it for this episode. If you exercise, may it be a benefit to you. If you see some awesome crochet that I missed in this episode, please let me know.