Irish crochet with a modern twist

For years I have been admiring Irish crochet!
the way all this roses,leaves and other motifs are crocheted and then attached to each other.....
Since my health is not that good nowadays, I spend a lot of time just sitting..
well, not just sitting in an idle way, I have been gathering information and knowledge about this form of crochet.

two weeks ago I started,with the silk yarn I have in stash.
I realized white would not really work for me, so I paint the motifs I crochet,and the yarn for the ground I paint in skeins.
So I have control over each color on each place!

For the photo I took it of the groundfabric to look to it, and I really like it!

Because I use silk, and don't work it too tight, it really gets a flow what will make it very suitable for a top!

exploring fibre- needlefelting

Finally I am back on exploring new ways to work with Fibres!
I have been needle felting with silk, banafibre and viscose on a cotton batting.
Don't now how it is possible, but it turned out in another landscape.......

Long a go I was an avid machineknitter,and from this era there were some unfinished objects, I picked a sleeve and felted the landscape on it.
With a combination of viscose and silk I crocheted a treelike structure(freeform)
and felted and sewed it on the background
All together it looks quite nice to me.....

freeform challenge!!!!!!

We are proud to announce the opening of our
2008 International Freefrom Fiberart Guild Challenge:
"Through Our Eyes"
http://www.intff.org

Myra Wood organized a great Challenge on the international freeformcrochetgroup...
I joined in a bunch of great artists, from all over the world...
You must see them all!
When you like to see them on paper as well, you even can order a book with all the entries!!!!