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Skeleton. Das thierleben in Schönbrunn. 1904.

HERMANN NITSCH

Schüttbild, 1963.

Red dispersion paint on thinly primed burlap

WE DID IT!!!!! Skelly go round umbrella is finished and I loves it. Did make one alteration: instead of picots around the edge because fuck that noise I just made shells instead

Pattern: skelly go round by ann wannamaker (its a paid pattern on ravelry and etsy) love all the pics included because they really helped with stitch placement. And she's got some helpful hints on ravelry as well!

Ladies' Sleeveless Jacket or Hug-Me-Tight https://www.gutenberg.org/cache/epub/26113/pg26113-images.html

Use Germantown worsted, white or any desired color, with a hook large enough to carry the yarn smoothly. Commence with a chain of 140 stitches, turn.

1. Miss 3, 1 treble in each of 68 stitches following, shell of 3 trebles, 2 chain and 3 trebles in next stitch, to widen for center of back, a treble in each remaining stitch, turn.

2. Chain 3 for 1st treble, a treble in each treble, including the 3 trebles of shell, up to the 2 chain, make a shell as before under 2 chain, then a treble in each following to the end, turn. Work always in back vein of stitch to produce the ribbed or striped effect.

3 to 23. Same as 2d row. The jacket is now ready for joining.

Commencing at the point in center of back, count 26 stitches, then fold over and, starting from the other end of the same row, crochet the two sides together for 25 stitches, taking a stitch from each side. This will leave about 65 stitches for armscye.

For the border:

1. Shell of 6 trebles in a stitch, miss 2, a treble in next, miss 2; repeat. Commence with 3 chain for 1st treble of 1st shell, and join to that.

2. Shell of 6 trebles between 3d and 4th trebles of shell in previous row, and treble in treble; repeat.

3. Chain 4, fasten back in 1st stitch for a picot, a double between 2 trebles, repeat, making 5 picots around the shell, a double in single treble; repeat.

The crickets' party. St. Nicholas songs. 1885.

"Fig. 43. Butterfly" from the Priscilla Irish Crochet Book No. 2" edited by Eliza A. Taylor

I ended up not working in the back loops for the upper wings. Shaping the wings by adjusting the cord was a little tricky but I think it worked out well enough.

This series of tutorials was so useful:

some quilts by Jonathan Shannon (1938–2016) photographed at the San Jose Museum of Quilts and Textiles

Canciones de Mi Padre, 1989

From My Garden of Earthly Delights, 1992

Amigos Muertos, 1994. Rejected from the American Quilter's Society show due to the inclusion of Shannon's red AIDS ribbon (left skeleton). Shannon had won Best in Show the year before. Shannon organized protest letters as a result and made some impact on the issue of censorship in quilting.