Kitsch Crochet

I have this growing interest in knitting and crochet. The deal was pretty much sealed when this lovely lady at my work crocheted me a tissue packet cover. I'm not talking a tissue box cover, but a warm little home for my tissue packet (with 10 tissues in each plastic packet). I think my heart melted on the spot when I saw it.

I decided to type "crochet" in the search engine to see what I could uncover. Uninterested in the boring sites listed in google's top ten I started scouring the images. My (now)-hardened heart skipped a little beat.

There's a lady out there named Alicia Kachmar that crochets the most amazing things.

For instance, here is a s'more she crocheted!



And here is what a normal s'more looks like:


(The internets informs me it's an American thing - marshmallow and chocolate sandwiched in between some crackers. I'm pretty sure they featured heavily in The Baby Sitters Club books when I used to read them.)

Two peas in a pod crocheted:



And some clouds and sad raindrops:



Ms. Alicia sells her crocheted friends on a website called etsy, which itself is worth investigating. It's a website that allows people to set up an online shop and sell their art, clothing and handcrafted items (and other things) online to anyone in the world. It's amazing.

Click here to see Ms Alicia's other items.

I have my beady little eyes on all of them...


-michiko-