Spider Woman! March 24

Filed under Crochet, Patterns, TYV Crocheting by Cecily | 3 comments

The Spider Woman Belt from TYV Crocheting was one of our truely long distance efforts. I had a vision of a scarf/belt that had a spider as a motif… something that would look cool and be fun to make. We chose the Lana Knits Hemp for the project early on and the personality of the hemp negated previous visions of a filet spider motif.

One day I pretty much doodled (you can doodle or sketch with yarn and hook right?) a spider web while sitting at my desk. It was one of those times where an idea in my head speaks directly to my fingers without consulting me too much and before I knew it I was holding a simple and easily made spider web. Kim had the yarn for the project so she got the honor of making it for the book. I sensed a bit of initial doubt when she first started the pattern, but then she became excited after another row or two as her web revealed itself. Kim also added the fantastic tassles seen in the book version of the belt, fit for a Spider Woman!

I relished wearing the Spider Woman belt at TNNA in January. That belt paired with my black boots made for a sort of “put togetherness” I rarely display. That’s what I love about a belt, it can really seal the deal. The super hero essence of the Spider Woman went straight to my brain too. I kept popping out my hip to show of the web motif, not unlike a 5 year old displaying her Wonder Woman wrist bands.


Alas, that belt had to go back home with Kim. Last week I
finally made my own with some random fuschia stash yarn.
I didn’t have enough yarn to make tassles so I tapered the
ends on a diagonal. I admit I haven’t woven in the ends yet,
but yeah I’ve worn it anyway.

Nothing like a fuschia Spider Woman belt to make a stroll through the grocery store a bit more exciting.