Last night my friend Mani (who literally squats outside Etsy all day long, seriously) told me the artist whose print I “featured” on my blog a while back put up a batch of lace-covered stones for sale last night, at 7pm EST. By the time she got home, two hours after the fact, all the stones have been sold, every single one of them. Bwah.
Still, I went to poke around her little shop, hoping perhaps that suddenly a new listing would open up whilst I was there, and I would grab the next lace-covered stone to exist in this Universe.
Instead, I saw this:
A necklace crochted from vintage crochet cotton, over a smooth rock. Since I cannot crochet to save my life, I have no idea how one even crochets over a smooth rock. But the result intrigues me. To me, it looks like she has crochetted a hole.
It made me almost want to email her and ask if she can custom-crochet a necklace for me, the shape of the hole in my heart, missing.
I have been poking quite a bit around Etsy because, of late I feel maybe I want to wear a necklace in Ferdinand’s memory. I have never been an accessory type of person. I do not wear a watch because it feels restrictive on my wrist and I do not wear my wedding ring either because it feels restrictive (in the physical sense). But lately, the idea of a necklace has been floating in and out of my consciousness so I went look on Etsy. I have some marked in my favorites, almost all with a tear-shaped pendant because that is my favorite shape for so many years. And also, Ferdinand feels like a tear drop to me. But none yet has said, this is it.
But oh, this idea that a hole can be crocheted, how intriguing. What do you think? Can you crochet a hole? What jewelry do you wear?
Funny – after having the idea of a necklace in mind for almost a year, I finally found something that was just right. And yep, also on Etsy. It’s sort of a tear-drop shaped, vintage-inspired design with an April birthstone set on one side. On the other, her name and the same symbol D and I have as our tattoos, a sign for her that doubles as a homonym for her name. I’m so glad to finally have it.
One of my best friends at university made a necklace for me – a black crocheted pouch around a stone with a Japanese character on it. I don’t remember which character and I’ve long since fallen out with that friend. But I remember loving the idea of a sacred feeling secreted within, held close and safe by yarn, crafted by someone who cared about me.
that is stunning. it does look like a hole, but i also really love the idea of crochet over rock. protection. comfort. love. i just love rocks, though.
i actually have this, also off of etsy:
http://www.etsy.com/view_listing.php?listing_id=24586640
not sure if you can see it or not, but it is antique glass. i intended on putting some of lucy’s hair in it, like a memento mori. when it came, i cut a bit of my hair, and it just looked so creepy, that i wasn’t sure i could wear it, and still maintain normal conversations with people whose eyes i imagined would bug out of their skull. so, i wrote her name on onion skin, and i pick a fresh mini flower out of the garden, and put it in there. i like it, but wish i could figure out something more classy for inside of it.
beyond that i wear a bracelet with lucia’s name and birthdate, also from etsy. (i am revealing my addiction.)
I think you should ask the artist about a custom design with an empty heart. That could be a wonderful piece of jewelry for you, so it wouldn’t hurt to inquire.
I look forward to seeing the piece that says “this is it” to you.
I like wearing jewelry. Most days I wear a “Toren necklace” (I have 3 that remind me of him but my favorite is from Barbara and has his name and date of delivery stamped on it), and a rose quartz mala around my neck (under clothes) or around a wrist.
holy cow, we do have a bunch of Etsy addicts out here, don’t we?
Melka, I would love to see your necklace one of these days. I am sorry about the fall-out with your friend.
Angie, LOVE that antique glass but like you, I think people will be freaked when they see what is inside. I was thinking of a locket with a small pinch of his ashes…
Anna, that is one intriguing idea, an empty heart… …