I'm crocheting starfish. Ask me anything.

[Ellen Forradalom]

Well, those of you who are still awake can.

[Shakespeare]

1. So what kind of blotter acid did you use?

:D

[Ellen Forradalom]

3. You're thinking of the time

that I made sculptures by dripping candle wax.

[Shakespeare]

4. oh, that's right

must be the 'shrooms

[tinrobot]

2. Ummm....

Why starfish and not monkeys?

[Ellen Forradalom]

6. Starfish are easier

They have six points so join together readily.

Although monkeys could be interesting too. I recently read an article about inmates who knit and crochet for charity. One warden said, "You ain't seen nothing until you've seen a guy who's serving 800 years come up to you all proud and beaming because he crocheted his first cow."

[Sparky McGruff]

5. "Crocheting starfish?"

Is that what you kids are calling it these days? I'll never get the dang lingo down.

[Ellen Forradalom]

8. You kids yourself.

I'm in my 40s.

[madrchsod]

7. went to a thrift store

tuesday and saw a lady buy about 25 12inch crocheted quilt squares for 4 dollars.was that a good buy?

[Ellen Forradalom]

9. Seems so, especially if she can't crochet herself.

Then all she has to do is join them. Saves her a ton of work and she can pass it off as her own work.

[neebob]

10. I clicked on this thread because I mistakenly read

"I'm a crocheting starfish." That would be something. Oh, well. Here's my question: Don't starfish have five points?

[Shakespeare]

11. With five arms, a crocheting starfish would be FAST

Of course, there's the whole no-opposable-thumbs thing, but still...FIVE ARMS!

[Ediacara]

15. tube feet are a problem

starfish move in slow-mo, and tube feet only work in salt water, and... although they generally have suction cups on their ends, I don't think that yarn would suction very well.

[Shakespeare]

17. Well, ya never know until you try...

I don't think that yarn would suction very well

Since we're having a surreal evening, I say it's worth a go. :D

[Ellen Forradalom]

18. I'm using nylon twine

That might suction better than other fibers.

[trof]

26. starfish story

Several years ago my little girl and I are on the beach at York, Maine. It's low tide, and we are exploring tidal pools. In one we find a starfish. It the first time either of us have seen a real live starfish in its natural habitat.

"Can we pick it up?"
"I think so, if we're very careful and gentle with it."
It feels funny and tickles when its little "feet"(?) move on your hand. We put it back in the pool and in a minute or so it starts to move again, very slowly.

A man about my age and his little boy come over to see what we're looking at. They watch for a few minutes, and then he asks me "Is that YOUR starfish?"
"Well, no. It's not MINE. It's just there. It just is."
"Oh."

It was time for lunch and we walked back up to the blankets and joined the rest of the group. About a half hour later we came back down to the pool and the starfish was gone. I don't think he could have gotten very far in a half hour. I guess it's HIS now.
jeez

[Ediacara]

12. Most do

but some have four, six, or as many as twenty or twenty-one.

[Ellen Forradalom]

14. Why, so they do

Although some have a whole lot more. This six-pointed pattern obviously takes a bit of artistic license.

[Tom Yossarian Joad]

13. If you forget a leg will it grow back on its own?

[Ellen Forradalom]

16. No, and I'd have to rip the others out to fix it

Ouch.

[JackSwift]

19. "I'm a crochety starfish. Ask me anything"

Is what I first read. I pictured a five armed Andy Rooney kissing Bush's ass.

[Ellen Forradalom]

20. You want this thread, then

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=show_topic&forum=105&topic_id=498475

[mr_hat]

21. Where is a starfish's crotch? Like, right in the middle?

[Ediacara]

22. do you really want to know?

The anus and uh, genital pores, are located on the "top" of the starfish, right in the center of the arms.

[mr_hat]

24. Thanks -- that's reassuring for starfish fanciers everywhere.

[Bertha Venation]

23. Are you going to name one "Peach?"

Will only make sense if you've seen "Finding Nemo."

[Limbought]

25. Right now I am working on a pair of slippers in between posts.

I also have a queen size aghan in the works as a X-mas present for my Mom.