Winning and crafting

I won an auction the other day on ebay for $0.95!

Then I had to pay $6 postage. But $0.95! What I won was eight steel crochet hooks. What is wrong with the rest of the world that nobody outbid me on steel crochet hooks?! I mean, I thought things of amigurumi cuteness were the hottest selling crafty items around.

But the other Friday night I gave Ally a refresher lesson in crochet, and as we chatted she sat there and made a necklace out of cotton. I was impressed. I have never yet tried the smaller cotton stuff, but I now have some smaller hooks, and I want a necklace, so I might give it a go.

Think a bit like this picture, which I downloaded from Wren handmade a long time ago:

Also, if you go on over here at Ally’s blog right now you can win some owly crafty goodness.