None are perfect yet and it's a gruelling business to write up an accurate Pattern.
And here is a tiny Australian native snail, found on stem of old zucchini plant last Autumn. Less than 1 cm long.
to be continued....
This page is for writing up the 144 stitch model. lower right. Sooner or later.....
There are a number of ways to sew it up.
It's getting better- lower left shows a new way of using thread= fine thread crocheted over a thick yarn. Might help with making thin inner column and thick outer lip= quite tricky.
The spiral at top of each seashell- mathematical model uses concentric circles of increasing circumference in accordance with the fibonacci series-----then merged to form spiral ---which is almost exactly right!
There is a lot of maths which I have been figuring out-- will publish when it's documented up.
Also there is such a vast array of configurations to study --- here are some shells I bought in a Queensland chemist shop for $20.
(You can see images of others-- Australian Seashore species in a previous post- "Real Seashells", of 5/4/2013, courtesy of New Holland Publishers.)
(You can see images of others-- Australian Seashore species in a previous post- "Real Seashells", of 5/4/2013, courtesy of New Holland Publishers.)
And here is a tiny Australian native snail, found on stem of old zucchini plant last Autumn. Less than 1 cm long.
to be continued....
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