{"id":1408,"date":"2020-11-17T21:14:02","date_gmt":"2020-11-17T21:14:02","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/kariscraft.space\/?p=1408"},"modified":"2020-11-17T21:14:03","modified_gmt":"2020-11-17T21:14:03","slug":"dia-de-los-muertos-the-guy-with-a-hook","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/kariscraft.space\/index.php\/2020\/11\/17\/dia-de-los-muertos-the-guy-with-a-hook\/","title":{"rendered":"Dia de los Muertos &#8211; The Guy with a hook"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Another CAL from The Guy with the hook, who also published Spice Market:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-link is-provider-the-guy-with-the-hook\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<a href=\"https:\/\/theguywiththehook.com\/dia-de-los-muertos-mini-cal\/\">Dia de los Muertos&nbsp;mini-CAL<\/a>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>This CAL began in October with parts released each Sunday, to finish for Halloween \/ All Souls \/ Day of the Dead.  I picked bright colours in Stylecraft Special DK &#8211; lots to choose from &#8211; I love these &#8211; different to what I would normally use!<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>This was another really enjoyable CAL.  There were some mistakes in a few rows, but easy enough to work out what it should be, and the Facebook group was good to share the corrections.  I made a few more mistakes of my own (sorry &#8211; individual design features!!).<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-gallery columns-2 is-cropped wp-block-gallery-1 is-layout-flex wp-block-gallery-is-layout-flex\"><ul class=\"blocks-gallery-grid\"><li class=\"blocks-gallery-item\"><figure><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"949\" height=\"1024\" src=\"http:\/\/kariscraft.space\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/20201004_165839-949x1024.jpg\" alt=\"\" data-id=\"1446\" data-full-url=\"http:\/\/kariscraft.space\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/20201004_165839.jpg\" data-link=\"http:\/\/kariscraft.space\/?attachment_id=1446\" class=\"wp-image-1446\" srcset=\"https:\/\/kariscraft.space\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/20201004_165839-949x1024.jpg 949w, https:\/\/kariscraft.space\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/20201004_165839-278x300.jpg 278w, https:\/\/kariscraft.space\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/20201004_165839-768x828.jpg 768w, https:\/\/kariscraft.space\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/20201004_165839-1424x1536.jpg 1424w, https:\/\/kariscraft.space\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/20201004_165839-1899x2048.jpg 1899w, https:\/\/kariscraft.space\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/20201004_165839-750x809.jpg 750w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 949px) 100vw, 949px\" \/><figcaption class=\"blocks-gallery-item__caption\">Part 1<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/li><li class=\"blocks-gallery-item\"><figure><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"893\" src=\"http:\/\/kariscraft.space\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/20201011_165803-1024x893.jpg\" alt=\"\" data-id=\"1448\" data-full-url=\"http:\/\/kariscraft.space\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/20201011_165803-scaled.jpg\" data-link=\"http:\/\/kariscraft.space\/?attachment_id=1448\" class=\"wp-image-1448\" srcset=\"https:\/\/kariscraft.space\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/20201011_165803-1024x893.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/kariscraft.space\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/20201011_165803-300x262.jpg 300w, https:\/\/kariscraft.space\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/20201011_165803-768x670.jpg 768w, https:\/\/kariscraft.space\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/20201011_165803-1536x1340.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/kariscraft.space\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/20201011_165803-2048x1786.jpg 2048w, https:\/\/kariscraft.space\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/20201011_165803-750x654.jpg 750w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><figcaption class=\"blocks-gallery-item__caption\">Part 2 &#8211; also included the 9 skulls<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/li><li class=\"blocks-gallery-item\"><figure><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"576\" src=\"http:\/\/kariscraft.space\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/20201027_221737-1024x576.jpg\" alt=\"\" data-id=\"1449\" data-full-url=\"http:\/\/kariscraft.space\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/20201027_221737-scaled.jpg\" data-link=\"http:\/\/kariscraft.space\/?attachment_id=1449\" class=\"wp-image-1449\" srcset=\"https:\/\/kariscraft.space\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/20201027_221737-1024x576.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/kariscraft.space\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/20201027_221737-300x169.jpg 300w, https:\/\/kariscraft.space\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/20201027_221737-768x432.jpg 768w, https:\/\/kariscraft.space\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/20201027_221737-1536x864.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/kariscraft.space\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/20201027_221737-2048x1152.jpg 2048w, https:\/\/kariscraft.space\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/20201027_221737-750x422.jpg 750w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><figcaption class=\"blocks-gallery-item__caption\">Part 4 before the embroidery on the skulls<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/li><li class=\"blocks-gallery-item\"><figure><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"930\" src=\"http:\/\/kariscraft.space\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/20201029_210556-1024x930.jpg\" alt=\"\" data-id=\"1451\" data-full-url=\"http:\/\/kariscraft.space\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/20201029_210556.jpg\" data-link=\"http:\/\/kariscraft.space\/?attachment_id=1451\" class=\"wp-image-1451\" srcset=\"https:\/\/kariscraft.space\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/20201029_210556-1024x930.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/kariscraft.space\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/20201029_210556-300x272.jpg 300w, https:\/\/kariscraft.space\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/20201029_210556-768x698.jpg 768w, https:\/\/kariscraft.space\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/20201029_210556-1536x1395.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/kariscraft.space\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/20201029_210556-2048x1860.jpg 2048w, https:\/\/kariscraft.space\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/20201029_210556-750x681.jpg 750w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><figcaption class=\"blocks-gallery-item__caption\">Finished<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/li><\/ul><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>I didn&#8217;t take photos after Part 3 which was attaching the skulls and all the black behind!<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Some people had decorated skulls before attaching, but I think they needed the embroidery to flatten them to the black background (mine were sagging a bit!).<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Paul made me the hoop, to size, from copper tube.  I had never crocheted a mandala to a hoop before.  It was fiddly, but simple.  I did a double crochet in each 2 chain space of the border, chained 8 around the hoop, and then back to a double crochet in the next 2 chain space.  The wool gets wrapped around the hoop and needs unwinding quite frequently.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>This is now hung on the wall in the conservatory &#8211; lovely and bright.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Another CAL from The Guy with the hook, who also published Spice Market: This CAL began in October with parts released each Sunday, to finish for Halloween \/ All Souls \/ Day of the Dead. 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