Our Proposed Installation

Here's a little visual of what our installation may look like, in the Meldrum Science Center.

Update

Exciting things are happening with the Lake Bonneville Coral Reef!  We have an exhibition venue!  The reef will be exhibited at the Meldrum Science Center at Westminster College in October 2011.  Our team of crocheters continues to grow, and they are creating some amazing pieces.  We can always use more hands creating this reef, and all skill levels are welcome.  If you don't know how to crochet, but would like to learn, stop by the Tea Grotto this Thursday, April 21 at 7:00pm and we'll give you a quick and easy lesson.  Bring a size 'F' or 'G' crochet hook and a ball of yarn.

This Wednesday, April 20, we will have a table at Westminster's Earth Day event.  Stop by and see us between 11:00am - 2:00pm to see some of our coral pieces.

See our "About" page for more information about the project.

Our Reef is Growing!

We have been having some fun crochet get-togethers over at the Tea Grotto here.  These are a few of the pieces we've all made so far.  Check out more photos on our Flickr page!

We will continue to meet at the Tea Grotto on 900 East 2100 South every second and fourth Tuesday at 2:00PM, and every first and third Thursday at 7:00PM.  Everyone is welcome!  Bring your hooks and yarn:)

Crochet Seashell

I did it!  I crocheted a seashell!  I started earlier this week, using the seashell in the back as inspiration.

I didn't just want this to look like a seashell on the outside; I wanted it to be true to form through and through.  I started with a 5 inch chain and used basic hyperbolic crochet, increasing every 6 stitches.  This piece formed the inner spiral of the shell.  I fastened off, wrapped it into the spiral, then reconnected the yarn and started a spiral of bullion stitches on the front.  I quickly realized that the spiral was going the wrong direction, so I tried to crochet left-handed to get it to go the other way!  It was working, but painfully slow.  Instead, I switched to basically making the bullions backwards, inserting the hook from back to front in the foundation stitch.

I continued on with the spiral until a point when I started working back and forth rows again.  The ruffled edge is also done with hyperbolic crochet.  For more ruffle I increased every two stitches, for a softer wave I used fewer increases. 

Can you hear the ancient sea in there?

We are crocheting tomorrow night (1/13/11) at 7:00pm at the Tea Grotto, then again on Tuesday (1/18/11) afternoon, 2:00pm same place if you wish to join us!

Next Crochet Meeting

We will be meeting Thursday, January 13 at 7:00PM at the Tea Grotto on the corner of 900 east and 2100 south to crochet and chat!  Bring your hooks!  Bring your yarn!  Bring your friends, your mother-in-law, your neighbor!

I've been working on a crochet seashell this week.   I'll post photos as soon as I get it finished.  Hope to see you Thursday!

Oh!  And if you are interested in a Tuesday afternoon meet up, leave a comment or shoot me an email.  We are hoping to do two meetings a month, one in the evening and one in the afternoon to accommodate different schedules! 

Let's Crochet!

If you would like to help build the reef, join us on Tuesday December 14 at 2:00pm at Diva's Cupcakes on 1560 East 3300 South.  Bring your crochet hook and some yarn and we will start crocheting hyperbolic planes and talking about this great project!  Check out this site for more info on crocheting hyperbolic planes and creating coral.  http://crochetcoralreef.org/makeyourown/index.php

Welcome!

Welcome to the official Lake Bonneville Coral Reef information site!  A group of community members, in partnership with Brolly Arts and The Institute for Figuring, are creating a crochet coral reef here in Salt Lake City. 

We are in the beginning stages of development on the project; continue to check back here for updates.  If you live in Utah, crochet, and would like to participate in this project email slccoralreef[!at}gmail.com.  Spread the word to your friends!