Crocheted from cotton thread. About 3000 yards of bedspread weight cotton thread to be exact.
And teensy weensy little hook. A size 6 steel hook cradled in a hand carved wooden handle courtesy of the hook carver extraordinaire, Jimbo!
Jimbo, your hook enabled me to crochet for many, many hours virtually free of pain. Thank you so much!
And it took numerous hours to work through the filet mesh of this brainy beast of a shawl. A month and a half of evenings dedicated to the mesh, open and closed.
A lot of mesh...
Yeah, it's that big.
And it is done!
My brainical thready opus is finis!
Copyright 2007 Regina Rioux Gonzalez. All rights reserved.
This is absolutely beautiful! I love your brain, in both senses of the word :-) Thanks for perking up my morning.
ReplyDeleteI'm completely in awe. Amazing!
ReplyDeleteAWESOME!!!!!
ReplyDeleteYou are amazing woman-
ReplyDeleteGood lord, that blows my mind. You are so freakin' talented - I aspire to be even half the crocheter you are when I grow up.
ReplyDeleteHoly Cow ! I never knew a brain could be so pretty !
ReplyDeleteDo you know how much I love you?
ReplyDeleteIn all seriousness, I can never show this to my husband or he will demand that I make one. Of course, I'm already considering this for myself.
That is totally amazing! I think my arm would have fell off halfway through that project.
ReplyDeleteThat is insane! I know how fiddly that must have been - I take my hat off to you!
ReplyDeleteyou're so awesome.
ReplyDeleteThat is phenomenal! In the first picture, I didn't realize the size of the brain - seeing someone holding it up... wow... that's a heck of a lot of work and time!
ReplyDeleteI applaud you. :)
wow! can I post a photo of this on my site?? (craftrenaissance.com)
ReplyDeleteThat. Is incredible. Wow.
ReplyDeleteHoly cow! Awesome!
ReplyDeleteYour brain is fabulous... & the pie was delicious...and now its one of our favorites ! much easier to make then your brain (shawl)...we thank you ! Sydneys household
ReplyDeleteAha. Women's brains are bigger....!
ReplyDelete:=) Lovely work!
The whole thing is crocheted? You didn't do the triangle portion on your loomy thing? wow. That makes it even more amazing.
ReplyDeleteThat is too awesome for words!
ReplyDeleteAnd wow the time investment!! I wish I could be as productive as you. As it is, I'm lucky to get 20 rows a night in a simple garter stitch (35 stitches) on a scarf I'm working on.
Never mind the Jolly Roger appliques I started a while back! I want to finish those.
I knew your were crazy, now I know you are insane! All I can say is WOW!
ReplyDeleteJust incredible, Regina! and to think it was made with a hook I made!!
ReplyDeleteThanks for showing it!!
That is just pure insanity! WOW!
ReplyDeleteWhatever inspired this??
Good God, that is remarkable. Well done as usual Regina!
ReplyDeleteThe incredible crocheted brain of West LA! Amazing, as usual.
ReplyDeleteWow. I have no words. Other than wow.
ReplyDeleteWhoa, that's some brain you've got there. In size 10 crochet cotton?! Madness, woman, sheer and utter madness. But in a good way!
ReplyDeleteIs this the first in a series of fileted organs? Is the spleen next? Maybe the heart?
Whoa.
"If I Only Had A Brain..." OH, but you did!! So brilliant and amazing! KUDOS!
ReplyDeleteTHAT seriously makes me want to try crocheting with thread. I never thought I'd be interested in filet, but that's way cool.
ReplyDeletePS- I'm working on your 'grill' placemats from the kooky crochet book, and my husband thinks they're hilarious!
I'm starting to come up with some pattern ideas of my own now, and am excited to start experimenting after I've made all my christmas presents. Thanks for all the inspiration!!
WOW!!! Amazing work and patience!
ReplyDeleteYou are completely insane, and I mean that in the most admiring way possible. Also very clever and apparently a great designer.
ReplyDeleteI think you should make a smalller on for a headscarf.
You never cease to completely amaze me!!
ReplyDeleteGoodness, that is awesome! It's beautiful, geeky, somehow creepy, in other words, perfect.
ReplyDeleteThat is truly amazing!
ReplyDeleteWow! You're creativity just amazes me!! And you're work is gorgeous!!
ReplyDeleteGotta love that thread!!! :)) Okay, get this - brain in a rectangle for a beautiful tablecloth!!!!! What ya think????? :))
just stopped by for a closer look and want to add my congratulations. An amazing accomplishment! Way to use your noodle!
ReplyDeleteI have to say it, Check out the big brain on Brad!
ReplyDeleteThanks for posting photos with a human for comparison so that we can all ogle how enormous that project really was. WOWZA.
That is one big brain (on Brad - see I can not stop myself.)
Congrats - impressive.
This is brilliant!
ReplyDeleteMost excellent! And I have the perfect person in mind ot crochet this for ~ you ARE going to sell the pattern, right?!!
ReplyDeleteThat is just goddamn beautiful. You are a genius!
ReplyDeleteLady Linoleum strikes again! Will you be offering a pattern for this on your site? I've banged out your jellyfish, the saw that dripped blood, the spider web shawl-I NEED to make this! I love it. Thanks for sharing all your wonderful ideas with the rest of us.
ReplyDeleteJudy
Pure genius.
ReplyDeleteIs there a WHY out here somewhere that I've missed???
ReplyDeleteThis is AWESOME. My husband would totally dig it if I crocheted this for him... I'm thinking - tablecloth... bedspread... something really hugely overwhelming and useful. :) He had a brain tumor back in 2001 and now when we look at the MRI every year to re-scan, you see a big hole where they removed it... We have a laugh each year about that big chunk of his brain missing.
If I could give him a huge brain like this? He'd really love it. Honestly. His online name is HalfBrainBoy. :)
Is there a backstory to why you made it? And can I get a pattern?
Simply amazing! Do you have a pattern for it?
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