calling all crocheters

2/21/13 UPDATE :: thank you all so very very much for you interest in this project. i have sent out all the skeins of thread that i have !! [i can't believe that i get to type that, but it's true!]

so. i'll just admit it. i think i might have just jumped off the deep end. 

i alluded to it here. and graciously a couple of you have already offered help [and believe me i will be taking you up on that]. 

my normal tendency is to keep quiet on what i'm working on [when it's an entire show] until it's all complete, or pretty darn close to that. but in this case i'm going to take the plunge [and i'll be crossing my fingers so that i don't jinx it]. 

all the thread you ask? well... my next show is going to center around "sen" which is 1000 in japanese. there are several components to this idea [which i will keep quiet for now as i'm figuring them out].

what i will say is that 1000 is a big deal in japanese culture. it's wrapped up in luck and hope and clearly excess. so... in thinking about luck and placing it into my lexicon, my vocabulary, my means of working. 1000 doilies it is. and because of my fascination with color and color theory... 100 colors of thread. 10 doilies in each color to get to my 1000. 

this is going to be a wall. a wall of doilies in my show next fall. and i'm not foolish enough to think i can do this myself. my mom is enlisted.... anyone else want to help?

they are fairly small doilies. about 2-3 inches. they only use a chain stitch and double crochet. when i first started making them it took me about an hour to make one - but now that i have the pattern pretty much memorized it takes about 35-45 minutes for one. 

i'm using a 1.5mm/ US size 10 hook. yup. it's small, and sometimes people think it's harder to use, but really it's no different than using a big hook. 

IF you are willing/able/interested in helping me i will send you a completed doily, the pattern, thread and a hook and return postage. AND of course some kind of art compensation - this will be determined, but i swear you will get something. 

you can most likely pick the color you'd like to do ! [want a purple - what KIND of purple i think i have 10 purples]. 

my only request is that if you commit to helping me you complete all 10 in one color. only because obviously every person will make their doilies slightly different - it's the way crochet works - and why i love it - but i need each color to be as similar as possible. 

i don't need these until the end of summer 2013 - so there's a lot of time to get this done....

if you can do 10 - GREAT ! if you can do more than 10 - GREAT GREAT !! any takers ?? pretty please... email me [lisa {at} lisasolomon {dot} com] or leave a comment with a way i can reach you. and thank you. in advance. for even thinking about it. for a moment.