Crochet the Vote!

The first poster I've ever crocheted.

I used 10 out of the 20 colors of DesigningVashti Lotus yarn, crocheted double-stranded. (It's sport weight yarn, so two strands of it together are equivalent to a worsted weight yarn.)

The background is an aran crochet stitch pattern. For kicks, I used a unique Tunisian crochet stitch for the letters. Here's how to do that stitch. (Single crochet would have been traditional.)

Toytester Bob Weighs In

150g of yarn; Approx. 12" x 14".

My son, home from college, thought the letters would be attached with velcro. What a fun design idea! You could spell more things: TOE. Or VETO. Or LOVE if I make an L.

The velcro idea has problems, though. If I put it only on the letters, over time the yarn of the poster would get snagged and frayed looking. If I added velcro to the background yarn, you'd see it between the letters, and it only comes in white or black as far as I know.

Know what would be even more fun? Magnets! I could attach the magnets to the back of the poster and to the backs of the letters. They'd need to be strong enough magnets to work through the yarn thickness.