“Turquoise Sea”. I dyed plenty of yarn to bring to @thewoolmontyshow, buying in extra to make sure I have an amazing selection. The shop is stocked to bursting with beautiful colours so now is a great time to look if you won’t be at the show.
MothyandtheSquid.com #mothyandthesquid#yarn#knitting#crochet
By sewing the third layer of leaves so that the leaves stand upward a little, I was able to give the pillow some more shape, and it all fits together much more nicely. There are still gaps between the leaves, which I hope won't make the whole pillow too fragile. But the changed geometry definitely reduced the gaps!
And done. After the first one, I had quite a bit of yarn left, so I decided to make it a small companion.
Usually, I'm not too keen on these crochet mini figures, because they lack detail. But with this thick cord as yarn, I think the result is quite interesting.
What a yarn! Journalists are turning to #crochet to tell data stories
“I’m really interested in these beautiful, touchable representations of data that use texture to encode information in a way that our screens cannot reproduce.”
I was having a bit of a clear out and found one of Littlest’s jumpers that I’d kept for a memory box.
I thought “You know what? I could crochet a bear and have it wear the jumper. Wouldn’t that be cute?”
Let me tell you that no, it would not be “cute”. It would be a human child sized rat-bear that looks like it should be in Coraline. I know this because it lives with us now.
Inner leaves of the succulent pillow - done!
there are two more layers of leaves to sew together, and then add a backing. As I add the layers and it gets more three-dimensional, the work gets more complicated!
@crochet #crochet
For those of you who remember the Persian Tiles Afghan I made in February this year,
I am working on a different colour way of the design!
Ms DT has nabbed the original!
She just went daft when she saw it!!
'its pink and purple! ' 🥰🥰🥰
Was how she won me over
Back to the succulent pillow project - time to sew all the pieces together! I'm figuring it out as I go along, as this is my first time sewing crochet, and the pattern I'm using doesn't really have any guidance.
Finished a second granny square today. New one's on the left, previous one on the right, just to show how different they look just from reversing the row color order. More rainbow variations to come!
Used my red yarn to make this blobcat prototype before trying with my yellow, I'm really new to crochet this is only my second finished project and first time using a flat circle which came out really nice.
This is basically a flat circle with walls which I just sort of randomly reduced the stitching when it felt right. I mostly guessed with the ears by following a guide for making and attaching doll arms, then doing thar way shorter and putting it on the head.
The mouth was really hard, I didn't realise for Surface Crochet you need access to the underside and I'd already sealed the top and didn't want to re-open it so I sowed some thread in a general shape it came out OK.
I also didn't put enough stuffing inside so it doesn't feel as good to squish as it could, I'll add way more next time.
Overall, very enjoyable took me about a week to learn how to do the circle and then three to four days of intense crocheting once I got the hang of that.
I'd recommend crochet over #linux permissions or #Windows Defender any day.
Today's MeMade garments are a hat (crocheted), a skirt and bandanna (sewn), and a waistcoat and socks (knitted).
Here's a photo from last year of our cat putting her seal of approval (i.e. hair) on my hand-knitted sock collection. #MeMadeMay#knitting#socks#cat#sewing#crochet
I'm really into crocheting recently, made a few fellas and have some more things in mind.
Randomly spawning little toys is a part of my new personality I guess u . u
I celebrated today's summer-ish weather by hanging out on my porch all afternoon making this. I have no idea what this granny square will eventually become - that depends partly on how many more squares I can squeeze out of this stash of odds and ends of cotton yarn I'm using up. I'm less into the destination and more into the relaxing journey with this project TBH. And the rainbows. There will be variations on the rainbows, that I've already decided. 🌈
I finished this shawl/scarf this afternoon. Made with Cotton Kings Sultan Shadow, it's nice and lightweight. It's unfortunate that I will probably have to wait til the Autumn to actually use it in earnest!