Finally finished

My first wearable project!

F*ck AI Skeleton Sweater by Earthtricks

It's taken me well over 6 months, first time doing anything that wasn't finished in 2 or 3 days, first time doing anything I could wear, first time doing tapestry crochet.

There was many mistakes along the way, some frogging, some literally cutting away whole chunks and stitching parts back together. It's not perfect, but it was never meant to be because I'm still learning and I've learnt a lot :) still happy with what I've achieved. What's next?!?!

Finished in time for Halloween!! After starting, then stopping, and starting again, this African Flower tarantula only took me a couple of years, he he he. This will be the only one of these I ever make 😜

Used a 2.25 mm hook and 8/4 Hobbii Rainbow cotton yarn.

Here is the pattern I used listed on Etsy: https://www.etsy.com/listing/4371098217/crochet-tarantula-pattern-african-flower?ref=share_v4_lx

My daughter wanted to be a bucket of popcorn for Halloween this year! The pattern is self drafted. The bucket is just rows of double crochet, and the kernels were individually crocheted following the Secret Yarnery's youtube video. The costume inspired a movie theater theme for Halloween; her little brother is the ICEE, and grandma and myself are concession stand workers.

Happy Halloween!!

So technically I finished this blanket during the summer, however it took me until yesterday to finally get around to sewing in the last 30 or so threads.

This blanket pattern has been on my to do list for at-least two years as I am a procrastinator by nature and was overwhelmed in colour choices. Well this year I put myself on a yarn buying ban as I have A-LOT that I should really be using . When looking through my stash for this project I realised that I had a lot of pinks and purples and my bedroom is a similar colour scheme, so that was the colour situation sorted.

I grabbed every single yarn skein I had that had a hint of pink or purple and some dark yellow/ pumpkin? yarn that I had to add some contrast. Plus I had a glittery version of a similar colour that I thought would add some pizzaz to the butterfly’s.

I’d been wanting to make a granny square bag for a long time and finally did it. Shout out to r/knitting for helping me unravel the sweater. And to y’all when I posted about modifying the handle on the bag. I’m happy with how it turned out and that it’s eco-friendly since I used secondhand materials. The sweater is 100% cotton and this took just about all of the sleeves so I still have the body of the sweater left to use for something else. And I only used one side of the pillowcase.

I’ve been crocheting for more than 50 years, and I grimace every time I see someone mention doing this. If you feel you need to make an adjustment to achieve the gauge for a project use a different hook or yarn size. This is especially true if you’re the type of crocheter who rotates working on different projects.

I Was Nightcrawler(X-men) For Halloween

Made with #3 thread and 2.25 mm hook. I was trying to use up yarn I had lying around but ran out and had to buy more. Oh well. It was a fun first doily pattern, and now I’m ready for Halloween.

Image descriptions: a crocheted round doily in off-white featuring six cute ghosts.

Just wanted to share this little crochet summer top I made! 🤍🌸
I really love how the floral details and delicate stitches turned out.
It took some patience, but I'm pretty happy with the final result.
What do you guys think? Would you wear something like this? 🧶💕

Top-Down Crochet Raglan using Waffle Stitch Front/Back-Post Ribbing for Cuffs & Collar

Caron Latte Cakes in Colors “Blueberry” and “Cream”

4.5mm hook

Worked on it consistently for about 3 weeks then left it lol. Would have probably finished it in 4 weeks if I stayed consistent.

I freehanded the first poncho and took notes along the way. For this poncho I double checked my directions and the stitch counts. I will put the “pattern”in the comments in case anyone is interested. Please understand that I do not know how to read patterns so I have no idea how to write them in a standard format. I like the steps written out in a list format as I find that easier to follow.

I used a 6.0 mm hook to make the neck opening. I switched to an 8.0 mm hook for the rest of the poncho. I needed three skeins for the poncho leaving only a small ball of yarn leftover. I bought four skeins of yarn to be on the safe side.

Because of that extra skein I have enough yarn to make her a hat and scarf set as well. I only just started the hat. But the plan is for the brim to be in the poncho color (Cat’s Cradle)and the body of the hat will be in Premier Puzzle yarn in white. The Pom Pom will be a mix of the two yarns. I made a two toned hat once before. It is actually easier than I thought. The trick is to pull the yarn color just completed to the front then pick up the new color which is below. At the boundary of the two colors you start the stitch in the old color then switch to the new color for the final yarn over and pull through.

Here is the tutorial I used to make that first hat: Two Toned Hat https://youtu.be/_SU_TUomPIA?si=nQqqECHYBADNgG5c

I saw someone's cardigan here that she made for her niece and I loved it so much so I had to make my own version. 12 colors in the squares, plus the black. I stitched it together however I felt like so there's not really any consistency on the black.

4 hook and Two of Wands Cottino yarn. It's a cotton/superwash merino blend.

Preparing a restock for my local shop and these mushroom pots are still my favourite “plants” I make ♥️

So much work went into this, I needed to give it a good home✨❤️

Obsessed with how this came out! 🥰

I’ve always been the crocheter that didn’t block anything, and I figured that I probably never would. Been working on a cashmere blanket made of multiple unraveled sweaters, meaning that the yarn isn’t 100% equal in gauge, so I figured I’d do it just this once to make the squares match as much as possible before joining.

Wow. The difference between the blocked and unblocked squares is huge, and I wasn’t anticipating just how crisp the corner edges on the blocked squares would become.

I can’t say I find the blocking process enjoyable (probably mostly because my blocking board is a bunch of darning needles stabbed into a shoebox), but this has definitely converted me to seeing the value in doing it

Most satisfying yarn chicken I've ever played

Im working on a king size weighted blanket with ponybeads on every other stitch to make it weighted! Its going to be a christmas gift for my nerodivergent sister who's going through a rough time right now. The beads are a fun texture and soothing to rub your hand across, and the weight is very comforting. Its about halfway done, expected to be 20lbs in the end!!

Looking at it in pictures its a little hard to see the rainbow blues and greens but I loves how gloomy the yarn i picked looked, it reminded me of the sky at the end of a storm.

Edit: I just had the most horrifying realization that ive been doing double crochet stitches instead of half double crochet stitches and now im wondering do I switch to the correct stitches? Do I continue with my mistake because im 80hrs into this project and just try to forget i ever had this realization and carry on like nothing is wrong? Do I frog it all (10 skeins, 1000's of beads....) and try again? Im leaning towards forgetting i ever realized it was the wrong stitch......

Edit 2: thank you everyone for being so kind about it!!! ❤️❤️ I need to have more grace with myself than expecting perfection in everything, this is only my 2nd crochet project ever so I dont know a whole ton, but im having fun figuring it out as I go.

I learned to crochet last year, so this was a big project for me! I tried to keep the tension high, so it was a labour of love!

Pattern: thatcrochetguy
Yarn: 2 strands of Hobbii Friends Cotton 8/8 Walnut (15), I used 20 skeins
Hook: 4.5mm
Hardware: Babylon leather

Also to add some tips:
- The videos on TikTok from swaydoescrochet are really helpful to assist with reading the pattern, as it’s not written like patterns usually are.
- They also advise about not doing a turning stitch, which is what I followed to get crisp edges. So I didn’t chain and turn, I just turned and went straight in for the next row.
- The designer, that crochet guy has a YouTube on how to stop the handles from stretching by adding a lining, which I followed.
- I also bought a Birkin liner which sits inside the bag to help keep the shape.