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this blanket is actually finished! tho only have WIP pics for now. this one started as a scrap yarn project where I was gonna use up the leftovers from Becca's temperature blanket, but just ended up loving the pattern too much when I ran out of yarn, so of course I hadta order more

pattern is Dedri Uys "Lazy Waves Blanket" from Look At What I Made

sneak peek of a current project, also still using the same yarn as the temperature blanket

#WIP #blanket #crochet #lazy waves

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jus a lil crochet heart

#crochet #finished object

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this might actually be the first large scale crochet project I worked, definitely a scrap yarn project

pattern is Polly Plum's Begin the Beguine

#crochet #finished object #blanket #begin the beguine

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my go to project to work on during meetings, they make a decent dishcloth/ general purpose cleaning rag. I've made bigger of the same pattern for washcloths and they work just as well

unrelated: happy birthday Madz!

#knit #washcloth #fidget knit

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soooo made this shawl out of frustration of not being able to accurately create another pattern. yarn did create a lovely MLM theme however. this piece doesn't currently have a loving home. reach out if there's anyone who would actually wanna use it

#crochet #shawl #finished object

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this blanket was made for Athena. no story other than she's the best cat and it was fun making yet another blankie for her to claim

pattern is Lucia Stepankova's Firefly Blanket

#fireflyblanket #crochet #finished object #blocking

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How did you get soooo talented? Your pieces are gorgeous 😍

🥰🥰🥰 you're too nice to me 💜

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gifties for a friend 💜(hope they've arrived by now)

#knit #knitblr #craftblr #flower coaster #heart stuffie #amigurumi #finished piece #coaster #heart #gifts

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while working on a piece with all the leftovers from the temperature blanket I had set it down to weave in a few ends. when I finished n tried to crochet more, Athena said it was actually break time. at least she's looking out for my health 💜

#guardian #crochet #scrap yarn project #wip #break time #craftblr #dangers of weaving in ends

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Y'all, im so proud of this one. Idc the pics aren't great, the finished item wasn't so perfect either. But I had so much fun making this one. Story of the piece first, then pattern info below

This project has tons of meaning to me n I figured I'd share the story here.

I made this project for a friend who also crafts. We chat regularly about our crafts and she often makes art for me and everyone in my apartment. We have some creative overlap, but not a ton. Historically, I've not been so great at crafting for others and hadn't made anything for her yet.

In any case, we chat with each other about crafts we see that we are excited about or think the other may be excited about. One day when she was over, we were chatting crafts again and she mentioned she was seeing lots of temperature blankets in her feed n wondered if I'd ever thought about making one.

Truth be told, I'd never made one for myself and couldn't see myself wanting to make one. I let her know this as well. Not for any particular reason, just never felt the need to. It was a pretty casual conversation and we moved onto other topics.

Fast forward a bit and we are chatting again and she lets me know her partner had proposed. She said yes and they had set a date for two years in the future for a special date for them.

It clicked maybe a month later that this time frame, their engagement period, would be perfect for a temperature blanket. I had doubts at first if I wanted to make it, but started getting thoughts on how to work it all out. The only thing I had for certain was fall pallet for the colors as it's their favorite season. I talked it over with some other friends who also know her, and after many many many reassurances, I decided to go for it.

Honest, this is the most I'd ever planned for any project. I researched types of temperature blankets, typical temperature ranges for our area, how to divide the time frame and temperature range, I swear, it's a whole spreadsheet with many tabs of research and planning. In the end, I decided on 9 colors with about 7°F increments where each chevron represents the average temperature for one week of their engagement. I also made a knitted scale (not pictured) of the colors in order from coldest to warmest and wrote on the card for the gift how the scale lines up to actual temperatures just so she and her family could look back and get more info from it if they ever wanted.

It was helpful to tell myself during the process that she would never see it coming as I'd previously mentioned I wasn't interested in making one. And if she didn't know I was working on it, I could ditch it at any point if it wasn't turning out.

I managed to keep the whole project a secret as I worked on it. Making sure I got advance warning when she would come over so I could make sure it was hidden away, sometimes even just making decoy projects to keep her off the trail. She would definitely suspect something if I all the sudden stopped talking about crafts. It was honestly incredible as it expanded my ability to work on multiple projects at once, which I was definitely not so comfy with when I first started crafting.

As common for gift projects, there was a clock and oh gosh was it a race! I barely had it blocked before I wanted to give it to her (yeah, I know the deadline was only enforced by me), but I wanted to give it to her as an additional wedding gift. I ended up being able to gift it to her at the rehearsal dinner, so really just in time!

I'm so happy with how it turned out, and had so much fun playing with the process and planning for this project. I definitely learned a lot and would have done a few things different if I could go back, but overall I'm super proud of it 😊

Pattern is Frankie Brown's Ten Stitch Zigzag

#blocking doesnt fix everything #knit #blanket #temperature blanket #engagement #wedding #wedding gift #craftblr #knitblr #knitting #finished piece #finished wip #WIP #fall colors

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Meet Squish! Fae were my first attempt at amigurumi

Pattern from Drew Hill's Magical Creatures

#crochet #amigurumi #first try #craftblr #crafts #finished piece #mushrooms

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back to when I was working on the bag. forgot I took WIP pics for once

#when it was wip #the process #finished wip #knitblr #two color brioche #brioche #craftblr #knitting #in the round #knit #dice bag #d&d

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My favorite dice bag I've made. Still use it when I'm rolling physical dice during sessions

Pattern is Diana Keyson's Dice Bag of Minimal Magic

#d&d #knitblr #craftblr #knitting #brioche #dice bag #in the round #finished piece #two color brioche