stupidbeecandle

Starting a new pair of socks. The colorway is inspired by the pokemon eevee but its also just some really nice pastry chocolate tones

I can make other patterns of socks but theres something so fun about making this one in particular

knitting colours and textures that make me go !!!!!!!! reblog

pigeonsparty

It's finally finally FINALLY done! I've been working on this blanket for 1 and a half years! It was a beautiful crochet project but I'm definitely ready to move on to something new (and perhaps smaller!!)

I'll miss having it around the house, but it'll shortly be off to the wonderful person who commissioned it.

Pattern: The Leafy Blanket by @adrianam_crochetdesigns

Dimensions: 1.8 x 2m

Working time: September 2023 - February 2025

Total active hours: ~246

Yarn: Lion Brand Yarns - Ferris Wheel - Evergreen 100% acrylic

Total useage: x22 85g balls (I BOUGHT OUT EVERY SINGLE BALL OF THIS YARN IN NSW - originally I was going to order more!)

Stay fluffy, friends!

crochet blanket oh nice colours really great effect with this pattern to look up later reblog

wizardarchetypes

selfundiagnosed

Ursula K. Le Guin “Catwings”

formative i used to try to make my friend play cat wings in the playground but no one else had read it :( reblog

darlingofdots

sometiktoksarevalid

art illustration painting acrylic? beautiful shapes and colours love this style reblog

itsbootytoots

striders

cant even be mad at my cat for trying to steal my yarn ball. its basically the most classic thing for a cat to steal

my expensive new yarn has so much cat spit on it now reblog

makinguselessthings

Knitted beer/drink sleeves. I originally made one for my husband, then all his friends kept seeing it and thought it was cool. Since they knit up so fast I made a few for them all this year.

The pattern is really simple:

Worsted Weight Yarn

Size 8 US double pointed needles

Cast on 40 stitches

Knit 3, purl 2, in the round for 24 rows

Row 25: Purl all stitches

Row 26: Knit 3 stitches, k2tog, rep till end

Row 27: Knit 2 stitches, k2tog, rep till end

Row 28: Knit 1 stitches, k2tog, rep till end

Row 28: k2tog till end

Break yarn and slip tail through remaining stitches. Pull the hole closed and weave in the ends.

I did add a few decorations to them. Like a faux leather piece on the bottom, and a little faux leather tag at the top. Just to give them a little something.

knitting free pattern beer cozy reblog

darlingofdots

hey. psst. do you knit? crochet? yeah, you, come closer.

that voice you're hearing in your head telling you to make a temperature blanket for next year?

bonk it with a cardboard tube and tell it to shut up

called out every year i think it would be cool it's -33 C right now and it'll be +40 C in the summer probably that's a great color palette! it's also currently taking me 4 months just to crochet a Gengar

deathstalkerspride

annaplexis

How I join skeins

muppetk

Cleeeeeveeer!

jeanjauthor

It's good to learn, remember, and share stuff like this.

heroineimages

When my mom or her sisters did crochet growing up, their dickhead older brothers thought it was hilarious to snip the yarn somewhere in the middle of the bundle. I suspect mom would've found a trick like this really handy.

prismatic-bell

Oh, this is a modified Russian join!

Here’s a full one:

end pieces of two skeins of yarn. the ends are clearly visible.

1) find the end of both pieces. I’m using an off-white and a variegated green so you can easily see what I’m doing, but this can be used to join any two pieces of yarn that are the same weight as each other whether they’re the same color or not.

the two end pieces are now looped around each other. think of hooking two of your fingers together like a "pinky promise" to picture how this looks.

2) wrap the ends around each other like this. You don’t actually have to lay them down, I did it for clarity in the photos.

a partial pack of blunt-ended needles labeled "tapestry needles." these look like very large hand-sewing needles.

3) you’ll need a needle like this. They’re sold under the names “tapestry needle” or “yarn needle.” If you ever manage to find them made out of bamboo or wood, PLEASE TELL ME.

one of the yarn ends has been threaded back through the center of itself using the tapestry needle. I'm holding the other color out of my way using my toes. this is not just so I can show off my floral socks, but it is a nice opportunity to do so.

4) thread the yarn through itself as shown in the video above. HOWEVER, where that video shows strand #1 being threaded into strand #2, with the Russian join you’ll thread strand #1 back into itself, using the wrap around strand #2 as an anchor point. I use my toes as a “third hand” when doing stuff like this, but I’ve also seen people use the heel of their hand or a convenient paperweight or even nothing at all. Whatever will let you create a tight join is what you want to use.

a closeup of the top of the stitch from the previous instruction. this shows the loop where the two strands cross is extremely small.

Make sure you get this loop as small as you can.

this shows the previous stitch with the tapestry needle pulled all the way through and removed. the join is half-complete.

the same stitch has been done on the second strand of yarn. there are loose ends hanging out.

5) repeat on strand #2. Trim the remaining ends.

the joined strand is shown in full, with the yarn wrapped around my toes so I can pull on the strand from both directions to demonstrate the strength of the join. although the strand is noticeably stretched, the join is holding very comfortably.

6) you’re done! This is one of the strongest joins in crochet and knitting. It’s virtually undetectable in a finished project, and because of the wraparound shown in step #2 it can’t pull apart like a knot will.

Actually, wait…

it's another photo of the tapestry needles.

7) don’t forget to put away your needle! “I’ll just stick it in the ball for later” is a comforting lie. The needle will disappear into the ball and you will never see it again, unless your foot finds it later. Don’t do it to yourself. PUT IT AWAY.

yarn joining tips reblog

knottybliss

aerialsquid

Huge thank you to @piescrossstitch, who did this first and told me where to find the pattern for it. I just added beads to the mix because why not. It glows when you add a tea light inside, too!

EDIT: Pattern is from the September 2021 "Cross Stitcher Magazine", issue 374. I found a scan of it here.

cross stitch greenhouse i love this for later reblog

tinylongwing

A green tortoise beetle climbs downward on a bug-bitten leaf. The beetle has transparent elytra that look like a clear glassy shield over its metallic green and black body.

I've finished an absolute delight of a bug illustration! Green Tortoise Beetle, which is now a species I'll be looking for as I'm yet to see one in person and I've been missing out!

Big thanks to @franzanth!

tinylongwing

You're all too kind (thanks @untitledgoosegay for the high compliment)! Look closely - it's all digital painting here. I don't have a camera anywhere near capable of this kind of work! Just me, my tablet pen, and an ancient outdated copy of photoshop, haha.

i also thought this was a photo you did a fantastic job with the light and the blurred background tells my brain it's macro photography the transparent sections of the carapace where you can see the leaf through them are perfection art insects beetles scientific illustration reblog

A Collection of Hobbies

See, that’s what the app is perfect for.

hey. psst. do you knit? crochet? yeah, you, come closer.