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

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!

Ursula K. Le Guin “Catwings”

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

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 I originally made one for my husband, then all his friends kept seeing it and thought it was cool.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.

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?

How I join skeins

Cleeeeeveeer!

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

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.

Oh, this is a modified Russian join!

Here’s a full one:

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.

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.

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.

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.

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

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

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…

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.

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.

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!

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.

So I think I forgot to post about it here but I'm knitting my own wedding dress.

Edit to add materials: I'm using suri silk alpaca (apparently I'm slightly allergic to mohair?), and glass beads for the silvery and pearl beads.

Well, this crossed a lot more people's dashboards than I anticipated... my notes have been nutty for about a month and I haven't known how to respond. One thing I have wanted to say is that while this is a big project, it isn't as insanely hard as it looks. It's just the sheer amount of stitches and beads and time to do it. Time is gonna pass anyway, so if you give yourself enough time you should be alright. I started this in October last year but I haven't been working on it constantly, there have been months where I haven't touched it at all and I've even doubted that I'll like the garment at the end of it. The beading rows have been hell.

The inspiration for this project started with this image that I originally saw on Pinterest and a long trip into a deep research rabbit hole:

Another two images that were picotal in working out what I wanted to do were these: This dress from Alexander McQueen's Ready to Wear FW 2008 collection (which btw, this appears to just be an adapted shawl pattern which exactly what I did):

And, this piece by Veronica Filina:

Anyways. Thank you for the attention, it's helped keep me motivated to finish! In appreciation of that, here are some of the hashtags I've giggled at:

And the one that made me think "yes, you get it!":

UPDATE: I've cast off! I haven't been able to block it yet, but that will happen in the next month as it gets warmer here. I still have the underdress and possibly a jumper to finish making for it as I'm not sure if I'll be wearing this little bolero with or not. Anyways, here are some photos:

Jogless join in the round

For a jogless join in the round: Cast on an extra stitch and pass it over the first stitch of the round, then return the first stitch to the left needle tip.

Mitani Takuya - Venus Fly Trap

You squint your eyes in the direction of the forest edge, between the shadows and the mist you see pale, humanoid shapes. It's not ghosts, not this time, but a herd of brynaglo. This nocturnal herbivore has an inquisitive but careful nature, listening with its large ears to anything that catches its interest before slowly and quietly approaching. It's not unusual for brynaglo to approach campsites in or close to the forest, often with terrifying effect on non locals.

If you have a fluffy pet, I want to see pictures of that pet; reblog this and share with everyone how cute your critter is. No real reason, just "I'm having a reasonably good day and I think that the day would be improved by pictures of floofers".

Those adorable little white bits, acting as a highlight for the doggo; ankle socks, a fox-tip, bellyrub patch....

Some beasties. I'm away from them for the week

They are so smile-inducingly CUTE.

The fireworks aren't their favorite, but they're managing.

Jonquil (fluffy) with Brooks (less fluffy)

I'd forgotten how glorious "fluffy calico" can be.

Rummy (my Siberian) when she was in her full winter floof a few months ago.

more hagfish memes

Strings of hydrophilic protein! The material expands hundreds of times in volume by absorbing water, similarly to how a little packet of powder can make a bowl of jello but many many times more efficient. The sticky strands bind together as they expand and thus turn the surrounding water into a water-mucus composite instantaneously!

The bucket is a common example of just how quickly the slime works, but it's not the limit. We have never really observed a hagfish "running out" of slime. Similarly, we've almost never gotten any spider to run out of silk. Proteins are simply capable of stretching so far, a little creature can contain thousands of miles worth of goo. Even your own body can technically make enough mucus right now to probably fill a swimming pool! We humans just don't have any defensive mechanism to make that much all at once, at least not without dehydrating to death.

If you haven’t seen slime protein “skeins” unraveling yet, it’s your lucky day!!

omg.....there they are.....look at just how much they unravel with so much more to go, they barely shrink at all, that's SO much slime to keep making

Enchanting Ecosystems Crocheted by Melissa Webb Envelop Interior Spaces with Verdant Fibers