This is the F U spider because he looks like he's flipping you off. Fiance, then boyfriend, glued on the eyes and I demanded that he have eyebrows. I swear fiance makes the same face sometimes.
Ben Berroco sweater For Me
Dec 2016 to May 2017.
Finished product!
I actually made this for my fiance but it was nowhere near big enough. Its so tight around his larger elbows and upper arms that he's ready to go clubbing with a lot of sweaty, very fit men.
The full pattern comes out. You tell me if it looks like the original Ben pattern.
The first (or second?) sleeve I made!
Tip:
Pay attention to the construction! If you modify the sweater, make sure you modify it in the rest of the pattern. This is a knit front then back sweater but I did it in the round so I accidentally gartered the first few cables.
Sock yarn Hats for Parents
The yarn is Rusted Wagon Wheel from Savvy Skeins.
I am just amazed at how quickly sock works up! Even though the stitches are so much smaller it's a breeeeeeze.
Tip: try different tips!
I got a new pair of needles that I thought had a purely aesthetic black tip but it's actually rubber! I haven't decided if I like it or not because they hold the stitches in place way more than metal but when a stitch actually does slip it takes more effort to get it back on.
Crochet Carrot for mom
The greens!
The finished product!
The base!
Tip: There is a reason why amigurumi is tiny.
Stuffing escapes. Be prepared to not have opaque fabric if adding loops to crochet.
Piggy!
The pig is from Fred Meyer.
I did a tube and then once I fixed a leg to it I rotated the pig in my hands as I crocheted.
You can tell up close that the crochet stitches are stretched out onto the pig in some places.
It's made out of the same heather grey as the fiancé's sweater so they'll match!
I did a tube and then once I fixed a leg to it I rotated the pig in my hands as I crocheted.
You can tell up close that the crochet stitches are stretched out onto the pig in some places.
It's made out of the same heather grey as the fiancé's sweater so they'll match!
Sweater for Fiance
This pattern is the saddle shoulder one I did the practice on earlier..Bangor Saddle Shoulder Fiance said he didn't like it so I started making this, and then he goes, "Oh. That's kinda nice." So it is his when it is done.
Cascade 220
Cameo: "I wool always love ewe" with sheep knitting bowl from LennyMud. I found it on Amazon.
armpit!
I made a massive mistake that I had to fix. I split apart the front and back side incorrectly. I went to move over the stitches from the side that had too many to the side that I had too few. I accidentally moved stitches from the side that had too few so it was even TINIER. It took me a fair amount to puzzle it out and re-distribute/pick up and knit/combine and knit. Ugh. UGH. Will do my best never to make that mistake again. It was so....UGH.
Groooow sleeve growwww
I think they look like fishtails. Like a lot.
11/4/18
This. Freaking. Sleeve.
Had to tear out some. Pattern said shape cap of sleeve--which has a saddle--and length and nothing else so one detailed google search later I BO and shape a set in sleeve cap because I figured the pattern--which is labeled as intermediate/hard--assumed you knew how to make one. I do the set in cap and the next section describes the cap is actually not a set in cap but just extra length of the full sleeve and to do the BO of everything around the saddle after. When I went to tear it out some rows caught on each other and it did the thing where rows get tangled in each other and pulls out more than one row randomly.
Other sleeve and neck left! Now attached!
Finished 06/08/19!
Right sleeve is wider and the extra fabric bunches up.
I need to reinforce the neck. I was split because I didn't have a 29 in the right size, which is why the bottom rib is loose and bunched up instead of tight. I will either go back and revise it or not. But neck I will definitely brush up.
Tip: It's true what they say....check your lot numbers....
There's that stripe from not noticing the second(third?) ball of yarn was a different dye. Oops.
Skacel Entrelac Hat
My hat did not turn at ALL like the skacel pattern I found on ravelry.
Finished 10/02/18
My mom modeling lol
This is the end of my stamina. I'm vexed. I didn't decrease with it. I wanted it to be a little taller. And it suffered. I also didn't crown it right because I just wasn't sure how to crown irregular shapes. I was already SO over it by that point I literally just knitted the top flat and slapped a pom pom on top. Turned out more like a beret than a skull cap.
The first row of entrelac is always a delight to see. Stockinette fold over
Tip: Sometimes you just have to get the right tool for the job.
IF. YOU. HAVE. A. COMPLICATED. STITCH. DON'T. USE. VERY. SHORT. DPNs. YOU. WILL. HATE. YOUR. SELF.
Half Treble Crochet Couch Blanket
I just kept going until I got bored of it.
Half treble up close. This was the first crochet project and I found it really ironic that I picked a pattern that looks like a sideways modified rib/stockinette.
Tip: Yes. Tension. Tension tension tension!
I couldn't figure it out and poked the needle against my belly. I ruined SO MANY clothes. Mostly tank tops but it was what encouraged me to pick up circulars. My tip is that I have no tip. It just randomly clicked after eleven months or so.
Sandworm!!
We watched Dune and I was like we have to make a sandworm LOLLL
Felt cone teeth, DPN. It's about 2 and a half feet long
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Basically everyone I know asked me what exactly the practice sandworm was because they thought it was something....adult.
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I never got around to painting a cotton ball red and stuffing it at the very end.
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