Replacement for little dudes

Custom Order: Duplicate worn baby blanket (Requestor identified original yarn)

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Ready to go!

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Please enjoy my hilarious attempts to figure out how on earth to package a baby blanket

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This has been the blanket of many hard truths. I could NOT figure out why it was so SMALL but I found two almost completely intact skeins AFTER finishing & washing....my flabbers are gasted.

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Top & Bottom 90 stitches (43 shells)

 Left & Right 98 stitches (52 shells)

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5dc + chain 2 much better

7dc + chain 2 might be a little too flappy...

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Sept 5 - Finally at the edging!!!! I love doing scallops. One of the few crochet things I genuinely enjoy.

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Tip: Independent Shells

Most shell patterns say just skip 1 chain, but I like to slip stitch 2 chains directly into foundation row, allowing the succeeding shell to fill the space before the prior shell. 

Makes floppier shells that independently move and centers the shell row from the center shell stitch rather than the between-shells stitch. 

Less of a rigid border but much more fun to ruffle with your fingers.

Flappy shell example: work up a foundation chain, dc7, work 3 slip stitches in a row, repeat. For corners, dc 9-10

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Square completed:

Top:90, 44 squares across

Left Side: 98

Bottom:96

Right Side:108 - Will have to reduce 1 every 10 on right side

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Cannibalization in progress. Much more regular piece since I figured out the stitch. Hopefully will only be like 10 more hours, and then however long the scallops take. 

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2nd attempt, new stitch math

10 stitches = 2.5 inch

CO 160 stitches = 40 inches

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Aug 30 - After about 15 hours, had to cannibalize this guy. Too wide and only had one ball of yarn left. Not sure where my math went wrong.

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I have never liked crochet not only because I find it much more difficult on your wrists, elbows, and shoulders, but because I can't understand written patterns the way I do knitting.

I compared the written pattern to the YouTube video transcript to find the discrepancy:

"chain into the chain one space" (actual instruction)

vs

"chain one into the chain one _" (nonsense)

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Aug 5 - swatch with two single crochet in main color, single crochet in white, and scallop white transition to mimic original blanket as closely as possible

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Requestor was able to source original blue.

Jul 28: Maybe a spike stitch? Mini Bean stitch? Basic woven crochet? More fancy woven stitch?

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Jul 22 2026 - original baby blanket reference pics!

coffee jars series

All shellac'd and dried and filled!

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3. Decaf jar (Aug 22 2026)

Was gonna give him forehead wrinkles but decided to leave him with a five head.

 

His poor little belly is in the totally wrong place. Let's just say he is a Picasso gojira. Or maybe has three feet. Radioactive lizard can totally have three feet.

Going with a sleeping gojira :)

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2. crazed hyper boston terrier(?) espresso (May 25 2025)

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 1. cute and sweet sugar cat (Apr 12 2025)

I am reposting the sugar cat because I had to redo the ears. I had to wait until we went through another Illy espresso container in order to have a new cap to redo the ears rather than the cat.

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Main grounds coff-bee jar link

Kleenex kitty for nice lady

Custom order: ginger kitty with tissues coming out the rear pie hole

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Made one of my signature microsoft paint diagrams. 

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Beans!

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Back paws! (Instead of paws under like a cat sitting on glass. Making a flap was not intelligent design even if it would have been cute)

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Front paws!

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Loaf is finally done. Still needs his legs and under flap.

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Back is done!

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Pull!

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Working on front. Something is not right. Hmmm.....I figured it out--ears were too far apart!

Kinda looks like salmon nigiri right now lol

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Decided to just sew tissue box in place until it's further along

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Removed those front feet that I hated. They will be too small anyway.

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Loaf cat turkey leg set up

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Checking overall shape. Will have to extend tail length 

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Peach box = under lining, finished exterior will be cat shaped, not box shaped. Base of square will have under loaf paws like under a glass table as well.

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Size 8, aran, 17 per side x 4 = 68, add a few extra and 72 = total round

Box: 4 3/8" x 4 3/8" x 5"'

Someone saw this ceramic orange cat tissue box cover on hubby's desk, and thus, request.

Cactuar for living room

Arms turned out a little too skinny but this one is staying at home so who cares.

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Edit: Jul 29 2026 I have decided I don't want to do a zen garden. Will have to secure to base a different way. Enter box my new hairbrush came in and acrylic paint!

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Ready to stand in its garden. Gonna make a fake zen garden to stand it in. Maybe a rake to counter balance it.

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Right angle ends

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Arms magic circle to 12, right angle ends. I debated doing the proper ridge texture with the arms too and decided heck no because i hate crocheting. 

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From the....crotch...base, pick up 4 stitches, add on one stitch either side, and create each individual rib to go with each individual dowel. I ended up with 8 ribs.

 Magic circle crochet to 30 for...there is no other word for it, crotch.

Pick up and knit 3 + 1 on either side 

Because why not

Saekdong/색동 pillow for me

Want to sort of recall korean-american nostalgia from the 90s.

Next time I visit home I might have to dig through old photos to find pics of that kind of old decor I remember.

A modern, traditional motif style, but in the shape of a classic american throw pillow.

found a super old one in my photos under my sleeping dad's head (cropped)

Shape-wise:

Not maemil (sleeping pillow)

Not bangsuk (seat cushion)

Art-wise:

Not military stuff like a modern flag.

Not dancheong/straight up embroidery.

Something like a tricolor taeguk in a more modern setting, and still pretty, of course.

Judge Harry Pebble and his armadillo

찜질방 계란 & Cooking

Swipey the glove dispenser

Edit Aug 2026: I guess I have to micro-crochet that half eaten apple and fish skeleton now that I totally forgot about doing

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The boy is a tad bit special. Maybe a bit inter-species. Supposed to be a racoon but might be half lemur.

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Flat back panel: CO 55-11 = 44, around the half-moon

Magic circle 6, up until: Dc, sc 10 (wrong side), slip stch rim on top
Trash can diameter: 8 inches
Half of circumference: 12.56 inch ish
 7 inches = 28 stch stock, CO 35 or 36

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Ended up having to expand body later

Trash panda glove dispenser

Hubby has been suggesting a racoon thing since I did the opossum thing. May add a half eaten apple and fish skeleton later 💀