~Chomp chomp~ 🍃🥀🩸

Patterns

Hat: Twisted chomper pattern by @TheTwistedHatter

Dress: Freehand

didn't time it, but i estimate this took about 40-45 hours from designing to completion. never thought i'd be saying "phoebe bridgers touched this shirt!" but here we are🛸

really really happy with how this turned out. it's got some weight but it's obviously quite breathable. super comfy and fits perfect.

specs: base - weight 3 acrylic/cotton with 3mm hook, [ldc, ch1] filet method. back panel: crochet thread, 1.5 mm hook. worked the letters with bobbins. did a ton of bullshit trial and error for making sure the letters looked good and utilized methods that i personally find insane, and i came up with them organically. very unofficial business happening back there. used sharpie to touch up messy bits if that tells you anything. made the thread panel first then built the base back panel around it. steam blocked!

They are a little silly but I really hope she likes them!! Her and I are both huge Monster High fans! They are quite tall, about 18"/45cm!

Hey you!
Wanna make me?
I have a wonderful
soft textural feeling.

Made with K+C
100% cotton,
lightweight,
number three,
using US standard
five millimeter, you see.

I’m a glorious beast,
with straight edges
for eyes to feast;
forty-two by sixty-three,
I’m damn comfy.

But a few things must be owned:

Yardage unknown,
blocking was condoned,
and so sorry,
no instructions on the ends, bro.

What I can divulge, is,
each color block
be about
one eighty
yardage plots.

Yeah, yeah…
that’s a lot,
but let’s not pretend
you don’t have a huge stash,
my friend.

So bust it out,
indulge your creativity,
and unfortunately
start with a chain of
one hundred
and fifty-three.

Chain pain grumbles,
but take a look!
Place two doubles
in the third from the hook.

Pass a pair,
they don’t care,
now a single
and two doubles.

Skip deux,
place three again,
and go repeatedly
‘til near the end.

Once thrice remain,
mingle a single
in the last of this vein,
my people.

Chain two,
turn towards you.

Double in same space,
add one more,
skip two places,
wow, let’s go on tour.

In the previous single,
finagle the triangle.
Single, double, double;
I ain’t lookin’ for no trouble.

Skip deux,
echo the previous pursue,
keep at the follow through,
and you’ll be there
before you know it, boo.

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Created with:

★100% cotton yarn. K+C Light #3, 3.5oz/100g, 180yds/165m
★US size hook H-8 (5.0mm)
★Please note: this does not include the ends and yardage is unknown
★Each color block uses approximately 180 yards
★Final size approximately 42 inches by 63 inches

Chain 153

Row 1:

Work two double crochet into the third chain from the hook.

*Skip two chains. In the next chain, work a single and two double crochet.*

When three chains remain, skip two and work a single crochet into the last chain.

Chain 2 and turn.

Row 2:

Work two doubles into the base of the turning chain.

*Skip two stitches. In the next stitch (single crochet from prior row), work a single and two double crochet.*

When three stitches remain, skip two and work a single crochet into the last stitch (top of the chain two).

Chain 2 and turn.

Repeat Row 2 for pattern.

What kind of yarn would you recommend for this type of mug cozy. I know Cotton is recommended, but im dont typically use cotton yarn, so I dont know the good brands. What soft cotton yarns would you recommend?

Mosaic crochet is becoming my favorite

I'm still poking at this project, but since I basically need to make the badge pocket before I know where the pocket needs to go*, making the actual shoulders is a lower priority than I'd expected.
(*: If the pocket is woven, it can only be one colour, and thus needs to be below the white stripe. If I instead knit it, I can change colours as appropriate for the stripes, so it can cross the stripe and be all three colours like on the official uniforms)

Anyway, here I tried two things at once: Limiting how much the mitred square expanded the depth of the shoulder, front to back, and a slightly different method of increasing at the corner.

It turns out, my shoulders are way more rounded than I'd expected, so I may need to hold off counteracting the increases until far later. Hopefully, until after the colour change! Which pretty much means I need to wait until I figure out the pocket. Darn...

Also, I'm still not happy with the right-angle increase I'm using. Previously, I'd done one stitch, a twisted yarn-over, then a second stitch into the same one the first stitch was made into. This stretched the previous row's stitch sideways and made it disappear, which I'm not a fan of.

This technique I'm trying has me do the same thing for the first two stitches, but then pulls the third stitch through the first stitch on this row (instead of the row below), and I'm not sure it's looking any better. The yarn-overs in the middle seem to be part of the problem, it seems.

In case I haven't mentioned this yet, the top of the mitred square gets rapidly increased with so-called "invisible increases", where you work into the front and back loops of the previous row's stitch.

And one final note: A friend (who knows a lot about regular crochet and knitting) has strongly recommended I stop doing my tests in black. Instead, she's recommending I switch to a more "visible" colour for my experiments, before going back to the black yarn for the actual cardigan parts. And, much as I'd prefer to stick to the same yarn I'll eventually make it out of, I can completely see her point. Especially since it turns out I'm aging (dang, I'm not young anymore), and the lighting at some of the libraries I visit on a weekly basis isn't really all that great, so it'll help me get shaping advice more readily, too.

Any advice would be greatly appreciated! =^.^=

finally on the last square and then all i have to do is sew them together and block!

This was one of the first ever plushies that I made, as is apparent from the wonky ears and misshapen body. What do you guys do about the fuzzy bits of the yarn? Do you leave it alone or burn it off?

His name is Jerry 🥰