as promised: I'm almost done! I just need to pick what plant i'm gonna do a little amagurumi of to be the pom pom (the friend this is for loves plants). I already have scraps of the same type of yarn in various shades of green (as well as other colors if i do a flower or anything...) from my mom's endless stash - she never tosses anything, so we have lots of odds and ends. Also! I have already started on the next one, for another friend who also likes the colors. This will neatly use up this yarn (minus a few scraps...). I don't know what plant to do for them, either. Both of them, when I asked what plants they liked best, or even category of plant (or mushroom!) went something along the lines of "...all of them??" and i do understand that, but it is not helpful. Ah well, I will come up with something. This stitch is so fun! And it's so nice to have something that i can focus on enough that i can focus on the videos i'm watching (rn, "how to adhd" on youtube (very helpful!)), because it is simple and i don't have to think about it, but it's not so simple that it makes things worse. You know? This stitch hits a very similar place for me to cross stitch, but requires less looking at. So i can watch videos rather than just listening to podcasts.
I came here to post this and then realized it's been 2 years since my last post on this thread so. let's see what I got. The Blanket(tm) with 24"/60cm ruler for scale. this started as an idea I had for making a heavy blanket that still allowed for some airflow, as an alternative to a traditional weighted blanket. I'll be honest, I don't know if it'll actually be cooler temperature-wise, but it LOOKS pretty rad... it's all crocodile/scale stitch, which looks intimidating but is pretty straightforward. (it's mostly double crochet.) It's about halfway done at this point, we've just been picking out a new ball of yarn every time I finish a section. The pastel part is actually something I added to the bottom retroactively so it would have a gradient effect, so I had to ad lib attach it to the original piece I started with...that was interesting. ...I've come a long way with crochet, I also started a foray into amigurumi with this little dude doing something more complicated next which involves making a test version so we'll see how that goes. on the embroidery front: First cross-stitch. (well, I made a patch-sized pride flag first. This is more like bookmark size.) freehand I did this for my pill case and then realized it'll get ruined carrying it in my bag so I'm still unsure about what to do...maybe put a layer of plastic over it ita-bag style? and I started trying out portraits: its been an interesting way to get around my drawing-related art block because more "physical" crafts are easier on the brain I guess.
I don't know if i have put progress shots of this one on here at all, but the core is done, and now i am working on the outsides!
Nearly done! I have to: Finish hemming Put in more large stars Glue to picture frame backing Paint picture frame itself (nebula)
