Something I liked about crochet is that it can be formed and shaped easily, to make 3d shapes or to fit around 3d shapes, and unlike knitting you can just do it. If it doesn’t fit right or look right you just undo it. For a fiber art it’s really improvisational and flexible. Do you have a favorite creation? What’s your yarn stash like?
Yes, that’s my favourite part of crocheting as well!
In terms of my favourite creation, it’s hard to say. If I had to choose it would be the blanket I made when I first started out. It’s nothing special, it’s essentially an upscaled version of the practice double crochets I was doing but it still looks nice. Plus, it’s made from a heavy yarn so it’s super warm during the winter. But I think it’s my favourite piece because of the memories I have of it. While making it, my late cat Princess (cat in photo) would love to lay on the finished bits while I was working on it and of course attack the working yarn. Around the same time, my late cat Potter had to get his coat shaven down due to bad matting. It was November? when he got shaven down so he’d spent a lot of time wrapped up in that blanket to keep warm.
My yarn stash it just a collection of all the yarn I thrifted during my hyper fixation tbh😅 I did manage to get a good amount of wool or cotton yarn for cheap tho.
Me with crocheting, at least I got a cool blanket and plushies out of it.
Something I liked about crochet is that it can be formed and shaped easily, to make 3d shapes or to fit around 3d shapes, and unlike knitting you can just do it. If it doesn’t fit right or look right you just undo it. For a fiber art it’s really improvisational and flexible. Do you have a favorite creation? What’s your yarn stash like?
Yes, that’s my favourite part of crocheting as well!
In terms of my favourite creation, it’s hard to say. If I had to choose it would be the blanket I made when I first started out. It’s nothing special, it’s essentially an upscaled version of the practice double crochets I was doing but it still looks nice. Plus, it’s made from a heavy yarn so it’s super warm during the winter. But I think it’s my favourite piece because of the memories I have of it. While making it, my late cat Princess (cat in photo) would love to lay on the finished bits while I was working on it and of course attack the working yarn. Around the same time, my late cat Potter had to get his coat shaven down due to bad matting. It was November? when he got shaven down so he’d spent a lot of time wrapped up in that blanket to keep warm.
My yarn stash it just a collection of all the yarn I thrifted during my hyper fixation tbh😅 I did manage to get a good amount of wool or cotton yarn for cheap tho.
Love that! You clearly kept an even tension the whole time, your stitches are very even. Cats love being the first to test yarn projects, haha.
Congrats on finding natural fibers from thrifting, just about everything is acrylic so it’s such a thrill to find wool or cotton!