r/Brochet

Hello October!

But people loved it at my market today! One of the greatest compliments I received on insta was from women appreciating that I allow the silhouette to naturally fit the body instead of forcing the boobs to be pushed up to my chin which is typical in some fashion pieces. It was refreshing to have that noticed and appreciated. Its interesting bc it garnered alot of unsavory comments on here about said part of the body lol! So interesting how different sides of the internet house different people with different mindset and openness. I love to experiment this way both with fashion and udnerstand other humans. What do you think of my avant garde blueberry pie inspired dress?

Modified pattern from the Grand Lace Tablecloth, ignore the lopsided blocking I was being rushed 😭

I haven’t worked in the round much, and when I have, I’ve found it intimidating. But I wanted to move onto a beanie hat made in the round

(I’ve been making hats that are a rectangle and you slip stitch into a tube and cinch one end together)

I have to laboriously count and concentrate to get the increases right and then double check the counting

I was literally saying out loud, for example, “1,2, in…crease” (with each syllable representing one stitch of the increase) and repeating that all the way around 😂

Is this one of those things where eventually you stop thinking about it? Or are there some of us who will just have to count this out every time forever?

Do you eventually memorize the increases too? I found a chart that was hugely helpful, for future reference

I started crochet last december after seeing a turtle my brother made for his daughter. I never realized you could make stuffed animals with crochet so I decided to learn. This year, I made each of my kids an amigurumi for their birthday.

It was a lot of fun making them all! But Minnie can go die in a hole 😆 That was definitely biting off more than I can chew.

Please be kind, I know they have a lot of "hand crafted charm" and "personality"

Patterns below:

https://www.themaryjay.com/free-patterns/pebble-the-penguin-crochet-pattern

https://www.etsy.com/listing/1192411461/mouse-amigurumi-crochet-pattern-mouse

https://www.loopsbykat.com/charmander-crochet-pattern-free/

https://www.etsy.com/listing/4557208005/chopper-amigurumi-crochet-pattern

The giraffe one seems to have disappeared since I did it 🤔 it was free on Ravelry.

Anyway, had a great time making these and wanted to share :)

edit to add: I realize I forgot to add chopper and can't figure out how to add him 🤦

More specifically i dreamt I learned a secret crochet technique that allowed me to make things super fast, and finished said purple shirt in 2 hours.

In reality I spent 3 weeks making this and around $150 in yarn.

Yarns used were:

Malbrigo Arroyo in Eternidad, Whales Road, and Prussian Blue.

Bramble Ridge - Michelle

Estelle DK superwash - Dark Purple

Its the best project ive made so far and im proud of myself.

Project is "Something Beautiful Blouse" by I Need It Crochet on Raverly. Note I didnt follow it exactly as instructed and the sleeves and neck in paticular are different in the original pattern.