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The Cuttlefish is my favorite underwater animal. I teach preschool in a daycare and wanted something small to put in goody bags for the kids. My co-teacher’s and I both have birthdays a week apart and we had a party at the end of day. There are many patterns for octopi available but very few
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I’m trying my hand at amigurumi. I started making small animals from a project book I found at Walmart. But then I started to make my own. This isn’t working! My projects are looking off! I started to make my own teddy bears. The first one was cute but the head was too wiggly so
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Today, I have decided to build a store front. I have had one for a while but I’m now making stock. I’m starting small and making one thing. Baby blankets c2c, my favorite stitch! I made one pattern that I reuse and have created 4 blankets. Now that I have a sample for pictures, I
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I got an invite to a friend’s baby shower in September so I looked at the registry. However, I couldn’t afford anything so I went to plan B. Then I remembered, I love to crochet baby blankets and I had a pattern in queue on Revelry. I’m going to make a baby blanket for her
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Knitting my first summer top I found some yarn in my stash. I didn’t buy it but it was acrylic and it wasn’t awful. Its brand is Mary Maxim and it was a sport, DK weight. (I get both answers online and my labels don’t say) My Revelry has a bunch of tank top patterns,
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Someone asked me to make a halter top for their daughter’s birthday. Never having done a piece for pay before, I was hesitant to say yes. But … I did of course its for a birthday. We picked out a cute halter pattern so on brand as it was knitted and crocheted. We picked out
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I’m making a blanket for my brother and his wife. The base is half her favorite color -purple- and half his favorite color -yellow. There is a red heart outline but the inside is the base colors for the blanket. This is a knitted blanket and its taking some time to finish. However, I keep
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Making a scrap coat made of different blocks of houndtooth and lemon seed stitch. I made 26 20st by 18 rows squares and 2 20st by 10R. I painstakingly sewed them together with the invisible join. And again I screaming, ” I’m never doing this again!!” The coat looks okay I just really hate weaving
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Currently I’m finishing up on a cardigan that I was going to make for my mom. She died before I could make it. In her honor, I still wanted to create it but redesigned it to my size and changed the colors a little so they were a combination of what we like. The original
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My Longest Project I was working on a project from Knitcrate (a subscription service I subscribed to) called the one night cowl. Despite the name, it has took me a whole year to complete. I have never took so long with a small project before maybe a blanket… sure. But a scarf… too long. Life
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Knitting and Crochet: my journey to peace 