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The project that got me into embroidery!

My mother had taught me daisy chain stitch as a kid, andit was Covid, and I had just left home and was stuck in a dorm room with remote classes. So in a mad rush of hyperfixation, this anteater happened. I couldn’t get much else done while I worked on it. It’s also on a terrible polyester nonbinary flag so the fabric is very warped, but I still love him.

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Still so pleased with this hood. Got a lot of wear from it this winter.

Made with this pattern.

Finished November 2024

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This one is special. I sewed it together from these long strips of granny squares that I found lying around in my family house, and only when I showed it to my grandmother did I learn that my great grandmother had made them. (My family collects bits of fiber from thrift shops and all over, so I assumed this was more of that.) I’m so glad they can have a new life, and if I don’t wear this hood enough they can become something else.

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I had this tiny ball of very thin yarn and no idea what to do with it, until I remembered a goofy little glasses case I had sewn for my grandmother as a kid. She loved it, and I figured it was time to try another. This was knit on size 1 US needles, which is the smallest I've ever worked. I also learned to do a picot binding either for this project or the one right before it, but it was extremely satisfying with the little blue button, and I had only just enough yarn to seam it up at the end. January 2025

Forgot to show the back but it has some little purled diamond shapes too

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Made with a chart from The History of Hand Knitting based on some designs from a medieval pillow. Truly SO delighted with this, and it's very soft. Lined with some stiff green plaid. April 2025

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Made with this possum pattern! Love this little guy. First crochet creature from a pattern and it was very fun.

Love the toes. He’s also got a chip out of one ear.

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Made a little coat out of scraps for my dog! She really struggled to stay still for photos, but she tolerated all the fittings fairly well.

February 2025

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Made this embroidery for a friend who is incredibly kind and thoughtful and selfless. Because sometimes they need to be mean.

March 2025

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Patches for me and my buddy who love this podcast and this music. We also like making jam.

Spring 2025

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This hat was so fun (and a bit frustrating) and I really want to make another. The pattern is leaves on head on Ravelry. January 2025

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Embroidered horse based on some cave paintings, and also seaweed, because those are two things my mother loves. June 2023

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Assorted ear warmers! Made based on a combination of two ravelry patterns. Made spring 2025

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Made from NichetCrochet’s Racon pattern (except wrong in a few places).

May 2025

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Scrap hat for a friend!

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Embroidered a hoodie for a friend. Still think this is one of the prettiest things I’ve done.

Spring 2023

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A collection of textures from the landscape of the Burren in County Clare, Ireland. Including lichens, mosses, anemones, and kelp. (Also has a broken hair tie)

Spring 2023