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Oh, turns out the technique is called "half color change"! And I even found someone teaching the yarn-twisting idea I meantioned! If you're curious, here's the video by Wisdom Preserved: [link] For maximum effect, here's also a video of a seamless row changing (no yarn cutting, no chain) that I used along to test my idea: [link]

Color change shenanigans

This crochet thought has been on my mind for some time and I have to share it somewhere!!

Anyone remember about that one color change that was trending recently, where you start the stitch with color A, use color B in the second pull and finish it with A again? Well, I also found a video of someone complaining that the method wasn't so good because it gave the piece a dent in said color change round. Which searching other tutorials and trying it myself, yes, it was there! Depending of the yarn it didn't stand out that much, but anyway-

I found that the dent was due to the yarn losing its usual tension the way the stitch was done, and to solve it I just had to move the color A over color B before pulling it, so the both yarn would hold each other instead of being apart. Though that method gave a slight annoyance of having to unroll the spiralling yarns that result from it as you go. lol

But it worked! Ok, thanks for reading xD (I probably should add some photos for reference sake...)

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One of my favorite plushies!! Scorbunny pattern by Crochet Tor [link] Except the ears' part was mixed with 1UpCrochet's pattern [link] And the inner ear pieces were made by me.

More pics!

That last one has a pokeball I made to try out some color change technique and I ended up with an oval capsule instead...

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Two Pokémon characters of mine! Squirtle pattern by Supergurumi ! Sadly it isn't available anymore... Torchic pattern by me! B) Other pics!!

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the itty bittiest espurr baby.

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Another gift for another friend! Also my first amigurumi from scratch. The arms and legs are somehow posable. (I sewed each pair together passing straight through the body two times).

Back then I used to take pics of before and after, it's nice to see the transformation lol

I still can't believe I did all this sewing!

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I saw the biscuit pattern on my recomended videos and saved for later. Turns out mini-food is pretty addictive to crochet!!

Patterns videos below!!

Oreo biscuit: [link] Strawberry: [link] Mini-macaron: [link] Macaron: [link]

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umbreon :)

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Color change shenanigans

This crochet thought has been on my mind for some time and I have to share it somewhere!!

Anyone remember about that one color change that was trending recently, where you start the stitch with color A, use color B in the second pull and finish it with A again? Well, I also found a video of someone complaining that the method wasn't so good because it gave the piece a dent in said color change round. Which searching other tutorials and trying it myself, yes, it was there! Depending of the yarn it didn't stand out that much, but anyway-

I found that the dent was due to the yarn losing its usual tension the way the stitch was done, and to solve it I just had to move the color A over color B before pulling it, so the both yarn would hold each other instead of being apart. Though that method gave a slight annoyance of having to unroll the spiralling yarns that result from it as you go. lol

But it worked! Ok, thanks for reading xD (I probably should add some photos for reference sake...)

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Blue Bat

I wanted to have a fancy blog, with nicely taken pics and consistent formating. But that just made me postpone actual posting! lol So I’ll just try to start already and get better as I go. Just like with crochet! I’ll start with this blue bat I made to gift a friend!

This bat pattern is one of the 20 charming creatures from the Animal Friends of PicaPau book series. I bought kinda by impulse, as amigurumi books are kinda rare to find in physical stores, and while I studied it, I never got to crochet anything from it. Boo! So I showed my friend the pattern list and asked her to choose one so I could make for her. She chose this one!

I’m used to making smaller pieces, so it was a nice experience to try my hand on a bigger pattern again. I couldn’t help but notice that most of time - due to the yarn weight, probably - pieces come out thinner and longer than they were supposed to. (compare the wing sticks to see what I mean!) I also changed the inner ears more to my liking (the book author do incentive giving your own spin to the patterns and experiment as much as we want~) Still, I was happy with the outcome!! I want to try other patterns from the book eventually.

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Welcome!

...to the Cat Friends Crochet! I will use this place to share my crochet projects, from both patterns from other artists (and use the opportunity to advertise them!) and original ones!  You will also find some reblogs of amigurumi-related posts.

Meet the mascots, Bianca and Treta! You’ll see them around from time to time.