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My first two-colour project! And I think I've finally got to the bottom of my tension problems and broadly resolved them, which is nice.

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crochet aquarium

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Knitting hyperfixation save me. Save me, knitting hyperfixation

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SORRY, MY SEXY TOPSTITCHING I GUESS

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Got a special request for a KPDH hat from my favourite human. How could I say no?!

Mashed a few free online patterns for appliques together, amended things as i went. Not 100% self drafted, but 100% self pieced-together!

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Friendly reminder to fiber artists, crafters, and other slow fashion folks that that time of year to start on gifts or at least the planning phase begins now~

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If I ever knit, tat, or crochet something for you, just know that not only are you getting the item I made, you are also getting a piece of me. I mean that in the grandiose metaphorical sense and, unfortunately, also very literally. I apologize for the hair.

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A commission made for a friend this past May, where my guidelines were to make the given phrase as twee and old fashioned looking as possible. The lace border was at my suggestion and came from my stash of vintage notions, and we both felt it really added to the vibe.

Interested in your own commissions or browsing my completed work for sale? Check out my ko-fi!

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Love from loss WIP 2024

So you remember those pockets I wove into this fabric couple months ago? Back then I was charmed by the idea that I could hide a small item in there - I could give this fabric a secret that is part of its structure and impossible to get out unless you break the fabric itself.

So I wrote this little poem, a gentle call out for being curious enough to break my beautiful hand woven linen fabric and messaged my lovely sculptor/jewel smith friend.

Yesterday we were finally able to realize my vision! These tiny bronze plaques are made to hide in the fabric - peeking through shiny enough that you see that there is something there to tease at your imagination but - impossible to get out or read without breaking it.

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New pattern drop!

I have not been able to get this lyric out of my head for months so I made it into a cross stitch! Remind me to share the actual finished stitch sometime. I didn't share it in the listing since I ended up changing a bunch of things once I actually started stitching it. I'll probably put it up for sale soon honestly.

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@colorschanging You're gonna love this. (x)

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I'm obsessed with this movie

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ive been embroidering for nearly half my life and it still blows my mind how cheap it is as a hobby tbh. it can be as expensive as you want to make it, sure. I've definitely invested in nicer tools when I had the finances to do so. But relatively compared to other hobbies it's kinda nuts that a splurge on materials is like. 9 bucks for a pack of some of the fanciest needles you can buy. Silk thread for 6 dollars. The industry gold standard thread is the stuff already available at every single craft store in the USA. If you follow exacting patterns that require a lot of color changes it can add up, but those are often projects that require weeks or months of work. Let's say you had 50 color changes and the project uses most of each skein. That's months of hobby-ing right there, for about 50 dollars plus the cost of base materials which is under 10 dollars.

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Daily Affirmations:

I have enough yarn for this project

I will be able to complete this project with the amount of yarn that I have

I ordered enough yarn to finish this project

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insecure bc I can't crochet

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Just finished my Autumn Leaves pattern in time for November! by Complete-Ambition385