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summer sweater added to my list!

Written pattern for this floral lace sweater, because I prefer to crochet by chart.

All credit to Chenda of course. I merely made a chart based on her video pattern. Please go support her on youtube, and watch her video pattern for more details on the pattern.

Also, mine is close to finished, so I might update at some point with my version.

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NEW PROJECT!! wrap top from @/juulmakes ❤️

searched high and low for a good wrap top pattern and i settled on this one- great choice on my part😌 i'm almost done with the body (deciding whether it should be longer or not), so as soon as i get more yarn i'm getting started on the sleeves!!

absolutely in love with how it's turning out. red is my favourite colour and so far this project is making me really happy!!💫

the pattern is extremely good and detailed, it's made to measure and it only uses single crochet and a mesh stitch🎉 fingers crossed i get the sizing right, cause i'm usually very indecisive with customization💀

thanks for joining me on my new adventure, see yall soon with an update!!🧚‍♀️

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FIRST CROCHET FAIL YALL!! it is absolutely horrendous, I would love to say I don't know what went wrong but I'm pretty sure it's a combination of me not being able to count and the pattern being shitty (neber trusting hobbii ever again)

I'll just have to unravel this and reuse the yarn. It's a pretty bad acrylic, but I like the colour so I really want to try making another casual bag out of it- I'll just have to search for a good pattern.

love yall and see you next time- I'm currently working on a wrap top, so you'll see that soon (if it turns out well) <3

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CUTIE!! i've been needing a proper coin purse since i moved abroad so this will be it🥹

MY FIRST EVER CROCHET PATTERN!!

its really cute and i hope someone makes it!!

any tips are very very welcome i hope u enjoy it!!

also my ribblr: https://ribblr.com/shop/kasza-3

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restarted a project i abandoned more than a month ago because i couldn't find more yarn!! (my dumbass had one skein of this acrylic and thought i could do something with it. baby crocheter brain syndrome is real)

it's a very simple pouch bag from a free hobbii pattern!! i plan on decorating it after i finish, i love the colour so i hope it goes well❤️

i randomly found one (1) single skein of the same yarn while shopping, i never thought i would see it again🥹 i was so excited i restarted the bag right away and i'm two thirds of the skein in; i have maybe 15 more rows + sewing so wish me luck😵‍💫

P.S this project brings me so much joy and i have no idea why, but it's fun to do and i absolutely love it

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neverending inspo. maybe i should actually start crocheting instead of saving patterns😭

Neith Top by Carrie M Chambers

Free Crochet Pattern Here

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if my best friend doesn't scream her lungs out when i give this to her she's a fake friend ngl

Crochet Capybaras // Plushi Co Patterns

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FINAL UPDATE FOR THE SPIDER WEB SWEATER:

I FINISHED IT YALL!! wore it for the first time ever and it felt absolutely amazing. I didn't think I would love it that much but it is now my child. Thank you for coming along on this mini journey, I want to start a new top soon so stay tuned for that <3

pattern is made by @/aperpetualmess on youtube!!

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is this my sign to make a blanket?

Free pattern from me: Puffy Hexagon Motif! Video tutorial on my YT channel. Full pattern and step by step photo tutorial on my blog! Pick your fav way to learn! ✨️😊👋

Playlist featuring more free Hexagon tutorials here!

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adding to my neverending collection of cute red things i want to make

Little Strawberries🍓🌸

Materials G/6- 4.25 mm hook Worsted weight yarn in red and green White embroidery floss Tapestry needle Stuffing material Abbreviations Ch- chain Mc- magic circle Sc- single crochet Slst- slip stitch St- stitch Sc2tog - single crochet 2 together Rep- repeat Body With red, mc, ch 1 Rd 1: 8 sc in mc, slst to first sc to join, ch 1 Rd 2: sc all around, slst to join, ch 1 (8 sc) Rd 3: sc in first st, 2 sc in next st *sc in next st, 2 sc in next st*  rep from *to* around, slst to join, ch 1  (12 sc) Rd 4: sc around, slst to join, ch 1 (12 sc) Rd 5: 2sc in first st, sc in next 2 st, *2sc in next st, sc in next 2 st*, rep from *to* around, slst to join, ch 1 (16 sc) Rd 6&7: sc around, slst to join, ch 1 (16 sc) Rd 8: *sc in next 2 st, sc2tog in next 2 st* rep from *to* around, slst to join, ch 1 (12sc) Rd 9: sc2tog around, sl st to join, fasten off leaving a long end for weaving (6sc) Tops With green, mc, ch 1 Rd 1: 5 sc in mc, slst to first sc to join Rd 2: ch4, slst in same st, *slst into next st, ch 4, slst in same st, slst into next st* around, fasten off (5  ch loops for leaves) Assembly Thread the embroidery floss through the bottom of the berry and make little stitches all around for seeds. Stuff the body with your choice of stuffing ( I used yarn scraps, polyfil works well too). Thread the end of the red yarn through the top stitches and pull tight to close the hole. Sew leaves to the top and weave in all of your ends.

Please DO NOT steal this pattern! If you use it in another pattern or project I'd appreciate if you linked this post!

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LOOK AT THIS SHIT i'm adding it to my neverending crochet list🥹

Cat Scarf Pattern // Crochet By Ula

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for my brother!

Frog Sweater Pattern // Creative Creations

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UPDATE for my spider web sweater

I finished the second sleeve, took a 10 day break (had a friend visiting) and I just got back to unraveling the first sleeve! I forgot to write down the exact number of chains and structure of the other one, so I'll have to do some guesswork but I'm sure it will turn out pretty much identical =) very excited to see how it all comes together in the end!

i also noticed that the sweater is kinda droopy where I sewed it on the sides; I should have probably made the spiderweb panels smaller but it's too late so I'll embrace the imperfections and try to tweak it so it's tighter.

PS: currently trying to motivate myself to stick to this so I might start posting previous projects. love yall <3

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hi yall! i'm eli and i decided to kind of document my crochet pieces as i do them :) im veeery new to it (started maybe a month and a half ago?) so i'm not brilliant, but i thought it would be fun to track my progress. rn i'm working on a lil Halloween piece- a spider web mesh sweater!

i'm almost done with it, i have maybe half a sleeve left, but i might unravel the first one because i don't like the pattern lol. this whole project has been a STRUGGLE but yeah i hope it comes out at least halfway decent!

much love and i'll show yall some of my older pieces soon <3

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making these for the loml asap

love you to the moon and to saturn <3

made this little decoration for my gf

inspired by teddirissa on instagram

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“As our land disappears, we have no choice but to become the world’s first digital nation,” Tuvalu Foreign Minister Simon Kofe told the COP27 climate summit.

Tuvalu will become the first nation to replicate itself in the virtual reality world known as the metaverse.

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Mad Science: Exo-Bodies The Future of Plurality

The intersection of psychology, robotics, computer brain interfaces and plurality

A plural system is, in it simplest terms, multiple agents occupying a single body. Some agents may identify as people. Some as parts. Some systems have DID, some may be intentionally created like tulpas, some may identify as being spiritual in origin.

One consistent issue that many systems face is that headmates lack the ability to interact physically with each other and can only interact with the outside world through this single physical body. What if this wouldn't always be true? What if we could one day have multiple bodies controlled by a single brain?

What if we could have an exo-body?

Self Concept and the Third Thumb

Before getting to this idea, I first want to talk about "self-concept." This is how somebody sees themselves at any given moment, and that can radically change based on circumstances.

Most singlets have a strong self-concept that is linked firmly to their bodies. The singlet is their body. They identify with it all the time. When the body is harmed, the singlet is harmed. If you ask most singlets what they look like, they will describe the body's appearance.

But this self-concept evolved to change. The person's self-concept grows with their body as they age. It may change as they lose or gain weight. And most interestingly, it can even change to accommodate new limbs, such as an artificial third thumb.

Their self-concept as they wear the bionic thumb over a long period of time, expands to associate senses with this new limb they didn't naturally have, and they learn to identify this external object as a part of themselves.

Manifestations of Multiplicity

Most headmates in plural systems each have our own internal senses of self separate from others, but most importantly, we have the ability to move our self-concepts. We can dissociate from the body to let someone else takeover. We can learn to only associate with and control a single limb instead of the whole thing. (This is called partial possession by tulpamancers and is listed in the ICD-11 as motor intrusions for DID systems.)

We can appear in internal forms in inner worlds, we can create externalized imaginary forms through a practice called imposition. And most importantly, we can inhabit objects that exist in the physical world. The same way that the singlet can extend their self-concept into an inorganic object like a robotic thumb, we can put our entire self-concept into an object.

I've gone over these in more detail in my Headmate Manifestations post.

When we inhabit something, it feels as if we are that object. If I were to move the limbs of, say, a plush that is being inhabited by using the body's arms, it feels to me like I'm moving the limbs of the plush from inside it, as if I am the object. It's a really strange and trippy feeling.

And it's one that is consistent with what we see in the case of the third thumb.

While inhabitation allows you to enter objects and feel like you are those objects, it still falters in one obvious and major way. You can't move them. You've dissociated from the body, put your self-concept into the object, but it's still not going to magically come to life. You aren't literally in the object nor are you connected to it. You're still in the brain.

But what if you could move the object? What if you could walk around and manipulate it? What if you had a second body?

If you could control this exo-body from your shared brain, it should theoretically feel like you're moving it. After all, your self-concept is in it and it's responding to your thoughts and actions.

The Controller of the Future

Before we can discuss any sort of bodies, we need to discuss the controller. What holds this entire concept together is what's known as a BCI, or a Brain-Computer Interface. This would allow thoughts to be transmitted directly into the Exo-Body from the brain to control it.

Already, we've begun to see more companies interested in BCIs. Later this year, the Open BCI project is releasing Galea, which will be able to read muscles, heartrate, facial expressions and yes... even brain waves.

All for the low price of $25,000 /s

And the tech isn't anywhere near where it will need to be to operate a full second body yet. I cannot stress enough how incredibly far away this technology is from the level we need it at to make this idea a reality.

But with time, the tech used to make Galea will become cheaper and more precise, and the EEG may eventually be able to detect more complex thoughts like speech, vastly improving what could be done with this tech.

Additionally, the Quest Pro already has a full-color AR mode. By combining these pieces of technology, you could wear a piece of headgear that would read your thoughts and show you the environment while also having a screen that shows you the perspective of the exo-body. (While this sounds complicated, you already do a lot of multitasking while driving, including having to pay attention to multiple mirrors and all of your surroundings.)

Given the lack of nerves, controlling the exo-body would likely feel very different from controlling the primary body. But I imagine you could get used to it the same way people got used to the third thumb.

The Exo-Body

Now that we've discussed the controller, I wanted to talk about robots that already exist.

One thing that I didn't mention is that you won't control the exo-body completely. That's not realistic. Trying to balance a completely different body all the time without losing concentration would be way too difficult. The exo-body would need an AI to fill the role that procedural memories do with humans. The AI would need to know how to walk and balance, and catch itself if it falls.

It would need the technology of Atlas:

While Atlas is a one-of-a-kind prototype that would probably cost millions, this is another technology that will get cheaper with time.

Add in the expressiveness of Ameca, and we aren't far from where we need to be to build the perfect exo-bodies right now if we had a BCI controller and didn't need to worry about affordability.

A World Where Headmates Have Their Own Bodies

Let's just take a moment to imagine this world. What if one headmate could front in the primary body while another controlled an exo-body?

Give the exo-body artificial skin, and headmates could go out in public holding hands. They could snuggle together. Give each other back massages. Help out with chorse around the house. If the EEG could one day successfully interpret words, then two members of a system could participate in group conversations with others, each having control of a different body with its own mouth, operated from the same brain.

If the skin and expressions were realistic enough, it may not even be obvious to outside observers that the exo-body wasn't just another human.

This could revolutionize how plural systems of the future are able to interact with the world.

Wrap-Up

I had a lot of fun exploring the possibilities of this concept! I'm not certain if any of this will be able to happen in our lifetime, but I very much enjoyed going on this journey! 😁