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cosmonaut cutie concepts (for interlocking crochet patterns)

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let's scale the mountain with mama

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stay green

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You asked for suggestions for things to be emPatched and seeing your awesome telescope patch (and the space shuttle doodle recently) I would humbly request some more space exploration themed badges. If that's not specific enough how about Sputnik or a Mars Rover (whichever of them is easiest to model in interlocking crochet) Or maybe if you're feeling people-y, you could do my bestest boy, Yuri Gagarin! Aaah, sorry! That's like half a collection already ^^' Keep up the good work! ദ്ദി ˉ͈̀꒳ˉ͈́ )✧

"Outer Space" has been near the top of my short list for a while, and these suggestions are all great! I'm especially keen to try a few rovers, since I think you could go big and technical or small and cute with the pattern, and both would probably work.

Sputnik seemed so straightforward, and then I tried to draw it

All I can see is

I'm not sure how I would signify Yuri Gagarin specifically! but if you would accept a more generic, caked-up cosmonaut with a winning grin, this of course is where I went immediately:

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ooh-hoo! i'm doing a get-caught-up Double Dispatch [of interlocking crochet patterns] this week, and I'd like it to be an all-requests, mailbag-type situation. please indulge me, and tell me what you'd like to see emPatched, in the discord on my ask or literally however.

(the more specific the better! broad categories will send me down rabbit holes and that is not the goal at this time! thank you!)

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blur + threshold testing a roller skates motif to gauge legibility

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had a buzzy brain so i made myself a Storm Cloud (tassels proved too much for me, and the pattern is in Dispatch 4)

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consolidated sketchbook fragments

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Transcript: [distant mooing] whuullaaaaaaaahghgh aghhoooooooo sciiiiiihenncse whooooooooooooooow

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You have got it down and these look incredible and you are officially unstoppable from this point forward!

It's so instructive to see the patches and especially the two Bees side by side, and it's super generous of you to share your progress!

For those following along (the Bee pattern is here), these patches have "Classic Pinstripe" or "Badge" borders. The black pinstripe is just the raw edge of the black filet mesh with nothing holding it in place (note the free-spirited corners of the unblocked Push Pin), so it looks sharpest at a tight gauge and after blocking.

If you want a pinstripe that still looks crisp at a looser gauge, or that doesn't depend on blocking at all, the Blanket border adds a secret, hidden round that pulls the pinstripe into place, which you then crochet over completely to seal the edge. It takes rather forever, but I've never once regretted it! (I say try it out on Bee One; let it bee all it can bee, as it were :))

At last, the long awaited interlocking crochet patch update!!!

Bee attempt 2 VS bee attempt 3! A lot of the heavy lifting to make it look better is the border and blocking but I think I’m really getting the hang of it! It’s a bee!!

Also I decreased the hook size which helped a lot. I can’t wait to try them with a smaller thread as well.

And I got to try a couple more too!

The pin isn’t blocked yet but I had to catch the decent light lol I am so excited, I love them so much and they came out so well! They are so fun to make and they look so awesome!!!! @interlockingpatches thank you so much for coming up with these I am having the TIME of my freaking LIFE

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i love your work a lot and i just subscribed to your gumroad!! if you would ever consider doing a wizard themed collection i would love it a lot :)

In all seriousness, hello hi welcome and thank you so much!

Compulsory Gandalf Big Naturals aside (unless…??), "Wizards" would be a great organizing conceit, and it's already helping me gather my thoughts for some upcoming fantasy/folklore-themed collections!

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the first two things i ever crocheted in 2005 and an egg tempera portrait of them that i painted the year after (photos i took just now)

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Wuagh! Spectacular! For what it's worth, I flipped a starting row in exactly the same fashion just last week, and I'm stoked (stoked?) to see your finished Bee!

If you do (or did) frog either of the first attempts, I'm extra glad we have documentation! I mean, every crocheted bit and bob is a unique and tangible artifact of a person's actions in space and across time, but the melting shamrock also looks pretty badass, and you'll never be able to crochet another one like it now :)

like, I've been carrying this guy around for twenty years, and I love him, yes, but he also expresses rare chance mutations of the single crochet that might one day lead to breakthroughs in crochet medicine

finally FINALLY trying interlocking crochet patches for the first time. i’ve been THIRSTING after them for MONTHS but I was drowning in work. now I’m FINALLY giving them an actual try and we’ll see what comes out

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assorted lab glass (interlocking / double filet crochet)

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wash bottles, interlocking/double filet crochet, wool

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Lab fixtures (interlocking crochet)