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You'll stop fighting the waves when you realise you're the ocean.

J. Mike Fields

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Gribby's FREE Fishbones crochet pattern

In both applique and granny rectangle format! Pattern under the cut!

Note: The design on the left was crocheted in worsted weight (4) and 3.0 hook, the one on the right is the SAME pattern, just with cotton thread (2) and a 1mm hook. For this design, blocking is important for it to look good! That means wetting the finished piece, and pinning it into foam blocks or other surface to dry in shape.

Legend (US terms): CH- Chain stitch SL- Slip stitch SC- Single crochet DC- Double crochet HDC- Half-double crochet FISH BONES

Skull: chain 9. sl into last chain to make a loop. In the next hole: SC, DC, CH1, SL into DC, SC SC 3 In the next hole: SC, DC, CH1, SL into DC, SC SC 3 In the next hole: SC, DC, CH1, SL into DC, SC SL back into remaining chain

Ribs bottom: (aim for the middle link in the back of the chain when working this step, not the edge loops. The shape will be round and symmetrical!)

CH 7, SL back 4 CH 6, SL back 4 CH 7, SL back 5 CH 6, SL back 4 CH 5, SL back 3 CH 5, SL back 3 CH 4, SL back 2 CH 4, SL back 2

Tail: CH 8 SC back into the chain, ch1 skip 1, SC, chain 1 skip 1, SC back at base of fin. SL into base. CH 7 SC back into the chain, ch1 skip 1, SC, chain 1 skip 1, SC, chain 1 skip 1, SC back at base of both fins. SL into next stitch.

Ribs, top: SL 2 into base of bone CH 3, SL back into base.

SL 2 into base of next bone CH3, SL back into base

SL 2 into base of next bone CH4, SL back into base

SL 2 into base of next bone CH4, SL back into base

SL 2 into base of next bone CH5, SL back into base

SL 2 into base of next bone CH6 SL back into base

SL 2 into base of next bone CH5, SL back into base

SL 2 into base of next bone CH4 SL back into head of fish. Tie off.

EDGE: Tie on to nose with second color SC8 into front loop only, to last stitch at corner of head CH1, SC into the tip of the bone. Repeat until the final little bone. At the last bone, SL instead of SC. CH 2. SL into first stitch of tail fin SC 5. CH1, SC back into same hole. SC 2, chain 3. SC into the other fin, into the second highest inside stitch SC, ch1, SC again in same hole

SC 5 in front loop only, SL into base of tail Ch1, SL into tiniest bone CH 1, SC into next bone. Repeat to the corner of the fish skull SC 6, SC again in the last white stitch, SL into first black stitch. Tie off here for applique, or continue for a granny rectangle!

GRANNY RECTANGLE: Round 1: CH6, sk3, SL SL 19, ch3, Sk4, SL SL 15, ch3, Sk4, SL

SL 19, CH6, SK3, SL2

Round 2: go through corner loop to yarn on, CH 4 DC2 through corner loop, CH 3, DC 3 through corner loop CH1, SC3 on corner of head CH1, SC3 in same hole between bone 1 and 2 CH1, SC3 in same hole between bone 3 and 4 CH1, HDC3 in same hole between bone 5 and 6 CH2, DC1 on top of bone 7 CH2, DC3 into tail loop CH1, HDC3 into tail corner CH3, sk1, HDC3 CH1, HDC3 into middle, above tail gap CH1, HDC3 into tail corner CH3, Sk1, HDC3 CH1, DC3 into tail loop CH2, DC1 on top of bone 7 CH 1, HDC3 in same hle between bone 5 and 6 CH 1, SC3 in same hle between bone 3 and 4 CH1, SC3 in same hole between bone 1 and 2 CH1, SC3 on corner of head CH1, DC3 through corner loop CH3, DC3 through corner loop, SL across to first DC

Round 3: SL 3, CH3,DC4 into hole CH 2, DC3 into hole, repeat 4 times At the single DC post, DC3 into that stitch. CH2, DC3 into hole CH2, DC5 into corner CH2, DC3 into hole CH2, DC3 into hole CH2, DC5 into corner CH2, DC3 into hole CH2, DC3 into the single DC post CH2, DC3 into hole CH2, DC3 into hole CH2, DC3 into hole CH2, DC3 into hole CH2, DC5 into corner CH2, DC3 into hole, CH2, SL into next DC.

Round 4: DC around whole design, 3DC in each corner. The completed rectangle should be exactly half as tall as it is long. When blocking the rectangle, use a ruler to ensure the sides are even! Drawing the rectangle to size on the blocking back first will help you get it exactly even.

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Cапфо фиалкокудрая, чистая, С улыбкой нежной! Очень мне хочется Сказать тебе кой-что тихонько, Только не смею: мне стыд мешает.

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Right click -> save as -> ancient curse

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when you grew up as a lonely uncool girl it will never stop haunting you by the way. you will meet a cool person at a bar or the train station or at a friend's party and you can wear your most stylish outfit and striking eye makeup and you will swear that they can see through all of the facade and see the lonely terribly insecure teenage girl you used to be who desperately wanted to connect and you will swear that they know that there is like an insurmountable gap between you. this will happen forever

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Anaïs Nin, in a diary entry dated 27 February 1929, featured in The Early Diary of Anaïs Nin: Vol. IV, 1927-1931

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Art by Kot___ko on Instagram

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Julie Strain

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Mark Laver, "I'm gonna shine out in the wild silence" / "Everything looks beautiful, when you're young and pretty" / "I may never be unhappy again"

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GANDALF | Lord of the Rings - The Fellowship of the Ring

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the hairstyle is not the only thing we have in common

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Животных любите: им Бог дал начало мысли и радость безмятежную. Не возмущайте же её, не мучьте их, не отнимайте у них радости, не противьтесь мысли Божией. Человек, не возносись над животными: они безгрешны, а ты со своим величием гноишь землю своим появлением на ней и след свой гнойный оставляешь после себя — увы, почти всяк из нас!

(«Братья Карамазовы»)

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Tolkien characters will literally be like what if we were soulmates? What if legends were written of our love? What if our love brought hope in terror, strength in war, and peace in death? What if our love could break barriers, end tyranny, and build kingdoms? What if our relationship changed us in unfathomable ways? What if fate gave us no choice?

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Guinevere's wedding dress and chainmail veil in Excalibur 1981

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Vertigo (Alfred Hitchcock, 1958)

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Erin Layne interview by John "Buck" Birnbaum, 2005