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Why is assembly always the mental equivalent of nails on chalkboard

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I crocheted a bumblebee! 🐝

As with most of my crochet projects, I pulled this pattern out of thin air.

I used white chennile yarn, black polyester yarn that I brushed out a bit to make it fluffier and pale yellow satin ribbon to make it look fancier.

I originally started knitting a coin purse out of the satin ribbon and somehow the project morphed into this lol.

Oh, and the wings are made with this stainless steel nylon-coated jewelry thread. If anyone is interested in making the wings, I'll try to explain it here.

Take around half a metre of thread and pull it under a stich. Thread one of those tiny beads you put at the end of a necklace (I believe they're called crimps?) onto both ends and squish it with pliers to secure the knot.

One half of the thread is for the wing so thread as many beads as you like to form the wing shape and then pull it through the starting crimp bead and preferably through the body of the bee.

And then use the other half to thread smaller beads for the wing detailing. Go upwards and through some of the beads on the tip of the wing then downwards and repeat the last step as with the previous half of the thread.

This thread is like wire so I was able to just pull it through to the underside of the bee and cut off the excess. If your thread is more flexible you could try doing the same with a darning needle and securing it like that.

Hope this made sense 🌱

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angels friends + text i found funny

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『Claude Monet-inspired crochet bolero』 🪷

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I recently found this yarn my mom had stashed for over a decade and decided to make something with it inspired by Monet's water lilies.

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The yarn is a cotton and viscose blend, perfect for summer.

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I originally wanted an all white bolero, but since I only had 3 skeins I decided to insert the water lilies in the middle section.

The pattern was improvised to say the least. I started from the bottom, chaining 70 and then made the grid pattern more filled in toward the middle for coverage. I did the reverse on the top white section and did 4 rows of treble or triple crochet instead of double crochet for the sleeves.

The middle section was made with half double crochet and many color changes to create different shades of water and the grass on top. I made sure the grassy portions lined up in the end across all 3 panels.

And finally, I embroidered the water lilies, lily pads, water reflections with shimmery thread, flowers and cute animals.

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Thanks to my mom for helping me take the outdoor photos and my cat for being there for emotional support (there were wasps around 🫠)

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Crochet bag inspired by manta rays 🪸

I got this idea from Pinterest, of course. I used this solid granny square tutorial and assembled it according to this tutorial.

Well, I made the handle using a pattern I made up lol.

My reference was a photo of a similar bag from Pinterest I recolored and photoshopped things onto.

Credit for those adorable illustrations goes to mayarartsy on IG. Please check out their art :)

I became fascinated by sharks last year and even more by manta rays this year. They are majestic, gentle giants and have the biggest brains of any fish!

I purchased this tiny 5x5cm toy model and I painted it. I used gel nail polish and matte gel top coat which is probably not the smartest idea, but oh well...

The markings are probably not that accurate but I'm happy with the result 💙

This is the yarn I used. I got it from a local store. It's a 75% acrylic and 25% wool blend. I ended up using 2.5 skeins (around 425 m)

And here's the finished bag!

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Still haven't watched s4 cuz I'm scared lol so I reworked my Snufkin crochet project from last year 🤠

Here's how they looked before. I pulled this pattern out of my ass, I have no clue how it went

I wanted the green to be darker and more natural looking but I could only find this shade in my local store and I wanted this done n o w

I knitted the scarves with ✨toothpicks✨

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Puqi Shrine Diorama

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𔓘 A few months ago, I shared how I made my Hualian dolls. In that blog I mentioned making this diorama a few years ago and that I was close to completing it.

Here it finally is!

𔓘 The stove is made out of cardboard, the sleeping matt out of painted plastic straws (ignore the chipped paint on one of them lmao) and the vines are crochet. Oh, and the cute little panda is an eraser.

𔓘 I've had this decorative umbrella for over a decade and I just went over the design with gold paint and glitter since it was perfect.

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Finally decorated my doll cupboard™

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It’s only Snufkin my beloved

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i just wanted to share my handmade hualian keychains 🤍

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Custom Hualian dolls

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I started this project in February 2022. I originally made a Puqi Shrine diorama out of an old cardboard box. I still have it and I'll post it soon after I make some minor alterations. I just really wanted to share these 2 since I spent so much effort on them.

Back then, I purchased 2 Obitsu 11cm dolls. I bought them on Aliexpress but judging by the packaging and the fact they were around $15 each I'm pretty sure they're legit.

In this blog I'll talk a bit about the process for those unfamiliar with doll customizing and everyone else who is interested in the process. I'm a doll collector but my customizing skills are very rudimentary and mostly rely on winging it and hoping for the best.

And my motto during this process was "nobody's gonna see the back."

I made the prototype clothes back in 2022 and the stitching was ass. And it took me until last week to gather enough courage to start working on the wigs. I originally purchased very cheap doll hair but it refused to cooperate and I decided to use felt instead.

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His clothes were already basically done when I started over. I added the red ribbon details, added the flower nail charm, the red string and I made the wig, of course.

These outfits are by no means historically or cannonically accurate. I had to modify them to accommodate the scale and my subpar sewing skills. I've gotten much better at sewing since then so don't look at those shoulder seams...

And I still don't know what's going on with the back of his red robes. I think I ran out of fabric :-|

The braid is made using a string of black yarn. The vambraces are actually fake adjustable ear cuffs.

I'll show the wig making process more in Xie Lian's section since Hua Cheng's was easier to make. I just slapped a bunch of felt pieces on the wigcap with glue and voilà!

And E'Ming was made using pencils and gel polish on a piece of cardboard and Xie Lian's butterfly was made with the help of a nail sticker and magnetic cat eye polish. In the finished photo you can see a red gem sticker on E'Ming's eye. I don't know how I feel about it. Do your prefer the design without it? I can easily take it off.

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Xie Lian's outfit and hair was a bit of a challenge but it was fun. I was inspired by several designs and decided to just wing it and make my own outfit instead of recreating an existing one in its entirety.

Also, as you can tell, these dolls have many articulation points that allow for so much posability. I sewed the clothes onto them to keep it in place so they have limited range of movement, especially Hua Cheng, but I'm fine with it. They can still pose nicely.

Instead of making inner and outer robes I decided to make one pair of robes and the second pair that's folded over the shoulders stops at the waist and is hidden by the belt/sash(?) idk English forgive me.

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I tried to make the "main robes" fold over at the waist but I misplaced the rest of that white fabric 2 years ago so I just extended the edges on 3 sides with the sheer fabric from an old curtain and hoped for the best.

Oh, and the shoes are also from Aliexpress. I try not to purchase often from them but I could not find any alternatives...

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The wig making process was... Interesting. I won't show the entire wigcap by itself to spare your eyes so here's balding Xie Lian lol.

The bun was made by rolling felt into a little roll. I then stuck two bigger felt circles onto one side and glued the edges after I cut the outer edges like you would cut a pizza. Does this make sense? Probably not.

Basically, make a rose type thing.

And if you're wondering, the wigs are removable and kind of posable as well.

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And that's basically it <3

I wanted to include better quality pics but it won't allow me to post more than 10 at once so I had to stuff them into collages.

Forgot to mute the video so if you hear my cat wreaking havoc in the background no you didn't.

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I may or may not be working on another project centered around Beefleaf...

When I was a kid, I couldn't afford good quality dolls so I played with small doll-like keychains that had knitted dresses, arms and legs made of string, heads made of painted wooden beads and little beanies on their heads.

I have similar beads laying around so I plan to make similar keychains that look like fem Beefleaf.

Of course, I gotta finish that damn Puqi Shrine and hope my cat doesn't cause it to collapse. Maybe one day I'll make keychain versions of other TGCF characters as well!

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my first ever Frankie doll (feat. Cleo)

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My Blåhaj finally arrived a few days ago! I waited around 2 weeks I think since my country's Ikea kinda sucks lmao.

Anyway, this is Kenny :) I'm not really sure I'll keep this name for him so please comment some suggestions, I'll be forever grateful 🦈

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I made the blanket using this beautiful iris stitch. Here's the tutorial for anyone interested. It turned out way too small but unfortunately I only had one skein of the gradient yarn and I can't find it anymore :-/

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*to the tune of When Will My Life Begin from Tangled* When will my Blåhaj arrive?

While I wait for my baby to be shipped here's some shark/ocean inspired nail art I hurriedly did this afternoon. It's not the most polished and I'm no way a professional or licensed nail artist, just an idiot with an LED lamp 🐡

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Today's flea market finds + 3 recently acquired Kinder Egg toys 🩷

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Every time I look up adorable shark pics on Pinterest I somehow end up looking at He Xuan fanart and vice versa lmao

Anyway... I ordered my first Blåhaj 🦈 and now I have to wait 7-10 excruciatingly long businesses days to get it. I ordered from my closest Ikea which is a 3 hour drive away but I feel I'd get it faster if I just walked there on foot and back 😅

I'll definitely update with pics when he arrives. I chose the name Kenny like Kenny the Shark (anyone else remember that cartoon?)

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a quick sketch