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✩˚₊· My first time making a star blanket (or any non-rectangular blanket). <|:-] It was really fun and went by pretty quickly once I got the hang of it, and I love how the granny stitch looks interspersed throughout! <3

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There's definitely some puckering, especially around the centre when I was still learning, but it kinda ruffles it in a petal-like way, so I don't mind.¯\_(ᵕᴗᵕ)_/¯.‧₊˚✩ <3

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A granny square sweater vest I finished recently <|:^) I love the colours of the yarns I used, and I’m very pleased with how it turned out! <3

I used multicoloured green to beige yarn, warm brown to tan yarn, as well as some mottled green-grey and solid taupe.

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Went on a walk a while ago and saw plenty of snails and slugs trekking their way across the rainy pavement.

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Crescent moon between the trees, some photos from late April, some from May.

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Crescent moon from late May.

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Some progress on the temperature blanket I've been crocheting this year :) I've been using the daily high temperatures so far.

I'd been wanting to make one for a while, and I actually got around to doing it this year, since I was able to remember early on enough to keep up. I chose earth tones for my colour correspondences, in groups of about five degrees each (celsius).

I also decided to use a sparkly light grey for snow. I know, not a temperature, but I was kinda getting tired of the same two colours, so it was an excuse for something different >:)

The main colours I'm using are: black, dark grey, medium grey, sage, olive green, moss green, tan, reddish brown, dark brown.

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Rainy Moss Details

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Some slugs out enjoying the rain. 

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I was going for more of a lace-like, mesh look for this project. I made it to be a more of a veil, but it could also be a shawl or decorative piece as well. ౨ৎ࿐༄࿔

I used some thin, light misty grey variegated yarn, it kind of reminds me of mycelium as well. 𓍊𓋼𓍊𓋼𓍊. I made sort of a sacred heart design for the centre, and built rows of arches, double and treble crochets around it in varying amounts.

I was unsure of it while I was working on it, but once I got the crescent shape built and gave it more length, it draped much nicer. I really like how it turned out! ⚘ 𓋼𓍊𓋼𓍊𓍊˚₊·⋆｡𐐪𐑂˚₊·.

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Another crocheted sweater! ʕ •ᴥ•ʔ <3 ࿐༄࿔*:･. I wanted to use my various green yarns to make a cardigan this time. It's very thick and cozy with plenty of room, and I practised a bunch of different stitches I learned recently.

ᘛ⁐̤ᕐᐷ ♡ ��⁐̤ᕐᐷ ♡ ᘛ⁐̤ᕐᐷ ♡ ᘛ⁐̤ᕐᐷ ♡ ᘛ⁐̤ᕐᐷ ♡ ᘛ⁐̤ᕐᐷ ♡

It's sort of wonky (as are a lot of my crafts, especially clothing), but it's perfectly wearable and I'm very happy with how it turned out. I also love how all the colours and textures go together! <|:^)

{‧₊˚I just could not get nice photos of the whole thing without glare or too much exposure, so partial and detail pictures were all I could manage (TvT)˚₊·}

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Some photos of last year's fall fungi, growing near the local park and plant nursery <|:-]

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𓍊𓋼𓍊𓋼𓍊 I recently felt like crocheting some mushrooms 𓍊𓋼𓍊𓋼𓍊

I made some classic spotted ones, a morel, one inspired by chanterelle mushrooms, and a couple of veiled lady mushrooms.

I used a small knitting loom that I made with cardboard, glue and toothpicks for making the veils. The looms don't work very well with yarn, but they work fine with with thinner string <|:)

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A few froggies I made a little while ago. One of the mossy-looking ones is a frog I made quite a while ago (named ·₊˚Fenn˚₊·), but I recently added the patchwork on the lower side :-)

I also added some similar patchwork to the bottom of another mossy frog fella, I've named him ·₊˚❀⚘ Mire ⚘❀˚₊·, to keep with the wetland-swampy name theme.

I also crocheted a little long-legged frog fella :]

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Mushrooms on a stump, featuring a little harvestman friend taking a rest (UvU) <3

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<|:^] ˚₊·. I learned a lot of new crochet stitches recently, and as I was making swatches, I decided to make them into a sweater! The way it all came together reminds me of roots or mycelium.‧₊˚𓍊𓋼𓍊𓋼𓍊.࿐༄࿔.₊˚‧₊.

When I wasn't practicing a new stitch, I used a large crochet hook to create looser stitches make it look more like intertwined roots and filaments. I also used a knitting loom to make flowy bell sleeves (the loose tension was unintentional at first, I was still learning that as well).

I used two types of yarn: a dainty, mottled light grey, and a soft, whispy, multicoloured yarn that has a range of light grey to brown. This is the second sweater I've made, and I think I've made progress since last time! ଘ(୨୧ᵕᴗᵕ) .₊˚𓍊𓋼𓍊.₊✩༶⋆

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Local park-dwelling crows and a fawn spotted in the next city over.

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Watching Woods