#for the love of crochet

[reallybadblackoutpoems]

meditations on first philosophy (1641) - rene descartes

"who give a shit"

[reesestshirt]

When I was in middle school, I tried to learn how to crochet. I knew how to knit already, so I figured ‘how hard could it be’ and used my Christmas money on a brand new set of aluminum hooks and a how-to book.

To say it was difficult was an understatement. I spent hours pouring over my book, begging to gain some inkling of understanding from what felt like incomprehensible runes. My reward? One lopsided trapezoid of lumpy fabric and a resolve to never pick up a crochet hook again.

And so life went on, I finished middle school and high school without giving crochet so much as a second glance. In college, I read about how crochet couldn’t be replicated by a machine, it was unique in a way that knitting and many other fiber arts weren’t.

For Christmas last year, my girlfriend gave me what I now consider to be my most prized possession: a crocheted plush of my favorite pokemon. I raved over her skills and, since she never learned how to knit, we decided to have a yarn date at some point and teach each other our respective skills.

We never did get around to that yarn date. She passed a few months after our declaration, leaving me to inherit what was left of her yarn.

Nearly a decade after my initial attempt, I got ready for the toughest battle of my life. My weapons? One skein of yarn, a YouTube video, and a crochet hook that I had somehow never gotten rid of.

I slowly made my way through the video, redoing my work a couple times until I was satisfied with my product: a small, slightly misshapen rectangle.

I looked at my pristinely-made pokemon plush with hope for the first time in months and thought to myself, ‘maybe crocheting isn’t the hardest thing in the world, maybe you were just 12.’

Maybe this isn’t the hardest thing in the world. Maybe I’m just 21.

[tryintheirbest]

hello people in my phone do y'all fuck with the crocheted cat blanket

[tacit-semantics]

Fuck it. Crochet cartilaginous stingray skeleton

[carnivalcarriondiscarded]

he's squeaky toy. to me.

[dog-teeth]

manta ray i crocheted for my girlfriend's birthday :) he's a very comfy pillow with a nice weight and squishiness. made from cotton yarn and stuffed with down + cotton fabric.

i made the pattern myself with inspiration from this pattern for the overall structure :)

[sleepyyghostt]

goodtimeswithyarn contemplates his existence

[aznisure]

14-15 y/o pines twins! had a lot of fun with this one,,,,

[sintiadaria]

Cozy sapphic JiuYuan for the soul

[knithacker]

"It takes 35,000 stitches to make a pair of socks, so that's 35,000 actions you're doing to produce this item that will hopefully take care of somebody, it's kind of like magic." 🔮✨🐇🧶❤️

I love this project - they complete UFOs left behind by loved ones.

[spooky-nyx]

Welcome 🛁🫧Soapy Bathwater🫧🛁

⭐️after 3 long months since the start of their creation they are finally complete⭐️

[tinyclove]

guys he's stackable!! how high will the stack go

[slutoast]

i was inspired by the cutesy new logo on the tit merch and decided to make a lil tote bag! definitely not perfect as i made the chart myself this time but it was a fun project!

bonus pic as i guess it doubles as a cat bed:

[obsob]

one thing u can count on me for is being normal about Some Guy

process under cut where u can see me losing my mind trying 2 figure out what i was doing in real time! :3

[myriam-draws]

get back here lesbian

[fishthegenderwitch]

People asking me if I'm going to start selling crochet items, because I like crocheting and they liked looking at what I've made:

1) I don't monetise my hobbies,

2) Hugo cost me over $200 in materials and labour,

3) NOBODY is going to pay me $240 (+shipping) for an 8" crocheted frog, because people are less willing to pay an artist rather than look for a cheaper corporation manufactured thing

Crocheting is not the type of hobby you do to make money from. Crocheting is the type of hobby that you do because you love it, and it is time consuming and expensive.

If someone gifts you something they made out of yarn, with their own hands, it's because THEY LOVE YOU.