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Girl, help, I'm crocheting again

A couple weeks ago I saw yarn online with a beautiful gradient - it was so pretty it made me want to get back into knitting and crocheting. Long story short, I ended up ordering 4 skeins of yarn worth €80 and then an additional 4 smaller ones for €20. 💀 It's fine, though, I've been enjoying it a lot and I missed it - I crocheted small things here and there but never finished any of it because I lost steam quickly.

It made me think of all the things I made years ago for others and for myself. For a good while I thought the pictures taken of the things I made were lost to time, but the wayback machine had actually saved some of them! I thought putting them all next to each other in a blog post would be fun - I don't think it will show how much I improved as art comparisons tend to do, but perhaps it will inspire me to improve and do better


2014

1) Little red shark pencil case I made for a former friend. I used a pattern for it but I vaguely remember having to change some things to make it work... Anyway, I remember I forgot to line the inside with fabric so pens would just fall out from between the crochet stitches. whoops.

2) Little bunny plush that I made for a former friend. I am pretty sure I used a pattern for it. What I enjoyed the most about it was picking out the little details like the button and lace for the red cape!



3) Big, and I mean BIG fennec fox plushie that I also made for a former friend. I freehanded the whole thing and I wish I knew how much time it took to finish it. It still looks pretty good, though I think I could do a better job when it comes to the ears. 



2015

1) Some things I made for myself. A wreath which we had on our front door until the wind destroyed it and a bag that... I didn't line with any fabric and the crochet granny squares suffered from it. I just never learn.





2018

Made a small geography-inspired giraffe for a university course which was probably the most fun I had in any university course tbh. I even have some progress pics!




2024

Here are some current in-progress stuff I'm making! I decided to use up some old yarn I still had to make a big spiral blanket (found the pattern on etsy and it's been a lot of fun so far). I also chose to make 4 gradient scarves for me and my friends, totally underestimating how long it takes to knit something with *super thin yarn*. I'll get there... but wow, it will be a miracle if I get these done before next winter.



These are only some of the pictures I have, if you want to see more go follow me on bsky or on neocities 🤗 I'm more active there.


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these are so cute! ive been thinking about picking up crocheting as a new hobby but i have no idea where to start. any tips? i know nothing lol


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