Bluebearr's Crochet

Avid Crocheter and Small Business A gallery of crocheted pieces discussing materials used in order to promote small creators (the eyes and patterns I use) and artistic choices within each piece as I made it : )

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Hi! My name is Bluebearr and I am Autistic, ADHD, Hypermobile, and lots of other things that add up to crafting being a bit outlet for me! I love to try new patterns and make new things just to see what I can do and the kind of combinations I can come up with. I sell a lot of the things I made, but I also make a lot of things to keep that are nerdy or related to special interests that I'd just like to show off as I'm making them and when they're finished. This is a blog to show off new updates to my Etsy shop as well as whatever piques my personal crochet interest each week.

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Etsy: https://bluebearrcrochet.etsy.com

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───── ⋆⋅☆⋅⋆ ───── This was a special request from a special person (deity) in my life and I was jazzed to make it when I found these lovely fox eyes I knew would be just perfect. I was going to do little "eyelids" over both eyes but I finished one and took one look at that face and knew it had to stay. Loki reminds me of feeling all cozy in the autumn time with a cup of cinnamon tea, which is what made me choose the accent color (his feet). I was still/ am still learning color changes and making them look smooth, so I am pretty sure his bellypatch was a freehand back and forth and then sewn on (rather than working with both colors at the same time, as the pattern has you do). The long scarf was requested by him when I was all done and its in reference to a 14 foot scarf (a scarf for people) that I dedicated to him back in college. He told me not to weave the ends in and I respected that.

───── ⋆⋅☆⋅⋆ ───── ʚɞ Bernat Blanket Myst-ical in Cactus Flower ʚɞ Bernat Blanket in Harvest ʚɞ Eyes: https://www.etsy.com/listing/4298784371/woodland-themed-safety-eyes-safety-eyes ʚɞ Pattern: https://www.etsy.com/listing/4301208715/fox-plush-crochet-pattern-with-wolf

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I've finally gotten the chance to listen to some of Critical Role's Campaign 4, and I've been eating. it. UP.

I was immediately struck by Vaelus and just had to see her in crochet- it took me a long think but I eventually decided a unicorn would suit her best. I had also been dying to use this Premier Basix in Tulip because the colorway is just so pretty. One of the main reasons I decided on this pattern in particular was the little frills around the hooves in black, which I thought looked almost like lacey sleeves in this context. I ended early on her left ear and fastened off and was pretty satisfied with the result for her half missing ear.

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───── ⋆⋅☆⋅⋆ ───── I knew the moment I saw this pattern I wanted to make one, and I chose the bluey purple yarn because it matched so well with the eyes, which are pink with teal sparkles, but once I'd made the first star I realized it heavily reminded me of Jazz (1992) and I was so nostalgic the rest of the time I spent making it. Jaz (seems a fitting name) comes with a beaded bandolier (just for fun) with braided ties and is available on my Etsy!

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ʚɞ Bernat Blanket in Vintage White ʚɞ Bernat Blanket Brights in Unicorn Brights ʚɞ Eyes: https://www.etsy.com/listing/1846173498/individual-pairs-of-crochet-amigurumi in "Crimson Flare" ʚɞ Pattern: https://www.etsy.com/listing/4436363366/akari-the-wishing-star-amigurumi-crochet

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Studio Ghibli holds a special place in my heart and Spirited Away brought me some peace recently during some restless times. I decided I wanted to do Haku and bought everything I needed, like these stunning shell eyes and the Bernat Blanket Sparkle and then... had to wait about a month to actually make him because the eyes were caught in the postal equivalent of the Bermuda Triangle. I watched them bounce between three different (OPPOSITE) corners of the country before they arrived, but being patient and waiting for them to actually arrive was certainly rewarding seeing the result. I decided I wanted to stray from the pattern a little bit with the back frill for more volume and with the sparkly yarn, I wanted to see if I could try to create the illusion of a river down his back by adding in two extra frills (I sc'd along the bottom edge on either side of the main frill to create them) and a bunch of extra increases for more wave. ───── ⋆⋅☆⋅⋆ ───── ʚɞ Bernat Blanket in Vintage White ʚɞ Bernat Baby Blanket in Pink Dreams ʚɞ Bernat Baby Blanket Sparkle in Seaside Sparkle ʚɞ Eyes: https://www.etsy.com/listing/4482245555/lavender-fields-shell-safety-eyes-30mm ʚɞ Pattern: https://www.etsy.com/listing/1720222028/crochet-pattern-haku-the-dragon

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I haven't done a WIP post in a while- its nice to see things in pieces sometimes and see all the hard work and design choice that goes into them 💖

Can you tell what I'm making?

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Resident Evil Requiem was a masterpiece and my hook fingers were itching, so I made a little raccoon for Leon 💙That poor man just needs a hug.

I used the same sinker eyes as Glamrock Freddy with the stars and glow in the dark bits because they were the right shade of ice blue for him, but it made me ache a little to think of the phrase "stars in his eyes".

I'm still getting better at doing the color switches and making things line up, but it feels like so much to remember at once in order to get it to work. That's one of the reasons that for now, projects with big color changes in the round like this are reserved for personal pieces so I can build my skill at it-- I'm very picky and perfectionistic (is that a word?) with the pieces I sell, and I want to be flawless at it first. At least it feels like a lot to me 😅 I'm self-taught and certain skills can be slow going- I was knitted for many years before crochet and apparently hold the hook and do stitches weird when compared to "regular" crocheters. But that's neither here nor there.

He didn't feel complete somehow without his cunty little gun holster- it was surprisingly simple and I love how it turned out. I started with a chain, sc'd 2 or 3 rows, did long chains attached with slip stitches, and ended up sc'ing across the top and bottom one more time. The holsters themselves are magic rings of 6 with about 2 or 3 rows of sc, sewn on.

I loveeee how this little guy turned out- I don't know a ton of lore because I only got into RE when Village came out but I'm slowly catching up! Highly recommend playing or watching RE2 after 9 to see all the parallels. ───── ⋆⋅☆⋅⋆ ───── ʚɞ Bernats Blanket in Navy, Royal Blue (Brights) and Black ʚɞ Premier Basix in Light Blue ʚɞ Pattern: https://www.etsy.com/listing/4352651342/crochet-sitting-raccoon-amigurumi ʚɞ Eyes: https://www.etsy.com/listing/4302381397/fairy-dust-glow-safety-eyes-iridescent

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Casio the Clown Reaper

I have been dying to use this Clown Car yarn from Lion Brand and when I saw this pattern, inspiration struck. He came out exactly as cute as I envisioned, and hes looking for a home on my Etsy if you'd like to look after him for me.

There is something very satisfying about making snugglers because you rarely have to interrupt your crocheting for stuffing pieces and sewing! Maybe I'm getting old at the ripe age of 27 but its nice not to have a million body parts like Viktor Frankenstein sometimes.

I'd be curious to know how other people who make this pattern handle the hood situation. It doesn't want to seem to stay up on his head without a button situation, but I'm not sure if anyone else is bothered by it.

All in all a lovely little pattern I enjoyed and hope to make again.

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ʚɞ Yarn: Clown Car (Cover Story : Favorite Blanket) by Lion Brand, Vintage White Bernat Blanket

ʚɞ Eyes: https://www.etsy.com/listing/1744390348/hand-painted-glitter-safety-eyes-kawaii

ʚɞ Pattern: https://www.etsy.com/listing/4338916796/crochet-grim-reaper-pattern-easy

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Presentttting Mollymauk Tealeaf, the jester possum!

I've been making a lot of personal projects lately (I have made no less than three (3) critical role themed amigurumis over the last few months, wanna guess the other characters? Hopefully I'll be able to get good photos of them soon :) ). I'm currently undergoing the referral/diagnosis process of some chronic conditions/illnesses because they've been kicking my butt, so I've tried to only make the things I really want to make while I get some rest.

I absolutely adore this darling little pattern and I definitely hope to make one again soon. The little fingers are so unique and just look so good! I've also really been enjoying using different large/ "focal" beads in projects and seeing how I can combine them with projects to make the whole thing special.

When I got to the portion of the pattern where the possum himself was made and done and I was making accessories, I found myself asking which one was "more Molly" and I could swear he whispered in my ear, "Both!"

So both it was, and I thought the white metallic red heart added a wispy, almost lacey quality to the collars. This project was such a fun, boisterous mish-mash of different brands/weights of yarn, bead work, and even my favorite part was a complete surprise.

The focal beads on his collar represent life and death almost like tarot cards- the iridescent black star represents death at his back, behind him, and the pinky-yellow one at the bottom represents life. The stars between are everything else, day and night.

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ʚɞ Premier Basix in Periwinkle

ʚɞ Bernat Blanket in Royal Blue, Pow Purple, and Unicorn (Brights), Crimson (regular), Fresh Green and Sunshine (Mist-ical)

ʚɞ Red Heart Metallic White

ʚɞ Pattern: https://www.etsy.com/listing/1271828652/clown-opossum-crochet-pattern-english

ʚɞ Eyes: https://www.etsy.com/listing/4317603901/sinker-safety-eyes-glitter-bites The eyes are actually my favorite feature on Molly! His eyes are canonically red but unfortunately I didn't have any reds and these Bubblegum eyes came as a free gift for purchasing the other two pairs in the Glitter Brites set- only eyes for Mollymauk would come seemingly by chance.

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Sirius the star dragon loves studying biology and ecology and can often be found by the river bank watching the ecosystem in action or picking up river stones in his mouth for his collection of terrariums back home.

Sirius was so fun to make because I love the Dappled Shadows yarn and it really feels like the Star Dragon pattern works up quick. I've made a number of start dragons because I loved how cute they came out every time!

Sirius is waiting for a new home on my shop here: bluebearrcrochet.etsy.com

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Materials

ʚɞ Bernat Dappled Shadows and North Sea

ʚɞ Pattern: https://www.etsy.com/listing/1714868976/starry-dragon-digital-crochet-pattern?ref=user_profile

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This was a passion project I never thought I'd be making. When I was a kid, one of my favorite books was Dragon Slippers by Jessica Day George because I loved the main dragon in it, Shardas.

I bought these sinker eyes a little carelessly, in a "thats pretty cool, click" kind of way with no real plan for how to use them. I usually figure out what to do with supplies I buy for that reason and as per usual, once I knew what they should be used for I couldnt use them for anything else.

In the book, the dragons all have hoards but each dragon hoards a different thing- for instance the first dragon you meet in the story hoards shoes. But for Shardas, it was stained glass.

Seeing him brought to life was a very gratifying experience that had me kicking my feet the entire time and probably healed my inner child a little bit.

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Materials

ʚɞ Bernat Myst-ical in Sunshine, Bernat Blanket in Lapis, and Bernat Brights in Pow Purple

ʚɞ Eyes: https://www.etsy.com/listing/4345660129/stained-glass-off-center-safety-sinker

ʚɞ Pattern: https://www.etsy.com/listing/1739218404/dragon-crochet-pattern-amigurumi

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Finley Update!

I was hoping to be finished with the little man by now, but alas, isn't that where all us crafters end up? Oh well, hopefully I can get him finished tomorrow. I freehanded his belly by deciding a width and then sc'ing back and forth in BLO to get that ridged appearance (that you absolutely can't see in these pictures, go me). But I'm working out what his tail frills are going to look like and how I'm going to do them and then I plan on a set of ears in the same color as his nose and after all that happens I'll be able to get some better pictures of him.

I kind of wish I'd had a darker green stashed to make him with but I am also pleased with how he's turning out (and wasn't sure what I'd be doing with that green anyway as I've had it a while now). So much of him is made in Bernat Myst-ical which I'm in love with both for its colorways and it seems to be much softer than standard Bernat.

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While I am free-handing a lot of his more Finley-esque details, I am following a pattern and it can be found here: https://www.etsy.com/listing/1730540293/sage-the-sea-serpent-a-crochet-pattern

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Stardust loves to read and is often caught up late in the library studying new charms she can add to the jewelry she makes! She's ever the optimist as she literally has stars in her eyes.

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Stardust the moth is one of the first amigurumi I made with fancy sinker eyes from Etsy and I've never looked back since then. The eyes I use really heavily influence my work and often the first thing I'll choose when starting a new project is the eyes. ♡

Stardust is truly one of a kind and currently available in my shop here: https://www.etsy.com/shop/bluebearrcrochet/?etsrc=sdt

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Materials

ʚɞ Bernat Blanket in Dappled Shadows

ʚɞ Sweet Snuggles Lite (Loops and Threads) in Omphalodes

ʚɞ The white yarn I am unsure of the brand of, but it seemed slightly thicker than Bernats and more on the chenille (shred in your hand) kind so I was happy to find a project I could use it in and get it out of my stash

ʚɞ Eyes: https://www.etsy.com/listing/4312712495/abyss-hand-painted-safety-eyes-amigurumi

ʚɞ Pattern: https://www.etsy.com/listing/4360347850/moth-and-mothman-crochet-pattern-low-sew

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This is another personal project I wanted to show off, the Hex Pigeon. I wanted to make some kind of amigurumi plush where parts of it were inspired by the Hexcore from Arcane and of course I named him Viktor.

To achieve the look, I used some Purple Sunset Bernats as well as a strand of Red Heart Metallic in white to achieve a sort of flowing look like Viktor has in season 2.

The white has a shiny tinsel in it that peeks through the stitches and catches the light in a really nice way, though it wasn't the most fun to double strand yarns of different weights.

He's about a year old now but I'm still very proud of him and what I did with this project.

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Materials

Bernats Blanket in Purple Sunset and Dappled Shadows

The cream yarn was unmarked in my stash and a bit thicker than Bernats but not quite as big as Bernats Extra, not really sure what it is besides a thicker chenille.

Pattern: https://www.etsy.com/listing/1818725000/pigeon-3-different-outfits-raincoat

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This is a unicorn I made for my shop, Elodie!

Her name comes from the heroine of my best friend's romantasy series she's writing- both of us are working on big writing projects and we exchange drafts and have writing hang outs and stuff and when I finished working on this pretty girl, Elodie was the person she reminded me of most.

I used a smaller hook than normal for this one and I have very tight tension because I hate the stuffing showing through so parts of this were more difficult than for Evie (the other unicorn I made, also in my shop) but seemed more rewarding.

The moon was freehanded because I felt like she needed something there, especially looking at her next to Evie (who also has a moon on her tummy). To me, she truly is a masterpiece I am so proud of, especially as I got a better hang of laying the hair and figuring out where I wanted it to go and how I wanted it to sit.

The hair in this pattern is made as one piece with many strands laying over it, but I found that laying it strand by strand instead was more helpful for me. If there's a certain part of a pattern I don't really like working with or can't get the hang of, I generally just do my own thing or find my own way of using the pattern to get to the finished product and that's what happened here.

Hopefully whoever takes Elodie home will treasure her as much as I do ‪♡

My shop: https://bluebearrcrochet.etsy.com

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Materials:

ʚɞ Bernat Blanket in Lapis, North Sea, Vintage White, and Unicorn Brights (tee hee)

ʚɞ Eyes: https://www.etsy.com/listing/4338699596/safety-eyes-sinker-hand-painted-safety

ʚɞ Pattern: https://www.etsy.com/listing/4368343773/aurora-the-unicornhorse-plush-crochet

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Here is my Glamrock Freddy I just made for myself, fresh off the hook! He came out absolutely adorable and I couldn't be more proud of him! The stars in his eyes glow in the dark, which is a touch I just loved adding in.

I'm currently modifying a pattern to work on a Glamrock Bonnie as well, so Freddy isn't all alone ‪♡

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Materials

ʚɞ Premier Basix Chenille in Mushroom, Curry, and the tiniest bit of Light Blue

ʚɞ Bernat Blanket in Crimson

ʚɞ Blue Felt

ʚɞ Star Beads by Creatology and the Paw Print bead is here: https://www.etsy.com/listing/4346775405/animal-paw-print-acrylic-beads-colorful

ʚɞ Eyes here: https://www.etsy.com/listing/1815627963/fairy-dust-glow-safety-eyes-single-pair

ʚɞ Pattern here! https://www.etsy.com/listing/1671618167/4in1-crochet-pattern-bundle-top-hat

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My best friend and I just watched a playthrough of Indigo Park last night and the second I saw Finley I knew I had to make him. I tend to be kind of easy going with the color choices when I make something for myself, especially because I tend to use yarn I already have instead of buying anything specific for myself. That means sometimes even getting close to the color something is supposed to be can be a little difficult, but I try to pick something that's going to go well with the rest of the color scheme.

However, due to the fact a sea serpent is a very long tube I am currently in sc hell. Send help.

20 rows down, 60 more to go! And then.. the tail decreases. Ha ha. ha.

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Pattern here: https://www.etsy.com/listing/1730540293/sage-the-sea-serpent-a-crochet-pattern

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