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I knitted a psychedelic rat for a friend 🐀

[Image description: a knitted rat with a multicoloured body and pale pink inner ears, feet and tail. First image is a view of the front, second image is a view of the side. End ID]

luminouspica

Omg they are so cute!!!

Do you have a pattern?

knit-happens

Here :)

Who knew rats could be so irresistible?! ♥ ♥ ♥

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bookhobbit

The first rule of sewing is you can fix anything if you have patience, creativity, and a little bit of extra fabric! The second rule of sewing is AAAAAAAAAAAAAHHHHHHHHHHHHH!!!!!

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btw I've found these stretches from the WAK blog very helpful when knitting a lot:

Plus make sure to take breaks regularly - and stop if anything starts to hurt!

especially with gift knitting I know it can be tempting to push through it for a deadline, but it's really not worth causing long term injury. (And anyone knit-worthy should be understanding of that, imho.) Stay well :)

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muchomorysworld

We (me and Mr. FatRat) are travelling together

Pattern is Mr. FatRat on Etsy and Ravelry

Yarn is Drops Alpaca

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A gift for my mum 🌻

[Image description: a cross stitch of a field of sunflowers under a sunrise sky. The sky is made up of shades of blue, pink, orange and yellow, with a white sun slightly off centre. The sunflowers have yellow and orange petals, brown centres and greens leaves and stalks. End ID]

#craftblr #fibre arts #fibre crafts #cross stitch #sunflower #sunflowers #sky #sunrise

birdiestuff

wahoo!! my project is finally finished :)) it's the awesome space pattern from the wonderful @8pxl store ! (link here) go check out their gorgeous patterns :D here's some close ups of my favourite parts

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Made this for my best friend for valentine's day ❤️📚

[Image description: a cross stitch of a grey dragon with a red wing, lying on top of a stack of 4 books. The top 2 books have the bottom of the pages facing forward and the bottom 2 books have their spines facing forward. End ID]

#craftblr #cross stitch #fibre arts #fibre crafts #yarnblr #dragon #books #reading

yayxstitch

I had to frog 2 days of work because it was all off by 1 square so nothing was meeting up. This happens and is a part of crafting but wow my brain was punishing me hard for it. I've got it fixed, redone and moved onto a new section thank goodness.

It's ok to make mistakes. They happen. It can be fixed.

yayxstitch

We did it!

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librarianladyx

Finished this today for my wife! The pattern is "You Are The Loaf Of My Life Cat Cross Stitch Pattern" by @samanthalanetextiles

#cross stitch #not mine #pattern

I knitted a baby blanket for my friend who has just had a baby 👶

[Image description: a blue knitted blanket with rows of clouds and an orange border. The first image is the front and the second image is the back. End ID]

#craftblr #knitblr #knitting #knit #fibre arts #fibre crafts #yarnblr #blanket #baby blanket #clouds

I knitted myself a pair of mismatched gloves 🧤

[Image description: a pair of knitted fingerless gloves, one is neon pink and the other is neon green. End ID]

#craftblr #knit #knitblr #knitting #yarnblr #fibre arts #fibre crafts #gloves #fingerless gloves

sleepyjim2

ⓘ Tip: while sewing, you can unlock scary sewing by losing your needle somewhere on your bed.

ub-sessed

What I put in each knitting project bag:

yarn (if the project requires more than one yarn, I will probably put in only the two or three I will need right away. If I only need a little bit and the original ball is quite big, I will wind off only the amount I need for this project)

knitting needles, with different tips and cords if they'll be required soon, plus the "key" if it's that kind of circular needle

stitch markers for counting stitches during cast on. I usually use lightbulb stitch markers for this because they are tiny and don't create gaps between the stitches.

stitch markers for start of round, increases, decreases, repeats, mistakes that need to be fixed on the next pass, right side, etc. as needed, in different colours and/or shapes so it's easy to tell which one is which

small DPN for picking up dropped stitches, counting rows, transferring stitches from one needle to another, etc. The one I use most often is pink, so I call it the Pink Stick.

crochet hook for fixing dropped stitches (though often I'm too lazy and instead do it with my knitting needles, even though it usually takes me several tries because I can't remember how)

ruler or tape measure if needed (I have a short ruler tattooed on my finger, so it isn't always)

yarn needle for inserting lifelines and weaving in ends

scrap yarn for lifelines if I think I'll need them (I always need them, I just seldom think I will)

small scissors for cutting the yarn

moisturizer to adjust the grippiness of my hands depending on how slippery my yarn is

The bag itself must have a zipper closure because I will drop it and/or knock it over several times. I like it to also have little pockets, but if it doesn't, I have little pouches and boxes that I use to hold the smaller things.

#knitting #project bag #knitting project bag

yayxstitch

What got you into cross stitching?

For me I knew my Mom could cross stitch. I passed her work daily without much thought.

Then around 99 I was going into University and very deep in my weeb stage. Naruto was starting and I was a huge fan, especially of Sakura. I also finally had steady access to the internet (times were different then youngsters) so I was poking around for Sakura art to print to decorate my room with. I found a cross stitch pattern of her and I suddenly recalled my Mother's work. I bought the pattern off ebay and asked Mom to teach me.

I butchered a beginner's kit of a rabbit and never looked back. It made me so happy and still does. Oddly enough, I never stitched the Sakura pattern though I still have it.

Tell me your story.

knit-happens

I learnt to knit a few times, the time that stuck was during 2019 because i needed something to do with my hands while i watched tv, so i asked my sister to teach me for the 2nd time (her uni friends taught her).

Then my best friend got into embroidery and cross stitch, i was interested in cross stitch because i preferred the structure of everything being squares, and i could already sew. So i got a mickey mouse cross stitch kit from aldi, but when i opened it i was overwhelmed by how complicated it seemed and put it away.

After a while my best friend got me a simpler cross stitch kit for my birthday and i did it in 2022 and really enjoyed it and just went from there. I did the mickey mouse cross stitch after.

I still wanna learn to crochet one day and maybe try some embroidery.

#cross stitch #fibre arts #fibre crafts #craftblr #my cross stitch story

I made this for a coworker 📺☂️

[Image description: a cross stitch of vox from hazbin hotel with the words 'stayed gone' on either side of him in a clear plastic keyring case. Second image is a cross stitch of totoro from studio ghibli holding a blue umbrella in a clear plastic keyring case. End ID]