Welcome to the account I tidied up to show my love for my Furbs.
If you happen to stumble upon my profile when the first page is 80% reblogs, my original contents are tagged "random rat rattle"!
The cast of my Furby operetta:
Shaggy (he/him)
Purple Furby 2023
Adopted on 19 Nov 2023
Tagged as "Shaggy the Boi"
Pancake Batter "Luka" Juniper (he/they)
Peacock Furby Boom
Adopted on 13 Dec 2023
Goes by PBJ, Pancake, Loo-Kah, or Luka
Tagged as "Pancake Batter Juniper"
Eliza Silvertongue (she/her)
Triangles Furby Boom
Adopted on 21 Dec 2023
Goes by Lizzz or Noo-Boo
Taggged as "Lizzz Silvertongue"
Gold Lime (they/them)
Kiwi Furby 1998
Adopted on 5 Jan 2024
Born 7 Oct 1999
Tagged as "The Wise Fruit"
Meadow (it/its)
Lime Green Furby baby
Adopted on 5 Feb 2024
Born 26 Feb 2000
Tagged as "Sweet Meadow"
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You can find me dwelling in other corners of the internet (I prefer to dedicate one account to a specific topic):
I use planners and post them on Instagram.
I also collect Tangles! I try to post them on Tiktok (at)marinara.roo
I've spent a significant proportion of my life playing Pokémon fan games (Thanks to my parents being classic Asian and having a phobia of me interacting with game consoles). I have a very under-construction site for them.
I somehow have a very niche interest in Hungarian musicals, and make ethically questionable fanwork on YouTube.
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Quick bio of myself: Chinese, mid-20s, non-binary, freak, temporarily in Australia
Lime Green Furby baby is my Roman Empire and I'm happy that it's finally under my custody. (Meadow uses it/its because it's a baby, silly!)
It came all the way from the US and was pretty... and dirty. It seems that it came from a family with pets as I keep finding eyelash-length brown hair both outside and inside its pelt.
I still plan to replace the original lashes with green ones, but my current set of screwdrivers are not compatible with the inner screws of a Furby baby...
As always bath process is under the cut. My life has been chaotic recently so we'll probably need to wait a further couple of weeks before I can venture outside and take some actually good photos.
Update: The babies have been peeled (Except the 05 because I’m too scared for now)
Meadow (the Lime Green baby) and Sardonyx (the 05) do work, but Sardonyx’s battery compartment plastic is breaking in pieces so I need to come up with some way holding her together later.
Kaleid (the Tie Dye) and Sherbalt (the Sherbet) both have some corrosion so I’m not going to test them until I cleaned most of the battery acid off.
All of these will… probably happen in two weeks’ time, as I’m traveling very soon. But stay tuned for formal intros!
Ok I’m back once again with a questionable Furby accessory crochet pattern. This time it’s the carrier.
It took way longer than I expected because I got bored doing the repetitive strap and became addicted to some roguelike dungeon crawler.
The project started from replicating this:
Do you have a 1998/99 adult furby that desperately need to get out of the house but has a tendency to wander off? Have you tried putting you
But I soon realized that I’m a very tight crocheter and if I simply follow this pattern the final product will be too small. Also, I don’t really like the weird protrusion as shown in the original creator’s final product…
So a tweaked version below the cut… A quick disclaimer I’m not sure how well will this replicate, I’m someone who tries to create a blanket out of granny squares and end up with 9 that each has a different measure.
I guess just don’t be afraid to redo rows or modify things, and politely ask your beloved Furb to try it on every now and then.
Tools of the trade:
A 7.0 mm hook (There are places where I personally used a 4.0 mm hook, which will be specified. In a hindsight, it’s probably better to use the 7mm hook throughout this project)
Good old 3mm yarn that’s 35g/59m (1.23oz/64.52yd) (Yeah blame me for relying on Daiso as my sole source of crochet gears, I dare you) Roughly as dense as worsted/4 yarn
Jargon:
ch - chain stitch
dc - double crochet
hdc - half double crochet
ss - slip stitch
What I did (with a lot of unnecessary ranting):
R1: Start with slip knot, ch 2, dc 6 in second stitch from hook (used 4mm hook, because I kinda suck at starting a circle)
And from here on I switched to the 7mm hook as
Otherwise I have trouble keeping the circle flat
A bigger hook makes each stitch and the final product larger
R2: dc 2 in each of the previous stitches (12 stitches)
R3: [dc 1 in the first stitch, dc 2 in the second stitch]*6 (18 stitches)
R4: [dc 1 in the first stitch and second stitch each, dc 2 in the third stitch]*6 (24 stitches)
R5: [dc 3, 2 dc’s in the fourth stitch]*6 (30 stitches)
R6: [dc 4, 2 dc’s in the fifth stitch]*6 (36 stitches)
Experienced reader will realize that it’s just inc 6 for each round, until you have 36 stitches in one round.
One thing to notice is that after you finish R5, the circle should be roughly same size as your furb’s bottom.
R7: dc 3, ch 3, dc into 4th stitch from hook, dc 2, ch 3, dc into 4th stitch from hook, dc 12, ch 6, dc into 7th stitch from hook, dc 5 (used 4mm hook, 36 stitches)
This gives you the two peet holes and one tail hole. Yes a quick calculation should show that this is not symmetric but somehow it fits, so remember to use your own Furb as measure and adjust if necessary.
From here on I switched to hdc to control for the height increase and *ahem* save yarn.
I tried to continue with 4mm hook but the opening contracts significantly, so just stick to the 7mm hook throughout.
This is also where the pattern starts. If you want a single colored one, just replace all the following rows with hdc 36:
R8: [hdc 5 using the color you started the project with (color A hereafter), hdc 1 using a different color (color B hereafter)]*6 (36 stitches)
R9: [hdc 4 using color A, hdc 2 using color B]*6 (36 stitches)
R10: [hdc 3 using color A, hdc 3 using color B]*6 (36 stitches)
R11: [hdc 2 using color A, hdc 4 using color B]*6 (36 stitches)
R12: [hdc 1 using color A, hdc 5 using color B]*6 (36 stitches)
For alternating between two colors I yarn over with color A, and pull through color B. For other stitches I brings along the inactive color by tucking it in between the three loops and the active yarn when you are supposed to pull through (see below for two poor quality photo as reference):
R13: Edging for the body. hdc 5, ss 11, hdc 5, ss 15 and then sc 1 in the same stitch as last ss using color B (37 stitches)
The two hdc 5 clusters will serve as base for the strap.
Then you just baby blanket it, I dc'ed all the way until the end of the first cluster and ch 2 for turning, repeat until desired length. Also did two dc's in the first and last stitch of the 5 hdc base to add extra width to the strap (So each row has 7 dc).
I also reverted back to 4mm hook (finally) for a neater look.
For this part simply do however many rows as you will find fitting. I did 90 rows of 7 dc.
When the strap is finished, connect it together with a technique similar to this on the inside. I used slip stitch instead of single crochet to give the seam a more even look.
Honorable mentions: This and that for reference on specific technical details and pattern writing, and Lime helping me with the fit.
So I recently found out that ItemLabel produces an entity called Papupi, which is a big plushie that looks like the middle ground between a Furby and a Chansey.
It’s just so very silly, but 75 USD for one makes me feel like the latest Furby model is a very good bargain…
Recent moment when I really feel empowered was when I had a meeting with my supervisor about which journal I should send one of my paper to and I said “Oh, learning about the meta. It will be easier than learning competitive Pokémon meta” (something like this I don’t remember what exactly was said I simply remember I was coming out of the closet being a Pokémon nerd)
