Not Grandma’s Crochet

[knittingfolk]

[otterlyart]

Right…that went well.

[notgrandmascrochet]

Pain… love it.

[plaguedocboi]

Twitter and tiktok are like a coral reef

It’s loud and bright and productive and glamorous. It’s fast-paced and things cycle through the environment in hours. Everyone is trying to fight for their position in the food chain and stay Relevant. There are lots of pretty things to look at. If something gets Popular it has an impact on everything around it, for a brief time until the next big thing arrives. To an outside observer it’s chaos but to those involved it has order, reason, a Purpose.

Tumblr is like a deep-sea ecosystem.

Things are slow and weird. Memes bounce around for years and even decades. People exist in their little isolated hydrothermal vent communities of mutuals. Sometimes something big happens (suez canal, November 5th, Queen Lizzie kickin’ it) and we all gather around like a whale fall but for the most part we’re just snootling around in the sand doing whatever the fuck. Occasionally someone comes down and shines their flashlight around and immediately leaves and tells their friends about what freaky shit we have going on in the depths. We don’t care. We’re very busy talking about Our Friend Jonathan from a book published in the 1800s like worms slowly digesting the bones of a long-dead organism.

[inqorporeal]

Sometimes you'll be drifting around minding your own business, and something massive and horrible will drift past just out of sight range and you'll know it feom the way the current changes. And you'll be glad it didn't see you.

[notgrandmascrochet]

Sometimes, divers will come down and grab you. They bring you to the surface and you’ve lost all your form because you are no longer in an ecosystem that is meant for you. Then the assholes make fun of you for being weird.

[cyanide-the-spider]

A little spontaneous doily making after getting the urge to make lace. It's a nice little WIP!

[transatlantic-crochet]

Pattern

[belladonnaprice-deactivated2025]

@callmebliss

[thatdisasterauthor]

At this point half the reason I still put up with TiKTok is the insane bakers and cooks. I mean LOOK AT THIS.

[notgrandmascrochet]

I made socks!

I also can’t get them off…

[fairhairedkings]

if you like crafting and also free things, might i suggest the antique pattern library?

it’s a not for profit that’s gathering books, patterns, and other materials related to crafting that are out of copyright (or getting permission from copyright holders in some cases) in order to share them online. they scan items, clean them up, then make everything available for free!

free things are great, especially when you’re just starting to get into something. like oh, i’m supposed to spend money on this hobby i just picked up 20 minutes ago???

the first time i ended up on the site, i seriously spent hours just trawling through everything. there’s the usual suspects like knitting, crochet, embroidery, but there’s also woodwork, calligraphy, and books on things like how to mount and frame pictures. with cross stitch patterns, they also make modern charts with the dmc colour codes available.

links to their webbed site and instagram:

https://www.antiquepatternlibrary.org/

https://www.instagram.com/theantiquepatternlibrary/

behold, a glorious cat cross stitch pattern (link goes to antique pattern library page):

[image id: Multicolour charted cross stitch design of a cat sitting on a red pillow with tassels, holding a green ball]

[squid----s]

My little supervisor

[hedwig-dordt]

spinnen en weven!

[clydiavandyke]

So here's my reversible Ditto/Jigglypuff doll! It took a hot minute and ruined my hands for a bit, but this little pink bitch is done!

[vidtape]

this person just took a shovel to my face

[howling--mouse-deactivated20251]

Crocheted Stump Ottoman from my design blog ✨

[notgrandmascrochet]

I need to make myself one of these… asap

[sailorfailures]

Everyone STOP WHAT YOU'RE DOING and look at these adorable Sailor Moon amigurumi dolls!!

They're so perfect!! The details, the little laces on the shoes, the adorable faces, the CURLS in the HAIR... I've never seen such cute crochet dolls??

These were made by Lili_AmeAmisCroche on Reddit who spent over a month working on the designs and you can TELL because it paid off!!

If you want your own, AmeAmis is selling them on Etsy, and if you want to MAKE your own, you can buy the crochet patterns too! This is not a paid ad, I'm just... absolutely smitten by these dolls... I am about to pick up a crochet hook for the first time in my life I swear

[ohwyrmies]

strawberry sweater is happening!!!

[lady-of-the-yarn]

Had to add a couple bits to Ezra, felt like he was missing something before.

Stupid tumblr won't center the image for some reason.

[transatlantic-crochet]

In the ongoing struggle to create content, I will be combining closet cosplay with crochet cosplay, as well as making better use of my natural hair.

This is the first example, a genderbent Jamie cosplay from Outlander. The shawl is crocheted, made with Ma's prairie shawl pattern by @crababble_crafts and I naturally have Jamie's red curls!

Who should I cosplay next?