OmittedHarpy Crafts

Crochet sideblog for @omittedharpy

[omittedharpy]

I am. Unsure about this color combination. Trying to use up leftovers from another project but I don’t think this is quite working

I think it looks better in my mockup (though maybe dark-on-light would work better than light-on-dark)

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every blanket i have ever made, in roughly chronological order, earliest from 2023

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For the stitches at the end of the row in the picture below, what would you consider the best way to describe that in a pattern?

A - (extended shallow back post dc around next 2 stitches, dc)tog last 3 stitches

B - (extended shallow back post dc around next 2 stitches, dc)3tog last 3 stitches

C - (extended shallow back post dc around next 2 stitches, dc)tog last 3 stitches [note: previous instruction functions as dc3tog]

Note: don't worry too much if you don't know what extended shallow back post dc means, what I'm interested in is: when doing a decrease that consists of multiple stitch types together, totaling to doing 3 stitches together, what is the clearest, least confusing way to communicate that?

Which of these is clearest?

A

B

C

All of these are clear

None of these are clear

Something else would be better (put in tags/reblog/reply)

I don't crochet/see results option

Voting ended onApr 4

[omittedharpy-crafts]

did I ever post this here? I don’t think I ever posted this - it’s a doily I’ve got hanging up in my cubicle by stiffening it and gluing magnets to the back

[omittedharpy]

new update test

[reminders-and-reverberations]

addition

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second addition

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Crocheted a cozy lil sweater for my sister’s stuffed otter Oswald

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Just finished! tonight!

2 ft, 5 inches on each side, interlocking crochet in #10 crochet thread, took just over 2 months (started mid-December)

Pattern is Harmony Mandala on ravelry

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Now that I’ve finished this, I think I’m gonna go in the direction of doing more art pieces in crochet thread and see where it leads me, since this seemed to be a successful proof of concept! :D

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Just finished! tonight!

2 ft, 5 inches on each side, interlocking crochet in #10 crochet thread, took just over 2 months (started mid-December)

Pattern is Harmony Mandala on ravelry

[omittedharpy]

2025 crochet projects

Pattern information under cut

My design, no pattern available

A Midsummer Night’s Dream (link)

Elephant C2C Blanket (link)

Gallifrey Wall Hanging from the Doctor Who crochet pattern book Amiguwhomi (yes, that's really the name)

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Gallifrey wall hanging from the Doctor Who crochet book!

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Crocheting Acute Angles

so doing acute angles is tricky - after a certain point, you need more increases than can fit well in the corner, and it doesn’t come out very sharp, even after using a taller stitch at the corner. 60 degrees is doable, but beyond that?

But I’ve figured out a technique that’s able to produce pretty narrow angles, I’ve gotten it up to 30 degrees. I developed this last year working on my geometric blanket, when I needed to do a 45 degree corner.

The way it works is, instead of the standard (increase, chain, increase) in the chain space of a corner, you do the first part of the increase, do a turning chain, and then - working in the same direction, you do the second half of the increase in the top of the previous stitch and then work your next stitches down the side of the posts of the stitch you just made, and the post of the previous row - step by step photos below cut

Beyond the step shown in the last image, you'll be working into the tops of stitches as normal. To do a 45 degree angle as pictured, alternate between increasing by 1 and increasing by 2

Stitch diagram: (ignore the X-stiches, you can just do regular dc there)

And to demonstrate what else can be done with this, a rhombus made with 30 degree angles:

If you want clarification on any of this feel free to ask!

[omittedharpy]

@pond---scum

Thanks!

It's a ch 4 ring, but presumably you could do it with a magic circle as well (I just didn't because i've not really gotten the hang of them)

(instructions in U.S terms)

but once you have your ring, ch4 (this serves as a tr), extended dc, 2dc, ch1, 2dc, extended dc, tr into the ring

then you do an increase by ch4, and in the top of the previous st, (extended dc, 2dc), dc 2 on the post of the tr, (dc, ch, dc) in the ring, dc 2 in the ch 4 starting ch, and in the 4th ch (2dc,extended dc, tr), concluding the first round

It definitely looks a bit wonky to begin with, but it'll take shape over the next round or so

Then for the next round, ch 4 and turn, and do the (extended dc, 2dc) increase in the first stitch. For these shapes, I turn after every round because crochet stitches have a slight tilt to them (towards the left I assume), that introduces a "spin" that can distort the shape a bit, and changing direction cancels the tilt out (idk if you already know that but explanation in case)

the increase pattern in the wider angles is alternating between (dc, ch1, dc) in the ch space, and skipping over the chain space, and that'll produce the 150 degree angle that corner needs, so dc across to the ch space, ch1, and skip the ch space and dc across to the opposite point

Once you've gotten to the opposite point and have done your increase, dc 5 across the post of the tr and ch 4, until you get to the tops of stitches as normal (and then the same thing mirrored on the other side)

After the second round it’ll look like this, and then you repeat in that fashion for as many rounds as desired

[omittedharpy]

Crocheting Acute Angles

so doing acute angles is tricky - after a certain point, you need more increases than can fit well in the corner, and it doesn’t come out very sharp, even after using a taller stitch at the corner. 60 degrees is doable, but beyond that?

But I’ve figured out a technique that’s able to produce pretty narrow angles, I’ve gotten it up to 30 degrees. I developed this last year working on my geometric blanket, when I needed to do a 45 degree corner.

The way it works is, instead of the standard (increase, chain, increase) in the chain space of a corner, you do the first part of the increase, do a turning chain, and then - working in the same direction, you do the second half of the increase in the top of the previous stitch and then work your next stitches down the side of the posts of the stitch you just made, and the post of the previous row - step by step photos below cut

Beyond the step shown in the last image, you'll be working into the tops of stitches as normal. To do a 45 degree angle as pictured, alternate between increasing by 1 and increasing by 2

Stitch diagram: (ignore the X-stiches, you can just do regular dc there)

And to demonstrate what else can be done with this, a rhombus made with 30 degree angles:

If you want clarification on any of this feel free to ask!

[omittedharpy]

so I’ve been messing around with shape and angles and:

center out triangle, with two 30 degree angles 😊

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This has been sitting in my drafts for quite a while but - 2024 blanket compilation!

(Based on when I did most of the work - I think I finished that last one in very early January of this year)

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baby blanket! 🐘

(pattern here)

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Concept sketch and test piece - came together surprisingly well, considering how much I was winging it

belatedly realizing that i attached the triangle insert on the left side the wrong way, but i'm not fixing it now

[omittedharpy]

Crocheters, for purposes of pattern writing, could you please let me know:

Do you know what is meant by "bar between tops of stitches"?

Yes

No

Maybe (explain)

Voting ended onAug 3, 2025

For context: I'm trying to figure out how to give instructions for a shallow back post/ front post dc, and give a description for where the hook is inserted.

if you happen to see this and you are not a crocheter, please do not vote, thanks

[omittedharpy]

@snailsandpuppy-dogtails

Thanks, good to know, notes are definitely helpful! I'm not sure how to explain it in words (hence why I'm trying to work this out) and I'm not sure if this technique has a different name, or how common it is, but instead of going around the post of the stitch, the hook is inserted around this little bit here:

It is pretty similar to bpdc/fpdc, so those could be substituted if necessary, but it has a slightly subtler texture that i'm very fond of, as well as being a little different visually, as shown in this image: (standard bpdc on the left, shallow bpdc on the right)

learning from the early results of this poll that people don't know what this is and I'm probably best off including pictures and some more in depth instruction. thanks for your feedback!