My worst trait is looking at something and going...I could do that.
tl:dr - I found this person's crochet LaDS blobbus on TikTok and, having completed a total of two crochet projects in my life, decided I could do it, too - because surely these couldn't be that complicated...😅 (foot meet mouth)
Full story and pictures below - should you be so inclinded.
So, one day, I'm doomscrolling, as one does, and I stumble across this lovely post by dhliaindeepspace (I no longer have TikTok, or the link so I'm sorry) and her beautiful, lovely crochet blobbus.
And a series of thoughts hits me at once.
Omg - those are so cute!
Omg - the Misfits would love these, and we each main someone different; this is perfect.
Hey...I could do that.
She had no pattern, had mainly created them from her brain and free tutorials and I figured I could do the same.
I, who had created a total of one (1) baby blanket and one (1) Woobles project (Fred), and then abandoned the hobby altogether in frustration.
I've been wanting a way to fall in love with it again, but I just...couldn't. Turns out I needed inspiration in the way of creating for others.
So, I went out, bought yarn (my mistake was buying cotton instead of acrylic, but it is what it is), and went scouring the internet for tutorials.
In this process I learned:
I don't actually know what a single stitch is....and was doing a 1.5 (I guess??) stitch for the body.
How did you not know if you were following tutorials?
Well...I was following a written one for the body...and didn't know I was doing it wrong until I could not for the life of me get the color switching to work on Zayne. (This led to Tiny Zayne, shown below, to prove to myself I did, in fact, know what I was doing...only to find out that a proper single stitch made him very, very smol.)
2. Eyeballing size can work...sometimes lol
3. I hateeeeeeeeeeeeee magic rings - yes, I figured out a work around
4. I will be damned before I willingly crochet with something as thin as embrodery thread ever again.
5. I can do something in a short amount of time (two-ish weeks) with a wild amount of confidence...and while it may not be perfect, it still can be done.
6. There is something healing about creating something tangible that I can hold in my hands. It allowed my brain to unravel and work through writer's block in a way that I don't fully understand.
Worked so well that I plan to make something once a month just to keep up skills and break up the writing journey with something else.
7. Practice may not make you perfect, but it does solidify habits, which allows for growth. (As seen by the smoothness of Raf 2 pictured below.)
Here's the thing, comparing them to dahliaindeepspace - this is straight up the Temu version, but I'm still proud of them. And the Misfits loved them when they made their way to their new home. (After a terrible situation with Raf 1 being stolen from the box [wtf] and being recreated a second time.)
So, Kaits, why tell us this long winded story instead of just showing us pictures?
Because, loves, someone needs the reminder that it doesn't need to be perfect to be done. We all start from the bottom, and work our way up. The beginning will be messy and rough and frustrating, and then you'll hit a breakthrough, and you'll just get it.
So, Reader, do something new today. And, as the great Ms. Frizzle said,
