#hookednati

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Guys, I made it!! I'm so proud of myself now 🥺✨

It looks very nice and comfortable, a little bit tight on me because I have a lot of hair, but he shaves his head so I think it'll be fine.

Also, my mom said it looks beautiful ❤️‍🩹

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The crochet hook case is finally here!!!

This is my very first crochet project. I made it using two different yarns: Barroco nº 4 (the grey one) and Duna (the green one), both by a Brazilian brand called Círculo. Using the 3.0mm hook. And, it took me about 3~4 days to finish. [you can find the project diary here and here]

At the end of the project, I gave up on making two more pockets and made just one. The one without a closure. The fourth one was supposed to go above the bigger pocket, but I thought it wasn't necessary because I don't have that many things to store.

I sewed the hook holder based on the size of my hooks, but they hadn't arrived yet when I crocheted this part, so I ended up following the original measurement and then I regretted it, because as you can see below, there's a piece left over that's no use, it's simply a raised flap. Besides, if you look at the photo above, you'll see that I sewed it on crooked. Everything here is crooked, that okay.

I also gave up on making a pendant for the drawstring because I wanted a flower and I couldn't make one. I asked my mom, and she couldn't make the flower either, so in the end I said let it go, let's keep it simple and it's useful, it achieves the purpose to close the case so I'm fine with that.

Here you can see the things I wish I had done differently. The leftover tab, and the buttons.

These buttons were made from improvisation, because I still don't understand the concept of the magic circle, and they turned out okay, but I sewed them on in a way that, after a few days of closing and opening, made me realize that at some point they will fall off.

So, I'm going to need new bottons and honestly, I can just buy them?? I wish I had thought about it before.

Basically, this is my first project and I hope to use this case for a long time. Now, let's talk about the feelings about make it, the expectations, the frustations and also the tips and cumpliments!!!

Just showing you what I'm storing in each pocket. That one without closure it's empty for now.

As I said before, I started out thinking I was going to follow a tutorial, but I let the project take me and did what I thought would be best for my personal use and to match my personality.

It was a fun project to do, but I'm also very aware of what I would have liked to have done and what I actually did. Not that they are VERY far apart, but learning to crochet for just one week (two now!), I did the best I could with what I had and it's better than not having made anything at all.

During the whole process, the thing that bothered me most was that it turned out crooked. Everything was simply crooked and I didn't know how to fix it, I redid it and it was still crooked, so I gave up and left it crooked.

One tip I was given was to use stitch markers at the beginning and/or end of each row, because that would help me get everything straight. And I'm definitely going to use that for my next project. They also gave me color suggestions and a tutorial on how to make an easy flower. I'm going to try again, but I need to buy the suggested colors before I do that!!!

My friends encouraged me a lot while I was doing it, and every time I said it was crooked, they lied to me. Which was really nice of them, because I have ADHD and I don't know how to deal with frustration, so there were times when I wanted to give up because it didn't look the way it should be in my head.

The people who know how to crochet and have seen this case, both here on Tumblr or in real life, have been lovely to me. They know it has flaws and I know they know it has flaws, but the messages were all saying that yes, it's a bit wonky, but that with practice, I'll be able to make better things and even if it's not perfect now, I've done a good job and shouldn't be hard on myself!

It's cute, it's useful, it's my favorite colors and they match with me, so, yes I'm very proud of my crooked hook case. 10/10 🎉✨

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crochet hook case [part 1]

I decided to exercise my independence and choose an project to do outside the classes. I decided for this crochet hook case, and honestly, I was planning just follow the tutorial, but something happened in the middle of the process.

First of all, I noticed why and how tension is something very important in crochet. Also, now I think crochet is a mix of technique and self-knowledge.

When I posted these pictures at crochet community, talking about the difference in hook size, someone told me that most of the projects indicates the hook size we should use, and this is tottaly true BUT according to my two cents' worth of experience (I've only been learning to crochet for a week), it means absolutely nothing if I don't know how my own crochet works.

What I mean is: when people are creating a tutorial, they will use what suits them, the way they are used to crocheting. But, obviously, we're different people and I'm going to have a different tension, so I'll need to adjust the materials I use.

If my stitches are too tight, I'll naturally need a bigger hook; if they're too loose, a smaller hook. And if I don't know that, my work will be fan-shaped or curled up.

Yes, that's a complaint. I followed everything perfectly, undid and redid it several times because the base wouldn't stay straight at all, until I realized that the problem was that I wasn't paying attention at my own crochet and my tension was too lose. I didn't take pictures, because I was SO FRUSTRATED, but the solution was just undo everything and redo with a smaller hook!

After that, look at this magic:

Of course isn't THAT straight, but so much better than the fan-shape it had before.

I passed the whole day yesterday just working on these 46 rows, redoing and undoing. For real, I finished all of them while I was working, but then I had another problem.

It was the wrong shape AGAIN.

Can you see how I just forgot to follow the straight line on the sides? At least now I know how to make those waveforms, even if I didn't mean to. At first, I thought I could finish the 46 rows and after that, just splice a chain and make more stitches, it would get wider, but that would be better than undoing the whole thing. And, I tried, but I just couldn't do it and I couldn't find any tutorials on it.

My only solution was undo everything AGAIN. This gave me a little ball of yarn, which, thinking about the number of stitches I had made on the sides, was more than enough to finish.

And, I only finished it this morning, still with a few defects and more crooked than I would have liked, but for my first project I think it's okay. I didn't take pictures (again!) but I sent a video to my friend, to show her the defects and I'll post it here tomorrow, when I'm going to post about the border, because I did something completely different from the original idea and thanks to my boyfriend's idea, it is going to also finish in something that suits more my personality.

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New experience coming 🧸🧶✨

I never thought about making amigurumi, but Sanrio released a collab with Círculo (a Brazilian brand) and I had to buy it. It's a Hello Kitty amigurumi with three outfit options and the kit comes with everything you need + videos to learn how to make it.

The yellow shirt weren't my first choice, but the one I wanted sold out very quickly. As it's apparently a limited edition, I'm thinking of buying the others too.

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I'm finally done with my granny square bag!! It was my March crochet project and I finished right in time. To be honest, this month I started other two projects and maybe that's why I took so long to finish it.

It also was the first time I made granny squares and I think they're very nice but not my thing. I made then with twine (Barroco n.4/Círculo) and the lining is non-woven fabric, sewed with the same white twine.

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Dear diary,

The vintage yarn box I bought has finally arrived. My mom looked at me like I was crazy.

There's a lot of wool that I can use to make clothes, but there's also a lot of tapestry yarn.

Honestly, maybe it's uncomfortable, but I don't think there's a yarn police that's going to stop me in the street and give me a penalty if I use tapestry yarn to make a bag or anything else.

Of course, I may me wrong and use tapestry yarn to make other things than tapestry may be a bad idea.

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Using my work hours to work on something else 😶‍🌫️

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Just a little mistake.