So Many Crafts

80 projects documented within it's pages: 78 knits and 2 crochet, 6 still as WIPs and 3 have been since frogged to make other things, and 11 of which are made with handspun yarn!

Broken down by project type that's: 31 pairs of socks, 29 jumpers/tops, 7 shawls/scarfs, 5 hats, 4 home items, 3 baby items, and 1 wall mounted dragon head.

We are so close to finishing!

I do love these butterflies - and I wanted to try making teeny ones!

This one is made from embroidery floss!

(I'd purchased the flame colours for another project, but I don't think I'll be using them for that, and I certainly hadn't felt like it yet.)

It was tiny and fiddly, using the smallest of my non-steel hooks, which is a 2.25mm and only just small enough for embroidery thread crochet perhaps. (I have one steel hook, a 1.65mm, but I need to get some with ergonomic handles if I'm going to keep on the tack of crocheting with thread.)

It was actually easier/less argly than crocheting with proper crochet thread? X'D

Though some of that might be due to the fact that the crochet thread is a bit bigger than embroidery floss and I was using it with the same size hook - meaning it was tighter and the embroidery floss was looser. Then again, embroidery floss is also a bit softer/smoother.

It comes in so many colours to play with! . . .but in much shorter lengths, and more expensive. Not too much of an issue for butterfly sized projects - it takes just under a quarter of a hank for the inner wings, just over a third of one for the outer wings . . . and not much for the body and antennae, of course.

Thinking of some other thread projects and butterflies already!

Corpse bride amigurumi 💜

I looooove making mini quilts!

Quick to make,

Instant gratification,

Learn new things,

Use less material,

Excellent way to use scraps,

Did you know you can create a flat piece of forward facing only stitches?

cool huh

Its done by alternating rows of right and left handed rows

bum side for comparison

I thought it would be good for amigurumi, if you have to switch between rounds and rows, so you have a more consistent texture.

It does have noticeable slant but i think its less of an issue than the dip you get on the backside of the turned rows.