FlumenFluxi Crochet

It's warm... it's fashionable.... it's hot coo-ture!

i made a the pigeon sweater (by Michelle Tsai) for my friend! i've been wanting to make another top for ages, but I have way too many sweaters already, so when she mentioned seeing a sweater she really wanted it was like serendipity 🕊️

i'm so psyched with how this turned out; she lives over a thousand miles from me so i had nothing but some measurements, math, and a lot of faith that this would fit properly (and it does!! perfectly!!)

after who knows how many months of puzzling out the geometry, running out of the right colors, & feeling like i'd NEVER be done making flower motifs, HERE HE IS!! in all his orange glory!!

the cutest, sweetest, most huggable spider in the WORLD!!! ✨️💖🕷💖✨️

Aaaaand a shawl to go with the fish dress! I used leftover fish color yarn from the dress and a few skeins of various colors from my stash! I was lucky enough to have 5 skeins of Squish DK in my stash, and I'm super pleased with how it turned out.

yarn:

Old Rusted Chair Squisk DK (Merino) in colorways Let Me Tell You About My Uterus (pink/orange), Bellini (peach), Nourish (hot pink), and Familiar (orange)

Loops and Threads Luxe Merino in colorway Cream Tweed (white)

pattern:

Obsessed with everything about this! It's rare that a project turns out just how I wanted it to, and this one did!! Also a lesson in strategic hook size-ups to try to get the length I wanted. Started in a 4mm, sized up to a 4.5mn after the second dark blue ripple, and then up again to a 5mm about 12 rows after the last light blue row. I managed to stretch 8 skeins into a full-length dress!

yarn:

Old Rusted Chair Squisk DK (Merino) in colorways Postcard (light blue), Diminutive (dark blue), and Let Me Tell You About My Uterus (pink/orange)

Loops and Threads Luxe Merino in colorway Cream Tweed (white)

pattern:

Fish You Were Here Tank Top by Heidi Nieling

Learn how to read patterns. videos are great with visuals and learning the anatomy, but you'll get a lot more out of the hobby by learning the pattern vernacular and structure.

You can't count. No one can. Accept the truth. It's okay, It's part of the canon pipeline.

Nobody's going to see the mistake if you don't tell them. Seriously, just making something with your hands is cause for celebration.

There is no wrong way if the result is the same and is comfortable. (Lets stop this magic ring vs chain # and join nonsense.)

No one knows everything there is to know about a craft/hobby. everyone is still learning (even those who deny it).

Your failed works can always be unraveled/recycled or used in some way. just may have to think creatively about it.

It's okay to abandon the project in your wip stash thats been sitting there for a few months/10 years. Chances are, you've improved in that time and it may be better to start over. or maybe your tastes have changed.

Do the trends if you WANT to. Not because you have to.

Be very VERY careful what projects you decide to do as gifts (especially with deadlines). And always keep your expectations lower as to the recipient's reaction or appreciation. It may not be equal to your effort.

Anxious to start? Do it anyways. Do it scared.

Overwhelmingly huge project getting you down? Do it in chunks and break it down into pieces if you can.

Feeling the "I'm getting nowhere", monster when doing a project that feels endless? Put a stitch marker in the row you started that session/ take a picture of the before and you'll see how much you actually do. It's amazing what that reveals.

Enjoy the process. Don't do something necessarily for the end result. Remember, this was supposed to be fun/enriching.

And lastly...