#blanket pattern

We have reached out 5th featured stuffed animal

Fun fact, a rollator was my first mobility aid. In which I proceeded to used as a wheelchair and scoot myself backwards as soon as I got it because wheelchairs are expensive. However, because I am a responsible adult and to cover all my bases, I have to warn you to neither scoot back in your rollator like that or stand in it like this stuffed animal.

On a different note, I really struggled not making this dog look like 'Pom Pom Purin'. They didn't start off that way in the draft colours, but to keep the colour pallet balanced I ended up going with a yellow dog... who just happened to be wearing a beret... and had darker brown accents.

If you're interested in getting the sticker line that I've been teasing for over a month, you can click here And if, for whatever reason, you are like me and want to get your hands on a blanket in the middle of summer click here

Made this patchwork blanket during the pandemic as a way to work through a lot of the scrap/extra yarn I had. I even flew across the country with my squares when I went to quarantine with my sister!

I realized I never posted about it since it wasn't very ~~aesthetic~~ but it has been such a good blanket for me since then that it seems like a shame not to share it! It is just warm enough to be comforting, but not so heavy that it makes me sweat outside of winter months

is that.... gasp

a pattern?!

New crochet pattern from me! Spikes & Stripes Crochet Blanket! 😍🙌💕

Etsy Shop:

https://www.etsy.com/listing/660890792/crochet-pattern-spikes-stripes-afghan

Ravelry shop:

https://www.ravelry.com/patterns/library/spikes--stripes-crochet-blanket

Crochet Pattern: Celtic Tiles Blanket by Tatsiana Kupryianchyk ($1.75)

I struggled, I well and truly struggled with this one. Not with the design, but with the wheelchair colour pallet. I didn't want to do a completely pink one because I heavily use pink as it is. And I didn't want to have another strawberry theme in this series. And then the first colours I tried were much too dark and looked gothic and that didn't fit in with the other animals at all. Finally, I had to look at colour pallets and gradient maps for inspo, and then edit the colours as necessary so the values had enough variation.

Colour struggles aside, my favourite mobility aid is my wheelchair, mainly because of how much of my pain and symptoms it alleviates. I have a slightly more expensive standard chair that I modified to make it faster, smaller and more light weight since I use it often and don't know when I'll get money for a custom. However, custom or not, all mobility aids are important to giving their users freedom and independence and should be appreciated.

If you're interested in getting the sticker line that I've been teasing for over a month, you can click here And if, for whatever reason, you are like me and want to get your hands on a blanket in the middle of summer click here