#graphgan

Its a lil wonky but whatever. Couldnt take a shower because this took so long

I like to crochet and I decided to do something very ambitious, which is turn a one of @souriadraws’ Lewis and George prints into a crocheted tapestry. The original image is from her personal works portfolio, and I got Souria’s blessing to do this project.

I used a site called Stitchfiddle to turn the print into a diagram I could work into a 5’x5’ square using mini corner-to-corner stitches. I had to simplify it into >10 colors (so I wouldn’t die) and edit the background, but here’s a rough preview of the graph I’m using. It’s not the whole thing because I am not reposting the diagram for others’ use (and there’s a surprise baked into it):

And here’s some pictures of my progress so far. This is worked in a diagonal instead of side-to-side like most crochet is, so I’m currently right about at George’s forehead.

My ultimate hope is that I finish in time for the Canadian GP and I can find a way to give it to the team as a gift, but we’ll see. If that doesn’t work out, I guess I will keep it, but it’s been a really fun challenge so far and I’ve had to learn/practice a few new-to-me crochet techniques to manage all of the color changes and minimize the amount of loose ends to weave in.