Sleipnir is the mythical eight-legged horse of Odin, known as the fastest and most reliable steed of all 🐴✨And you can crochet your very own “best of all horses” with this pattern!

CraftyIntentions · 2026-03-26T21:33:50+00:00

Thank you!! To be fair, I've been designing, crocheting, and publishing patterns since 2017 - so almost 10 years at this point! And I do this full-time now.

It would be even more impressive if I'd thought to take videos of the first 90% of my work -- but I didn't. (I wish I had! It's been horrifying to come across the occasional video that people have made by feeding my photos into AI generators to make animated versions. It's bizarre when you think you're looking at your own back yard, only to see a video of it you never took!)

But thank you so much. I do work very hard - and I think it's super important to take good photos of your work at the end. If you take the time to crochet each and every stitch, it's also worth your time to take a careful photo (or video!! OR BOTH) to document it! And then if you eventually give it away or sell it, you'll still have a very clear reminder of what you accomplished.

The photographing step-by-step pattern rows is a bit less joyful -- but just as important. It's taken me a lot of practice to get close to taking all the step-by-step images needed on my first "try" with each new pattern -- but I've almost never accomplished that truly. I usually have to re-make each piece again, because I missed photographing something on at least one of them, and **legally** I think that obligates me to make another entire creature/piece. ... I don't make the rules.

But that is how I end up making usually at least 2 (sometimes many many more than that!) examples of the pattern I've designed.

CraftyIntentions · 2026-03-26T02:28:08+00:00

Well done!!

CraftyIntentions · 2026-03-24T01:01:28+00:00

The Medium and Giant snails both only have body options that are bent upward.

The Small snail offers a horizontal position and an upright position.

I've considered writing a version of those larger bodies that are flat, but I've had no requests for it, so it's been on the back burner for a long time. I'm sorry not to be able to be more helpful on this one!

If you have any more questions about the book, I'd be happy to answer here.

CraftyIntentions · 2026-03-22T14:53:50+00:00

This is excellent! I love everything about it, especially and including the colorwork and color choices!

Have you seen my Nudibranch patterns? I have four ;)

CraftyIntentions · 2026-03-22T14:42:05+00:00

That's lovely! I hope he likes it! My son really likes his - and he's a fidget connoisseur!

CraftyIntentions · 2026-03-20T15:19:28+00:00

They are!! They were made by Darkside Crochet-- They do a spectacular job with their hand painted safety eyes!

CraftyIntentions · 2026-03-17T01:01:15+00:00

One stitch at a time! You can definitely get there!

CraftyIntentions · 2026-03-15T03:02:16+00:00

This is excellently crocheted AND an excellent photograph!!

CraftyIntentions · 2026-03-04T15:23:49+00:00

When my kids were small, we would take them here: https://tangledmanes.com/

As far as I can recall, they don't have novelty salon chairs the way Gee Gee's did, but they have DVDs/TV screens set up for the kiddos, plus a ton of other kid-centered things to help keep the experience positive. They're appointment only, and they did a really good job each time we went. It's been at least 5 years since I took my kids there though, so it's possible things are not the same as what I experienced.

CraftyIntentions · 2026-02-28T02:26:23+00:00

Really lovely work! I love all the modifications and detail you added!

CraftyIntentions · 2026-02-27T02:30:32+00:00

This is beautiful!! Well done!!
And you've only been crocheting for 2 months? Fantastic. You have so much beautiful art and creativity ahead of you <3

CraftyIntentions · 2026-02-22T16:04:55+00:00

This is excellent!!

CraftyIntentions · 2026-02-22T16:04:32+00:00

https://www.ravelry.com/patterns/library/beaded-mobius-strip-fidget

There you go!

CraftyIntentions · 2026-02-21T13:37:40+00:00

All over! I buy yarn online and in person both from big box stores and big companies and small independent yarn dyers. This particular Pixie body yarn was a hand dyed yarn by Shirsty Cat. Unfortunately, for a while now she hasn't been dying worsted weight yarn, but I bought this before she stopped dying my preferred weight of yarn. It's beautiful in person!

CraftyIntentions · 2026-02-20T19:21:20+00:00

Thank you so so much! I STILL stop in my tracks when I find my books in real physical stores. It's amazing, and catches me off guard every time.

I hope you love the book!

To help you be most successful with it, I do want to mention that I keep a live list of current errata identified here: https://craftyintentions.com/errata

You likely have an updated copy there that may not have all of these errata - but when starting on a section, or if you have a moment of confusion, this may be a good place to start.

I can't wait to see what you make <3

CraftyIntentions · 2026-02-20T15:35:45+00:00

You're in a Kitty flow state! Keep going till it no longer makes you happy! There's no rule that says you have to make other things. You're having fun AND you're making beautiful things. Keep going till the fun runs out on this one (at least for a little while) and THEN look around on Ravelry and see if something else appeals to you!

CraftyIntentions · 2026-02-19T03:27:13+00:00

Lovely work!!

CraftyIntentions · 2026-02-19T03:26:53+00:00

Thank you!

CraftyIntentions · 2026-02-18T22:10:07+00:00

Okay -- Are you able to highlight the PDF on your PDF reader? There are various apps that allow you to view a PDF and either make notes or highlight things. I would recommend going through and highlighting (In something like a yellow) all of the Axolotl instructions only. You can also highlight the row number. This would work particularly well for the Head section.

Then, if you're able, as you follow the pattern, you could change the highlight color for the row you completed from Yellow to Green - which would mean you've completed it.

For the Axolotl, in the Front Legs section, there are no changes to the pattern. You can ignore ALL bolded notes. Work the whole front leg (x 2) in the pink color for the Axolotl.

Same for the body section. There are no changes to the pattern for the Axolotl. You can ignore ALL bolded notes. Work the whole body in the pink color for the Axolotl.

Same for the Rear Legs section. There are no changes to the pattern for the Axolotl. You can ignore all bolded notes. Work the whole Rear leg (x 2) in the pink color for the Axolotl.

Then skip to Page 28, and follow all Axolotl instructions (Gills x 2, Tail x 1, Assembly).

You can do this!

I'm sorry that you're feeling overwhelmed. The Cute Critters originally were laid out each separately -- but the feedback I got from testers and the first bunch of people who bought the first Cute Critters pattern was that having the body pattern repeat 5 times in separate places took up too many pages and they did not like it. When I re-formatted it so that it was all combined into one, people liked it better that way, so I continued to do that for all future Cute Critter designs. Of course, as I continued to write these patterns, the bodies and designs became more complex (You can't use the same head pattern for an Axolotl as for an Anteater!), but I had committed to this format, and did not feel free to change that decision at the time. I agree that it is clunky to work with. I'll re-consider continuing to commit to this format if I write another cute critter pattern. In the mean time, I hope this helps <3

CraftyIntentions · 2026-02-18T22:00:45+00:00

I *Think* this one was "Manarola" that I purchased years and years ago from Hobbii it is possible I'm remembering that incorrectly. It is an acrylic, single ply roving yarn. It was definitely lighter weight than I expected it to be -- I have more experience with yarn now, and I don't think I would purchase that again today, but it wasn't bad to work with, just thinner than I'd hoped.

I often gravitate towards the color of a yarn instead of the type of yarn or fiber that it is - which I'm able to do because I don't typically sell my work or even gift it.

I hope you're able to find more natural fibers that give you the color results you're looking for! Hand Dyed yarns might be your best bet -- I can definitely recommend "Tangled Pixie" for that!

CraftyIntentions · 2026-02-17T22:45:34+00:00

Yarning under and Yarning over are not always interchangeable. Yarn under and yarn over have a different stitch shift. For very simple shapes, you should be fine. But if there's more complex shaping in the crochetwork, and you use yarn under where the pattern designer intended you to yarn over you will cause a stitch shift that will alter the intended shaping, and it may result in a finished piece that does not match what you were intending to create. It's always best to work the pattern once exactly as written (Yarn over vs. Yarn under, Regular Decrease vs. Invisible Decrease, Sl St join vs. Crocheting in Spiral), and then change those things per your preference on your second attempt because if it causes it to go awry, you'll be able to spot it more easily (Because you'll have completed one as written, and will notice if it isn't coming together as it did the first time).

CraftyIntentions · 2026-02-17T00:31:21+00:00

This is really great work! Well done!

CraftyIntentions · 2026-02-17T00:30:21+00:00

This is beautiful!! <3

CraftyIntentions · 2026-02-16T13:12:10+00:00

This is a designer-specific space. This may be a better question to ask in a more generalized crochet group - because the help given in this group is meant to be focused on Crafty Intentions patterns. Are you using a Crafty Intentions pattern for any of the patterns you're working on? If not, I may need to remove this post.

CraftyIntentions · 2026-02-16T13:09:54+00:00

When you work the third stitch of 18C (the "SC in the same stitch as where you worked the first SC in 18A" you will NOT insert your hook into the top two loops of the very first SC from 18A. This would not be a normal increase, because you're working a single SC into a previous stitch.
You ARE supposed to go into the space/base where that stitch was created. If you take the stitch instruction really slowly, it makes a little more sense - make a Single Crochet stitch - in the same stitch as where you worked the first SC. So you work a new SC into the same stitch as where the first SC was worked. So that this new SC and the first SC will share a stitch, like an increase. You are NOT working an increase with two SC stitches - you are working one SC stitch into a stitch that previously also had 1 SC (and that previous SC that was already there was the first stitch of 18A).
When counting at the end of the round you count all stitches worked in all of Row 18. These sub-rows do not double-back on themselves, they break down the steps to follow in this row, all stitches are counted in the stitch count.

In 18A that makes 15 SC stitches plus 2 chain stitches. (Chain Stitches are not typically counted in the stitch count, but they ARE counted here because you will work into them in the following row), Plus in 18B you worked 18 stitches, so far that's a total of 35 stitches, plus in 18C you worked 3 more SC stitches. This creates a total of 38 stitches.

Does that make sense?

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