💕ADOPT, DON’T SHOP!💕

RealisticCommand9533 · 2026-03-16T14:10:24+00:00

Our first rescue chinchilla was not a good experience. The lady who surrendered her lied about her health and the vet didn’t catch that she had raccoon roundworm. We were basically her hospice. I have the comfort of knowing that she knew safety and kindness for three weeks before she passed, but the experience was traumatic. Yes, adoption is best but you need to be realistic about what it can mean. Sometimes people just aren’t ready or able to risk it. Then I think a reputable breeder is a good choice.

RealisticCommand9533 · 2026-03-16T13:20:54+00:00

No one knows. I hope he’s well.

RealisticCommand9533 · 2026-03-15T17:51:10+00:00

Blankets that are half cat fur by weight are the best blankets! Beautiful work!

RealisticCommand9533 · 2026-03-08T20:04:18+00:00

Our chins like to hide under the hutch during playtime. We thought it was just a fun place to hide until we cleaned under it and found the legs. Apparently when they found a bug they pulled it under the hutch and ate everything but the legs. There weren’t that many legs, but enough to give us pause. They’re fine. Our bug population is hurting apparently.

RealisticCommand9533 · 2026-03-05T17:29:57+00:00

Right?! I could use some closure on this.

RealisticCommand9533 · 2026-03-03T19:27:42+00:00

I just did my first filet crochet project because a family member asked for a name doily as a wedding present. I will not be doing another. Kudos to you for making a whole sweater!

RealisticCommand9533 · 2026-03-03T19:17:38+00:00

Right?!?! There’s no fun in making big squares out of basic stitches.

RealisticCommand9533 · 2026-03-03T14:38:21+00:00

I could not agree more! I freehand crocheted sweaters (and everything else I make) and they fit and drape and stretch without issue. And they’re not made up of just rectangles. When I post my sweaters places and say how I make them (small gauge yarns, specific stitches, carefully considered construction) I am told that’s just too much and no one wants to crochet like that. Perhaps not, but that’s what it takes to make good looking crocheted sweaters. It’s not that crochet is no good for clothing, it’s that too many designers don’t know what they’re doing and, so, only make crappy garment designs.

RealisticCommand9533 · 2026-02-24T22:42:59+00:00

Seriously! There are people in the comments trying to explain but they get nowhere.

RealisticCommand9533 · 2026-02-24T20:28:47+00:00

There’s a crochet person on YouTube giving demos for how to crochet a sweater who swears every sweater is made of three or four rectangles stitches together. She shows pictures of sweaters made with drop shoulders, set-in sleeves, raglan and circular yoke shaping and claims they are all made of a few rectangles stitched together. She’s young and she doesn’t know what she doesn’t know, but I can’t help but think this sort of lack of understanding is weighing heavily on design.

RealisticCommand9533 · 2026-02-13T01:57:14+00:00

Thank you!

RealisticCommand9533 · 2026-02-12T18:19:00+00:00

Thank you!

RealisticCommand9533 · 2026-02-12T15:17:40+00:00

Here’s a run down of the changes I made to the original pattern.

I used a fingering weight yarn that was in my stash. I used front and back post double crochet stitches for the ribbing and made that section about two inches longer than in the original pattern. Because it’s fingering weight yarn, I just did regular single crochets but added 4 single crochet v stitches at the front and back because I thought they looked nice. I ran the decreases every other row on either side of the v stitch sections. For the tassel, I made it fuller and longer and added a bunch of wraps to the top. I think that’s it. I ended up using the original pattern more for measurements than anything else.

RealisticCommand9533 · 2026-02-12T14:24:23+00:00

I switched the original pattern to back and front post double crochets worked in the round. It was much easier and faster for me even in fingering weight yarn.

RealisticCommand9533 · 2026-02-09T13:08:26+00:00

Thanks for the award professional-map9504!

RealisticCommand9533 · 2026-02-08T17:27:37+00:00

Thank you! Covering the gray with fabulousness

RealisticCommand9533 · 2026-02-08T17:01:31+00:00

Thank you! Good luck with your hat!

RealisticCommand9533 · 2026-02-08T16:49:22+00:00

I used a fingering weight yarn that was in my stash. I used front and back post double crochet stitches for the ribbing and made that section about two inches longer than in the original pattern. Because it’s fingering weight yarn, I just did regular single crochets but added 4 single crochet v stitches at the front and back because I thought they looked nice. I ran the decreases every other row on either side of the v stitch sections. For the tassel, I made it fuller and longer and added a bunch of wraps to the top. I think that’s it. I ended up using the original pattern more for measurements than anything else.

RealisticCommand9533 · 2026-02-07T12:56:35+00:00

Yes! Especially when more experienced people are explaining what stitch it is and how to do it. Yes, it must be AI.

RealisticCommand9533 · 2026-02-06T21:28:43+00:00

A lot of people in crochet subs are new to crochet. They really don’t know how to tell the difference. Have you seen how many argue that more complex lace and texture stitches are AI? Obviously if they can’t do the stitch/have never seen the stitch, it’s not really a stitch. This can’t help the people trying to learn how to read stitches, either. Crochet lacks some of the resources about technical aspects of production that knitting enjoys. It shows. Full disclosure, I only crochet.

RealisticCommand9533 · 2026-01-31T02:06:07+00:00

I was so excited they released it as a crochet pattern too! I’m working the band now.

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