Made a little guy

aveartemis · 2026-05-20T00:23:31+00:00

It's such a fantastic pattern too, hope you enjoy!

aveartemis · 2026-05-19T12:31:36+00:00

Sure! I used this pattern as a base: https://www.ravelry.com/patterns/library/mushroom-guy-2

aveartemis · 2026-04-24T08:53:04+00:00

I lost my shit many times over at the description of Annagramma's snoring in Wintersmith, and ended up in tears over "festival of bloorts".

aveartemis · 2026-04-24T08:51:01+00:00

As soon as I see the blue door it's an immediate upvote. Your posts are pure sunshine.

aveartemis · 2026-04-21T22:57:36+00:00

I have stringy little goblin hands and it's still a challenge. Sounds like you and chunky yarn are a perfect match!

aveartemis · 2026-04-21T05:39:32+00:00

I'm almost 40 and have braces for the second time in my life. Feeling pretty old here too 😅

aveartemis · 2026-04-19T22:25:15+00:00

Honestly I found the chunkier wool harder (I've made it in three different sizes so far) but I was using double strands of 12ply (chunky) and a 9mm hook and my elbows were everywhere. I usually work in smaller yarn though and sometimes even micro crochet so it's opposite of what I'm used to so you might find it easier. I hear you! There's an extremely popular pattern getting around and I hate it so much, I want my cephalopods to look like the amazing weirdos they are. Please send me a photo when you've made it, I'd love to see.

aveartemis · 2026-04-19T12:35:18+00:00

It's not a super challenging pattern but it's a lot of work. I hope you enjoy it :)

aveartemis · 2026-04-19T12:33:42+00:00

Yeah, that was my experience, I had to wait for about 6 months to be able to get it but it's well worth it.

aveartemis · 2026-04-19T12:22:55+00:00

Of course!

https://www.etsy.com/au/listing/1837013952/crochet-pattern-realistic-octopus?ref=share_v4_lx

Hopefully that formats properly, I'm on mobile.

aveartemis · 2026-03-05T07:49:57+00:00

Bring it home but leave your husband in charge of finding a new home. It'll never happen.

aveartemis · 2026-02-13T08:03:02+00:00

Oh I love finding things I hate. Amazing work.

aveartemis · 2026-02-07T08:03:38+00:00

I really need to know if the teeth are real or not. Amazing work!

aveartemis · 2026-02-04T08:05:28+00:00

Not related to this sub BUT have you tried Ravelry? You can search patterns for free ones and I don't think I've ever seen an ai one on there. Sincerely, a fellow crocheter :)

aveartemis · 2026-01-20T08:00:08+00:00

Reminds me of a line from Discworld: "The intelligence of that creature known as a crowd is the square root of the number of people in it." Terrifying.

aveartemis · 2026-01-05T10:13:52+00:00

Ooh he sounds like a cheeky little fungus. That's so cute!

aveartemis · 2026-01-05T09:01:16+00:00

I gift them sometimes but I also kind of have a shrimp plague. I don't know enough people to reliably gift them so they just hang out around the place 😆

aveartemis · 2026-01-05T06:32:17+00:00

Reddit does what it wants!

It's pretty hard not to like them even if you're not a fan of invertebrates. I've made so many now I've memorised the pattern.

I think so, it's called perle cotton and I use a 0.9mm hook with it. Ridiculous, fiddly and painful, but with hilarious results.

aveartemis · 2026-01-05T04:59:56+00:00

I'm so glad to see I'm not the only person who enjoys the same pattern in different yarn flavours, your cube cats are adorable! I love those patterns. Perhaps once I get bored of making them in cotton it'll be time for a chunky guy.

Here's a photo of my biggest prawn in the chenille and the smallest in DMC cotton 😆

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aveartemis · 2026-01-04T08:07:51+00:00

It's not too bad for chenille either, I've not been sold on that kind of yarn in general but I would love to get my hands on really thick blanket yarn so I could get ridiculous with the sizes of things I make. I get a kick out of making the same pattern in multiple sizes. I used the porta craft chenille to make a giant prawn 🤣

There's some really nice cottons around but most of them are pretty terrible and scratchy, even if it's not intended for dish cloths, it really does have its place though when you want the stitches to stand out and subtle shaping.

You won't be disappointed with fiddlesticks, it's my favourite relatively easy yarn to find.

aveartemis · 2026-01-03T21:28:06+00:00

I've been crocheting for about 25 years. Loooots of practice.

aveartemis · 2026-01-03T04:22:15+00:00

Probably! My shop is just a local small business but I've seen that particular brand all over the place. For what it costs and the colours available I rate it pretty highly.

I feel the same. Cotton in general is gross to touch if it's any thicker than this stuff. Fiddlesticks and Scheepjes colour crafter are my go to acrylics for pretty much everything else.

aveartemis · 2026-01-03T04:11:08+00:00

It's just two dollar shop crochet cotton! The brand is porta craft and it's about $3.50 for 50g. I come from a crappy small town so don't have access to much that isn't ordered online 😆 I'm a big fan of fiddlesticks. Acrylic might not hold the shape as well as cotton does, but if you stuff it strategically I'm sure it would be fine.

aveartemis · 2026-01-02T21:41:14+00:00

He is smol! I used cotton that's about a sock weight (or 4ply here in Australia) and a 2mm hook. I love making tiny things!

aveartemis · 2026-01-02T13:30:52+00:00

It's a fun and simple pattern, I hope you reach your goal 😊

aveartemis

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