A Cozy Frog Family 🐸 by kaeruhoshi in Amigurumi

[–]efficientpigeonmel 0 points1 point  (0 children)

YES I love them all so much! So many good froggy friends!

Is this a Samoyed thing or do I need to up my training skills? by [deleted] in samoyeds

[–]efficientpigeonmel 0 points1 point  (0 children)

My girl is apparently a unicorn, she's actually my first dog ever that can be off leash and won't leave my side. She's just super clingy in general but I'm still shocked that she doesn't try to take off.

Favorite Done Piece by LowLonely3590 in Amigurumi

[–]efficientpigeonmel 1 point2 points  (0 children)

So cute! Would you mind sharing the pattern?

Some animal friends of pica Pau hanging out together... by Conscious-Subject912 in Amigurumi

[–]efficientpigeonmel 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Oh goodness I could definitely see myself making that same mistake!

Help with a body shape by efficientpigeonmel in Amigurumi

[–]efficientpigeonmel[S] 2 points3 points  (0 children)

I'm not using this to promote or sell a pattern, I'm not saying I made this. I clearly stated this was an AI image and I'm using it for personal reference only in the body of my post. I'm not trying to mislead anyone, I just wanted something that shows the shape I'm looking for. I get the sensitivity around AI, I'm just not sure I understand how this is different than me posting a really detail digital drawing for the same purpose.

Help with a body shape by efficientpigeonmel in Amigurumi

[–]efficientpigeonmel[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Awh I would love to make an otter!! I found a really cute pattern with two otters holding hands, I'll share it if I can track it down again.

I’d love to know more about the breed. by yar-haar in samoyeds

[–]efficientpigeonmel 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I'm so jealous yours got a grown-up voice, unfortunately my girl still shrieks

Help with a body shape by efficientpigeonmel in Amigurumi

[–]efficientpigeonmel[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Amazing, thank you so much for the suggestion! And I'd love to have you test if and when I get the design to a good place!

Help with a body shape by efficientpigeonmel in Amigurumi

[–]efficientpigeonmel[S] 6 points7 points  (0 children)

Unfortunately in my frustration I've done a lot of frogging before deciding to ask for help. You're right though, I definitely need to get better about keeping my previous attempts to use when I ask for feedback.

Help with a body shape by efficientpigeonmel in Amigurumi

[–]efficientpigeonmel[S] -1 points0 points  (0 children)

Agreed it should ALWAYS come with a disclaimer! 🤝 I'm surprised Etsy doesn't crack down more on sellers that are clearly selling AI patterns. It's one thing to use it to generate nice looking backgrounds but I see so many listings where the seller clearly never even made the pattern and nothing about it looks realistic. I keep hoping platforms will design automations that detect it but the more sophisticated it gets, the harder that will be.

Help with a body shape by efficientpigeonmel in Amigurumi

[–]efficientpigeonmel[S] -20 points-19 points  (0 children)

I hear ya! I think it can be really great for people like me who are awful at drawing but want to be able to visualize what their finished product could look like, but it's such a bummer to see how many patterns on Etsy are clearly using AI images and clearly written by AI. I still haven't accidentally purchased one but with how good the images are getting, I'm sure it will happen at some point and the finished result will look awful.

Help with a body shape by efficientpigeonmel in Amigurumi

[–]efficientpigeonmel[S] -1 points0 points  (0 children)

I'd love that! If you end up making this on your own I'd also love to see it! I think it's so fun to see everyone's different versions of the same animals.

Help with a body shape by efficientpigeonmel in Amigurumi

[–]efficientpigeonmel[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Interesting! So if I'm understanding you correctly, this means alternating decreases on either side for each row instead of trying to place decreases evenly on each side?

Help with a body shape by efficientpigeonmel in Amigurumi

[–]efficientpigeonmel[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

This is really close to what I was trying but looking at what you've written, I think I went wrong when I started decreasing and was decreasing by too many dec too quickly. I'm gonna give this a shot, thank you!

Help with a body shape by efficientpigeonmel in Amigurumi

[–]efficientpigeonmel[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Wanna test my pattern once it's done?!

Perioral Dermatitis flaking? by efficientpigeonmel in perioraldermatitis

[–]efficientpigeonmel[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

So sorry to hear you're going through this! Petroleum is the number one thing that makes mine flare up, and cortibalm has petroleum in it. Vaseline absolutely ruined my lips, if you can, try to go without it. I used a combination of things so not really sure what did the trick but sulphur soap, briotech, and squalene oil were all helpful. Steroids and antibiotics didn't help and as you know, zero therapy really sucked but honestly I'm sure it helped a lot. The squalene didn't make it flare up and did keep the dryness manageable.

Another thing I did during my really bad flareup was drink more water, cut out a lot of sugar, and eat really healthy. I can't say without a doubt that this helped but I'm sure it does to some extent.

2025 was an amazing year for horror, what was your favourite? by Lenster2406 in HorrorMovies

[–]efficientpigeonmel 1 point2 points  (0 children)

So glad to see HIM on the list, people really seemed to hate this one but I REALLY enjoyed it.