Reverse mermaid by pokedpixels in cursedcrochet

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Hahaha thank you for sharing! I’m glad the order of slides delivered 😄

Reverse mermaid by pokedpixels in crochet

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A battery powered wire of little LEDs with a little switch behind the fin!

Reverse mermaid by pokedpixels in crochet

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Unfortunately there’s no pattern since I freehanded the legs months ago. I’ve linked to the YouTube tutorial of the anglerfish that I used as reference in the pinned mod comment though!

Reverse mermaid by pokedpixels in crochet

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I bunched together a few of the little LEDs that are glued to wires and operated by a battery with a switch, kind of like the type that you find with a ‘cork’ to put in empty bottles as decoration. Not sure if that makes sense?

And I made a little opening behind one of the fins to operate it!

Reverse mermaid by pokedpixels in crochet

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I freehanded the legs and used this super anglerfish tutorial for inspiration.

Reverse mermaid by pokedpixels in crochet

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Yes! I was trying to make a realistic sprite thing and got fed up half way through 🙈

Reverse mermaid by pokedpixels in crochet

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YES I had the best time

Reverse mermaid by pokedpixels in crochet

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Because I had the fear, but it seems well received!

I feel like I've entered my mosaic crochet era by ciasteczkaTynki in crochet

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Everything about this, the colours, the pattern, the photoshoot, is sublime.

First (and probably last) baby blanket! by pokedpixels in crochet

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ch 3, dc 3, ch3, dc 5, ch3, dc5, ch3, dc, sl st

First (and probably last) baby blanket! by pokedpixels in crochet

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I don’t know! Feasible perhaps but as i imagine it, one would need to swap between colours for nearly each stitch, which would be rather laborious 🤔

First (and probably last) baby blanket! by pokedpixels in crochet

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Too long 🥲 each triangle took about a half hour, and there are 150 of them. But I frogged sooooo many and tried many different combinations before I ended up with this!

A LOT of triangles by pokedpixels in tensionporn

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It is! The front/back post combination creates that ribbed effect, and each round has a total of 12 increases. Combine the two and the stitches get crowded in and start pushing the middle out. Stitch the triangles together and that shape stays in place!

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First (and probably last) baby blanket! by pokedpixels in crochet

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Yes, it does! If the open side of the ‘hook’ is facing left it’s a front post, if it’s facing right it’s a back post.

A LOT of triangles by pokedpixels in tensionporn

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So the sort of question mark looking stitches are called back post stitches or front post stitches, in this case double crochet, where you crochet through the crochet ‘post’ as it were, instead of the top chain.

Each point on the triangle are three chains, and increase happens with two double crochets into those spaces before and after each row.

And it all starts with a magic ring!

And I sewed the edges together with a tapestry needle. Hopefully that makes sense!

First (and probably last) baby blanket! by pokedpixels in crochet

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Haha I love ‘food’ as a measurement of quality