WIP: Vilnis Top Part 4

Another super quick update because I've only really been working on this again. I am making good progress on this still. I've almost finished the first piece.

WIP: Vilnis Top Part 3

I'm still working on this and almost nothing else. I am making some pretty good progress on this, though. I've very nearly finished the front.

Mushroom Beret

I've been in a bit of a crochet slump for the past couple weeks, but I wanted to make something new for this week, and I've been wanting to make this mushroom hat for a while, so here we are. I went back to the Mori Beret by Regina Weiss (great pattern, highly recommend). This…

WIP: Vilnis Top Part 2

I did not intend to blog about this two weeks in a row. But, well, that's just how life goes sometimes. This is going to be a bit of a short post because I genuinely didn't do much crafting this week. I did, however, get a little bit done on this top. I think it's…

WIP: Vilnis Top

Y'all, I have like six active WIPs, I should not be starting a new one. But Yarn Social's having a Tee Party and I found this pattern and it's so swoopy and fun and I had to. I had to. Okay, so let's actually explain this. Super cool local KC yarn shop, Yarn Social, is…

Mint Chocolate Narwhal

A few weeks ago, I was looking for a relatively quick, cute amigurumi to make. What I found was a pattern for an Ice Cream Narwhal by Olive of StringyDingDing. It wound up taking a bit longer than would have been ideal, but I think it was worth it. If you look at the pictures…

Birds of Paradise Shawl

This shawl is so beautiful and colorful, I love it. After blogging about my progress on this last week, I was able to take my excitement for this project and use it to push through the last few rows of the shawl. And I'm glad I did, because I just love looking at it. I…

WIP: Birds of Paradise Shawl Part 2

It's been a while since I've talked about this one. This has been in the "I'll get back to this eventually" pile for a while, but for the past few weeks, it's been my personal project of choice. At this point, I'm only a few rows away from finishing this, and I am really excited…

Octocat

Who's this friend? Okay, some backstory. I am a software engineer. That's my day job. In my day job, I use GitHub, a code hosting platform with an excellent version control system, on a daily basis. And GitHub has a very cute mascot by the name of Octocat. So naturally, one of the suggestions I…

Color Choice, Design, and all that Jazz

Now that all the pride octopi have been re-listed, I wanted to take some time to talk about some of what goes into the design process for these little guys and why some of them took so much longer than others to complete. Full disclosure, I won't be talking about the shape of the octopi…