Vibrant!! Love the colors!!
Relearning two stranded fair isle knitting. It came back easily but I need to practice more to get the tension even. Exciting, though! I wish I had better contrasting colors with me on this trip.
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So cheerful!
I started this blanket when my bf first disclosed to me about his SA betrayals. I called it the heartbreak blanket kinda ironically. I got most of it done in 2021 in autumn, not seeing anyone, just sitting at home knitting ruminating hurting crying being mad eating only chicken and chocolate. Then it rested for a long time and I could not bring myself to finish it. Felt like Penelope. We finally broke up in October last year. I finished it now.
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It is beautiful and it looks warm. 
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That’s an amazing blanket and yes it looks toasty. But are you going to keep it? I know I’d be on the fence about it, if it brought back bad memories…
Yes keeping it as an artefact of going through my pain. It’s the good memories of being there for myself in tough times I connect w it.
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That’s a great way of considering it, and it honours your strength. Thank you.
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Yes I love to crochet. I crochet these hats for my daughters and wife, tassels and poms haven’t been put on my wife’s hat yet and the poms on the other two haven’t been cut and trimmed yet, but you get the idea.
Crocheting is a great sober activity for me. It keeps my hands and mind busy and the best part is I am creating something.
Another fun hobby like this is painting miniatures for dungeons & dragons or warhammer or other similar type miniatures. I don’t really play the game but I love to collect and paint the miniatures.
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Relearning finishing and carrying yarn techniques. You’re looking at the wrong side of a couple of mitts, one I just knotted per color change and then had to weave ends in. On the right I’m trying a different way to add yarn and carry the yarn up the seam.
If I want to make quality products I want to not cut so many corners. As a teen I was so much more adept and I’m very excited to regain these skills. Still gotta find my preferred yarn join.
I think you can see the knitting is distorted by the weaving in on the ends on the left compared to the smooth look on the right. I’m on to something!
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Knitting is not my fav but I wanted to try this. It is a pattern but my son loves green so I chose my own colors. And yes, with a cat you cannot put something on the ground without a cat on top 
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Your hats are marvelous!!
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Thank you so much! I just do it for fun, I don’t know any of the tricks or cool methods other people use. A lot of the techniques I use my roommate in college and I kind of just figured out ourselves through trial and error.
I’ve had to figure out new ways to make the pom poms as the way we originally did it was by wrapping yarn around beer bottles. San Pelligrino cans work well too though, they’re about the same width.
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Very beautiful 
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Beautiful blanket! Wet blocking is so worth it for a polished finished product.
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Thank you! It’s not perfect but not bad for my first crochet. I was a knitter until recently. Learned a lot and can’t wait to make another one.
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Gorgeous work!!! And appreciate your organizing skills as well. 
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