Crochet

1530 readers

128 users here now

A place for all who enjoy the art of crochet

founded 2 years ago

MODERATORS

cicatrized@lemmy.ca

Finished my girlfriend's birthday present (midwest.social)

submitted 3 weeks ago* (last edited 3 weeks ago) by klisurovi4@midwest.social to c/crochet@lemmy.ca

11 comments fedilink hide all child comments

A few months ago I was wondering what to get my girlfriend for her birthday. Her favourite animal is the guinea fowl, so when I saw a pattern for one, I decided I will learn to crochet and make her a guinea fowl plushie.

Well, after a lot of youtube tutorials, a few small and one medium-sized project, last week I decided it's time and started working on the bird.

Took me a few days of on and off crocheting, but I just finished and OMG, I love it!

It's certainly not perfect, the seams around the neck are absolutely tragic, but overall, I'm very happy with how it turned out.

top 11 comments

sorted by: hot top controversial new old

[–] klemptor@startrek.website 9 points 3 weeks ago

Wow this is super adorable, well done you!

[–] DScratch@sh.itjust.works 6 points 3 weeks ago

That is cute as heck! She will be blown away, no doubt.

[–] DrainKikoLake@lemmy.ca 6 points 3 weeks ago* (last edited 3 weeks ago) (1 children)

That's adorable! I have no patience at all for doing amigurumi so I always find things like this extra impressive :)

It looks like maybe a variant of moss stitch for the body/feathers? Hard to tell from the photo.

[–] klisurovi4@midwest.social 5 points 3 weeks ago* (last edited 3 weeks ago) (1 children)

I'm still relatively new, I have no idea what a moss stitch is, lol. The spots are formed by switching colour after every stitch on even rounds and using only black on odd rounds. It sounds annoying, but once you get used to holding the two yarns at once it's surprisingly easy. You just grab the other colour every time you have to pull through both loops on the hook.

[–] DrainKikoLake@lemmy.ca 5 points 3 weeks ago

Oh yes, I see now!

Moss stitch is a great one to learn if you ever want to do things like blankets or scarves. Visually it's about as dense as single crochet, but has a lot more drape. It's a favourite of mine! https://easycrochet.com/moss-stitch-crochet-tutorial/

[–] naught101@lemmy.world 6 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)

Impressive for a first go! Is the pattern available?

[–] klisurovi4@midwest.social 8 points 3 weeks ago* (last edited 3 weeks ago)

It wasn't actually as hard as it looks. The colour changes were definitely intimidating at first, but surprisingly manageable. The pattern is by June Gilbank and is for sale on her site or Etsy

[–] Mickey@lemmy.ca 5 points 3 weeks ago* (last edited 3 weeks ago)

That’s adorable! You did a great job with it and especially impressive this is one of your first projects!

[–] ComfortableRaspberry@feddit.org 3 points 3 weeks ago

That is so lovely! I tried crocheting a few times but I just can't :D so I'm very impressed, you did a great job. I'm sure your girlfriend will love it!

[–] clay_pidgin@sh.itjust.works 2 points 3 weeks ago

That's super cute!

[–] siliconsulfide8@fedia.io 2 points 1 week ago

aww, cute!