"I want a flower belt! Who's gonna make me a flower belt?"

Oh sure...we decide on flowers and I end up working on 2 very simple triangle shawls, a baby blanket, and a hippo which will be SUPER soft because I am using a Premier brand Parfait Layers yarn cake that we just got in at Joann the other day. Seriously. If you have not rubbed one of these on your face felt one of these, you're missing out.

Oh no. I have made a terrible yarn color choice and my hippo is gonna look like a frickin minion. I regret everything...

Is it for a baby too, like the blanket? If so, babies tend to worry less about appearance. Your hippo will be loved just for its softness.

Oh goddddd why am I looking at crochet flower patterns so outside my skill level


Somewhat related: anybody have/know of any good patterns for a lightweight shawl? Preferably something that looks kinda lacey

Death: SOFTER than the blanket yarns! 8D
And yeah, thank goodness it is going to be sold or given away. Preferably sold, but with me who knows? It'll still be pretty cute though.

Ever: Yes, but only for loom knitting..

EverAshwood, depends what you're looking for.
For crochet I think the Solaris Shawl and Corona look interesting, and if you prefer knitting you could try this Easy Lace Stole or a bit more advanced but still made of basic lace stitches, Japanese Waves.

Kaderin, well then it'll make a great cuddle buddy, minion or not ^^

I already made a flower this month! It's sewn onto my crochet hat, but no one said it has to be seperate.

https://i.imgur.com/e9ety5Y.jpg

"Mine!" Derpy grabs the hat and tries to put it on his head. Of course, it's way too big and ends up covering him completely.

Derpy, if you give me your head circumference and address... :P

YOU SHOULD TRY A PINEAPPLE SHAWL!

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aside from a few that have already been bought, every one of the minis in the album are for sale. PM me for prices and availability!

Derpy peeks out from under the hat. "Do you reawwy mean it? Because uh...uh...KADEWIN! HOW BIG IS MY HEAD AND WHAT'S OUR ADDWESS?!"

Yeah, I'm pretty sure a hat wouldn't cost that much to ship internationally. Might arrive a bit crumpled, but I'm sure Kaderin could tug it back in form.

Lol. I really should just put Derpy's measurememts and my address on the front page for people who want to make him stuff.
I have most of his measurements written down somewhere, just gotta find the paper.

been making pendants
https://i.imgur.com/eidBnS2l.jpg?1

sign up for ravelry! (if you're not already there, that is.) they have a HUGE database of patterns, and you can search for lace shawl patterns; lightweight yarn; difficulty or ease of the pattern; and many other variables!

Death by Mirrors: I've never seen that second one, thank you :)

Damies: ???

trystan830: I actually just joined before I asked LOL thought I'd ask everyone here tho, coz I keep finding more just based on slightly different search terms, so I thought "okay, CLEARLY there's a lot more than I thought. Let's see if the horrible hobby hangout has some good ones" lol


Starting to feel like I gotta learn to knit to make super cute lace... all the cute patterns for lace crap on my pinterest is for knitting :/ obviously some crochet, but nowhere near the quantity or quality of knitting...

yaay for Rav! feel free to add me there - i'm trystan830 XD

Rav has been my go-to place for patterns since i joined a few moons ago (march of 2012) XD

Loom knitting also has some nice lace stuff (look up the Bath Cotillion shawl on ravelry). And personally, I find it easier to learn than needle knitting. Tension isn't as difficult to keep even.

Your name is Heather? For some weird reason I've always thought Catherine. (yeah, I'm obviously so not stalking people on Ravelry... if anyone got a creepy friend request out of the blue from NerdGorgon, that's me)

EverAshwood: I've recently tried to pick up knitting to broaden my skills and I don't think it's that hard to learn (well, let's not talk about those times I poked myself with the needle). Then again I only know one stitch so far and I have never tried lace. Actually I'd recommend you try both knitting and loom knitting if you got the chance, then pick whatever you like better. But even crochet alone can make a lot of awesome lace, so it's not a matter of have to.

Random: How about a pineapple purse? ^^ yup yup, no one asked for it, but it's so delightfully silly I'd actually walk around with one of those

Shhhh! Stop telling people stuff! You're ruining my sexy/mysterious image! (Pretty sure I've never actually had that image though, so....)

I legit keep forgetting to keep up with ravelry stuff. Mainly because the looming group is mostly just people showing off their projects and not really that much else tbh. Plus, I'm awkward with jumping into large groups of strangers.

Also, that pineapple purse is really cute! I probably wouldn't carry it around, myself. But I could see it being like a "summer kit" type bag that I put inside my big messenger bag so I always have essential items like lip balm and sunscreen.

Heather is a cool name. Like Heather Alexander, voice both sexy and mysterious.

I'm keeping up with ravelry stuff mainly because I'm in a crochet challenge group (three groups, actually, but so far I've mostly competed in one of them, done a single challenge in the second and keep telling myself one day I will participate in the third) and uploading pictures reminds me how I have improved over the months.

But my voice isn't like that! I don't really hate my name, but it was SUPER common the year I was born. Throughout all og school, there was always at least 1 other Heather in my class and they were always cooler and more popular than I am.

I am bad at uploading on Ravelry. I do share projects on Facebook at least every few months though.

I never heard your voice, so I can't answer properly :P but being cool and popular is overrated. You're creative and smart, that's so much better.

My name's not that common around here, but the one my mom first wanted to give me was. She decided against it when she realized there were at least three other kiddos by the same name in our street.

And I'm not on Facebook, so I won't even try to stalk there. You'll have to share here in this thread every once in a while ^^

When I hear my recorded speaking voice, I think it sounds like a whiny child. But I could just think that because I know it's me.
I can't say what my singing voice is like. But I'm probably pretty pitchy and not a great singer. Someday I might actually participate in the annual (so far at least 2 years...) Christmas song contest on here. If I can get a way to record properly...
XD

Yeah, I'll have to share some pics. Just as soon as I can solve my phone image uploading issues...

It's probably because you know it's your voice. I also think mine sounds terrible, and as a child I even deliberately recorded myself talking with fake voices because I wanted to find one I actually like and make that the everyday way I talk.

Heeey, speaking of it, have you tried if uploading audio files also makes chrome crash? Just asking for technical reasons and because I'm curious to hear your voice

Where would one upload audio files...?
*is not recording self for sake of uploading, just curious to test*

I used Vocaroo last time.

*bookmarks site for future reference*

...you're going to sing for us this Christmas? *innocent smile*

If I'm able to find a place where I will be 100% not overheard by anyone local, yeah probably. But since I hopefully won't still be at the museum where I get treated worse than a pile of shit by my boss, the odds of that are kind of slim...

Crossing my fingers for you to find a better job, but definitely curious to hear you sing one day ^^

Kaderin - that Bath Cotillion shawl is awesome! (but $12! o_O)

Death - the pineapple purse is adorable! =) (but too small for me...)

Death: Someday it could happen. Both things could.

Trystan: Ah the $12 actually gets you an ebook with I think 6 shawl patterns total. The only downside is that some of the instructions are kind of confusing and there's no photo or video demonstration to help with the one really troublesome part. So I might need to contact the pattern creator to see if they can or will clarify.

ah, so that's not too bad then - but confusing instructions are frustrating.

AAAHHHHHHH SO CUUUTE <3 I think I have that saved on pinterest lol
also I'm a Catherine... just not spelled like that :P

UGH. Apparently my phone doesn't want me to respond since twice now I've been typing and had my phone send me to another page. Probably both times due to my fat fingers though.

I think, other than 1 tiny 1 peg instruction that baffles me, I have figured out most of the instructions pretty well. I had planned on actually making the Bath Cotillion shawl for a wedding present for a friend, but since the wedding was almost 2 months ago now, it's a little late for that. I do want to make it anyway though. But I want to do it first just to figure it out before I use my good yarn on it.

*nods in agreement* Testing it out first always sounds like a good idea. Personally I can't even say if I understand a pattern unless I actually try each step. But hey, your average working speed makes me think we're long lost relatives ^^

So, I randomly looked up the instructions that were confusing me and I think I figured out that I was probably doing it correctly. The only issue is that one of my lacey loops where I skip a peg seems to always have a visible strand of yarn through it. And I don't know if that's my own error or if it just works out that way and is solved with blocking.
XD
I'll have to try it again once one of my blanket looms is free again.

Lol. I swear, I keep saying loom knitting is so fast and easy, yet it can take me MONTHS to finish or even get halfway on some projects. Although that is often lack of motivation caused by mental issues more than anything. And also because I get bored with projects easily.

I still haven't started to learn loom knitting, so as far as lack of motivation goes, I win :P
(but yeah, I know the problem. Registered at a crafts forum because I thought that will encourage me to finish stuff faster, just so I actually have something to show. Turns out now I'm getting insecure because looking at the pictures I keep thinking everyone's skills are so much better than mine)

*throws a large round loom and a skein of lion brand homespun at you*
GO MAKE ME A SHAWL!
Lol.
But seriously, I found a super easy to follow video for loom knitting a triangle shawl. And the instructions work really well on smaller gauge looms too, for a heavier/tighter knit shawl, which also means it can be easy to customize the width of them since you can use any loom and make it as big or small as you want.