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UPDATE 2/6/23: If you have a free pattern or Etsy shop or whatever that you'd like me to feature in a post like this, please contact me on Facebook ! I'm hoping to do posts like this at least once a month and I'm glad to help out! I've been on quite the amigurumi kick lately. Not making them, but looking at other peoples' awesome ones. I ran into some very cool and totally free patterns while patrolling the Interweb tubes this week, and I've gathered a few of my favorites here for you. I initially encountered most of these while cruising tumblr, my least favorite social media that is sometimes oddly useful. lulz Eventually I'm going to get around to making that actual-size crocheted Claptrap...until then, enjoy this glorious round-up of things that I did not make, but that other awesome people made and then shared fo' free! Pocket Thor by overthebifrost GTFO look at this little dude. He's almost as super-sexy as the hot Hemsworth.

UPDATE 2/7/23: I've also made versions of this hat that are just solid black hat with duplicate stitch snowflakes. I've done a machine-knit hat as well so it has a functional folding brim and then duplicate stitch! I'd been waiting for a reason to make a hat with a double-thick brim even since I came across this tutorial video on Youtube. I thought to myself, "Self, that would be a great way to make a hat with an unribbed fold-up brim without double-knitting it." Then I was watching Seinfeld . Lo and behold, in the glorious fashion of a Festivus miracle, Season 2 Episode 12 graced my television. George wears a hat with an unribbed, fold-up brim - the perfect opportunity to try out this double-thick brim business. It is a beautiful and simple hat with snowflakes and a pom pom. For complete accuracy, I believe the hat needs to be made with DK weight yarn and should have 6 snowflakes on it. I chose to use worsted weight and have 5 slightly larger snowflakes

  UPDATE 2/6/23: These very nice boots utterly destroyed my feet. FYI. I wrapped up the final pieces of my crochet Sailor Saturn cosplay last week...at least the pieces that will be on my body. The Silence Glaive is still in a sort of limbo. It's been raining for days upon days and in order to do my repairs on the mighty beast I need to lug it outside on a not-rainy day with low humidity. The Weather Gods have not been on my side. I'm going to be...um...injecting(?!) epoxy resin UNDER the crochet in the weak spots that need to be reinforced. This is insane, I know. If it doesn't work I'm just going to coat the whole thing in a layer of epoxy and some silicone. I was trying to prevent it from becoming insanely heavy, but my tragic design flaws during Stage 1 may have ruined this dream. If I end up coating it, I'll be able to use it to for real bludgeon people at DragonCon, so watch out! For any future crochet-covered props, I'm going to be sure to create fra

UPDATE 2/6/23: I've also got some similar stuff going on with Tarot card bags. You can get the pattern here , and I feel like i should also note that I usually work BLO when doing tapestry crochet. These patterns will work for other stuff too! You all know that I love colorwork. And recently, I did a round-up of free dice bag patterns  because I needed to make some for myself. The Basic Crocheted Dice Bag from Jedi Meg Knits On is ripe with tapestry crochet potential. The bag I made was in Gryffindor colors and just stripes, but I whipped up a few easy colorwork charts that will also work with the wonderfully simple pattern. All of these are abstract two-color wrap-around patterns. Just begin your chosen chart in the first round, starting at the bottom and working up. Each pattern will be 25 rounds instead of the 24 rounds specified in the original pattern. Begin round 25 of the original pattern as round 26. The chart below is a bit more intricate. This next chart s

UPDATE 2/6/23: If you have an Etsy shop or whatever and you'd like me to feature you in an article like this, please reach out to me on Facebook ! I'm hoping to make posts like this at least a once a month thing. I will in theory have some sort of theme each month, but who knows. I'm glad to help out. I can't guarantee it will help, but I will make the effort to get you some views and likes at least! People make some cool things and once in a while I come across especially cool things and some totally cool people on the Great Interwebs. It's been a while since I rounded up a list of rad crafters and this week seems like a good week to do it. Since I've finished up my mood blanket there will be no more Mood Blanket Mondays and I need to fill that void with something. This will have to do for this week. If you think I make cool stuff then you should definitely check out these people because I'm pretty sure they're all cooler than me. Give them a

UPDATE 2/6/23: Verified links and made sure they open in a new tab! Last week I Free Pattern Friday-ed your faces with a collection of free dice bag patterns I found on the Interwebs. I used some of those patterns to make a bunch of dice bags and here they are! Dragon Egg Dice Bags This pattern can be found here . I used my trusty F hook and Caron Simply Soft 'Stormy Weather' for the first bag and then 'Grape Purple' for the second one. The second bag is a smaller version - I began the crocodile stitchin' after 3 rounds for the bottom. Also, based on how much I use my F hook, you'd think I don't have any other hook sizes. I swear I do though. You're going to have to trust me on this though. One day I'll share a picture of my beautiful hook collection. Basic Dice Bag and Mini Dice Bags These three bags were made to be sort of a set. They're for Dice Masters. If you've played Dice Masters you understand the need to have a huge bag

UPDATE 2/6/23: Wow I finished this early. I did not follow the rules at all. At least I finished. I don't think the person running the challenge even finished.   Or I'm finished at least. With a whopping 198 squares of pure agony. That's 11 rows of 18 squares each. I was supposed to make it to the end of the year for a total of 360 squares (plus some rest days in there). But I don't need a damn queen-sized blanket and I've developed a boiling hatred for solid grannies. I vow on this day to never make another blanket with solid granny squares. Never. Never again, my friends. In fact, I don't think I'll ever make another solid granny square again. The tedium is crippling. If I had been actually making squares based on my mood they all would have been either blood red or black the last few months to represent the immense rage I felt whenever I had to make them. Shout out to Siouxsie Stitches , who initiated this terrible event here . Thanks, I've got

UPDATE 2/6/23: Verified links and made sure they open in new tabs!   I've been in the market for some dice bags and subsequently, dice bag patterns. I never buy anything I can make and who doesn't love free patterns? I perused the Interwebs, looking for a plain, generic crochet pattern so I could whip up some quick bags. I found many. Like, a lot. There's no shortage of dice bag patterns out there in the tubes. They're in all shapes and sizes, so I rounded up my five favorites to share. Your Basic Crochet Dice Bags As if made to satisfy my exact query, I found the Basic Crochet Dice Bag by Jedi Meg Knits On  (left). This was exactly what I was looking for. Exactly. It would also be super easy to work a tapestry crochet chart into it. Maybe I'll make a couple charts next week - also to share with the mighty Interwebs - if I'm feeling friendly. And for a smaller dice bag there's the Crochet Mini Dice Bag  from Geek's Dream Girl  (right). I have a