Machinery of the Human Heart
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Crochet progress
🕑 Added 2025-12-05 03:33:05 +0000 UTCCrochet is something I do to both express myself with what I make and to ease anxiety. Here are some things I've made recently!!
They say that if you don't make time for rest, your body (or mind) will schedule that time for you. I pushed my mind especially really hard this summer and decided to enroll in an IOP recently. I have been doing pretty well and have been crocheting to pass the time (and to have something to fidget with).
The first six pictures are of a bag I've been making from a pattern book titled Contemporary Crochet, a slightly alternative pattern book. The long thin black piece is the strap and also the segment holding the two panels of the bag together.
The green and purple yarns I'm using were from the craft swap I posted about a month or two ago. I learned that the purple yarn is something called "t-shirt yarn" - taking thin pieces of a t shirt, washing and drying them, and sewing them together to form "yarn". I ended up using it to create a scalloped edge along the top of the bags two panels, though this wasn't in the original pattern.
The black and grey-white mohair granny square is going to become a hooded scarf. I want to make more mohair items, I think they're really cute. The square shown is going to be one of two panels to create the hood. I'm not using a pattern for this one, but I'm basing it off of YouTube tutorials I've seen for similar garments.
I highly recommend the craft of Crochet for anyone who likes to work with their hands to cope with anxiety and to express themselves!
Thanks for reading - I'll definitely post the finished products, maybe with a full outfit. <3
