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Segun Abraham Title:Honey Medium: Acrylic on canvas Year : 2024

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holy chalupa...

I just spent the last two weeks crocheting a Catan board as a birthday present for my friend. I’ve seen a lot of DIY Catan boards, but never a crocheted version that worked in the finer details of each resource tile.

I used this hexagon pattern from Tutsplus, doing only three rows of double crochet stitches. Then I did a cream border around each tile and handstitched each tile into the Catan island formation.

All the hills, roads, trees and other elements were crocheted freehand in basic amigurumi stitches. I have no pattern, but here’s the general gist of each element:

Forest: Pine trees are simple cones started with 4 scs into a magic circle. I varied the increases and rows to create each tree in a different size.

Pasture: Sheep were made with 4 scs in a magic ring. I then closed the ring and added 1 sc in black to create the head. The boulders were made with one bobble stitch crocheted into a chain stitch.

Hills: Each hill was created with a varied number of chain stitches. I then single crocheted around each chain length, varying in increases and rows to create different shapes.

Mountains: Each mountain was started with a varied number of scs in a magic loop. I freestyled a varying number of rows and increases. For the multiple peak mountains, I’d join several peaks together. Each snowy peak is just a few scs into a magic circle sewn over the top.

Field: Each wheat field is a small grouping of bobble stitches in short rows. On some fields I included boulders (see Pasture) and decidious trees, which were created with one bobble stitch sewn on top of one sc stitch.

Desert: The oasis is just a crocheted circle in a magic loop, varying in different stitches (sc, hdc, dc) to create a blob-type shape. I then crocheted around it in green to create the surrounding foliage.

After all the hexes were crocheted together, I then framed the island (2scs on edge, 2hdc, 4dc, 2tr on inside corner) and did two rounds of dcs. I also crocheted a large hex for the underside and sewed it to the island, which gave the board a nice solid finish.

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Oh to be damned while surrounded by artists whos world is not big enough to see me tearing

i'm coming apart at the seams! 🐻🍯

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hexagon spotted

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Honeycomb covered icons in Altai.

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WOAH!! this hexagonal babygirl can inject poison and kill!! big win for hexagons!

Hexagonal hunterslug, Chlamydephorus sexangulus, Chlamydephorinae

Hunterslugs are primarily predators, but will also occasionally eat plant matter. They have been recorded eating pill millipedes, snails, other arthropods, and soft-bodied invertebrates such as earthworms. The prey is subdued by injecting a toxin into its flesh. Found in South Africa.

Photo 1 by dherbert, 2-6 by alexanderr, 7-8 by dherbert, and 9-10 by ricky_taylor

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WOAH!! the finished quilt looks like a snowflake, which is perfect because ice and snow crystalize with their atoms in a hexagon pattern! and it's even gorgeous!

Finished the blanket - finally

I can’t believe it's over 😅

Pattern: Starlite

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oh it's perfect. I love the space themes because of hexagons having such a strong presence in space travel and on Saturn!

Wip Wip Wip

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HAPPY HEXAWWWWWWWWWWWEEEEEEEEEN

TRIIIIIIIIIIICK or TRREEEEAAAAAA-

Here's a sweet honey angel for you to enjoy, Happy Halloween!

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there. in the back. god, they're lovely

trying not to be awkward when making friends

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you weren't kidding about the beautiful part!!! those rock!!!

The end result! Photographed under my worklight so I definitely want to rephotograph it in natural lighting to emphasize the texture but the borders are finished! I'm so glad it's done!

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every day I wake up and wonder

whats a hexagon gotta do to work from home

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Origami jellyfish, one square sheet of elephant hide paper. Colors are inspired by Thysanostoma loriferum. Zoom in to see the glitter!

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beautiful bug! I love it when naturally occuring hexagons are a little wonky, it's lovely!

Dome lace bug, Oecharis sp., Tingidae

Found in Queensland, Australia

Photos 1-5 by bridgetteaussiemacro, 6 by deemc, 7-8 by tjeales, and 9-10 (for scale) by cynthia_c

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that IS a cool rock!!!

my friend told me that her boyfriend got her a super cool rock while they were on vacation together and you would not BELIEVE my disappointment when i realized she was talking about her engagement ring

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HELL YEAH

Cube?

Hexagon Bestagon