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orcelito · 7 months ago

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BEHOLD:

I've already finished 2 whole skeins on it. I originally bought 8 (which was all they had in the store), but I went and ordered more online when I finished the first one and realized I would be WILDLY short on yarn for the full thing.

This is... maybe 10% of the full thing. But considering I just started it tonight, it's really some Fantastic progress. For as big of a blanket as this is gonna be, it won't really take That long. I suppose the symbol design lends to that heheh

I've realized that this afghan I'm making is going to be Big. Material costs alone will be A Lot, more than I've ever spent on a blanket before. Factor in the fact that this is a handmade, crochet blanket, and like...

If I were to purchase this online, it would be Hundreds of dollars. *Easily*. The kind of thing I'd never even consider buying, bc it'd be way beyond what I'd wanna spend on a blanket.

But it'll be mine. I just gotta make it.

It's incredibly ambitious for such a new crocheter. It's only my 2nd main project, & the very first thing I'm making from a design, And Yet I'm making something that would cost hundreds. Not only that, but with bulky black yarn (everyone always says how difficult dark yarn is to work with).

Ambitious. Hubris, even.

And Yet!

It's going very well, so far. I've got 4 of 40 rows done, not even to mention the edging rows (of which there are 3). It was challenging starting out, but I've since gotten the hang of it, and it's so EASY... The darkness of the yarn doesn't matter at all bc the holes are so clear! I'm crocheting into V stitches!!! It really won't take me That long, in the grand scheme of things.

And I'm just kinda laughing at myself. Bc it's just like me to do something like this. Considering my first fanfiction I posted on ao3 has ended up being 500k words, most of those written in the first year of writing...

Yeah. Of course I'd start a lofty endeavor with limited experience and only Guts and Gusto to get me through it.

And just like with discacc, I'm going to make this good >:]

#speculation nation #crochet shit #it's marked as an Easy design. & aside from the initial struggles of it being a dark and strange yarn to use #it really is pretty simple. im just double crocheting and chain stitching for rows and rows #this is 6 rows. almost 7. and theres 40 rows total (planned)#(if it ends up being Too long i may cut that a little short. just bc this yarn is bulkier than what the design says i think)#but yeah it's very soft and heavy duty. but bc of the holes as part of its design #i think it wont be as hot as itd be if it was solid. WHICH MEANS it'll be a really good weighted blanket #hopefully!!!! id rly like it if i could use it like that. i would keep it on my bed then.#i rly wanna keep crocheting but it's past 3 am and i need to sleep.#hyperfocus wants to Keep Crocheting This Blanket. but i must Rest.#at this rate ill use the remaining 6 skeins before the rest of them arrive from shipping lmfaooo #then i'll have to dejectedly work on smth else for a bit. Oh Well i'll manage lol #also i love how i mention holes but u cant see them. this yarn is just so fluffy it hides it #but if u look at it backlit u can see the holes. and u can obvs dig ur fingers into them.#so just trust me . There Be Holes !!!

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