#ricorumi

[techforevil]

Sadie the Sailor Dog from Ricorumi

Two main things from this one I'd like to improve on are:

colour changes - I managed to hide the worst of the jumper and life ring stripes at the back or inside but for the future, making them a bit tidier wouldn't hurt. 😬

making pom poms. It looks horrid and falls apart when looked at.

I liked this one much more than Toft patterns! Very little sewing but what I did do (ears) turned nicer than expected. I didn't have suitable safety eyes when I made this but actually it doesn't look too bad.

I took it to my Spanish class to show to someone who also crochets (mostly flat things) and everyone loved her. 😌

(Shit lighting but I could not be bothered to retake pics. : ))

[kisuminight]

I've spent all weekend working on him, including a couple hours taking notes on the color, gem order, and points on the crown. Which you can't see so well because I was having a hard time integrating the beads :/

I had a lot of fun tracking down the fluffy yarn for the coat edging. I'm glad the pattern had a nice, square face to match the general minecraft vibe.

This is the Pocket Pig pattern at Virkadia. You can also find it on Ravelry. The cloak is cotton thread in plain stockinette, with a crocheted edge with a fluffy yarn. The crown is free-form, made with crochetted cotton thread and glass beads, though I didn't have quite the right colors of green or purple. The earring is a basic ring with a green glass bead on it. For yarn, I was using Ricorumi in a pale pink, though if I do this again, I might use a slightly brighter pink to match the regular minecraft pig pattern, or change the colors entirely to do the cold weather varient.

As always, I was helped by my lovely companion who had particular interest in the process of stringing the beads:

[rathenarts]

Amigurumi mushroom, attempt #1. Pattern mine. Still trying to figure out how to make the gill section work the way I want but this is a cute starting point so I'll take it. [Ricorumi dk cotton yarn, 3mm crochet hook.]

[gramophoneturtle]

Some amigurumi I made this year! Featuring jellyfish of my OCs - Chisa (brown and blue), Null (black and pink), and Mother (light purple and yellow) - and a grey cat!

Pattern links and details below.

Mother, Null and Chisa Jellyfish Pattern

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=voc6PtZhms8

https://www.ravelry.com/patterns/library/jellyfish-babies

Mother

Yarn: Loops & Threads - Lilac Ombre. (Cotton, 4 - Medium.)

Hook: 4.00 mm

Null

Yarn

Loop & Threads: 100% Cotton, 4 - medium

Black - Body

Bubblegum - frilly border and tentacles

Random green thread for the eyes

Hook

4.0 mm

Also made modifications to make Null a little bigger and taller cause he was looking smaller than Mother when I made them and wanted them to at least be as big as her. Might have made them a bit too big, whoops!

Chisa

Yarn

Ricorumi DK - 100% cotton

Chocolate for the head

Demin for the tentacles and border/frills

Hooks

3.5mm for the head and tentacles, I think

3.0mm for the the frill

Grey Cat

Pattern - Lily the Cat Amigurumi by DIY Fluffies

Written pattern with link to YT tutorial: https://www.mariskavos.nl/free-cat-crochet-pattern/

Yarn

Loop & Threads: 100% Cotton, 4/medium

Pewter - grey for the body

Black - eyes and whiskers embroidery

Bubblegum - light pink for the nose and inner ear embroidery

Hook

E / 3.5 mm

[seikathefish]

It was realy hard not to fall in love with this easter crochet kit from @ricorumi , desighned by amazeing @littleaquagirl .

[thalialaforet]

une petite trousse toute mignonne format A5 💗💗

Lang QUATTRO - Bleu Ciel

Ricorumi - Vanille

fait avec un point Jersey avec des aiguilles 3.00 mm

sa se voit pas vraiment sur les photos mais la laine bleue possède un fil opalescent qui fait un effet plutôt joli, voici les photos avec le flash

[ace-creates]

This is an astronaut I crocheted from the pattern found in the Ricorumi Space pattern book. I named him Michael Collins after the third astronaut on Apollo 11.

[unepelotedelaine]

Pan-pan 🐰 Design #unepelotedelaine Yarn #ricorumi by @rico_design #pâques #easter #easterbunny #eastetbunnies #eastereggs #handmade #faitmain #crochetpatternamigurumi #amigurumi #amigurumilove https://www.instagram.com/p/CqVPaJLszTP/?igshid=NGJjMDIxMWI=

[techforevil]

February 2025

I was mentally incapable of moving on from Feb until the sheep was done.

Anyway

Holiday

Cruising is weird and not for me but I was not _for_ me so fine I guess. The polish tour leader was surprisingly competent (esp compared to the LatAm fiasco) and mum had a good time so probably more 🛳️ in my future at some point. It's a good way to recon places worth going back to on my own ig (first Istanbul because that pomegranate juice was to die for, then probs HK).

If there's one thing I know for sure it's that I never need to see another waterfall again in my life. ✋

Work and things

I really don't want to feature an obit in each one of those so can my friends and colleagues stop dying? RIP Charlotte.

Since I cunningly avoided the big thing we've been working towards (migration from GOV.UK PaaS) by being on holiday, a new big thing to work towards that everyone is very stressed about has appeared. 😑

Then I guess I will be moving to a different portfolio since a replacement for my role has been recruited! I get bored easily and I've been here for over a year now so I'm quite happy.

I'm increasingly of the opinion that creating any live service team / BAU capability should probably start with a solid process and roadmap for retiring services.

Sisyphus had it easy compared to people who try to write down processes at work and put them all in one place, I can cheer them on but I have mentally checked out from the attempts and will continue to solve my problems by asking groupchats.

My mortgage got approved, survey happened and has nothing dramatic in it, and my seller has found something they want to buy (with no chain) so it's all happening.

Fool's spring was nice and I am now ready to just delude myself into thinking it's spring for two months no matter how bad the weather gets. At least the lido will continue to be half empty. : )

Got a new tattoo and this was THE shortest time between getting one and wanting the next (as in - while I was still getting tattooed 😑). Love it even more than I expected tbh and definitely getting it extended if the artist comes back to the UK!

I'm helping with the next Delivercon and department's DM get together.

Watched

The Monkey - great fun, true to trailer (yes I'm still pissed about Presence), just a good ass film

The Last Showgirl - 100% of respondents* agree that this could be a double bill with The Substance

*(me and my friend with who I also watched The Substance)

fuckton of b-roll and why the HELL does the photographer girl never have a camera? bizarro. Jamie Lee Curtis just has fun as always. I have a lot to say about this for some reason hah

Mickey 17 - bizarrely bad in an incompetent way (characters introduced for no reason that go nowhere, plotholes, fuckton of expository voiceover, thematic blunt force trauma). Stinks of studio interference frankly, give us the Bong Joon-Ho cut!!!! 🗣️🗣️🗣️🗣️

Played

Hades 2 - major update dropped so that accounts for several dozen hours of my life in this time period. We got Ares, we got the good shade... My only remaining wish is for the game to let me pet the goodest three-headed boy. 🥺

The Roottrees are Dead - is it possible to go wrong with an Obra Dinn-like (that is not actually Obra Dinn, that was too hard for me and my eyes hurt thx).

Reignbreaker demo - Hades-like releasing in the spring which seems REALLY GOOD but the studio already announced they're getting shuttered after release. So glad this billion pound industry I'd love to work in is a garbage fire both working culture and career prospects-wise. :|

Fiasco - I guess our DM wanted more people to try making funny voices... ALAS. TTRPGs are hardly my thing and improv definitely isn't. How do I convince these people to just play a fucking boardgame again. orz

Makes

2 x Sheep (Toft) - https://techforevil.tumblr.com/post/777113383117914112/tldr-i-finished-two-sheep-from-toft-seth-the

Sadie the Sailor Dog (Ricorumi) - https://techforevil.tumblr.com/post/777114285980729344/sadie-the-sailor-dog-from-ricorumi-two-main

Started the Sanitation Worker Raccoon (I have the raccoon herself done, now just the accessories).

I also succeeded getting someone else into amigurumi and she’s onto her 2nd project (having started with a toft cat), counting that as mine. 😎

Next up

Got my Yakuza in Hawaii import from Japan ages ago (how could I live without Majima pop-up pirate toy...) just gotta find 30hrs spare to play it.

Golden Idol has a new DLC 👀

Got a ticket for Stitch Festival, inc a needle felting (aka best craft 🗡️) workshop

Maybe try making a human character amigurumi. :T

[kisuminight]

My cat decided to spill cocoa on my working project the other day, so I picked up a short project while it is washed and dried. I cannot tell you how tempted I was to do a cat in a cat beanie, but @simplepotatofarmer's vision is very convincing. So, bunny c!Dream.

The white ear tips and front paws are a nod to all the beautiful artwork I've seen where the Revival Books has a physical effect on c!Dream/turns parts of his hair white.

The mask is removable. Here we have the mask half off. The strings are cotton thread made into an i-cord with size 0 knitting needles. Unfortunately I was running out of yarn and made the hood too small, so I can't fit both ears down into the hood. I think he looks pretty cute with just one folded, though!

And here is the mask and hood, both off. The hood is a hooded scarf. It wraps around and you can see the little tail end hanging down here. I did end up having to sew it together, so it is not removable the way the mask is.

So this pattern is another Virkadia Pocket Pet, this time the rabbit. I chose the same run of patterns because I wanted him to match with Technoblade, who I made earlier. I was tempted to try and make him a lop, but I am not comfortable enough in my crocheting skills to figure out how to change the pattern on the fly.

This is done with Ricorumi yarn. I'm not sure I mentioned on my other post, but I'm using a size 3.25 crochet hook. I did do some alterations to the pattern. For example, I used a safety nose instead of an embroidered one. I also added a couple single crochet rounds in-between the decreases for the hips/body to make him a little taller. I did not make the accompanying carrot in the pattern, either.

I admit I'm not super happy with the hooded scarf; it might be hard to tell in these pictures, but it is more a traditional green than the bright green of Dream's skin. I wish I had a brighter, more lime green color, but you do have to work with the yarn you have and this was something of a spontaneous project.

[finnleyshortstuff]

Christmas is always a difficult time for me. This year I've made more progress reclaiming it by making my own ornaments

[cottonkhaleesi]

A little Halloween wreath, ready for pumpkin season!!

Elements taken from the ricorumi Halloween book, a 20 crocheted wreaths to make book, and pumpkins adapted because I’ve yet to find a pumpkin pattern that I fully enjoy. (Squash yarn is Footsie sock yarn in the Banana colourway done on a 2.5 mm hook)

[universalyarn]

Ricorumi DK Cotton mini-skeins

[liebehaekeln]

Der kleine Elch Monty würde gerne auf Reisen gehen, mal sehen ob ich ihm den Wunsch erfüllen kann. 🌍🌎🌏 #liebehäkeln #handarbeit #art #wollliebe #selbstgemacht #handmade #crochet #ideecreativmarkt #deko #dekoidee #amigurumi #amigurumilove #crochetlove #love #liebe #ricorumi #ricodesign #cute https://www.instagram.com/p/B8JFm37o2NU/?igshid=12cobg7krc3tq

[fifisweetpea]

Work in progress Wednesday! This little guy is coming together nicely 💙 is it easy to see what he is yet? . Yarn: Ricorumi 4ply by @rico_design Stitch markers from @fredshaberdashery . . . #crochetersofinstagram #crochetpattern #crochetcommission #ricorumi #ricorumimaritime #crochet #wipwednesday #wip #happyhumpday #makersmovement #handmadeuk #girlswhomakestuff #crochetuk #chesterfieldsmallbusiness #crochetcotton #makingprogress #fifisweetpea #fredshaberdashery (at Chesterfield) https://www.instagram.com/p/ChFG9xCrpjm/?igshid=NGJjMDIxMWI=

[aschambersauthor]

My little Scruffy is helping me proofread “Sam Spallucci: Fury of the Fallen”. #writing #amwriting #dog #crochet #ricorumi #amigarumi (at Lancaster, Lancashire) https://www.instagram.com/p/CcfPUguKlAp/?igshid=NGJjMDIxMWI=