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My moss rug is almost too big for my walls lol. It didn't work where I'd planned so now I've spent all evening reorganizing all my wall art. I found an ok solution, but like... why is this rug so huge??

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Free for use. If you ever feel the need to tell someone to go touch some moss, I've got you covered lol.

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Update! I think I have found a name for the mystery stitch! It seems to be herringbone single crochet in back loop only. So now you know!

People were asking about the stitch I use for my beanies. Don't know the name but tried to take some pics to show how to do it. Essentially it's a variation of back loop only single crochet, but you go through one of the loops of the previous stitch before the back loop. Then yarn over and pull up a loop, yarn over again and pull through all three loops.

The first stitch of the row I do a half double crochet because that's the most visually similar stitch, and then I can do this stitch for the rest of the row. It's reversible (though if you do striping like this then the off side will be a valley instead of a ridge) and makes this really nice corrugated ribbing.

Edit: Lol, please excuse dog flashing his junk in the background!!

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If it's red and has twinkling lights then it's Yule decor. Them's the rules!

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Made some digital Yuletide wishes for the family to share online, they rejected this one though... XD But I'm really happy with it, so sharing it with you instead! Happy Yule, or whatever holiday you celebrate!

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I was unsupervised in a yarn store again the other day. Came home with these, plus some nice sock yarn for my aunt. Top yarn would have made a good dog blanket, but it was on sale and the last one so... Don't know what I'll use it for. Now dog demands a blanket in the super expensive sky blue yarn, but that one is hand wash only so... no. The pretty grey/orange/red yarn will probably end up as a beanie.

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People were asking about the stitch I use for my beanies. Don't know the name but tried to take some pics to show how to do it. Essentially it's a variation of back loop only single crochet, but you go through one of the loops of the previous stitch before the back loop. Then yarn over and pull up a loop, yarn over again and pull through all three loops.

The first stitch of the row I do a half double crochet because that's the most visually similar stitch, and then I can do this stitch for the rest of the row. It's reversible (though if you do striping like this then the off side will be a valley instead of a ridge) and makes this really nice corrugated ribbing.

Edit: Lol, please excuse dog flashing his junk in the background!!

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Now this is Yule!! A mug of hot glögg (aka. mulled wine, but in this case not wine based) and a freshly made syltgris (a jam filled deep fried pastry, a little bit like a donut).

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Pic I took today... or rather yesterday I guess. It looks like sunset, but it's not. This photo was taken practically mid day, and I was facing south.

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Just another beanie. Because why not. For my best friend maybe, or one of her kids. We'll see. I think I'll make it a cat ear beanie this time.

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Pic is blurry af, because it's midwinter... Light, what light? Really satisfied with today's outfit though.

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The beanies I made for my dad and his girlfriend. Pretty simple but still really pleased with how they turned out.

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Someone on Facebook had a question about a stitch. In the answers there was a concensus that it was double crochet (US), but disagreement about the loop used. So I did a test, to prove my answer lol. Double crochet in front loop only is very flat with a line going across. Double crochet back loop only is very textured, a corrugated look almost, with a nice braid. Third loop only, which is absolutely terrible to work, also has a nice braid, but not as raised.

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Almost finished with this striped beanie. Ended up going for a pretty complicated stripe pattern (1, 2, 3, 2, 1, 2, 1, 2, 3...) to get it to the right size. Now I just need to weave the ends in, cinch it closed and make a pom pom. I'm thinking a white pom pom, and since I don't have a lot of the white yarn left I'll add this fluffy sparkly yarn. Isn't it just so delightfully wintry!?

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I'm at the decision point for these stripes now. I could continue to increase the interval, either evenly (1, 2, 3, 4, 5...) or fibonacci style (1, 2, 3, 5, 8...). Or I could make it a pattern (1, 2, 3, 2, 1...).

The pros of the first two is that it won't really matter where I end the pattern, especially with fibonacci, I can just end on a block of green. Don't know if I'll like the look though, because haven't tried it before. And kinda thinking that that sort of striping would look better on a scarf or the like.

The latter I really like the look of but I'll have to do some measuring if it's even feasible, because I don't want to end up with a broken pattern (again lol).

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Beanie for my dads's partner. Do you think I should go with evenly spaced stripes of white, or more randomly?

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A simple classic beanie for my dad.