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🧶 Neurospicy fiber artist & crochet designer
🌞 Sharing crochet tips, inspiration, patterns and tutorials
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Would you be interested if I shared my pixel graphs with you? There are so many I made over the years. After all, I am pixel and yarn 🤭

This lady has been made months ago. Maybe even a year.
She might be small, but she is meaningful to me. Her clothing represents traditional Polish clothing from the Kaszëbë region. My ancestral home.
Minimalistic as it is with pixel art, I tried my best to represent it with the scale I was working with.

A bit of a flop from my part. It was supposed to be a repeating pattern on my jumper, but I quickly realised how thick this yarn is, making it impossible to use as a jumper. (unless I wore it somewhere reeaally cold 🥲🥲)

A bit of disappointment, a bit of drama, but she made it into a tapestry instead and brings me happiness everytime I enter my home office and see her there.

#folkart #tapestry #polishart #crochettapestry #Kaszuby

Polish art | Folk art | Crochet tapestry | Kaszebe sztuka | Szydełko kaszubskie | Strój kaszubski | Foll clothing | Crochet art | Fiber art | Pixel art | Pixel graph taken in Shetland Islands, Scotland by @pixel.andyarn

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7 days ago

Stay till the end to see the results 🤩🤩

What colour frog would you like to see next? 🐸🐸

When I bought the little felting starter set I knew I wasn't going to use it too quickly. It sat on my shelves for months.

I already had so many projects on the side, but then I saw @valiliecreations make the most beautiful eyes and it made me realise something... What if I can do that on my keychains? The frog is too small to attach safety eyes. I don't enjoy glueing the eyes too much, the glue slime gets everywhere and I need to go with scalpel taking off little bits of glue.. That is not what I want to spend time doing.
But this took 7 minutes! Maybe it is a bit much, but it was my first time. Might be faster over time. But then, slow is not an issue when it comes to handcrafted elements.

Frog pattern tester call this Sunday, follow to stay updated 🥰🥰

#felting #crochet #amigurumi #crochetfrog #amigurumifrog

Needle felting | Felting | Needle felting eyes | Felted eyes | Crochet patterns | Crochet amigurumi | Amigurumi patterns | Easy crochet | Crochet for beginners | How to start to crochet | Crochet beginner | Small business | Fiber art | Fiber artist | Crochet | Crochet art | Crochet artist taken in Shetland Islands, Scotland by @pixel.andyarn

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14 days ago

Amigurumi crochet patterns that I will be sharing with you over the next months.

I will be sharing little videos to support making the patterns as I think everyone should be able to crochet what they want.

Amigurumi is a great way to start your crochet journey. It is quick projects (1h) and you learn many different techniques at the same time.

Once you master these, nothing can stop you to start making bigger items, garments and whatever your heart desires. 🤩

#crochet #amigurumi #woolyarn #beginnerfriendly #nosewpattern

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25 days ago

Let me know which version do you like the best! 🤭

It couldn't be easier to edit existing charts for people like me who can't ever decide on one palette.

About time we put the pixel in pixel and yarn. I love creating graphs or charts or whatever you want to call them. I've made plenty over the years, and have so many more ideas brewing.

This phrase was not made by me, "carry yourself with the confidence of a mediocre white man". But I wish I just did, in so many instances I need that confidence.
"But hey, you're a white woman" oh sure I am, but not the right kind of white woman. Not so many years ago UK was having protests against my people, just because they needed a scapegoat instead of looking at the billionaires. USA is still having jokes about my people in movies of them always being cleaners or janitors. But joke on them, at least they have stable jobs that AI won't be taking over. 🙃

There are a lot of websites out there for fiber artists, but the one I always come back to is freese works. It has plenty of options, and I just love how it works. Plus it is free! (Not sponsored just genuinely love making my charts there and you should check it out)
It is made by Agnes Freese, I can't seem to find her on Instagram but, she has a facebook page for updates.

#pixelchart #crochetgraph #pixelgraph #tapestry #fiberart

Pixel graph | Pixel chart | Crochet graph | Tapestry graph | Tapestry chart | Crochet chart | Digital art | Fiber art | Crochet taken in Shetland Islands, Scotland by @pixel.andyarn

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Pattern below 🐸🐸

Making cute little feet for the froggies.
Testing is undergoing and the pattern is out on 10th of October, Saturday.

There are only a few ways to make feet, and as someone who doesn't want my patterns to have too much sewing involved, this is the way I chose to make them. 🐸🐸

Foot pattern:
Start with chaining the needed amount, 2sc, ch3, 2sc, ch3, 2sc, then slip stitch in the same chain space as the first single crochet you made, then make sc, hdc or dc stitches as you wish to finish the leg.

#amigurumipattern #amigurumifrog #crochetfrog #crochetforbeginners #crochetbasics

Crochet frog | Crochet pattern | Amigurumi frog | Cute frog | Cute toad | Frog lover | Small business Scotland | wool yarn | Crochet tutorial | video tutorial | Amigurumi tutorial taken in Shetland Islands, Scotland by @pixel.andyarn

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Pattern below 🧚🏻‍♀️

Have you wanted to make a perfect oval but it never seemed like it wanted to work?

Here is the recipe for a perfect oval!

Chain your desired length plus 3
(Use example of 6)
R1. ch 6, inc, 3sc, inc, work on the other side of the chain, inc, 3sc, inc
R2. 2inc, 3sc, 4inc, 3sc, 2inc
R3. (sc, inc)x2, 3sc, (sc, inc)x4, 3sc, (sc, inc)x2
R4. (inc, 2sc)x2, 3sc, (inc, 2sc)x4,3sc, (inc, 2sc)x2

And so on making increases only on the half circles. Add stitch markers to the first last stitches of increases to help you navigate. Don't forget the stitch marker in the first stitch of the row!

If you want to know how to continue to increase to get a perfect round shape see the linked reel.

#crochet #crochettips #crochettutorial #howtocrochet #magicring

How to crochet | How to amigurumi | Crochet patterns | Crochet amigurumi | Amigurumi patterns | Crochet keyring | Crochet keychain | Crochet bag charm | Crochet for beginners | How to start to crochet | Easy crochet | Crochet beginner | Small business | Fiber art | Fiber artist | Crochet | Crochet art | Crochet artist taken in Shetland Islands, Scotland by @pixel.andyarn

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4 days ago

Swipe all the way to see what it was supposed to be. 👀

My lady of Kaszëbë was going to be the main piece of my jumper. But sadly the yarn I ordered that was advertised as DK was more like aran and the jumper I started making quickly became heavy and thick. I went along with it for a while, but once I made half of the lady pattern I had given up, it all had to go. I had frogged most of it and remade the lady as a tapestry that overlooks my home office.

#crochettapestry #tapestry #pixelgraph #crochetgraph #crochet

Crochet tapestry | Crochet pixel graph | Crochet graph | Crochet fail | Crochet | Pink is beautiful | Polish art | Polish folk art | Folk art | Crochet folk | Embroidery inspired | Crochet embroidery taken in Shetland Islands, Scotland by @pixel.andyarn

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6 days ago

Free crochet pattern for you just check out my ko-fi or ravelry pages for the download 🤗

But I don't actually have ability to set automatic responses so I hope this doesn't go viral. Otherwise it is just me replying every person that comments 🙈
(Like it would ever go viral with my 35 followers 🤣)

#crochetforbeginners #crochetfruit #crochetpattern #amigurumifruit #amigurumipattern

Crochet pattern | Amigurumi pattern | Crochet fruit | Amigurumi fruit | Free pattern taken in Shetland Islands, Scotland by @pixel.andyarn

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9 days ago

Low sew pocket frog tester call! 🐸 (CLOSED)

This pattern is for an advanced beginner & takes around 1 hour to complete.
You need to know how to crochet on both sides of a chain to make oval and how to work in rounds.
You need to know how to do clusters & change colours.
I work with 4ply/fingering wool and 2.5mm hook, you're free to use anything else, but the final look might be different. Remember that you need to size down your how when working with amigurumi.

Requirements:
Have a public Instagram account with some crochet work
Be able to finish the pattern test within 14 days (7th of October)
Post your finished make on your account (please tag me)
Provide photos or/and videos and honest feedback

How to apply:
Follow me, like, save and repost this post
Comment what colour/colours you would like to use. There are no wrong answers, frogs come in all kinds of colours.
Optional, but very much appreciated; share this on your story, tag some crochet friends who might like to test this

Many more little amigurumi pattern tests will be called in the future, so if you ever wanted to crochet a cat, orca, sheep, bee, dragon or turtle keychain, follow me to stay updated.

Testers will be contacted via DM on Wednesday 23rd of September, then added to a group chat.

I've been using spindrift from @jamiesonsofshetland and Drops Flora by @dropsdesign

Thank you for the support. 🐸

#testercall #crochetpattern #crochetfruit #amigurumifruit #amigurumipattern

Crochet tester call | Crochet pattern | Tester call | Amigurumi tester call | Amigurumi pattern | Amigurumi fruit | Crochet fruit | Small business | Wool yarn taken in Shetland Islands, Scotland by @pixel.andyarn

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9 days ago

Free beginner friendly pattern - make your own fruit slice, be creative, be bold, be yourself.

Free download available on my ko-fi or Raverly, just click the link in bi0 🥰

Step up your crochet game!
Ideal pattern for beginners that want to create something simple, but with additional notes on how to embroider on your slice adding that little extra to your make.
Supplied with clickable links to videos on my instagram to explain the different techniques used in the pattern. See my highlighted reels for details.
Includes colour instructions for lemon, lime, orange, grapefruit, kiwi, watermelon, dragon fruit, red apple, green apple & papaya. But you can make whatever fruit or even veggie that want with it.

Add keychain or chain with your hook desired length to make it a bag charm or even a car mirror charm.

Enjoy!

#freepattern #crochetpattern #crochetfruit #amigurumifruit #amigurumipattern

Crochet pattern release | Crochet pattern | Free pattern | Amigurumi pattern | Amigurumi fruit | Crochet fruit | Small business | Wool yarn | Beginner friendly by @pixel.andyarn

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10 days ago

(Pattern below) 🧶

How to crochet basics | How to crochet a perfect circle

If your crochet circle never looks round, here are some tips on how to change that.

If you struggle with magic ring, make sure to watch my linked reel.

There will be many that don't agree with me, lots of people don't like the whole ch1 and slst business. But for some projects it is necessary.

Change up your increases, do them at the start then at the end of each repeat, but once you have enough stitches you can do them in the middle of the repeat. If row 5 has 3sc and then inc, then row 6 has increase in the middle of previous 3sc. See pattern below.

Perfect circle pattern
Start with a magic ring (see linked reel)
R1. MR, ch1, 6sc, slst (6)
R2. ch1, 6inc, slst (12)
R3. ch1, [sc, inc]x6, slst (18)
R4. ch1, [inc, 2sc]x6, slst (24)
R5. ch1, [3sc, inc]x6, slst (30)
R6. ch1, sc, [inc, 4sc]x5, inc, 3sc, slst (36)
R7. ch1, [5sc, inc]x6, slst (42)
R8. ch1, 2sc, [inc, 6sc]x5, inc, 4sc, slst (48)
R9. ch1, [7sc, inc]x6, slst (54)
R10. ch1, 3sc, [inc, 8sc]x5, inc, 5sc, slst (60)
R11. ch1, [9sc, inc], slst (66)
R12. ch1, 4sc, [inc, 10sc]x5, inc, 6sc, slst (72)
And continue in this way till you have the size you want.
Decrease in the same way.

Next
What is a stacked single crochet? 🤩

#crochet #crochettips #crochettutorial #howtocrochet #magicring

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11 days ago

Do you think your tail is too short? I assure you it isn't!

How to crochet basics | How to weave in your tails

Step up your crochet game part 9!

Another short video to help you create your own fruit slice & be a master of crochet 😍

Weaving in tails might seem like an annoying job when working with amigurumi, especially if you think you might have lost the yarn chicken, but in this video I show you how to weave the smallest of tails 🪡

Make sure to watch previous tutorials to master the art of crochet in few simple steps!
See linked reels or my highlighted stories for more videos.

Next:
How to attach your bag charm to a bag 🤗

I hope you enjoyed this video and will come back for the next ones. 🧶🫶🏼

Follow to see the pattern release and future tester calls for many of my pieces in the future. 🤭

#crochet #crochetbasics #crochettutorial #amigurumi #crochettips

Crochet patterns | Crochet amigurumi | Amigurumi patterns | Crochet keyring | Crochet keychain | Crochet bag charm | Crochet for beginners | How to start to crochet | Easy crochet | Crochet beginner | Small business | Fiber art | Fiber artist | Crochet | Crochet art | Crochet artist taken in Shetland Islands, Scotland by @pixel.andyarn

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