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Crochet is a fibre-craft that I taught myself a few years
ago, when I dropped out of uni with a case of the mentals (read: depression,
mental breakdown, leave of absence). I use crochet a lot to manage my mental
health. It is great when I am anxious because it keeps my brain focused and my
hands busy. The reason I have so many handmade blankets is because they are
easy to make and take very little brain power, and is a great relaxation
technique for a crazy brain.
In 2014, the Geological Society of London released a pattern to make a mini Mary Anning – and of course I just had to make her. Mary Anning
is one of my ultimate Science Women™, and so I set to work. There is also a
Darwin pattern available (I haven’t made him – yet).
I have also made a trilobite, and he has been called
Malcolm. This trilo is my third or fourth attempt at the pattern, and I somehow
managed to give him really evil eyes! This pattern came from Ravelry. There is another pattern available too but I haven't had much luck with it, I have not mastered front post double crochet yet!
Next up, is Nessie! I made this when I was signed off sick
(with the mentals) last year. Nessie now lives in my window, with a paper
cocktail umbrella behind an ear.
I made this dinosaur a long while ago, it is from a paid pattern I found on Etsy, and the legs and horns were fiddly, and I sewed its
head on at a weird angle so it looks perpetually sad L
Last up, the ammonite. I made this by reverse engineering –
I couldn’t find a pattern I liked, but I found a pic I liked, so I used that. I
started at the aperture end and got smaller, I think I did some maths to
calculate how big I had to start it, then decreased my way along the tube. It
is stitched in a coil, and then I made a circle to cover the end. I also have a
smaller blue one made with embroidery thread hanging from the mirror in my car. There is also a pattern on Ravelry.
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| Yes that is also a 3D printed trilobite on my dash. |
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