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<\/a><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\nI have made many little crochet creatures, mostly as presents for others (so I don’t have many pictures of them). Usually with these creatures I follow a pre-written pattern, as with the dinosaur and the bunny. Although, I do like to try to freehand smaller things, which I did with the hat that the dinosaur is wearing. The dinosaur was a <\/p>\n\n\n
<\/a><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\nbirthday gift to one of my friends. The bunny was a birthday present for my niece. There is a variety of different yarns that you can use, which give you different outcomes. The dinosaur is made out of a regular “medium” weight yarn, while the bunny is made out of a softer, chunkier yarn. The thinker the yarn, the bigger the project will turn out. You can’t really tell from the picture, but the bunny turned out to be around 1.5 feet tall, which is much larger than the dinosaur. <\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n
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<\/a><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\nI also really love to make wearable pieces. I have mostly made sweaters, socks, and hats, using both knitting and crocheting. These are two of my favorite sweaters I’ve made for myself. At this point, I believe I have made 7 (!) sweaters, 2 of them being gifts for other <\/p>\n\n\n
<\/a><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\npeople. The cat sweater was the first time I used a complicated color pattern. I found the cat chart on Pinterest, and then freehanded the rest of the sweater. I am really happy with how it turned out. The other sweater was the first sweater that I knit, and I loved it so much that I made a second one using the same pattern. I don’t feel as confident free-handing while knitting, so I tend to only stick to following knitting patterns.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
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<\/a><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\nI also love the process of knitting socks. I’ve made 3.5 pairs so far, with this lavender sock being the most complicated (this is the 0.5 pair, I am still working on the other sock). My first 3 pairs were “vanilla” socks, meaning they were basic socks, using just one color of yarn and no fancy stitch techniques. However, the lavender sock is called a “colorwork” sock, since I am using multiple colors to achieve the lavender pattern. I wear my handknit socks all the time during winter, because they are made of wool and much warmer than my store-bought socks.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n
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This hat is actually my most recent finished piece. I knit it over the winter break. This was my first time doing cables (which makes the hat look like it has strands that twist together), and I really really love how they turned out. I am excited to try out more projects that use cables, such as sweaters and socks. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
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<\/a><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\nThis is a wall decoration that I made. After I took this picture, I attached a wooden dowel and some yarn to the top of this crochet frog tapestry, and it is now a wall decoration in my apartment. He just turned out so cute!!<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n
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<\/a><\/figure><\/div>\n\n<\/a><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\nThese final pieces are from when I was in high school. I took a woods class and a metals class, and these are the two pieces from each that I am most proud of. This first piece is an aluminum casting of a seahorse. I had to make the mold, pour the molten metal into the mold, demold it and cut off the excess metal bits, file\/sandpaper a bunch to make it smooth, and finally polish it. It took a lot of work, but I am super happy that I got the opportunity to make this!<\/p>\n\n\n\n
<\/a><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\nLastly, I made this bookshelf in my woods class. Similarly to the seahorse project from my metals class, this took a lot of steps and different techniques. Most notably is my last name engraved into it, and a wood burning of a goose on the side. Both the seahorse and the bookshelf have been hanging up in my parent’s house since I brought them home. <\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n
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