I got to visit with some of my neighbor family when I went home earlier this year and decided I wanted to crochet something for some of the new additions that would be arriving soon. I tend to crochet bears and found the adorable Booty Bear pattern from PeachPenguinCrochet on Etsy. I knew the recipients would get a kick out of the little booties on the bears, so I bought the pattern and got to work.

I started on this neat Skull and Cones Sweater from alice.in.crochetland on Instagram last September thinking I’d have it ready by Halloween. Things did not go as planned and I’m just now finishing it up, but I’m pleased with my finished top!

One of our besties is heading to Stanford for grad school, so I crocheted him a tree that (hopefully) resembles their unofficial mascot.

After crocheting my relief wave shrug prototype, I’ve gotten a little obsessed with what else I can make using this stitch. I recently had a conversation with my mom about a crocheted purse she saw on a department store website, so I decided to see if I could make a relief wave purse.

CrochetWithAlannaMiall recently released the Ceres top pattern and it was an instant purchase for me since I’m a fan of the puff stitch look.

Over the last year, I’ve seen this crochet stitch all over social media being used for bralettes, tops, skirts, dresses, etc. After doing some digging, I discovered it’s called a relief wave stitch and found some lovely tutorials (both written and a YouTube video) from Crochet by Ellej. I like to wear a little shrug/sweater over my dresses, but have been having trouble finding any so I decided to try crocheting a shrug using this stitch. It took me almost two months and over 5 frogging sessions, but the initial prototype is complete!