Sierra Mandala Vest
After my success with making the Summer Fruits tank top, I decided I wanted to continue trying to crochet clothing. I had originally made a list of tank tops I thought were cute to work through, but that no longer captured my interest since the seasons have changed.
More Amigurumi Teddy Bears
My Limemate, TC, is due to have her second little one very soon so the team decided to put together a baby basket for her since we weren’t able to celebrate in person together. After seeing she’d decorated the nursery in an outdoorsy/mountains type of theme, I knew exactly what to make - another set of my favorite teddy bears.
Crochet Puff Flowers
I’ve been enjoying browsing Instagram for crochet ideas and recently came across a bunch of items made from puff flowers. This gave me a pretty neat idea, so I started whipping up a bunch of these little flowers in rainbow colors.
Summer Fruits Tank Top
I taught myself to crochet because I found it thrilling to create something with my own hands that brought myself and others joy. Unfortunately, I eventually established a box of ridiculous rules for myself around a hobby that I loved (ex: only allowing myself to crochet amigurumi because I crochet too tightly for clothing, projects should take no more than X amount of time, etc). These unreasonable expectations sucked the joy out of creating and caused me to burn out HARD.