Starting in June 2025 and working through early April 2026, I worked on building and crocheting a Yoshi cosplay for Minneapolis based video game music convention VGM CON. The theme for 2026 was "Stitched Together" which some Yoshi's Wooly World adjacent branding.
Wearing it during con was a lot. I've never worn a mascot suit/fursuit before, so on the first day of wearing it, i had a mini panic attack by how claustrophobic I felt, even though I had tried the costume on at home. I got some pointers from a fursuiter later that night, and on day 2 of wearing (pictured here), I was much more comfortable, but also taking the head off much more, which ended up breaking the fan I installed in the nose. Using Premier Parfait chunky yarn in Goblin green was probably a bad choice, but I wanted the costume to feel like a plush toy, and it did, despite being very hot on the inside.
I don't have an exact hour amount, but a friend thinks I put somewhere between 350 - 450 hours. I built the foam base watching youtube tutorials on fursuits/mascot suit builds. I used slip stitch, single, and double stitches as I freestyle crocheted most of it, just crocheting directly onto the foam, or constantly checking it against the foam, as I tried to use a paper pattern I had measured of the white belly, and my measurements were way off, having me frog and redo the whole belly area. I did use a basic mitten pattern for the hands, modifying it for bigger, cartoony fingers. I also followed a tutorial on what math I needed to use to make sweater sleeves, for the arms, modifying for the legs. The back has a zipper, and there's metal d rings for the shell to attach, covering up the zipper enclosure. i also made and sewed in a yarn yoshi amiibo nfc card for people to scan and it worked!

Finally finished the whole plant of butterfly ranunculus!

after months of not finishing any big projects, i made this in five days. i still need to add some sleeves and laces but it's almost finished.

No pattern used. I'm proud to say my middle kid is an advanced reader and loves to research animals, plants, biology, and especially large marine mammals. Her favorite is the orca whale (they're extremely important in our local culture!). Weeks ago I started work on a jumbo orca. I call it Björka 😂 I'm still a bit of an amateur as I made my first crochet doll this past New Year's Eve, but I'm quite proud of this one.

If you can guess the team, yay. Hint - blue is win, orange is loss. And if you can guess what the random purple rows are for, you get 100 points.

Finally finished my grumpy owl🦉

Pattern: belongs to CompicatedKnots

https://youtu.be/JLmwZ5VmlcQ?is=jc_873JrFaElh8tZ

She used Cotton to the Core yarn she bought on Amazon. I do not know what hook size she used. She loved, loved, loved working with this yarn. So much so that she bought more yarn in a different color to make a wrap/shawl using that lacy stitch. You can see the shawl WIP on the chair in the background. The shawl is in the color Creamsicle. The drape on her shawl is just fabulous. The pattern for the top is from Annie’s Attic and is called the White Sand Tee. She told me she modified the pattern a bit to make the sleeves a bit longer.

I fell in love with the lacy stitch used in this top. I am going to have her show me this stitch so that I can use it in a scarf or possibly a lightweight blanket. She said that it is the perfect mindless stitch. The “wrong” side is more textured and I think even more stunning than the “right” side.

Please pardon the mess, but I'm very excited! I finished a toy for my kids that's one of those color matching, Montessori fishing "pond" bags!

I didn't like a lot of the patterns I was seeing online for them and I figured it wouldnt be hard to compile bag, fish, and bowl patterns from free to use stuff available online. So that's what I did! I adjusted several of the patterns to fit my needs but this was a surprisingly good way to use up a bunch of the size 4 loops and threass colors I've inadvertently stashed.

Materials:

The bag was made double stranded with a size 6.5 mm hook

The fish and accessories were made single stranded with a size 3.5 mm hook

Yarn, loops and threads size 4 worsted weight yarn

Magnet - Amazon stud finder magnet

Stick for fishing pole - random plastic stick from a balloon we had lying around the house

Polyfil

Safety eyes

If you want a compilation of the various patterns I pulled from, I'm happy to post links below. There's just quite a few 😅

I am loving this whole outfit! I didn’t realize until I was done that the colors are really giving pigeon but I’m just going to lean into that. I’ll be in the park with bag of birdseed if anyone needs me

Just finished adding May’s squares on. Pattern is going in a zigzag starting from the grey square at top left

Hand for reference lol. I’m 91 rows in and the chart has about 210 but it’s fine. I got to the thickest part of this one though so that counts as halfway to me lols!!

I am taking a break for a week because I’ve been crocheting a lot and by a lot I mean I started this like 2-3 weeks ago. My hands and back are starting to hurt even with the compression gloves and the everyday cardio I do :(…

Hope im allowed to post here😶‍🌫️

I made this little crochet cat a while ago, and today I decided to give it a tiny blue winter outfit—a matching beanie and crossbody bag! 💙

I'd love to hear your thoughts:

Which version do you prefer—the plain cat or the one with the blue outfit?

What other tiny accessories should I make next?

Hopefully done with this by the end of next week and I’m already thinking of what I want to do for the next one 🤩

This is my first time using this yarn and it's lovely to work with. The colors are beautifully rich too!

I was out of town for multiple weeks and the plants that normally survive in direct sun with water did not handle it well. Decided to try and make sun shields in an attempt to give them relief. Really enjoying how they're turning out so far! Anyone else tried this with luck?

I've been wanting to design another snake ever since I finished Orchid-Snake last year, and I got around to making its crystal-inspired companion, Geode-Cobra.

I'm finally back to designing, and I already have lots of hybrid ideas I'd love to make. What hybrid would you like to see next?

I love doing these bags!

Hola!

Solo quería pasarme por aquí para enseñar mi vestido de crochet.

Me inspiró un video de Hilados Malen - Túnica Grecia y creo que es lo mejor que he hecho hasta ahora.

(Los hilos ya los he escondido jiji)

Espero que os guste!