Craft Corner

Your narwhal is so seriously awesome @Phoenix_Rising! It was not a long ago at all that you were wonky chaining and now this. So exciting!

When I made my narwhal, which I found fiddly, tricky and tiny, I was thinking of how much of a jump it was from what you were doing to it and I wish I'd linked an easier pattern. Tiny crochet rounds in a magic ciricle, multiple double crochet in the one stitch (and not technically even in a stitch as they're in the corners), crocheting your circle together at the tail... tricky! Taking on that pattern was throwing in the deep end stuff and to see you come out with what you have - really truly fab! If you can make that, I have no doubt you'll be able to make anything (with a little more practice).

Very, very awesome and very clever!

@CheerBear oooh I'm excited to hear that Mr Narwhal was tricky for you too. It's quite ok to throw a sea turtle in at the deep end.

Do you want to know a secret? Last night I started working on a me. Thus far I am proving to be easier than Mr Narwhal.

I still haven't figured out how to hold the yarn. I can see from the videos that everyone holds it differently. I mentioned in Forum Land a few weeks ago that I managed to give myself tennis elbow in my right arm from playing in my garden. It is now much better, but I definitely noticed it flaring last night after working on the me. Thus it is important to me that I make sure my crocheting technique, like my violining technique, is as ergonomically friendly as possible.

@Phoenix_Rising Pleased to hear you're trying more things crochet, that's wonderful. Apologies that my comments re your narwhal didn't meet with your approval. @CheerBear seems to speak your language much better than I. Apologies for being my practical self.

I'm taking the day off from here.

@Former-MemberI love your input. Practical and Creative. We all need time out but I hope you are not upset by the forum.

As an old timer on these boards I try to be open and not speak in code, though some people did not like that I used certain abbreviations. Please feel free to ask me anytime, if you dont get where I am coming from. Nobody has really gotten where I come from, and I believe we should not presume about what others mean or where they have been anyway.

I have also felt excluded in cliques since being a small child. I have become more robust about it but still hyper sensitive Saw it hurt my loved ones too. Stronger now and I have a voice.

@BlueBay Clever ... why cant I be that clever

Good afternoon fellow crafters,

@Former-Member I am hearing that perhaps I have hurt your feelings in some way. I am super sorry about that. I'm not quite sure what it is that I did or didn't say that you found hurtful, but I'm still sorry about it. Hurt feelings feel yuck. I super hope the hurt feeling passes soon. Please let me know if there is anything I can explain/clarify to help you with your hurt feelings.

@CheerBear I now have a me head and a me shell. I am super excited about this. I am definitely much easier to make than Mr Narwhal was! I can't wait to show you, @Former-Member @OhanaSystem @Catcakes and everybody else my me.

@BlueBay I hope you are enjoying learning this crocheting gig as much as I am. @Former-Member and @CheerBear are super helping me. I'm having a lot of fun.