Freestyle fantasy hood

 🧶 A tentacled hood

Hi everyone, after a bit of a longer break. Recently I’ve been focusing more on posting on DeviantArt, and since starting my YouTube channel, I also began creating simple photo tutorials — small projects with step-by-step descriptions in both English and Polish. It’s quite a lot of work, but I enjoy the process.

Lately, I’ve been really drawn to pieces that combine a hood and a scarf. They look quite striking and are also very practical.

For now, I made a simpler version — a hood with multiple long scarf strands that almost look like tentacles. I used a thick, slightly shiny yarn in different shades of purple. It’s a yarn I’ve worked with before and really like.

I have to admit, most of the wearable pieces I make aren’t exactly something you’d see every day, especially not in a small town. But that’s just how I like to create. I can admire other people’s work, but I don’t feel the need to copy patterns exactly. Even when I use someone else’s pattern, I always like to add something of my own — a small change, a personal detail, or an adjustment that makes it feel right for me.

You can see the finished hood in the photo below.

Sea gloves

🧤 Ocean-Inspired Fingerless Gloves

Today, another pair of simple, warm fingerless gloves made by me. I really enjoy both crocheting and wearing them — even when I’m just sitting at home, typing or playing games.

This time, I went for a sea-inspired look. I love these soft blues and greens. I added a small starfish-like decoration and some glass beads for a bit of extra detail.

As usual, this was made using leftover yarn. I really enjoy these smaller projects — they’re quick, creative, and a great way to use up scraps.

Fantasy fingerless gloves (mittens), galaxy melange

🧤 Fingerless Gloves

Hi there! Today I want to share a pair of fingerless gloves that I made some time ago.

For this project, I used less than half a ball (under 50g) of Himalaya Everyday Rengarenk yarn. It has a really beautiful melange of colours — light blue, dark blue, purple, deep green and white. Unfortunately, it seems this particular yarn has been discontinued, so it may be difficult to find now.

Because of the lacy pattern, these gloves aren’t especially warm, but they are very comfortable to wear and work nicely as a light, decorative accessory.

If you like this project, feel free to leave a comment and follow my blog for more crochet creations.

Crochet headband - a beginner friendly pattern

🧶 Beginner-Friendly Headbands

Hello, let’s get back to some beginner-friendly projects. A simple headband is often one of the first things people learn to crochet.

Simple but Creative

I made a few pieces using leftover yarn scraps, but instead of basic stitches, I tried a more decorative, “fantasy” stitch to give them a bit more character.

These aren’t the kind of headbands meant to keep your ears warm. They’re more for styling — something to add a nice touch to your look or to keep your hair in place while doing your makeup.

And that’s all for today.

 

Fluffy crochet pillow

 Round Cushion Project number 2. 🌸

Hello everyone, I’ve finally moved on to another round cushion. This one was quite time-consuming because of the endless rows of ruffles — or petals, depending on how you see them.

The whole piece has a very floral look, and I’m really happy with the result. I kept the back plain, without any decoration, partly because I ran out of yarn and partly because I ran out of patience.

🧶 Materials & Process

For this project, I used Red Heart baby yarn (100% acrylic) along with some blue fantasy satin yarn.

I experimented a lot with the pattern, trying several different options as I worked with a limited amount of yarn.

I hope you like the result. I don’t plan to make more cushions anytime soon, but I still have a few ideas from this project that I’d like to use in the future. I really like the fluffy, dreamy, soft texture — it makes it a cute little piece for decorating a cosy, feminine space.

Viking princess tunic/sweater

My dream project 🧚✨

Hello, today I’d like to share a project I made recently. This kind of dress-like, slightly medieval-looking sweater or tunic is something I’ve always wanted to have and wear. As a not very experienced crocheter, I couldn’t even imagine how to start making something like this.

The inspiration came while I was crocheting a blanket made of small pentagons. I noticed the shape and thought it could work perfectly as the base of a skirt or dress. It felt like the idea had real potential.

Also, I finally got a full-size mannequin, which turned out to be a total game changer when working on projects like this.

🪡 Making

I started by making and joining two large pentagons, which already looked promising. Then I used a similar pattern to create the sleeves. At that stage, I still wasn’t entirely sure how I would connect all the parts, but I figured it out along the way, and that’s how this long, comfortable and quite unique sweater came together.

I made it for myself, so it doesn’t sit perfectly on the mannequin. I’m about the same height, but not as slim, and my arms are a bit longer.

🧵 Materials

For this project, I used about 400 grams of SMC Bravo acrylic yarn in beige. It’s a medium-weight, very soft yarn, great for light but warm sweaters, shawls and scarves.

💭 Final Thoughts

I absolutely love this piece and would like to make a few more in different colours, possibly adding some new motifs and details. I’d also like to write down the pattern properly and share it before I forget the technical details.

At one point, my cousin almost walked away with the unfinished version, but luckily it was too big for her. I really enjoy how this sweater looks and feels — wearing it makes me feel a bit like a Viking princess. The only downside is that it’s quite time-consuming and not the cheapest project when it comes to materials.

Food porn in the morning and unboxing Faceless lady

Hello. 

First of all I am feeling very tired today.

I don't think I've ever mentioned, that for the past couple of years I've been working night shifts only. I work from home, which has good and bad sides, but it was my choice, so I shouldn't complain.

Anyway, some mornings can be really hard, like today, when I feel exhausted, my eyes are closing and I would like to go bed and sleep for next 12 hours, but you know I can't do that, cause I have things to do.

So, on the gloomy, cloudy mornings like today I need my extra energy boosts, something to make me feel better, more energized...something to keep me going for another several hours.

And here's what I got today. A couple of days ago I bought a pack of tiny, spicy crackers and I completely forgot about them. I found them today and I made these little, hot snacks with peanut butter.

They taste so good!

Why can't I go to sleep yet? Here's the story...

She came to me yesterday and she arrived in pieces from the distant country, known as Netherlands.

Sadly, I was too busy to unbox her right away and welcome her properly, so she had to spend all night alone in the dark, cold box. 

But today, today I gave her all my time and attention, I put all the body parts together...

And here she is. My faceless, silent mannequin.

Someone who never complains, never has bad moods, a perfect model to work with.

Ok, enough poetic horror tales. A few facts. 

I needed (desperately) a mannequin for my crazy crochet creations, a full body, natural size female one to be precise.

I visited local shops, I checked some offers I found in online stores and I got to several conclusions.

First: Mannequins, in general, aren't cheap.

Second: Most mannequins are just weird.

Third: Majority of manneqins I saw has completely messed up body proportions. 

Fourth: All the female mannequins made in Germany look like porn stars (OMG the boobies! And OMG the nipples!)

At this point, my goal to find a cheap, natural looking female mannequin seemed impossible.

But hey, I found her! She's not flawless, but for my purposes she's ideal. 

I planned our first photo session for incoming weekend and I just can't wait!