Friday, July 20, 2007

FINALLY

i finally taught myself how to crochet. i've basically just been going crazy all of yesterday and today just learning the basic stitches like single crochet, half double crochet (*sigh* crazy oxymoron) double crochet, triple crochet, and crocheting in rounds... it's insane, and my hand really hurts so i'm typing really. really. really. slow. REALLY SLOW. :)

anyway, today i finished my first crochet project, an octopus. the whole reason i wanted to learn to crochet was to do amigurumi, and this is my very first (amateur) attempt at something amigrumi-ish. it turned out kinda cute, despite a lot of lumpiness and other mistakes. oh well. here's the pattern.

here it is:

the legs should have been way longer than that and the pattern should have said to chain on more than 31, but i guess it looks fine this way... maybe more proportionate?

i've decided that it will be my beta's new best friend! yay! ;D

aww. how cute. anyway, sorry about the bad lighting. i took this at night with bad flash and whatnot. and i know i know, i've kinda been neglecting that rug i've been knitting. it's just that i need to get a hold of some more yarn, and that may take a while...

so for the past 2 days (conveniently while i've been learning to crochet) i have been watching old episodes of The Office and right when i realized i have become addicted to it, i found out i have finished watching all the episodes available on tv-links. why? WHY!? now i'll never find out what happens between Jim and Pam! anyway, now i need to find some other website that offers more episodes of The Office, which i am really craving right now. or maybe i could just go the honest way and buy the dvds. but.... i need money! why?! why am i so poor?! The Office was basically the best thing going for me all summer, and now it's out of reach... oh well. *sigh* :(

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