Edgar The Octopus

A little octopus on the rocks~ 🐙🪨

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It had been a while since I finished a crochet projet, especially an amigurumi, but here is a Jellyfish. I believe she is the first "born" in my new house!

Picture from the garden~ 🪼

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I know, I know. I am very late with this. The last couple months - and even the whole year so far - have been crazy for me. A lot happened and I did not have much time for crochet, or even for myself.

But, I did not forget and wanted to take the time to thank the truly amazing team of testers that worked on Spekjes with me! ❤️

Here they are! Check our their accounts, they are SO worth it! 🐽🐷o.yarn funparadies


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Thank you again for your patience! 🥰❤️🤗 I promise I won't take this long next time 🙈

Happy Birthday, dear Lucy 🥰❤️🥳

I'm so happy we met through this wonderful community and will never get tired of celebrating you! Since you like dragons, here are two of them sharing a cinnamon roll! And not any cinnamon roll, no, but the wonderful pattern you created and I had the pleasure of testing for you! ❤️

Thank you again for being incredible!

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Thank you for the collage!

FREE PATTERN

I promised to release a free pattern to celebrate hitting 1k followers, and here it is! Spekjes the Piglet is now available here on Instagram, but also on Ribblr and Ravelry!

I had a wonderful team of testers for this, and I will make a separate post to thank them ❤️🥳 They did a wonderful job, I cannot wait to show you their beautiful pictures!

Today is also and the theme is "In nature", so I figured it was the perfect day to post! 🐽

Hello Instagram! Today is the first day of so I thought I'd post something. An octopus - or rather, a kraken - always seems appropriate 🐙

I haven't been online much, but I hope that changes soon!

I truly love this pattern from , I already made three, yet I haven't shown them off like I should have! 🙈

Once again, I want to thank this community for being so warm and welcoming, I'm truly blessed to be part of it ❤️❤️❤️

Happy Birthday, Andi ❤️

I'm so happy I got to know you through this wonderful community! You're always so nice and I love chatting with you about anything and everything 🤗

Never change, because you are amazing! I hope you had the loveliest day, because you deserve it and much more even!

May all your worries disappear and may happiness never leave you ❤️🥰

Take care and drink some tea for me!

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[OPEN] Giveaway!

As promised, I planned a small giveaway to celebrate hitting 1k followers. I never thought I'd reach that milestone, yet here I am. And it is thanks to each and everyone of you ❤️ thank you again for your support, this journey has been amazing!

There will be three prizes.
⭐️ 1st prize: win two of my paid patterns + 1 guaranteed tester spot for any of my next pattern tests
⭐️ 2nd prize: win one of my paid patterns + 1 guaranteed tester spot for any of my next pattern tests
⭐️ 3rd prize: win one of my paid patterns

Note: you will need to provide an email address or a Ribblr account to receive the pattern(s).

Requirement:
🧶 Have a public crochet account (I'm trying to avoid spam accounts. If you have a private account and wish to participate, shoot me a DM)
🧶 Follow my account
🧶 Comment which pattern(s) you'd like to win and tag a friend
🧶 Share the first slide of this post to your story

The giveaway is open until Thursday 21 March 8PM CET. The winners will be announced on Saturday 23 March at the latest.

Thank you again, everyone!

The eligible patterns are in the slides and below:
🐷 Ben the Farmer Pig
🐱 Minuit the Cat
🐴 Holly the Horse & Clover the Unicorn
🐢 the Turtlotus
There are only 4 at this time, but I hope to release more patterns in the near future!

A week ago, Edgar went to Paris! He visited many monuments over the weekend and even got to purchase some yarn!

Sorry I have not been as active as usual lately, my health has been acting up, but I still have lots of plans - and patterns - to share with you in 2024! Stay tuned 🧶

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Meadow Lace Shrug

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I happened to have extra yarn and tried something new. Now let's wait for the summer for a chance to wear it!

Happy Birthday 🥰🥳❤️

I hope your day was full of love, joy and... flowers! I made this cute cactus for the occasion and I hope it brings a smile to your face when you look at it 🥰🥰🥰

Thank you for being an amazing member of this community!

Thank you for the collage

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Happy Birthday, Serpil!

Thank you for being such a wonderful member of our community ! I hope you have the most loveliest day, and that all your wishes come true in the future ❤️

I am so amazed by the skeleton you're making, it truly is a piece of art 🤯

Thank you for the oattern and for the collage

PATTERN RELEASE, 30% off until Dec 13th!

Ben is now ready for you in my shops! Head over to Ribblr or Ravelry (link in bio) if you want your copy! 🐷

Thank you again to my wonderful testing team, who did a truly wonderful job! Check the carousel to see their work! 🐽
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This design is born from a late (at least for me) conversation between .crochet.doc and myself. We brainstormed and discussed a pig pattern idea I had and she made a sketch for it, which you can see next to her picture! ❤️

Happy Birthday 🥰🥰🥰

Have the loveliest birthday 🥳🥳🥳 Thank you for being part of this community! I wish you the very best for the year to come!

Thank you for the beautiful collage and for the cute pattern!

Happy Birthday, .ippolito 🥳🥳🥳

Let's put some music in your life with as many gramophones as our community members will allow 🎵🎶

I added extra slides with a very curious piggy, hoping it might make you smile. He smelled something funny inside of it. Turns out it was our love for you!

Thank you for being part of our community! ❤️

Thank you for the pattern and collage 🥰

Happy Birthday (Bird-day?) Barsha! .crochet.doc

The day has finally come to celebrate you! I'm so so so happy we met. It all started with Henry 🦆 so it felt right to me to use the same base to design a little something for you, mixing things that you like... birds, pink and being a doctor!

Meet Dr Birdsha! On this picture, you can even see her busy cloning herself. She's ready to get herself on her feet hihi.

The community was inspired and created so many lovely birds only for you! Every birdie was inspired, what can I say?

Please keep being amazing! Or should I say... BARSHAMAZING ❤️❤️❤️

Thank you for the wonderful collage and making this party possible!

Happy Birthday Merve

How amazing are all these stressballs? I know I love mine! I wish you the very best for your special day and thank you for being part of this amazing community! ❤️

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TESTER CALL [OPEN]
At last, Ben the Farmer Pig is ready and I am looking for some testers to help me out with it! I have poured my heart and soul into this pattern, born from an evening chat with .crochet.doc and her beautiful drawing ❤️

I would need both PDF and Ribblr testers!

The overalls and hat are removable and only the ears, snout and sunflower need sewing 🌻

General information:
🐷 The call is open until Monday 20 Nov, PM CET. The pattern will be sent around that time to the chosen testers
🐷 You can use any yarn you would like, as long as you follow the pattern
🐷 The pitchfork is optional and requires craft wire

Requirements:
🐽 Comment below if you would to test the Ribblr or PDF Version and tag two friends!
🐽 Finish the pattern test by December 2nd noon CET and send me a square picture, as well as feedback
🐽 Have a public crochet account so I can see your work
🐽 Share this post in your story and tag me 🌻

I am both curious and anxious to see if this little guy will get some love, but I sure enjoyed making him!

Happy Birthday Burcu 🥳🥳🥳

I went a bit against the grain it seems, and made one of your free pattern. As it turns out, it makes a wonderful accessory for my other makes, don't you think so?

I hope you had the loveliest day! Thank you for being part of this community!

Thank you for the collage ❤️

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In September, I left my project management job after getting a good offer in another industry. Some colleagues were kind enough to gift me from and I was really touched by that gesture.

As I am settling in my new job, I keep some time to crochet and I made this cute giraffe! It was an animal I had not made yet!

Happy Birthday, Juli 🥳🥳🥳

I heard you lost you crochet mojo lately, so I hope this little Crojo plush will make it all better. I've been struggling a bit with mine as well recently, so I understand. What helps in my case is focusing only on what I want to make, not what I should make.

Thank you for the pattern and collage ❤️

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Happy Birthday, Sally Ann ❤️

I wanted to take this opportunity to thank you again for testing some of my patterns, it means a lot and you always provide interesting feedback! You rock, keep being amazing ❤️

For the occasion, designed a very cool pattern! I did not have time for the LeiCat, but I love the R2D2 mushroom and I hope you will too!

Thank you for the collage!

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Happy Birthday, Consu

Thank you for being so kind, you are wonderful person and we are lucky to have you in this community ❤️

I didn't have much time on my hands, but I made a small froggy to celebrate you, to thank you for all the nice comments you leave on my posts ❤️

I hope you had the most wonderful day today! You deserve it 💐🥰

Thank you for the party!

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PATTERN RELEASE - Tiny Hedwig

At last, I am releasing this free and easy pattern! You can find it in my Ravelry and Ribblr store for no cost at all! Consider it a thank you to this wonderful community that brings me joy every single day!

Thanks again to my lovely team of testers, swipe right to see their work! Their advice and patience made this possible ❤️
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More patterns coming soon!

I managed to forget Edgar on my recent trip to London 😭

So, meet Edgar Jr!

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Happy Birthday, Ade ❤️

You are such an amazing person and while I've been strapped for time, there was no way I was missing out on your celebration! Your actual potato is at my desk at work, supporting me no matter the day!

I told you I'd make your potato cat, and here it iiiiiis. You are a gem and I wish you nothing but the best!

Special thanks to and for making this party happen!

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Happy birthday, dear Niti 🥳🥳🥳

I already had the pleasure to test for you, so I decided to add to my collection and made a whale to go with it. Aren't these two perfect together?

I wish you the loveliest day and I hope that the year to come brings you nothing but greatness (you deserve it!)

Take care and enjoy your special day ❤️

Thank you Katharina for organising the party and making the collage!

A friend asked me if I could design this and to be honest, I wasn't sure I could. I gave it a try and I have to say, I'm not unhappy with the result!

What do you think? Do you know this cartoon?

And also, would anyone be interested in this pattern if I were to publish it?

Happy Birthday dear Jenny

I've never been that good at drawing, but for you, of course I would try! I think you know that one is my favourite, so this is my "free W***y" take on it 🥰

I hope it can make you smile, or laugh maybe! You're a wonderful person and I love your art ❤️ I hope we get to meet in real life some day, and you can tell me in person how much of a heretic I am for disliking lavender 😂

Take care and enjoy your special day 🥳❤️

Thank you for the collage and organisation and for suggesting we draw for Jenny!

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I carrot imagine a life without vegetables~

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