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Sten

I taught myself to over the Christmas/NY break, and here's a progress pic of my first ever project

It's about halfway done, and will be about 150x90 when I'm finished

I don't know how many things I I'll make, but it's been a fun skill to learn!

A crocheted blanket lying on the floor. It has a ripple pattern that looks kind of like waves in the sea, with each wave having a gradient of colour from dark blue to white
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Sten

I finally finished my first ever project, and I am incredibly pleased with it!

I decided to learn over Christmas, and made good progress at first, but then life happened, and I slowed way down. I pushed myself to the finish line last night, and now it just has to dry. 10/10, would crochet again (but not for a while - my wrists are a bit sore)

A ripple stitch crochet banket, laid out on foam squares for blocking. The blanket consists of nine repeats of shades of blue, from pale to dark, sort of like waves in the ocean seen from above
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Sten

Also, this graph turned out to be way too accurate

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Sten

@Ursuursulala thank you! the worst part of learning was that I'm left handed, and almost all the teaching material assumes you use your right hand. So that's what I ended up doing, rather than mirroring everything

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Spoons Forever

@stenhaastrup
Nice work you got going on there. I like the colors.

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FanCityKnits 🇺🇦🧶

@stenhaastrup

Ambitious first project and really well done so far.

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Sten

@FanCityKnits thank you! The edges are a bit wonky because of my uneven tension, but overall I'm really pleased with it

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FanCityKnits 🇺🇦🧶

@stenhaastrup

Washing and blocking will help even this out, but really - nobody will notice this minor detail once it's finished! Straight and even edges are one of the harder things in crochet so don't be too critical, you did a great job so far.

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Wyrd Knitting

@stenhaastrup That is considerably more impressive than my first ever crochet project was.

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Kerr Avonsen (she/her)

@stenhaastrup Wow that's a lot of progress over that time!
Also, pretty.

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Spoons Forever

@stenhaastrup
It looks great. I like the colors choices.

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Nathan
Nice! Your stitches are so even, looks great
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Sten

@nathanj thank you! Blocking evidently covers up a multitude of sins.

I started off with a tension that was way too tight, and as I loosened down to something more sensible, the whole thing turned slightly trapezoidal

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Alice in Waterdeep

@stenhaastrup that's your very first project? 😮 it looks incredible! great work!

(also, true, that graph is painfully accurate)

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DB Schwein

@stenhaastrup

That's impressive for a first project! You go hard 😁

Congrats on done!

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Jenny

@stenhaastrup that’s really pretty! Way nicer than my first ever project, which ended up somewhat trapezoidal lol

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