The Road Goes Ever On embroidered by seejor.
“After 100ish hours of work, I’m so happy to say this beast is done!!
For the most part, I had an idea that I thought would be cool, drew it up, and transferred it to fabric (here’s the hoop pre-stitching). Prior to this piece, I’d only done florals – some from patterns I bought online (Namaste Embroidery) and some of my own design – so really I just wanted to see if I could embroider a dragon. I hadn’t been embroidering long but was feeling ballsy.
So that’s the pattern… as for color choices: the mountain, clouds, fog, and trees were entirely a product of I’d bought a bunch of floss I thought was pretty and kind of went together and figured why not give it a try. I love how the mountain came out. The gold for the text was my favorite gold I’d worked with in a sunflower piece (I have an entire floss organizer of just shades of yellow because of that piece, so the gold pieces pretty much just followed). Smaug’s colors and pose in general were inspired by an illustration of Smaug Tolkien did that I’ve always loved.
Process in general: I kind of made most of it up as I went along. I knew what effect I wanted in various sections and if I couldn’t figure out a way to make it look the way I wanted with stitches I knew, I’d go googling. The pile of gold Smaug is on is all seed stitch (I don’t know if it’s technically seed stitch, but that’s what I’m calling it) and literally caused me to set this piece down for two years.
- the implement I used to transfer the design was a Sakura Gelly Roll white pen. In a pinch, the gel ink can be removed (like when I edited out the two other mountains)
- I wore a reasonably high powered, rechargeable headlamp for a lot of this project in an attempt to have my stitches be as precise as possible. It ain’t pretty, but it worked pretty well!”
Hi friends, it is almost midnight here. I have been working most of the day to get the shop up. I am happy to say that it is MOSTLY done! Barring some speed bumps with Kofi's photo limit, I have to improvise & take some new pics before I can go live, hopefully by Monday. Thank you for your patience!
It’s pretty common to lose love for a project at some point during the writing process. If that happens, it’s always okay to step away.
But (and this is the important part), don’t quit! Take a break, give yourself a breather, but always remember to come back. Your story deserves to be told.
Reblog to let your followers know that they’re safe from jumpscares/screamers/etc from you on April 1st but they are NOT safe from getting boop’d like an idiot amen
🚨[FREE PATTERN]🚨
Hello, dear friends! 🤗 While I put the final touches on something really cute and definitely very unusual, I wanted to remind you that I have a FREE crochet pattern for Kawaii Cloud, available in English, Spanish, French, Italian, Dutch, Portuguese, and Danish. Browse through gallery to see all the languages! 🥰
Happy crocheting, dear friends! 💛💙
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Goodness gracious, how is it August already?? Well, better late than never to post these, I guess.
Pride month and Disability Pride month have both come and gone but that doesn't mean that one's pride or disabilities have just gone away. In fact, one of my invisible disabilities kicked my butt this last week, which is why I haven't been able to do much of anything besides rest. So now that I'm able to work again, it's back to finishing orders and working on Sailor Scouts.
Currently on the docket for August:
One (1) Baby alien
One (1) traditional bee
One (1) woodpecker
Sailor Scout to be determined
Oh, and one super special, super silly goose for a certain vampiric voice actor...
Anyway, here's what's left of the pride buddies!
Fishies $20 + $5 shipping
Turtles and bees $10 or 2 for $15 + $5 shipping
Gotta catch 'em all! Well, at least the Eevee-lutions 💜 it's Pokemon week this week here in the workshop! Working on finishing up these lil guys!
Pattern by @53stitches (I love her work, in case you couldn't tell)
Pokemon free version: 53stitches.com/category/pok...
Pokemon paid version: www.ravelry.com/patterns/sou...
@thejaycorn @thestarfishface Tell me that first one isn't a rough draft of Sparks!
Animated scrap metal figures by Guillermo Galetti
Happy first Sunday of 2025! Since it's been a chilly week, today's WIP showcase features one of my favorite ice skaters: Yuri Katsuki from Yuri on Ice! He's always a pleasure to make since I get to use my glitter yarn for him! Pattern design by @53stitches
And if you haven't seen my recent Kofi update, you should go check that out here!
Hello and welcome to Nerdvana Crafts! Where you can find handmade gifts for the nerds in your life! My name is Sly and I am a neurodivergent fiber artist who crochets amigurumi from a variety of fandoms. Each item is made to order, and may take 2-4 weeks to make and ship. Each item is also made in the presence of a cat so if you have allergies, please message me and I will do everything in my power to prevent kitty contamination. All of my creations are intended as fan art, and because I use a variety of patterns, their sizes will vary as well!
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