i've been stalled on the instructions for a while now, but i need to make it in time to ship it to Virginia for Christmas

also relearn how to make a magic circle because i seem to have completely forgotten lol

what kind of unicorn?

just a little one, i can send pics of the cover of the box later

but the instructions are tripping me up because i don't know how to figure out what they're asking me to do lmao

it's a unicorn, so of course the instructions require magic

ohhh

lmao very true

i can maybe help, which parts are you having trouble figuring out?

i will take a pic of the pattern when i get home

my phone is refusing to acknowledge that the internet exists, but i'm trying to upload the pattern...

...or i could just transcribe it i guess

so it tells me to make the neck with 7 stitches increasing into 14, and then the issues happen in round 7

Rnd 7: Ch 9, sc in 2n ch from hook and in next 7 ch, sc in next 6 sts, inc, sc in next 7 sts - 23 sts
Rnd 8: working in the back loops of the ch previously made, sc in next 7 sts, [inc] 2 times, sc in next 14 sts, in sc in next 8 sts - 35 sts

i'm just having trouble with figuring out how to do... any of that, really

rofl I missed the crochet part of this and I was like... idk I just had no frame of anything

OH okay that makes more sense

sorry, i had no idea how to answer that question because i didn't realize you missed the crochet part

no worries XD

ohhh okay. so when you get to round 7, it wants you to, instead of crocheting into the first stitch of round 6, chain out 9 stitches, then single crochet into 8 of them (treating the 9th as a "turning chain", which is a chain-1 you do at the end of a row to get height for the next row)

and then SC into the first stitch of round 6, go around the round, then increase halfway through it, then SC until you hit where you started the chain

you're basically building out the back of the unicorn here

that's round 6 + the chain you start round 7 with

here's a shitty diagram, red is rnd 6 and blue is rnd 7

once you join back to rnd 6 you just continue around as normal

and in rnd 8 you just treat the extension from rnd 7 as part of the round. the only complicated part there is working back loops only which i'm sure it's having you do because of the chain

(basically you work in the only available loop for the chain, since the other side's already been crocheted into, and then do BLO (back loops only) for the other side so it matches in appearance)

ooooh

okay, thank you so much

a very strange hat

i definitely crocheted backward on that chain in row 8 because i was still trying to wrap my brain around how to do it lmao

but we will call this the practice unicorn and see how it turns out

the moment when you realize it's actually starting to look like something never gets old

it looks really good!!

this yarn is terrible lmao

but yeah!

it looks like ot should, though the butt looks a bit weird because i made a mistake somewhere. but the tail will cover that right up

nice!!!

yeah the most important thing to remember about making minor mistakes is that, if you weren't the one who made it, you probably wouldn't even be able to see it

yeah, very true

and all the traditions about people deliberately making mistakes in their art are nice to keep in mind as well

true, true

there, how the seam is leaning to the right. might be hard to see on the white yarn

ahh i see what you mean

i don't think it'll be noticeable in the finished product

yeah it probably won't be haha

working on the hooves now

i'm supposed to put two more rows on this but i can't even tell where the stitches are they're so close together

so it's 'done' i'll just do what i can to make the tip look more pointy

and figure out how to move the thread so it's at the base... this was a dumb way to have me make the horn

i'm gonna try making it backward next time

wow did it actually have you build it bottom-up? how tf are you supposed to sew it on when it's done lmao

i do not know it's the stupidest way to do it

but this is the same company that wants me to decrease by crocheting two together

so i think they're just a bit thick

i mean i think that they did it this way because it's easier to make it pointy? but yes again how do i attach it

i know exactly how i am going to make it next time and i think it will be just fine wrt pointyness

proof of this nonsense

"leave a tail for sewing".... at the top?!?

unbelievable lmao. yeah making it top-down is a much better way to go imo

also the bottom is round instead of flat which will make it harder to attach as well

just. why, bros

i am going to finish the rest of the parts and then see what colors i have left over to just make a horn with something else lmao

another weird hat

...i am making another unicorn even though the first one isn't finished /cough

this will be the head

oh yes i reversed the horn instructions, i literally just started with 4 and increased every time it told me to do a decrease, it was pretty easy just fiddly so i had to go slowly

and i didn't do the last row (first on paper)

i also didn't have enough of the faux gold so i went with a grey instead for a faux silver

now i need to find my crochet hook, i'm suddenly missing the one i need for this

don't tell me it has you sewing pieces on with a crochet hook instead of a tapestry needle.....

oh no, it has me using a needle, that's all fine

but i still need to make the mane and tail bits

i have since found the hook so all is well

...time to look up how to crochet a simple chain stitch because that has suddenly dropped out of my brain orz

how to start it, anyway

ohhhh okay

to start a chain, i always hold the tail end of the yarn between my thumb and first finger, with the skein end going over the back of my knuckle, and then wrap it around my first and middle fingers to make a circle, holding both ends against my finger with my thumb where the yarn crosses itself

then stick a crochet hook into the circle between my fingers from the front (palm side), hook the yarn, and pull it through

then you just take it off your fingers and pull the tail end to tighten the loop and there's your starting stitch

that worked now i need to stop sneezing long enough to actually make the stitches straight

omg i'm so sickbrained i was trying to start a new project that might be easier to do and was sitting here like 'why isn't this working, this is so weird'

i was using a 3.5mm when i needed a 5.0mm

i also dropped all my stuff earlier so i have no idea if i picked them all up. I think i'd better just give up for the night lmao

speaking of that i need to find a way to put the numbers back on all my hooks. I bought a set a bit ago that work just fine but the numbers were printed on exactly where i grip them and the grips are plastic

definitely a made in China sort of quality on the lower end of even that

but they're fine, again. It's just that as i'm using them my fingers are rubbing away the numbers

oh dear yeah that's a problem

/looking at the picture/ these legs look too long...

/looks at the diagram again/ oh i made them 3 rows too long

whoops lmao