I’ve been lamenting my lack of creative output lately. Over the years I’ve dabbled in lots of hobbies that I couldn’t quite stick with, from digital art to learning the ukulele. This blog represents a challenge to myself to be creative again:
Do one creative thing a day, and stay positive.
Here’s a view from the bottom, since that’s what I’ve been staring at while I sew the tentacles together. The black and white spirals are actually quite pretty. I was hoping to get it finished today but didn’t have enough uninterrupted time. With a little luck I’ll be showing off the finished product tomorrow!
Sewing is even less glamorous than crocheting the edges together, but it needs to be done. Now one tentacle is complete. I’m hoping to get this project finished this weekend.
Another day, another tentacle to crochet. Finishing isn’t very fun or exciting but it does make everything look all nice and neat. Plus it makes the tentacles look like proper octopus tentacles instead of spiraling jellyfish tentacles.
I got all the tentacles aligned. Each of them has to be crocheted down one edge and then sewn up the other edge. Tonight I had to work late so I only had time to crochet one edge of one tentacle.
So much progress tonight! If I wanted to lie I could say I’m done, but the truth is I still have to finish stuffing and then attach the bottom. Hopefully just one or two more nights and I’ll be all done!
One octopus eye with eyelid. I also finished the bottom. Soon it will be time to start stuffing and sewing everything together! It’s amazing how fast a project can go when you set aside a little time for it every day.
I was hoping to finish the bottom but I didn’t quite get there. It’s still going much faster than the body did. I think I’m actually getting better at this!
I started on the bottom side of the octopus today, and got far enough to start adding the tentacles too.
I finished the last tentacle today! I know there’s still a lot of work left to do but it’s satisfying seeing it actually look like a cute octopus now.
I can’t believe I’ve been keeping this creative thing project up for a whole month! Tonight’s contribution was getting to the last tentacle of my “septopus”. Continue reading “Day 30: A tentacle and a half”
Today I wrote a poem, but it doesn’t fit with the “stay positive” theme of this project, and it’s also a bit too personal to share with the whole internet. Therefore I’m placating you with a photo of my cute cat on a gross pair of lawnmowing sneakers instead. Enjoy!
Sometimes as an introvert you just have to go into deep turtle mode to hide from the world and recharge. Turtles can’t live in the deep abyss, but maybe something else can hide in their shells down there.
