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grumpcake.bsky.social
@grumpcake.bsky.social
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Pigeons, squirrels, crochet, attempting new recipes, grumbling, socialism, reading fiction, old and arthritic. Broke and in debt. No spare cash. Don't ask. DO NOT DM ME.
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Cat looks at me and meows silently with disgust. Speckle, my favourite pigeon settles on bathroom window ledge and watches cat, warily. There is an impasse.
Speckle the pigeon, watches warily from window ledge. Tabby and white cat gives me an angry glare from neighbours shed roof.
October 7, 2025 at 2:06 PM
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Sparrowhawk in the garden.
A sparrowhawk sits on a branch in a greengage tree, near a brick shed.
July 27, 2025 at 10:20 AM
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An Irish crochet motif, two leaves on a stem, in white cotton on an open book, showing the same motif. An Irish crochet motif in white cotton, described as the "fifth leaf" (which looks like a stem with four branches to one side) resting on a book open to the page that shows how to make that same motif.
May 11, 2025 at 7:07 AM
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🧶More Irish crochet motifs...
Irish crochet, buds and leafs, in white cotton. On a pink crochet hook case, on and open book about Irish crochet. 3 Irish crochet wheels (or flowers) in white cotton on a pink case. An Irish crochet scroll, in white cotton resting on a pink case. Two Irish crochet flowers and a fan motifs, in white cotton, resting on a pink case.
May 11, 2025 at 7:07 AM
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🧶A couple of flower motifs, irish crochet.
A flower motif, in white cotton thread on a pink background, irish crochet. Flower motif, in white cotton, resting on a pink crochet hook case, next to the instructions to make the motif in a book.
April 24, 2025 at 9:05 PM
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I don't know, maybe my foundation cord needs to be thicker.
Two motifs of irish crochet on a pink crochet hook case, on an open page of a book about Irish crochet, with a picture of one of the motifs.
April 21, 2025 at 10:20 AM
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🧶 Probably wasn't the best choice to use black yarn to learn this style of crochet.
Three motifs from Irish crochet in black yarn.
April 11, 2025 at 11:23 AM
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This female pheasant visited last September.
Female pheasant Female pheasant.
February 8, 2025 at 4:11 PM
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We have a pheasant in our garden...
Pheasant in a rather unkempt garden. Pheasant
February 8, 2025 at 4:08 PM
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Partners niece wanted navy, grey and white. This one in a basket weave stitch.
Starting the basket weave crocheted blanket. Stripes of white and grey and just beginning the navy stripe. Close up of the basket weave pattern in white, grey and a navy colour that looks almost black. Finished blanket in basket weave pattern, repeated stripes of white grey and navy. Draped on sofa.
January 3, 2025 at 8:02 AM
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Partners niece's daughter wanted pink and grey. This one in chevrons.
Close up of chevron blanket with crochet hook, pinks and greys. A few stripes of the crocheted chevron blanket. Pink, white, pale grey, dusky pink, white, pink and dark grey chevron stripes. Finished pink, grey and white chevron crochet blanket draped over sofa.
January 3, 2025 at 8:02 AM
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The aunt's daughter wanted one in blues, so used the star pattern, that I had found on the Internet, for that one.
Star pattern, white, turquoise and blue. Blanket showing how the holes in the pattern are star shaped, blue, turquoise and white stripes. Blanket in star pattern draped over sofa, blues, turquoise and white stripes.
January 3, 2025 at 8:02 AM
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Partners sister wanted one in shades of grey and white. So this one was made in alternate shells pattern.
Blanket in process of being crocheted. Dark and light greys and white. Alternate shell pattern. Blanket and crochet hook, greys and white. Close up of the alternate shell pattern in greys. Finished blanket. Alternate shell pattern in dark and light greys and white stripes. Draped on sofa.
January 3, 2025 at 8:02 AM
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🧶Then some orders come in 😂 Aunt would like a blanket in lilac. Not entirely sure what is meant by lilac, I think light purple, some think dark. So this one was made in the virus pattern.
Folded blanket in virus pattern dark purple, light purple, pink and white. Blanket on sofa, purples pink and white.
January 3, 2025 at 8:02 AM
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The critters get their Xmas Dinner too.
Icecream tub containing chopped pieces of apple, carrot and parsnip tops, grapes, walnuts and hazelnuts in and out of their shells, chestnuts and monkey nuts. Squirrel, sat on a garden table, next to a tub containing his/her Christmas Dinner. There are a few peanuts and bird seed scattered on the table and another tub with water.
December 25, 2024 at 2:46 PM
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It's Xmas. Tomorrow is my day to cook (other half does Xmas Dinner and a wonderful job he does of it too). Sitting in front of the telly, crocheting this...
Section of a crochet blanket in shades of blue and purple. A wavy stitch created by varying the size of the stitch in alternate rows.
December 23, 2024 at 9:06 PM
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I wanted to try Tunisian crochet. It looks pretty solid, so I thought it would make a good warm blanket. But I don't have Tunisian crochet hooks, so I went with entrelac. Avoiding the need to sew squares together.
Tunisian crochet. Pink square next to pale blue square. Tunisian crochet, pale blue square with next square of brightly coloured variegated yarn in blue, pink, yellow, orange and purple. Close up of square of Tunisian crochet in pale green, blue and pink variegated yarn, in the midst of pale lilac sparkly yarn squares, pink squares and a yellow square. Completed blanket. Tunisian crochet, entrelac. Multi coloured squares in turquoise, red, orange, purple, blue, yellow, pink, dark green and various variegated yarn. Black border, triple crochet (uk).
December 15, 2024 at 9:37 AM
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Back to the book for the next one. Raised columns. Used up some of the variegated yarn for this one.
Variegated yarn in purple, pink, white and yellow crocheted into a few rows of raised column pattern. Close up showing texture of pattern (raised column). Stripes of pink, purple and yellow variegated yarn with stripes of very pale blue and purple variegated yarn. Completed blanket, draped over sofa. Raised column pattern with stripes of pale blue and purple (almost white) yarn and stripes of the purple, yellow and pink. Rose pink border in triple crochet stitch (UK).
December 15, 2024 at 9:37 AM
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Next was a pattern I found on the Internet, forgotten what it was called. Was crocheting for the sake of crocheting at this stage. Really don't like the colours 🙁 Might end up frogging this one.
Orange, red and yellow crochet blanket, draped over sofa.
December 15, 2024 at 9:37 AM
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After that one, other half's mum's birthday was coming up, so, I thought in make her a blanket. She likes blues. Kept seeing the "virus" pattern, so I gave that a try.
4mm hook, crocheting white yarn into previous round of a bright blue. Blanket draped over sofa, white, various shades of blue. Crochet, virus pattern. Folded crochet blanket in various shades of blue and white.
December 15, 2024 at 9:03 AM
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My other half just came home from work. Straight to the kitchen tomake coffee. Could hear the foxes in the garden. One decided to watch him.
Dark garden in the early hours of the morning. Wooden table lit by light from inside house, fox sits in shadow of the table. Can just see his head in the light from the window as he watches the house.
November 28, 2024 at 6:53 AM
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Back to the book for a pattern of generous shells. Pinks and reds 🧶
Variegated pinks and pinks with sparkly bits. Generous shells crochet. Burgundy, red and pink, generous shells crochet blanket. Burgundy, red and variegated pinks, generous shells crochet blanket. Completed blanket, generous shells pattern pink, variegated pink, red and burgundy stripes. Draped over sofa.
November 27, 2024 at 12:15 PM
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After that came another pattern found on the Internet. Star shapes 🧶
Blue and cream crochet in a pattern that has holes shaped like stars. Grey and black variegated yarn, white with black border, crochet with star shaped holes. Crochet blanket, draped over sofa. Stripes of grey and black variegated yarn with white, blue and cream in the pattern with star shaped holes. Blanket folded on sofa, white, black and grey variegated, and blue.
November 27, 2024 at 12:15 PM
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Next one was a pattern found on the Internet (if I remember correctly). These colours were the nearest I had to autumnal colours, as the pattern was like leaves. 🧶
Balls of yarn in pale brown, red, orange, yellow and cream on a beginning of a blanket crochet in a leaf pattern. Stripes of cream, pale brown, and orange, leaf pattern crochet blanket. Stripes of black, pale green, pale brown, yellow and the beginning of red, crochet leaf pattern blanket. Completed leaf pattern blanket, stripes of green, brown, yellow, red and cream, draped over a sofa.
November 27, 2024 at 12:15 PM
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🧶 Which then led onto the fan lace pattern. Which works well with a slightly thinner yarn.
Multi coloured yarn in rainbow shades crochet into a lacy fan pattern. Rainbow of light caused by a prism reflected onto a dark counter top, fan lace crochet in similar rainbow like colours held next to the rainbow of light for comparison. Crochet fan lace pattern, rainbow yarn and pale green. Finished blanket of fan lace crochet pattern in yarn in a mix of rainbow colours and pale green stripes, draped over a sofa.
November 24, 2024 at 7:02 AM