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]]>Xie and Jaworowski kicked off their crochet journey from their small student apartment during the COVID-19 pandemic. Their brand Wool & Buggers was born out of a process of sheltering and homemaking after crocheting brought them peace during this difficult time.
“Wool & Buggers is a dedicated space for diligence and process. A shelter for failure and experimentation. Aleksander refining his fly-tying skills, Anneli dabbling in crochet and fiber arts. These two such seemingly disparate crafts that to us have become so intertwined an extension and elongation of who we are and what is sacred,” they write on their official website.
Wool & Buggers became a true internet sensation thanks to their silly crochet designs, often inspired by the animal world. They’re best known for their series of “Quack Couture” patterns inspired by ducks, and they’re encouraging all the crochet lovers out there to try recreating their designs. Many of their signature crochet patterns can be bought on their official website, in addition to being available on their Etsy page.
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]]>Escudero has been surrounded by threads and buttons for as long as she can remember thanks to her dressmaker mother, but never considered following in her footsteps. She built a successful career as a lawyer but found herself craving a creative outlet during the pandemic.
Her life took a turn for the better when she started exploring the magical world of crochet, and she’s been doing it ever since, attracting over 100,000 followers to her Instagram page.
“Over these years, I have discovered that dedicating myself to something creative makes me happy. It’s what really excites me. And crochet has been the door that made me realize that I love designing clothes, I enjoy it, and I want to continue down this path,” she told Voyage LA.
Escudero’s signature style is defined by vibrant colors, and she enjoys mixing together different threads and textures to create the most striking shades. In addition to selling finished products, she also offers patterns on her official website, helping other crochet lovers recreate her vibrant pieces.
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]]>Mahum has been crocheting for a few years now, and she’s one of the most talented crochet artists that you’ll ever come across. Her willingness to share her knowledge with other crochet enthusiasts helped her blow up on social media, attracting over a million joint followers across YouTube, TikTok, and Instagram.
Mahum is a crochet artist and educator who’s open about the fact she struggled a lot at the start of her crocheting journey. She’s fully aware of how difficult things seem in the beginning, so she decided to share her knowledge, techniques, and accessible patterns with the world – free of charge.
Mahum wants to help you knit the things you love, and her blog offers a wide variety of patterns for crocheters of all levels. She won us over with her signature book covers and bags, but you can find patterns for everything from cardigans and tops to hats and pad coasters on her official website.
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]]>“I’m set on making full use of yarn’s texture and bright colors to create three-dimensional, saturated pieces, in which the image itself harmonizes and resonates with its physical form as well as with my artistic technique and vision,” the artist shared on Bored Panda.
She added that she is interested in themes of ties, spread out across time and space, both physical and virtual. “Ties apply in relationships between humans, between an image and the audience, between an artist and their inner world. In the world of my art, everything and everyone is connected, and true isolation and alienation are non-existent.”
Alongside her Instagram account, Penzina also owns a YouTube channel where she shares step-by-step tutorials for those interested in her ‘paintings’.
Scroll down and check out her work below.
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]]>“My desire is to empower you to do what I can do,” she wrote on her YouTube channel. “I have a passion to create challenging and great things in crochet, especially character hats. I love Star Wars, and all the things you can create a hat from.”
Her crocheting journey began in 2012, and since then, the self-taught crafter made many beautiful hats that you can check out on her Etsy store.
“I like focusing on making them look as similar as possible from the original picture,” the artist shared on Bored Panda. “I have learned so many tricks and hacks in crochet, and I want to teach others and empower them to believe that they can do it as well.”
If you want to learn more about crocheting, check out her YouTube channel, or have a look at her Etsy store where you can purchase some of her creations.
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]]>She first learned about amigurumi online and fell in love with the whole concept. Amigurumi is the name for a Japanese art form of crocheting or knitting stuffed yarn characters. Amigurumi figures can be big or small, and represent animals, humans, or fictional characters.
She’s a big crafter with experience in many crafts like scrapbooking, knitting, embroidery, and cross-stitch, but crocheting small creatures turned out to be her absolute favorite.
“After teaching myself on YouTube, I bought lots of crochet books and started trying to design my own,” Hoffman writes on her website. “I wanted to make people dolls, and I couldn’t find many patterns out there at all, so I crocheted my first human doll, Conan O’Brien. The rest is history.”
One of her recent works is a Baby Yoda crochet doll and it’s unbelievably cute! She sells PDF patterns on Etsy that you can buy and make your own characters with no time. Check out some of them below.
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]]>“I have always adored handmade crafts and taught myself how to crochet as a teenager,” the artist shared with Bored Panda. “Now I’m a total crochet enthusiast and love creating cute items to make people smile. Most of my inspiration comes from nature or animated movies I watched as a child, including The Nightmare Before Christmas and Spirited Away.”
Mai shares her work on her social media accounts; she has an Instagram profile where she posts images of her unique pieces. She also has an Etsy store where you can buy some of her creations.
If you want to see more of her work, check out the gallery below.
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]]>“It definitely wasn’t an immediate love, I would crochet a scarf here and there, but it’s nothing serious,” she admitted. “Then one summer, years ago, I decided to try to make matching costumes for my best friend and me. They were neon and rainbow and very short, because I got too excited and wanted us to wear them before they were actually ‘done.’ Once I figured out that crochet could be so much more than scarfs and baby blankets, the possibilities were endless.”
Indeed, when it comes to Yamashiro the creative possibilities were endless. She’s since been consistently crocheting, making anything and everything for costumes and bikinis to wall hangings and giant portraits. All hand-made – all unique.
“With so much being produced by machine, ‘perfection’ is no longer interesting to me,” she admitted. “I used to strive for the ability and skill to be able to produce physically what I envisioned mentally. But now, the changes that occur in the translation from the imagination to material, feel exciting and human.”
Take a look at some of her imaginative works.
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]]>“I think crochet, the way I create it, is a metaphor for the complexity and interconnectedness of our body and its systems and psychology,” she stated in 2009. “The connections are stronger as one fabric as opposed to separate strands, but, if you cut one, the whole thing will fall apart. Relationships are complex and greatly vary situation to situation. They are developmental journeys of growth and transformation. Time passes, great distances are surpassed and the fabric which individuals are composed of compiles and unravels simultaneously.”
Her work differs in size and includes sculptures and installations such as crocheted bicycles and inflatables. She has also covered buildings, sculptures, people, and an apartment with crochet and has exhibited in the United States, United Kingdom, Germany, Brazil, Turkey, France, Italy, Poland, and Costa Rica.
Currently based in New York City, the Polish artist in an avid supporter
women’s rights, equality, and freedom of expression.
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]]>Jonah Larson started crocheting when he was just 5 years old. He taught himself to crochet by watching YouTube videos. He was able to master the craft sooner than expected and began making blankets, table runners, and carpets.
Larson was born in Ethiopia and got adopted by a loving family. With the help of his mother, Jennifer, he started his own business called Jonah’s Hands and now his Instagram account has 140k followers, who love his handcrafted items. His fans dubbed him as the crochet prodigy.
The 11-year-old boy is not only talented but has a generous heart. He has partnered with Roots Ethiopia, a non-profit organization located in the village where he was born, to help Ethiopian children and families to have a better life.
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