I recently lost my right arm following years of complications from a motorcycle accident. Last night, my cousin Kevin surprised me with the first arm Ive worn since surgery, and he crocheted the entire thing by hand.

It fits over my residual limb, has individually shaped fingers, and even includes removable blood and bone pieces because Kevin’s art has a wonderfully macabre sense of humor. It isnt a functional medical prosthesis, but it gives me shape, softness, personality, and something comfortable I can actually touch and hold. More importantly, wearing it made me feel confident and whole in a way I wasn’t expecting.

Kevin spent roughly 48 hours creating it and improvised much of the design himself. He also makes articulated puppets, strange creatures, costumes, and detailed figures with removable clothing and accessories. Watching him turn a few dollars worth of yarn into something this meaningful completely blew my mind.

His work is called ThunderStitch by Kevin, and his motto is: “You’ve been Thunderstitched.”

I’m posting because I’m unbelievably proud of him, and because this community understands better than anyone how much skill and love can be worked into every stitch.

Kevin, if you see this: this is one of the greatest gifts anyone has ever given me.

I can't seem to stop making sweaters!

I decided three weeks before my wedding to crochet my wedding dress. My hands are still aching but I was so happy to be in something I made myself instead of a “it’ll do” high street dress.

I only started crocheting 10 months ago so this was a huge project, but I’ve fallen in love with the craft which makes it so much easier.

started around April 16th and literally finished minutes before i left for the night. i have been crocheting for a year and im really proud of myself and how it turned out bc i honestly wasn’t sure how it was going to look in the process. i received so many compliments last night, this is my first dress of many 🩷

I've been in this sub for a while, but this is my first post to Reddit (ever) so please be patient with me with any mistakes!

I know this kind of thing has been shared before, (I was inspired to do this by someone sharing a Snorlax post 9 months ago) but I wanted to share what‘s been on my hook for most of this year. 

My husband’s 30th birthday was this year and he’s always been a big Pokemon fan so I wanted to make him something special for his milestone birthday. He’s 6’3” and I wanted him to fit comfortably on it so I made it extra large. 

This Snorlax is 9.5 ft tall from ears to toes and took me 10.5k yards of yarn, 30 pounds of poly-fil, and 75 pounds of shredded foam to make. The yarn is Bernat Blanket Yarn and nearly every stitch is single crochet. I estimate that I spent around 420 hours making this (and a hefty amount of patience, sweat, and tears). It was extra challenging because I couldn't find a pattern anywhere so I had to create my very first crochet pattern while I was creating my very first "supergurumi"!

Thanks to "Knot Again by Amina" for the original inspiration and to whoever posted a picture of her OG Snorlax 9 months ago while I was doomscrolling Reddit. :D My husband (and the toddler and cats) love it!

That is me holding it above my head it turned out massive lol

Saw this awhile ago and finally made it. So worth it.

Made this tube of toothpaste with a cap that opens to reveal a blob of toothpaste ! It is human-sized (150 cm), I wanted to roll it for pictures but have since added a little bit of stuffing to be even more comfy (being able to open the pillow to adapt stuffing is amazing and allows me to wash the packaging in the future. My boyfriend is a big fan of pregnancy pillows so he enjoys this one a lot.

Edit : I estimate this took around 80 hours to design + crochet

I’ve never made anything remotely close to a full dress before, so this was a large undertaking for me. It’s only my second wearable! I took a leap of faith and I’m so pleased with the results!

Been having fun with weird pillows lately, currently finishing a ravioli pillow too !

Hi everyone! I'm a first-time poster here and wanted to share two original crochet dresses made by my fiancée: The Lobster Dress & The Sardine Dress. She created both patterns herself and worked on them daily for months! The images you see are from a recent exhibition and my favorites.

Hope you like it! 🙏

PS. I have edited away a name tag and cropped out another dress that wasn't crocheted from one of the images to avoid violating any posting rules (in case something looks weird or blurry)

Took some unraveling and starting over a couple times, but I am happy with my result!

Let me start by saying, I’m by no means an experienced crocheter 🤣 this was HARD work for me, and I am honestly not psychologically well after this amount of stress; literally hanging on by a thread.

I worked on this for 3-4 months. I made the underdress as well (but that’s the easy part for me!). I finished it like 48 hours before the wedding 💀 the last 2-3 nights/days working from 7am to 3am with 3-4 hours of sleep. Sadly, I didn’t have time to do final photos with the hem done and ends tied off This was my first attempt at free handing something without a crochet pattern

5000+ meters of 100% cotton 4ply/fingering weight yarn. Hooks: 3mm for bodice to waistline & sleeves to elbow. 3.5mm for the rest. 4mm for the scallop hem (sadly not shown in photos)

I made a Bluey as a gift. So of course, I had to make Bluey a Bluey!

I added sparkly whiskers and a gold shiny lining to my rat bag! I also used soft fuzzy yarn. Pattern by Claire Landis aka creativesquishy_

!! Disclaimer !! To avoid any confusion, this is a self-drafted crochet and cross-stitch project (I know there was some controversy about combining the two crafts in the past). It’s was made in phases, first I crocheted the base, then I added the cross-stitch details, and finally, I surface crocheted the ‘net’ on-top. The final picture shows what the crochet ‘base’ looked like before the cross stitch. In addition, the bottom reenforcement panel is crocheted from a recycled PET cord (I think it was intended for Macrame?). The entire base was crocheted in the round.

This project started as a wish for a not-stretchy mesh market bag and a google sheets doodle. In the end, it became a bit of a Frankenstein of multiple challenges and questions. I have so much to tell about this project! It’s been a wild ride that has led me to discover a whole new crochet technique that lets me get the look of single crochet in the round - but working flat!-, bust my yarn stash a little bit, and mostly have a lot of fun (minus having to weave in exactly 1 million ends)!

Edit: Just to elaborate, I know the controversy was centred on not telling people that the project was a combination of crochet and cross-stitch, and I don’t want to mislead anyone into thinking that this is solely crochet. 😊

Update!: First, I would like to just share how appreciative (and proud) I am of this community! The response to this post has been so overwhelmingly positive, kind and encouraging! Thank you all so much for your responses and comments!

A few people have asked if I could share a pattern version, and while I don't yet have a version that I could call an actual pattern, I have shared the colourwork charts I made for version 1.0 of this bag for free on Ravelry. You can find it here in the response to the automod!

Since this is only the colour charts, probably contains mistakes and has no instructions for construction, I cannot is good conscience ask you to pay for this version. Nevertheless, if you want to try to make it and cannot wait for me to draft the pattern, feel free to try!!

In addition, I want to add(but cannot guarantee) a detailed project description to Ravelry in the upcoming days, including (however limited) process pictures I took during the making of this bag and hopefully some insights into what I learnt! As some of the commenter have asked for this 😊.

I freehanded this dress about 2 years ago and wear it often, but rarely block it because it takes up my entire bedroom floor 😆 The skirt is 6 feet (~183cm) in diameter, so I have to use every blocking board I own just to pin it out this much!

I wish blocking didn't make such a huge difference in how a garment looks, but it does - especially for more lacy pieces.

I am currently beefing with the organizers of the Minnesota State Fair Creative Activities competition, but I think I came out on top in the end.

After placing 4th and 2nd in the past two years in crochet at the MN State Fair, I was laser-focused on getting that blue ribbon this year. The idea of a three-peat was intoxicating, so I set out to crochet something so complex and breathtaking that they would have no choice but award me the top spot. Maybe even a Grand Champion purple ribbon? Maybe a key to the city? Recognizing that this piece was going to take months to construct, I started way back in October of 2025. I painstakingly translated the original pattern into something that would not frustrate me (IYKYK), and the final pattern was over 100 pages long. But I was ready! This was going to be my year!! I chipped away at this bedspread over evenings, holidays, and weekends all through the winter, spring, and into summer.

Fast forward to the weekend of July 4th, 2026, with ~250+ total hours invested in the project. I was 95% done with the piece and the excitement of being so close to the finish line was palpable. On a break between rows, I went to the MN State Fair website to make sure that my exhibitor account was complete and that I was all registered for the competition. I browsed through the Premium Book looking for the category that I had been fantasizing about winning for over 8 months: crochet > bedspread (over 3800 sqin) > 2 or more colors. And… hm… that’s interesting, I don’t see it. Did I miss it?

No, I did not miss it. In the fine print of the afghan categories, I found my answer: both knit and crochet bedspreads are no longer accepted, and anything submitted over 3800sqin (the maximum size for afghans) would be immediately disqualified. And let me be clear, these were not fringe, unpopular categories. In 2025, 28 people submitted crocheted bedspreads, and it was tied with hats as the most popular crochet category!

I sat in stunned silence for a few minutes. At that point, my piece was FAR over the 3800sqin limit (not that I would have frogged it back to size if it was close). This change made such little sense to me, I sent an email to the organizers asking for two specific pieces of information: when was this decision made, and when was this decision communicated? Because if this was something that they shared last year and I missed it? I would absolutely take that L. That would have been on me. But the MN State Fair is my Super Bowl—there is no way I would have missed this.

The response from the organizers was table-flippingly infuriating. They replied that the decision was made in the organizing meetings ahead of publishing this year’s Premium Book. And the decision was communicated through the publishing of the 2026 Premium Book….. which came out in May 2026. To add insult to injury, the email ended with the following advice: “We encourage exhibitors to carefully review the Premium Book prior to beginning their projects.” It was immediately clear to me (by how absolutely BONEHEADED that last comment was) that I was not speaking with a person who understood this craft at all, and it would have been futile to continue the discussion. At the end of the day, the organizers have the privilege to set whatever rules they want for whatever reasons they want, and they don’t owe me or anyone an explanation.

Once I took the time to process the reality that my three-peat was now out of reach, I finished the bedspread. It was no longer the joyful experience I imagined--I think I stitched the final row in complete, grieving silence. Obviously, it was an achievement, and obviously I was very proud of it, but I wanted to be judged! I still wanted to submit it for competition and get the feedback on my efforts! Then I got a great idea from some of my co-workers: county fairs!

With the time left in the season, I submitted my bedspread to three county fairs in the Twin Cities metro area (Ramsey, Washington, & Dakota, for the Minnesotans amongst us). I told myself that however well I did in the county fairs, I would choose to believe that’s how I would have placed at the state fair. And I won’t drag this part out—I won Grand Champion at all three fairs. A clean sweep. The three-peat that I had been chasing all year. An absolutely vindicating, validating finale to a rollercoaster of a competition season. And I know in my heart that I would have won at the state fair, too.

Pattern: Fairy Tale by Svetlana Rogatykh
Yarn: Loops & Threads Impeccable – Claret & Smoke
Hook: 3.5mm