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aapurezero.bsky.social @aapurezero.bsky.social · 07/10/2026

I'm feeling pretty lucky after making this 1 Up mushroom. #crochet #amigurumi #handmade

A green crochet mushroom with white spots sitting on a fabric with a floral print. The mushroom has eyes and looks like it's a 1 up mushroom from the Super Mario games.

aapurezero.bsky.social @aapurezero.bsky.social · 25/08/2026

I got bit by the granny square bug. I saw two big cakes of yarn in my stash and decided to attack them until I can't make any more more squares. Granny squares are wonderfully pluripotent: they can become so much without having a plan for them.

A dark green and pink crochet granny square with a grey border is in front of a pair of granny square stacks with similar designs to the first square. A smaller, incomplete square is barely visible.
All the squares have yarn ends all over because PureZero doesn't care about making things look neat.

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aapurezero.bsky.social @aapurezero.bsky.social · 20/08/2026

I had to fold the lovey blanket into a crane—it was square-shaped and made from 9 different squares. It's now my profile picture and my banner! Just pretend that the banner uploaded like it should have.

A blanket folded up like an origami crane. The "crane" is colourful and is made from various granny squares stitched together.

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aapurezero.bsky.social @aapurezero.bsky.social · 20/08/2026

I thought I was making a unicorn lovey, but I guess my hands had different plans. I'm making a dragon instead! A little under 5 hours spent on making this lovey.

A crocheted, white animal head without any distinct features is in front of a colourful mini crochet blanket folded in half.

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aapurezero.bsky.social @aapurezero.bsky.social · 16/08/2026

Caffeine makes stitching go by so fast. I had 3 squares and part of another one yesterday. Now, I'm starting a critter's head. Currently about 3 hours into this little project.

A close up image of a small, colourful crochet blanket. The blanket is made of granny squares with pink, purple, blue, and green stripes with a white border. A hemispherical crochet piece is in the background with a red-handled hook attached to the piece.

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aapurezero.bsky.social @aapurezero.bsky.social · 30/07/2026

Stitching all of the stinging bits on the sea nettle. Those oral arms love to curl (they're mostly linked stitches), but the ruffles tame the arms a bit. After this will be markings on the bell.

A crochet yellow sea jelly with lots of small tentacles. It has four oral arms with two plain and two with orange ruffling to look like actual jelly arms.

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aapurezero.bsky.social @aapurezero.bsky.social · 27/07/2026

Some people say we're on top of turtles, but I think it's jellies all the way down. Had a cake of chenille yarn and decided to make it into my current marine obsession. It follows the same body as the moon jelly and somehow ended up being around twice as large.

A green crochet sea jelly stacked on a blue crochet sea jelly stacked on a yellow crochet sea jelly. They are stacked from smallest to biggest.

Three crochet sea jellies in various colours and sizes are next to each other. A work-in-progress jelly is behind the cluster.

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aapurezero.bsky.social @aapurezero.bsky.social · 24/07/2026

This little head comes after around 6 years of amigurumi experimentation and 5 previous prototypes of dolls. I considered the following in the design of this mockup: • Armature options • Adaptable to various designs • Design consistency • Low/no sew • The usual voracious aspect. Can't forget that!

A hot pink crochet doll head with a snout. It faces toward the camera and is in front of a crocheted hemisphere made from the same yarn.

A hot pink crochet doll head with a snout. The base of the head has various stitch markers clipped on. The head faces to the left and is in front of a crocheted hemisphere made from the same yarn.

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aapurezero.bsky.social @aapurezero.bsky.social · 15/07/2026

My hyperaggressive knife grip broke a crochet hook in my favourite hook size. In another words, anyone know of good hooks that can withstand getting violently cuddled by my hand?

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aapurezero.bsky.social @aapurezero.bsky.social · 17/05/2026

I often get bad ideas. This one just happens to have been written up.

The text "Jester arrives at work and discovers he's in charge of feeding Kelly, a green anaconda lamia." is typed in yellow.

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aapurezero.bsky.social @aapurezero.bsky.social · 16/05/2026

Made one that looks like a moon jelly. I crocheted 40(!) little tentacles and hand embroidered the rings (somehow aesthetically pleasing gonads), but didn't have the foresight to crochet the oral arms with the rest of the body. I tried to crochet the arms on after, but couldn't make them look right.

Amigurumi (crocheted plush) of a small, green sea jelly and a larger, blue sea jelly are in front of a yellow yarn cake with a partially made amigurumi piece and reddish crochet hooks. The blue jelly resembles a moon jelly (with embroidered white rings) while the green one is more plain. All are on a black background.

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aapurezero.bsky.social @aapurezero.bsky.social · 12/05/2026

I've got something in the works. Might make enough jellies to fill Jellyfish Fields.

A light blue yarn cake (stubby and thick (rather than long and thin) yarn skein) next to a work-in-progress crochet sea jelly of the same blue colour, and a smaller, light green sea jelly. A red crochet hook sticks from a loop on the the unfinished sea jelly. Everything is on a black background.

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aapurezero.bsky.social @aapurezero.bsky.social · 11/05/2026

I got around to uploading the final result. It was a quick mend taking maybe 30 minutes to do. Getting the motivation add my watermark was something that took me longer than needed to do. I'm wondering if my furbies are into the Men in Black movies for the same reason a lot of folks are…

A pair of inside-out sleeves on a white background. The black sleeves' seams are visible: one sleeve uses a grey thread that closely matches the fabric and the other sleeve has a lighter grey thread.

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aapurezero.bsky.social @aapurezero.bsky.social · 03/05/2026

I got a hoodie as a memo from a favourite amusement park ride's gift shop a while back, but only recently had I realised a good chunk of the sleeve wasn't stitched properly. I had my little Furby sewing buddies help me find the seam, and I had to take a goofy picture with them.

A variety of Furby toys are placed around a black hoodie sleeve on a white background. One of the Furbies is poking out of a popped seam on the hoodie.
The hoodie is from the Men in Black Alien Attack ride, by the way. You can't tell from this image alone, though.

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aapurezero.bsky.social @aapurezero.bsky.social · 18/04/2026

I was doodling a dragon when I added a belly as a joke. @goodwarlock.bsky.social suggested some edits and here we are. I have a very terrible influence.

A digital sketch of a dragon's head and upper neck from its left side. Sketches of the dragon with a closed and open mouth are displayed at the same time. The phrase "My SO" points to the dragon's mouth.

A digital sketch of a dragon's abdomen from its left side. The dragon has a large belly with a crude face and arms inside (this is vore, folks).

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aapurezero.bsky.social @aapurezero.bsky.social · 10/04/2026

Whilst stuffing up the gigastomper, I saw I had a bunch of minky scraps large enough to embroider on. I'll probably stitch some more faces tomorrow on a different fabric.

Two minky fabrics with coloured, embroidered, animal-like faces are on a back background. The left fabric is white with 6 faces and the right one is pink with 5 faces.

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aapurezero.bsky.social @aapurezero.bsky.social · 09/04/2026

I tried and gracefully failed a Twilight Knights Cosplay pattern. I think my first mistake was not realising how large the feet are. Get your gigastompers and mega tooties over to my blog get my thoughts on this pattern. aapurezero.wordpress.com/2026/04/09/m...

A black gloved hand on a beige muslin footpaw. Both are on a black background.

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aapurezero.bsky.social @aapurezero.bsky.social · 07/04/2026

Bahg. You know who you are, @goodwarlock.bsky.social. Anyway, I've been playing around with my good machine recently. I know I puckered my fabric and can't stitch in the lines: that's why I use muslin instead of faux fur.

The word "Bahg." is embroidered on a beige muslin fabric. Other things like an stylised animal face, part of another animal face, and the rough outline of a paw pad. The fabric is held in a white, plastic, machine embroidery hoop.

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aapurezero.bsky.social @aapurezero.bsky.social · 15/03/2026

Planning out the spots by embroidering their outlines. I'll end up changing the spots to make them more game-accurate as well as more round. I can't freehand circles without them becoming wonky.

A green, knitted Yoshi amiibo figurine next to a beige, egg-shaped fabric mock up. The mock up has circles stitched with various embroidery stitches. Both objects are on a black fabric.

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aapurezero.bsky.social @aapurezero.bsky.social · 14/03/2026

Third prototype made. Looks a lot more like a yoshi egg minus the spots. I've got an idea to mark where I'll appliqué spots. A curious thing is that the spots are randomly scattered on the egg in game models. I'll see if I can make something similar.

Three beige, egg-shaped fabric mock ups are in front of a green, knitted Yoshi amiibo figurine. All are on a black fabric.

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aapurezero.bsky.social @aapurezero.bsky.social · 13/03/2026

I found the goofy goober who was posing as me! Can't really do too much to this fella, though. Anyway, I've been working on prototypes for an egg plush. I want to make them rounded and spotted, but the seams I've used do not make sewing the eggs up easy. I'll probably simplify the seams.

A green, knitted Yoshi amiibo figurine held by a black, gloved hand. Due to the black background, the hand is difficult to see. Behind the Yoshi are two, egg-shaped, fabric mock ups in beige.

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aapurezero.bsky.social @aapurezero.bsky.social · 12/03/2026

Yoshi yoshi. Yoshi yoshi yoshi? (This does not look safe to be around. Where is that other thing I saw yesterday?)

A green, knitted Yoshi amiibo with a beige, egg-shaped sewn mock up behind it. The Yoshi is looking at a pinned mess of fabric similar to the one that the mock up is made of. All objects are on a black, fuzzy minky fabric.

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aapurezero.bsky.social @aapurezero.bsky.social · 11/03/2026

Yoshi yoshi? Yoshi yoshi. (What is this thing? It kinda looks like an egg.)

A green, knitted Yoshi amiibo figurine next to a egg-shaped cloth mock up. Both are on a black fabric.

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aapurezero.bsky.social @aapurezero.bsky.social · 10/03/2026

Yoshi? Yoshi yoshi; yoshi yoshi. (Huh? I wonder why I'm here; I can't remember how I got into this situation.)

A green, knitted Yoshi Amiibo sits on top of a piece of paper with ovoid shapes on it. Both rest on a beige muslin fabric.
This image was reposted due to technical difficulties with image rendering.

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aapurezero.bsky.social @aapurezero.bsky.social · 09/03/2026

Yoshi yoshi yoshi. Hmm… (I'm on top of a strange, soft fabric. I wonder how I got here…)

A knitted Yoshi Amiibo figurine on white minky fabric. Both are on a lime green minky fabric.

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aapurezero.bsky.social @aapurezero.bsky.social · 08/03/2026

I finally finished the footpaws! They are the funnest thing to wear (on both my hands and feet). Stomp on over to my blog to read more about them. aapurezero.wordpress.com/2026/03/08/f...

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aapurezero.bsky.social @aapurezero.bsky.social · 08/03/2026

Artists' mannequins can't do the poses I want to draw! I'm going to show this chunk of wood a lesson!

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aapurezero.bsky.social @aapurezero.bsky.social · 06/03/2026

Almost done! There's a wedge of fabric in the side of the foot that led to me basting rather than pinning. Hopefully that will stop any shifting or nonsense my machine wants to throw at me. Soles aren't attached to the rest of the foot, but could have the footpaws done by tomorrow or the next day.

An unfinished, fabric, sock-like animal foot costume part as viewed from its left side. It is flipped so a knit backing is visible and faux fur pokes out the seams. The toes are pink with black claws pointing upward while the rest of the foot is grey. All are on a white fabric to ensure the deeper hues of the black claws are visible. Underneath the white fabric is a black fabric that PureZero uses as a background for their works.

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aapurezero.bsky.social @aapurezero.bsky.social · 05/03/2026

Stitching these tootsies up took longer than expected. My machine did not like stitching through faux fur, minky, and stuffing, but I managed with some yelling and profanities.. I had cut out more toes than needed, so I might make another set.

Eight pink, furry, animal-like toes with black minky fabric claws are arranged in a row to resemble toes on an animal's foot. Behind the toes are more pieces of pink faux fur. They are on white fabric with a black fabric in the background.

A pink, furry. animal-like toe with a black minky fabric claw. Other animal-like, faux fur toes are around the featured toe as well as fabric pieces made of the same pink faux fur the toes are made of. All toes and fabric pieces are on white fabric with a black fabric behind all the toes and fabric pieces.

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aapurezero.bsky.social @aapurezero.bsky.social · 04/03/2026

Stuffed up all of the pads on one of the feetpaws. I like stuffing the pads harder than desired so they'll be squishier when the stuffing deflates. I've also fluffed up the fur between the pads for some realism and to prepare for the final shave.

A close-up shot of a furry, pink fabric piece with a less fuzzy, stuffed, black appliqué in the shape of a paw pad. Pink faux fur pokes out between the pads. Another fabric piece like the one featured is off to the side and mostly out of view.

A pink faux fur fabric piece with the backing (non-furred side) facing the camera. Thick, black satin stitching in the shape of paw pads featured in the middle of the image. There are loose black and pink threads everywhere. The pads protrude up due to stuffing inside of the pads. On the largest pad and the leftmost pad, small stitches can be seen where stuffing was inserted.

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aapurezero.bsky.social @aapurezero.bsky.social · 03/03/2026

Stuffing toe beans with super-soft and über-squishy siliconised fibrefill (mochi stuffing).

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aapurezero.bsky.social @aapurezero.bsky.social · 02/03/2026

Third time's the charm especially when I enable canvas extraction. I knitted cables in bright wool. More images and story at aapurezero.wordpress.com/2026/02/25/i...

A close up image of knitted fabric. The fabric has cables as a part of its design and is green, blue, and red (from closest to farthest).

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aapurezero.bsky.social @aapurezero.bsky.social · 02/03/2026

Reuploading because my images are bugged. I played thread chicken and lost. Going to need to get some more thread.

A furry pink fabric piece with black minky appliqué in the shape of a generic paw pad. A gloved hand (belonging to PureZero) holds an empty, white, plastic spool.

The same pink faux fur piece viewed from the back. Pencil marks indicate this piece to be the sole of a footpaw. Other markings were and are used as guides to stitch a tight satin stitch for the paw appliqués. The sole, ball of foot, and left two toe pads are fully stitched: the third pad from left is partly satin stitched and the last one is only basted.

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