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Caran, the Stitchy Frood @stitchyfrood.com · 03/10/2026

Pressing on did not work out. There are nine fans on this parasol. My 12” parasol frames only have 8 arms. Ugh. Sigh. And now the decision: do I just keep going and block it as table decoration or do I frog it all the way back? 🧶🐸

An updated image of the previous wip parasol cover that is hot pink, purple, and blue in 9 fans from the center.

My wood-handled crochet hook is visible in the bottom right.

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Caran, the Stitchy Frood @stitchyfrood.com · 03/10/2026

#FOFriday submissions from me are 12” parasols in Genderfluid Pride and Asexual Pride Flags. And I’m including a work-in-progress Bi Pride Flag on which I’ve already messed up the ratio of colors. But I’m just pressing on. Yes, it is 2 days to Ogden Pride. HOW COULD YOU TELL!? (sorry I yelled)

A finished Genderfluid Pride Flag crochet cover on a 12” parasol with white arm tips and a white topper. In this image it’s just a white void.

A finished crochet cover featuring the Asexual Pride Flag. It’s existing in a white void so it looks nice on my we site later.

A work-in-progress crochet cover for a 12” parasol lies crumpled up on my black desktop. This cover is hot pink at the center with a section of purple and now one round of blue at the edge. When it’s done I hope it may resemble the Bisexual Pride Flag.

My 1.75mm crochet hook with a wooden handle is visible in the lower right. It is currently engaged in my crochet work.

My gold scissors are also visible in the top right.

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Caran, the Stitchy Frood @stitchyfrood.com · 01/10/2026

Same day update! #crochet 🧶 I finished the Genderfluid Pride Flag so it’s blocking and I’ve started on an Asexual Pride Flag 12” parasol. I really love the Ace Pride flag. It might be my second favorite pride flag?

An image of two works-in-progress crochet parasol covers. They are framed top to bottom. The top parasol cover is pinned to a neon green flat foam panel to block it into shape.

The bottom parasol cover lies on my black desktop. It is black at the center, grey on most of the edges, and the outer edge of one fan has one row of white cotton yarn.

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Caran, the Stitchy Frood @stitchyfrood.com · 30/09/2026

My #WiPWednesday contribution this week: a 12” parasol #crochet cover in 100% cotton #yarn that will be available at Ogden Pride Festival this Sunday, Oct 4th, from 11-6pm. This is almost the Genderfluid Pride Flag, it just needs its blue rounds on the outer edge.

A work-in-progress parasol cover lies on my black desktop. This parasol features the genderfluid pride flag with pink at the center, followed by white, purple, black, and a little more than a third of one row of blue, which will be the outer edge of this 12” parasol.

My wood-handled 1.75mm crochet hook is visible on the lower right engaged with the working blue yarn.

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Caran, the Stitchy Frood @stitchyfrood.com · 30/09/2026

Finishing up a Trans Pride Flag filet #crochet 🧶 parasol for Ogden Pride this Sunday, Oct 4th. I’m in the amphitheater, booth 38. It’s Ogden Pride’s first year in Oct. as voted last year in August… which was HOT 🥵 Come enjoy nice temps! Oct. 3rd is the Banned Wagon premiere. Don’t miss it!

A nearly-finished filet crochet 35” parasol lies on my black desktop. One round handle of my little scissors is visible in the top right unintentionally.

This parasol features the Transgender Pride Flag in light blue, light pink, white, light pink, and light blue

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Caran, the Stitchy Frood @stitchyfrood.com · 25/09/2026

I’m struggling to get the actual sparkle of these #beads, but it just isn’t coming out. They are dazzling. Since it’s #Dolly Parton Day I thought it appropriate to bling up a #parasol as outrageously as I could. I hope this one is enough for her and Bob Mackie when I’m through.

A finished crochet parasol cover lies on my black desktop. The visible part of this parasol is the center toward the top right of the image. The yarn is a bright pink which fades slowly into orange and yellow at the left of the image.

A box of various sizes of very holographic beads is on top of it.

This section of parasol has peacock feather eyes crocheted into it, but the centers are holes, so I am in the process of filling the center holes with the beads.

A sideways view of a finished parasol I’m currently adding beads to lies on my black desktop. The clear box of beads is visible at the top center of the image.

The crochet parasol is a little crumpled up, but the bottom edge has the orange rows I’ve already attached beads to which fades into pink at the top of the image & center of the parasol.

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Caran, the Stitchy Frood @stitchyfrood.com · 23/09/2026

It’s been 4 months & I’ve returned to this #parasol☂️ This pattern is Pineapples & Leaves & I enjoy the 3D look without front post/back post #crochet 🧶. This will be a 30” parasol in 4-5 days. It’s been raining here, so blocking will take longer to dry. It will use 800m of 100% cotton yarn.

A work-in-progress crochet parasol cover lies on my black desktop. The bottom edge of the cover is folded back on the center of the cover.

My 2.75mm wood crochet hook is engaged in the working yarn in the right side of the image.

This yarn is Rena’s Threads 100% cotton is a ROYGBIV rainbow gradient beginning with red at the center and fading slowly out to blue at the edge. There is also a continuous white thread running throughout the colors which brightens up the work a lot.

This image is a close up on my current work-in-progress crochet parasol cover. The cover is folded back over itself to show the side intended to be viewed.

My wooden crochet hook is engaged in the working yarn and slightly visible at the middle right side of this image.

This yarn is Rena’s Threads 100% cotton is a ROYGBIV rainbow gradient beginning with red at the center and fading slowly out to blue at the edge. There is also a continuous white thread running throughout the colors which brightens up the work a lot.

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Caran, the Stitchy Frood @stitchyfrood.com · 17/09/2026

Finished 6 rows last night, I had begun the blue section, but I noticed a mistake in two peacock feather motifs, so now I have a giant pile of yarn and a parasol cover that looks like yesterday’s. Worth it. Can’t feel good about selling a substandard #parasol. #wipWednesday #crochet 🧶 #frogged

An image of a pile of yarn is closer to the viewer on the left and a work-in-progress crochet parasol cover is further away from the viewer on the right.

The work-in-progress circular section is bright pink at the center and fades out to orange and yellow with just a single round of bright green at its edge.

The pile of yarn is yellow-green and fades into darker green at the bottom, which isn’t particularly visible in this image.

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Caran, the Stitchy Frood @stitchyfrood.com · 16/09/2026

Loving the watermelon quality of this parasol cover right now 🍉 I’m crocheting with a 2.75mm hook. #Yarn 🧶 is Scheepjes cotton whirl in 711 Sprinkles. Pattern will be peacock feathers w holo beads at the centers. This will be a Gay Pride parasol, but w the brightness turned way up. #crochet #wip

A rumpled work-in-progress crochet parasol cover lies on my black desktop. The top section is folded over the pink center, but toward the bottom of the image the gradient is apparent: pink to orange to yellow to light green at the edge. The folded-over section places the light green near the bright pink center and looks very watermelon like.

This pattern features repeated peacock feathers which are just beginning to show at this point.

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Caran, the Stitchy Frood @stitchyfrood.com · 10/09/2026

It’s #WiPWednesday 🧶 I’m back to the soft touch of Rena’s Threads yarn in the Celestial Lake Sparkle colorway. It has a shimmery gold thread running throughout. This pattern is self-drafted. I call it All Flowers. If you’re here for Gay Pride gothic rainbow, it’ll be back on FOFriday!

A close-up image of a small 8” work-in-progress crochet parasol top lying on my black desktop.

The worked yarn is at the bottom right of the image and is a light peach with a single gold thread running through it to add shimmer. In the top left of the image is the rest of the cake of yarn with just the outside dark green with single gold thread visible.

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Caran, the Stitchy Frood @stitchyfrood.com · 09/09/2026

An unvarnished pic tonight of what my #crochet work really looks like while I’m working. This is the wrong side. I’m nearly finished with this Gay Pride parasol cover in my #stashbusting imitation of Rena’s Threads Gothic Rainbow colorway. Still 100% cotton #yarn

A messy pile of upside down crochet lies on my black desktop. My yellow-gold 3.5mm crochet hook is engaged in the yarn and visible at the bottom right.

This parasol cover is a ROYGBIV rainbow, red at the center fading one strand at a time through all of the colors until purple at the bottom edge.

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Caran, the Stitchy Frood @stitchyfrood.com · 05/09/2026

I’m imitating Rena’s Threads Gothic Rainbow using yarn I already have. Although it’s still 100% cotton, it’s not as nice to #crochet with, but stash busting is good… Right? Right!? I hope you’re having a great weekend. Weekends are great. Thanks, unions!

A work-in-progress crochet parasol cover lies on my black desktop. At the top of the image the cover is red and fades slowly thru orange, yellow, to green at the bottom of the image. There is a single strand of black throughout the yarn to create a gothic rainbow.

In the bottom right corner I mistakenly got the hook end of my crochet hook and one handle of my golden scissors.

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Caran, the Stitchy Frood @stitchyfrood.com · 05/09/2026

For #FOFriday I submit a 30” #Non-Binary #Pride Flag parasol in a pattern I created using 100% cotton yarn from indie dyer Rena’s Threads. 8,832 stitches, not counting chains. Hope you enjoy 🖤

A 100% cotton 30” parasol is open wide and held aloft above the photographer’s head. This parasol features the Non-Binary Pride Flag in a self-drafted pattern with 8 swirling spikes radiating out from the center with triangular fans filling in the space when the 8 spikes separate.

The background is my off-white ceiling.

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Caran, the Stitchy Frood @stitchyfrood.com · 01/09/2026

Here it is! 30” non-binary pride flag #crochet parasol cover is blocking. The 11/0 #beads are VERY difficult to see, but I had a great time adding them, so I don’t regret it. I’ll stick to 8/0 and 6/0 on cotton from now on. This #yarn is from indie dyer Rena’s Threads & the #pattern is my own.

A 30” wide crochet parasol cover is stretched and pinned for its last blocking session before it goes on a parasol frame. It is pinned on top of a light, dusty pink blanket.

This parasol features the Non-binary Pride Flag with yellow at the center fading one strand of yarn at a time into white, then purple, and black at the edge.

The pattern includes 8 spiraling petal shapes with triangular fan shapes filling in the empty spaces as the petals separate. This id a high-coverage parasol pattern I drafted myself.

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Caran, the Stitchy Frood @stitchyfrood.com · 31/08/2026

Well, the tiny #beads aren’t super noticeable, but that’s not too unexpected. I do think they’ll add a nice sparkle in the sunlight, so it’s worth continuing for me. Previously I’ve used these beads on single threads of silk and I think thicker cotton 4-ply overwhelms them a bit. #Crochet 🧶

A work-in-progress parasol cover lies on my black desktop. At the top of the image the yarn is white fading to purple then fading thru darker purple to black at the bottom edge. Also at the bottom edge there are tiny 11/0 metallic black beads crocheted on the edge of the parasol cover.

The wooden handle of my crochet hook is partially visible at the bottom left.

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Caran, the Stitchy Frood @stitchyfrood.com · 31/08/2026

I got too excited to be back at #crochet & decided to bead this parasol ☂️ edge. I waded thru several sizes/shapes of beads & came up w the smallest beads I own. They’re so small i need to split it yarn in half, so… That may be more work than I intended. I hope they’ll look rainbow-y! 🌈

This is an image of a work-in-progress crochet parasol cover that is folded on itself on the right side, a silver scoop with three piles of loose tiny beads in the lower left, and the tiny beads’ clear plastic tubes are in the top left. Everything is lying on my black desktop.

I’m going to add these beads all along the edges of this parasol cover before I attach it to its frame.

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Caran, the Stitchy Frood @stitchyfrood.com · 30/08/2026

5 more rows to go. Soooo close. Time to put my head down and listen to #MLS 360 - which is known at my house as Soccer Shouting. I may get this blocking tonight and on a frame tomorrow. #Crochet 🧶

A crochet parasol cover is spread open on my black desktop.

This parasol cover is still a work-in-progress. It has an 8-armed spiral from the center out to the edge with small details like V- and T-shaped stitches so I don’t get bored while crocheting. As the 8 solid spiral sections come to points, small shells spread in triangles between. This pattern is self-drafted.

This cover features the non-binary pride flag with yellow at the center fading one strand at a time thru white, purple, and what will be solid black at the edge. This yarn was dyed by Rena’s Threads.

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Caran, the Stitchy Frood @stitchyfrood.com · 29/08/2026

Today’s the day!! Almost 2 months without #crochet, but now I. Am. Back. That pile o’ WiPs will be destroyed soon. Yay!! I’m so happy!! 🖤💜🖤

In focus in the foreground is my wood-handled crochet hook with its 2.75mm size indication in the bottom right. It is attached to a work-in-progress non-binary pride flag parasol cover that is crumpled on my black desktop.

Toward the top of the picture is a pile of works-in-progress including my ever-popular 100% cotton Gothic Rainbow - with a single black thread running throughout the rainbow, two trans pride flags - one bamboo and one cotton, and an opposite Gothic Rainbow with a single white thread throughout the rainbow.

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Caran, the Stitchy Frood @stitchyfrood.com · 22/08/2026

So until my joy of crochet returns I’m picking up old #crossstitch projects. And I have invented a new project for myself. I’m using screenshots from #WidowsBay to create personal patterns. I intend to write the cute ready-for-travel-blogs episode summaries over them. I hope they turn out

A pink cross stitch hoop is partially visible at the top with 20-ct Aida cloth stretched in it. A zip-top bag is laid over it with “Widow’s Bay DMC” written in brown Sharpie in my all-caps print. My cross stitch needle - yes, i have only one - is visible under the word DMC in the middle of the image. At the bottom of the image a variety of DMC embroidery floss are piled in the zip-top bag over my black desktop.

Two finished, but un-ironed, cross stitch works lie on my black desktop. To the left a beautiful gothic font says “Got the morbs” with a raven on the E of the word The and a small skull w no mandible is in front of the M of the word Morbs. This was a Victorian slang phrase.

To the right a small grim reaper w skull face and scythe is perched above the words “Killin’ It”. This was a request for my partner’s new work office

Neither pattern is my own, although I have added or subtracted to the patterns as I saw fit.

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Caran, the Stitchy Frood @stitchyfrood.com · 23/07/2026

The purple section of this Non-Binary Pride parasol seems to be never ending. I don't hate it, but I am a little bored. Also: today I repaired an Ace Pride parasol & sent it back to its owner. If your parasol breaks & I have a website, email, or social I will fix it. 💯 #Crochetsky #wipWednesday

An image of my current work-in-progress parasol featuring the non-binary pride flag. The yellow center is visible at the top right of the image which fades out to white as it approaches the bottom of the image. The fade continues thru light purple and finally dark purple at the bottom of the image. My wood-handled 2.75mm crochet hook is engaged w the working yarn in the bottom right.

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Caran, the Stitchy Frood @stitchyfrood.com · 15/07/2026

I haven't forgotten you, Bluesky, sometimes i just scroll instead of posting... for weeks. Oops? Here's my current work-in-progress for #wipWednesday. It's the #non-binary pride flag in 100% cotton yarn. This parasol isn't on my website bc as soon as i make it, it sells. #Crochetsky

A crochet doily lies on my black desktop. In the center of the image the parasol is yellow which fades slowly into white then purple at all of the edges. When it is finished it will also have a black stripe to make the Non-Binary Pride Flag. This pattern is one of my own design at features 8 high-coverage fans with 8 small open spaces that become swirling arms.

A few orange cat-eye beads are also visible in the top right of this image. They are included unintentionally and related to a different project.

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Caran, the Stitchy Frood @stitchyfrood.com · 01/07/2026

Does circular count? Circle-ish? I hope so. Quote post w something that is a circle. 🔵

A crochet parasol is open and held above the photographer’s head. It takes up about two thirds of this image. At the bottom center is a bright yellow circle meant to emulate the sun. Darker yellow flames surround it fading to orange and eventually red at the edge which is about the middle of the image. 4 of the 8 silver metal arms of the parasol are visible. Above that the shadow of the flames are shown in the top third of the image.

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Caran, the Stitchy Frood @stitchyfrood.com · 23/06/2026

Millcreek Pride’s inaugural event was great! It was run by the @slc-pride.bsky.social crew and they ran a smooth event. I see this glorious person who radiates joy at every Utah Pride event I attend and I finally got a picture!

A Black person wearing EVERYTHING rainbow hearts holds one of my rainbow parasols above their head in front of a xeriscaped garden outside a Millcreek city building. Behind the garden is a pink 10x10 canopy to the left and both a Progress Pride flag and the Millcreek skating rink to the right.

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Caran, the Stitchy Frood @stitchyfrood.com · 17/06/2026

Attached, photographed, FINALLY! Images 1-3 are 12” parasols and #4 is 30” across. These and SO MANY more will be available at Millcreek Pride Sat 5-10pm (with free skating!) #MillcreekPride #crochet 🧶

A 12” parasol is open and facing the viewer. This parasol has a crocheted doily attached and is yellow in the center, then a stripe of white, then a stripe of purple, and finally black around the edge. The white plastic top and arm
Tips are also visible.

A 12” parasol is open and facing the viewer. It has a crochet doily that has been made with bright repeating rainbow yarn and the pattern features 8 fan blades.

A 12” parasol is open and facing the viewer. The doily is made with a bright repeating rainbow yarn featuring an 8-petaled daisy in the middle.

A 30” parasol is upside down with its blue handle pointing up at the top of the image. This parasol has a crochet doily attached as a shade, a repeating chevron pattern, and the colors of the Transgender Pride Flag.

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Caran, the Stitchy Frood @stitchyfrood.com · 16/06/2026

This Saturday, Millcreek, my parasols are gonna be in you. Come skate! It's going to be so fun! @slc-pride.bsky.social #Pride #SLC #Utah

This image announces that I'm a vendor at Millcreek Pride Skate Night and Market at Millcreek Common. The top of the image features a combo Philadelphia and Progressive Pride Flags going right to left: black, brown, white, pink, blue, red, orange, yellow, green, blue, and purple. Overlaid is black text with a white outline that says "I'm a vendor!" Beneath the flag is a black background with pertinent information in white text: "June 20, 2025 5-10pm Millcreek Pride Skate Night and Market Millcreek Common. Enjoy a night of FREE skating with a live DJ while supporting LGBTQ businesses and allies at the Pride market hosted by SLCPride. Everyone is welcome!"

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Caran, the Stitchy Frood @stitchyfrood.com · 15/06/2026

Rena, you know, of Rena’s Threads? Yeah. She calls this colorway Lucky Lantern. And - I know this is going to surprise you - I love it. #finished #Crochet 🧶 #yarn

A parasol is upside down facing the viewer in a white void. The crook handle is point up at the top of the pic and has a green plastic handle. The crochet doily is an interesting brick red or very dark orange at the center of the parasol and fades slowly into light orange, yellow, light green and dark green with black at the edge toward the edges of the image. The silver parasol arms are visible as are my beige and white tags.

The same parasol as the previous picture is now closed and lying flat in the white void. The green plastic crook handle is on the left of the image. My pink tag and the green arm tips are visible moving right of the handle before the crochet doily. Continuing to move right the doily goes black, dark green, light green, yellow, light orange, and dark orange before the green plastic parasol top is visible on the far right.

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Caran, the Stitchy Frood @stitchyfrood.com · 14/06/2026

I finally got it together to attach doilies to parasol frames. Lots of posts today! Get ready. #crochet 🧶 #parasol ☂️ #finished #LesbianPride #LetsGoLesbians

A crochet doily lies on my black desktop. This pattern is a repeat of leaves and pineapples fitting together like a kaleidoscope. At the top of the image is the center of the doily which is bright pink. Fading out toward the bottom of the images the colors change to light pink, white, light orange, and finally dark orange at the bottom edge, the colors of the Lesbian Pride Flag. My wooden crochet hook is also visible at the bottom center.

A closed parasol against a white void. The purple plastic crook handle is nearest the viewer on the right side and the purple plastic top is further from the viewer at the left. The parasol is a crochet doily in Lesbian Pride Flag colors: dark orange, light orange, white, light pink, and dark pink from right to left in this image. My tag is visible at the parasol edge. It is beige and says Stitchy Frood.

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Caran, the Stitchy Frood @stitchyfrood.com · 01/06/2026

It’s almost Pride Month, counting down the hours. Today I love you all, but tomorrow it’s move I’m queer. These are my current #crochet 🧶 works-in-progress. #wip Up next non-binary, pan, & bi replacements for the already-sold pride flag parasols. 🤞 I finish before Vegas on June 13th 3-10pm.

My current works-in-progress doilies lie upon my black desktop. Beginning at the bottom of the image a 100% cotton chevron pattern trans pride flag, a 100% cotton red thru green soon-to-be ROYGBIV rainbow featuring pineapples and leaves, finally a 100% bamboo viscose trans pride flag appears at the top edge of the image.

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Caran, the Stitchy Frood @stitchyfrood.com · 25/05/2026

Memorial Day weekend project. This pattern as written had 3 solid star repeats, but I need this to be 4’ wide, so I’m now going rogue, doing math, making it work. This yarn is from my new favorite indie dyer - Rena’s Threads - and it’s called Pink Lotus. #Crochet 🧶 #Parasol #Yarn #FibreArt #WiP

A work-in-progress crochet doily lies on my black desktop. The doily features an 8-pointed star pattern. It begins as bright orange in the center, which is on the top right of the image. And fades very slowly into white, and pink is just beginning to appear at the edge which is on the bottom left of the image. My 3.5mm crochet hook is visible in The bottom left corner currently engaged in the yarn.

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Caran, the Stitchy Frood @stitchyfrood.com · 23/05/2026

Tonight’s room rainbow feels like a party to me. Appropes for a Friday night. The window film making my room full of rainbows this time of year is in another room at my house. Didn’t plan this, but I do enjoy it. Hope you’re having a great night. 🖤

$This is a picture of a wall in my room with a rainbow shining across it. The light is refracted by window film in a different room.$

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Caran, the Stitchy Frood @stitchyfrood.com · 21/05/2026

I had this all set to block. I was ready to spray it with water. Then the birds yelled and I checked on them. By the time I got back the cat was laying on this nearly-finished work. Ugh. Now to begin blocking again. Still love this Diana yarn by Rena’s Threads. #CatStory #Crochet 🧶 #Oops

A nearly-finished 48” crochet doily lies on a pink-ish padded square. The edges and center have been ruffled up by a cat who laid right on top. This doily is neon yellow high fades to blue creating green briefly. The blue fades to pink creating purple and the outer edges are black.

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Caran, the Stitchy Frood @stitchyfrood.com · 20/05/2026

The rainbow in my room this evening is super brilliant. Thought you’d appreciate it. 🖤

$A still image of a wall in my bedroom with sunset light refracted through some cheap stick on window film to create a brilliant rainbow.$

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Caran, the Stitchy Frood @stitchyfrood.com · 14/05/2026

Yay! I didn’t miss #WiPWednesday! This is the current work in progress on my hook, although it is only one of four WiPs right now. Very excited about starting things, not finishing them these past two weeks. #Yarn is Lucky Lantern from Rena’s Threads. #Pattern is my own. #Crochetsky 🧶

A work-in-progress doily is draped across my black desktop. The black and green edge at the bottom of the image is in focus and the slow fade through light green, yellow, orange, and red happen from the bottom of the image to the top left. This crochet doily is currently 30” across and will be 48” when I finish it to attach to a parasol frame.

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Caran, the Stitchy Frood @stitchyfrood.com · 09/05/2026

Too lazy to take FOFriday images tonight. Here’s my current WiP. Slightly concerned about getting my inventory restocked before June 13th in #Vegas, but I have time… right? I hope you have a fantastic weekend. 🖤 #crochet 🧶 #WiP #WrongDay

A work in progress crochet doily lies on my black desktop. This doily is 100% cotton yarn from Rena’s Threads that will be a ROYGBIV rainbow with a single white thread running throughout. Currently the center is red and white at the top right of the image fading through orange into yellow at the bottom center edge. This pattern is meant to look like 8 single leaves at the center with pairs of leaves, pineapples, and another set of paired leaves just forming at the edge.

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Caran, the Stitchy Frood @stitchyfrood.com · 26/04/2026

Here is today’s Rainbow Starburst 12” #parasol ☂️ This & others like it will be available at Davis County Pride, May 2nd in Layton Commons Park. It’ll be a great time including a concert, drag bingo at 2 & 4pm, & midway games. #crochet 🧶

A 12” parasol is open and facing the viewer with a black background. This little parasol has 8 white plastic arm tips visible at the edges on all sides of the image, a rainbow variegated crochet canopy, and a central white plastic cap. The crochet canopy features a starburst pattern with a slight swirl.

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Caran, the Stitchy Frood @stitchyfrood.com · 24/04/2026

If you ordered a 12” ecru starburst parasol and wrote me a note about BlueSky - You’re the best! You! Also I have no Friday night life, so this will be in the mail tomorrow. #crochet 🧶 #ThankYou #HandmadeAF #WiP

An ecru work-in-progress crochet doily lies on my black desktop. The working yarn is at the top of the image and the spiral doily is in the center with my 1.0mm crochet hook engaged in the yarn on the right.

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Caran, the Stitchy Frood @stitchyfrood.com · 23/04/2026

Day 2 of this new yarn, new pattern, new parasol and every row looks different now. These #yarn colors are intense and wonderful, changing the way each of the 8 strands lies every stitch. Am I in love with this yarn? #crochet 🧶 #WiPWednesday #parasol ☂️

A crochet doily lies on my black desktop with my wood and silver crochet hook at the top middle of this image. This doily is a very complex pattern. The yarn starts as neon yellow at the center which is near the left middle of the image. Then it fades one thread at a time thru neon green to bright blue at the edge which is on the right side of the image. There is a single continuous thread of black throughout giving it kind of a stained glass feel.

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Caran, the Stitchy Frood @stitchyfrood.com · 22/04/2026

A new week, a new parasol, a new pattern with new #yarn. This is Diana by Rena’s Threads. Really loving her yarn right now. 11 days until my next festival. Yay! #crochet 🧶 #WiP

A crochet flat lay of my current work-in-progress on my black desktop. At the top of the image is a yarn cake that is yellow at the center, then blue, then lavender, then dark pink, the black at its edge. A small (5”) crochet doily is beneath the yarn cake. The working yarn is attached to my 2.25mm crochet hook which is on the right of the image. My golden scissors are visible beneath the doily which is the bottom of the image.

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Caran, the Stitchy Frood @stitchyfrood.com · 18/04/2026

Well, I didn’t get done I time for FO Friday, but I’m so close! Still think the yellow is paler in the pic, but that’s alright. The way this purple has faded in & out to black at the edge has me enchanted. I don’t have any parasols w black detailing, so I must choose between yellow and purple.

A crochet doily made of 100% cotton hand-dyed yarn lies on my black desktop. It is yellow at the center which is in the top center of this pic and fades thru white, purple, and out to black at the edge which is at the bottom edge of the image. This pattern features 8 panels which create a large swirl.

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Caran, the Stitchy Frood @stitchyfrood.com · 12/04/2026

Three days on that #yarn 🧶 cake no longer has a center. It looks like it’s been cored quite precisely. This yellow is brighter in person, but I didn’t want to manipulate the image too much. Bet it looks brighter when surrounded by darker colors. Hope you’re having a good weekend. #crochet #WiP

A crochet doily lies on my black desktop. This doily features a swirling pattern with 8 blades increasing in width from the center to the edge at the left, top, and bottom of the image. The center of the doily is toward the right middle of this image and is yellow which changes one thread at a time out to white and is just turning purple at the edge.

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Caran, the Stitchy Frood @stitchyfrood.com · 10/04/2026

I usually forget #FOFriday, but not today! Yay me! This is my most recent finish, a 30” parasol in a pattern of my own design I have yet to name. This #yarn is from indie dyer Rena’s Threads and she calls it Gothic Rainbow. 💜 I assembled a red parasol frame & it looks great. #crochet 🧶 #parasol ☂️

A completed 30” parasol with a crochet doily as the shade faces the viewer on a white void background. This pattern is an original design of mine and features a spiral of 8 textured and pointed fans with small diamond-shaped fans between. The yarn colorway begins with purple at the center which is in the middle of the pic and fades one strand of thread at a time through the ROYGBIV rainbow to red at the edges. A black thread runs throughout the colors giving this yarn a slightly stained-glass feel which the indie yarn dyer calls Gothic Rainbow. The red plastic parasol frame fittings at the center and each of the 8 arm tips are visible.

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Caran, the Stitchy Frood @stitchyfrood.com · 09/04/2026

Just one more round in my current wip before it meets its 30” parasol frame, so it didn’t really feel like a WiP. To make up for it I’ve included my next indie-dyed skein for #WiPWednesday It’s by Rena’s Threads again. Non-binary flag here I come! #crochet 🧶 #parasol ☂️ #yarn #handmade

A nearly-finished crochet doily is spread out on my black desktop with a separate new yarn cake sitting on the doily’s center. The new yarn cake is another indie-dyed creation I will work on immediately following the last round of the doily under it. The doily features a ROYGBIV rainbow with purple at the center which is near the top of the image and fading through blue, green, yellow, orange, and red at the bottom of the image. Each color is added one strand at a time providing a very gradual fade. There is also a single black thread running throughout this colorway giving it a stained glass feel. My wood and aluminum crochet hook is visible engaged in the red yarn at the bottom right of this image.

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Caran, the Stitchy Frood @stitchyfrood.com · 06/04/2026

I have found it! Fiber artists can stop searching. This is the perfect 1970s colorway. Mission accomplished? I’m so proud of me. 😝 #crochet #yarn #1970s

A closeup of the crochet doily I’m currently working on. It’s lying on my black desktop and features stitches with a combination of green, which is concentrated at the top of the image, yellow, which is visible throughout the image, and orange, which has just appeared at the bottom edge of the image.

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Caran, the Stitchy Frood @stitchyfrood.com · 05/04/2026

Still loving this Gothic Rainbow cotton yarn 🧶 from Rena’s Threads & Crafts. She’s not on BlueSky (yet) This is a full coverage parasol pattern of my own design and ends up looking rather like hibiscus petals. I wish you a good weekend! Hoping I’ll get to watch MLS and baseball sometime.

A crochet doily with a swirl pattern lies on my black desktop. The center of this doily is toward the right center of the image and is a very warm purple which fades slowly thru blue, green, and is yellow at the left edge. My wood-handled 1.75mm crochet hook is visible at the bottom left of this image.

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Caran, the Stitchy Frood @stitchyfrood.com · 30/03/2026

It’s here! It’s here! Am I going to finish that white doily in the background? Of course not! Into the WiP bag it goes. Look at this new #yarn!! 🧶 It’s a rainbow with a single black thread throughout. I love it. I’m starting a new pattern as soon as I finish this skeet. #Crochet the day away!

A new cake of cotton yarn is visible in the bottom of this image. It is a ROYGBIV rainbow colorway with a single black thread running throughout. This yarn cake is sitting on a slightly out of focus white crochet doily that was my work-in-progress, but will be put aside now… possibly forever? My 1.0mm crochet hook is visible in the top right with its wooden handle and silver hook positioned toward the viewer.

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Caran, the Stitchy Frood @stitchyfrood.com · 26/03/2026

My #WiPWednesday contribution is this white lace weight cotton doily in a patterns I call Diamonds, Diamonds, Diamonds. Pretty happy w it so far. #crochet 🧶 #doily #FiberArt

A white cotton doily lies on my black desktop. It’s my current work-in-progress. Also visible at my 1.0 crochet hook with its wooden handle and silver hook engaged in the working yarn at the bottom right of the image, my metallic gold scissors at the top right, and also my golden stitch marker at the top center.

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Caran, the Stitchy Frood @stitchyfrood.com · 24/03/2026

Yeah, I forgot to attach the picture. It sure is Monday.

A red crochet doily lies sort of obliquely on top of a white crochet doily. They are both on my black desktop. The white doily is to the left in the image and a bit larger than the red one which is to the right and may never leave my work-in-progress bag again. My good scissors are visible in the top right corner.

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Caran, the Stitchy Frood @stitchyfrood.com · 21/03/2026

Back on my BS 1.0mm hook New pattern MLS futbol all day. #crochet 🧶 #wip #red

A cake of red yarn, the first 3 rounds of a new crochet doily, a 1.0mm crochet hook, and. A pair of gold scissors lie on my black desktop.

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Caran, the Stitchy Frood @stitchyfrood.com · 21/03/2026

Final blocking for this custom order. I’ve never made this pattern on a 10-armed parasol, but with a lot of math and brief in myself there it is, very little frogging required. It’s already on its frame & on its way to its new home. Bye, sweet baby! #crochet 🧶 #parasol ☂️ #FinishFriday

A crochet doily is pinned and blocking on a navy blue background. This doily is the ROYGBIV Gay Pride flag beginning with purple at the center and fading one strand of thread at a time thru blue, green, yellow, orange, and red at the edge. The red yarn I’ll use to sew it on to its frame is visible at the bottom left of the image.

The same finished ROYGBIV doily from the previous picture is now mounted on its parasol frame and open, facing the viewer. The bamboo center, central pole, and metal arms are sort of visible behind the doily.

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