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Caran, the Stitchy Frood
@stitchyfrood.com
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Disabled, literal cyborg, queer fiber artist who 💜s crochet 🧶 parasols.

✨1312✨ All power to the people 🍉
Fix your hearts or die. -David Lynch
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I haven’t forgotten you, Bsky. 💜

I also haven’t finished stringing the beads for my latest gay pride parasol. My apologies.

I was distracted by a beautiful new 8-pointed star pattern to which I added picots. 4000+ picots. I do love to crochet picots, but maybe not THIS much. Oops.
A crochet mandala art doily lies on a black desktop. The doily is pink at the center, which is the middle left of the picture, and fades into teal, and then light blue at the edge. An 8-pointed star is the basic motif repeated throughout this pattern.
November 8, 2025 at 1:05 AM
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I think it’s gong to work! Super hopeful gay pride crochet!!

This is the last blocking before I finish & put it on the frame. I’m thinking I’ll add 2 more rounds and likely bead the edge so it drops down over the frame arms like a 70s lamp.

Then I should write down what I did so I can do it again.
A crochet mandala art doily is spread flat and pinned for blocking on a navy blue comforter. The doily is a gay pride flag rainbow with purple at the center fading thru all the ROYGBIV colors to red at the edge.
October 30, 2025 at 6:17 PM
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Well, this pattern ended 8 rounds ago, so I’m making it up to accommodate a 48” parasol frame. Hope it works out bc I hate frogging whole mandala art doilies!!

Call this hopeful gay pride crochet 🧶
A work-in-progress crochet mandala art doily lies on a black desktop. At the top of the image the yarn is purple and fades one strand at a time through blue, green, yellow, and orange at the edge. This will be a 48” Gay Pride parasol if the pattern works out.
October 28, 2025 at 12:21 AM
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Still working this new pattern for tonight’s NLCS game. Hope it’s half as good as last night’s game. ⚾️

The blue color is sneaking in to my work now.

An LGBTQIA2S+ group in SLC may have a Winter Bazaar, so hopefully I’ll get to be involved!

#wip #crochet 🧶 #FiberArt #NLCS #QueerCrochet
A work-in-progress mandala art doily lies on a black desktop. To the left of the doily is my 2.75mm crochet hook which has. Wolf handle and silver metal tip. Slightly visible above the doily is the cake of yarn showing the gay pride rainbow the finished parasol will possess.
October 15, 2025 at 12:30 AM
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Brand new patten for the NLCS game tonight. I don’t have a favorite of the Dodgers-Brewers, both teams play great baseball.

This pattern isn’t self-drafted. It’s printed in Cyrillic, so if you want the title and author, msg me. I’m quite excited about making something new-new.

#crochet 🧶 #yarn
A work-in-progress crochet doily masala lies on black desktop. The worked yarn is purple and it is attached to a gay pride rainbow cake skein to the left of the image. At the top my working stitch has the crochet hook still attached. That hook is 2.75mm, a metal hook, and wooden handle. To the right are the guitar-shaped scissors I tossed carelessly - oops!
October 14, 2025 at 12:26 AM
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Look, when a thing is right, it’s right.

What is your horror movie role this Halloween?
A horror movie-esque black background with red splotches. White text reads “The girl with big titties”
October 9, 2025 at 2:01 AM
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I’m still catching up on orders from my sale. This is one I always love to make.

It’s okay, you can say it: Isn’t it just… beige?

Yes, but not for long. I promise teals and blues are coming. 🤞

Should I do a giveaway after I’m caught up?

#crochet 🧶 #wip #WorkInProgress #FiberArt #Giveaway
A work-in-progress crochet mandala lies on a black desktop. A crochet hook with a wood handle and silver metal hook lies next to the mandala’s right side. The working yarn exits the picture at the top right.
October 7, 2025 at 2:01 AM
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A completed lampion that is a continuation of one section pattern from Studio156Delft.

It has really fantastic shadows!

I’m still new to #crochet 🧶 lampions, #lanterns, and #chandeliers so taking great pics of them isn’t in part of my skill set… yet. I appreciate your forgiveness, #crochetsky.
A dark pic of a crochet lantern with purple LEDs inside it and a complex shadow cast in the background.
October 2, 2025 at 2:33 AM
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Reminder: Tonight’s the last night for 25% off all the parasols on my website.

I’m working on a chandelier tonight, pattern by Studio156Delft.

Hope I’ll get to see some of you this Saturday 10/4 at the first Fallapalooza at Tracy Aviary’s Nature Center at Pia Okwai.

#crochet #chandelier #wip
A 4” circle of crocheted yarn lies on a black desktop with a wood-handled 2.75mm crochet 🧶 hook on top. The yarn is bright blue at the edge and fades to purple at the center. An orange poster shows several Halloween-y things like a spider and long-nailed fingers. The text is both white and black and announces the inaugural Fallapalooza market.
October 1, 2025 at 1:48 AM
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September 24, 2025 at 10:57 PM
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Here’s an example of right side/wrong side differences as I’m making a parasol.

I work wrong side up, so every time I turn over a completed doily I’m surprised by the smooth, even look of the right side. If I get used to it, that may be a sign to stop. 👍

#crochet 🧶 #wip #doily #FiberArt
A work-in-progress crochet doily mandala is displayed on a black desktop. The doily had been folded over on itself to show two of the same section. The top section is right side up and the lower section is wrong side up. This doily is black at the center fading to lavender at the edge. I plan to add orange at the edge.
September 22, 2025 at 7:18 PM
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Have you ever used a work-in-progress to display another WiP?

I 💜 my black desk top, but it makes black work very difficult to photograph, so I usually don’t try. This one will be 100% cotton black-lavender-orange yarn for Halloween 🎃.

And my site has 25% off

#crochet 🧶 #wip #sale #parasol
One work-in-progress in black 100% cotton yarn is displayed atop another work-in-progress in pale pink, teal, blue, and purple. These are crochet pieces. The black pattern has a daisy st the center.
September 19, 2025 at 11:15 PM
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On Wednesdays we post WiPs, right?

Yay! I remembered! 👏

I’m putting a custom pale purple edge on this colorway and using my highest-coverage, shadiest, latest pattern.

#wipwednesday #crochet 🧶 #parasol
A work-in-progress crochet doily lies on a Mack desktop. This doily is pink in the center fading to teal, slate blue, and I’m adding pale purple at the edge.
September 17, 2025 at 9:16 PM
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My first contribution to #CrochetAway 🧶 is a collection of finished & wip parasols not shawls, but close maybe?

Doilies, and eventually parasols, kept me crocheting after an injury to my hand stopped me from making amigurumi. Now they’re my favorite!

#GayPride #NonBinaryPride #TransPride #rainbows
A completed parasol is opened facing the camera. The yarn is Hobbii Sultan and fades gradually through the ROYGBIV rainbow which I intend to be for gay Pride. This pattern is not my own, but is available for free from Meu Mundo Crafts. A collection of small 12” pride flag parasols lay on a black desktop. In the foreground is a wip non binary pride. Behind that is a trans pride finished little parasol. Off to the left is a small new start white parasol that will be hand-dyed. A 48” parasol is opened facing and held aloft by the photographer. This pattern is from Ira Rott. The yarn is a custom mix of Hobbii Sultan that I made myself in pastels: yellow, orange, purple, and pink. A 35” parasol is a pattern of my own design and it’s open facing the camera. This parasol has a pastel rainbow that’s starts at purple and fades through the colors to red at the edge. The pattern features different flower motifs.
August 24, 2025 at 4:21 PM
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I’m trying out some 3D yarn tonight. I know this looks like a parasol, but I promise it’s not. And it’s not a doily. 🧶

I think you’ll be surprised when I get it finished!

The yarn is #HobbiiCandyPop and it s a little funky. I love the finished look for my Secret Project™️

#crochet #WIPWednesday
A brightly rainbow-ish colored 3D yarn lays on a black desktop. It is currently being worked and the final project has not yet been revealed. This yarn is very thin with lots of little flat circles that feel similar to felt at regular intervals creating an irregular three dimensional texture to the right side of the work.
August 21, 2025 at 3:20 AM
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Late night ⏰ update:

This crochet parasol is coming along nicely. I’ll definitely have it finished tomorrow, then on to blocking on its frame & off to its new home. 💜

This pattern is my own & I call it All Flowers. The yarn is #HobiiSultan Cotton Kings 100% cotton.

#crochet 🧶 #FiberArt #lgbtqia2s
A crochet mandala work-in-progress doily lies on a black desktop. This doily is made of 100% OEKO-TEX certified cotton and features a pastel rainbow I use to represent gay pride. It is purple at the center and fades slowly through the ROYGBIV colors. I’m currently at still-a-bit-green-yellow at the edge.
August 10, 2025 at 4:20 AM
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This is a custom order from Ogden Pride of a pastel rainbow All Flowers pattern, but in 48” rather than 30” or 35”, with curved arms, so I’ll do the math to add tension on the outer rounds. I’ll add 3 more rounds & block it tonight.

#FiberArt #OgdenPride #QueerCrochet #HobbiiSultan
A work-in-progress pastel purple doily mandala lies on a black desktop with a golden 3.5mm crochet hook at the bottom right and the pastel rainbow yarn cake I’m working from at the top center.
August 6, 2025 at 5:03 AM
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My current #wip is a custom request of “antiqued bi-Pride” flag and I really love it. People have such great ideas. 💜 🧶

This is all #hobbiisultan 100% OEKO-TEX cotton #yarn colorways in my own All Flowers pattern.

#FiberArt #SelfDrafted #crochet
A crochet mandala lays on a black desktop. The pinkish edge is in focus and toward the bottom of the picture fading into light purple, dark purple, and then blue at the center which is slightly out of focus at the top of the picture. It his will be a 30” parasol when I’m done.
July 8, 2025 at 8:46 PM
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I’m so grateful to everyone who came to SLC Pride!! I’m so busy for the next two weeks making custom orders (or parasols I sold out of).

If you bought a 30” 3 Pineapple Gay Pride parasol, it is about to be blocked for the 1st time. It’ll be on its way Sat or Mon. 💜 ☂️

#FiberArt #Gratitude #crochet
A crochet mandala lies on a black desktop. This mandala is chartreuse at the edge closest to the camera fading back to the center through the ROYGBIV rainbow: yellow to orange to red.
July 2, 2025 at 11:35 PM
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It’s #SLCPride until 10pm tonight and tomorrow noon - 7pm. Don’t miss out!

And if you happen to match one of my #parasols I’ll track you down for a pic.

#LGBTQIA2S #SaltLakeCity #weekend #Pride #FiberArt #MyFavoriteDragQueen #DragQueen
A beautiful drag queen wearing a green flapper dress and 40s era shoes is holding one of my crochet mandala parasols in a matching mustard to green colorway. She is standing in the middle of SLC Pride.
June 28, 2025 at 10:23 PM
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My first Utah Arts Festival was a good experience and people were wild for 12” #parasols, so I’m making Pride flag 12 inchers for #SLCPride this weekend at the Gateway.

Everybody likes a 12 incher! 💋

#PrideMonth #LGBTQIA2S #SaltLakeCity #FiberArt #GayWrathMonth #TransPrideFlag #NonBinaryPrideFlag
A text-based graphic that reads “I’ll be vending at SLCPride Hope to see you there June 28 12-10 June 29 10-7 The Gateway 400 W 200 S www.slcpride.org” there is a brown cactus graphic in the bottom left and small brown stars throughout the graphic. Two work-in-progress 12” parasols lie on a lack desktop. One is white, the other features the non-binary pride flag. A completed 12-inch parasol is in the background on the same desktop with the transgender pride flag featured in its blue-pink-white-pink-blue stripes.
June 24, 2025 at 8:34 PM
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This is my buddy for the #UtahArtsFestival and they love crochet parasols. He’s been hanging out for about 15 minutes. Come down to 4th South and 2nd West to meet him!

#FiberArt #SaltLakeCity #parasols #weekend #grasshopper #AsexualPrideFlag
A small grasshopper sits on a beige tablecloth beneath an Asexual Pride flag parasol and a purple parasol. We’re all at the Utah Arts Festival.
June 20, 2025 at 9:34 PM
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Done with 2 days to spare before the #UtahArtsFestival the 19-22 in SLC. I’ll be making more parasols the entire time, crocheting, blocking, & attaching to frames.

The #yarn🧶 on this 48” parasol is 100% cotton #HobbiSultan although I did customize it by replacing blue with pink.

#FiberArtist
A completed 48” parasol is held aloft over the photographer’s head. The wood parasol frame is visible and eight black parasol spines. The crochet mandala features concentric fan designs and pineapples with pastel colors of yellow at the center fading to orange, then purple, and finally pink. A thin shadow is visible at the bottom of the picture with the final fan design projected on the ceiling.
June 18, 2025 at 2:51 AM
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A little behind the scenes today.

Decided I didn’t want the blue on this skein, preferring a pastel pink, & this is what it looks like to customize the colors.

I am actively crocheting with both the purple and pink, combining them as I stitch.

#wip #crochetsky #BehindTheScenes #FiberArt #yarn
I am demonstrating how I change colors one strand of yarn at a time, all on my black desktop. From left to right: a bright blue yarn is gathered together followed by pastel purple and pastel pink. Blue is the yarn I’m removing from the pre-made skein, purple is the yarn I’m saving from the skein, and pink is the color I’m adding to the purple as I work. My work-in-progress crochet mandala for a parasol is visible on the top right side of the screen.
June 16, 2025 at 9:19 PM
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I may have crocheted too much the last 2 days. Oops. 😬

This #yarn 🧶 colorway is my current love. It’s deeply jewel-toned. Do I love it bc I’m a Millennial?

My lighting is a little different tonight, but I’m posting anyway! Rebellion!

#crochetsky #mandala #FiberArt #UtahArtsFestival
A crochet mandala is viewed from above and lies on a black desktop. This mandala has a starburst pattern at the center, then work-in-progress tulip and fans at the edge. The yarn colorway as worked so far include teal, dark purple, purple, and lighter purple. Also visible is my golden 3.5mm crochet hook and the working yarn at the bottom center of the picture.
June 13, 2025 at 1:22 AM