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Tastefully Freckled
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Web developer by day; amateur artist, crocheter, knitter, and writer by night.🇨🇦🇳🇱
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Another drawing exercise today. More negative space #drawing. #art #pencil #stilllife
Negative space drawing exercise featuring stacked bowls and bottles
December 19, 2025 at 3:43 PM
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My cat has found a new favourite spot. The mandala blanket is his, now. 🧶 #crochet #cats
A ginger cat curled up for a nap on a crocheted blanket
December 17, 2025 at 1:26 PM
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It's #WIP week on #CrochetAway? Boy, is this my week. First up, a Tanner the Triceratops for my nephew (some assembly required)🧶 #crochet #amigurumi
Components for an amigurumi triceratops, arranged on a table in the approximate locations they will be in when assembled
December 16, 2025 at 1:26 PM
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Today I've got a negative space drawing exercise. The subjects are bottles and glass dessert bowls stacked on top of each other. #art #drawing #pencil
A negative space drawing exercise
December 14, 2025 at 5:26 PM
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Latest in my push to finish as many WIPs as possible this month: a Moe of Change blanket. 🧶 #crochet #crochetsky
A crocheted mandala blanket done in green, blue, purple and magenta gradient yarn.
December 13, 2025 at 6:11 PM
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More drawing exercises: a water bottle, an oddly-shaped can, a space suit magic 8-ball, and a 2x2x2 skewb. #art #drawing #stilllife #pencil
Pencil line drawings of a water bottle, an oddly-shaped can, a space suit magic 8-ball, and a 2x2x2 skewb.
December 11, 2025 at 9:46 PM
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My contribution to #crochetaway shawl week: this pocket shawl I did as my very first FO that wasn't just a swatch. Completed October 2024. 🧶 #crochet
Torso of a woman wearing a grey crocheted shawl featuring prominent pockets.
December 11, 2025 at 1:18 AM
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More coursework today. The wine bottle is my result from following along to a course demo, the vase is my own attempt. #art #drawing #stilllife #pencil #greatcourses
Two line drawings on a page depicting a wine bottle and a bud vase
December 10, 2025 at 1:46 PM
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For yarn crafts, I'm focusing on finishing up WIPs this month. Finished off this C2C scarf on Sunday. 🧶 #crochet
A scarf crocheted in a corner-to-corner stitch pattern done in brown, tan, navy, and sky blue self-striping yarn.
December 9, 2025 at 12:28 PM
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Another drawing exercise today. This is the one from observation. #art #drawing #stilllife #pencil
A pencil line drawing of a ceramic tea infuser with lid in front of a matching teapot and mug.
December 8, 2025 at 2:19 PM
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Tanking a break from the drawings to post my latest FO, a Sailor's Rib Cowl for my husband. 🧶 #knit #knitting #knitsky
A flat view of a knit cowl done in a black, white, and brown variegated yarn.
December 7, 2025 at 8:44 PM
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Today's exercise is the still life from imagination. #art #drawing #pencil #stilllife
A pencil line drawing of a ceramic tea infuser with lid in front of a matching teapot and mug.
December 6, 2025 at 2:19 PM
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Day 3 of ?? of posting drawing exercises. For this exercise, we had to draw 3 objects individually, then group them together into a still-life first from imagination, and then from observation. I chose a ceramic teapot, mug, and infuser. #art #drawing #stilllife #pencil
Individual pencil line drawings together on one page. Depicted are a teapot, a mug, and a tea infuser with a lid.
December 5, 2025 at 1:25 PM
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Another day of posting drawing exercises until I run out my backlog. #art #drawing #stilllife #pencil
A still life line drawing depicting a bowl in front of a pitcher and wine bottle.
December 4, 2025 at 2:07 PM
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Finally found time to get some drawing done. I've really missed it. Here's some exercises from Great Courses How to Draw. #art #drawing
Pencil drawings of separate still-life objects. A vase, a water bottle, a water jug, and a candle holder shaped like a wine glass.
December 3, 2025 at 12:21 PM
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Hey Bluesy, long time no see. At long last, here's my June square. 🧶 #knit #knitsky
A yellow and salmon coloured square of knit fabric featuring a cabled pattern
October 31, 2025 at 1:58 PM
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Finally finished, just in time for the weather to take a turn for the worse. It was 7 degrees above freezing this morning, so it came in handy. 🧶 #knitting #knitsky
"True Celt Cowl", pattern by Hana Paimen, knit in a red-and-white marled yarn
May 22, 2025 at 12:16 PM
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50% complete my first knit wearable! "True Celt Cowl" in Tailor Yarns Soft Twist - burgundy. 🧶 #knitting #knitting
A partially completed cowl on a circular knitting needle featuring a celtic knotwork cable design.
May 15, 2025 at 1:06 PM
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I took my son to the park yesterday afternoon, and the trees were at peak blossom. I might try and paint this sometime. #photography #landscape
In a park surrounded by green trees and bushes, a path winds past 3 blossoming trees.
May 12, 2025 at 11:28 PM
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Finally finished the May square of my year-old KAL! I haven't forgotten the yarn crafts, I swear. 🧶 #knitting #knitsky
A square of knit fabric featuring a textured diamond motif
May 10, 2025 at 3:04 AM
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Last of the sprite exercise. This is enlarged to 400%. I stumbled on a basic body plan I really liked and spent most of the time iterating on that. I'm now caught up on what I did for the class, so it might be a while before I get more pixel art done. #pixelart #pixel #art #ドット絵
Selfie, generic teen hero, princess, granny wielding a frying pan, schoolgirl, elf with torch, drow with staff, baby in a swaddle, dual-wielding tiefling, martial artist.
May 7, 2025 at 1:12 PM
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Here's the next set of sprites, also enlarged to 600%. #pixelart #pixel #art #ドット絵
10 pixel art sprites: Superman, woman with a staff, ninja, spellsword, orc, man walking, fairy, monk, mermaid, man with practice sword.
May 5, 2025 at 12:19 PM
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This week's pixel art assignment was 3 sets of 10 sprites, in increasing sizes from 8x8, 16x16, and 32x32.

Here are the first ones, 8px x 8px enlarged 600%.
Description of what they're supposed to be in the alt text.

#pixelart #pixel #art #ドット絵
A grid of pixel art spites, 8px x 8px. From the top down, left to right: A guy, A woman in a dress, a knight, a wizard, an ogre, a ghost, a zombie, another knight in helm, a barbarian, a girl with pigtails.
May 2, 2025 at 1:18 PM
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Quick sidequest: used some leftover baby blanket yarn to make a headband. It may or may not have been during work meetings while WFH. 🧶 #crochet #tunisiancrochet #crochetsky
A headband made of braided strips of yellow, lilac, and mint coloured crocheted fabric.
April 29, 2025 at 12:38 PM
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More #pixelart practice, based on a photo I took on vacation years ago. #pixelsky #art #ドット絵
Pixel art landscape depicting a view over pine trees, seen from the top of a butte. Rocks and dry grass make up the foreground.
April 22, 2025 at 9:09 PM