Felis Silvestris Crochet and Craft Blog

 The Rise of AI in the Art World What do you think of this image? It's very pretty at first glance, isn't it? Does it make you immediately want to seek out the pattern to make them yourself? You're not alone. I took this image from a random page on Facebook that showed up on my newsfeed. I have no idea who originally made it. It's being shared by pages that appear to be run by bots, as the caption is always the exact same.  So What's the Problem? The problem is these crochet parrots are not real. That is not real crochet. The photo is generated by AI. How can you tell? Firstly, they are too perfect. Creating crochet birds that could sit like that on a perch without falling over would be challenging. The direction of some of the stitches doesn't make sense. If you zoom in, you can see the stitches on the head especially do not look like crochet stitches. The yellow feathers on the left bird's head look like real feathers, which you wouldn't be able to rep

  Happy Pride! Hello, it's been a while but I'm here with a new free pattern. This is a closed granny square washcloth pattern. I recommend using cotton yarn for it, I used the Hobbii Rainbow Cotton 8/8 for the rainbow one. You can obviously use any colours you like. The pattern uses US terminology. dc - double crochet (treble crochet in UK terms) sc - single crochet (double crochet in UK terms) ss - slip stitch ch - chain FO - fasten off You will need: Yarn - cotton, in the colours you want Crochet hook: I used a 5mm for this project, but you should tailor it to your yarn weight. Scissors A yarn needle - if you follow my advice, you will have minimal weaving at the end Pattern: Start with a magic ring or you can chain 4 and join into a ring using a slip stitch.  R1: Chain 3, 2 dc into ring, chain 2, *3dc into ring, chain 2 - repeat from * twice more. ss into top of chain 3 to join the round - FO if changing colour. R2: chain 3. dc into next 2 stitches, *(2dc into chain space,