Oh, LJ, if your scrapbook stops working I'll have no reason to need a paid account!

Yes, it's clunky and awkward and not terribly functional, but they don't limit you and you don't lose control over your pictures like you do once you pass a certain limit on places like Flickr (or actually require a link-back in the fine print). Of course, with the money saved on LJ I could upgrade a photo hosting site...

Anyway, the point of this post is not about photo hosting, though I needed it for the post, it's about crafts! I was in a bit of a hurry to do some crafting for a swap, and I saw a picture on the internet that I thought would work for my purposes:



The post it was in helpfully referenced the source of the pattern, Crochet Adorned. I thought about trying to get it from the library, but figured by the time it got transferred to my branch and all that (and if it had holds) it would be too late, so I decided to wing it. I sat down and whipped up what I thought was a close approximation of the design and was pretty happy with it. The next day, while browsing the shelves of the library for a cross-stitch book, there it was - Crochet Adorned. So of course I grabbed it, and made a bird according to the proper directions. Same yarn, same hook, same everything. Funny thing - I think I actually like my version better. Now if I can just remember (or manage to work out) what I did...


(my made-up bird on the left, the proper pattern bird on the right)