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welcome to the story of how i turned
this
into this
after going through this
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i enjoy suffering which is why i'm going
to challenge myself to crochet a sweater
from start to finish in 24 hours
as a beginner
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yes i really did think that i could
crochet a sweater in one day
now that's some clownery if i've ever
seen it you will need this context for
the rest of this video
because up until the end of the first
day i really thought that i could do it
okay
i definitely overestimated my abilities
even a pro would not be able to crochet
a sweater in one day i don't know why i
thought i could
and yeah obviously i didn't succeed but
it's kind of hilarious looking back at
myself
thinking that i could actually crochet a
sweater in one day
um i would not recommend doing that by
the way but
that's the context for this video
enjoy all right it is currently
11 49 a.m and i definitely could have
started this sooner but
i like to make things more challenging
for myself and like i was saying earlier
i
am a beginner i only know how to make a
square
and a heart i used to crochet back when
i was a kid but
that was like 10 years ago and we are
back to square one
get it square square okay
so yeah i'm not gonna be making anything
fancy but i'm just planning to make a
patchwork cardigan
and use the knowledge that i have to try
and make the sweater as
fast as i can
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this is not i repeat not a tutorial but
i basically figured out how many squares
i needed for the sweater
by loosely basing it around one of my
favorite sweaters that i already owned
which is very oversized but also has a
slightly cropped fit
and after measuring it out with squares
i drew a very rough sketch
to see how many squares i needed for
each color
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all right so i finished one square and
it took me about 15 minutes
so at this rate if i'm crocheting 15
or one square every 15 minutes
and i crochet non-stop then it should
take me about 14 hours to crochet
all of the squares
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this is already going down south
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i've made three squares so far but i
think i'm gonna go inside now because my
hands are so
cold
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y'all this episode of true beauty right
now
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what anyways i've been crocheting for
the past
two or three hours straight and this is
the update
i used two different brands of yarn and
even though they're the same size these
squares are a little bit bigger than
these squares
but yeah this is how it's going so far
not even
halfway done yet but we're getting there
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let us continue
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so i'm finally done with half of the
squares
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i'm so tired i'll be back it is 2 a.m
right now
and i'm going to do
as many squares as i can before i go to
bed
but i am not giving up
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it's almost 5 a.m and
my progress has definitely slowed so
i think i'm gonna stop for today but
after i get a couple of hours of sleep
i will be back and i will finish the
sweater
i will um
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good morning i forgot to show the time
earlier but right now
it's 10 47 am and i'm done with all my
solid colors
and finally moving on to the plaid
squares and it's taking me a little bit
of time
to actually figure it out because it's a
lot more complicated than just like
a single stitch square so
i'm gonna go figure that out and
hopefully it does not take me too long
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this took me 30 minutes
this is like adult animals
it is officially 24 hours since i first
started this challenge
and as you can see i unfortunately did
not succeed
if we're gonna be honest i think we all
saw this coming
but that does not mean i'm giving up i'm
still determined
to finish this sweater by today
i am still not done
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let's have a little chat so obviously i
have failed this 24 hour challenge
it is definitely past 24 hours and i am
definitely
past two days but here i am still
crocheting away
and even though i failed i don't want
this to be just like a meaningless video
of me failing to crochet fast enough but
i also wanted to kind of explain
why i started this challenge in the
first place at first it was just for fun
i wanted to see
if i could actually succeed in making a
sweater in 24 hours
and even though i knew that would not be
possible i still wanted to challenge
myself anyways
back to the reason of why i started
making this video in the first place
one of my new year's resolutions was to
actually try and make like a full
outfit from scratch by myself and i
wanted to get back into crocheting
and try and knit myself a sweater or
something like that which is what i'm
doing right now
but another one of my new year's
resolutions was to stop buying from fast
fashion
and that's a pretty big new year's
resolution considering
that i love clothing and have always
bought from fast fashion
although like less so um than i have in
the past
and also like shopping constantly is
expensive and as a college student
i don't have a lot of money i don't have
extra room in my budget to constantly
spend on new clothes every season
because of
new trends and things like that but
making this garment
has really made me appreciate that i
don't have to make all of my clothing
because it is a lot of work and i also
understand
why handmade pieces are so expensive
because
just the time and the effort that goes
into
making something by hand is so much
more valuable and worthwhile than
something that is just like
mass produced by a machine but in the
time that i've been talking i finished
one square and i only have four more to
go
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i'm done with the squares
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all right let's sew this baby up
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one panel
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these two panels are going to be the
front of the sweater that's why they're
not attached
this is gonna be the back i got my arm
panels and all we need to do
is sew it together
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i made this okay let me try it on real
quick
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the fit is not perfect like the back you
kind of see that
it doesn't really fit like a normal
sweater one but i think once i add the
bottom ribbing
and kind of cinch it in a little bit
it'll look better but
yeah i didn't sew in any of my ends as
you can see
because i'm lazy but she's so
cute
i was lowkey hallucinating at this point
because i'd spend so much time on this
sweater in such a short period of time
but i spent the rest of the night
crocheting the ribbing for the sleeve
cuffs
and the edges of the sweater and in the
morning after i attached the ribbing and
added all the finishing touches
for the final result
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i'm finally done
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i am so proud of myself the buttons are
a little wonky they're a little
asymmetrical
but i still love it so much i'm so proud
of myself
i can't believe that i'm finally done
today is march
8th so it has officially been
a week and two days since i started this
sweater i really don't know
how i thought i could make this in one
day but i'm
finally done and let me go put on a
better outfit
instead of these pajamas and i'll be
back
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since i did make this sweater entirely
out of squares
it is a very boxy fit
as you can see and it's pretty oversized
on me but that's honestly how i like my
sweaters
and this whole process ended up being
actually way easier than i thought it
would be
it's just extremely time consuming and i
would not recommend that you attempt to
crochet a sweater
in one day because you will not be able
to do that trust me
it took me a little over a week to do
this sweater from start to finish
as a complete beginner and i would
honestly recommend anyone to try it
especially if you have a lot of time on
your hands it's a really fun project
and the feeling you get when you first
put on your sweater
that is finished amazing
incredible and i feel like in elementary
school our teacher
the vibes are immaculate and i honestly
am so obsessed with the sweater up close
you can see that there are a lot of
mistakes throughout the sweater but
from far away she's cute and if you're
also interested in
making your own sweater i'll put links
to all the resources that are used
in the description box down below and do
not worry
the crochet and knitting moms of youtube
have got your back
so yeah if i can make this sweater you
can too
thank you so much for watching i hope
you enjoyed the video and i'll see you
guys next time
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bye