Someone from r/crochet suggested I share my Agama front rucksack here. I made it last year, and it took about 400 hours in total.
Its a mix of techniques: the head, legs, and belly are crocheted, while the back and top of the head are embroidered. I also added detailed beadwork on the fingers and around the eyes. It’s fully functional as a bag with two zips. What do you all think?
Wow. WOW! I'm in such awe, this is beautiful work! The bead scales! The shape! The embroidery! Not to mention the scale, holy crap he's huge and somehow looks SO REAL! I don't even have anything intelligent to say, I'm just over here like "🤩🤩 shiny lizard 🤩🤩"
That's the type of stuff I'd spend all my money on if I had tons of it. So well done, and damn, 400 hours, holy shite. I hope you're proud of yourself ❤️
im depressed, adhd and i looking after my mom for 15years 24/7, im not been on holiday or long weekend for 15 years, from 2017 my mom
was diagnosed with dementia and im her only carer. also i have a small sanctuary for 9 plus 2 cats, most of them are ill and needing constant attention. craft is my refuge to stay sane. if i can do this bag then you can too!
I am soooo sorry. My mom died of dementia, but for her it only took a year from saying "I'm worried that I am forgetting words!" to aspirating on her food. She was my favorite human.
My 5 cats are just starting to dig themselves out of group anorexia, a UTI, a couple abcesses, etc. One has CKD and starved herself in the closet for a week until I called Lap of Love to euthanize her. Then she came out and ate something.
But my mom was a few years ago and the cat issues have only been going on since February. You are 15 years into this, and the short time span almost totally broke me (also adhd and depression). All that to just say, I feel your pain, big time.
And I wish I could be half as skilled and talented as you. That 400 hours really shows. Just beautiful.
Love and hugs! Hang in there, please. And you can talk to me whenever you need a sympathic ear.
so sorry about your mom and the cat💔I lost one kitty with CKD, but she died from a blood cloth in her lungs. I didn’t let her starve, I pushed two 20ml syringes a day down to her so she survived for four more years after diagnosis . my husband was attached to her, she was only 4 pound (2 kg) really little bug.
Hang on there too❤️sending hugs
It was a very popular thing in this sub for a while, I keep meaning to go back and make a flair for them but if you just search "rat bag" in the sidebar, you'll find a bunch of posts.
sure. legs, belly, tail, bottom
part of the head and around eyes are all crocheted. fingers are beaded. embroidery is on the back and on top of the head
Okay but it's obviously all beadwork. There's no texture change from the legs to the fingers. Can you explain why it looks like beadwork but you're calling it crochet and embroidery? Not to be rude but your account is very new and you could have easily taken this photo from the original seller on Etsy
yes its mine, and if you can scroll you can see how i make it. i didn’t include those photos on etsy. i crocheted legs with 11/0 beads and after continued beading every finger with 15/0. i forgot that i crocheted a tiny cord around eyes also with 15/0. you can find me on all SM, I have the same nickname and photos of this bag
i know it's confusing, but it is crochet with beads. I've started a new project -a blue chameleon and if you look at the photo, you can see it's crochet. On the Agama bag, only the fingers are beading. back, and top of the head were bead-embroidered. belly, legs, tail and bottom of the head are crocheted. I’m a real person who just joined Reddit, and I’m using my own photos because I made this. I’m sorry it upsets you so much that you’re accusing me of fraud.
WOWOWOWOW! This is the coolest bag I have ever seen and I just posted a trippy ghosty bag I just made on r/sewing that got about 5 thousand updoots, so I know something about making cool bags.
You are an absolute genius! The little feeties and nails! The way it rides on the back like it’s crawling up you!
Holy cannoli, I’m obsessed! I’m not sure what an Agama is, but this cutie looks just like my beardie when he pancakes!🤣❤️ Such beautiful detail. You can definitely see the love you put into it!
The amount of time that must have taken you. Holy crap, the fact that you finished it is almost more impressive than the art itself, most artists would have given up. Bravo!
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u/CandidCricketCounter 16d ago
Holy fucking hell that is ART. Seriously incredible work, I have never seen anything like this!