Crochet to the Rescue! (I Made Fairy Wings)

[@ladynuyorican]

First I want to say you look absolutely stunning as a fairy in the woods. But I just wanted to say I love your honesty when you talked about how long it took you to make them. Sometimes I'm hard on myself for not getting projects done as fast as I would like to. I have to remind myself that a lot of crochet videos are edited to cut out all the time in between which makes it seem like they're banging out projects left and right.

[@SkeinSpider]

Thank you so much! I really think it's important, especially for me as a disabled person, to be up front and honest about that sort of thing. KZbin is definitely not representative of "real life" 😂.

[@devil_in_the_details_6667]

I'm so glad I'm not the only one who experiences the center-pull prolapse.

[@Dhampir6990]

the shot of you sitting on the log in front of the lake should be your new banner.

[@marybaltikauskas4579]

Absolutely gorgeous piece! You’re such a good Auntie!🧶😘

[@moda78z]

These are no simple fairy wings. You turned your niece into a beautiful butterfly 🦋❤️

[@meaganstratton1733]

I liked your drawing interpretation of the corrupted video. That was cute. I love the wings.

[@JiJi009]

My niece is 6... She had the exact same crucial problem in her life... She came to me because "i'm the best" 😂 But I didn't came up with this beautiful design! I might be inspired by yours! They turn out sooo cute! ❤

[@cherachapin3826]

I love the way they look on you. I would be heart broken to give them up 😅 But you love your niece and her smile will make you smile too.

[@SkeinSpider]

It did, she was VERY happy to have her fairy wings 😂

[@TheCrochetVampire]

They turned out so cool! 🧚 You did an awesome job as always! 🖤

[@Teerae11]

You did amazing !! For never doing anything like that big with wire you did a great job !! I'm sure your Niece will love them after all her Awesome Aunt made them for her !!

[@SkeinSpider]

Thank you! She really did, even if they are a bit big on her lol.

[@-Reagan]

The original wings that those were based on were homemade - from tights stretched over bent coat hangers and decorated with glitter glue and fabric paint. The ones you made are SO MUCH nicer. They can be kept and handed down or passed along to friends for ages. Bigger IS better! You don’t grow out of them! The secret is making them lightweight, with enough structural integrity. My mom made me a pair of butterfly wings using a cut hula hoop as the frame when I was little and I wore them for years. 🦋 💗 🧚🏻‍♂️

[@torakfett3351]

Do you think crocheting around armature wire, like around the edges would help it hold itself up for costuming? I’m thinking of making these into like a shawl design, but they’d be great for costumes.

[@-Reagan]

@@torakfett3351 I used that technique for the mini pair of wings I am working on for my little dog (to attach to her halter) and yep! If you go around the edges of the wire it’s very slippery so it twists, but once you have a single crochet or slip stitch all the way around your wire frame, it holds much easier. You can shape it any way you like. I’ve thought of using this technique with freehand crochet to make an enormous witch hat, like Ranni the Witch - a character from Elden Ring.

[@ajsassafrass6883]

I love when people think outside the box to come up with solutions. What a great memory for your niece! Good aunty! 💙

[@ginnywebb608]

They turned out beautiful! What a lovely little butterfly your niece will be.

[@elinarirhodan3760]

These are absolutely gorgeous- think of all the variations that could be made! Leafy pixie style, wintery frost-sprite type...so inspiring!

[@blackcat9703]

In awe over here. They're gorgeous! Your niece will be one beautiful butterfly 🦋

[@daisygirl9914]

I love these. Adding to my project list. Maybe if you made the center connecting piece wider & had wires coming off of the edges of the wings that would give you more stability. Also a lighter weight yarn might help.

[@michellerevoir8005]

Your the sweetest aunt ever ❤️

[@torakfett3351]

Um… I’m 41 and FULLY intend to make these for myself!! 😂 Fabulous!! Lovely recreation btw! You’re seriously an inspiration to me, I’m going to be making a DREAM BLANKET of mine thanks to your help. ❤❤

[@SkeinSpider]

That's awesome! I wish you the best of luck with your dream blanket!! 💙

[@ASquareGranny]

LOVE the Silmarillion in the background! Soooooo GOOD. YOU BEAUTIFUL WOODLAND FAE!!!! Well done! Also, the music gave me LIFE. I wish we could see your lucky niece’s reaction & little girl squeal! Just amazing, Leigh. Well effing done. ☺️🫶🏻🧶🧚🏻

[@SkeinSpider]

That was a happy accident, I forgot to move the book after I used it in another video but I like how it fits with the background, so I might just have to leave it 😂. And thank you, your lovely comments always make me smile 💙.

[@dragonskull4102]

wooow!!! the butterfly wings turned out super pretty i bet your neiece loved them!! 😭🥰✨️

[@amandal718]

The wings turned out amazing! I would never have thought to use crochet for something like this, you are so creative 😊

[@michelleellis1290]

OMG they are adorable and you looked fantastic at the end 🥰🥰🥰. Just stunning

[@toripetersartist]

I appreciate your puns! 😊❤️

[@TobiArts]

Love this so much! I'd suggest a thicker gauge wire for a stronger structure! The cosplayer in me wants so desperately to suggest all the things, like drawing out a plan on paper to lay projects like this over to check for size/scale as you go. Can't wait to try out this pattern myself!

[@lindasakseide282]

WOW, those wings are AMAZING :-) So beautiful and cool. ❤

[@sharondoyle9465]

Incredible

[@angelwhispers2060]

😂 when I saw how gigantic the wings turned out I could tell you your subconscious mind wanted the wings for yourself not for the little 5 year old LOL❤

[@judalea17]

I read, or saw, a hint about finding the inside end and it said to pull from the right of the ball with the label facing you (or the top if the label is printed vertically) - doesn't always work precisely, as I do still get yarn barf, but it seems to succeed to a reasonable degree

[@Tinas_Workshop]

Those are amazing

[@winterprism9227]

Just an idea, but I wonder if you could take an old backpack and cut the back off (with the straps on it) and kind of sew the wings to that. You could attach them at more places along the center back part to give the wings more support. If not the entire back part of the back pack, maybe just the straps? With the black detailing on the wing you could probably hide where they were attached. Also, if someone wasn't fond of the backside of the crochet on the outside of the wings, showing they could sew a cute fabric on there or add more details, or even just decorate with flowing tulle or something.. Idk, it makes sense in my head!! lol One last thing, when you mentioned the moth flying around, my first thought was "it's probably attracted to a pretty moth on her shirt".. lol

[@nathanielbaptiste9088]

This fairy wings is fantastic 👌 😋 😍 🙌 ✨️ 👏 👌 😋 😍 I need a pattern to make my own fairy 🧚‍♂️ wings like those big ones you are crochet them.

[@goober112]

You are so freaking talented! Omg i hope one day I will be as good as you!

[@robynw6307]

The moth was attracted to your top. LOL So weird. I'm currently crocheting a hat (with some ribbon yarn that I was given and didn't know what else to use it for), and the brim is stiffened with wire. I've never used wire before either. It was recommended in the hat pattern to use galvanised wire rope. 10m of 2mm thick gwr from Bunnings was under $6. I will try to remember to let you know how it goes when I get to that stage. Another improvement (though it would make them even heavier) would be to put the black stripes and the white dots on the other side as well. It would look fabulous from either direction then. They are beautiful. Love the pointy ears.

[@robynw6307]

Hi Leigh. Just letting you know that the wire rope worked a treat. Keeps the brim of the hat stiffened without showing through the crochet, and is still flexible.

[@catmumcrafts]

They would go amazingly with that demon slayer cardie thingy you made!!!!!!

[@SkeinSpider]

Yet another reason I should have kept them and not given them to my niece 😂

[@tamarf4596]

AMAZING work! I wonder if a mesh stich of some kind could still convey the butterfly wing idea, but lower their weight.

[@SkeinSpider]

That's definitely an idea worth investigating at some point.

[@8halo8ful]

have you tried smacking the yarn before you centre pull? sometimes it helps. also depends on the brand. Lovely wings, bet your niece was over the moon 😁

[@jesshobbyhangout]

I love it already please make a pattern if you havnt already

[@torakfett3351]

Yes! I will pay for it!! 😂😂 I NEED these in my life! ❤❤

[@SkeinSpider]

I have made one, but it's only available on Patreon atm. When I get an Etsy up and running I'll put it up there too.

[@johnydl]

I'm already looking at how expensive music wire is so I can make some of these >_< might be harder to work with but it should end up more ridged and need less weight in total for a nice effect.... though I don't think any of my yarns are suitable, I've mostly been working with cotton chain recently and it's quite heavy, I need to look perhaps at polymer yarns or even going with a much thinner yarn and maybe working up some lace like wings... definitely thoughts to be had

[@chocolla14]

Those fairy wings looks so beautiful and somehow those wings reminds me Shinobu from demon slayer anime (I don't know how to write that anime on Japanese).

[@flyingroses]

They do!

[@openorwap5412]

Oh my goodness!! 🧚‍♀️🧚‍♂️🧚‍♀️🧚‍♂️ They turned out amazing! You must be chuffed with those! 🥰 What was your niece's reaction (assuming you handed them over in the end 😆) Would you consider doing peacock feather inspired wings... pretty please 🦚🤭

[@SkeinSpider]

Cheers! She hasn't seen them irl yet, only over video chat so I'm looking forward to seeing her reaction (though yes, I'm still considering stealing them 😂😂). I would LOVE to create peacock inspired wings!! That might have to be a future project.

[@openorwap5412]

@@SkeinSpider That'd be awesome 🤗

[@barbaraeckman2588]

These are absolutely gorgeous!!! I loved the butterfly dragon too! Did a pattern ever materialize?

[@SkeinSpider]

Thank you and the butterfly dragon is my current pattern wip!

[@nicolebruck3603]

Love the Wings . Maybe next time you can make Pokemon wings, there are a lot of beautiful designs

[@ponderosityjay8132]

Adorable! Butterfly fun fact, Monarch butterfly males have white spots, and the females do not.

[@MochaCrochetsandCrafts]

If you ever decide to give up the crafting life, I see a bright future for you in graphic design and illustration. 😂😂😂 Seriously though, you are an EPIC AUNT! Those wings are terrific! And I think you should make another set, add a tiara and wear them every week. Lol One more thing…I LOVE your sewing machine. I can see the brand but is it vintage or a new model? I have a vintage that I am currently refurbishing but yours looks like the 21st century version.

[@SkeinSpider]

Absolutely, who wouldn't want to hire me as their graphic designer after seeing that? 😂😂 It's a new, well new-ish model, but designed to look like a vintage machine (don't know too much about it though as it's my mum's machine). How's the refurbishing going? I have a "proper" vintage machine from a great-aunt that I'd like to get up and running one day but I'm not sure where to start.

[@MochaCrochetsandCrafts]

@@SkeinSpider the refurb is going slowly. It still works but it needs a new electrical plug and cord. I've been stalking eBay looking for one because there are several of those machines for sale on there, but so far no one is selling parts or even an old not working machine I could scrap for parts. If I have to, I have an electrician friend who could probably make one for me, but if I could find an original plug that would be pretty cool. What all does your vintage machine need?

[@redwolf2557]

🤩🤩🤩🤩🤩🤩🤩

[@o0oTyPow]

I love the wings!!!! And I love the dragon!! Is there a pattern for it somewhere? Also....I feel you when it comes to yarn barf. I always pull out half the yarn!

[@SkeinSpider]

Thank you!! I'm working on the dragon pattern atm.

[@whitneykopsie9772]

Please do a crochet/ cosplay collaboration with Miss Twisted

[@sunnymeowcat]

🐛🕊

[@k9kelly]

Cute wings. You're very talented. Is the pattern for the fairy dragon not a tutorial?

[@SkeinSpider]

Thanks. Not on the channel, I'm working on the written pattern for it at the moment.

[@janedaniel7288]

Amazing. I want some, no I NEED the wings in my life. Oh imagine them in a range of sizes and colours on the front of my house!!!!! I'm sorry hun I would love to join your patreon, but not an option atm!! Do you release your patterns anywhere else? Ravelry or similar? I have eight granddaughters who would love these. I have purchased the sadly now deceased wings your niece had, but honestly never even crossed my mind to make them some. Brilliant video. xxJane 🐑🌼

[@cathrynlisa]

Hmmm should i make some to hook on to the back of my wheelchair 🤔🤔🤔

[@SkeinSpider]

Ooooo, I do have a wheelchair I use part-time 🤔🤔🤔

[@cathrynlisa]

@@SkeinSpider I went to a Pride parade today- wings on my chair would have been totally fabulous! Maybe next year!

[@lesleygoodall-page8035]

Um more glittery yarns?

[@zulmabeatrizmolina9443]

😍😍❤❤😍😍

[@kaytiej8311]

Do you write your pattern as you go or watch the footage and make notes, or both?

[@SkeinSpider]

I usually write the pattern as I go in a shorthand and then re-write it later.

[@MamamanaDoDo]

I’ve heard people can pull from the center of a skein without yarn barf. I think it’s an urban myth tho.

[@SkeinSpider]

Definitely an urban myth 😂

[@wendylambrechts-kemmeren6676]

To big??? She will ❤ it

[@anandipotgieter7749]

Hi may I ask for the pattern please for the winx and die dragon please

[@wallysworld3435]

I want your sibling to adopt me so you can make me fairy wings. 💕💕🧚🧚‍♀️🧚‍♂️

[@antoniaconstantinescu922]

There is a constant buzzing when you talk and it is really annoying, not sure if you ve noticed or can do anything about it but i wanted to bring it to your attention, love the vid btw!

[@SkeinSpider]

Thanks for letting me know. I can't hear it, but I have had several audio issues over the past few months so maybe there's something else my headphones just aren't picking up. Makes it a bit difficult to fix when I can't hear it though lol.

[@antoniaconstantinescu922]

@@SkeinSpider its around 7-8 mins into the video but it later dissapears. I had my phones volume almost at max at it was really scraching my brain but on lower volume i cant really hear it