Crochet

Crocheting is one of my biggest hobbies.

Crochet patterns are like formal grammars: they both investigate how complex structures emerge from simple, locally defined combinatorial operations
- - Basic units: single crochet, double crochet, chain, slip stitch.
  - Combinatorial operations: increases, decreases, repetitions.
  - Structural constraints: where stitches can be placed and how successive rounds connect.
  - Output: a three-dimensional object with a particular shape.

Here is how you can make a wug

ch = chain
x = single crochet
v = single crochet increase (working 2 single crochets into the same stitch)
A = single crochet decrease (merging 2 stitches into 1)

The body:

Start: 11ch

R1: 10x

R2: 1v, 8x, 1v, 2ch

R3: 1A, 10x, 1v

R4: 1v, 10x, 1A

R5: 1A, 11x

R6: 10x, 1A

R7: 1A, 8x, 1v

R8: 9x, 1A

R9: 10X

R10: 1v, 9x

R11: 10x, 1v, 2ch

R12:1v, 12x

R13: 12x, 1A

R14: 1A, 9x, 1A

R15: 9x, 1A

R16: 1A, 6x, 1A

R17: 1A, 4x, 1A

The legs:

Start: 10ch

R1: 3x, 3x in 1 stitch, 5x

Steps:

Make two pieces of the body
Make two legs
Sew the eyes on the body
Connect the legs to the body
Sew the body pieces together
Stuff some cotton in before sewing it up

(Page updated on 10/19/2026)

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