Too long
I...I don't think I've made these recently. In fact, the last evidence I can find me making them is from back at the end of 2020. Which really, far too long. Because these are another of the bits of radial symmetry and opportunity to bring tidiness to chaos that I use to hold my brain together when the sun sets at four in the fucking afternoon. As every normal person does. Which is not at all weird. Or unreasonable. Or the sign of some dread malfunction of some sort of internal wiring. Nope. Perfectly Normal Coping Mechanism [...]
Innards
Innards! Let's run down what's inside these, and what you need to make them...First things first, the pattern is called Drifts and it's on both ravelry and payhip. Next up, these are a combination of knitting and embroidery. You knit the round bit, then embroider all over it in lovely, snowflake-ish patterns, then shove something in there to make it all nice and round. For the knitting, I used somewhere around 50-75 yards of yarn in various weights (sock(ish) for the smaller balls, around 2.5 inches in diameter, getting thicker and thicker until I got to worsted for the [...]
Drifts
Pssst...Drifts is out in all the usual places (ravelry and payhip)! If you sort of haaaaaaaaappened to use the code FLURRIES, that would be clever of you (though if you get email from me, do check your inbox first, because that's always where the even shinier codes end up). You have been flatteringly eager for these, and I confess I am excited to see what you do with them. And if you want to use the same gorgeous yarn to embroider yours, Seven Sisters Arts has lovely little mini bundles to let you do just that! Now really, the [...]
Monthly Reminder
Monthly reminder that abortions are good (in the way that all healthcare is good...doesn't mean they're fun, doesn't mean anyone wants to need them, but by god it's good to have them available when they're needed), that I and any space I have any control over is absolutely 100% pro abortion, and that anyone who has a problem with that is kindly invited to see themselves out. Quietly. The bad guys won this last round of elections, and that's going to make abortions harder to get. But that doesn't mean you give up, and that doesn't mean there's nothing you [...]
They’re Back!
It's that time again! Lots (and lots and lots) of the retired patterns are back for the next few days. Let's run down the details: You can find the retired patterns on both ravelry and payhip. You can tell which ones are retired because they'll have a big paragraph up at the top starting with "This pattern is retired and not usually available," and they'll be listed for $7.50 instead of the usual $10.00. They'll officially be up through Sunday, December 1. Unofficially, I'll start taking them down some time Monday, but I can't tell you when they'll all be down, because [...]
Here’s the plan…
It's that time, the retired patterns will be back next week! Now, couple of caveats... - It's MOST of the patterns, but not all of them. Some are either old enough that I don't feel good letting anyone buy them or have publishing restrictions on them because they were part of someone else's project. I don't have a list, but you can poke around on ravelry (and if you're not a ravelry person, don't worry, they'll be up for a while so you won't be rushed). - I will LIKELY start flipping them on tomorrow (Sunday) and LIKELY start taking [...]
Thinking About Yarn, Part 2
So last time we talked about structure (single vs multiple plies). The next thing I like to think about when I am slotting yarns into my mental categories is yarn weight. As with last time, this is really meant to be a video, and if you want to see that, you'll want to head over here (you'll be able to see it with a free membership). So with yarn, we don't mean weight as in mass, but weight as in thickness. Yes, there is some relationship between the two, because thicker yarn will often have more mass than thinner yarn! [...]
Underestimated
I may, just possibly, have underestimated the scale of the project. I am in kit mode, which means I am turning thiiiiiis pile of yarn (Seven Sisters Arts, and gorgeous it is, there are little bundles over here)... Into a more structured pile of yarn ... So that I can tuck it in boxes full of things to let lots of you turn it into this! The next few days are kit packing, they'll go in the mail next week, and the pattern will be out shortly after they go in the mail! (Someone is about to ask, so yes, [...]
Thinking About Yarn, Part 1
Ok...y'all are as interested in this sensory issue thing as I am. So, I'm going to try (emphasis on try, taking something that happens real deep down in your brain and putting it into words and then into someone else's brain is not always as easy as you might like) to see if I can explain How I Think About Yarn. And then I'm going to try explain How That Helps Me Find Yarn I Like Using. Because once I got better at thinking about yarn, I got better at finding yarn that would work for my sensory issues. But, to [...]
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