Soothing distraction
Look, I am absolutely 100% aware that I am using these as a soothing distraction while my brain comes to terms with the fact that we've just cheerfully elected a convicted felon instead of a competent woman, and that I am watching my country turn ever more fascist. I am aware. Very very aware. And I'm still going to do it. Because sometimes a soothing distraction is the right thing in the moment. So I'm going to go sit down and write this pattern so that some of you can perhaps soothe and distract yourselves as well. Because you can't [...]
It worked
Have I felt like knitting, At All, for the last two months? Nope. Did this freak me out? Eh, yes and no. I know it tends to happen this time of year. And I know it's always been temporary. At least so far. But also yes at least a little, yeah. Did I wake up yesterday, leave my house well before sunrise, obtain a whole box of plain ornaments, and sit down with the scrap bin 'to see if this idea would work out the way I think it would?' Also yes. And did it work? Yup. So do I [...]
Evidence
The chop was a success, and I decided the cuffs needed to get a trim to match. Because to do otherwise would bug me. I don't make the rules, I just live here. And when I went to trim them, what did I find but evidence of a previous bit of intervention on this sweater. Turns out at some point in the past (do I recall when? no. can I find mention of it on the blog with a cursory search? also no.) I had mended a tiny little snag on the arm of this sweater. It looks like I [...]
Chop
This sweater has languished in the back of my closet for years because I no longer like how it fits. For you see, I used to be convinced sweaters were morally obligated to come down well past my hips, lest the world be distressed by the presence of my ass. I also felt like any sweater that went in under my boobs was undoubtedly indicative of a scandalously icentious nature. I no longer feel this way. Turns out I feel both happier and cuter in sweaters that actually fit. And no one has yet fainted dead away from the shock. [...]
Monthly Reminder
What's your plan to vote? I picked up my ballot from the town office earlier this month and dropped it off a few days later. (Did you know once you vote, most of the text messages and mailers stop? Think of it as a bonus treat for voting early!) Have you asked your friends and family if they need help making a plan to vote or researching the stuff on their ballot? Have you asked if they need a ride? (I am being an absolute pest...sorry not sorry.) And hey, do you need help figuring out how to vote? If [...]
Would that I were
Were I a cooler person, I'd have prattled more about these sooner. Alas I am not, so I'm leaving it till far later than I should. Though really, both the bat (Fangs) and the hat (Ensorcellment) take at most an hour or two. So should you be so inclined, you totally could still have quite a number of them to grace your Halloween festivities.
Cheerleading
This year's star book is just about ready to come out! While we wait, I wanted to show off some of the fun stuff we did with the first star book. Last time was the lovely little coloring book. Today is a bit of cheerleading and handholding, just in case you're worried you don't have the skills to make these. Because so many paper folding instructions look like gibberish. They just do. And that's not how I do things! But if you've tried paper folding before and found it frustrating, I get why you might be wary. So grab this and check [...]
Scribbling
This year's star book is just about ready to come out! While we wait, I wanted to show off some of the fun stuff we did with the first star book. First up is this awesome little free coloring book with versions of the stars that you can print out and color in. I love love love how these look if you print them on tracing paper or velum paper (they do a gorgeous glowy stained glass thing if you use a slightly transparent paper), but regular paper totally works too. There has also been some talk of printing them [...]
Fetching
Ok that is really rather fetching. The bats are Fangs, the hats are Ensorcellment. And while they were not originally intended to go together, I suspect I won't be the only one to combine them. And, on the off chance that you have one of the patterns and now want the other, you could try turning to the back of the pattern you have, looking down at the bottom of the page for the section labeled 'SUPER SECRET CODE WORDS,' and putting the first of those words in when you get the other pattern. (Ahem...do make sure you've got the [...]
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