Subtle
Am I now going to try and get you to notice tiny, yellow stitches on a giant sheet of white paper? It would seem so. Am I going to succeed? Who knows. Whether I do or not, I can report with absolute certainty that I have now stitched all the pockets and pleats from the last post firmly in place. That accomplished, I turned under the edges and stitched them down. Then I ran two lines of stitching down through the whole piece to divide the pockets into three columns. So we've gone from one very large piece of paper [...]
Revisit
So when last we visited this project, it was inauguration day, and I was working on iteration two of the wall pocket in a vain attempt to distract myself from the fascist rapist taking over my government. It didn't work. But it's a cool project, and I still want the finished piece, so it's time to revisit it. Iteration two came out like this. Three rows of pockets with lacing to hold things in place. And it is...almost right. Closer to right than iteration one. But not quite perfect... Things I like: the general idea (one spot in which to [...]
Stabby
Right. So. I love angry, stabby, sweary little pins. Therefore I have many angry, stabby, sweary little pins. Rather more than I feel like wearing on any given day. But that doesn't I don't want to see them. Enter our little paper friend. By cutting a piece of plastic embroidery canvas to size and sneaking it in the knitting before you graft it, you end up with a piece that is both stiff (so it will stand up if you lean it against something) and perforated (so you can put your pins in). I am delighted. And angry. And stabby. [...]
Monthly Reminder
So this is what I posted over on IG this month: Is it gross that we can't say the word lest the Algo Overlords hide the post? Yup, super gross! Are we going to let that stop us? Oh hell no. We'll do this with coded language if that's what we need to do. Because y'all are clever and know exactly what I'm talking about. And it's important to make sure the information is out there, even if we have to talk around it. Now...do me a favor and help me out in my ongoing quest to [...]
Not-so-secret
Wanna hear my not-so-secret-secret-plan? Because I'm thinking we should do kits... Two things are true: 1) these are so absurdly cute that I know a lot of you long to make them! 2) a big part of that cuteness comes from bits (like the grommets and the clasps) that are sometimes tricky to track down... And while I have complete faith in your ability to undertake a little scavenger hunt if you really really want to make something, I realize sometimes that just feels hard. Especially for something like this where you maybe don't actually want 40 [...]
Not quick
Embroidering these is...slow. And part of me wants to chirp at you and to pretend there's a simple hack to make it quick and easy. But...there's not. It's hundreds of tidy little stitches, all carefully placed, and it absolutely takes time. But honestly, it's nice to slow down for a minute, focus on just one thing, and spend a little bit of time being calm and still. I need that right now, and I suspect I'm not the only one. So no, it's not quick. And I won't pretend it is. But I can do slow things, and you can [...]
Alrighty then
Ahem. Yes. Yes this needed to happen. I mean yes, cute as is, successfully hits the 'thing that looks like another thing!' button in my head (a button which I suspect exists in your head as well, otherwise you wouldn't be here). But then when you make it into a pouch it hits that button And Also the 'theoretically useful' button (a button which I know damn well exists in my head and your head too because really there's no explanation for the number of jars and tins and boxes in our houses if it doesn't). And if you can [...]
Apparently not
Ahem. So. It appears I am not the only one amused (I say, looking askance at the viewership numbers on the instagram post where I introduced this particular project). Well fine then...let's see how absurd we can make this. Because really, quite a number of you instantly saw this and said yes, but what if also pouch. And well? I have the technology. So why not pouch!
Amusements
Ok really, I need to know, am I the only one amused? Because I very well might be (and really, that's totally ok, it will not be the first and hopefully not the last time that happens)! But if some of you are amused too...
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