Overcome
I had the best of intentions. When I took the christmas tree down in late December, I fully intended to get the ornaments tidied up and put away in short order. But then I found myself somewhat overcome by events. And then it was January. And it was cold. And it was dark. And events continued, unabated, at an absurd and frankly reckless pace. And time passed. And one day it became clear that the ornaments had been sitting in a pile on the chair on the porch long enough that a second, valentine-themed, dusting of objects had accreted atop [...]
Colonization
The closet was overflowing. The sort of overflowing where finding what you need requires pulling three things out and runs a not insignificant risk of avalanche. The sort of overflowing where you avoid putting things away properly because you know it's going to require a game of tetris, so you either fling and forget or shove and swear. And I? I needed one Very Small Object that I knew was in there. Somewhere. Probably at the very bottom of the bin. Probably towards the back. One small, inexpensive object. One small, inexpensive object that I absolutely could have ordered from [...]
Noteworthy Kit Preorder
Preorders for the Noteworthy Kits are open (but only through the weekend)! If you know you want to knit some paper, but you don't want to go on a scavenger hunt for the bits, this is how you make that happen. You've got three options: Just the Bits (grommets, clasps, plastic canvas, embroidery floss, adorable little pouch, and of course the pattern) Bits and Yarn (all that other stuff plus a special, super secret custom color from @littleskeinyarn) Hold my Spot (if you know you want a kit, but prefer to wait to pay for it until it's ready to [...]
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 [...]
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