Wanna see how the Sock Stop* samples came out? You can watch me wiggle them around over here (for, despite my best attempts, I cannot actually convey in words all the things I can show in a video). The verdict seems to be that it does, indeed, make for a grippier surface (if enough of use it, it becomes a word, that's how words work). It dried mostly clear (more so on the paper and the woven fabric, a little less so on the knitted fabric). It didn't soak through to the back side (not even on the paper), and [...]

Hi there! If you're new to patreon and want to join us (or you just suddenly need to stitch some paper) you're in the right place! I'm pretty sure I've got everything you could want to know below. Quick Patreon Overview (because I know it can be daunting!): Patreon is a monthly subscription platform that lets you get cool stuff (and support me so I can keep making cool stuff). You can always change or cancel your subscription at any time (anything you get while you were a member always stays yours forever, and you can always put any knitting [...]

"But aren't they slippery?!" is the most common question I get about knitted slippers. And my answer is always some version of "um, they're about as slippery as regular socks?" Slippers are basically extra thick, extra short socks. So if socks don't feel slippery, slippers probably won't. If socks do feel slippery, slippers probably will. But then there's this stuff called Sock Stop * which purports to make socks grippy. So I bought some and I'm going to experiment with it. Wanna see how it comes out? You can watch me put it on some little samples over here, and [...]

Ahem...a package came. Two packages actually. Two packages full of the embroidered notepaper cards I got made just for us. You know, the ones you can absolutely add grommets to and/or clip together with a binder ring, because goodness knows I love me some office supplies. The ones I got done with nifty (if shockingly difficult to photograph) texture so that you can really feel the individual stitches (no really, you want to run your fingernail over them, they're so delightfully tactile). And all of that's cool...but you know the real question is what's it like to write on them? [...]

I (may probably almost certainly) have suffered a small lapse in judgement at the thrift shop. Please know that I am aware of this and that I have extremely low expectations. No really, lower than that. Lower still. I fully assume the most likely outcome of this purchase is 'this sits in my garage until the next purge fit comes upon me, at which point it is re-donated to the thrift shop.' The next most likely outcome is 'I watch a bunch of youtube videos, try setting it up, and quit in a fit of rage after an hour or [...]

For those thinking 'erm, have you seen a foot? do you know how those work?' in response to the revelation that the not-a-snail was in fact a slipper, perhaps this will help. Esmeralda has lent us her foot modeling services. The bit on the back is a heel flap, and the other bit is the sides of the foot. It is worked flat for a while then joins up and is worked in the round down through the toe. It's fairly similar to the foot part of a top down sock with a heel flap (just you leave a hole [...]

Ok so I told you last time it wasn't quite done. And while nothing is ever really done (you just eventually die and so stop noticing), another couple of hours of work got it pretty firmly in to the 'done for now' state. I decided I absolutely could get a cheap outdoor carpet for the floor (because standing on concrete floors makes my fat, middle-aged body hurt in surprisingly short order), and that it was actually completely reasonable to order a couple of bins to organize stuff. And I will probably end up getting rolling drafting stool so I can [...]

So while there is apparently an untapped  market for both knitted snails and knitted seashells, I have yet to tackle either. I am, instead, firmly in the grips of slipper fever. Luckily it's rarely fatal...a long as you knit enough slippers. I shall do my best to survive this bout. Hand my my needles...for medicinal purposes you understand.