A bad sign?
Is it a good sign or a bad sign that I kept seeing this out of the corner of my eye and reaching out to pick it up and take a drink? Like more than once. Significantly more than once. And no, the world absolutely does not need knitted marshmallows. I would never try and tell anyone it did. But somehow I find my day is made better by the knowledge of their existence. I suspect one or two of you may feel the same. And, while I cannot quite bring myself to actually put a pattern for these up [...]
October Housekeeping
The penguin buddies would like to invite you over a sledding party followed by a marshmallow roast. Do be sure to wear your mittens. Monthly housekeeping post (with details on what's coming down and what's coming next over on patreon) is up. Because sometimes, when the whole damn world is on fire, you distract yourself with the cute and the absurd. And honestly, I can't even pretend to feel sorry about it. It feels like a totally valid coping mechanism.
Monthly Reminder
Here’s your monthly reminder that I am staunchly pro abortion. If you are too, I encourage you to speak up! Be loud about it! Make damn sure the people in your life know exactly how you feel. Because I guarantee there is someone in your life who needs someone safe to talk to about abortion. And if you can be that safe person, you should. About one in four people who can get pregnant will have an abortion at some point in their lives. You almost certainly know someone who has had one (or considered having one, or will have [...]
Preparations
Shall we have a little shopping list for our penguin buddies? These are actually built on much the same structure as their friends the owls and foxes, so I am going to scandalously reuse my own earlier work and link to an old blog post where I ran down the owl innards in detail. But the short version is I knit all my buddies with a fingering-weight yarn (just coincidentally, pretty much always Seven Sisters Arts because I swear my stash is like a quarter her stuff and I regret nothing) held double with a silk and mohair lace-weight yarn. [...]
Less sticky
I dunno about your grocery store, but my grocery store occasionally has those GIANT marshmallows, the ones that are nearly the size of a toddler's fist. And they always seem like a good idea, but they are, in reality, nearly impossible to toast evenly and more than a little challenging to actually incorporate into a hot chocolate based concoctions. The knitted equivalent, however, seems ever so much more manageable. Or at least less sticky. I have a plan for these. I'm not saying it's a good plan mind you, but it is an amusing plan. I quietly suggest making sure you're on [...]
Liaison
Gwen has proven to be a very adept tentacle wrangler. Relations between the townsfolk and the tentacled overlords are sure to improve now that she's acting as liaison between groups involved. Should you find yourself in need of your own penguin assistant, the pattern for our little friend should be out next week!
Toasting forks
There is, I regret to inform you, literally nothing preventing you from waking up one morning and deciding 'I must knit an entire bag full of marshmallows before I can know peace in this world.' Nothing save your good sense and sense of restraint. And we all know I'm not overly blessed with either of those. Which is how I find myself surrounded by a small but growing pile of knitted marshmallows. Send help. Or toasting forks.
Swimmingly
Ok, so I know he's made a few brief appearances, but I don't think you've been properly introduced to our little friend here. Which really, seems like a shame. Because I suspect the two of you will get along swimmingly.
Fluff
Anyone wanna guess what this is about to turn into? I'll give you a hint. It's very very very cozy. And completely ridiculous. Mostly that last one.
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