Subtle, or?
The sweater had a tiny hole. I have a pile of pretty silk embroidery floss from Molly Girl Yarn. And also the requisite amount of gumption to tackle this task. The only question is do we go subtle, or...enthusiastic. I'm leaning towards enthusiastic, mostly because once a sweater starts getting [...]
Accidental
I...I might have started a little project. Maybe. Possibly. When no one was looking. By accident you understand. And it's not done. Nope, not done at all. But I might possibly have gotten the first draft back. You know, the one where all I can see is the seven [...]
Leftovers
I know myself. I know I believe accessories are more fun in sets. And I keep that in mind when I buy yarn. So when I finished the hat and found myself in possession of an extra skein of each (plus a fairly sizeable leftovers ball of each of the [...]
Double down
Am I going to block this, then fix the goofy bit, then block it again? Yup. Because that's the best way to make the fix damn near invisible, and because blocking takes all of 2 minutes of active effort (get it wet, squeeze it out, plop it over the hat [...]
Off to a good start
Well, that's this year's first official knit, and I'm declaring the year off to a good start. Though I have noticed a spot where a decrease is leaning the wrong way. Yes, even though I ripped the whole damn thing out to fix that at the beginning. What can I [...]
What’s this called?
Ok, so the bit where the yellow opens up and we just run in yellow for a we run for a while in yellow with the blue only sort of peeking out in the background...what is that called? It's not just one color brioche. The blue is in there, every [...]
Knitting is Autistic
Knitting is autistic...and so am I! Late last year I spent a truly delightful hour talking with two of the world's very coolest humans and recording an episode of The Autistic Culture Podcast. We talked about knitting and how it does good things for brains like ours and brains like [...]
Timing
The hat is now ready for the decreases. How do I know? Well, in this case, it's because of where I am in the pattern repeat (this one has a lot of rows, so there are only a couple of set points where it makes sense to do the decreases). [...]
Grumble grumble
Was it a promising start? Yes. Did I find something I wish I'd done differently (namely the decreases...I want the solid line to carry from the inside and curve along the expand-y gold bit, not go straight up the outside of each panel)? Alas, yes. Did I consider just dropping [...]
Monthly Reminder
Abortions are good!^ If you or someone in your household can get pregnant, I think you should have abortion pills in your medicine cabinet. Just in case. Because things are about to get bad. You can order abortion pills online from Aid Access. You can order them even if you're [...]
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