Extra Crispy
April Fools' Day Sale! Use the code NO FOOLING for 30% off any of the patterns for tiny, ridiculous things! Official bits, just for the avoidance of confusion: This is for today only (it ends at 11:59pm, EDT, April 1, 2023). It covers the patterns for tiny things that aren't [...]
Silly but useful
Things that look silly but are useful, take two! So in addition to changing up what you embroider with, you can also play with the size of your stitches. This shows what it looks like if you work over a column of slipped/twisted stitches (left) and what it looks [...]
Lagomorphs
I heard a rumor some of you found yourselves in need of this to aid in the work of your local candy-delivery lagomorphs. I'll see what I can do to make sure that's an option. We wouldn't want an army of angry, basket-wielding bunnies on our hands.
Madewell’s response
After I posted about mending the terribly made Madewell sweater on twitter, I got an automated response from Madewell's customer service twitter account asking for more info. I've been generally reluctant to reach out to them (you can look back on some of the other posts about this process for [...]
So about those sweaters…
So I heard from Madewell about the sweaters I've spent all winter mending! And I totally want to show you what they had to say...but first, let's check in on the sweaters (you can see a video version of this on instagram if you want to see some of this [...]
March Housekeeping
I'm trying to get in the habit of doing a little housekeeping post once a month. The theory is that it will give me a place to run down what's going away, what's coming next, and what's in progress. Plus show off a little non-knitting something or other because we [...]
Salty
And there we go. Knitted patch sewn down atop the stabilized bit of the sleeve. This elbow will outlast the whole rest of the sweater (admittedly not hard, as the sweater is made of fluff and spite and bad intentions). I am, as usual, pleased with the mend, and quite [...]
Smitten
I mean really, it took maybe an hour to embroider on this. And I have to say, I'm rather hopelessly smitten with the result. I mean yes, the original, unadorned version was spiffy. But this one is must magic. And I kinda feel like we should all know how to [...]
Stabalize
So while the patches are in the wash and drying, I'm building up the hole and thin area by more or less weaving new fabric over it. I rolled up a blanket and shoved it in the sleeve to hold everything open and flat and stable. Then I just went [...]
Monthly Reminder
Every month I write a post saying "abortions are good!" and send a donation to Aid Access to support their work providing abortion pills to people who need them. And every month, a few folks clutch their pearls and reach for their smelling salts and pretend they don't understand what [...]
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