When you're deciding how to block something, you need to consider what sort of fiber you're dealing with. Most things you knit with (animal fibers, plant fibers, man made fibers) will benefit from Basic Blocking. That's where you're just washing it to get it clean, primping it a bit to [...]

You know how I say 'blocking is often just getting it wet and smoothing it out?' Yeah. Well. Sometimes it's more than that. There's a fancy version too. And this thing will just absolutely shine once we get it blocked the fancy way. But I know the fancy blocking can [...]

I got these questions a bunch last week, so I wanted to put the answers all in one place. I'm not a doctor or a lawyer, but this is what I've been able to find (it's fine to share).⁠ ⁠•EMERGENCY CONTRACEPTION VS ABORTION PILLS: You take emergency contraception (also called [...]

You can buy abortion pills online. Right now. In all 50 states. Even if you're not pregnant. If you can't afford them, there are resources to help you pay for them. The folks at Aid Access will help you. Their website is aidaccess.org. The folks at Plan C will also [...]

Did I spend the weekend sewing? Yup, yup I did. And we all know what the first step in sewing is right? No, not picking a pattern. No, not buying fabric. No, not even washing & ironing fabric (my petition to change the name from 'sewing' to 'advanced ironing with [...]

I did this on instagram stories last weekend, & when I said something about how I should probably stop bombarding unsuspecting knitters with the ongoing saga of What Yard Trash Will I Shove In Jars This Week, a whole bunch of folks said they actually like it. So, since I'm [...]

Nope. I'm fine. I'm not completely undone by something so achingly simple that it should amuse no one, least of all me. Nope. Not at ALL. Totally in control of myself and liking this only the reasonable and normal amount. Nothing to see here.⁠ ⁠ [Begin Suuuuuuuper Seeeeeeeeecret transmission for [...]

Yup. Yup I like where this is going. I like it rather a lot. I seem to like basically anything that lets me doodle on my yarn. One of these days I'm going to just buy some markers and...have an incident. But for now, for now we do it with [...]

Yes, I do realize the unspeakable absurdity of complaining about stockinette yesterday and then showing you a picture of...wait for it...yet more stockinette (now with three tiny lines of also stockinette just in a slightly different color). It will only get worse when I admit that I am rather enjoying [...]

I remain unspeakably enamored with the whole turned hem thing. I mean, it's not enough to make me forego my longstanding feud with stockinette (why, why is a fabric that's so pretty to look at and so practical in projects so dead ass boring to knit? Does it not realize [...]