Come write letters!
Come write letters with me! No really, we're all exhausted and scared and angry. We all want to do something. We're all tired of leaving voicemails for our representatives. So let's do something together! Inspired by @theshabbycreekcottage's #projectmailstorm, I asked some local friends if they'd let us come write letters to our representatives at their businesses. And they said yes! So we're doing it. Please join me at @ontheround's gorgeous new studio in Thomaston, Maine on Tuesday April 22nd from 4-6pm (other locations and dates coming soon). We'll have letter writing supplies (including some sample wording in case you're not [...]
Akin
Trump is a fascist and is directly defying the US Supreme Court. A legal US resident was arrested, handed over to ICE, and, without being charged with or convicted of a crime, sent to a concentration camp in El Salvador. The administration admits this was the result of an administrative error. A series of courts, up to and including the US Supreme Court, have said that this was illegal and ordered the government to bring him back. Trump said no. Trump is cracking jokes about it with the president of El Salvador. Because Trump is a fascist, and this is [...]
Trump hurts people
Trump's tariffs mean you probably can't have one of these. Because I probably won't make any more. Because my cost to make them doubled this week. They're probably going to cost me about $4,000 more than I thought they would. I've been working on these for months. Because I don't do the generic, print on demand, slap a logo on it and call it good thing. If I make it, I want it to be special. So I reached out to the printer I loved so much when I was doing books, and we spent ages getting the fabric and the [...]
Hyperfixation
Right, so, you know that thing where something catches your attention and then, for some unknown period of time, it's all you want to do? At least until the next shiny thing comes along, at which point you lose all interest in it (though there's a decent chance it or something related to it will come back around if you wait long enough). Right. Yeah. So. Currently in the grips of one of those. Have been for a couple of weeks now. It shows no signs of abating (though let's be fair, the dismount is always unpredictable and often swift). [...]
Approximate
Approximate, the second hat in the Brioche(ish) set, is out! If you already have the set, you don't have to do anything. The updated file is already in your ravelry library or payhip account, and you'll have an email waiting in your inbox with download links! If you don't already have the set, and now you want it, you've got two options! You can wander over here and join the Rampant Nonsense tier on Patreon for a month.That costs less than buying the set, and you'll get the set (and a bunch of other patterns too). And of course anything [...]
Pocket full of Posies, Part 5
So there's no rule saying you have to do more than one flower. But I think they look best in groups. And I suspect you may well want to do more than one. Because they're really they're fun to make and you're not going to want to stop after just one. So we're talking about how to end one and start the next right over here. Just in case that's the sort of thing you're into. Wondering what's going on? I've taken a bunch of photos and made a bunch of videos while I worked on mending this sweater. I'm [...]
How About No
Right. So. You know how some days you just wake up, check your inbox, and say NOPE NOPE NOPE. Yeah. I got one of those emails this morning, and it's bad enough I'm sharing it with all of you. Because I think you'll be as amused as I was. (Text below if you don't want to read it off the screenshot, all screenshots lightly redacted for privacy.) The email I got: From: [address redacted because I'm not a dick] Subject: Collaboration Opportunity Message Body: Howdy Hunter! I just stumbled across Tiny Nonsense, and I see that your designs are so [...]
Adjacent
Brioche(ish) is out on both ravelry and payhip! You can use the code ISH to take 10% off in either place through Saturday April 5. The set includes three patterns: Adjacent (the hat with the large leaves and folded brim), Approximate (the hat with the smaller leaves and straight brim), and Akin (the mitts). The first of those three patterns, Adjacent, is out today and is available both individually or as part of the set (the other patterns will only be available as part of the the set, they will not be available individually). The second hat pattern, Approximate, will [...]
Monthly Reminder
Do you live in Wisconsin? If so, go vote for Judge Susan Crawford on Tuesday April 1. Do you know anyone in Wisconsin? If so, reach out to them and ask them to vote for Judge Susan Crawford. Yes, even if it feels so very very very awkward to do so. Why do I care about which judge wins an election in a state I've never even set foot in? Because judges are the ones holding the line against the worst excesses of the current administration, and this election will decide who holds the majority on the Wisconsin Supreme Court. [...]
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