So I know I said no more books, but apparently there's a tiny part of my soul that is just determined to prove me wrong! Yes, they open. Yes, there is a tiny secret container in there to put stuff in. Yes, they delight me in ways that are difficult to put into words and even more difficult to explain to anyone who has an easier time passing as a respectable adult than I do. And no, no I am not sorry at all. If they delight you as much as they do me, the testing call is up on [...]

Here's your monthly reminder that abortions are good, I am staunchly pro abortion, and if you support me, I will absolutely give some of your money to causes I believe in. My very first patreon goal was to set up a recurring donation to help pay for abortions, and that's what we're doing here. Aid Access provides abortion pills by mail to people in all 50 states. Abortion pills are safe and effective and give people the ability to terminate their own pregnancies at home without going to the doctor. You can order them right now, even if you're not [...]

I may have made a grave error in judgement. I may have obtained some hair clips to which one of these could, were one so inclined, be affixed. And, while this will not render them suitable for kitten use, it may possibly render them suitable for adorning humans.⁠ Depending on your definition of suitable.⁠ But we all know my definition of suitable is...rather permissive.⁠ Updates as events warrant.⁠ The pattern is Ensorcellment, should your definition of suitable be similarly expansive.

Ahem...I told you the next step was to embroider on it. Does the silk embroidery floss absolutely gleam? Yes. Does this make me happy on a drizzly, chilly, gray morning? Also yes. Am I having more fun than anyone should? Very much also yes.

Ahem, you know how I'm always recommending you block? Yeah, sometimes you don't even have to wait until you're done knitting to block. If you want to see how something is coming together (or double check your gauge, or see how the fabric feels or drapes after it blocks, or just get a little reassurance that your project is on track), you can totally block things while you're still working on them. If you're using needles you're ok with getting wet (most metal or plastic needles, especially dpns and straights), you can absolutely throw stuff in water while it's on [...]

As is so often the case...the tiny things are more fun when you make, um, several. Now I will, as always, do my best to restrain myself. You have to keep your more excessive impulses in check or there's no telling what will happen. But we are going to need at least a few. I'm sure you understand...

So voting last time was actually weirdly fun (or, possibly, I'm just really liking the idea of a super low stakes vote where no one's safety or bodily autonomy or civil liberties are on the line?), so let's do it again!⁠ Last time we voted on whether the pointy hat or the potion bottles should come back (pointy hat won & came out Tuesday, patrons who get patterns can download it here, everyone else can find it here). Those two had something of a seasonal deadline, so they came first, but I've got two other patterns with a strong fall [...]

Yup. Yup I know. It looks, um, a bit peculiar at this stage. I fully admit it. But it will undergo a significant increase in cuteness before we're done. And I won't ask you to take it entirely on faith, Little Skein Anne has seen where this is going (that's her gorgeous yarn) and will probably vouch for me and reassure everyone that I have not lost all sense. But before it can get all officially cute, I have to knit, um, a couple more. Just a few. Because tiny things are so often better in sets. And I am [...]