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i don't generally bother posting the stuff i knit exactly from existing patterns but i finally wove in the ends on a couple frankensteined socks and figured i might as well throw them up here? they're very dumb but i'm fond of them.

for the first pair i made up a colorwork pattern for the feanorian heraldic symbol, and slapped it together with the pisqu sock structure and toe pattern, and a snippet of a mitten for the sole halves. the yarn is 100g of jamieson's of shetland that i got on the high street of fort william, as a treat after walking 100 miles from glasgow to get there, and i had... maybe 10 yards total left over? i had to cut off the long tail from my cast-on and use it to graft the toe closed on the last sock; it was nerve-wracking. if i did this pattern again, i'd probably put the toe motif in between the two heraldic lozenges, but the first time through i wasn't sure how the math would work out so i frontloaded them. ah well!

the second pair is the structure of an existing sock i've forgotten the name of (worked in the round from the tip of the heel to a hat-like shape with six sides; two opposite ones are grafted together to form the instep and the other sets of two open into the cuff and close into the toe), with the colorwork pattern from the gogink sweater yoke. i thiiiink you could do this with basically any colorwork sweater yoke, but i've only tried it with this one. if i did it again i'd add some short rows to the front side of the cuff; the construction sort of pulls it down so that the heel side of the cuff is higher than the front, and a couple short row rounds would probably level it back out. i like these because they neatly smash the cuff-down/toe-up binary and make everybody mad, and i am at all times an imp of the perverse.

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Sewing pattern: this is NOT for beginners

Me, a beginner:

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Cloud Blanket~ Based on a photo I took in Switzerland. It was raining that day, and at first I was disappointed by the weather because we couldn't go hiking in the rain, but the low hanging rain clouds were so beautiful that I became glad for the rain.

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update: on their first wear after mending, my partner and their extremely powerful ass busted out the other side of the butt area😔 i have offered to patch the other side but they may just give up on these extremely worn and busted pants

first attempt at putting a patch in some of my partner’s busted pants (too much ass to be contained 🫡). kept it all black and simple but i think i’ll definitely experiment with more colors and exciting visible mending when i’m fixing up things from my own wardrobe

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I MADE A CAT

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first attempt at putting a patch in some of my partner’s busted pants (too much ass to be contained 🫡). kept it all black and simple but i think i’ll definitely experiment with more colors and exciting visible mending when i’m fixing up things from my own wardrobe

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The biggest compliment ever is when someone sees your creative work and says that they’re now inspired to go out and create something, too

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Loving the CatKnit Pullover so far!! It’s really coming along! Hoping to finish the yoke by Wednesday!

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I have learned how to knit!🎉 And as my first project I chose Ernie and Bert socks, now I can wear the muppet husbands on my feet

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my christmas chaos socks :3

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shrimp socks 🦐🦐

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I know I never post my own stuff but this project took me like three months and I'm so proud of it!!

edit: pattern was found on ravelry!

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return of the hem inspector. mostly doesn’t interfere, just sits veeeery close to watch

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Finished a new piece. I think it speaks to my state of mind. Notice the fine details. :)

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Cat mandated knitting break