#Holy Fibers

[uncanny-tranny]

You know how some clay artists make a little kiln god to protect their pottery? I need to crochet a little yarn god to make sure my projects always have good omens near them because I think I need that 😭😨

[queer-reader-07]

no i don't think you understand the kind of love i have for good omens. it's not just that i love aziraphale and crowley. it's not just that my ex catholic self enjoys the biblical satire. it's not just that it's queer and i'm queer and goddammit i love queer stories.

it's also that this is the kind of story i desperately want to share. not just the kind i recommend as an "oh this is good" aside. not just the kind that i tell people i love about and tell them i want them to read. no, good omens is the kind of story that i read and thought to myself "i'm gonna read this to my future kid one day." it's the kind of story i won't let die. the kind of story that will never leave my mind. the kind of story i will rewatch or reread until the end of my life. the kind of story i can relate everything back to because it is my everything.

it's also that i know my dad read it. and watched it. and knew this shit was gay from day fucking 1. and yeah i'm already out to him, but it reinforces that he loves me for me. not in spite of my queerness.

it's also that i found out one of my closest friends loves good omens. and we talked and texted and sent video messages back and forth about it and got to go feral over season 2 together.

i'm gonna read good omens with my future kid one day. i'm gonna share this story with as many people as possible. because when i tell you this story is shrouded in love deep within my heart, i mean it.

[rayshippouuchiha]

diagonal knit blanket for my sis! original pattern wasn’t working out (too busy, didn’t play well with the colors) so had to start over. but i like this better anyway, it stripes prettier and is very easy to zone out with while watching youtube or tv. blankets are soothing to make, because they’re big enough to challenge me, but also useful, and depending on the pattern, can also hold my interest.

This is baby blanket #3. It’s being made with acrylic mini skeins that were a christmas gift. pattern is Cambrie by wool and stitch. I’ve got a light-dark-light-dark thing going, which is coming out nicely. don’t know for sure if i’ll use all the skeins since i’m nowhere near the length needed, but if nothing else i’ll go until i’m satisfied.

baby blankets 1&2! (ignore the terrible lighting) they were supposed to be for a coworker that was having twins, but then she left before i was done, and i couldn’t reach her at the number she gave me, then the other one i had didn’t work, and i never got a response, so they ended up going to a cousin of mine that recently had a baby. my aunt is gonna pass them along for me, so i’m just happy they’ll get used. these were done last year, i think i finished that brown and gray one in…November? or October. (side note, i am NEVER doing an 8-row pattern for a blanket again jfc it took FOREVER). brown and gray is garter rib, blue and white is eeny meenie minie mo, the aforementioned 8-row, which drove me nuts because i still think my stitch count was off somewhere, or there was an issue with the pattern. X_X both were done in cotton. still pleased with how they came out since they were my first ever baby blankets. :D

this wacky thing is also diagonal knit, but with chunky chenille yarn (also a christmas gift). why i decided to make it diagonal knit as well, i don’t know. it’s a side project that gets worked on whenever i’m in the mood to fiddle with it. will probably give it to my aunt as she does not have a blanket from me yet.

my stepdad’s blanket! also done in acrylic, it took 5 cakes of caron super bulky. pattern is called bamboo, even though you can’t really see it in the pic. this was finished literally 2 months ago, and i almost ran out of yarn, but had enough to finish the border. i won yarn chicken, juuuust barely.

my mom’s blanket! i finished that one last year too. I don’t remember if I showed this one or not. I did not make a finishing border because i wasn’t paying attention, so i had just enough yarn to bind off. i used the caron anniversary cake for it. frigging huge thing of yarn.  remember kids, always keep track of your rows! pattern is broken rib. and yes, when i finished both blankets, i literally left them on their chairs for my mom/stepdad to find in the morning.now, i haven’t forgotten about your blanket. in fact i recently got the needles and a couple skeins of yarn for it. did a test run of the pattern, and now i mostly just need to figure out how many stitches to cast on for proper width, and then how many more skeins i will need altogether. it took me forever to actually DECIDE what to use, because my initial yarn pick never seemed to have the right colors in stock, and my other choices just didn’t seem right. :/ but i’ll need to get 2 more skeins in the right colors, and go from there. i’ll be using lion brand hometown, which is also considered super bulky/chunky. once i have everything, i’ll start fiddling with it and share progress.

[we-re-always-alright]

somehow at 15” I’m still on the first fucking skein of yarn HOW FAR DOES THIS THING GO

[things-from-strings]

Holy Shit there's like 800 ppl following me now?? that's insane when i think abt it... never rly paid attention to follower count before. that is so freakin many.........

So, hello, 800 ppl! 👋😄 i'm happy u enjoy my crazy crafts & hope it inspires u to make ur own cool stuff! 🧶🧵🪡✨️

[banannabethchase]

After multiple months, 3 different types of yarn, around a dozen errors, and more than one instance of frogging, my mom's Christmas crochet project is finally DONE.

[yoiku]

I am becoming hopeful about the pc now. I spent the day with my stream on and used as many other appliances in the apartment at the same time, set my fridge and portable ac unit on max blast for a good while since those are the likely the biggest power whores in here, and had no random boots occur. obs borked once but the stream was on for about 16hrs total. I will give it a week until I report back to the store of the results, but so far it's promising!!

[sweaterkittensahoy]

Just watched a video about the Wool & Folk fuckery, and I cracked up because the guy doing the commentary did a great job putting the facts together but is NOT a fiber artist. More than once, he went, "I don't understand why there's so much drama in a knitting festival."

Oh, my sweet summer child.

Oh, my dear heart.

Oh, you actual babe in the woods.

While absolutely and unquestionably terrible, W&F is TAME.

[emeraldreverie]

HUGE HUGE HUGE news

i think i just got confirmation that as long as they are "pets" i can have ducks and goats too, not just chickens

this changes so much

[uncanny-tranny]

When I find it hard to do certain things, I like to pretend I am a neanderthal living in a cave with my clan, and I must do The Thing in order to survive.

So, when I'm doing cardio at the gym, I'm actually chasing and tracking a mammoth, and when I need to cook, well, I'm not cooking on a stove top, I am hurdled over the first fire and watching the fat of our kill drip down onto the burning wood. And when I find it hard to crochet, I pretend that the first winter storm is coming and our clan needs me to make blankets to hurdle under and that I must contribute.

I hope whatever you do to do The Things will help. It is a uniquely personable trait to motivate yourself through pretend and stories. That's what makes this life interesting - that's what makes you feel larger than yourself 💛

[idiosyncraticrednebula]

I clicked on a video essay about Snow White and off the rip, the guy called Snow White a "passive domestic weirdo with no personality" and quickly figured out he is one of THOSE critics. He also got one about Ariel and you bet your ass he is one of these "gave up her voice for a man", "The Little Mermaid is misogynistic" dipshits. I have yet to watch the video, but I know for a fact he is one of those guys. His videos reek of that smartass, sanctimonious, leftist bullshit just by reading the titles and looking at the thumbnails. This guy also has a video defending Twilight. You can't make this damn shit up.

[sparkmender]

👚 a long flowy white dress, embroidered in pinna byssus and spider silk with images of stars and planets + a cape made from hundreds of shimmering, translucent ribbons that float and swirl around him with every movement

“Oh, I— I couldn’t possibly keep this. I don’t deserve this.”

The Ornament The Key stands in regalia, hidden bells chiming softly as he steps forward, shyly revealing himself in the warm lights of the Temple foyer.

Divinity does walk among us, little pedes barely making a sound on the tiled floor as ribbons trail behind Rung on some unseen breeze. He is hesitant to move too quickly in case he missteps and ruins the unbelievable clothing; the dress is so similar to his kittel and yet impossibly finer, designed to flatter rather than to obscure. His sparkplate and biolights glow underneath, diffused and refracted like light through a crystal, and when he turns—

If you squint and catch him at just the right moment, the right angle—

He is haloed in white and gold.

Rung dabs awkwardly at his faceplate, cheeks burning hot and optics gone blurry with washer fluid that threatens to spill. “I do not deserve this.”

[mischief-tea]

[samhaven]

Rika 👀 💚

[morhath]

ALSO now that I finally have internet I can tell you all the exciting news that we found!!! the attic loom!!! I could've sworn there was a loom in the attic, I've looked for it multiple times, and it was IN A BOX! there is also a slightly busted hand loom

[passengerpigeons]

I think just 1-2 more business-y shirts and I'll have a fairly complete summer wardrobe. Maybe sub out some shitty pants with roomy high waisted vintage/repro stuff gradually over time. but like I enough summer things to wear to work in a 2 week cycle