#I glue and crochet and glue and read and crochet

[leconcombrerit]

How's the wooden house coming along? Can imagine it's taking a while due to all the small detailed bits.

I just ran out of glue and therefore finally picked up my phone. I swear I get way too focused when I start these things, if I could forget to breathe I would.

But it's going smoothly for now! Which means that I haven't yet reached the point where all the micro mistakes will catch up to me and have me looking for a way to make it work anyway. I also discarded some posters that I noticed had Harry Potter written on them, we do not stan terf works in this household.

Here are a few pictures of the ground floor!

It's still so very tiny if only I had some more glue-

[emiliaoleary]

Hooking rugs that look like dogs

Here's how I do it:

The process I use is called rug hooking (not latch hook or punch needle or tufting, though it is the forerunner of the latter two techniques). Rugs are hooked by pulling loops of fabric strips or yarn through the holes of a base fabric with a coarse open weave, like burlap, or linen, or rug warp. The loops are pulled through the fabric with a squat-handled hook whose business end is shaped like a crochet hook.  There are no knots and the loops aren't sewed down in any way.  The whole thing stays put just by the tension of all those loops packed together in the weave of the foundation fabric.

This isn't a true detailed tutorial but a walk-through of my particular process. The same information is on my web page, emilyoleary.com .

I hook with yarn, rather than with cut strips of wool fabric, which is what many rug hookers use.  I can get a looser, more organic distribution of loops with yarn than I could with wool strips, which are hooked in neat lines. 

Mostly I use wool yarn. In terms of yarn weight, I can use DK, worsted, or Aran.  If I'm using thicker yarn, I leave more holes un-hooked; if I'm using finer yarn, I hook more densely or double up lengths of it.  I particularly like using single ply yarns (like Brown Sheep Lamb's Pride or Malabrigo Worsted).  I don't keep count, but I think I usually use around two dozen types and colors of yarn per dog.  

This is my yarn wall in my apartment. Mostly brown and gray yarn!

I start from a small drawing in my sketchbook, then I head to FedEx office to use a copy machine, blowing up the drawing repeatedly and experimenting with how big the dog rug should be. 

After transferring the image onto my linen, I immediately go over it with Sharpie, because the Saral is really difficult to see and really easy to rub off.

The rug is held taut by a PVC quilting frame that I set on my lap.

I push my hook down through the fabric with my right hand and my left hand stays below the fabric and guides the yarn while I pull it up and through with the hook. Not every hole in the fabric is hooked. Hooking every hole would make the rug too dense. I do hook pretty densely, though-- If you pick up one of my rugs you’ll see they have a slight curl to them, which is because they’re hooked pretty tight. I'm using all different weights and types of yarn, so it's a challenge to keep the overall tension even.

I hook my loops at varying heights to create a very low relief. Sometimes I trim the loops to make them fluffier or wispier or to shape a particular part. I look at a reference photo while I work and pull out and redo sections a lot.

My q-snap frame can accommodate the growing dog rug. I have extenders to make it bigger and I can clamp around my hooking.

The back of a rug looks like lines of little stitches. The lines are little worm trails snaking around because lines of hooking are not supposed to cross over each other. It's important to start a new length of yarn rather than cross over a stitch you already made! I read this when I first started and took it to heart. It makes it much easier to undo and redo hooking if you have to (and I redo sections A Lot). It also keeps the back from getting too bulky and resulting in uneven wear on the back of a functional rug that gets floor use.

When I’m done hooking everything I turn the rug over and brush watered-down Sobo glue on the edges of the dog, making sure to get one or two of the outermost lines of hooking. I do a couple coats of this thinned out glue. I'm careful not to use so much that it seeps to the front of the rug. When the glue is dry I cut the rug out, but I don't cut so close that the loops don't have any linen to keep them in.

​ It generally takes me at least several months to finish one dog rug. My hooking frame and yarn bag are very portable (though bulky) so I can hook out and about at coffee shops or the library or a brewery if there's enough space and light.

Hooking in the wild makes me an ambassador for making things in general and rug hooking in particular. I answer people's questions and always emphasize how relatively easy it is to get started hooking. Sometimes I get anxious that other people will hook rugs that look like mine but better, but I think that working in a traditional medium means you should share your knowledge for the good of the craft.

[a-hermit-pining]

Geto as a House Husband

Genre: Fluff Pairing: House husband Geto x Reader AN: I love him. He's so damn pretty. Who should I write next?

Have you seen him? He is mother material. Born to cook forced to slay. Let's say in a different world, you whisk this beautiful man into the domestic bliss of marriage.

Massive cottage core vibes with this one. He is very taken by the idea of not being regarded as a killing machine. Immediately busies himself with the task of decorating your shared home.

Just take this man away. Elope to mountains and save him (hermit begs you).

Wedding planning is another demon. He debates every single decision. Asking you about your preference between white gardenias or white peonies. (You love him and he is too sweet for you to say out loud that you for the end of the world cannot distinguish the flowers)

He creates elaborate flowcharts to compare the pros and cons of different cake flavors, or insists on stress-testing the honeymoon resort's structural integrity with a cursed technique (much to the staff's bewilderment).

Let's not even get into Gojo's best man speech. No one really recovered from that.

DIY projects are his shit. Renovating a raggedy old dresser into a vintage masterpiece is where his magic lies. Let this man cook.

Your home with him is a a whimsical blend of vintage finds and hand-stitched throw pillows adorned with subtle wards against lingering curses. Even the strategically placed spider plants weren't just decorative – they doubled as a natural barrier against negative energy (a discovery that both surprised and amused you).

His transition into a normal 'monkey' life was endearingly awkward, like the time he spent hours meticulously decoupaging a floral pattern onto a chair, muttering about the inefficiency of glue compared to a simple binding spell.

And the day Suguru is introduced to the world of crocheting, your world flips on its axis. The pure look of joy on his face unravels the seams of your heart as he presents you with the mood changing octopus on your birthday.

Weekends with him are craft days. With a classic rom-com in the background as he sits next to you, his hands busy in the dance of needles and yarn. Better even your fingers run through his hair, braiding his hair only to wake up to your husband with perfect mermaid waves next day.

You both are the kind of sickly sweet couple that cause Shoko to gag in cringe during holiday gatherings.

Your husband glows with the simplicity of life. His hands busy themselves with crafts, chores, gardening, never a moment of rest even in the hull of domesticity.

He is your Disney princess that rushes out to refill the bird feeder with the first rays of Sun, hums pleasantly at the sight of a perfectly baked batch of cookies, or paints the most delightful sceneries on your ceilings.

Geto Suguru was made to create. He loves the fresh scent of sheets, experimenting with new flavors of tea, or going down the path of BookTok with Faerie romances much to your astonishment.

It isn't long before, you both end up adopting teeny tiny twins from the local orphanage. Suguru's darling girls he spends his life nurturing.

He took to fatherhood with the same surprising zeal he brought to everything else. His days were filled with braiding tiny pigtails, reading bedtime stories with dramatic voice inflections (complete with a surprisingly convincing rendition of a grumpy troll), and building elaborate pillow forts that rivaled any jujutsu barrier.

And on nights when dreams of a different reality kept him away, you held his hand in yours. Calling your girls for a family sleepover in the living room. That was all it took to whisk the sadness away from your beloved's eyes.

[doll-tutorials]

ik it's a bit of a big ask but, can you provide a guide of essential products/tools to have for someone new to doll collecting?

thank you!!

Hmm, for small doll repairs I'd say a melamine sponge, rubbing alcohol, cotton wipes, qtips, metal pet comb, nail scissors.

For collecting, i'd start with a small notebook or spreadsheet of what doll, how much and notes about it.

After that it's about deciding how you'd like to collect: how much time energy and money are you willing to put into each doll?

If you want to get into MyScene your options are buying mint condition for about 20-30$ more than buying used condition but probably needing hair plugs replacing. Ponies often require hair work, G1 Monster high need glue treatment and de yellowing, old Barbies will have stains or need body swaps. It can be very rewarding or very tedious if that's not your jam so finding that price/work point that works for you is a really important start. There are collectors who only get dolls that are in stores and enjoy the physical trips to go 'hunting', others thrift, others do ebay/mercari/mandarake with set budgets. If you're outside of the USA you might not get much in-store choice.

It's about figuring out what part of collecting is fun for you : redressing, hairstyling, making jewelry or miniatures, photography, sewing, crochet, doll repair, doll customizing, coming up with a backstory, completing a set?

The hobby is vast so the essentials are 1- some dedicated space and maybe a time slot to put your dolls and related crafts, 2- an idea of your budget then 3- playing with a bit of everything to see which direction you'd like your collecting to go.

I'm opening this up to anyone reading : what's a tool or supply that came in useful with your doll collecting?

I think I would have invested in a dust proof bookcase sooner and a heat pad instead of using a hair dryer but I'm glad I didn't invest in photography equipment as that's not my thing.

[my-secret-shame-but-fanfiction]

Masterlist • ao3 • want to be tagged? • Requests Info • buy me a coffee? •

• Moon Knight Fics Masterlist One • Moon Knight Fics Masterlist Two• Moon Knight Fics Masterlist Four •

• Watch •🍑⭐️• afab!Reader x Steven Grant x Marc Spector • Rating: 18+ pals • OneShot • Summary: Steven likes it when Marc watches.

• Good Vibrations •🍑⭐️• gn!Reader x Jake Lockley • Rating: 18+ pals • OneShot • Summary: A sort of continuation of Chain Reaction - you don't have to read that to read this, basically, Jake has nipple piercings.

• Late •🍑⭐️• afab!Reader x Marc Spector • Rating: 18+ pals • OneShot • Summary: Marc gets back late.

• Glue It Back On •🍑⭐️• afab!Reader x Steven Grant x Marc Spector • Rating: 18+ pals • OneShot • Summary: Steven and Marc's personal grooming doesn't quite go to plan.

• Spread 'Em Wide •🍑⭐️• afab!Reader x Marc Spector • Rating: 18+ pals • OneShot • Summary: Marc gets fucked.

• Twin Moons •🍑⭐️• f!Reader x Steven Grant • Rating: 18+ pals • OneShot • Summary: You go back to Steven's after a date.

• Meltdown •🎀⭐️• gn!Reader x Steven Grant • Rating: mature pals • OneShot • Summary: Steven has a meltdown. Written for the Disability Visibility Event.

• Early •🍑⭐️• afab!Reader x Marc Spector • Rating: 18+ pals • OneShot • Summary: Jake makes you squirt.

• I'll Cry •🎀⭐️• gn!Reader x Marc Spector • Rating: mature pals • OneShot • Summary: You wash Marc's hair.

• What You Want To Do To Me •🍑⭐️• gn!Reader x Marc Spector • Rating: 18+ pals • OneShot • Summary: Marc gets fucked.

• Bare •🎀⭐️• gn!Reader x Marc Spector • Rating: mature pals • OneShot • Summary: Marc's not sure if he should sleep how he wants.

• Kiss It Better •🎀⭐️• gn!Reader x Steven Grant• Rating: mature pals • OneShot • Summary: You and Steven go to a fair.

• August •🎀• gn!Reader x Steven Grant• Rating: PG pals • OneShot • Summary: You and Steven go to a fair.

• Jog •🎀• gn!Reader x Marc Spector • Rating: 18+ pals • OneShot • Summary: You go jogging with Marc.

• Latin •🎀• gn!Reader x Steven Grant• Rating: PG pals • OneShot • Summary: Steven helps you learn latin.

•Yarn•🎀• gn!Reader x Jake Lockley • Rating: PG pals • OneShot • Summary: Jake teaches you how to crochet.

•Try, Try, And Try Again•🍑• afab!Reader x Steven Grant • Rating: 18+ pals • OneShot • Summary: Steven's always willing to try anything.

•Worrywart•🎀⭐️• Marc Spector x GN!Reader • Rating: PG • OneShot • Summary: Marc worries about you.

•Just Happy•🎀⭐️ • Jake Lockley x GN!Reader • Rating: PG • OneShot • Summary:

•Little Spoon•🎀 ⭐️• Marc Spector x GN!Reader • Rating: PG • OneShot • Summary: Marc comes to bed late.

•More Than I Remember You[2]•🍑• afab!Reader x Marc Spector • Rating: 18+ pals • OneShot • Summary: Marc sees you again.

•If I Ask Nicely•🍑• afab!Reader x Steven Grant • Rating: 18+ pals • OneShot • Summary: Steven uses your appreciation for his voice to his complete advantage.

•Simple Construction•🍑• afab!Reader x Jake Lockley • Rating: 18+ pals • OneShot • Summary: Jake has always loved lego.

•Third In Line•🍑• afab!Reader x Steven Grant • Rating: 18+ pals • OneShot • Summary: Steven's a little frustrated at being third.

•Made A Beautiful Mess, I Guess•🍑• afab!Reader x Steven Grant • Rating: 18+ pals • OneShot • Summary: Steven has a surprise.

•Princess Treatment•🍑⭐️•Steven Grant x afab!Reader • Rating: 18+ pals • OneShot • Summary: Steven knows how to take care of you.

•Save A Cow•🍑• GN!Reader x Steven Grant • Rating: 18+ pals • OneShot • Summary: Steven finds a badge in a charity shop.

•Snuggles•🎀 • Steven Grant x GN!Reader • Rating: PG • OneShot • Summary: Steven can't sleep.

[interlockingpatches]

This is the second or third thing I ever crocheted, back in 2005. We'd done a quick lesson in an intro to fibres course and I figured out the rest (there was no YouTube then). It's a rabbit stuffed with rags from an ill-fitting thrifted shirt.

I was in the last year of my painting degree, and earlier that summer my mom had been diagnosed with pancreatic cancer. I was flying back and forth between Baltimore and Tampa on a weekly basis, and I kept working at my technique and making stuffed animals because it was something I could do on an airplane.

In October of that year Mom stopped treatment, and I moved back to Florida full time while she was in home hospice. I kept making stuffed animals (sometimes one per day) to keep up morale.

My mom and I were very alike. I made the crocheted IV bag, but the Christmas bells were her idea.

After she died (February 2006), I didn't want to crochet any more for awhile. I needed to finish my painting degree, so I made paintings.

(I had very generously been given a place in Elisabeth Condon's senior painting class at USF, where my parents worked, for the semester. Between grief and no doubt thinking I was private-college hot shit, I must have been unbearable, but everyone was very kind).

The paintings are chalk ground (rabbit skin glue and marble dust) and egg tempera on upholstered canvas. Chalk gesso is very brittle, and normally it would be applied to fabric mounted on panel for added support, like this pig (my first tempera painting):

The portraits, by contrast, were meant to crack and degrade over time (18 years on and they're actually in remarkably good shape, but impermanence was the idea). I left the backgrounds, where gilding might have gone, as bare gesso with the idea that they would accumulate marks from handling as I made them.

They're small.

I don't want to write any more now, so thank you for reading my traumatic crochet origin story. Like and subscribe for more depressing crocheted artwork i have so much

[mystical-one]

Oo..el bobito

progress photos + notes 👇🏻 I was going to put a read more but it just kept messing up the order of images soooo um. 👍🏻

I started out by doing tiny concept sketches of what I wanted my guy to look like, and some rough ideas of potential proportions. From these I picked one, scanned it and printed it out to-scale (23cm head to toe), and used it as a guide when making my patterns and constructing the body.

Each leg has a little pebble in it to weigh it down, as well as the torso :)

After, I made some hands out of Epoxy sculpt. I refined and sanded them twice (once when they were half-dry, and then again the morning after) before giving them a couple coats of paint and blushing them with oil pastels and a brush. I put a little hole in each of them so that I could sew them onto the arms later.

I didn't take any progress shots of the jacket, but I basically eyeballed it and drew out some patterns I thought looked right and cut them out of some scraps from an old cosplay. Since I was working on such a small scale, I chose to glue the seams together and dab a thin line of fabric glue along the raw edges to prevent fraying. The buttons are made of small beads glued to the front.

After sewing the hands on, I began work on the head.

I started by feeding a folded pipe cleaner down the spine of the torso, leaving a length poking out of the top to be stuck through the head as support. I crocheted the base and pulled the pipe cleaner through it before stuffing + closing it, and then folded the wire into the head to stop it from slipping out.

The felting took me a few tries; I couldn't find the right wool colour at first, so after a while I decided to fluff up some of the same yarn I used to crochet the head and use that instead. A few hours of felting later, a little bit of black wool for the eyes and mouth, and it was ready to be blushed with pastels like the hands ^_^

The hair I rooted strand by strand, using small pieces of brown yarn split into 3 strands each and rooted using my felting needle. I worked in an inward spiral, and then filled out any thin areas with the leftover yarn.

Thus was born el bobito <3

[thestalkerbunny]

What's it like working in a library? Im asking cause I wanted to be one but sadly the only time people stop working at one here is via retirement or 'retirement', so I wasn't able to land a position personally

It's honestly pretty nice. As a person who has worked at a Package Loading Facility, an IHOP and as a Pizza Delivery Girl; it's very low physical activity/bodily risk.

Here's stuff I do.

-I shelve stuff. Pretty good if you wanna kill an hour. Very important.

-I mainly check books out for people and discharge them so they can be put BACK on the shelf.

-I help people with computer stuff (printing mainly)

-I google stuff for people (A lot of people come in asking directions and stuff.)

-I help put books on hold (Books come from other libraries so people can read them who can't drive that far.)

-In my free time, I read a lot of weird book synopsises, film wikipedias, I do frequently read Comics and Mangas (Under the guise of 'researching acceptable library materials') as well as Ebooks, Do the occasional online crossword puzzle.

-Sometimes I repair books (glue/tape 'em back together.)

-A rare occasion, I'll be in charge of designing a display to put in our glass display cases. Which only happened once but like it was super fun.

-Since I've been boosted to 40 hours-I've been in charge of Adult Events. I.E. activities and such catered to adults,mostly art based. I'm primarily in charge of the Crochet group. It's nice. I'll also be hosting the book club in May to cover for a coworker. So a good amount of my time is spent researching stuff and crafts adults would enjoy that would cost zero dollars (cause fucking budget is MICROSCOPIC.)

-Our summer reading program happens from June to July and it's gonna be....sickeningly busy cause we have like shit happening EVERYDAY so Ya girl doesn't drink or do the recreationals-but man those days make it feel like I need to take SOMETHING up to get the edge off.

People do tend to stay in the Librarian position for a very long time because again-it's very low impact and if you're a person who has pain issues, mobility issues or a secret third thing I dunno about-it's an EXCELLENT JOB. Most of my 8 Hour shift is spent sitting down and telling people 'Save the PDF to your PHONE to print it, silly billy.' so the only time I get a lot of frisky exercise is during shelving.

[timtamtomme]

GUESS IM STILL ON THET TF2 GRIND--- Ever since I resketched them all in my new style, I have been thinking about ACTALLY designing my merc ocs!! SO I FINALLY DID!! Plus they all share colors, proper, so they look so nice together!! I kina miss their story, so I'll see about exploring that more too.

Of course, to show off their scars and features, I also made a bare version! This will likely double as dress up dolls for future outfits I may make LMAO

Though a couple share names with cannon TF2 mercenaries, their lore and personalities have long since branched off from their canonical counterparts. If you're interested in some details about them, here's a quick mini-bio for each one!! I'm also open to answering any questions about them, because they have at least 6 years of history behind them, haha!

BLU MEDIC ~ Hannes Augesburt

German ~ He/Him ~ Demiromantic Bisexual Hannes is the closest you can get to the 'villain' of the story without looking beyond the mercenaries themselves. He's an egotistical sadist who wants nothing but complete and utter control of his team. He will do anything to win, even willingly replace his perfectly working arm for a far more powerful alternative.

BLU ENGINEER ~ Dallas "Dell" Conagher

American (Texas) ~ He/Him ~ Homosexual Dallas is a nepobaby for sure, only working for BLU because of his father and fathers father's loyalty to the Administrator. Graduating college for the first time at age 15, Dallas is an incredibly intelligent man, but all of that goes out the door when it comes to Hannes. He is extremely permissive and rarely has the guts to talk back or otherwise disobey the Medic's orders.

BLU SNIPER ~ Bernard {>REDACTED<}

French ~ He/Him ~ Homosexual No one really knows who he is or what he's about. Bernard spends most of his time alone doing god knows what; half the time he isnt even in the BLU Base when they're off work. The closest thing he has to a friend is the pyro, who has done what she can to include him in group activities to get him out of his room. The most personal thing she's discovered that he has a knack for knitting and crochet.

BLU PYRO ~ Ana Maria Garcia-Lopez

Mexican-American (Kansas) ~ She/Her ~ Pansexual Ana is a passionate and confident woman. She does what she can to inspire confidence in her team and lend them a hand whenever she can. The glue who keeps everyone together, she is often the first to rebuttal the Medic's commands if she perceives him going too far, though she's gotten a lot more quiet since the introduction of his new robotic arm. She fears what he's capable of.

RED HEAVY ~ Mikhail "Misha" Medved

Russian ~ He/Him ~ Heterosexual The often quiet muscle of the Red team, Misha spends most of his free time reading in the public spaces of the RED Base. He enjoys listening to others ramble and replies infrequently. However, when he feels like he has something to say, he is a loud and boisterous personality who has no shame or fear in his own opinions and humor.

RED SPY ~ Jourdain "Dain" {>REDACTED<}

French ~ He/Him ~ Bisexual An almost complete recluse, Jourdain takes no joy or comfort in interacting with his team; at least, that's what he lets on. Jourdain is a man who's so deeply fearful of getting hurt, that he refuses to let anyone get close enough to have the opportunity, and thus, he only spends time with his team during work hours. He does his job well and doesn't even slack on it, even though he believes it to be below him compared to his old jobs.

RED SCOUT ~ Nora Peterson

French-American (Massachusetts) ~ She/Her (Transfem) ~ Sapphic Bisexual Nora is a loud and proud Bostonian girl who has a love of sports and art. After she dropped out of art college, she needed to make up for the wasted tuition and pay back her mother, so she got a job fast. The first one she could find and paid the most was a mercenary job, though she didn't know what it actually was at the time. Since arriving here, she has settled in well, and soon settled into herself with her transition. Being a mercenary is terrifying at times, but she's felt freer then she has ever felt before.

[e-tries-his-best]

I resent the invention of the bandaid.

That’s such a stupid thing to say, I know. How ridiculous; oh, woe! I can cover my road-wrecked knee from pollution and filth that wants to turn it sickly green and a nauseous kind of sore. What a dreadful thing to be cured of. What an issue. What a pity.

I see the use.

I just don’t think they’re as all-purpose as we make them out to be.

I think we’ve grown too obsessed with this quick-fix, this pretty sticker covering pains. Because I’ve got bandaids on too many different hurts.

We’re told to treat inside wounds like outside ones. With gentle hands, and cooing words, and fresh, clean bandaids. Bandage your calf with some gauze. Bandage your brain with some hobby. Go read. Go write. Take a walk. Draw your muse. Ride your bike. Make something. Do something. Plunge into an ice-bath style reset through the healing hands of whatever outlet you’ve found to cope with. It’ll cover the wound! It’ll cover the ouch! Try it! Distract yourself! Hide it! Hide it from everything that tries to touch it!

But what if my problem isn’t a wound.

What if it’s a sick?

Why am I bandaging my hacking lungs? My runny nose? My knotted, hurling stomach? A bandaid won’t stick to the cells in my blood. To the tissue of my heart. If this is a sick, beating at my immune system, where am I to put my stupid bandaid?

When I was a little kid, with a bad cold or the flu, my mom would pack me into the car with my dinosaur bathrobe and my slippers on and take me to the clinic. And my shaky hands or scratchy voice would give a list of my symptoms, and they were looked over. And I wasn’t given a bandage. I was given a time frame. Bedrest. Something based on whatever was hurting me.

When I’m feeling bad, it hits my gut, my chest, my head. All the places that hurt when I’m sick. But I’m handed a sketchbook. Some beads. A sewing needle. Full bars of Wi-Fi and a Netflix subscription. Nothing is analyzed. No thought is done, by me or a doctor or anyone, to find the source of the ache.

And with the end of my movie, at the death of my markers, at the bottom of my glue stick, the bandaid falls off. And the ache is still there. Cloudy and throbbing and nauseous and sore.

Fucking bandaids.

But there’s a trick.

When you get older, and you get your knee scraped or a papercut on your thumb, you learn to put on your own bandaids. You learn to cover injuries from dirt yourself. To cope with crochet or a morning run. You also learn to take your own medicine. To wash your own hair. Brush your own teeth. And solve your own problems.You learn to take care of all kinds of ailments, of all the parts of your life that you were taught to maintain.

So maybe.

You can close your laptop. Your book. Turn off the TV and put away your pencil crayons. You can take off your useless bandaids. And think to yourself, what’s this? What’s wrong? What is it?

You can look over the symptoms. And treat yourself accordingly.

It’s a little counterproductive to keep wearing a bandaid that’s not covering anything. You can take it off. Save your bandaids for things that need it.

[shirefantasies]

hiiii, just wanted to say i adore your blog, and i hope you're having a wonderful day! i don’t know if im late to requesting a matchup, but if you’re still doing them, im 5’9”, bi, ace and female. I’ve played the viola for almost a decade now, even though i hate performing due to stage fright, i LOVE to read, mostly fantasy and mystery, and am a massive art history and architecture nerd. i collect house plants and knit and crochet for fun. i’m pretty shy but once i get out of my shell i am extremely sarcastic yet cuddly lol.

-🪴

Nope, they’ve been opened up! Hope you like The Hobbit because I match you with…

Bofur!

Performing your viola in a tavern, you can’t help noticing the eyes of one particular patron stuck to you like glue. Puffing on his pipe thoughtfully, he maintains an intense, beckoning gaze your entire performance. When the keep tells you you’ve a drink from a guest, there’s not a single doubt in your mind it’s from the bloke in the hat. A spike of nerves runs through you- that had been one of your first performances with an audience, and having any sort of reception only heightens the self-awareness you're trying to avoid.

Accepting your drink, you nod a thanks at the hatted patron, who naturally heads your way. "Never seen you here before," he remarks. "And you may not much still," you shoot back, "I needed a spare bit of coin, but I did not visit this town to perform." "What did you visit it for?" "To study some of the neighboring towns and help repair them. What I have always really wanted to be is an architect." Whistling, the dwarf gives a big smile, one that tells you exactly how blown away he is. "By my beard, I didn't know I was in the presence of a genius. Well, here's hoping I'll see your designs one day!" "Oh, I have some with me, did you want to-" "Bust 'em out, lassie!"

Bofur, as it turns out his name is, ended up being quite the fun company. Perhaps, you consider, you will return to that tavern after all. As it is, your work carries you deeper into town, or rather you should say its ruins. Burnt as the buildings are, though, your scans and sketches give you a good sense for the overall style and structure of the place once called Dale. A team of dwarves awaits your sketches of one of the larger complexes, accepts them, and you move on. One structure stands out to you immediately, the cutest, coziest little place tucked away at the side of a dilapidated marketplace. "Whose is this?" You ask the dwarf builders. One sets aside one final stone on the cart he is loading to reply, "That would be one of ours, actually, lass. Three fellas from the Lonely Mountain bought that one. Plan on putting in a toy shop, they said." Your heart is beyond moved. "I want to design it." "What?" "I want to design it. Can I speak to them?" Nodding, the dwarf shrugs. "Why not? Not sure what they have in mind. I'll send for them."

What are the odds that they bring forth Bofur? Grinning and still in that hat, the dwarf introduces you to his cousin Bifur and his brother Bombur. No strong family resemblance, but the three of them are clearly thick as thieves. Bofur himself begins talking up your skills immediately, calling you a master architect and a viola virtuoso to boot and making you giggle. He shows you some of their little pull-alongs and wind-ups, bringing further smiles to your face and compliments to your lips. “See?” He says to the others, shooting you a wink. “She’s even got good taste.”

They all unanimously love your vision for the shop and even help out with rebuilding, so you get quite close to the entire plucky little trio. You almost refuse all the payment they offer, giving you money for your design efforts as well as a cut from the crocheted dolls you’d let them sell. Your shelves were getting full from your hobby, after all. Each dwarf gets a handmade gift as well: thick, warm gloves for Bombur’s mining trips, a bag for Bifur to carry his supplies in, and a new scarf for Bofur, who throws his arms around you and swears he’ll never take it off. You take it as a joke, but he always seems to have it slung around his neck from then on…

They often let you work quietly, take your time to recharge and just pull you into the occasional question or joke. Thus, you’re certainly not expecting Bofur to sit at your side one day while you work, hemming and hawing and wringing his gloved hands before he finally asks if you’ve ever put much thought into settling down. “Not that a toy shop is all that much excitement, but-” Grinning, you cut him off. “I thought you’d never ask.”

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[zhaliacain]

Huntikmas day 19- Random niche hobbies the team have with no basis in canon

Dante: Extreme mountain biking

So Dante is described as an extreme sportsman in the series and we see him doing a lot of crazy stuff like skiing and intense martial arts but we've all seen those mad videos red bull put out of extreme mountain biking and you can't tell me that's not something Dante would do. Particularly in the countryside of Germany there are a lot of trails so it may have been his first venture into extreme sports and even though he may not have the time for it, nor can he drag around a bike across the globe, its still something he's very passionate about. (This is just one of Dante's many hobbies, I've got a whole list of random stuff he does because he's good at everything)

Sophie: Crochet

Crochet is just magic knotting at the best of times but I reckon Sophie is one of those people who can read a book and crochet at the same time. She says it's a mental exercise, being able to process information whilst conducting another action with her hands that also requires concentration but really she's just a wizard. Leblanche recommended it to her at first as a relaxing hobby but she got bored doing just one thing and soon watching tv or listening to podcasts whilst she was doing it become too easy so she upped the challenge to reading.

Zhalia: Website design

This is definitely her side hustle, it's the perfect balances of coding, design and human psychology. It started out with just her trying to create convincing trojan sites for the Organisation but then she found it strangely enjoyable and she found a lot more she could be doing with it.

Lok: Wood-working

Not really out there, we see Eathon Lambert making his own puzzles in the show and Lok wanted to go down the same path. Solving a puzzle is one task, being able to design and construct them for others is another thing. It started with simple wooden shapes designed to fit together but whilst perfecting his techniques its led him to carving other items like figures or a phone stand. Now not only is he getting better at making custom puzzles, he can carve intricate gifts to give to others.

Cherit: Jigsaws

We know Cherit likes puzzles, but for him jigsaw puzzles isn't about the thrill of solving something complex, its about putting together a picture little by little and the satisfaction of having created something from a messy pile. People often challenge him to complete a puzzle with the pattern side down for extra difficulty but Cherit likes to see his creations as he goes and has one of those folder books and some puzzle glue to preserve his favourite works

Den: Tik Tok

Okay not actually tie Tok but that kind of short video, vine, blogging behaviour you see going round. He's not one to show of his dancing but I can see him doing instructional videos on what he's learning at the moment. He also does those reaction videos with his usual snark and he's very happy to give his opinion on weird posts he finds.

Harrison: Pro-tag

Do not even get me started on how pro tag fits into my Huntik au universe, it's a whole thing. The benefit of pro tag is that it's a team sport without having to actually work with your team mates whilst in the arena. Harrison often gets frustrated with others so this is an ideal way for him to build his people skills, and his training skills whilst also exercising some independence and not depending on others to include him.

[ckael-and-nix]

Ckaelus Yvaillain

Personal:

Nicknames: Ckael, Lucy, Flying fish (Floyd), Plume de Princesse (Rook)

Age: 18

Birthday: April 10

Race/species: Phoenix fae

Family: 2 older brothers (Eros and Aeon), 2 moms (lesbians, Cassandra and Lianne)

Friends: Andromeda Astra, Phoenix Shroud, Juliet Agrias, ADeuce duo

Lovers: Malleus Draconia (engaged), to be continued. . .

Personality & Trivia:

Ckaelus is a relatively calm person

She occasionally has trouble with her abilities, causing the burns on her arms

Can sometimes have issues with being too blunt/not being able to read the room.

Woman-leaning bisexual woman with a bit of a demisexual leaning as well.

Has had only one relationship with a man, but several with women

Quiet in class, average grades

Not a huge fan of Ace (finds him to be too rowdy for her taste and too much of an asshole)

a solitary person

Prefers things like parallel play over conversing

Acts like a space heater in the winter

loves hand holding and PDA in general even with friends

despite her proclivity to being alone, sticks to people she knows like glue when in public settings

Azul will occasionally let Ckaelus work at the Mostro Lounge

Doesn't usually have to take care of Grimm, that's her roommate, Phoenix's, job

Broke her arm when she was 4 years old; remembers the casts and nothing else

Favourite food is cheesecake

Least favourite food is steak

Hobbies include crocheting, daydreaming, and worldbuilding worlds that will never come to fruition

Worst subject is potions

best subject is flight

Her UM is called "Rebirth of Magic"

All it does is make her immortal and its manifestation turned her from a bird beastman to a fae and resulted in her body making fire

It's currently unexplainable how it was possible to turn a beastman into a fae

Appearance:

Hair: Blonde, with a purple ombre on her bangs; two braids, occasionally decorated with feathers or flowers

Eyes: purple, with a gold ring around her pupil

Skin: pale white skin; covered in heart shaped freckles; wing tattoo on her back when you can't see her wings; has several burn scars on her arms

Height: 5'4, 162 cm

Weight: 120 lbs

Here's a picrew while I draw the art for her

Professional:

School: Night Raven College

Dorm: Ramshackle

Year: 3rd

Club: Boardgames club

[padawansuggest]

Okay. The trike is together. My dad (who used to run a bike shop okay he knows this shit he just used me for my better eyesight a lot cause that’s an issue for him now I’m so fucking glad I have him I would have just cried at it) wants us to get a nice set of washers for the seat itself, a couple more LED lights (I got one recently without even realizing it had a red light setting and dad wants me to get two more of it cause it was on sale) and we need a third reflector for one wheel cause we seem to have lost the backing to one of them and he doesn’t think it’ll stay long if we just glue it. But he also wants Lock Tight glue cause he doesn’t trust a lot of bolts (lmao this man would say it’s fine if it was his but for his kid???? Nahhhhh it could be better).

But that’s okay cause I’m sore from like 3 straight days of Going Places Doing Things, so I’m chill to nap till tomorrow and then get what I can on that list, plus a secondary bike lock. The trike itself came with a lock with keys, but it’s not a GREAT lock so I’m gonna get a super nice one, and use the one it came with to lock the basket in the back of the cart (it came with a grated lid lol) because that way I can go to multiple stores without worrying about my stuff.

Now, I’m gonna get started on crocheting at least 4 bags for the big basket in the back, and one WIDE one for the basket in the front.

Pictures after the read more and if any of you save pics of my inside home I’ll be in your walls.

They wanted us to metal wrap the grates to make the basket but me and dad don’t trust shit lmao this is a zip tie family. First pic is from last night close to when we stopped for the night. I was shocked we were able to do the whole thing next to the front door right in front of our armchairs lol. We did this in relative comfort.

[quickfixinator]

maybe I will develop my older mystery twins ghost hunter (they both like science because I'm autistic and I like science, so lord help me, they have my fixations) idea later on. someone needs to give me further ideas though. drop a colour pallet or something and I'll see what I can do. or maybe give me a request or two. I would like some ideas. no promises though, I'm a student and my GPA is the biggest contributor to my self worth so those grades stay high and I don't always have the time to draw. don't take it to heart.

also as a complete side note and head canon, mabel has absolutely taught her grunkles (and tried to convince dipper, with minimal success) how to do some sort of yarn craft. stan likes to knit (and through many fond experiences with mabel, is quite adept at it) and ford knows how to do two (2) different crochet stitches. both of which he screws up often. but he is determined to get better and spends the time he doesn't spend researching, reading, or doing something similar, crocheting. neither of the stans have any idea on what to do with a pattern though and so there are a lot of blankets, hats, half done sweaters and vests between the two of them.

both of them can do crafty things though and I would think they like to do them even! ford clearly has a penchant for designing his own things (even if they're shittily put together. yes I am focusing on that glue bottle on his desk while he was making the journals in AToTS, that thing is a crime. also the way he put the glue on. come on.) and stan has his entire comic thing going AND the taxidermy thing. you don't just start doing that because you hate to do textile crafts. the stan twins like crafts. they would do crafts. their boat would be overflowing with craft supplies and I haven't seen anyone else talk about this. I crochet and paint and draw and paper machete and make cards and dammit I like crafts.

also along the vein of Everyone In The Pines Family Is Neurodiverse™ train, I think they all like going to craft stores and feeling the various yarn textures. one of them finds a texture that makes them gag and makes the others touch it for fun. y'know. just family things. mabel and stan absolutely have opinions on craft supplies and ford, after getting back to his home dimension is devastated to find that some of his favorite reliable brands are no longer reliable and are just overpriced so mabel and stan direct him to the supplies that are good and reliable now. I feel like they all give each other art tips.

stan is the guy to go to if you need to a good adhesive (because, by the lord, is it hard to find the right one for the right job), he also knows the best way to patch up something and make it look semi realistic, and barely noticable. mabel knows the best yarn stores, fabric brands, and the various supplies for that (I'm talking an extensive collection of hooks, looms, latches, patches, ect.). ford knows how to, and frequently does, bind his own books so they look Cool™. I also think he has very strict opinions on paint supplies and an extensive collection of brushes, pallets, and paints. he and stan argue about color theory, mabel likes to convince them it doesn't matter as long as it looks cute! dipper likes to do metal working things and has a collection of various metal objects to help him with his crafts. he's the kind of guy to make homemade chainmail. he'd made chainmail. because I said so. also he is absolutely the kind of guy to get into 3D modeling and have some ridiculous project on the back burner at all times.

ALLLSSOOOO, he makes really sick earrings for mabel sometimes and I feel he's got really bad Foot In Mouth Syndrome (me too buddy), and probably prefers to make a handmade gift for someone's birthday rather than trying to find them something at the store. he's the kind of guy to worry about intentionality and sincerity and as such, mabel makes a card and a crochet plush (or something), he makes some sick key chain, pair of earrings, some other sort of metal thing that they'd like and the two call it a day. this is a family where someone puts the card together and you sign your name at the bottom as to not be rude but also you have none of the correct words to write. that is what I believe is the truth.

also they all know how to sew, for stan and ford their mom taught them the basics but they really honed their skills when it because a necessity to patch their own clothing, fix holes in curtains, patch shitty pillows, and embroider something because it looked interesting. mabel learned because she likes textile crafts and she dragged dipper into learning to sew as well because he'd need it eventually! also their parents probably helped to foster a love of creation in their kids, they don't come up with the sort of ideas they do entirely on their own, it's something special that should be fostered, but it can be harnessed by anyone, regardless of age, or perceived talent.

this is all to say that I am a very big fan of crafts and I think everyone needs a hobby, especially one that works with textiles, something physical. it's good to see your work, in front of you, physically. "yeah, yeah, but digital art, and-" have you ever felt a print of your work in your hands before? do you know how much joy that can bring? I've had my art printed on shirts before and then seen people wear them. that's insane. that's accomplishment. that feels Good. it is beyond important to have a thing that you can do on your own and love.

I feel the pines family has a lot of dexterity, especially in their hands from the way stan & ford are about art, mabel's sweaters, and the way dipper handles ford's journal through the entire series. you don't develop a fondness for fragile things like art through not doing them, you dive in head first and hate it and hate yourself because it looks awful and then you share it and someone absolutely loves your work and it all becomes worth it again. because you make good things. your work is not inherently flawed because you made it. creation is natural, it reminds you that you're human. you are fallible and that is such a wonderful thing.

some of these paragraphs are cut in odd spots, if it throws you off, I apologize. I can't read huge text blocks very well and would like to extend the same courtesy to others if they also struggle to read text blocks. I'm not tom clancy, I'll leave breaks in my paragraphs every so often even if the thoughts are still connected. continuity urges me to keep them together, whatever is going on in my head tells me they need to be separate. that's all I have to say on that, please enjoy my art head canons for the pines family.

[80roxy08]

2025 to do list

(to be updated later obviously but I need to Remember some unfinished 2024 projects)

ART

Finish one (1) chapter of LLLC (please. I can do it. I have like 7 pages to color left. I must defeat the art block demons)

Cutesy shaped glasses with the blorbos

Be free of cringe drawing of Louis in my 14 years old anime boy crush outfit

Emilie doggo cover art

Practice digital painting

SEWING

Shorten second hand summer pants I was given (not urgent)

Replace ugly sparkly chain with ribbon or black thread on second hand vest I was given (can be done between two other project, should take 5min once I've decided on replacement) - It took way longer than 5min lol

Doll crop top for Rainbow High

Sweatshirt vest for doll Louis

Also basic print t-shirts for both => In progress

More cross stitch projects

Learn crochet ?

WRITING

Re-read the Kaeya almost die on dragonspine electric Boogaloo fic for orthography and have it edited for posting later

Also the Razor Ragnvindr last two parts ? Depends if beta reader is busy (love u babe)

Make progress on second eula/Kaeya fic

Make progress on new Ragbros longish fic (Need to review Sumeru lore and shit) - write down basic outline, figure out Plot

More French???

MINIS

Finish dollhouse. Paint porch, glue windows, glue and paint roof trim, prepare roof coverage (which glue?). Toilet door ? Make more furniture. And books.

Get started on Doll Emilie (3d sculpt then print)

Needle felt head eating bug from Lethal Company

Maybe needle felt Kiki from Acnh ? For another mini doll

Make progress on some kits (but the painting pieces is so looooong)

And the Versailles inspired room box!

GAME

Replay Stray (trying for full memories + achievements)

Play Portal

And cult of the Lamb

Genshin - finish at least Sumeru exploration and characters' quests for fic purpose. Try to get to Fontaine (looks fun)

OTHER

Start list of cool museums and places to show in September

Do stupid paperwork (voting stuff beginning of the year, september holiday stuff in may/june)

Look into getting laptop battery replaced ?

Get better a cooking. Objective : from shitty to vaguely acceptable

Print and bind more fics/books !!

Listen to more music - all of dad's cassette tapes. maybe find new CDs for the car. AC/DC or Springsteen vinyl if I can find it for a reasonable price ?

Clean up old clothes/books. I don't need them all. I know I don't.