#Is this why i love knitting and crocheting???

[milkweedman]

Knitting a freehand bag and started wondering how often people even use patterns, anyway. So--how often do you use a pattern when you make things ? This include knitting/crochet/sewing/weaving/nalbinding/bobbin lace/tatting/etc but also things like woodworking, cooking, and baking. If you want to just pick the thing you do most often that's fine.

I personally do not use patterns as I find them far more confusing than just figuring out the construction of an item and simply making it. I do very occasionally browse ravelry for inspiration but have downloaded maybe 2. In the 5 or so years since I joined. And have followed exactly 1, which I modified every single aspect of. In my defense, dyslexia.

[creations-by-chaosfay]

If you're interested in textile art, please understand it will not end at one of the arts. Interested in weaving? There are many different types, so now you're learning about the culture these styles come from, and with that comes learning about their clothing. Now you're interested in learning how to sew clothing, and much of it has some kind of embroidery. So you do research and see how beautiful it is, and different types of embroidery exist. You decide to learn embroidery and get curious about lace because often they're seen together.

Prepare for a journey and get real good at organizing. You'll soon lose space because of supplies and tools.

[whamcitycomedy]

actually, you don’t need to understand the complex ways in which Cecil and Kevin operate within their narrative as both reflections of each other and opposites, both identical and antithetical, doubles but not truly doubles— all you really need to know is that Cecil crochets, and Kevin knits.

[uncanny-tranny]

Something kind of funny I never anticipated about crocheting with longer hair was pulling out a piece of my own hair out of my project that I somehow crocheted into it

[bibliotheksbewohnerin]

yooo, first thing I've knit in about 15 years, first proper knitting thing I've ever done really, my first sweater!

[buttercupdemise]

my sweet boy napping upon the little blanket i knitted for him. like royalty. i love him.

[amarmonerkotha]

My cousin was talking about this one crochet flower on headphone thing that looks like you have grown flowers on your head and i just casually said i can make that for her and bas aur kya she *changes the theme to Love* on Instagram

Like this but with a flower too with the leaf thingie

[rosesncarnations]

Taught myself Tunisian crochet in less than an hour

[exculis]

i like knitting way more than crocheting and yet i own way more crochet hooks. fascinating.

[whoslaurapalmer]

crocheting a frog. I am Suffering but I am making a frog

[cultivating-wildflowers]

i was gonna say 🐰 but after some thought id say you're 🐱

kindly older sister vibes but also you wouldn't hesitate to stab somebody with a knitting needle if prompted, u know?

accurate because the number of times a week I threaten to stab someone with a spork is unfortunately high. have I ever done that? no....

[forest-from-the-trees]

why are gifts so fucking difficult oh my godd. starting to look for anniversary gifts for my partner cause weve got about two months to go, and i swear to god anytime theres a holiday where we have to give gifts i panic.

its so difficult cause in theory i know what she likes but i dont feel like we spend enough time around each other to know what style of things she likes yknow? ill send her stuff occasionally that i like and i feel like she has a really good grasp on the things i enjoy cause i have such a distinct style. for her though like i know for a fact that she doesnt dress in the way she wants to, but if she was given the chance i dont know what she would choose to wear. like what she wears now is different than what she would wear if she had the choice to redo and choose her own wardrobe (her words). so like. i always freak out when buying jewelry and stuff like that cause i dont know if its a thing that she would like or not based on how weird that situation is right now.

[pipkin-the-hellion]

Or a different hobby.

[dannimation]

i haaaateeee getting gifts so much all it ever does is reveal how little the people who "love" me know me or even just listen to what i tell them

[faededaway]

Want to pick up knitting because I wanna make socks.

[dragons-and-yellow-roses]

I wish I wasn't tired as shit bcuz I have thoughts about the sweater curse that I want to write into a nice little piece, but I don't have the brainpower to do it :(