#and why I'm not knitting it :) :) :)

[andsewingishalfthebattle]

Novice sewing pattern: Cut out shapes. Line up the little triangles on the edges. Stitch edges together. We've also included step-by-step assembly instructions with illustrations.

Novice knitting pattern: yOU MUSt uNDerstANd thE SECret cOdE CO67 (73, 87, 93) BO44 (63, 76, 90) 28 (32, 34) slip first pw repeat 7x K to end *kl (pl) 42 * until 13" (13, 13, 15) join new at 30 pl for 17 rows ssk 27 k2tog mattress lengthwise BO and sacrifice a goat to the knitting gods. WHAT DO YOU MEAN YOU WANT "INSTRUCTIONS," I JUST GAVE THEM TO YOU

[amarenacherriezzz]

the biggest difference between crochet and knitting is the communities' attitudes towards patterns. Crocheters are happy to provide you with a free pattern + an in-depth step-by-step youtube tutorial, while in the knitting-world you have to pay for the pattern most of the time. Why is that?

[sunburstsandmoonshadows]

Stanley and Sixer!

Sent to Gravity Falls to live with a great aunt they barely know with no warning, the twins have… slightly different reactions. Stanley is not at all impressed with the idea of kicking it around some backwater town for a summer when they could've been working on the Stan o' War. Stanford is also put-out, but is optimistic about finding fun in documenting interesting things in the woods. Their attitudes pick up even more when they discover a spellbook lost in the woods that teaches them that Gravity Falls is full of weirdness and adventure. They both want to discover the two Authors of the spellbook, though each has a secret favorite author they want to meet in particular.

Stanley: With his brash yet suspicious personality, he finds his fun in looking for monsters in the woods with the hopes of beating them up and making a name for himself--a stance the creatures of Gravity Falls don't appreciate much. He feels a growing distance between himself and Stanford and has no idea what to do with it or how to talk to his twin about it, so he masks it with bravado and charm. He constantly thinks of ways to make himself important and interesting, which often blow up in his face. Thinks he's cooler than he really is.

Stanford, aka Sixer: Once he realized that Gravity Falls is a town full of weirdness, Stanford was thrilled by the thought that it might be a blessing in disguise, a place to finally branch out and make friends who won't run once they see his hands. He really, really wants to make friends with anomalies, like one of the sirens that supposedly live in the lake or the boy who claims to be a psychic. This goal combined with his trusting nature might lead him down dangerous paths. At least he has Stanley to help him! Though lately it feels like Stanley has been less honest and more clingy than usual, and it's starting to grate on him...

While Dipper and Ford are paralleled in the show, I feel like Ford as a child would have an attitude that parallels Canon Mabel's better in terms of inciting the plot. They're both enthusiastic to the point of being Too Much, intense, and often convinced they're right above what others think, and I just feel like him having a quest to find friends takes the place of Mabel's quest for a boyfriend very well. Meanwhile this Stanley has the skeptical but investigative attitude of Canon Dipper, and I could see him being the type to want to prove himself a la Dipper vs Manliness, provoking people he really shouldn't provoke in the name of showing who he can be.

[why-the-heck-not]

the scarf is coming along and soon I'll have to get used to wearing *gasp* actual colors that aren't black or grey or so dark they could be mistaken for black when it's dark out

[ancient-art-of-craft]

I go to a crafting faire. I see a stand with knitwork. I approach. To prove I am not like the other plebians, I flip it over.

I compliment the floats. I ask if they blocked it.

The woman is suitably impressed. She sees I am like her. We talk about the wool blend for a couple of minutes, and I buy nothing.

[uncanny-tranny]

If somebody in your life offers to knit or crochet or, really, create anything for you, please be an active participant in the creation of the piece they are making. I adore making and gifting things, but nothing bums me out quicker than a person who passively just goes "okay," to my ideas about what I'm making them - it can send the message that they won't like it, or that they don't care, even if they're happy about my offering. The back-and-forth feedback is a great way to make sure that you are being gifted something that was truly worth the time, effort, expertise, and money that will inevitably go into the gift!

I know it's really hard to be an active participant, believe me, I'm an anxious ball of horror, but it will only do good for both parties to interact in this situation. It is a big deal to be offered a hand-crafted gift, but it's also something we want you to love and use, and that can only happen if you tell us what would make you fall in love with what we create.

[the-sea-anemone]

steeks are like sorcery to me. you just cut your knitting and it's fine. feels like it shouldn't be allowed

[sea-changed]

A nominally useful but mostly just-for-fun little project, using wool from the Shetland Islands kindly brought back for me by a family friend this summer. The pattern is Beeswax Mitts by Amy van de Laar on Ravelry.

[drjohnweston]

Knitting fairisle is a completely different hobby to knitting lace which is a completely different hobby to intarsia, to cables, etc. etc.

[ladytemeraire]

I know we literally just had the Emotional Support Chicken craze a month or two ago, but I really feel like an Emotional Support Moo Deng plushie pattern would go absolutely viral in this current moment

[a2-p3r-usu4l]

i swear time doesn't apply to knitting because like. what do you mean the back of my sweater took a week to knit and now the identical front piece is done in less than 48 hours? the majority of which I didn't spend knitting?

[shannonpurdyjones]

First attempt at a cotton dishcloth on my frame loom

I am a fan of the chevron twill so far...we'll see how it turns out!

[journeyman-tier-fibercraft]

Apparently you can't just oil bamboo needles, you also have to wax them. Whoopsieeee

This poor needle set, I think I got it in 2018, 2019? she's so Dry. Begging for a layer of delicious paraffin

(mister google says aluminum needles can be waxed too? i mostly use my steel ones because they Never have the dragging issues my aluminum ones get, but they're so heavy.... going to

[strawberrum]

thinking about how I had a few folks at my last market suggest to me (kindly and with good intentions) that I make and sell some versions of the hand knit cardigan I was wearing because people would "totally pay $300 for that!"

I appreciated the sentiment, but people don't understand what goes into handmade clothes! I don't use a knitting machine. Every stitch in that garment is created by hand on needles, and the sleeves were brioche. Even using inexpensive acrylic yarn for the whole project, and accounting for the HUGE sleeve stitches (saving me time making the sleeves)—the material cost was $55 and the labor was well beyond that.

Let's conservatively estimate the cardigan took me 30 hours to create. Currently, when pressed to put a dollar amount to my time, I use the living wage as a baseline and then go up from there $1/hour for every year I have been actively practicing that particular skill. In the case of knitting that would be 11 years, and the current living wage in my area is approximately $23/hour. Setting aside the fact that this is calculated based on a 40 hour work week and I don't believe that is ethical or sustainable, we'll just leave it at $34/hour. That would make labor alone $1,020.

This brings the "production cost" to $1,075.

Items are not sold at production cost because that would leave your profit margin at 0%. This is not sustainable because it costs money to run a business (think things like paying for computer repairs, buying tools, the tablecloth you use at markets, paying for a website, etc.). Realistically to cover business costs and still come out with a 7% "net" profit margin, which is just a number pulled from averages in the clothing retail business...

... I'd have to sell that cardigan for $1,350.

So yeah! Something to think about when you see the price of clothes that are handmade. :o)

[piedoesnotequalpi]

Race likes knitting sweaters but hates knitting sleeves so Spot's wardrobe ends up being like 50% hand-knitted tank tops

[forgetfulmachineart]

[ID: A black and white head shot of Geto Suguru as a clown with a large ruffle and black dots on his nose, lip corners, and eye brows. Gojo Satoru's head shot is on the right and he's a colorful clown with a white polka dot shirt, blue scarf collar, white heart face paint, and four blue dots on his face above and below his eyes. They're both smiling at each other. /End ID]

More thoughts about JJK clown/circus AU

Geto and Gojo are clowns with the above aesthetics and also the face of the circus

Kenjaku stole Geto's clown make up look (punishable by death in my heart)

Tenden is the ring leader and their underground town thing is restyled to be a circus inside of a giant three ring tent

Toji is a sword swallower and strong man

Sukuna is a knife thrower and fire breather

Uraume is a tiger tamer (it just works for some reason)

Nobara is a juggler

Megumi is also an animal trainer (but obviously he's more ethical than real circuses)

Yuuji and Maki are acrobats

Shoko is still a doctor

Inumaki is also a clown but the silent asshole clown

My soul tells me that Yuuta downs balloon animals I don't know why

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