#dm me for pattern

[howboutsometoast]

“Look at all the lulu lemon I got for Christmas!”

Shut up, I got a giant isopod knitting pattern

[prthedisaster]

It's been nearly a year but I'm done! Here's ogerpon!!!!

All four coats and all four masks for all her forms, with some velcro to help her put them on, earning her a cute little closet for outfit rotation! With sitting and dangling capabilities too, what can't she do?

[threesails]

She’s finished!! My (more complicated than it has any right to be) pin cushion!!

Materials: fabric, wool, book board, glue.

[portsandstars]

vere cosplay progress:)

[asthedeathoflight]

Im making compilations of every single Ajax and Rembrandt line for accurate fanfiction purposes since I still cant quite tell the Warriors apart just by listening and I didn't notice it before but it's very funny that Ajax gets offended by Fox complaining about the Bronx having an X when. Her name is Fox.

[solarpunkani]

Okay I haven't been posting about crafting this week because 1: I haven't been doing much interesting and 2: yknow but now I'm being pissy because I wanted to see if there were patterns for an amigurimi barn owl and like

Why the hell are there AI crochet patterns????

Why the fuck are we making AI crochet patterns!! Why are we trusting an AI to make fucking crochet patterns???

Like idk the entire charm of crochet patterns to me is someone dedicating themselves to making a thing and then going 'here's how I did it' so other people can have fun making that thing and spread the joy of the thing

AI???? You're going to outsource your crochet patterns to a fucking bot???

How do you even train an AI to make a crochet pattern??? Is it like AI art, where you feed it other people's patterns (with or without permission) and then it BSes something? Or worse--are you using AI art to make an image of a crochet barn owl and there's not an actual pattern to follow in the fucking slightest? Why would you do this? Why would you fill my search results with trash? For what? Fame? Glory? Clout? In the crochet community???

What the fuck

[sunshineram]

muahahaha and all that jazz

[tixdixl]

Ever since I noticed the different ways Vil signals her gender identity and gender presentation in the original Japanese, the more and more I wish that there was a way for us to get a complete revision of Book 5 where the nuances of Epel's cultural identity, Vil's gender presentation, and the ways the two clash in cultural understandings and ideals are ACTUALLY demonstrated in the localization for English only readers. Because they aren't. Vil's gender presentation and Epel's cultural rootedness are both watered down and erased from the English. And what's worse is watching both turn into superficial charicatures of their intended design, in order to accommodate an uninformed Western audience.

With Epel's very specific rural understanding of masculinity and feminity, and Vil's urban, gender-nonconforming understanding of masculinity and feminity, we have an incredibly nuanced and intersectional conversation about self-realization. And English only fans get to see none of it.

Of COURSE Epel is rejective of Vil's expectation of embracing feminitiy. He's a cis male who grew up likely in the rural country side, with hints of rural, possibly rural Osakan dialect in his dialogue. Of COURSE his expectations of masculinity and feminity clash with Vil, a femme non-binary person who is both an idol/celebrity and who has lived her entire life in urban settings. He likely has deep seated misogyny that he has to contend with. He likely has deep seated transphobia that he has to contend with. It's not that he himself is dysphoric; it's that his expectations of masculinity, his tate shakai, and his understanding of collectivism reject and clash with a sub-culture that permits and encourages the exploration of self expression, and views those forms of self realization AS maintaining the collectivist status quo, rather than violating it. When his understanding of self-realization dictates he must be and act a certain way as to not break the collectivist status quo, of course, Epel looks at Vil and thinks that what she is asking him to do is uncomfortable.

Of COURSE Vil sees Epel's rural world view and wishes to challenge him on it. Of COURSE she also FAILS to understand his perspective and find it irritating and uncouthed. She ALSO has biases against rural cultures, as indicative by her dialogue and Tokyo dialect. It's not that she wants Epel to "become girly", but rather that she wants to see him fit in and join the mold of Pomefiore. Because in Pomefiore and in the idol world, ruralisms and a rooted rural identity clash with the status quo. Her understanding of the collectivist culture and mindset within the dorm and within her culture dictate that HE is the one stepping out of line... all while he believes SHE is the one stepping out of line.

There are just so many layers here, and without any help from the localization, nor cultural understandings of the values and norms that inform the writing of this game.... of course. Of course Book 5 is watered down.

[killemwithkawaii]

Emotional hangovers are so fucking stupid.

"Oh, you went out and had an especially good time in a highly stimulating environment for a few hours? Nice going, you just cashed in 3 days worth of dopamine. Get Meh, jackass."

[the-worst-fe-player]

Got a shiny event slowpoke while walking back from therapy:3

[careful-pyromancer]

1 like = 1 brain chemical to make me feel better while I clean

[5-htagonist]

i am genuinely so crazyyyy about lbruuuuu.... like Genuinely Genuinely. its pretty bad guise

[bread-making-vikings]

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[catgirltoes]

wait you're canadiam? meow :3

I live in Canada! And I will not specify my location further no matter how much I want to complain about local poltiics on here. :3

[mathysphere]

I started an etsy shop a couple of weeks ago for my watercolour embroidery patterns. I'm really happy and comfortable with my sewing and patterns, but knew I'd have a bit more difficulty with a couple of other aspects like branding/ marketing/ photos/ etc just because of not having much experience. I've learned loads the last few weeks and I'm really excited to re-take a bunch of photos this weekend with what I've learned. But mainly I wanted to say that doing this has really made me appreciate just how lovely your photos are! I've always loved your patterns- I've sewn a bunch of them myself and have bought a few as gifts for my friends. But just lately I've really noticed how skilled your photos are and how much time and thought you must put into taking them. They’re lovely :)

oh my goodness, thank you so much! And congratulations on opening up a shop! This is the nicest message ever-- I love to try and take cool photos of my cross-stitches, maybe nearly as much as I like to stitch them!

When I was a kid I read a book of anecdotes by a product photographer, and thought he had basically the coolest job ever: once he said he sorted through three whole boxes of cereal (it might've been Chex) for a shoot, picking out only the best pieces to photograph, and then used a bottle of white shoe polish to pour in as 'milk'. I'm not nearly that involved, but I think I'd like to be, someday!

If you're comfortable, I'd love to see some of your pieces! I'm a big fan of watercolor-style patterns, I think it's such a gorgeous style 💛

[francy-sketches]

Hiiii uh I am not an artist and I’m wondering what tracing and referencing is?

I'm just gonna explain this with pictures bc it's easier lol.

so basically: this is tracing (going over a picture line for line, usually not really understanding what you're drawing which can lead to some uh. interesting looking results)

vs referencing (using a picture as. well reference for your own art) excuse the shitty drawing lol but you get the idea