#i want to make all the things just with this yarn

[softness-and-shattering]

@fourohfourlifenotfound

A lot of the time its all 3. Or eg 1. Mamage disability 2. Manage basic physical needs like eating. 3. Managing 2nd tier physical needs like hygeine.

Sometimes 3 is emotional/social/intellectual needs depending on how much energy the person has to begin with.

Lately, managing all the specialists I gotta see has bumped up to a full number, possibly more than one and its genuinely really overwhelming, and I have to work out something soon or I will crash and see no specialists, its happened before.

So I have like

1. Managing disability and phsyical needs on a daily basis. 2. Juggle energy v everyone who I need and who wants to be helping me. 3. Destress decompress dont let 2 knock me out.

Make my house look nice is on the list but waaay down. I have things I need to buy in an open tab at checkout but I havent had the wherewithal to properly go through with the purchase yet. I have a gazillion things -

Ok actually, let me tell you the metaphor I actually use.

Yknow how people talk about having things on the backburner? Like a stovetop, main things on the stronger front burner, simmering things on the back burner.

Firstly I have fewer burners than the average person. There are things on front burner amd back burner and occasionally I can also hold something. The floor is absolutely covered in pots that have fallen off the burners entirely. Some are more important to me and I keep half an eye on tjem but they are firmly on the floor. Many many many pots I dont notice until I trip on them, at which point I have to weigh circumstances and decide if gets swapped with something on a burner, or if I continue tripping and maybe bruise a shin because I dont get what I want or someone is upset at me or some other consequence.

Sometimes I can look at whats on the floor and make it more orderly, but eg like now I have so many pots im trying to juggle while i work out what I even have room for, I cant organise shit my attention is fully taken up and if i trip on anything I am ignoring it im favor of staying on my feet. If i fall, everytjing gets dropped, I crash, and I exist in burn- out just getting through each day for weeks to months. I *really* have to work out all Im juggling, some of which is getting support work to help me with all my pots! But I cant take much off the stove. Its really urgent, as is keeping my cool and my necessary chillness to not burn out, and everyday disability management is inescapable so....I guess my active burners are ...less than two? Im mixing metaphors too much. I need to get my shit together abd lesen my.load asap before I crash, basically.

Its weird to tell people Ive been suoer busy when large portions of my time are taken up with staying calm - playing games, watching vods of gamers, untangling my tangled yarn - but it really is a top priority and my busyness is relative to my capacity, not to what other people consider to be large amoubt of avtivity.

This became me venting as well as offering uh insight and commentary I guess. I think thats ok. Part of the wjple being human means having emotions and wavering on the topic a little.

I think im gonna try integrate this top 3 perspective into comparing myself to others, at least. I have....way morr than 3 things that I WANT to be my top 3 priorities lol 😂😂😂

One thing that has made me a much more well-adjusted person is a clip I once saw of Hank Green saying that anyone can be in amazing shape as long as being in amazing shape is one of their top three priorities.

(This is obviously a generalization that isn't true for everyone. But it is true for most people and I'm proceeding from there.)

This "top three priorities" framing has genuinely reduced my tendency toward jealousy and self-comparison a lot. Now when I feel envious of someone’s spotless, aesthetic home, I think to myself, “Having a spotless, aesthetic home is probably one of their top three priorities. It’s definitely not one of mine, so I shouldn’t expect my home to look like that.”

Or when I see an influencer with a body that takes a ton of work to maintain: “Maintaining that body is obviously one of her top three priorities, because it’s her livelihood. My livelihood is my brain, so I’m never going to prioritize my body like that.”

It also helps me to identify areas that I actually DO want to prioritize more. I realized in recent years that my envy for my friends who prioritized writing more than I did was NOT going away, so I started to prioritize writing more. (Not top three, but higher priority than it has been in the past.)

[florad0ra]

Finished the Trolls world map rug! 34" by 43", made with burlap, acrylic yarn, and felt 🌍🎶 WIP shots under the cut

I had to smoosh the map a little to make it all fit in my tufting frame, but I think it looks good still. Started with details like rivers and country's checkered pattern so I could carve the yarn on the frame and separate the colors more distinctly. At some point between filling the frame and putting felt details on, I retufted the top of classical much shorter and picked out a lot of the star tufting in funk so I could make them more defined in felt. After being stored away for the holidays, I pulled it out the other day and did a little more carving, added a few more felt details, and lint brushed the whole thing. I've never mixed tufting with felt like this, so I'm glad it all worked out!

Tbh I sort of wanted to use this as a set piece for an world tour inspired MV I've been rolling in my head for forever, but I'm just happy this is finally done 😂

[yarnoverhook]

[Cobblestone Cowl] with [matching headband]

[iknowwhereyousnoozeatnight]

tennis

[journeyman-tier-fibercraft]

What if you wanted to knit but your body said "arthritis induced depressive episode ONLY" t-t

In my state of Not Knitting I've mostly been playing bideo wames but also decided to indulge in my favourite past time of reading multi million word Korean webnovels. One of said webnovels features a metric fuck ton of Hot Pink Yarn. And a man I'm very normal about knitting things for a man he's very normal about. Including a cardigan.

Do I in any way need a hot pink cardigan knit specifically to mimic the one from the novel? Absolutely not. But I Want It. (Also I've been wanting to knit a cardigan for like a year now and keep changing my mind)

In the novel, the yarn used is from a monster sheep that's later dyed hot pink. I'm not willing to use real wool for this, so instead I'm going with acrylic and got some of Hobbii's Fluffy Day in Deep Pink. Which is just an eye watering colour (canonically the hot pink yarn is painful to behold) and comes personally recommended from a friend of mine. I also got a roll of a glitter thread also sold through Hobbii in pink. Both to make the overall cardigan more obnoxious but also to give it more of a "this is wool from a monster sheep" and not just acrylic yarn.

As for the actual cardigan, it's described as a "Handmade Hot Pink Long Cardigan" "roomy and had big pockets" "(while a wip) an elaborate knitting pattern". There's enough wiggle room I can do basically anything I want with this. But my brain has latched on to the word "elaborate" and won't let go. So as soon as I get my hands on The Yarn, I'm going to swatch for this cardigan pattern published by Vogue Knitting.

It's quite possible this yarn does Not work for that pattern but I want to try it anyway just to suffer. And if it does work, I'll have to grade up the pattern, and potentially make changes to the length of the cardigan (I bought quite a bit more yarn than I thought I'd need just in case). But this pattern just Feels Right, the guy who knits is constantly wearing designer clothes so knitting an actual designer pattern is perfectly in theme. I've also been informed that the Fluffy Day yarn is incredibly warm so having a bit of open work would help with heat regulation.

If I complete this cardigan within the next ten years and have extra yarn left over I'll be sure to knit the matching hat (including a pom-pom), scarf long enough for several people to use, and fingerless gloves. All in hot pink so bright it's probably going to give me several headaches. Read S-Classes I Raised it's so good it'ssogood

[youremyonlyhope]

I love when I see posts like "Share how many crochet WIPs you currently have! I have 5, it's so many!"

Like, girl, I have unfinished projects from over a decade ago that I refuse to frog on the off chance I decide to finish them. I've found years-old projects I forgot I even started and will impulsively just finish it on the spot. I've started three different projects in the last 2 months, including one I started yesterday, that I already know I may or may not finish within the year depending on motivation.

The number of WIPs I have is infinite.

[sieglinde-freud]

oh im obsessed with this actually… who ever wrote this one i am kissing u on the forehead and hugging you real tight… inigo is such a loverboy im kkkhhhhhhijnsdnfng

[tj-crochets]

Went to the doctor just for a check up and he basically just told me "your body just processes sugar very well! :) :) :) It's a good thing! :) :) :) It can't possibly be the source of your symptoms even though eating fixes it :) :) :)" But there was also a moment when talking about my iron deficiency that is possibly one of the funniest things a doctor has ever said to me, up with the cardiologist who said "you're a medical mystery": He was going over my blood test results, and said "Your iron levels haven't gone up at all, they are still extremely low, but you're not anemic anymore" And I was like how am I not anemic anymore??? And he said "Your hemoglobin levels have gone up...somehow..." while frowning at the blood test results on his computer. It was very "somehow, palpatine has returned" lol

[fingertipsmp3]

Maybe I did this to myself but it does irk me when people see me knitting and they ask who it’s for and I say it’s for me and the immediate reaction is “you should sell it” yeah… let me spend at least a week’s worth of my free time making an item I like, want, and would wear just to sell it on etsy, making at most a £2 profit on materials and not being compensated for my time whatsoever 👍🏻

[unopenablebox]

in addition to my general apprehension about overpromising with my amateurish new-craft-relationship-energy enthusiasm, i did develop a real middle-of-the-night sadsack conviction last night that i shouldn't/won't be allowed to weave, because i don't spin, and everyone i've ever met or seen who weaves also spins. however 1. i don't even know for sure that that second thing is true and 2. how would they [karmic loom forces] tell. they don't know. maybe im just using up a commercial yarn backlog and will be starting in on the handspun any day now [i will not]

[tocourtdisaster]

I finished this cardigan about two months ago and I'm seriously considering frogging it and starting over because it's just not working.

I'm only 5'1, so it comes down past my knees so I'm thinking of taking out the bottom four squares on the back. The JAYGO doesn't feel all that sturdy, especially in the corners, so I'd just sew them together.

(If you look closely, you can see a big gaping hole in the middle of the back from where the corners of the squares aren't actually connected but that's how the pattern had me do it.)

I may or may not keep the hood. Right now it's just heavy and tends to drag the sweater out of shape. If I nix the hood, I'll probably do a ribbing up the front and around the collar so it looks a little more finished.

I've never completely frogged a project before so this'll be a new experience for me. I just have to convince myself that doing it over doesn't mean that all the time I spent on it already is wasted. I mean, it's not like I wear the damn thing as is. Ripping it out and starting over can only help.

[thescrapwitch]

The problem with buying yarn to make a gift is that then I see all the other yarn and new pattern ideas and free shipping is almost in reach if I only buy a little bit more…

(let’s not look at the projects I still have to finish or the yarn I already have in my yarn basket shhhhhh)

[dawnthread]

finally finished the turtleneck a couple weeks ago, just in time to wear to otakon!!

i don't have a wig, nor do i know how to style one, so my cosplay pulled itself together mostly as "aerith who stole her boyfriend's clothes" XD

i won a heavy-duty tool harness at a company picnic raffle ages ago and never had cause to use it, and i know it's not exactly screen-accurate SOLDIER gear but it was close enough for a three-day-lead-time snap decision cosplay and honestly i think it worked out pretty well :3

[todayisafridaynight]

Tune In Next Time For The Kirby Opinions Tier List

I GOT YOU COVERED

[coridallasmultipass]

Halloween costume hint:

(The stitch marker and the word that describes this colour-pattern of yarn [or fabric] are 2 more hints.)

[newtness532]

okay i need to find something to crochet or knit or sth cause i really cant spend one more day just sitting in my bed doing nothing