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Yeah.... i can count... sure...

Some knitting affirmations:

I know how to count

I know how to read

whatever I am making will be wearable and if it's not then I will learn something

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its me boy im the seventh cool textile hobby you wanna pick up speaking to you inside your brain listen to me boy you DO have time for me you wanna do me so bad

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Planning knitting projects when packing for a trip is so difficult. Do you take the already started, almost finished item that you most likely won’t finish on the trip? Do you just take socks? Do you start a whole new project that requires planning, gauge swatching, and color testing? Do you start something simple? The CHOICES!

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can you explain what you mean when you say "lace rot" ???

It's a term one of my friends came up with - the lace rot, or lace rot disease, usually affects fibre artists (or budding fibre artists) when they're seeing other people make lace, and then suddenly they're consumed with the desire to make lace as well!

It works like this: you're innocently scrolling tumblr, and suddenly come across pictures of an incredibly beautiful, gossamer thin knit shawl, with elegant pattering and beaded in sparkly gems. It looks so intricate and complicated! Then somebody links the pattern, and you look at it, and figure out that it's actually just increases and decreases and some yarn overs. Oh, you think. You could make one too!!

At this point, it's already too late, and the lace rot has set its roots in your soul. There's no point trying to fight it. You will acquire new sharp needles, and more beads than is wise (they are so sparkly!), and oh look, you already had lace weight yarn in your stash, who would have known, and then you will knit a lace shawl. And then another lace shawl. You're browsing ravelry. Your mutuals are helpfully bringing you new patterns. Then somebody mentions crochet, or needle lace, and suddenly you're catching yourself rifling through antique pattern libraries for tatting inspiration. You're suddenly learning four new additional crafts. You make another lace shawl while yearning for more complicated lace shawls, a beautiful, gossamer thin knit shawl, with elegant pattering and beaded in sparkly gems. It looks so intricate and complicated! Yet it was surprisingly easy to create. You post it to tumblr.

Somebody else scrolls through your dash and sees your pictures. Oh, they think...

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what you need to understand is that textile work is basically the closest i have seen to Real Magic and the reason old ladies in quilting spaces are either the grumpiest or the most whacky cheerful people you'll ever meet is because they're basically wizards who have studied the ancient crafts too long

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I made a little zine to help quickly pick out yarn for your projects! This is just a one-pager zine so I couldn't fit much, but if you want to learn about yarn materials in more detail I recommend checking out the yarn guide on the Knit Picks website. I found it super helpful!

In the future I'll be printing this off to sell at zine shows and it'll be a nifty tiny reference to tuck in your pocket or with your craft supplies.

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I finished the legendary fish pattern and realized that I completely forgot about the foraging items on the beach!! Gotta do them now.. 🪸🐚

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that should be illegal

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I started attaching a small note with hook size and maybe even yarn I'm using to my stitch markers. But i only do it when i haven't touched a project for a while and i still remember what i used which isn't ideal but it's more than not doing it at all

every time I start a new crochet project I think to myself "hmm I should probably write down what hook size im using" and then decide that im smart enough to remember

and then I ignore said project for a few months and when I come back to it I panic because I cannot remember what hook size I used

and then the cycle starts again

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You know at first I didn't believe it when fiber artists on tumblr would tell me to be wary of the fiber art slippery slope. And yet. I hear the siren call of the spindle. Fellow crafters help me resist. Tie me to the fucking mast. Please.

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If you knit at all, I am begging you to learn how to read your stitches, it will make your life so much easier, I promise.