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If you *must* buy a physical item for your yarn friend, accessories and small tools are often a much better choice!

Stitch markers can be found at every price point, and we lose them gradually over time (they're very small after all), so that's always a safe bet. A cute project bag is usually helpful, especially if your giftee has many projects on the go.

Any yarn shop will have suggestions for other tools & notions you can get to fit your friend's taste. (There are soooo many options!)

And speaking of taste, it helps yarn shop staff a LOT if you have info about your friend's likes: what craft(s) they do, what kind of things they like making, what thickness of yarn (or brand/material/type) they like working with. Bonus points if you can show the shop person your friend's work- via Instagram or Ravelry etc.

And if you think you know better and absolutely *have* to buy yarn even though you can't tell us anything about what your giftee likes or uses, I am BEGGING you to buy one or more of the *same yarn*. Buying three random skeins in different weights and colors may feel like you're hedging your bets, but you're leaving your giftee with fewer project options and more work to figure out what they can make, or acquire more yarn, or return what you gave.

Yarn for Christmas?

An open PSA to anyone with crafting friends (and isn't really sure what they like):

DON'T BUY THEM YARN

Part of the hobby is the purchasing yarn, which some might argue buying yarn and using yarn are two different hobbies. "But OP," you might argue, "I just know they'll love the Red Heart Super Saver I got on sale at Joann's! One skein should be plenty, and they can make me a sweater!"

This is one of those rare cases where a gift card to their favorite yarn store is more personal. First off, nothing against Red Heart, but if they're a yarn snob, it's going to collect dust. If they're a project-oriented purchaser, it's going to collect dust. If they like to buy yarn, then it's just mean.

Also, NEVER imply that your crafting friend should make something for you. If they love you, they will. If they don't, then you're not close enough to be making expensive demands.

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Hot take incoming: Darcy Lewis is the real MVP of the MCU.

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PICK YOUR POISON

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Giambattista Valli | Spring/Summer 2025

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he's very excited about his first night as a jack o lantern

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do NOT get into anything that involves yarn because you blink and then one day youre sitting on your floor surrounded by yarn

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Tbf, I was scrolling and also didn't notice this thread wasn't @yespumpkindoodlesthings til now. Also didn't think about two names in the fandom being p[word]doodles

But BPAL is good stuff, and they have hundreds of scents in their catalog. Imo they lean towards heavier scents, but White Rabbit and Mama Ji are personal favs so that may be confirmation bias

So I saw your perfume post and I'm wondering if you've heard of Black Phoenix Alchemy Lab? They're a super neat indie perfume company! (Also forgive me if I've sent this to you before and forgot about it 😂)

I fear I might not be the perfume post person! Although it’s also true that I’ve just gotten up and am not firing on all cylinders just yet. However I’ve not heard of Phoenix Alchemy Lab, but they sound super cool. I checked out their website and am loving the names & labels - very Victorian-core.

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Bucky "described as academically gifted, reads obscure for the time nerd books, gadgets gadgets gadgets gadgets, is always shown seamlessly using the latest tech and plays into his therapist's perception of him being from the 40s by giving her a flip phone instead of his actual phone so he doesn't have to share his private life with her, literally a cyborg and is deeply socially confused by the modern era" Barnes: I want to spend my last night before the war at NERD CON and forget my date exists, omg look Steve the car flew!!

Steve "described as a strategic genius yet punched a monitor screen thinking it would stop an AI, cares that the tech works so he can break it/crash it/cause anarchy with it, 'it appears to run on some kind of electricity', practicality is the goal unless it's fun to be Extra, famously uses the same weapon he used in the 40s, and collects friends like Pokémon everywhere he goes in the modern era" Rogers seeing a flying car: ...huh yeah that's real cool Buck. anyway, I'm gotta go break the law for the sixth time brb

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throuple dynamic where it’s three people fighting over the cuck chair

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Batman Returns (1992) + 2024 Presidential Election

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We have of course seen Pratchett's dwarf bread used as a weapon, but it seems to me that it would be equally serviceable as armor.

Consider: the flapjacket.

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Sun and Moon

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All of my Laby/Jim Henson artworks so far!

Don’t mind me, it’s just one of my favorite childhood films ever and I can’t seem to stop drawing it since I had to work on it a few months back 🥺 🥰

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Every summer I forget how much I fucking love spiders I’ve drunk one every day this week

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I made stew. It was awesome. I love potatoes.