i want love

it's coming

i feel like we don’t talk about things like this enough

She’s up there

Bonus:

Oh man I can't believe I forgot. You know that post that was like "tell me what clothes you've bought because of a character" or whatever. I searched for ages to find an adequate white cable knit sweater because of Ransom's in knives out.

It's a good sweater

I'm putting this here bc I feel like it's information everyone needs. You can find it here.

I don't knit but that's hilarious because this looks like such a complicated pattern for a beginner

Oh it is. There's at least three different styles of cabling. And more advanced cabling at that. That sweater would take me like a year to finish.

All the cabling is done the same way. You just need to read your knitting and keep track of which row you're on

No, but for real. Knitting is just loops. Cables? Spicy loops. Lace? Spicy loops. Color work? Multicolored spicy loops.

There are no levels in knitting, there are no exams to pass or goals to achieve before you can continue.

The Handsome Chris is a perfect beginner project. It's all one color, it's knit flat, you get to learn lots of new techniques all at once, but most of all it's engaging and you're working towards a goal you really like.

I would have impaled myself on my needles if I'd been forced to complete a Sophie scarf before I got to advance to something more "challenging" like a washcloth, or God forbid a ribbed hat.

My very first project was a self-drafted 11-strand intarsia double sided cable scarf, because I didn't know I wasn't allowed and that was what I wanted to make.

This attitude of mystifying certain fabrics as advanced really twists my stitches. I cannot do simple stockinette colorwork to save my life, but I can 3-color brioche without looking.

There are no levels in knitting.

Make that fucking Handsome Chris if you want to, it's a great sweater. Or start with the Sophie scarf if that's more your vibe. But don't ever think that knitting is hard.

You sound like me telling a beginner crocheter "nah the alligator stitch is easy for a beginner, it's all just double crochets!" (a real thing I have said to people picking up a crochet hook for the first time). I'm not saying you can't start with a complicated stitch I'm saying it's very funny when people do.

#I mean. knitting and crochet both just build onto very basic stitches#once you know the basics it’s short work to do those ‘harder’ stitches#you just gotta practice them!

"Once you know the basics" is my point. Beginners do not know the basics. I am a beginner knitter and let me tell you we're doing shit like "trying to remember how to cast on", "not dropping too many stitches and going on without noticing if you can help it", "trying to figure out how to keep consistent tension so the width of the project doesn't keep changing", and "trying to remember the difference between a knit and a purl because at least a quarter of these stitches are definitely backwards".

I've been knitting for 18 years and the "there's no levels in knitting" responses on this post annoy the shit out of me. No, there's no test you have to pass, but choosing something this like this for a first project is setting yourself up for disappointment. Cables are hard to do for seasoned knitters who have developed the way they feel most comfortable holding the yarn, who have gained control of their tension and can make a consistently gauged garment, rather than one that is simultaneously too big and too small. Like yeah, shoot for the moon! But stop acting like people are inventing the idea of starting slow and working your way up to more complex patterns.

Thank you Derek, menswear guide, for reminding me why paying more to be free advertising for brands is dumb.

I know somewhere there's a hip grandma who survived breast cancer and her transmasc grandson who would love a matching set

the most fun a girl can have is finding parallels, noticing patterns, making connections, contemplating

i should make this my blog banner

Did a little fan art of a popular post on blue sky.

Gay people, they can't drive, people also say that Floridians can't drive, conclusion?

BUILD A FUCKING TRAIN!!!

in my documence. straight up “writing it”. and by “it”, haha, let’s justr say. Words certainly

hey.

Two of my fav phineas and ferb posts