#handmade quality

[tranquillo-leather]

Made by hand, made to last……made with pride

[sinensis26]

I love all handmade stuff, but before I started knitting, I always wondered why folks poured so much time and energy into making stuff that looks exacly like what youd buy at a store.

It very quickly hit me: store- bought stuff SUCKS. Handmade stuff RULES.

The kinds of stitches used, the thickness/ quality of yarn, even the dimensions of the item itself are just so shitty and cheap on mass- produced clothing. Once you know what youre looking at, you can see that its made to be worn and disposed of within a year. But that handmade brown sweater? That sucker weighs 3x what a store bought sweater weighs. Its softer, it has better stretch and even with messier seams, its STRONGER. It can survive a trathalon, a hop over a barbed- wire fence, and a minor nuclear explosion.

So hats off to all of the more stubtle fiberworks artists out there, your bulletproof crafts are magnificent.

[swiftiebuck]

My sister says there are better ways to get someone's attention. Like that?

[vertbrunch]

Gromit my beloved

[jet-set-go-go]

Anya mouthwashing plush

[toyastales]

If there is magic on this planet, it is contained in water

- LOREN EISELEY

[dyleeart]

Too-Ticky in oil pastel ❄️

I also recently finished reading Moominland Midwinter and she is simply delightful!

[abottleofsaphojuice]

[akayna]

We watched SEVERAL* creature features and I embroidered this:

* Godzilla (2014); Godzilla King of the Monsters (2019); Kong: Skull Island (2017); Godzilla vs Kong (2021); Godzilla x Kong: The New Empire (2024)

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And now that they have received it, I can share that I made this crossstitch for Boo & Kader:

[lesbianralzarek]

roommate and i saw a man in full wizard gear (plural staves on back!) yesterday so now our household celebrates sorcery saturday because we're adults and we get to decide what that means for us 🙂‍↕️

[mysteryampharos]

god this is such a stupid idea

[iamthemaestro]

I feel like I need to get more into regency clothing

[felix-the-obscure]

AAAH! — a zine about frustration and activism

at the end a wrote a little bit about how i felt about the zine, because i wasn’t a huuuuge fan of it at the time, and its in the envelope lol

[into-blossom]

We have enough stock left that our fundraising stall will also run Monday, then any leftover copies of my cards will be listed online :)

So if you're interested in a cute linoprint card for mother's day or just for yourself, keep an eye out Tuesday for that!! 🌷🌷

[thewandererh]

goodnight from my children