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tumblr: what cast on do you like to use for underarm stitches in a top down sweater? my pattern doesn’t specify which one to use. I’ve done the backwards loop previously, but I know some people recommend the knitted cast on or the cable cast on for underarm stitches. Thoughts?

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i want to go on a 1 day trip to amsterdam to visit hooks and yarns + stephen and penelope yarn stores o bad, its a little less than 3 hours by train and the stores are so close by the station 😭 but i really can't justify making the trip for that

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Guys wish me luck! Just submitted SEVEN items to the State Fair! I hope I win first place because if not I'm going to be so embarrassed that I care so much.

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Please vote and reblog even if you're not a follower!

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Getting very sick of asking old ladies if they like to knit and them being offended by it. Yes I think you are old. Look at you. You have wrinkles and a dye job that is fooling nobody. Why are you ashamed of this. You have the opportunity to do the coolest thing ever (create) and it fit with your aesthetic? Lean into it.

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You know when you watch something and you recognize an actor and when you realize where you know them from you go “holy shit!”

Well, holy shit??????

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all related posts now have a tag! #🧶 yard sale posting

hi knitting tumblr. um i don't knit but my aunt recently passed and left behind a bunch of extremely high quality yarn. i know very little about yarn and even less about knitting, so i'd like to sell it. i'm looking into ravelry and local facebook groups, but i wanted to see if there's anybody local on here who is interested.

the yarn is currently in central ontario, in udora (20 mins from uxbridge). i will be holding a yard sale, but no date has been set yet, as we're still in the process of sorting.

i'm attaching some pics to give an idea of what i've got. this is only a fraction of it. i also have three spinning wheels and MANY books and magazines about various handcrafting stuff (crochet, knitting, basket weaving??). please let me know if you have any interest or know anyone who would be willing to purchase some! i'd also appreciate any more advice on sites, communities, etc. where i could offload some of it.

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Digging around Archive.org for weaving books and found the best book title ever

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Friendly reminder to all of my craftspeople, the state fair is coming up! Now is the time to finalize any big projects, or reach out to people to politely ask for your mittens back because you want to win a prize of a $20 gift card to the local yarn shop.

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it's me girl it's the fiber arts, speaking to you inside your brain. listen to me girl. leave the boy, we don't need him! come with me and do my crafts, we'll have knitting times in... rafts! do do dodo, yeah, you need me girl your free will is an illusi-

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Yarn Snail!

Colors on the body didn't quite turn out how I wanted, but overall very pleased. One antenna broke off before its last kiln journey, but will be glued back on.

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There's a concept I try to convey to other crochet artists

You are never going to get paid for the amount of time you put into the piece. Best you can generally sell anything for is Materials x3

That enables you to pay for the yarn, and 2 more of the same thing you sold, so you can support your yarn addiction.

"But Gilligan you're only making $2.50 an hour!" I WAS GONNA CROCHET ANYWAY BITCH! Any income is better than yarn sitting around while you wait for a magical unicorn buyer who's gonna pay $500.

I know, it sucks, I put hours and hours into making those slippers. The yarn cost like $5 and I can squeeze maybe two pairs out of it. 5x3 =15, round it up to 20 and that's how much someone will probably buy them for. Again, I was going to crochet anyway. Because the devil says so.

Crocheting isn't my job it's my hobby and I'm good at it. Don't ruin it for yourself by trying to monetize it.

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Sweet mother, I cannot weave - slender Aphrodite has overcome me with tendonitis.

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I know I swore to myself I wouldn't buy more craft supplies, but if I buy a loom and use only yarn I already own then technically that's helping to reduce my stash.

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it wild to me that there are people out there who aren't interested in history

like wdym you don't think about the fact that women would tell stories as they made butter in the same way we listen to podcasts today? wdym you don't think about that one Chinese poet who wrote about how much he loved his cats hundreds of years ago? wdym you don't think about the fact that we found a gravesite of a young child surrounded by flowers from THOUSANDS of years ago? wdym you don't think about how people wrote "i was here" into the walls in Pompeii? wdym you don't think about the little egyptian boy who drew little doodles at the top of his school works more then a thousand years ago?

wdym you don't think about the fact that people, no matter the place, time, social status, are fundamentally no different from you. that they loved the same as you, enjoyed the same things you did, dreamed about a better life the same way you did. that despite how seemingly detached you are from these people, in time, place, and culture, the things you do and the thing u are, are so undeniably human that it transcends time and space