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I did! I was just at one, and they have ghost hunting kits!

Also, if you'd have trouble physically getting to your local library, you can use Libby! You can get free ebooks and audiobooks that way, and it's great.

did you know public libraries are free and beautiful

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Since this is actually getting some notes, I figured I'd show it off a little better.

Credits to Lotje Meijknecht and their post "quarantine knitting" found here:

And craftslayerpdx on ravelry:

for their colorwork designs which I modified slightly.

I've also been working on this double-sided totoro-themed sock for far far too long. The yarn is just so tiny. Was also helped along by getting the right tools for the job (in this case small circular needles).

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It's much much too late but! I have woven the first pattern repeat of the giant laurel band!

Thin acrylic yarn, double face weave pattern from Elewys of Finchingfeld.

1.5 inches down, 45 feet to go........

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This cardigan is my most complex cable knit so far. I have been meaning to knit the buttonband/shawl collar for this cardigan for months, but have been distracted by other projects.

In the meantime I've been wearing it anyway and I am so looking forward to wearing the finished piece. It's already incredibly comfortable!

Pattern: this vintage pattern found on etsy, I dont know where it's from originally

Yarn: Lang Yarns Merino 120 in Nougat

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pattern: Dark Academia by Sharon Hartley

yarn: Holst Garn Supersoft in tundra and oatmeal

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I've also been working on this double-sided totoro-themed sock for far far too long. The yarn is just so tiny. Was also helped along by getting the right tools for the job (in this case small circular needles).

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Dandelion only progress update post, without all the rest of it in the way. Started these far too long ago. Slow and steady wins the race or some such.

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Big Update! Dandelions are done! I'm glad I'm still making progress on this, even if, especially if, it's slow. Having the right tools has been very helpful. Although the paper does leave the stitches feeling kind of hard and plasticky after I rinse it off. Maybe I need to wash more thoroughly. Onto some poppies next? Now that I've built up some courage with satin stitch. Or cornflower? We shall see.

First embroidery project. Entirely freehand. This is just some of the progress. It's slow going, but I'm having fun. The drawing is the idea for what I'm going for for the finished product. The idea is that I'm carrying a field of wildflowers to frolick through wherever I go. Like a tattoo of wildflowers climbing up your legs. But less permanent.

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The same artist made these two 35 years apart:

1750s Henry Robert Morland (British artist, 1716-1797) A Girl Ironing Shirt Sleeves

1785 Henry Robert Morland (British artist, 1716-1797) Laundry Maid Ironing

WHICH IS SO COOL and also shows the change of fashion.

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It’s growing!

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France ,1900

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Slowly but surely. I might redo the clover flower. Not sure I like the effect of the stitch I chose. Ah well. I'll add some other things and see how I feel about it. Do you think I should change it?

Onto the daunting task of picking the next flower to start on. Dandelions maybe?

First embroidery project. Entirely freehand. This is just some of the progress. It's slow going, but I'm having fun. The drawing is the idea for what I'm going for for the finished product. The idea is that I'm carrying a field of wildflowers to frolick through wherever I go. Like a tattoo of wildflowers climbing up your legs. But less permanent.

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I've started adding the clover. This is the first thing I'm doing not freehand. I bought some water-soluble stabilization paper I could trace on, which I think will speed my process a lot. Especially with satin stitch, which I'd be scared to do freehand. (My heat-eraseable white fabric pen wasn't really doing what I wanted) I think it's okay so far. The next question is whether I do the flower "petals" with just long stitches, lazy daisy stitches like the other ones, or a bullion stitch.

First embroidery project. Entirely freehand. This is just some of the progress. It's slow going, but I'm having fun. The drawing is the idea for what I'm going for for the finished product. The idea is that I'm carrying a field of wildflowers to frolick through wherever I go. Like a tattoo of wildflowers climbing up your legs. But less permanent.

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as a knitter, you start to notice how rare it is for characters in tv shows and movies to knit correctly. from worst to best, it ranges from:

- laughably incorrect, just flinging yarn around

- knitting the most basic scarf incredibly slowly because the actor Learned How To Do It For The Role

- old lady actresses casually knitting an intricate lace pattern while doing a monologue

- gromit from wallace and gromit

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✨everything is fossil-ble🦴🦖

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Althea Crome’s Miniature Sweaters Test the Limits of Traditional Knitting