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Quick what are you doing RIGHT now (besides scrolling Tumblr)

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i love knitting >_<

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making stuff is one of the best parts of being alive

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forgot to share this aaaa, my top scar vest (V1 ? maybe). this was one of those project ideas that inspired me to learn to knit. i wanted a way to have my tits out without having my tits out ig. i’m so proud of my scars and they are such a good visual metaphor for my journey and identity.

this was done in duplicate stitch on some cheap dk acrylic, but i’d really like to make one in a fingering yarn (and maybe intarsia) instead, and add stuff to the back panel.

the start of many trans art projects❤️🏳️‍⚧️

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Friends who give you yarn as a birthday present: these are the ones you should protect.

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Guess who just realized she actually has enough yarn to make one more similar cardigan? 👀

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I love people who craft and I love learning about other people's crafts because every single one is full of little things that non-practitioners wouldn't notice but others in the craft RAVE about.

Like, I'm a knitter, and before I started I couldn't tell a knit fabric from a crocheted one, and I mostly would appreciate pretty color choices and overall patterns. But now I drool over perfectly uniform stockinette or a good stretchy bind off, and don't even start me on neat floats on the back of fair isle!

Quilters will talk about the binding and stitch choice on a finished quilt, ceramics artists will gush over how a glaze turned out, embroiderers will sigh at perfectly smooth satin stitch, and a woodworker can spot a good join from a mile away.

There is so much more beauty and artistry in the world than we can see on our own.

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Wish I had the same approach to life as I have with knitting/crochet

Like I know I'm going to make mistakes that's inevitable, I don't care about that, it's about finding creative fixes

Or I'm going to try this thing I have never done before, just because it's a skill I want to learn and I trust myself enough to be able to pick it up

Or this didn't work out the way I wanted it to, oh well, next time I'm going to do a few things differently and see how that changes things

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i love it sm when i crochet in public or wear sth i made by hand and everyone is so impressed and i’m like

u can learn to do the same thing!!!! for free!! fr!!!!!!

and then i open my imaginary trench coat with tips and resources and words of encouragement

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First sock and first hand dyed yarn (also first post ever)

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14/01/2025

Finding happiness in a ball of yarn 🧶💙

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Learning to knit turned out to be an early step in remembering my own small powers.

No good sweater options? I'll knit my own. Pants don't fit quite right? I'll alter them. Hole worn in my favorite pajamas? I'll patch it. Shoes don't match my clothes? I'll dye them. Cabinet not exactly what I hoped for? Paint.

As much as these are small things, I think it's genuinely transformative to take ownership of your space and your things in this way.

Maybe next I can work to transform my relationships, my gatherings, my communities.

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how im tryna be in 2025

gromit gets it

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My kind of friday night.

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I'm knitting in the corner at a party

and guys my age stop by to tell me I remind them of their aunt, of their grandmother. This is a compliment and I take it as such. They confess to having tried crochet once, and I smile. They get back in line for the bathroom.

I'm knitting in the corner at a party and a queer woman sits on the floor next to me, arranges her skirt, and smiles up at me. (I try not to blush.) She asks me all the questions on her mind about my craft and I answer them, hands still moving. We swap yarn sources. She doesn't stay, but she knows where to find me.

I'm knitting in the corner at a party and everyone knows where to find me when they need a minute, when socializing is too much and the music is too loud and they need to catch their breath. They pretend to be checking in on me, which is sweet, but I can see the relief in their eyes the moment they stop performing for a house full of people. They sit down and tell me things and all the while they never take their eyes off my hands.

The party has wound down and I'm still knitting and the hosts, two guys in their twenties, thank me for "helping to curate the vibe." I had no idea that's what I was doing. I leave the party having forgotten to drink anything and without that woman's number but with many rows added to my top-down raglan sweater. I call it a night, and a good one.

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My second ever heel turn with the match on the way

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To the people who are learning to crochet from TikTok, YouTube, to the “crochet girlies”, the ones jumping on the bandwagon because it’s popular, the older ones just picking it up(or back up), and the impatient ones who fling their hooks across the room:

I hope you have fun. I hope you love it. I hope you make as simple or complicated things as you want. I hope it’s easy for you, or that it’s worth the learning.

I hope you’re better at it than I am. I hope your loved ones appreciate what you give them. I hope you love the things you make for yourself.

I hope you don’t plan to get rich from it, because that’s probably not going to happen. But if you try to, I hope you succeed. ❤️

I hope you are happy.