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loving the internet progression where the meaning of “poor people deserve nice things” went from “poor people are also allowed to buy things like fast food, video games, and brand name items instead of eating gruel and sitting on the floor lest they spend their money frivolously” to like, “if you charge money for your labor youre classist bc i cant afford to pay for it” especially when it comes to art, books, and clothing

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Needle Felted Sea Slugs

Wool Creature on Etsy

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Strawberry Shortcake & Lemon Meringue Cardigans by theycallmelash

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WHO ATE MY NEW NEEDLES

Y O U

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working with textiles is a trap. first they lure you in with knitting. then you pick up crochet (understandable enough). next you start getting curious in fiber. you learn how to spin (okay that’s a bit extra). weaving is cool, right? you now own a loom. heck, while we’re at it, why not starting making your own clothes (this is getting out of hand)? spinning is no longer enough for you — you need something stronger. you learn how to dye (stop i’m begging). dye is fun, but it’d be nice to have your own source of fiber. you are now a shepherd.

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tried knitting for the first time and accidentally made a mobius strip....

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Bahaha

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Tips for choosing knitting patterns for a beginner.

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Stay safe y'all! 😂🤣😂 

Link to my blog/website: https://crochetml.com/

https://crochetml.com/crochet-memes/

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GUYS I’VE FOUND A VERY IMPORTANT WEBSITE FOR PEOPLE WHO CAN KNIT WITHOUT INJURING THEMSELVES!!!!

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Brooches and Wall Art

Shimunia

#Etsy #Embroidery

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I honestly always find the term ‘spinster’ as referring to an elderly, never-married woman as funny because you know what?

Wool was a huge industry in Europe in the middle ages. It was hugely in demand, particularly broadcloth, and was a valuable trade good. A great deal of wool was owned by monasteries and landed gentry who owned the land. 

And, well, the only way to spin wool into yarn to make broadcloth was by hand. 

This was viewed as a feminine occupation, and below the dignity of the monks and male gentry that largely ran the trade. 

So what did they do?

They hired women to spin it. And, turns out, this was a stable job that paid very well. Well enough that it was one of the few viable economic options considered ‘respectable’ outside of marriage for a woman. A spinster could earn quite a tidy salary for her art, and maintain full control over her own money, no husband required. 

So, naturally, women who had little interest in marriage or men? Grabbed this opportunity with both hands and ran with it. Of course, most people didn’t get this, because All Women Want Is Husbands, Right?

So when people say ‘spinster’ as in ‘spinster aunt’, they are TRYING to conjure up an image of a little old lady who is lonely and bitter. 

But what I HEAR are the smiles and laughter of a million women as they earned their own money in their own homes and controlled their own fortunes and lived life on their own terms, and damn what society expected of them. 

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GUYS I’VE FOUND A VERY IMPORTANT WEBSITE FOR PEOPLE WHO CAN KNIT WITHOUT INJURING THEMSELVES!!!!

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Been getting into knitting lately

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This is me, I just stupidly posted it to my main first and didn’t feel like recreating it fresh for the blog it was actually meant to go on.

Here’s kind of a master post of stuff I’ve been up to recently.

Among other things, I got a styrofoam mannikin head. I think for the lols I’m going to name it according to the wigs I have. Could only use the two so far (the short white one and the curly blond one) but I have two others.

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So the other night during D&D, I had the sudden thoughts that:

1) Binary files are 1s and 0s

2) Knitting has knit stitches and purl stitches

You could represent binary data in knitting, as a pattern of knits and purls…

You can knit Doom.

However, after crunching some more numbers:

The compressed Doom installer binary is 2.93 MB. Assuming you are using sock weight yarn, with 7 stitches per inch, results in knitted doom being…

3322 square feet

Factoring it out…302 people, each knitting a relatively reasonable 11 square feet, could knit Doom.