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This tweet tho *chefs kiss* Could not have explained it better myself (alt txt on image btw).

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IG : @emperorofmischief

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Just going to nip this in the bud now, but I will not be entertaining any "but what about/have you tried" suggestions in my inbox re: plastic straws.

If you message me about this, I'll be soft-blocking you.

I don't care how well-meaning your intentions are; your intentions don't mean shit when what you're actually saying is, "I am uncomfortable with your clearly stated needs as a disabled person and would rather you harm yourself than do something I have deemed immoral based on corporate greenwashing."

This is not up for debate. You either need to unpack the problematic elements of greenwashing on your own time and continue to be an ally to disabled people, or you need to own what you're actually saying and fuck off.

Anyway. Peace and love. Don't be ableist. Save a sea turtle, kill a big oil CEO ✌.

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Everyone stop what you're doing and look st this meme @the-heart-witch made me

Dying laughing about this.

Since I sometimes make posts about gauge swatches people sometimes expect me to be able to tell them why their swatch lied to them and sometimes it's the resting step but sometimes it's not and gauge can be affected by a LOT of things like mood and stress, among many many others. And I'm good at knitting lace but I don't consider myself an expert knitter! There's lots of stuff I don't know! I am constantly learning new things!

So I've decided to join the "I don't knit gauge swatches I just suffer" people and get Catholic about it. The swatch lied to you because it was possessed by that guy who denied knowing Jesus. That's why it betrayed you.

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Oh nice! Glad you're having fun!

When I make posts about gauge swatching half the replies are "I refuse to knit gauge swatches and yeah my stuff never turns out right but I just suffer lmao"

What are you, Catholic? Knit a swatch!!

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OK I am the gauge swatch guy now I guess (I know I brought this on myself but how did this happen). I'm thinking about running an experiment about the resting step to see how long things need to rest. I'm thinking of knitting a bunch of different gauge swatches, some stockinette some lace maybe some cobweb for the fun of it. Maybe in different fibers also. And block them and then measure them an hour later, 6 hours later, 12 hours later, 24 hours later, and then once a day for a week. Just cuz I'm curious and people keep asking me how long to rest their swatches and I don't know!

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Since I sometimes make posts about gauge swatches people sometimes expect me to be able to tell them why their swatch lied to them and sometimes it's the resting step but sometimes it's not and gauge can be affected by a LOT of things like mood and stress, among many many others. And I'm good at knitting lace but I don't consider myself an expert knitter! There's lots of stuff I don't know! I am constantly learning new things!

So I've decided to join the "I don't knit gauge swatches I just suffer" people and get Catholic about it. The swatch lied to you because it was possessed by that guy who denied knowing Jesus. That's why it betrayed you.

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I 100% cannot help with machine knitting, unfortunately. Never even been in the same room as a knitting machine.

When I make posts about gauge swatching half the replies are "I refuse to knit gauge swatches and yeah my stuff never turns out right but I just suffer lmao"

What are you, Catholic? Knit a swatch!!

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Is the Cardigan in the round? If so you need to swatch in the round cuz most people's knit and purl stitches are slightly different. I'm actually considering running a week long experiment about swatching and how long you should let things rest because I couldn't tell you but I suspect the answer is "it depends" on things like pattern, fiber, etc. I know some people recommend letting a swatch rest up to a week but that seems excessive.

When I make posts about gauge swatching half the replies are "I refuse to knit gauge swatches and yeah my stuff never turns out right but I just suffer lmao"

What are you, Catholic? Knit a swatch!!

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Oooh pretty pineapples!

Fhjfkfjchd blocking next

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whenever i'm trying to talk myself out of buying something i don't need i always hear my old russian professor's voice echoing in my head: "WHAT??? WILL YOU DIE THE RICHEST MAN IN THE GRAVEYARD?" and then i make an unwise financial decision

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the idea that restrooms, locker rooms, etc need to be single-sex spaces in order for women to be safe is patriarchy's way of signalling to men & boys that society doesn't expect them to behave themselves around women. it is directly antifeminist. it would be antifeminist even if trans people did not exist. a feminist society would demand that women should be safe in all spaces even when there are men there.

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Hi! I saw you in the tags of my cat teapot post. The company that makes it is called Bits and Pieces and I got it off Amazon. And by the way, I love your teapot collection!! I almost bought the frog one with tadpoles cups you have before settling on the cat one, it's really cute. 🐸

Oh thank you! I am only going to look. I Cannot buy another teapot I have Too Many Teapots but I want to look. Looking respectfully at this teapot lmao idk if you saw but I also play a game called v rates teapots where people tag me in posts with teapots or send me teapot pics and I rate them. That's why I was tagged in your post. It's rare I see a teapot and ask where to buy it. For aforementioned "I own 17 teapots already" reasons hahaha

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Do you let your swatches rest for a day before measuring them? This post I made about gauge swatching talks about the resting step that's super important if you don't want your swatch to lie to you. For some reason nobody talks about that step but it's vital

When I make posts about gauge swatching half the replies are "I refuse to knit gauge swatches and yeah my stuff never turns out right but I just suffer lmao"

What are you, Catholic? Knit a swatch!!

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As others have mentioned, knitting is often better for garments. But something other's haven't mentioned is availability of patterns. If you haven't heard of Ravelry before, it's a website for both knitters and crocheters. There's forums, and a pattern database and a yarn database. I just searched the pattern database and searched "sweater" and then opened filters to see how many patterns are available for each craft.

There's just over eight times more knitting patterns for sweaters than there are crochet patterns. I haven't checked every garment category but socks are overwhelmingly knit patterns as well (crocheted socks are a whole Discourse topic btw. Long story). However, crochet is better for things with odd shapes like stuffed animals. If you search "doll" there's 39,734 crochet patterns and 21,860 knitting patterns.

I can't weigh in on blankets as others in replies have done because I've only ever completed a crochet blanket before but crochet hurts my hands more than knitting does (I have fucked up joints) so crochet blankets take me longer but there's more "crochet a small square a million times and sew them together at the end" blankets in the crochet category if you want to do that kind of blanket. I'd check out the ten stitch blanket. I believe there's both knit and crochet versions, though I think the original version is the knit one.

If I wanna learn to make sweaters, is it better to learn to knit or to crochet? What about blankets?

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Do you see this? This is the beginning of the absolute chaos that is my next sock project. The yarn is SouthdSocks in "Graffity" from Frau Wöllfchen and it is. Colourful. Don't get me wrong, I love it, but it's also a lot :D

And then I went and looked for a pattern that will make it even worse! "Send in the Clowns" from Adrienne Fong does exactly that and also she describes perfectly how the graffity yarn ended up with me: "You couldn't resist! The gorgeous wild colors called your name. Now have fun with that crazy skein of yarn!"

I will. So so much fun!

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