#dysphoric femme

[bunnyboy-juice]

NO MORE ASSOCIATING THINGS WITH FEMMES ONLY BECAUSE THEY ARE PINK!HYPERFEM FEMMES ARE GREAT AND I LOVE YOU CAMPY FEMMES WHO EMBODY PINK BUT ALSO JESUS CHRIST CAN YOU GUYS NOT GO MORE THAN ONE DAY W/O TRYING TO SHOEHORN FEMMES INTO BEING ONLY PINK UWU BABIES. I AM FEMME AS IN GRASS AS IN DIRT AS IN TREE BARK AS IN WEEDS SPROUTING THROUGH THE SIDEWALK CEMENT. FEMME AS IN GENDER NONCONFORMITY AS IN FUCK YOU MY FEMININITY IS WHAT *I* SAY IT IS. FEMME AS IN DEPTH AND DARKNESS AND WARMTH AND TERROR. FEMME AS IN CAVES. FEMME AS IN LIGHTNING. FEMME AS IN AN AMALGAMATION OF TRAITS THAT I HAVE DECIDED ARE FEMININE REGARDLESS OF WHAT SOCIETY SAYS. FUCK IS IT THAT HARD TO UNDERSTAND?!???

[myfriendgoo94]

I think this is the best pic that’s ever been taken of me ☺️💕

[journeyman-tier-fibercraft]

Man finished! I rate him a solid very cute out of ten.

This guy was published as a doily insert plus edging for a linen table cloth (seen Here). The linen part was of zero interest to me so I knit him as a stand alone doily and I very much prefer him as such. Chart A (the "doily") and Chart B (the "edging") match up for knitting in the round as a single doily.

Below the read more is going to refer a lot to the charts, which I got from the amazing Ramona French. While this is the only version of the charts I've seen, looking at the Rav page it seems to also be cut into A and B charts in the same spot. It makes sense in context of the original pattern but I don't like it, both for the reason i'll get to below and also because I straight up just don't like how it looks in the original pattern.

Even without the alterations I'll propose, I think he's a good doily just as he is. The problems I have are barely noticeable/nitpicky now that he's blocked out.

Starting with the edging vs doily distinction. This problem starts with the original pattern since it has you knit chart A for the insertion and chart B for the edging around every insertion and the linen tablecloth edges. But divorcing the actual charts from the linen, the charts really should be rows 1-31 of A as the "doily" and Chart A rows 33-41 and all of chart B for the "edging". The reason I'm so specific about this is because it's focus for any changes I would make. The end of chart A and the beginning of chart B flow together perfectly. It's where the doily/center flower ends (Row 31) and the edging begins (Row 33) that is the problem spot.

(I should've picked a darker colour foam to block this out on, sorry if it's hard to see)

The large center petals (doily) end with a yo, twisted knit 1, yo at the very tip. Then the set up row for the edging is all knits with a yarn over... that is off center of the petal. In a more personal gripe, I don't like how the mesh in the flower portion looks next to the edging. It's not bad (and would probably bother me less if it weren't off center) but it's not my favourite.

The mesh not looking nice next to the edging is an easy fix that comes directly from a doily that has a very similar feel to this one. Sechsblatt is another doily I've knit and also has a 6 petaled flower with mesh between the petals and an edging, but it's edging is separated by several rows of plain stockinette. In my revised chart I added just one odd numbered row of stockinette. I'm not 100% on this change, it's something that you just can't know if it looks good until it's swatched out.

The change I am 100% on is centering the yarn over to be directly above the tip of the center flower petal. There's a number of ways to do so, I'm honestly surprised it wasn't done for the original pattern. My revised chart moves the k2tog on row 35 to directly over the center stitch of the petal, which required moving the start of the repeat one stitch left. This also needs swatched out but I'm fairly confident it'll line up, at least better that just being blatantly off center like it is in the original, and since the k2tog was just moved instead of being added, the stitch count should still work out.

All other changes to the chart were simply made for personal preference/printing convenience.

Eventually I'll knit this revised version but I don't have a timeline on that yet, knitting the same thing multiple times is bad for my attention span. Regardless I would wait because I want to see how the crochet bind off holds up. I usually pin out every chain of the crochet bind out individually but I thought pinning two together looked really good on this particular doily. It made the blocking process a lot tighter. That could've been because I accidentally stretched it too much in the first place (I forgot this doily was 6 parts instead of 8) but it was incredibly funny to behold.

[myriadeyed]

Being a masc, mlm trans man is weird because media representation of cis gay guys will somehow make you dysphoric because they're more effeminate than you and also because they're more masculine than you

[disappointeddyke]

Just love love being a switch in a soft dom top/power bottom kinda way

[fatcowboys]

[id: two selfies of Blue, a fat white nonbinary person. They have a curly mullet with the sides pulled back and wear glasses. They have clear hoop earrings and wear a black polo crop top. the neckline of the shirt reveals a fresh tattoo, linework of a hand with wind blowing around it on the center of their chest. this selfie si from the chest up and they smile slightly at the camera. second photo is blue in the same outfit. this photo is from the waist up and they wear green pants and stand, head tilited, looking at the camera. end id.]

got a new tattoo this weekend and i look hot as hell

[2pen2wildfire]

I'm butch as hell but for like 2 weeks in spring/summer I turn into a femme for funsies

[campgender]

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[sunshine-of-my-shoulder]

Saw Hiyori be labelled as cis so I colour picked the trans flag from the City Rider outfit

[fxggotclown]

i took the necessary steps to facilitate getting a haircut today , which is something i have been putting off bc facilitating it happening is really hard for me. but i cant even go and get it done bc my sister is coming over today. she did not tell me this .

[cashandandrogyny]

Whenever I get sad about getting older I just think about all I get to do now that 13 year old me was too scared to do

[sweetpinkbabyfemme]

Shoutout to my ex butch who kept telling me what a hot butch i'd make what did she mean by that.....

[trinidaddy88]

Weird how I felt more secure in presenting as masc when I was skinny. Now I feel silly and I think it's because what society accepts as truly queer and masc are pale people and skinny people. People doubt I'm fucking trans and queer as a dark skinned, fat black person.

Also people who catch on def treat me with a lot less respect than when I was skinny. It's like kinda disheartening how obvious people look down on you for things you are actually okay with being, which for me is being black and fat. Lol idk. This post isn't supposed to be deep. Just venting

[lavenderedhoney]

She shaved off her goatee for a change of pace but kept her mustache bc she's been feeling butch lately and it's really cute 🥰🥰🥰

[neosoulnicecream]

im still grappling with the fact that im mutable, not quite masc not quite fem.. no label has lowkey become a label,and I dont look “androgynous”because im black and short and curvy and fat and ..

[small-strong-bookish-butch]

I love the concept and the aesthetic of being androgynous, and I love it on other people, but the idea of myself wearing skirts or having long-ish hair or wearing nail polish or even wearing clothes that are too frilly or sequiny makes me feel nauseated, so 🫥