#learn basic stitching

[eddiemunson-reader-shame]

Eddie Munson Cosplay Update: Leviathan Cross Patch

If you or a loved one broke your fingers trying to replicate Eddie Munson’s bad stitching job, you may be entitled to financial compensation.

[andsewingishalfthebattle]

Novice sewing pattern: Cut out shapes. Line up the little triangles on the edges. Stitch edges together. We've also included step-by-step assembly instructions with illustrations.

Novice knitting pattern: yOU MUSt uNDerstANd thE SECret cOdE CO67 (73, 87, 93) BO44 (63, 76, 90) 28 (32, 34) slip first pw repeat 7x K to end *kl (pl) 42 * until 13" (13, 13, 15) join new at 30 pl for 17 rows ssk 27 k2tog mattress lengthwise BO and sacrifice a goat to the knitting gods. WHAT DO YOU MEAN YOU WANT "INSTRUCTIONS," I JUST GAVE THEM TO YOU

[moe-broey]

My homunculus

Hashtag my homunculus

[whispering-kavka]

friends i love crocheting so much . why does it hurt me so

[yallstar]

found a playlist of how-to videos for the sewing machine i got for christmas and each video has zero preamble and is just long enough to cover the specific topic with minimal editing and oh my GOD not to be nostalgic but remember when youtube was useful

[carfuckerlynch]

learning more ways to knit is giving me such a love for youtube bc like. my mom knows a lot about knitting but she lives in a different state and I don't want to learn from her but thankfully there are many grandmas online who post knitting tutorials and they explain things as many times as I need and never yell :]

[robinsnest2111]

I think my brain is ready to soak up all the crochet basics now, a whole year after buying a bunch of crochet hooks and wanting to get better at it

[the-kipsabian]

how did you learn to knit? i want to start but its kind of overwhelming

my mom used to be an avid knitter years ago when she could still properly work with her hands, so i definitely picked the interest from her, but actually we have basic fibers arts as a mandatory school subject from like fifth to seventh grade so i learned it from there. i was shit at it for years before picking it up as an adult again and at that point it was muscle memory lmao so unfortunately i cant really help the learning part here. watching a lot of tutorials, videos especially, and trial and error has helped me learn new techniques a lot tho!

[downlikefolksongs]

Idea: tinder but for novice craftspeople to match with elder craftspeople to learn how to craft instead of trying to teach themselves via YouTube.

The Elders would get companionship and someone to pass their knowledge on to, the Novices would get the wisdom of ages that is going to die out so soon if it isn't passed along.

[cultivating-wildflowers]

I learned to read patterns and for what? To spend half of an eternity making a garment out of sport-weight yarn.

[ariminiria]

literally the first project I ever crocheted after teaching myself the basic stiches:

Sewing pattern: this is NOT for beginners

Me, a beginner:

[you2018]

& i did knit like 3/4 of a sock today like when i started this afternoon i was frogging. 3/4 of a sock bc i knit it when my tension was bad being stressed abt moving and now im back basically where i was :-) toe, foot, heel and part of the leg yippeee

[szczekaczz]

this is so beautiful :')

[finforkys]

I learned how to sew exclusively for making plushies of my ocs btw

[inkskinned]

they will need to whipstitch the wound closed, but embroidery is a "woman's" task. they will need to eat and clean and mend clothes, but why learn basic things when you can have a woman measure out your life in beads. he will be the "head" of your house, but if you want him to act accordingly, you must assign him a list of all applicable activities. you will be otherwise constantly in charge of almost-everything; so he will lead the house he is absent from.

in movies and books, the "cool" girl will be more-like-a-man. she will be "less boring," more "fun". she will have masculine ideas and masculine talents, which means a man doesn't have to change in order to find her fascinating. she will disdain of something as simple as stitching. how boring!

she will kick open the door of a car and quip what, girls can't drive? and flip her long hair down one side. she will grill and shoot a gun and skydive. be a guy. she will be sexualized.

somewhere, working on computers becomes a masculine task, and now on tv a gen-z disney character throws her hands up in the air. i can't be a computer science nerd, i'm a girl! in the real life, she will be unable to sit through some of her classes, shivering when she realizes she is the only woman present in several of them.

how many times have you read this book and seen this show and watched this movie. the singular woman is allowed 5 lines because she's not just smart! she's also pretty! she is surrounded by 20 average men, but she is stunning. she is the exception to the bland, pale lives of women-at-home, who will never be shown. she likes dirt and motorbikes and blood and shows up in a tiny dress during the final scene, rolling her eyes at our male lead's incredulity - just because i like motorcross doesn't mean anything. i'm still a woman, okay? i actually like shopping.

it is almost never reversed, and you think about that often. it is vanishingly rare to have a single man in a cast of women. the male love interest does not show up at a feminist march and sardonically squint at our leading lady - what? you thought only women care about human rights? he does not know how to balance a checkbook or kickbox because i grew up with three sisters.

when he cooks he is a chef, which is sexy. when he cleans, he's being kind, genteel. when he nurtures his family, confetti rains from the ceiling. when she does these things: it is her duty and her identity. what do you mean she has other passions and hobbies? isn't her hobby and passion homemaking?

the other day a friend embroidered a seam closed on your jacket into the shape of ivy. every time you touch it, you think of her.

something about women's hobbies and art and skills. something about women's work.

[dealbeorht-brrighton-2003]

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