#morale fiber

[wastelesscrafts]

Project: crochet bralette

Introduction:

If you're a regular here, you might remember me asking for beginner's crochet resources. You've all been amazingly helpful!

After finishing my first plushie last month, I decided to try my hands at something wearable: a crochet bralette.

The project:

I used the basic bikini cup pattern on Ravelry by Regina Weiss to make the cups for my bra. If you're not a Ravelry fan, you can also find this free pattern on the Morale Fiber blog. My yarn is a basic cotton fingering weight yarn.

I still struggle with remembering the names of stitches, so I accidentally used double crochets while following the pattern's instructions for a half double crochet cup. It still worked out though!

Once I finished my cups, I attached them with a row of single crochets along the bottom, then made the band wider and added a row of decorative eyelets in the middle. I then picked up stitches along the sides of the cup and added bands for the back, using double crochets to make them match my cups.

This type of bra often comes with lacing in the back but I opted for buttons instead, using a Dummies tutorial on how to make button loops. Finally, I added a simple shell edging to finish off the bottom of my bralette.

Next, I added chains to the tops of my cups to serve as shoulder bands. I then added a border of single crochets and small eyelets along the cups and chains to widen the straps and create a decorative border. Once I was done, I sewed the ends of my straps onto my bands.

When I tried the bralette on, I realised the space between my cups gaped a little. I improvised a small connection between them to tighten them up.

[ID: a white crochet bralette spread out across a wooden floor. The bralette is decorated with eyelets and a shell edging and has three buttons in the back.]

[ID: front view of a white crochet bralette lying on a wooden floor with its back bands tucked behind the cups. The bralette is decorated with eyelets and a shell edging and has three buttons in the back.]

[ID: back view of a white crochet bralette lying on a wooden floor with its back bands lying on top of the cups. The bralette is decorated with eyelets and a shell edging and has three buttons in the back.]

I didn't take progress photos because to be honest I didn't expect this project to work out as well as it did.

Conclusion:

The result is a white cotton bralette that fits pretty well. It doesn't offer much support, but it's more of a fashion piece than a functional bra anyway so that's fine by me.

If I were to add a longer bottom band and maybe used a different stitch to minimise space in between stitches, this pattern would probably make for a decent tank top too.

I'm really happy with how my first wearable crochet item turned out! Not sure how it'll hold up after a few washes, but we'll see. Either way, I had fun and learned several new techniques so I'd call this a win.

A note on the pattern:

The pattern contains instructions on how to customise the cups to your own size and shape. In theory you could make them as big or as small as you want, but in reality I have no idea how well this would work for sizes larger than my own as I'm still very new to the craft.

If you'd like to see patterns specifically aimed at larger sizes, check out Jam Gabriel and Crafty Madness.

Morale Fiber also has a free bralette pattern based on triangles rather than the classic crochet cup, which comes with a curvy version too.

[crochetraptor]

Finished this amazing pattern recently!!! I was lucky enough to take on a bunch of yarn from a friend and decided to make this as a thank you/birthday present!!

This was not only a beautiful finished piece but also a really fun pattern to make and I'm excited to eventually make another!!

I used a variety of different yarn types/weights and hooks sizes and I'm really proud of how this turned out in the end!

This is the lotus mandala duster pattern from morale fiber!!

It's free, you can also buy it on Etsy as well and it comes with more details and pictures.

They also have a YouTube series for this pattern!

[hookedatweiss]

🌳🐁🐿🐇🦔🧚‍♀️🌿

love, love, love

[uncanny-tranny]

Another bonus to learning a fiber art is being able to speak to others in a Lovecraftian language that nobody else understands...

...and also being able to read things like THIS:

[joearlikelikeswrestling]

[ecto-stone]

sometime when i said i hate a charater. It is more of an interpitation and bad execution of a charater that i hate rather then the Charater it self

[milkweedman]

The colors of the copper on blackberry dye seem to have shifted from maroon to a very rich milk chocolate brown--which I will hardly complain about, since that's a hard brown to get. I do hope I get something more permanently reddish/purplish with alum--that's what I'll try next. I'm just waiting for the 9 pounds of raw fleece to arrive.

Last night I carded a lot of that blackberry dyed fleece and then put it on the blending board with about half of the white (which was the previous distaff dressing) as a little stripe to one side. Idk, just curious how it'll turn out and seemed more interesting to spin that way. Carding first definitely helps with consistency--both colors were willowed first and put on the blending board, but only the brown was carded as well, and it is much easier to keep smooth and least kind of even.

The one improvement of this phone camera over my old one is that it has a timer setting, so I can actually show where my hands normally are (sometimes anyway). Fairly comfortable although my distaff hand is starting to cramp. Might just be one of those days or might be too heavy for me, but the shape at least is good.

You can probably see that the white is still all over the place, but the brown is pretty even, just with lumps still on occasion. Also, the new height of this spindle means it's perfect for lap spinning rather than impossible to lap spin with, so I'm very happy about that.

[unicornbatman-21]

i can’t stop thinking about across the spider verse🕷❤️

[bluegarners]

actually i do hold some level of respect for those artists that make dick ugly and jason hot. it takes a lot of will-power to create something so deeply and spiritually disturbing

[moophinz]

Agreed that people misunderstand Nishiki a lot. I've seen some fans say that Nishiki was jealous of Kiryu and a bad friend even in Y0 but I never got how someone could interpret the story like that. "Without you I'm no one, nothing means anything" doesn't read as jealously, at least not to me. I couldn't put it into words but "Lack of self identity" sounds right. Nishiki defined himself based on what Kiryu thought of him. For him it made no sense to stay in the yakuza- or even stay alive if Kiryu wasn't with him. Which is why he said climbing the ranks of the Tojo was meaningless if he couldn't do it with Kiryu.

Never thought I’d become a patron saint of Nishiki defender but alas

I’ve seen some… wild takes on him. Sometimes it’s all “okay, you’re entitled to your own read of him” and sometimes it’s “no literally what are you talking about???” I think one of the worse has to be Reddit bros believing Nishiki is an example of toxic masculinity because he’s “vain” and is openly emotional. Yeah… no… He’s weirdly a victim of misogynistic type thinking with dudebros.

Calling him a bad friend is something I definitely don’t agree with. There’s also the idea that he hated Kiryu even though he says himself in K1 that he’s not sure if he actually does. I think no matter what, Nishiki didn’t actually hate Kiryu and never truly could. I just really don’t get the bizarre anti Nishiki mentality and people jumping to the conclusion you’re a bad person if he’s your favorite character.

[beevean]

@aslgit and I discussing about young Forgemaster psychology

[rotzaprachim]

watching an astounding number of leftists- including elected politicians - that i'm in coalition with either decide that hamas was Not that Bad and that war crimes were fine if its jews OR ELSE decide that more war crimes against gaza were just what the doctor ordered, in fact, far more warcrimes are fine, lets give to bibi to kill way more kids in Gaza! - has been a rather radicalizing experience against political actors, to say the least

[thekatebridgerton]

So I read a post of your takes on Yandere Bridgertons and I’m like YAS! They all have blood in their hands, Daphne is definitely acts elegantly sophisticated when she murders all those who hurt her Simon and emotionally manipulative him and he apologizes to her. Francesca, seems normal until she lost John and when she falls for Michael, she lost her marbles and has outbursts when she thinks se is going to lose him. Gregory and Hyacinth definitely lean towards manipulation but also deadly.

Okay so, secret kink here. I love my Yandere heroes. Call them toxic and unhealthy all you want but I don't care, I’ve got my guilty pleasures you’ve got yours and there’s no shame.

Dear readers who like your fictional relationships healthy, hear this trigger warning. This post is not for you. I repeat this post is not for you:

Yandere is a portmanteau of two Japanese words. The first is yanderu, which means “to be sick,” and the second is deredere, used here for “lovestruck.” A yandere is often sweet, caring, and innocent before switching into someone who displays an extreme, often violent or psychotic, level of devotion to a love interest.

You know I loved writing this take, because I don’t generally get to write about characters with no moral fiber getting a romatic storyline and there’s just something so wicked about cruel romance. so for those of you who don’t mind toxic in your romantic storylines. hit the keep reading button.

Daphne actually, I think out of all her sisters, she'd never bother to hide that she's unhinged. Like, she knows what she's doing when she's smiling and opening her fan and putting the fear of God into people's hearts one ball at a time. Simon went into his marriage with eyes wide open to how she was willing to hurt everyone but him but probably the moment that broke him psychologically was the dubious consent scene where she didn’t care that he didn’t want to have a child, because she loved him and how could he not want to have a baby with her? that’s terrible. That's when he learned that even he wasn't exempt form her tendency to trample on people to get her way. Especially him.

Usually when people start dropping like flies around him, Simon just nervously looks into his teacup and moves away from the dead bodies. His attractive to Daphne is that Simon isn't afraid of gore but has the self preservation to not start fights he can't finish. That's why she loves him so much. Her husband the Duke. And he loves her too, his sweet dear psycho diamond. Even if she’s a little odd.  

Anthony: to give him some credit he did try to marry a woman he wouldn't love so his wife and children could at least have a different upbringing than he did. Since Violet and Edmund were two very intense yanderes, both with each other and their kids. He tried to fight his attraction to Kate, he knew he would ruin her life. He was being as selfless as he could by courting Edwina.

Aaaaand then Kate had to bite him. She was hiding under his desk while he tried to woo his ex mistress to forget about Kate and she bit him. Ever since then he decided that this was enough justification to do what he wanted and tame her into submission. If she were his Viscountess she wouldn't go around biting people, he'd make sure of it. So he seduced her and made her his, and now her life is ruined because she keeps fighting back at Anthony's attempts to make her behave, she doesn't understand it's because because he loves her, the blackmail, corporal punishment, extortion and holding Mary hostage in an unknown location 'for Mary's safety' are also because he loves her too.

Kate has tried running away multiple times. Anthony thinks getting him to chase her turns her on. So he always finds her and brings her back (I'm not sure Kate remained all that sane after the day Anthony cried with fake sadness the first time she had a broken leg. Hearing him lament at what kind of monster would sabotage the wheel of a carriage a Viscountess uses? Because only a maniac would do that, made Kate realize that he'd rather kill her than let her go). One of these days, Anthony is sure that Kate is going to pick up a gun and aim it to his head. He can hardly wait. 

Benedict: obsessive to the bone, he cajoled and manipulated Sophie into falling inlove with him and not satisfied with that he full on kidnapped Sophie after they got married. He loves her, she's been so hurt by the world, except him, he would never hurt her. So Benedict's solution is to simply deny the world access to Sophie (or Sophie access to the outside world).

She lives isolated from anyone but him in My Cottage. Sophie has a seemingly happy life in the countryside where all her whims are provided for exept going outside and having friends. Their servants are all perfectly trained highly recommended mute maids and footmen (see how good he is Sophie, hiring and training servants who haven't found employment elsewhere just because of voice impediments). And she goes everywhere with Benedict, and If she wants to see outside world and he's not with her she's got at least 3 maids and 10 footmen around her trained to both help her and not let her escapade.

On the outside Sophie may act like she thinks her husband is a bit excessive due to being raised a noble. But Benedict rarely knows what she's really thinking on the inside. It spurns his obsession into a deeper level, because Sophie stopped telling him her honest thoughts after he kidnapped/confined her 'for her own good'. So he's always unsure if she's staying with him because she loves him or if she's staying because she's smart enough to plan a better escape than Kate.

Colin: he was suave, he even looks like the least unhinged of his brothers. He was cautious in his approach to making Penelope love him, he was patient even. Colin was All smiles and cute jokes, he lowered her guard, seduced her into marrying him willingly, when he discovered her secret he was even more convinced she was his soulmate. Never let Penelope know he had her seduction planned all along. And Penelope fell for it hook line and sinker. Her leaving LW and retiring her column to focus on her novels and being his wife was also his idea. ( Or maybe it's his wife the one who's played him, we don't know, Penelope does love keeping secrets after all, she may be just as obsessed with him as he is with her)

Eloise: Completely set out to break Phillip physiologically, and gaslighted him into relying only on her. She fell inlove with his letters after Marina died and made sure to spread rumors around the countryside that Phillip had actually killed his first wife. slowly making him a pariah in his community, so that when Eloise showed up at his estate as the seemingly answer to all his problems, Phillip didn’t even question why she acted like she owned the place. Poor Phillip, so grateful that Eloise believes in him and loves him, he really couldn’t live without her. Look at his unruly children, tamed by her magic (so easy to win over with a few well placed candy coated bribes and manipulation behind his back).  

Eloise made sure to spread rumors about Phillip all the way to London that makes everyone avoid him. But fear not, she’s not scared of him, Eloise knows Phillip would never hurt her, she knows he didn’t kill his wife, Marina was sick obviously. How could anyone think he’d be an abusive husband when he was so kind to Eloise?. Phillip in turn think’s Eloise is an angel from heaven and will hear no word against her, she saved him from despair (that she created) how generous and loving of Eloise, to become his wife when he’s nothing compared to her. He’s completely under her spell. And if Eloise pushes a person or two into the lake, well, that’s just her defending their home. 

About Francesca... She may have loved John to death, literally. It's unclear under what circumstances John died, but Anthony suspects Francesca's mischief making took her too far one day and killed her husband. Maybe it was an accident, maybe her sneaky Yandere manipulations killed him, maybe he tried to leave her. Point is Francesca was left with a lot of guilt over it. And kept trying to convince Michael that she was bad news and he shouldn't be inlove with her because she had a tendency to go overboard....

Until Michael kept trying to convince her that he wasn't going to leave and that he was perfectly okay with her wicked behavior. Actually while John wanted to increase Francesca's good impulses, Michael is all about feeding her bad nature and encouraging Francesca to do what she wants and use him like a toy. Then one day, she finally lets lose and he realizes, she's the reason his previous lovers kept dissapearing. And that it's now his job to make sure Francesca's obsession with not being left alone doesn't claim anymore victims. It's either that or throwing away his inhibitions and developing a murder kink. ( She does think he looks handsome covered in blood )

Hyacinth: married a fan of her work. She's the social princess of the ton, fell inlove with Gareth because he seemed to be looking for someone he could share a connection. So she made up an excuse about diamonds and replicated his grandmother handwriting in an old journal to take advantage of his naive soul. Yandere Hyacinth probably went full Hannibal x Will Graham with Gareth, leading him down the path of cruelty and immorality by rationalizing that what she was doing was actually not that bad, until he was morally corrupt enough to kill his adoptive father with no remorse. But on the bright side, they are both very protective of Lady Danbury and pretend to be the perfect couple in her eyes. 

Gregory: A special case, he actually thought he was the normal one in his family. grew up incredibly well adjusted. And then he crossed paths with Lucy’s brand of sociopathy. He was out there minding his own business, having a crush on Hermione, and then he realized, it was Lucy who was pulling the strings playing at revenge while everyone remained oblivious.

Not just by repeatedly telling Hermione not to run away with someone unsuitable knowing that’s what she’d do, but also but arranging things so that Richard would fall for Hermione, leading to a scandal that would make her uncle angry at Richard long enough to make a mistake that would lead him to get arrested. All while Lucy was safely married off to Haselby and played innocent victim. Lucy just didn’t factor Gregory recognizing a sociopath when he saw one, at most he was going to be used to make Richard jealous. And that’s it, Gregory was inlove, he had to have her, he wanted in with her game.

So Gregory turned the tables on Lucy’s careful plans, and pretended to help her, by trying to woo Hermione, when he was really just getting close to her. And subtly manipulating her into place, why ruin her revenge plan, when he could simply....Modify it so that she couldn’t get away from him at the last chapter. Her husband didn’t need to be Haselby, it could be anyone else lending her a shield against her uncle. So what if he has to ruin a wedding or two? nobody touches what’s his. And he deserves true love like the rest of his family, why shouldn’t he take it?. Lucy will be furious, but only for a while.  Lol I think the marriage between Lucy and Gregory is the most fun because they live to try to outmaneuver each other, he’s a yandere and she’s a sociopath, and Richard and Hermione are their favorite torture subjects. While Lucy and Gregory engineer all sort of disasters for them to suffer from. (Lucy will never get over the fact that her brother left her to rot in the countryside with their evil uncle, nor does she care to be used to make Hermione look better) Gregory naturally feels even more convinced they are soulmates and often ties Lucy to the bed to prove it. 

and that’s it that’s the post. What do you think dear readers.

[electroniccollectiondonut]

okay my take on this whole titanic sub thing is. was paying 250k to get into the death tube a stupid decision motivated entirely by wealth? probably! does that make it okay for us to be celebrating the likely horrific deaths of these people who did not do anything wrong? no! what the fuck is wrong with you!

[an-aura-about-you]

I feel kind of stupid for being raised Catholic but not truly understanding the purpose of the Seal of the Confessional until after I left the Church but then started watching Father Brown.

And the Seal of the Confessional comes up in that show sometimes because people will tell Father Brown information that could be used as evidence in confession, but Father Brown can't give that information to anyone else because of that. In the most recent episode I watched, a person maliciously used it as part of a plot to frame Father Brown for murder. And that bugged me, not because he wouldn't break the Seal of the Confessional but because Mallory wouldn't check the damn gun for Father Brown's fingerprints the person who did that used the Catholic Sacrament of Confession wrong.

The reason a priest isn't supposed to tell others what he hears in confession is because the purpose is to absolve that person of those sins. You don't go around bringing up those receipts after you've forgiven somebody for that shit. Which of course means they have to mean it when they request that absolution. Theoretically, Father Brown probably could have disclosed what he heard in this particular situation.

That said, I'm glad he didn't. What that person did using the Seal of the Confessional against him says a lot about both of their characters.

[cjgladback]

[ID: Four photos of two sock-clad feet standing on an aged wooden deck in direct sunlight. The socks are knit from medium grey yarn in an intricate but mostly-solid lace pattern with alternating diamond grids of wrapped ribs and curves of increased and decreased stitches. They're approximately crew-length with a small area at the toes and the heel in stockinette stitch and only a few rows of *k1 twisted, p2* rib at the top extending the final row of the lace pattern. End ID]

Yesterday was my first time wearing this pair of socks I started in April-May last year! They were my first project back after not yarning for about five years--then I drafted my first sewing project mid-2022 (a pocket I finished this October), wove in the ends of a pair of fingerless gloves I'd been using con spaghetti, and cleaned out my old LYS tote with this yarn, a matching gauge acrylic, and my circular needle. And though I've definitely made a pair of socks before (accidental torture devices for their giftee with the sensory specifics of illusion knit soft cotton and wiry wool) I had completely forgotten and got to research all the techniques again. (If you know me, you know that's a sincere "got to." 😄) In April, I frogged half the foot of a first run with a bulkier cable and honeycomb texture combo that I hadn't planned with sufficient negative ease. And in the meantime ended up browsing the crafts shelf at my library; I checked out the two stitch bibles they had for daydreaming at home. Pattern 88 from "250 Japanese Knitting Stitches: The Original Pattern Bible by Hitomi Shida" (there's a slightly newer, prettier cover with 10 more stitches too but I haven't seen it in person to recommend) was both one of my favorites and relatively narrow at a repeat of 18 stitches. So! I swatched it and measured the swatch gently stretched this time; three repeats around was just about perfect, and I ended up doing one 56-row pattern repeat each above and below the heel turn. I had plans for increasing into the calf without breaking the pattern but was nervous about running out of yarn (the last of a mystery wool cone gifted from my psych professor's stash). If I could do it over, I'd probably knit the pair from the inside and outside of the ball simultaneously so I could have slightly taller socks with a wider ribbing cuff, but as is they're staying up way better than I expected. Guess that's the shape-keeping joy of wool!