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[milkweedman]

Hi! I have a Yarn Question and you seem Knowledgable! I was recently gifted a LOT (10 balls i think? Like a solid couple pounds.) of mass produced 100% wool yarn. Problem being its OLLLLDDDD like at least 20 years old. Its in good shape EXCEPT its SO dry. Its so so dry and scratchy it feel worse than twine to work with. Do you have any recommendations/is it possible to soften(?) wool yarn before i work with it. I wanna make a sweater out of this stuff SO BAD.

Hi ! Unfortunately this is kinda out of my wheelhouse--I don't know much about millspun yarn or very old wool. I do know that depending on how it was stored (damp basement or exposed to light or bugs) it may be dry and scratchy because it's deteriorating--I would highly recommend looking over the yarn carefully for signs of bugs, breakages, etc, and testing the strength by snapping a strand in half with your hands. if it is fine though, and just scratchy, standard procedure would be to wind all this yarn into hanks so you can treat it, then soak it in conditioner, or eucalyn, or another wool treatment. just washing it like that ought to help a little (there's almost certainly dust).

if anyone has any experience with this, please comment or reply ! like i said, not my area of expertise at all.

[wromwood]

So, that Blockbuster poll that I made over a week ago is done collecting votes!

And BOY did it get popular. It got shared so much...

It popped up on my dash three times WITHOUT those people reblogging it from me or someone who already follows me. That's never happened to me that much before!

I tried reading all the tags and replies, but there were just. Too damn many. I promise that all the ones I did read were super interesting!

Now. There are lots of observations I can make from this research. But I want to say one thing now, before anything else.

To those of you who said you "rented" tapes and DVDs from the library: did you pay money to use those tapes and DVDs from the library?

If yes, then OK, that'll count as renting. (One or two people said that they actually did pay, like, a dollar or so to use the library's tapes/DVDs)

If no, then THAT'S NOT RENTING. THAT'S BORROWING. For some reason, it is very important to me that you know this distinction.

For the record, answering that you didn't rent from Blockbuster or similar establishments because you borrowed everything from the library is a totally valid poll response. In fact, seeing that made me really happy! Everyone should use the resources of their local libraries. But the library doesn't count as a video rental store if you didn't do any renting.

[xxacidnekoxx]

art for @peepabell !!! :3 the character is named stickee!

[amphibianaday]

Amhibian Pride 2023!

Big thank you to everyone who joined!

Higher resolution images

Credits below!

@aro-oranges, @artesian-diff, @asheols, @asmithjustone, @astervibing, @kip-loric, @bagumbobox, @bbfroglove, @bitchshitdewdrop, @booknerd133, @chameleonsynthesis, @cloudbluestar, @coffeehousecarnations, @copper-skulls, @demiboy-dj, @freckled-paints, @freshbaked-bread, friththefox (instagram), @frog-cult-leader, @froggyfroo-art, @frogndtoad, @gayfrogcoven, @gl1tchy-4rt, @haunted-deer, @icecreamsodaaaaa, @imbeingheldhostage, @impulseimpact, @infiniteorangethethird, @jeffeniney, @dark-roasted-kestel, @kip-the-dumbass, @kitsch-klutz-kerfuffle, @laptoparmageddon, @letters-from-camp-unus-annus, @lunashadow-bun, @mb-blue-roses, @meandmy100blanketsagainstheworld, @mercworm, @nithyren, @occasionalfrogs, @ollieeatsrocks, @peepabell, popsicleemperor (instagram), @rose-de-noire, @ruuushi, @schrodingersidiot, @shittybraindrawings, @sillyinq, @sleepyeurypterus, @slemhosta, @snoot-in-yo-boot, @sourtabby, @stunella7-blog (rest of credits in a reblog because tumblr glitches out if you tag or link too many people in one post)

[its-a-beautful-day]

I posted 4,705 times in 2022

That's 1,085 more posts than 2021!

59 posts created (1%)

4,646 posts reblogged (99%)

Blogs I reblogged the most:

@beausbugbiome

@peepabell

@androfemmealien

@specsthespectraldragon

@thespackster

I tagged 471 of my posts in 2022

#star's art - 75 posts

#my art - 65 posts

#bug art - 20 posts

#beanie babies - 20 posts

#stuffed animals - 18 posts

#beanie baby - 18 posts

#artist on tumblr - 17 posts

#shrimp posting - 16 posts

#stars photos - 10 posts

#🥺💖💖💖🥺💖💖🥺💖💖💖💖🥺🥺🥺🥺 - 10 posts

Longest Tag: 138 characters

#shout out to the customer who said they wanted the plants with the most bugs and when i asked her favorite bug she said the pink lady bugs

My Top Posts in 2022:

#5

Leafhoppers are just lil creatures

792 notes - Posted April 20, 2022

#4

This fluffy lad is an Imperial Moth and a friend! Got to hold them for awhile before letting them go in the wood 💖

1,461 notes - Posted August 14, 2022

#3

See the full post

1,847 notes - Posted July 8, 2022

#2

I wanted to practice papercrafting and what better subject than Pangur!!

@pangur-and-grim if you have any good suggestions for getting her off my roof I'd really appreciate it!

See the full post

3,856 notes - Posted September 20, 2022

My #1 post of 2022

miss the days in school where we would just cut up magazines and make collages

15,338 notes - Posted January 11, 2022

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[caprisun-wizard]

hellomst i got tagged by my good pal jules @ghostboyjules :D

so from what i understand it’s 10 characters, 10 fandoms, 10 tags and that’s it. there were no other criteria i saw, so behold: my treasured blorbos

1. Papyrus (Undertale) #1 in my heart

2. Murderbot (Murderbot) also #1 in my heart, i have room

3. glados (portal)

4. el (the scholomance)

5. danny fenton (danny phantom)

6. al (fmab)

7. granny weatherwax (discworld)

8. snoopy (peanuts)

9. benoit blanc (knives out)

10. wei yinglou (yanxi palace)

hehe i Love my little guys. i tag @agayworthfightingfor , @kikis-digiorno-service , @peepabell , @pai-showdown , @levymcgarden55 , @desolatebeauty15 , @galacticpachyderms , @slaying-absolute-penis , @catgirlpygmymarmoset , @nintendo-2ds and anyone else that wants to, consider yourself formally invited! no pressure tho💛

[pigeonquinndraws]

hi friends! from now on ill be posting my art over here and reblogging to my main @peepabell ! main isnt going anywhere i just wanted a house for my art stuff.

ily 💛🎀✨

[croakings]

thank you @watermelon-mafia beloved mutual for the tag 💜

favorite color? green (i know.)

currently reading? the hands of the emperor again (book 2 soon!!!)(paperwork my beloved) and the daevabad trilogy, also again (river of silver came out recently, lol)

last song? curses by the crane wives. "make a mercy out of me" is such a line. and it's such a well put together song i love the crane wives

last movie? i'm squinting into the middle distance trying to remember. my brain is so full of holes i'm just going to cheat and say rocky horror although that isn't technically true

sweet/savory/spicy? mmmmmm spicy. if sour were on here i’d pick that. Strong Flavors

currently working on? ftmob!!! i will get this book written!!! i have too many jokes to not follow through this time !!!!!!!

i tag @i-am-the-egg, @lemememeringue, @pai-showdown, and @peepabell, if you guys want, and then as usual anyone else too

[wromwood]

I posted 5,254 times in 2022

148 posts created (3%)

5,106 posts reblogged (97%)

Blogs I reblogged the most:

@peepabell

@chiropteracupola

@vimbry

@penny-anna

@modmad

I tagged 3,893 of my posts in 2022

Only 26% of my posts had no tags

#hehe - 1,091 posts

#tiktok - 301 posts

#doctor who - 300 posts

#fanart - 260 posts

#comics - 201 posts

#cats - 141 posts

#music - 124 posts

#second doctor - 113 posts

#pokemon - 108 posts

#garfield - 101 posts

Longest Tag: 135 characters

#a happy little rectangle who has a furry boyfriend shows that one child will almost certainly come out as some kind of gay inthe future

My Top Posts in 2022:

#5

Me: Well. I’ve survived the first season of Made In Abyss. It was definitely.... a lot. It certainly pushed me out of my comfort zone that one time. But I’m used to horror. I’m even used to gore. The season one finale was sad and creepy, but honestly more in line with what I can handle. I’m invested enough to keep pushing through. Right?

Me approximately 37 minutes into Dawn of the Deep Soul: oh noOOOOOOOO

57 notes - Posted April 18, 2022

#4

So, I’m rewatching the old movie adaptation of West Side Story since I watched the new one in theaters yesterday. Despite having seen this movie YEARS ago, I just realized that the social worker who tries to get everyone to dance with different people at the gym dance is played by JOHN ASTIN. Gomez Addams himself!

He just looks like this.

This is like seeing my dad shave his mustache off: vaguely distressing in a way that I know isn’t a big deal, but still feels wrong.

57 notes - Posted January 15, 2022

#3

Today, I attended my university’s Acts of Storytelling Class, and I asked my classmates (who are all mostly my age and very familiar with the Internet) if they were following the Goncharov stuff on Tumblr. While a couple of them knew what I meant, most were still unaware. I briefly explained what Goncharov was, and how it grew from its origins as a knockoff shoe label to a whole fictional movie made through the unrequested creative efforts of a whole social media platform. “Isn’t it interesting?” I asked. “Isn’t it cool?”

I was surprised to hear a collective response of sighs and scoffs.

“Please explain how this is interesting,” said my teacher.

“I don’t know how some people find the time to make stuff like this,” said one of my classmates.

“Yeah, of all the things they could be doing,” said another.

I immediately responded by saying that the people making Goncharov content aren’t all flippantly devoting “valuable free time” to something that previously didn’t exist. They’re participating in a group act of creation, making a story out of nothing. People are making high quality gif and photosets, movie posters and VHS/DVD box art. There are named characters and debates about if the two lesbian characters are good representation or not, or if that even matters. Just today, I heard music that someone composed from the “soundtrack.” This was all made relatively unprompted, just for the love of creation, and all from a knockoff shoe label.

“You’ve got to wonder what else is going on in a person’s life if they’re making music for a movie that doesn’t exist,” replied one of my classmates.

I didn’t reply after this. I didn’t know how. I was too baffled by how my classmates, in a class devoted to the Acts of Storytelling, could look down on this miraculous and fun act of storytelling that was happening as we spoke, just a few clicks and keyboard taps away. How they could all dismiss this as a waste of time.

Aside from the fact that Tumblr has a multitude of people and published authors (or their equivalents in other mediums) usually work alone, how is this any different from reading or watching a story that someone poured their heart into, a story created out of random wisps of inspiration, and saying “How could someone find the time to make this?” with an equal amount of disdain?

83 notes - Posted November 21, 2022

#2

Today, during a University event, I was speaking with a few people about the Discworld series. The Color of Magic was brought up, and someone said that they never really got into Rincewind until the later books, and even then, he wasn’t one of their favorite characters.

I am very proud of how I decided to dress that day, because I was able to respond with

“Noooo, I love Rincewind! He’s on my shirt!”

(brushes aside jean jacket to show my Rincewind shirt that I bought off Redbubble)

“And my socks!”

(pulls up pants leg to show off my Rincewind-themed socks, which are actual Discworld merch)

Like. I may be getting a bit too excited about it, but I love that for a second, I felt like one of those cartoon gags where a character says they aren’t super into something, and then it cuts to another character who is dressed head to toe in that thing’s merch/apparel.

85 notes - Posted September 28, 2022

My #1 post of 2022

Seeing Dan recognize and DO SOMETHING about the (now canon!) feelings that Yaz has for the Doctor made me imagine his reaction to meeting Two and Jamie.

Like, imagine Dan having a word alone with his Doctor after Two and Jamie leave the room, practically climbing onto each other as they talk about what to do next.

Dan: ohhh, so Yaz wasn't the first person to fall for you.

13: I.... I don't know what you mean! You jump to conclusions very easily, Dan.

Dan: You don't need to worry about me judging you, Doctor, he's a handsome man for sure. You could've had a far worse boyfriend.

13: We.... never really put labels on things, you know, we just appreciated each others'-

Dan: Bodies?

13: DAN

Dan: You were at LEAST making out.

13: You! You are... grounded! You are TARDIS grounded!

Dan: All right, confine me to the magical time machine with an infinite amount of rooms. I’ll surely die of boredom.

107 notes - Posted January 1, 2022

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