#string craft

[laughing-thrush]

Been curious how a nalbound bag would go, and a few weeks ago I was gifted the perfect yarn to play with. Turned out great, I think! The shoulder strap and white stripes are… appliqué? Made post-facto but attached as they were made. Haven’t settled on if I want a button or a toggle. HMMMMM Don’t know all the vocab- Finnish 2+2. Most connections were F1. Connection loops for the stripes/strap were picked up after the +2 of the stitch but before the stitch was finished.

[ineffectualdemon]

Knitting! Nope gotta untangle string first

Crochet! After I untangle some string

Weaving - untangle lots of string

Cross stitch - hold up, string is tangled and I am full of rage

Sewing: string tangled into tiny knots of hatred

[lgbtlunaverse]

Nothing will dispell the "the curtains were just blue" myth faster than writing something yourself, because the amount of pretentious symbolism i am putting in my silly little fanfics is ridiculous. I mean SO much with these words, literally every single one of them. This fic has twenty five typos and zero correct uses of punctuation but if there's curtains you bet your ass I put thought into what colour they were.

[sinister-bob]

For those patterns that don't tell you the amount of yarn you need.

[handypolymath]

Infodump incoming...

What gave me the confidence to start drafting sweater patterns to fit myself:

I recommend a few more steps, but I went from a rectangular scarf with a slightly spicy stitch to a baby sweater in a lacy stitch. It was a pattern my mom had made a ton of, so when I got stuck she'd show me in real time how that step went.

Baby sweaters make good pilot studies for tackling new techniques. I also knit a bunch of soakers, and then woolie toddler pants based roughly off those as the kiddo grew, getting a better feel for gauge and fit.

I refuse to seam unless absolutely necessary, so I also messed around shoving pieced patterns into round, getting comfortable with different increases, decreases, ways to hold live stitches aside, keeping track of where I'm at in a pattern, figuring out my taste in styles and construction methods, basically treating Ravelry as a salad bar of techniques.

Short rows are well worth the learning curve, bc you can then make curves in the midst of planes. This is handy for tailoring around boobs, frinstance. Putting the topography right into the knit gives you control on how the garment will stretch and drape.

Install life lines liberally, and don't hesitate to rip back and retry anything you're not loving. Keep notes on what you tried and how you adjusted it.

TRY IT ON OFTEN! I'll take the stitches off needles completely into a line of crochet, so I can move around in the piece. Where is the garment pulling or pooling wrong? I'll clip stitch markers into the garment and make notes like, "blue marker spot, maybe 2 more short rows?" or "end bust shaping before orange marker".

Yarn choice should primarily be enjoyable to handle; in color, texture, and wearability. It's disheartening to realize partway through a prototype that the yarn is already pilling or feels annoying.

Gauge swatches will give you indispensable info on the yarn/stitch/tension combo you're working with.

Good luck!

I have a long way to go with knitting before I get to functional clothing, but as someone who doesn’t fit into probably any if not most of the patterns out there, how do I like… do it myself?

[bukashki]

Day 1 (slightly belated): Once upon a time

feligami february 2025!

[lizzybeeee]

Eluvians, Pre-DATV ->

A mystical relic of the past, inaccessible unless if you have the 'key' to it - knowledge or power. A device that allows you to enter the Crossroads, a place between the Fade and the physical world, allowing you to travel between these spaces that breadth the length of the ancient elven empire. So few people actually knowing it's name or purpose. The few working mirrors surviving in the most desolate locations of Thedas, the Deep Roads or Ancient Elven Ruins, long since claimed by the ravages of time and cut off from present day Thedas.

Merrill, spending a near decade pushing her knowledge of her people's craftsmanship and magic to the brink - seeking out the aid of a powerful demon, Audacity, bound to the Sundermount, to help her cleanse and reforge her small part of history. Giving up her home and position within her clan in the hopes of restoring some small part of their past. Turning to magic perceived as 'forbidden', earning the scorn of her own clan and the rest of the world, being branded as a 'monster' by the people she loved so dearly. Assembling the shattered shards and forging them together, using her clans Arulin'Holm that has been passed through the ages and guarded by them.

Eluvians in DATV ->

Two for one sale - in working condition - some minor scratching on the frame.

Come down to your local dock / semi-abandoned forest / emo underpass / temu crestwood / BEACH / fight club / assassins creed 2 hidden level for more information.

Our handy Veil Jumpers can fix your faulty eluvians in 30 minutes or less.

[classicsonic]

made a doggy

[rustedleopard]

I feel like if Chujin was still alive during the events of Undertale Yellow, his and Clover's relationship would be incredibly rocky. Pacifist!Clover could bring him around to tolerating them (after all, they have that sort of effect on everyone), but it would be more in a "this human is the only 'good' human" manner than a "maybe I should reevaluate my opinions on humans overall because you can't judge an entire group based off (very biased) stories and one bad experience." Even then, that opinion would be subject to change should Clover ever get frustrated or behave "too aggressively" or act in any manner that isn't perfectly docile. If Clover ends up attacking a monster then it's "humans are just as horrible as they were in the war stories, I should've known better" regardless of the circumstances that could've pushed Clover to fight. Suffocating expectations and endless demands for patience when he wouldn't ask the same of a fellow monster.

And heaven forbid he ever meet Clover on a No Mercy Run...

[prince-steele]

do you woent an woerm? I make woerms, woerms that need hoerms. please give them a hoem here from my webbed site they come in many colours and various levels of haunted. they are really cool and hand sized (around 10 centimeters) so maybe get a woerm if you woant.

[user235323]

Lewis Hamilton, "Lewis Hamilton: My Story" // Rosberg on his new team-mate: I've seen off Schumacher, so I can see off Hamilton! // Lewis Hamilton at Abu Dhabi GP 2016 pre-race press conference // via @blorbocedes // Lewis Hamilton v Nico Rosberg: how friendship turned to fiercest of rivalries // 'Nico Rosberg is more precise but Lewis Hamilton has talent and hunger, says karting legend who gave world title rivals their starts in the sport' // ‘I Don’t Regret Anything’ – Nico Rosberg Reveals When He Fell Out With Former Team-Mate Lewis Hamilton In F1 - Exclusive

[hitwiththefandomz]

Greetings from the Cabin 9 Craft Fair! Ret Mikey is running a bracelet making workshop and is wondering if you’d be interested in taking part! He has all sorts of beads and bands for you to use!

(This is @tmnt-reticent btw! This is just my main blog!)

THERE’S SO MANY FRIENDSHIP BRACELETS!!!

@tmnt-fandom-family-reunion

Cabin #7 (7 Wonders of the Turtleverse)

[cherrykitkat]

New shop =]

[glitchy-npc]

My FHR bracelet project of the main cast is done! From left to right we got Sidestep, Charge, Steel, Lady Argent, Herald, Dr Mortum, Hollow Ground, Nocturne and Jake.

[spineless-lobster]

Made a bracelet :3

[myladyofmercy]

i can't believe the first maze runner movie turns 10 this year 🤯

here's some newt art:

(it's been a long time since i did some string art so please be kind)

braceletbook pattern #88579