#why not right

[ohmyoverland]

Day ??? Of Learning Bobbin Lace

The cardboard in my DIY cookie pillow is wearing out, and apparently a girl CAN have too many bookmarks, so I decided to try a bolster pillow instead.

I grabbed a paper towel roll, layered some felt under a dish towel, and pinned it all together. It’s sitting in the only Tupperware that fit it.

I’m excited to be able to make longer tapes of lace, and I finally understand what people mean when they talk about working the bobbins palms up! I tried that on the flat pillow and couldn’t understand the appeal compared to palms down.

Unfortunately the thread I’m using is way too fine for this pattern (from Bobbin Lacemaking by Doris Southard) so I may need to unwind and restart with some pearl cotton instead. At least until I can get my hands on graph paper with more squares per inch 😅

[1driedpersimmon]

Someone on Twitter asked about my process so I thought I’d just share my thoughts :)

[sevastiel]

Something something Banishing the Darkness something something Weaponized Spoon

[shelter-wood]

i love how annoyed john gets when arthur asks “what” to his “what’s that?” question. honey he can’t see. you know this. you’re his see

[peach-sea]

How about I cast a spell for you?

[maria-rayro]

sorry, but

💕 him 💕

[doctordiscosbignaturals]

@u-friend-or-ufo 🫠

[msommers]

🥪📚🤝🎒 for Riya, Meredith and one more of your choosing!

what is this?? tabby answering prompts in a timely manner??? unheard of. (mwah mwah i'm giving u kisses ty ty) // yet another oc ask game

🥪 On a scale from ‘burns water’ to ‘5 course menu’ how well can your OC cook?

RIYA — after thinking on it for a minute, i think Riya might actually have some decent baseline cooking skills purely because i can see her dad as being a great cook and he would have loved having her join him in the kitchens on occasion. and tragically Riya would do anything to see him happy, even stooping so low as to making her own brunch 🙄 i mean incredibly basic though. like she can chop the vegetables, stir the pot, keep things from burning, blah blah. no actual technical skills or know-how. so on the scale we'll give her "could cook fantasy boxed mac and cheese but you don't want her to because she's gonna complain the entire time about having to do it herself when there are actual cooks around"

MEREDITH — that b.ridgerton scene of the siblings standing in front of the stove all “well i should not know how to turn it on” “and you think i should?” but it's Meredith and Fergus. and she stays that way for the rest of her privileged life. she has more important things to do than whip up a meal! let the staff do it!! that’s what they’re paid for smh. she's a "might burn your toast because she misjudged the heat" on the scale.

GREER — she can heat up something that you give her but not much more than that. Greer spent more time in the dungeons than on kitchen duty and i wish i was joking about that. on the scale she's a "let her prep all the ingredients and i'll do the rest"

📚 Your OC has to improvise a 10 minute lecture about a topic of their choosing. What do they choose?

RIYA — if she needs to select a “serious” topic, then she’s going off on a deep dive on the history of the Free Marches Grand Tourney. it would naturally include her penchant for adding unnecessary details and perhaps a little extra drama here and there, and it’d reach a point where you can tell she stopped her research after the past eight or so tourneys (she won the 32nd so. lmfao), but at least she’s accurate and knows what she’s talking about. if she thinks she can be a little silly?? 10 minute long fantasy tier ranking of all the current top smut books in Nevarra and why her favorite is obviously #1, the others can't compete.

MEREDITH — i wanted to give her a fun answer but if it’s improvised she’d want to fall back on things she’s knowledgeable on and probably thinks she Has to excel or she’s a failure, so she’d likely go for something boring like a brief synopsis on the past decade of Landsmeet councils or explaining the basic duties and expectations of Teyrnirs and their heads. if she's feeling frisky then maybe the latest Fereldan fashion trends and their improvements on previous designs.

GREER — if she can get away with it, predictable righteous rant on the history of Templar crimes in her Circle alone. if not?? i think she could manage to scramble together a coherent ramble about theory on strong emotions affecting a mage’s casting and mana. as somebody so fueled by rage and passion she's absolutely done the research.

🤝 Does your OC have someone they want at their side when they are scared? Who?

RIYA — many people bro, she's not afraid of turning to others for support. top of the head would honestly likely be her eldest brother, Regulus. he taught her how to be brave in the first place and she'd feel fucking invincible with him at her side tbh. next in line would be Bastian but :///

MEREDITH — it's kinda fucked up and weird to say but like. anybody who is more frightened than her. because they're somebody in need and that's when it's easiest for Meredith to bury her own fear so that she can take care of them, the damn noble hero she is. if we want an actual name here then it's obviously going to be Alistair. he's her shield 💚

GREER — i don't think so, no. she learned pretty early on that she was on her own for most of her battles and adjusted to not relying on anybody for support.

🎒 If your OC had to pick three things of all their belongings to keep, which would they chose?

RIYA — she's shaking crying throwing up as she picks them but: her father's handkerchief, the golden heart-shaped locket sent by her family, and the pair of Valdivia signet rings (they're a combined set to her fuck off she's taking both or lightning bolting you about it).

MEREDITH — the Cousland shield, her father's signet ring, her mother's dagger.

GREER — her staff, a handcrafted spellbook gifted by a former apprentice of hers, the sending crystal gifted to her by Dorian.

[latenightowl]

that pngtuber thing wasnt a joke lmao gonna be streaming some warframe on a fresh account ♪ dont know a thing about streaming tho so we're just here to have fun and hang out

[elasgottoomuchfreetime]

My personal headcanon is that Hawkins actually possesses some form of magic powers outside of the tarot reading powers. I know there‘s no limits of what you can do with your devil fruits powers, if that means the whole voodoo puppet thing can also come from that - fine.

I still like to think there is some form of magic he puts into the whole thing as well, kind of combining it with imagination and enhancing it through the devil fruit, kinda using it and the cards as an outlet maybe?

I haven’t thought about this in-depth before until now. It‘s just something I headcanon because in a world like One Piece where there‘s people who actually have accurate visions of the future, where crazy looking fruits give people superpowers, humans are naturally as tall as houses, where you can explode and be fine, where will-power alone can make people pass out & help you look into the future, where cyborgs are real and where people can walk on air - why pray tell should I draw the line at magic.

[cosmos-advocate]

Bored at work since I got blocked by the one person I actually talked to. Anyone wanna chat?

[blackjackkent]

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[ceruleanharley]

me drinking gin and juice at 1 in the afternoon? more likely than you think

[fagknowledge]

Walter wide was many things but it is extremely funny how he neglected his own flesh and blood teenage son in order to be an even worse father to a wholly different guy

[singinginthecar]

south africa was banned in the olympics in 1964, 1968, 1972, 1976, 1980, 1984, 1988 & 1992. a total of 8 times. for 28 years they didn't set foot in the olympics. you know why? apartheid. apparently the olympics disagreed with the apartheid regime in south africa. russia & belarus aren't allowed to take part in the olympics this year. you know why? because of their involvement in the war in ukraine. several countries throughout history haven't been allowed to participate in the olympics because of various reason from their involvement in war to human rights abuses. now if the olympics aren't blind to all that... why in the world are they blind to what israel has been doing to gaza for the past 10 months? why is a genocidal apartheid nation allowed to participate in the olympics when any other country in its place would've been banned?