#wormheads

[snakest1cks]

im so sorry if you follow me but that bug race post is consuming my mind, you're just gonna have to listen to me cheerleading for this worm

[zincbart]

WHAT KIND OF DOG IS WORMHEAD?

[freshstitches]

Last week I posted a review of Woolly Wormhead's new Colorwork Short-row Knitting book. I made a small swatch of a pattern and mounted it like a painting to hang on my wall. I thought some of you would want to see how to mount a knitted painting.

First, I steam blocked my swatch.

I then measured and cut a piece of corrugated plastic .5" smaller than the swatch. Any sturdy board such as foam core or corrugated cardboard will work. I opted for white plastic over brown cardboard so my tape strips would blend in.

I cut 4 strips of 3M foam double sided tape to fit around the edge of the board. You can see the sides of my swatch aren't perfectly square, that's the nature of this short row pattern. When you stick the swatch to the board, carefully adjust each edge so it is nice and even. You also want to make sure the knitting extends slightly over the edges of the board. When everything looks good, press the fabric firmly into the tape.

That's how I mounted this little picture. It's light weight, so I hung it using a command strip. I am going to make a few more knit pieces to hang in the spare bedroom.

Reminder that the book will be available in the US on April 16th and in the UK on May 14th. More info is available on Woolly's website and you can preorder a copy of the book on Amazon.

[scarletfire03]

critters from fog town punching bag hands mc pussy face and dog that put his face into spaghetti bolognese.

[vialdovi-artstuff]

the catboy himself

[zincbot]

i just thought too long abt some of my more beloved unused dnd characters and started eating gravel

[bathroomcorpse]

guys……… i started writing excerpts from davey conrad’s memoir today……

[stonesonthehillart]

Not ever quite alive, it builds the body from the nervous system and outwards. only the exoplasm is truly mobile. What might seem like a humanoid body is little more than a shell, halfway work of art, halfway armour. But no armour is truly safe. One blow striking true, and a partial colony retracts, rebuilding, sacrificing without sentiment non-critical nodes.

[lizzardtown]

The lair of the white worm is an amazing film to watch and be silly about with your friends btw

[cringlizzerd]

tried making a wormdelicious.com post and started freaking out bc tumblr was autocompleting tags. turns out it was just bc of me previously having made a wormdelicious.com post and not bc the ceo is on here

[evilmario666]

When I was a kid my dad trained me to dig into the ground with my raw hands in the hopes I could one day find precious jewels for my mom to sell so she could buy more Farmville cash and the kids in my neighborhood would bully me and call me wormhead

[mspaint-taylor-hebert]

this one goes out to all the WORMHEADS out here.

[txttletale]

Do ypu like anything abt worm? I feel like I only see negative posts abt it from you but isn't your url from it?

oh i love worm. it was absolutely formative to me and 90% of it still holds up. it's one of the best written stories about trauma ever written--the core concept--externalizing, literalizing trauma as superpwoers--is executed upon incredibly, over and over again. every character, even momentarily appearing characters who get one chapter from their perspective and then never appear again, is written with depth and sympathy. the powers are fun and the worldbuilding is clever but fun powers and clever worldbuilding are a dime a dozen--the strength of worm is its profound and visceral exploration of trauma. wildbow Gets It in a way that 99% of writers just don't.

why do i do so much (or reblog so much) wormcomplaining? there's a few reasons. one is that tumblr is the only worm fanspace where wildbow isn't a fucking snap of the fingers away from appearing and arguing with you so it's the only place where wormheads feel able to criticise his works--so the overall tone here is going to skew critical. two is that ward (worm sequel) was bad and bad in the specific way where the version of it that was good is clear as daylight so you want to post about it all day. finally here on wormblr dot mil i think we all agree that worm is great. worm is good is like the baseline foundation on which all our other posts are made. we're making them for our little insular club of wormgirls so i think we all make our worm hateposts with the unspoken message that worm is good. but to be clear, despite everything:

worm is good

[freshstitches]

Last month, Sixth & Spring publishing reached out to me to review the new Short-row Colorwork Knitting book by Woolly Wormhead. Woolly  is best known for designing clever hat patterns that employ the use of short-rows to create dynamic shapes in colorwork. I've never made one of her patterns, but have long appreciated them as a sort of brain teaser. Each one seems to fit together like a puzzle of yarn. I've now spent a month with this book, reading through it and using it as a textbook to learn Woolly's signature short row technique.

The cover of the book has a frosted glass feel, which I think is nicer than a glossy cover. Three of the brightly colored stitch patterns are displayed along with the title. The book contains 50 stitch patterns and 10 projects. The yarn for the publication was provided by malabrigo so every stitch pattern is shown in beautiful tonal yarn. I also noticed a stitch key on the inside of the flap of the cover that folds out so you can look at it when you're working on a pattern. I love the consideration for the reader and the functionality.

This book is written like a workbook, it starts by giving you all the tools that you need to use to knit the stitch patterns then use them in your own projects. The first few chapters explain the short-row colorwork fabric, the chart system, ways of altering the motifs in the book and color theory. I was not left with any questions about the instructions. The next section of the book contains tutorials teaching the basics of short row knitting, the skills that are needed to complete the patterns are shown with photos. There's even a photo tutorial on knitting backwards - a huge time saver. It seems like Woolly and I have the same party trick. 

Next, I tried making a few of the stitch patterns with my new skills. The chart system was intuitive. The first swatch is the Sine Stripes pattern. The swatch in the book showed a selvedge, which I added on my swatch as well. Next, I tried making the Anemones motif. I did not add a selvedge this time, but felt confident using the lessons to shift the placement of the short rows. None of the short rows were changed,I just cast on extra stitches and practiced moving the motifs. I did not have a chance to try any of the "repeatable" stitch patterns yet which can be used in the round as well as flat. The majority of the book is spent on these adaptable stitches.

I didn't have time to try any of the projects, but noticed a good mix of different accessories. I appreciate the inclusion of multiple designers showing different perspectives and approaches to the Short-row Colorwork technique. The final chapter of the book explains different design considerations, inviting the reader to actually use the stitch dictionary portion of the text for their own applications. The properties of some of these stitches are unique and the lessons are helpful and explaining all different scenarios that may come up.

I always intended to get this book, and it definitely lived up to my expectations. It's incredibly thorough without becoming overwhelming. If you enjoy learning new things, this is a great purchase. It's currently available for  pre-order and will be available in the US on April 16th and in the UK on May 14th. More info is available on Woolly's website. And you can preorder a copy of the book on Amazon.

[tattleneedsbraces]

hello wormheads it's that time again

if you have any worm merch please god dm it to me ill buy it with my worm hands

[rannadylin]

I really did think I'd have Aeria finished much sooner than this after I started it at Christmas (it's been a busy semester. and a very LOTRO-full semester, which does not leave hands free for knitting, alas) but I knit the last stitches last Sunday, blocked it and trimmed the ends this week, and had it all done JUST in time to wear for Easter! So that actually worked out pretty well. As did the colorway (Knit Picks Chroma Fingering in Black and Pixie): I don't know how the sequence of colors ended up so symmetrical with the pinks in the very middle and blues/greens out at the wingtips, but I love that about it. It's also very soft and cozy, and this garter stitch short-row colorwork technique was hugely fun to knit (I'm gonna have to get the new Woolly Wormhead book, I need to do more of this kind of colorwork now...)

What also worked out well was finding the perfect dress to go with it, but I'll put the Easter dress photos behind a cut. :-D I don't wear sleeveless dresses often so this one had sat in my closet for a while but the little metallic stars printed on it are pretty much the exact same range of colors as the gradient yarn in the shawl.