is there anything I could do to get some of the dirt from your pocket?
You want my dirt?
You want MY DIRT??
Do you know how many perfect knitting projects I had to complete to piss off the fae enough to trick them into 'cursing' my pockets to be full of dirt???
I would need to be offered something pretty important to be willing to part with any of this precious pocket dust.
yeah, I just need a little for my roommate's pillow. he just moved in you see, and he's got no dirt under his pillow
I've honestly never completed a perfect knitting project. so kudos to you and your dealings with the fae, an impressive feat for sure.
but if you could spare a bit of your cursed pocket dirt, and it would be replenished by the fae, I could keep my roommie safe with the most trusted dirt I could hope to find, and your pockets would still be full
I would be willing to trade some some of world's greatest pocket lint, I've got a good connect
A new roommie, you say? And with nary a speck of dirt or grain of sand to grace their pillowcase? This is dire indeed!
And an offer of only the finest of pocket lint?
I'm Intrigued.
I can only imagine the most luxurious of silks and wools and linens that this lint may be derived of. What joys I could have, what splendor! To feel such quality lint in my own pocket amidst my dirt. And for such a noble cause as the welcoming of a roommate to their new home, nevertheless!
Alright. I shall be willing to part with a handful of my pocket dirt in exchange for your offer of the greatest pocket lint. I am grateful to know that it is going to someone who understands the quality of this cursed dirt.
is there anything I could do to get some of the dirt from your pocket?
You want my dirt?
You want MY DIRT??
Do you know how many perfect knitting projects I had to complete to piss off the fae enough to trick them into 'cursing' my pockets to be full of dirt???
I would need to be offered something pretty important to be willing to part with any of this precious pocket dust.
yeah, I just need a little for my roommate's pillow. he just moved in you see, and he's got no dirt under his pillow
I've honestly never completed a perfect knitting project. so kudos to you and your dealings with the fae, an impressive feat for sure.
but if you could spare a bit of your cursed pocket dirt, and it would be replenished by the fae, I could keep my roommie safe with the most trusted dirt I could hope to find, and your pockets would still be full
I would be willing to trade some some of world's greatest pocket lint, I've got a good connect
Y'all, im so proud of this one. Idc the pics aren't great, the finished item wasn't so perfect either. But I had so much fun making this one. Story of the piece first, then pattern info below
This project has tons of meaning to me n I figured I'd share the story here.
I made this project for a friend who also crafts. We chat regularly about our crafts and she often makes art for me and everyone in my apartment. We have some creative overlap, but not a ton. Historically, I've not been so great at crafting for others and hadn't made anything for her yet.
In any case, we chat with each other about crafts we see that we are excited about or think the other may be excited about. One day when she was over, we were chatting crafts again and she mentioned she was seeing lots of temperature blankets in her feed n wondered if I'd ever thought about making one.
Truth be told, I'd never made one for myself and couldn't see myself wanting to make one. I let her know this as well. Not for any particular reason, just never felt the need to. It was a pretty casual conversation and we moved onto other topics.
Fast forward a bit and we are chatting again and she lets me know her partner had proposed. She said yes and they had set a date for two years in the future for a special date for them.
It clicked maybe a month later that this time frame, their engagement period, would be perfect for a temperature blanket. I had doubts at first if I wanted to make it, but started getting thoughts on how to work it all out. The only thing I had for certain was fall pallet for the colors as it's their favorite season. I talked it over with some other friends who also know her, and after many many many reassurances, I decided to go for it.
Honest, this is the most I'd ever planned for any project. I researched types of temperature blankets, typical temperature ranges for our area, how to divide the time frame and temperature range, I swear, it's a whole spreadsheet with many tabs of research and planning. In the end, I decided on 9 colors with about 7°F increments where each chevron represents the average temperature for one week of their engagement. I also made a knitted scale (not pictured) of the colors in order from coldest to warmest and wrote on the card for the gift how the scale lines up to actual temperatures just so she and her family could look back and get more info from it if they ever wanted.
It was helpful to tell myself during the process that she would never see it coming as I'd previously mentioned I wasn't interested in making one. And if she didn't know I was working on it, I could ditch it at any point if it wasn't turning out.
I managed to keep the whole project a secret as I worked on it. Making sure I got advance warning when she would come over so I could make sure it was hidden away, sometimes even just making decoy projects to keep her off the trail. She would definitely suspect something if I all the sudden stopped talking about crafts. It was honestly incredible as it expanded my ability to work on multiple projects at once, which I was definitely not so comfy with when I first started crafting.
As common for gift projects, there was a clock and oh gosh was it a race! I barely had it blocked before I wanted to give it to her (yeah, I know the deadline was only enforced by me), but I wanted to give it to her as an additional wedding gift. I ended up being able to gift it to her at the rehearsal dinner, so really just in time!
I'm so happy with how it turned out, and had so much fun playing with the process and planning for this project. I definitely learned a lot and would have done a few things different if I could go back, but overall I'm super proud of it 😊
adding these pics here for archival purposes. the friend I made this Engagement Temperature Blanket as a wedding gift for made me and my wife this reversible quilt for our wedding
and also this painting
please see this new post of the continued story, I swear it's so cute!
sorry for not posting this with Alt text, I may add it later, but I did include it in the new post I linked above
y'all remember my crafty friend I made the Engagement Temperature Blanket as wedding gift for? well guess who the fuck made me and my wife this GORGEOUS quilt for our wedding! yeah, she's so incredible and talented, look at what she created
I love how the lesbian flag melts into the trans flag, she's soooo creative and made it so super personal for us. but also, check out this detail
look how many of the stitches are in heart patterns!! I love the rainbow color changing thread to promote the pride theme, and the heart stitches on all of the letter squares?? so genius!
AND it's reversible
she flipped the lesbian and trans flags to the border and made the gradient the center! let's get some more close ups
but I haven't even told you the mind blowing part yet: this is the first quilt she's ever made. like she decides to try quilting and this masterpiece is her first attempt. no joke, I was literally sitting across the table when she opened her first quilting supplies her mom got for her birthday last year.
as if that wasn't enough, she also painted this for me and my wife as a wedding gift too
y'all, this was on top of getting us kitchen supplies as a gift, helping us craft for, and helping set up our wedding. never underestimate your crafty friends and always appreciate them for everything they are 💜 we all have so much love to share
my friends are so talented and I'm truly so lucky and grateful to have them in my life 🥰
y'all remember my crafty friend I made the Engagement Temperature Blanket as wedding gift for? well guess who the fuck made me and my wife this GORGEOUS quilt for our wedding! yeah, she's so incredible and talented, look at what she created
I love how the lesbian flag melts into the trans flag, she's soooo creative and made it so super personal for us. but also, check out this detail
look how many of the stitches are in heart patterns!! I love the rainbow color changing thread to promote the pride theme, and the heart stitches on all of the letter squares?? so genius!
AND it's reversible
she flipped the lesbian and trans flags to the border and made the gradient the center! let's get some more close ups
but I haven't even told you the mind blowing part yet: this is the first quilt she's ever made. like she decides to try quilting and this masterpiece is her first attempt. no joke, I was literally sitting across the table when she opened her first quilting supplies her mom got for her birthday last year.
as if that wasn't enough, she also painted this for me and my wife as a wedding gift too
y'all, this was on top of getting us kitchen supplies as a gift, helping us craft for, and helping set up our wedding. never underestimate your crafty friends and always appreciate them for everything they are 💜 we all have so much love to share
my friends are so talented and I'm truly so lucky and grateful to have them in my life 🥰
I only made the puppy, the lamb is lamby and all dogs I've ever given this toy immediately love them. even older dogs whose owners say they don't play with toys anymore will never let them go
i love the little things on the sloth's head, they make it seem like he has antennae.. they both (sloth n candy) turned out pretty ^w^
thank you! I thought they were a cute touch to be included in the pattern 😊 the pattern also includes way more that make this piece even more adorable that I didn't make (time crunch). I would definitely recommend checking it out! it was really fun to make and I got to learn new ways to crochet in the round
(pattern is Sloth & Cherry Blossom Tree from NeverStopCrochet)
the candy was more straight forward, knit flat then sewn up and stuffed with polyfil and goodies (catnip)
soooo made this shawl out of frustration of not being able to accurately create another pattern. yarn did create a lovely MLM theme however. this piece doesn't currently have a loving home. reach out if there's anyone who would actually wanna use it
