Akhuna's Den

she/her. Knitter and Writer. Metal fan. The Witcher and Discworld. Lots of cats and nature. Books and Tea. Rain and feel good stuff. Everybody welcome, except jerks and arseholes.

[torstherapy]

[tinsnip]

Per @spoonstrek

[sobcat]

[toyboxcore]

Reminders from Skeletor by hopehealingarts

[thememedaddy]

[muscle-sorcerer]

Its incredibly important for your tumblr ecosystem to block terfs

[michaelnordeman]

Narcissus/narcisser. Värmland, Sweden (22 April 2018).

[emolgana]

incredible stuff happening out there

[tempii]

Triss had to be part of this series. There was no way I was skipping her.

Only 5 more characters left before I finish this whole series yeee

If you’re new you can check my Witcher fanart series on my blog.

[spaceboat-1701]

my boss saw me knitting a sock at work and said to me "you know, the first sock is like, thousands of years old. first clothing humans made outside of stuff like animal furs. the first thing people decided they needed after warmth were socks! millions of years from now, when the human race is completely alien to us i guarantee you there will be one immediately recognizable thing about them: they'll be wearing socks."

this has slightly changed the way i'm looking at my project now. i like the idea that what will persist will not be our anatomy, which the world cultivated for us, but our crafts and traditions. something human-made, human-invented. idk i like something in that, us shaping us.

[thedogeveryonehates]

[gayledayleknits]

And to start off the new blog here is a picture of my current WIP, Leggerissima by Rubysasha. I just finished part 1 of 3 (not including the edgings), and I think this is the last decent picture of it I'll get for a while. This is row 103.

Being worked with Heirloom Knitting 2ply gossamer wool on 2.25 mm needles.

[ofchaosgoddess]

Too cold today to scour, so it’s combing time

[ofchaosgoddess]

[ofchaosgoddess]

[owlspinningyarns]

that is so nice. what kind of fleece is it and how is behaving for combing?

[ofchaosgoddess]

@owlspinningyarns thank you! Its a Polwarth fleece, I got it from apple creek merinos, and it’s combing beautifully! ~3-4 inch staple length, very strong. Minimal vm, so I’ll probably be able the card the combing waste for felting if not spinning.

I was not bothering with a true worsted spin for the sample so there’s some halo, but it spins beautifully.

[khaire-traveler]

There is so much complexity and nuance to humanity. Humans have such deeply complicated lives with many interconnected strings that better one another that have yet to be seen (or perhaps never will be seen). Human thoughts are often clouded by worries, stressors, struggles - obstacles that plague the every day lives of human beings - and despite their differences, humans manage to persevere. They strive onwards, moving forward with a grave that baffles most onlookers. Their resilience is to be commended and admired, although they often don't recognize the same strength in those who hold opposing opinions. They find it much more satisfying to outcast and ostracize than they do to reflect and understand, but perhaps that is an instinctual urge to demonize the unfamiliar and remain safe with the security of familiarity. A little more understanding would do the world a lot of good, but people have already taken strides to understand each other. Continuing that path of compassion towards one's fellow person, despite the hardships of life, is the true challenge.

[connieboldheart]

I love making these - let me know in comments/reblogs where you'd sit! :)

[do-not-u-dare]

9. 3 is the worst choice btw

[teaboot]

1-Any of the 3 seats around 1 WILL have bare Gollum ass foot and taint on them at some point. Those seats appear empty but are in fact occupied by his various alternate identities

2- Seems innocent enough, and Frodo will mostly keep to himself, but Sam will absolutely be waking you up getting him granola bars and shit out of their carry-ons. Will also meanmug you if you try to get up to use the bathroom. Gollum will also be leaning in and hanging over your shoulders whenever he takes a break from kicking the seat.

3- Out of the question, unless you are 7-19 year old extrovert and/or have nothing to lose. WILL clap when the plane lands. WILL eat your crackers if you’re asleep when the flight attendant comes around. Very little consideration for personal space. Theatre kids welcome.

4- It’ll be a long silent flight and they’ll both be courteous and polite but there will absolutely be a heavy third-wheel sort of tension, like they’re too nice to say anything but would be way happier if you weren’t there. Your only chance is to offer to switch seats so they can hold hands, but Aragorn WILL take a nap at some point and he WILL talk in his sleep. Also, if you switch for the aisle seat you will need to keep in mind that Legolas is absolutely going to recline his own chair directly on top of you.

5- Eomir is a sleep mask and headphones type of guy, and the window will remain closed. Eowyn’s longing glances to the right may be overlooked, but she’s also the type to monologue at increasing volume if you get to chatting and reach a topic she’s passionate about. Seat 5 is my personal choice, as it presents the lowest possible chance of waking up to a makeout sesh on either side OR a missing eyebrow.

6- Depending where the relationship dynamic is at at this point, it’s a coin toss between “Grandpa’s War Stories” and 8 straight hours of “I’m Not Touching You”, “Stop Hitting Yourself” type shenanigans on both sides. Also, putting the Dwarf in the window seat was a bad idea. You KNOW he gets airsick, and placing him in a corner directly between the only three elves was an act of direct biological warfare on the side of the airline.

7- Not the worst choice, as long as you don’t ask any questions about the family. Boromir is the type to share his political opinions at length unprompted, though, and responding in any way will only make it worse.

8- You are not cool enough to sit here.

9- This is an aisle seat, which is good, because you can get up to fake a bathroom visit when the vibes get too bad. Feels like going on a road trip with your dysfunctional parents only for them to announce their turbulent and resentful impending divorce mid way through. When it’s good, Galadriel and Gandalf will lean around you for a catty bitch sesh without you, which will also be bad, but at least you can listen in on the hottest gossip. Only gets worse when the edible Gandalf pops at take-off finally kicks in.

[the-muppet-joker]

My therapist (this a new one, not to be confused with the one I hit with my car) is a very straight-laced, youth pastor type guy who does not understand what I am talking about 90% of the time so honestly idk how effective he is as a therapist, but randomly he will zero in on one of my Brain Problems with complete clarity before going back to his default Straight And Neurotypical level of understanding of my general fuck-up-ery. Like I was trying to explain to him why I project so much onto certain fictional characters and why writing fanfiction about them is so cathartic for me, and I could tell I was losing him because he was having a hard time grasping the idea of just, fanfiction in general, but then he suddenly said, "it might feel safer for you to explore scary feelings with creative writing about fictional characters because you actually have control over the things you're writing, as opposed to in the real world, where you feel you have very little control over anything." And I was kind of reeling from that a little, because like, yeah, but then he said "and you use characters you like because it makes you happy to see them, like how I watch any movie that has The Rock starring in it, because it makes me happy to see The Rock." And then he just looked at me like

[likelight2flies]

paolo & mr brown

[dailymanners]

Mind your "yeah, but"s. Don't unnecessarily crush someone with negativity when they're excited about something or trying to be positive.

Someone in your friend group is REALLY excited that a popular artist just release a new song or album? Now's not the time to crush them by telling them how much you think that artist is overrated and that anyone who listens to them just doesn't know any real music. They're not hurting anyone, why make them feel bad or dumb just for being happy and excited?

Your co-worker tries to share something positive they read in the news, such whatever country you live in now has lower rates of alcoholism, or more trees than ever were planted last year in re-forestation efforts? Ask if yourself if it's necessary to "yeah, but" their positive news with a spin on making it negative. Is that helping at all or serving any purpose? In a lot of cases it's not helpful or necessary.

What do you really have to gain from crushing someone's excitement or attempts at being positive? Ask yourself what your real intentions are. Ask yourself if you actually have anything worthwhile to gain outside of crushing someone who was excited or trying to be positive.

And in the future, be more considerate of people who are excited about something harmless, or trying to be positive. You never know what inner pain or turmoil they could have in their personal life that they haven't shared with you, which they're just trying to get through with excitement and positivity. Consider being more supportive of their excitement or attempts at positivity in the future.

[sevensixone]

An invaluable skill I learned from the book How to Talk So Kids Will Listen And Listen So Kids Will Talk (the single greatest relationship/communication book I've ever read, BTW) is to respond with a "you" statement in situations like this.

Basically, if someone is all fired up about something that you don't care about, don't understand, actively dislike, whatever, you can still be considerate and just make a fairly neutral observation like "you really love _____" or "you must be so excited about _____" instead of dumping on their mood with your own negative opinions.