Boline And Hob

[bolineandhob]

It’s been a hot minute since I’ve posted on this thing. I’m recovering from burnout slowly. Right now I’m working on mood boards. This one is called Unnatural Beauty.

[bolineandhob]

Half of the pleasure of knitting is dreaming about things I want to knit in the future. This pattern is from Only Yoking by Olga Putano.

[drowning-in-cacophony]

I think the best way to fight this AI shit is just to support actual creators. The cat's out of the bag with AI; our data's going to be taken and used without our consent whether we like it or not, so maybe we should put efforts into holding up those who create their own stuff. Comment/interact on people's writings and art. Make it worth them posting; make it clear that what the people are interested in isn't generated stuff, but things that people have actually done themselves. It's a drop in the ocean, but showing creators that it's them that deserve the support at least serves to cut off a tiny bit of oxygen to these AI hogs - and make a difference to creatives who are trying against hope to share with a community.

[lordworm]

Reblog to make it die faster

[chilewithcarnage]

[chaotic-hypnotic-erotic]

Like to charge, reblog to cast.

[bolineandhob]

Just a picture of my boy looking all beautiful and slonky.

[write-on-world]

[bolineandhob]

Tumblr is coming at me today I guess.

[lovewanttimetopause]

[bolineandhob]

Honestly, sometimes I just see a book title and know that I need what it has to offer.

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Neolithic Spindles

There has always been something so bewitching about support spinning. The delicate fluidity of motion bringing forth even more delicate yarn is an ancient and mesmerizing form of magic. When a few years ago at the Wisconsin Sheep and Wool festival I saw an Amish girl working on spinning silk thread using a neolithic spindle I knew one day I would have to try.

Y'all...

It's so much fun...

and such a pain in the ass.

Things can be both. Overall however I am so glad to be adding this skill to my repertoire because right out of the gates I am producing some of the finest yarn I have ever made.

It's such a vibe. Really, I cannot recommend highly enough.

[bolineandhob]

Next spring. That's when my little creative enterprise takes its fledgling steps out into the Chicago farmer's and art market scenes. For now I spin, relishing the future I spin into being.