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my horrible son who has every disease

#artists on tumblr #stay tuned for the beastie…

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A minor stress of yarncrafts which I don't see discussed much:

There is a small tangle in your yarn. Topologically you know it must be a slipknot; if you give it a good firm tug, it should come undone.

Just how much force are you willing to stake on that?

ub-sessed

Every time I encounter a small tangle now, I say to myself, "Topologically you know it must be a slipknot."

dearbisexual

going to start researching sheep breeds that are like endangered or need conservation and then seek out their wool to use, preferably buying directly from the herders, so i can support them

dearbisexual

i found a farm that has Navajo-Churro sheep and sells their wool as roving and yarn directly to the public, along with several other uncommon breeds :) website here

dearbisexual

holy shit theres a lot of small farms out there with heritage breed sheep n other animals selling their fiber!!

dearbisexual

re: your tags, totally fine to reblog!! there's a whole database of farms im looking at now on the Livestock Conservancy website!! here's the link, all you have to do is select "yarn" or "fiber" from this drop down menu

and it'll give you contact info and websites to A BUNCH of small farms selling their heritage breed fiber directly!! you can also look up by animal breed if you want a specific kind of fiber like, say Navajo-Churro

it's AWESOME!! many of these farms seem to be certified by the Conservancy and the Conservancy itself seems to be like a good nonprofit

botchallthethings

Shave 'em to save 'em!

i-am-a-fish

I had such a great day yesterday. I'm passing the great day onto the next person. you get it, it's yours now

kaiyonohime

Immediate warning to yarn users!

Knitpicks has recently been sending out yarn infested with carpet beetles. Apparently one of their warehouses has an active infestation.

They have shut the warehouse down for now, but if you have recent yarn from them in your stash in may be infested!

Knitpicks is not currently informing their customer base of this issue (pretty standard for them, unfortunately), so word of mouth is necessary.

batbetbitbotbut

me: It's nearly midnight, the loom should go to bed and so should I

me: Okay then

me: picks up spindle

batbetbitbotbut

#the medieval version of getting off your video game and immediately getting on your phone (via @spontaneousmusicalnumber)

adfdkdsksldjs rude but not wrong

I’ve been spinning all last night and most of today so now my hands smell like sheep

#spinning

thomas--bombadil

A bluejay perches on an old bench.

doodleoo

what you learn from hobbies:

consistent practice opens up whole worlds of skill that you couldn't imagine

making mistakes in the process of learning is not only natural, it is also essential

activities that you enjoy can give you more energy back than you spent on them

wow everything is so expensive

doodleoo

my hands hurt

I did also make a T. Rex

#knitting #knitters of tumblr #t. rex #tyrannosaurus rex #paleoart

I made a pteranodon

#knitting #knitters of tumblr #pteranodon #paleoart

fourleafisland

for stream last night, people asked to see how i would stylize animal as anthros. i did photo studies to start, then showed how id transfer the information from those studies into stylization!

the animals are bunny, ermine, crow, alligator, and frog ^_^