Reading Upside Down

If I'm not reading, I'm probably writing. Or doing other life-sustaining things.

[fuckyeahchinesefashion]

©东予薏米  jade rabbits making mooncakes for mid-autumn festival

[gvalesdraws]

All that is gold does not glitter,

Not all those who wander are lost;

The old that is strong does not wither,

Deep roots are not reached by the frost.

From the ashes a fire shall be woken,

A light from the shadows shall spring;

Renewed shall be blade that was broken,

The crownless again shall be king.”

[greelin]

i feel like we as a society moved on from this too fast

[beefstrugglenoff]

I love you dead punctuation marks.

[beefstrugglenoff]

[ferret-with-a-knife]

[alexdoodlemain]

[chemicallywrit]

#north and south#this movie has it all#social commentary#a dark handsome love interest pining broodily out of second floor windows#angrily rejected proposals#a plucky heroine who gets INJURED in a MOB and the misunderstood man she LOATHES has to CARRY  her to safety IN HIS ARMS#period typical shitty parents#the emerging middle class#CRAVATS (via @borispavlikovskys)

[emmastory]

alla mingalёva

[monster-fuzz]

So I think I forgot to post about it here but I'm knitting my own wedding dress.

Edit to add materials: I'm using suri silk alpaca (apparently I'm slightly allergic to mohair?), and glass beads for the silvery and pearl beads.

[monster-fuzz]

Well, this crossed a lot more people's dashboards than I anticipated... my notes have been nutty for about a month and I haven't known how to respond. One thing I have wanted to say is that while this is a big project, it isn't as insanely hard as it looks. It's just the sheer amount of stitches and beads and time to do it. Time is gonna pass anyway, so if you give yourself enough time you should be alright. I started this in October last year but I haven't been working on it constantly, there have been months where I haven't touched it at all and I've even doubted that I'll like the garment at the end of it. The beading rows have been hell.

The inspiration for this project started with this image that I originally saw on Pinterest and a long trip into a deep research rabbit hole:

Another two images that were picotal in working out what I wanted to do were these: This dress from Alexander McQueen's Ready to Wear FW 2008 collection (which btw, this appears to just be an adapted shawl pattern which exactly what I did):

And, this piece by Veronica Filina:

Anyways. Thank you for the attention, it's helped keep me motivated to finish! In appreciation of that, here are some of the hashtags I've giggled at:

And the one that made me think "yes, you get it!":

[monster-fuzz]

UPDATE: I've cast off! I haven't been able to block it yet, but that will happen in the next month as it gets warmer here. I still have the underdress and possibly a jumper to finish making for it as I'm not sure if I'll be wearing this little bolero with or not. Anyways, here are some photos:

[tasty-tiktoks]

[redvelvetrevolver]

[stand-up-gifs]

Maria Bamford

[fiercebunny]

Having to reblog this again for painfully obvious reasons.

[buzzkillgirls]

so. bad news. we have to keep going tomorrow. good news is that I’ll keep going with you

[bvckstvb]

[sacred-portal]

This is how I blog

[sovietnam]

[pawbeanies]

my bravest knighttt... come hither ..... mmmwah !! ok you are dismissed

[ayeforscotland]

This is absolutely catastrophic.

[bingusthefourth]

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[kontrapoetik]

i feel people shouldn't match one another's freaks. they should have a complementary freakset to enhance the dynamic and create a more well-rounded performance overall

[biologust]

[birdship]