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Noah Kahan
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Aqua Utopia｜海の底で記憶を紡ぐ
Stranger Things
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@edhelwen1
Our publisher is running a warehouse sale of 20% off on all their books. These are ours that are available. You can mix and match with other authors as well, but there is limited stock, and the warehouse is not getting a refill.
Also, please note that Assassins and Monsters are now available until mid-August!
https://alllitup.ca/book-list/renaissance-press-book-sale/
SO YOU WANT TO CROCHET THE FOX CARDIGAN
You know the one:
This post brought to you by @hollowedskin, who tagged me and said "Gayle might end up doing it."
Which, yes, it is on my list, but also, not right this second. However, I do love a bit of research, so here is what I found.
First of all, this sweater was made from this Mary Maxim pattern:
Which I was about 99% sure of when it popped up on ravelry, but then I found this youtuber who confirmed it:
I have not watched the whole video, and I don't think I've ever seen Michelle pop up on my recommendations, but looking at that thumbnail, her work looks fantastic. I'm gonna go watch the whole thing now and will report back if I am iffy. I doubt I will be.
NOTE: When she made the video, you could only get the pattern as part of a kit. This is no longer true. The link above is ONLY the pattern.
EDIT: Oh, wait, the eyes are different! So, the "official" version of the knitting pattern IS only available in a kit, but if you can tapestry, I think you can easily just adjust the eyes to be more open like they are in that version. But it is still 100% based very much on the wolf pattern.
If you don't want to watch a 40-minute video, buy the pattern and follow the gauge and the charts. I recommend single crochet because the original is done in stockinette but also because tapestry crochet (which is how you do this) looks cleanest in single crochet.
#this is really cool! but also um. hey hi can someone tell me how to crochet a knit pattern?????#project hail mary#knitting#crochet
HI! YES I CAN.
So, first of all, you need to know what sort of stitch you're using. Then, you need to do a bit of an internet search to find out what crochet stitches dupe the knitting stitch you need.
In this case, "stocking stitch" is stockinette, and generally, yarn over slip stitch is the stitch that looks the most like stockinette. But, if you, like me, would rather eat your yarn than work nothing but slip stitches, you can just use single crochet. (waistcoast stitch also gets suggested but makes a particularly dense fabric that could throw off drape).
So, now that we know that, let's check the gauge:
Now, make a gauge swatch using the same yarn size and with the correct crochet hook that matches the needle size. Now, this pattern has 2 sizes, but it says use the larger one:
Now, I did not do the whole 20 rows for this example. I only did 5 rows because if we're trying to do a 4" square, then every 5 rows should be one inch:
So, bulky yarn on a 6.00 mm hook in single crochet:
1-3/4" tall by 5" wide. So, too big. Let's try it with a 5.5 mm really quick and see what happens:
1-1/2" tall by 4-3/4" wide. So, the gauge is still larger than gauge, BUT there's answer to that. Let's look at the sizes:
So, 14 / 4 comes out to 3.5 stitches per inch. And 20 / 4 comes out to 5 rows per inch. Now, looking at the sleeve, we see there's two sizes for the cuff start:
The 42, 44" chest size sleeve is 40 stitches, so 10 inches.
Th 38, 40 start is 36 inches, so a little under 9 inches (because it's 3.5 stitchess per inch)
HERE'S THE MATH PART: For our 5.5 mm measurement, we're getting 14 / 4.75 = 2.9 stitches per inch and 1.75" inches wide where we should be getting 1".
We have three options:
Make the smaller size and roll with the changed fit. If you need the 42-44" inch size chest, then just work the 38-40, but use the 42-44 size yarn requirements. It will likely come out somewhat larger overall, but if you're going for the movie fit, a bit oversized is the right vibe.
If you needed the smaller size, you can gauge with a worsted weight yarn on a 5 mm, 5.5 mm, or a 6 mm and see where you gauge out. Odds are, dropping to worsted and working one of those hooks will get the gauge the same.
Go math wild. The only parts of the pattern that you really need to stay the exact same size are the images. Leave them the same and cut plain rows to get a closer fit without sacrificing the images. Just make sure you write down exactly which rows you cut in one place so you can also cut them in others.
I will be making the 38-40 in bulky weight, personally. If it's too large for me, it'll fit Sean like a dream. And I can just steal it when I want to wear it.
Now, how to read the pattern:
Ignore all purling instructions. For our purposes, all knit and purl stitches are just single crochet. For ribbing, I suggest working alternating 2 regular sc, 2 blo sc across and then repeating for each row with regular single crochets stacking on regular and blo stacking on blo. That'll give you a ribbing to work from that is similar to what is recommended.
Next. When it says ssk, decrease the same number of stitches it says to skip.
If it says to bind off before starting knit stitches, slip stitch over those stitches. You can just not work the stitches on the other side if it's for armholes. SS and then not working the stitches on the other side is a common armhole technique in crochet.
And just follow the charts! Since this pattern is mostly charted, you can simply follow along as you would for any graphed crochet pattern.
Hope this helps!
#0001 - Bulbasaur: The Seed Pokemon
I’m attempting to draw every pokemon, wish me luck Update: I made a quick speedpaint voice over for this piece! Planning to do it with *almost* all the pokepages I do
Shane follows Yuna outside and for the first time (of what will later be innumerable times), David is left alone with Ilya Rozanov.
Initially, he's too worried about how the conversation between his wife and his son is going to really think too much about the enormous hockey player opposite him. But after a few moments he realises that it's too quiet.
It's not that he's expecting Rozanov – Ilya – to be as loud and showboaty as he is in interviews, but he's definitely not expecting the man to be intently staring into his glass like it holds all the secrets of the universe, not moving a single muscle. David is sure this isn't just normal meeting-the-parents nerves. It's terror, like Ilya is scared to do or say anything. Like he's scared it'll provoke David or something.
And suddenly Ilya doesn't seem like an enormous hockey player at all – just a scared kid in a situation he didn't plan for or expect anymore than his son did. After all, David has also accidentally outed him.
He regards Ilya for a moment before clearing his throat.
"So, Ilya, what do you like to eat?"
Ilya's head snaps up and his eyes meet David's.
"I'm sorry?" He says it carefully, like he's waiting for it to be a trick question, and David's heart gives a little pang. What has happened to this kid to make him so suspicious and anxious?
"What's your favourite thing to eat?" David asks with a smile, making sure his voice is as calm and gentle as possible. It feels a bit like he's trying to coax a scared and cornered animal out from under a car. "I think you and Shane should stay for dinner. Since I think we'll be seeing more of you from now on, I'd like to know what kind of food you enjoy so that we can make it for you when you visit. So what can I get you? Burgers? Pasta? We have a pizza oven if you'd like a pizza?"
"Pasta," says Ilya, the corners of his mouth turning up in an encouraging way. "If it's like the pasta Shane makes, I think I will really like that."
"Pasta it is then," says David, smile growing at the way Ilya's shoulders settle. He resolves right then to make sure that Ilya will never feel this terrified in his home again. "Want to help me get it started? Beats sitting here worrying about how the conversation outside is going, right?"
"Right," says Ilya with the first real smile he's ever seen from him. And David sees it then – sees the man that Shane must have seen beneath the bravado, beneath the act.
You're home now, Ilya, he thinks to himself as they make their way to the kitchen. Welcome to the family.
i am not a psychiatrist but i do find it really weird how autism checklists are so often focused on "outward" signs of autism rather than what is going on internally. i don't know how to explain it but "do you make eye contact with other people" feels like a much less relevant question than "how does it feel when you have to make eye contact with other people?"
while i'm here, the other one that always pisses me off is "do you interpret idioms literally, for example 'bull in a china shop'?"
well, no, obviously. i know what "bull in a china shop" means because that is a popular phrase with a clearly defined meaning. and if i hadn't heard it before, then i would still not interpret it literally, because it has the cadence of an idiom and i would probably be able to work out from context what it meant. what is the point of this question
third and final complaint: "are you good at noticing subtext?"
i feel like the problem with this question is best illustrated by a conversation i had with a friend a while back, where i said something like, "i feel very safe with you because you don't do subtle hints and you are always very straight-up with me about what you are thinking and feeling."
and he laid a hand on my shoulder and was like, look dude i'm gonna be straight up here. i am subtle with you constantly and you simply do not notice <3
@luckyybones hope you don't mind me screenshotting but you are actually so correct
I get why they do it, but if I picked up a bow and it sounded like this, I’d be signing up for the shield wall instead!
via @/_weloveyou__ on tiktok
SO YOU WANT TO CROCHET THE FOX CARDIGAN
You know the one:
This post brought to you by @hollowedskin, who tagged me and said "Gayle might end up doing it."
Which, yes, it is on my list, but also, not right this second. However, I do love a bit of research, so here is what I found.
First of all, this sweater was made from this Mary Maxim pattern:
Which I was about 99% sure of when it popped up on ravelry, but then I found this youtuber who confirmed it:
I have not watched the whole video, and I don't think I've ever seen Michelle pop up on my recommendations, but looking at that thumbnail, her work looks fantastic. I'm gonna go watch the whole thing now and will report back if I am iffy. I doubt I will be.
NOTE: When she made the video, you could only get the pattern as part of a kit. This is no longer true. The link above is ONLY the pattern.
EDIT: Oh, wait, the eyes are different! So, the "official" version of the knitting pattern IS only available in a kit, but if you can tapestry, I think you can easily just adjust the eyes to be more open like they are in that version. But it is still 100% based very much on the wolf pattern.
If you don't want to watch a 40-minute video, buy the pattern and follow the gauge and the charts. I recommend single crochet because the original is done in stockinette but also because tapestry crochet (which is how you do this) looks cleanest in single crochet.
lol meta haaaaates me. Still dealing with this. My new account had a good 6wk run. I’ve been still reading the subreddits about this on-going account disabling issue, and it seems like users with disabled accounts, who then made new accounts, first got restricted, and then banned. So. This new insta will likely also get banned. If that happens, I am breaking up with insta. It sucks bc it’s the most trafficked for me (I gained >8k followers in 6wks, which is crazy), and the only app that comes up in convo about social media. So. It will hurt to fully leave it, but idk what else to do. I just hope somehow my aerials account doesn’t also get banned, because I don’t post that content anywhere else. Sigh. I hate AI so much.
Two-Spirit
Two-Spirit is a term created by Indigenous peoples of North America in 1990 to bring together the diverse gender identities and sexualities that exist within their cultures.
It is not a single gender. Each nation has its own traditions, names, and ways of understanding these experiences.
For many communities, Two-Spirit people held important social, cultural, and spiritual roles before European colonization.
The term should not be used by non-Indigenous people, as it is specifically connected to the cultures and experiences of the Indigenous peoples of North America.
Irawhiti (Māori)
Irawhiti is a Māori-language term used by some people to describe transgender or gender-diverse experiences.
The term is part of the contemporary revitalization of Māori language and culture, allowing Indigenous people to describe their identities through their own cultural frameworks.
Although it may be translated as "transgender" in some contexts, Irawhiti carries meanings connected to Māori cultural realities and should not be understood simply as a copy of Western gender categories. ( Flag design by Irauí on Tumblr. ) @irawhiti
takatāpui (Māori)
Takatāpui is a Māori term used by Indigenous LGBTQIA+ people in New Zealand.
Historically, the word referred to an intimate relationship between people of the same sex.
Today, many Māori people use the term to express both their Indigenous identity and their gender or sexual diversity.
More than a specific sexual orientation or gender identity, Takatāpui connects a person to their culture, ancestry, and community.
The term is part of the Māori cultural revitalization movement and demonstrates that gender and sexual diversity can be understood through Indigenous perspectives, not only through Western categories. ( Flag design by Irauí on Tumblr. ) @irawhiti
Māhū (Kanaka Maōli)
Māhū is a traditional Hawaiian cultural identity associated with people who embody both masculine and feminine qualities.
Historically, māhū people held important roles as educators, keepers of knowledge, healers, and transmitters of cultural traditions.
The arrival of colonization and Christian missions attempted to erase these identities, but many Native Hawaiians continue to preserve and revitalize the māhū identity today.
Māhū is not simply the Hawaiian equivalent of "transgender" or "nonbinary." It is a distinct cultural identity deeply connected to Hawaiian history, culture, and spirituality.
Tibira/ Tybyra
Tibira is a historical figure documented during the colonial period.
According to interpretations by Indigenous researchers and collectives, Tibira may be understood as a man who had relationships with other men, or as a person who lived with a feminine gender identity or expression, challenging the norms imposed by colonizers.
Their story is remembered as an example that gender and sexual diversity already existed among Indigenous peoples long before colonization. ( Made by me )
Çacoaimbeguira
Accounts of the Tupinambá people mention the çacoaimbeguiras.
According to interpretations by Indigenous researchers and collectives, they may be understood as women who had relationships with other women, or as people who lived with a masculine gender identity or expression outside the norms imposed by colonization.
Their existence shows that diverse ways of experiencing gender and sexuality were already part of Indigenous societies long before the imposition of European models. ( Made by me )
Periscope up
Green heron (Butorides virescens)
birds have secret bones we're not allowed to know about
you are now a cat in the warrior cats universe! Spin these wheels for your name!
Do you like it?
YES!!!
yes
eh it's okay
no.
IM MOON MOON
results/other
note: I (the owner of this blog and maker of wheels) am not into warrior cats! I just thought this would be fun to make
(prefixes and suffixes from @yarrowleef)
I DON'T WANNA BE DEAD WOLF
It's me. Football Cat.
Have you ever smoked a cigarette?
Yes
No
Not going to "The Odyssey" for even a hot second, at any price.
someone tell OP i did it, i spent about 3 hours on it
(Yoinked this from LinkedIn, genuinely interested in seeing how responses align with demographics) (so far it’s those of us over 35 being indignant but I wanna see how those fully plays out) (it’s cultural and technological history/memory, bruh)
18
I am an old bitch - 20/20.
I have not had the opportunity to use a typewriter, and I did not record radio to cassette.
Does my parents owning encyclopaedias count?
I wrote two paper cheques today at work.
And I listened to a vinyl record yesterday at home.
