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PDF Download Jack Skellington Baby blanket crochet pattern. Perfect to make for any fan of the Nightmare Before Christmas. Finished Product is ~35.5 by 35.5 Need to know: How to chain, Half double crochet, change colors, sew in ends, recommend knowing how to work with multiple skeins at once but
Finally got around to posting this to etsy. It is also on SALE for 20% off like everything else in my store.
20% off sale
For the new year I’m having a 20% off sale on everything!!! Get you geeky blankets, crochet patterns, and chain mail necklaces NOW!!
https://www.etsy.com/shop/ExcildasCrafts
20% off sale
For the new year I’m having a 20% off sale on everything!!! Get you geeky blankets, crochet patterns, and chain mail necklaces NOW!!
https://www.etsy.com/shop/ExcildasCrafts
I’ve gotten into making Scale mail necklaces, These are just a few examples of what I’ve been making lately, and I am really enjoying it. I especially like the dragon scale affect they have.
All of these are currently available for sale of etsy.
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Just a reminder that from now until Oct. 31 if you use the coupon code HALLOWEEN you will get 10% off any purchase of crochet patterns, or physical items bought.
I accidentally overdrew my account today… I have never done this before because of my own stupidity (I needed groceries to eat, but I’m normally so good at keeping it under what I have in my account). It’s always been an outside company, like norton or the Ymca, accidentally renewing something I cancelled or accidentally overcharging me for the membership.
I am so mad at myself. And I would like to like to remind everyone that I have an etsy store where I sell crochet blanket patterns, as well as make custom blankets. They are mostly fandom blankets but I have also made my sister a custom octopus baby blanket for her new little boy and am willing to make something like that for someone else. Cost depends on size requirements.
I have created a coupon for 10% off total purchase.
Coupon code: Halloween
Coupon is good until October 31st.
PDF download. Original pattern by Excildascrafts Pattern is written in US English Size of finished blanket ~35in by ~34in In order to properly make this pattern you should know how to: Chain, Half double crochet, change color, bind off, sew in ends, and recommended (but not
PDF download. Original pattern by Excildascrafts Pattern is written in US English Size of finished blanket ~39in by ~38in In order to properly make this pattern you should know how to: Chain, Half double crochet, change color, bind off, sew in ends, and recommended (but not
A handmade crocheted solid color dice bag that can hold up to 150 dice. Dice bag closes with a drawstring that will hold you dice securely in place. Made from 100% acrylic yarn Comes in a variety of color combinations Bag is ~ 5 1/2 in by 6 1/2
A handmade crocheted solid color dice bag that can hold up to 150 dice. Dice bag closes with a drawstring that will hold you dice securely in place. Made from 100% acrylic yarn Comes in a variety of color combinations Bag is ~ 5 1/2 in by 6 1/2
PDF download. Original pattern by Excildascrafts Pattern is written in US English Size of finished blanket width ~70 height ~77 In order to properly make this pattern you should know how to: Chain, Single crochet, change color, bind off, sew in ends, and recommended (but not
This is the biggest blanket I have made to date, and also my favorite. I am so happy with how it turned out.
I cannot take credit for this pun but please consider
crowchet.
Prints available through Redbubble and Society6.
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Thank you @yinza
Finally finished this project. It took forever to complete, because I didn’t have the space to work on it, and it had to be packed away while the house was under construction.
It is so nice to be back working on patterns, and crochet projects again. And this pattern is available for sale on etsy if anyone wants to make it for themselves.
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Finished this pattern from Kiki’s Delivery Service. I’m really happy with how it turned out.
Have you ever written/read a word so much, that it stops looking like a word. Yeah, I’m at that point in writing this pattern.
Women have more power and agency in Shakespeare’s comedies than in his tragedies, and usually there are more of them with more speaking time, so I’m pretty sure what Shakespeare’s saying is “men ruin everything” because everyone fucking dies when men are in charge but when women are in charge you get married and live happily ever after
I think you’re reading too far into things, kiddo. Take a break from your women’s studies major and get some fresh air.
Right. Well, I’m a historian, so allow me to elaborate.
One of the most important aspects of the Puritan/Protestant revolution (in the 1590’s in particular) was the foregrounding of marriage as the most appropriate way of life. It often comes as a surprise when people learn this, but Puritans took an absolutely positive view of sexuality within the context of marriage. Clergy were encouraged to lead by example and marry and have children, as opposed to Catholic clergy who prized virginity above all else. Through his comedies, Shakespeare was promoting this new way of life which had never been promoted before. The dogma, thanks to the church, had always been “durr hburr women are evil sex is bad celibacy is your ticket to salvation.” All that changed in Shakespeare’s time, and thanks to him we get a view of the world where marriage, women, and sexuality are in fact the key to salvation.
The difference between the structure of a comedy and a tragedy is that the former is cyclical, and the latter a downward curve. Comedies weren’t stupid fun about the lighter side of life. The definition of a comedy was not a funny play. They were plays that began in turmoil and ended in reconciliation and renewal. They showed the audience the path to salvation, with the comic ending of a happy marriage leaving the promise of societal regeneration intact. Meanwhile, in the tragedies, there is no such promise of regeneration or salvation. The characters destroy themselves. The world in which they live is not sustainable. It leads to a dead end, with no promise of new life.
And so, in comedies, the women are the movers and shakers. They get things done. They move the machinery of the plot along. In tragedies, though women have an important part to play, they are often morally bankrupt as compared to the women of comedies, or if they are morally sound, they are disenfranchised and ignored, and refused the chance to contribute to the society in which they live. Let’s look at some examples.
In Romeo and Juliet, the play ends in tragedy because no-one listens to Juliet. Her father and Paris both insist they know what’s right for her, and they refuse to listen to her pleas for clemency. Juliet begs them – screams, cries, manipulates, tells them outright I cannot marry, just wait a week before you make me marry Paris, just a week, please and they ignore her, and force her into increasingly desperate straits, until at last the two young lovers kill themselves. The message? This violent, hate-filled patriarchal world is unsustainable. The promise of regeneration is cut down with the deaths of these children. Compare to Othello. This is the most horrifying and intimate tragedy of all, with the climax taking place in a bedroom as a husband smothers his young wife. The tragedy here could easily have been averted if Othello had listened to Desdemona and Emilia instead of Iago. The message? This society, built on racism and misogyny and martial, masculine honour, is unsustainable, and cannot regenerate itself. The very horror of it lies in the murder of two wives.
How about Hamlet? Ophelia is a disempowered character, but if Hamlet had listened to her, and not mistreated her, and if her father hadn’t controlled every aspect of her life, then perhaps she wouldn’t have committed suicide. The final scene of carnage is prompted by Laertes and Hamlet furiously grappling over her corpse. When Ophelia dies, any chance of reconciliation dies with her. The world collapses in on itself. This society is unsustainable. King Lear – we all know that this is prompted by Cordelia’s silence, her unwillingness to bend the knee and flatter in the face of tyranny. It is Lear’s disproportionate response to this that sets off the tragedy, and we get a play that is about entropy, aging and the destruction of the social order.
There are exceptions to the rule. I’m sure a lot of you are crying out “but Lady Macbeth!” and it’s a good point. However, in terms of raw power, neither Lady Macbeth nor the witches are as powerful as they appear. The only power they possess is the ability to influence Macbeth; but ultimately it is Macbeth’s own ambition that prompts him to murder Duncan, and it is he who escalates the situation while Lady Macbeth suffers a breakdown. In this case you have women who are allowed to influence the play, but do so for the worse; they fail to be the good moral compasses needed. Goneril, Regan and Gertrude are similarly comparable; they possess a measure of power, but do not use it for good, and again society cannot renew itself.
Now we come to the comedies, where women do have the most control over the plot. The most powerful example is Rosalind in As You Like It. She pulls the strings in every avenue of the plot, and it is thanks to her control that reconciliation is achieved at the end, and all end up happily married. Much Ado About Nothing pivots around a woman’s anger over the abuse of her innocent cousin. If the men were left in charge in this play, no-one would be married at the end, and it would certainly end in tragedy. But Beatrice stands up and rails against men for their cruel conduct towards women and says that famous, spine-tingling line - oh God, that I were a man! I would eat his heart in the marketplace. And Benedick, her suitor, listens to her. He realises that his misogynistic view of the world is wrong and he takes steps to change it. He challenges his male friends for their conduct, parts company with the prince, and by doing this he wins his lady’s hand. The entire happy ending is dependent on the men realising that they must trust, love and respect women. Now it is a society that is worthy of being perpetuated. Regeneration and salvation lies in equality between the sexes and the love husbands and wives cherish for each other. The Merry Wives of Windsor - here we have men learning to trust and respect their wives, Flastaff learning his lesson for trying to seduce married women, and a daughter tricking everyone so she can marry the man she truly loves. A Midsummer Night’s Dream? The turmoil begins because three men are trying to force Hermia to marry someone she does not love, and Helena has been cruelly mistreated. At the end, happiness and harmony comes when the women are allowed to marry the men of their choosing, and it is these marriages that are blessed by the fairies.
What of the romances? In The Tempest, Prospero holds the power, but it is Miranda who is the key to salvation and a happy ending. Without his daughter, it is likely Prospero would have turned into a murderous revenger. The Winter’s Tale sees Leontes destroy himself through his own jealousy. The king becomes a vicious tyrant because he is cruel to his own wife and children, and this breach of faith in suspecting his wife of adultery almost brings ruin to his entire kingdom. Only by obeying the sensible Emilia does Leontes have a chance of achieving redemption, and the pure trust and love that exists between Perdita and Florizel redeems the mistakes of the old generation and leads to a happy ending. Cymbeline? Imogen is wronged, and it is through her love and forgiveness that redemption is achieved at the end. In all of these plays, without the influence of the women there is no happy ending.
The message is clear. Without a woman’s consent and co-operation in living together and bringing up a family, there is turmoil. Equality between the sexes and trust between husbands and wives alone will bring happiness and harmony, not only to the family unit, but to society as a whole. The Taming of the Shrew rears its ugly head as a counter-example, for here a happy ending is dependent on a woman’s absolute subservience and obedience even in the face of abuse. But this is one of Shakespeare’s early plays (and a rip-off of an older comedy called The Taming of a Shrew) and it is interesting to look at how the reception of this play changed as values evolved in this society.
As early as 1611 The Shrew was adapted by the writer John Fletcher in a play called The Woman’s Prize, or The Tamer Tamed. It is both a sequel and an imitation, and it chronicles Petruchio’s search for a second wife after his disastrous marriage with Katherine (whose taming had been temporary) ended with her death. In Fletcher’s version, the men are outfoxed by the women and Petruchio is ‘tamed’ by his new wife. It ends with a rather uplifting epilogue that claims the play aimed:
To teach both sexes due equality
And as they stand bound, to love mutually.
The Taming of the Shrew and The Tamer Tamed were staged back to back in 1633, and it was recorded that although Shakespeare’s Shrew was “liked”, Fletcher’s Tamer Tamed was “very well liked.” You heard it here folks; as early as 1633 audiences found Shakespeare’s message of total female submission uncomfortable, and they preferred John Fletcher’s interpretation and his message of equality between the sexes.
So yes. The message we can take away from Shakespeare is that a world in which women are powerless and cannot or do not contribute positively to society and family is unsustainable. Men, given the power and left to their own devices, will destroy themselves. But if men and women can work together and live in harmony, then the whole community has a chance at salvation, renewal and happiness.
In the immortal words of the bard himself: fucking annihilated.
I very rarely reblog outside content, and much rarer still is it not Witchcraft-related, but as a lover of Shakespeare and history myself I feel this is an important point. All those children in high school learning about Shakespeare will never hear this aspect of the plays, but it’s essential to truly understanding them. Hamlet, particularly, is an excellent play to analyse through the lenses of feminism because such a crucial role is played by the poor Ophelia. Her plant-like imagery casts a shadow over her, condemning her to a life of “tending” from male farmers and a requirement to be fertile to be useful. Had her brother simply allowed her to explain her own mind, he would never have dared take the actions that result in the mortal wounding of both himself and Hamlet at the climax of the play. Polonius is, of course, the foolish wise-man, the ultimate example of a man who seeks to be the bearer of all wisdom but is in truth the fool to end all fools. He believes it to be “wise” to treat Ophelia as little more than a tool to be used, and through his beliefs we know without question that it cannot possibly be wise to treat women in this manner. Any belief Polonius holds is by definition one that is unsound, not fit for purpose, and his belief in the inferiority of women is no exception.
The mother of Hamlet, our poor pawn, is trying desperately to hold her family together in the face of men who seek to selfishly rule for themselves and in so doing cast “something rotten” over the whole nation. If she had been simply listened to, if her actions had been seen as an attempt to preserve what little sanity remained rather, then she would have succeeded in creating from the mess some kind of stability. As it is, the entropy of a tragedy must always increase, must always curve downwards towards death and destruction of all, and so she is ignored, belittled and abused, and in so doing the men of the story doom themselves.
So, kids, don’t just accept the lines you’re told in English class. Think broadly and bravely, think outside what you’re told is “appropriate”. View the world and the text through a broader context of social change and civil unrest with the status quo, and understand that your job is not to recite blandly that which the teachers tell you, but instead to bring YOUR views into the fray and comment on what is apparent to YOU.
– Juniper
