So much yarn

I'm pretty sure the things we create with yarn must be some kind of magic. How many knots do we nearly make with a strand of yarn before something beautiful and practical appears? It's quite entertaining to see a project come off the needles at the last bound stitch. All that time, the cursing, pleading, questioning myself, the pattern, the yarn, my knitting needles, it's delightful.

[hatandsandalsguy]

Appealing forever

Why haven’t my posts being going through? Because FailBot (aka #tumblrstaff ) have flagged every ounce of knitting as adult content.

[millennial-review-deactivated20]

Here we go again…

[butchflirt]

[flowerais-deactivated20211031]

a gentle reminder that you did well this year. you met new people, learned new things and felt new feelings. you did so many things that made you scared. you picked yourself up off the floor after feeling completely defeated or heartbroken. there were some really tough nights but you survived them all. you made people happy just by existing. you accepted many goodbyes but the serendipitous meetings made up for them. it was your own hard work that paid off but you always downplay it or compare yourself to others. that’s not fair on yourself. you’ve come so far from the first day of this year. you have more wisdom and strength now. yes, other people seem more “successful” but does that even matter? please don’t think so lowly of yourself to only think about your failures. 2018 was your year of growth. I hope you take a moment to be kind to yourself, and believe that 2019 will be even better.

[etchingss]

needed this.

[probablyasocialecologist]

Neglected pastures thrive under solar panels

Solar panels could increase productivity on pastures that are not irrigated and even water-stressed, a new study finds. The new study published in PLOS One by researchers at Oregon State College finds that grasses and plants flourish in the shade underneath solar panels because of a significant change in moisture. The results bolster the argument for agrovoltaics, the concept of using the same area of land for solar arrays and farming. The idea is to grow food and produce clean energy at the same time.

[bomberqueen17]

Oh! I actually heard about this!! At the Sheep & Wool Festival there was a woman shearing a sheep, so we took Farmkid over to watch, and the woman started telling us that this was a new breed of sheep they were trying to get to catch on in the region, and they were pretty decent for wool but the big thing that they were useful for was grazing under solar installations, because they were small but not super into jumping. Some sheep are too large to fit under the panels, and some are too vertically-inclined and like to climb on them, which can damage them, so these particular sheep were in the sweet spot of being smallish but not great jumpers.

Apparently that’s where the money is. Because otherwise you have to mow the grass under the panels, and ride-on lawn mowers don’t fit. (If you don’t keep the foliage down, it can take over the field and shade your solar panels.)

Shepherds can make most of their profit by hiring their flock out to keep a solar installation grazed down, and it’s extra-great because solar installations tend to have good forage under them.

(what does it say about the state of america’s foodways that you otherwise often can’t make money on raising livestock except in horrifying confinement operations, however? the woman was absolutely clear that the sheep didn’t break even on wool or meat, but if you could get solar gigs you were golden. Isn’t that sad?)

[wilwheaton]

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[howsareeasy]

[lazy-vegetarian]

Tígull by Verena Cohrs on Ravelry

[lazy-vegetarian]

Hurricane Hat by Andrea Guldin (free pattern on Ravelry)

[lazy-vegetarian]

Cityscape Shawl by Benjamin Matthews (free pattern on Ravelry)

[universalyarn]

Day 8 of Winter’s kit is the glittering Glisten Cowl.  Cables + Lace = Glamour!

Read more on our blog, and look for it at your LYS!

[khookcreations]

Couple of Baybeans 🍃💕

#crochet #handmade #amigurumi #pokebeans #pokemon #pokemongo #bayleef #twitchaffiliate #twitchstreamer #twitchcreative #knottybynature #maker #makersgottamake #fiberart #fiberartist #yarn #khookcreations #yarnpunk https://www.instagram.com/p/Bq1YYUFlg8Q/?utm_source=ig_tumblr_share&igshid=12ffn140y698b

[citystitchette]

Happy weekend and start of December! (Eeks! how did that happen?!) - Don’t worry, there is still time to knit a holiday present for someone you 💛 … 👁👁 Perhaps my I Heart Eyelet Mitts pattern, which uses DK-weight yarn and is knit bottom-up, with a knit-as-you-go thumb gusset?

I Heart Eyelet Mitts pattern by Patricia Shaw

I Heart Eyelet Mitts can be knit over a weekend using one skein or less (the yellow mitts used one full skein of Whitfell DK), and they mak

[porchpegasus]

I also finished Fither by @flossiknits over the weekend. It needs a pom pom, but I’m not sure if I want a white one or a matching one. Yarn is a 3-ply worsted weight from @sawkillfarm that I picked up at Rhinebeck. . #knitting #knittersofinstagram #igknitters #wool #yarn #yarnaddict #sawkillfarm #flossiknits https://www.instagram.com/p/Bqu2_rSlMSe/?utm_source=ig_tumblr_share&igshid=1a1rwefdn9z1r

[knithacker]

She Knit a Wonder Woman Blankie and You Can Too! 👉 https://wp.me/pjlln-6nG

[purple-rose-emporium]

Useful tutorials for new knitters or anyone wanting to learn a new technique.

I-cord Bind Off Instructions & Tutorial

Designing & Knitting with Eyelets

+Beginner Lace Knitting: Tips for Getting Started +Explore the Different Types of Lace Knitting Stitches

Kitchener Stitch Tutorial

Long Tail Cast-on Tutorial

What is Continental Knitting?

Knitting & Recycling: how to knit a custom cup cozy

How to Knit Bobbles

Falling in Love with Linen Stitch

http://goodknits.com/blog/2014/03/17/goodknits-for-craftsy-huge-round-up/

[lazy-vegetarian]

Boysenberry Ripple Cabled Hat by Sharyn Armstrong (free pattern on Ravelry)

[knithacker]

Finn’s Pick: Crochet a Claude the Octopus https://wp.me/pjlln-3z9