Kates Trunk Shop

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[katestrunkshop]

I’m blaming @cockroach-queer and a hand embroiderer at PARF (and now at the Lancaster Troll Market) for this test run of an embroidery pattern. Still have some things to tighten up, but I think it went well.

[baddywronglegs]

Are lace-makers ever struck by the realisation that all the holes were already there before they started?

[ladytemeraire]

The Yarn Harlot, in one of her older blog posts musing on negative space in art in general, described knitting lace as "putting yarn around important and select parts of air".

I think about that every time I work on a lace project.

[additionalvelociraptors]

Lace (and other fiber crafts) are like how others describe music: the silence between notes [yarn around important and select parts of air], or sound and silence organized through time [a pattern].

(These quotes are hard to attribute!)

[katestrunkshop]

Now I want to make an FSL pattern that jus says “important air”

[just-french-me-up]

"mmh did you know that creator you like also posts 🔞 content? did you know that? don't you think that's weird? don't you think we should keep this space-"

no. i don't.

i booked a front row seat to the devil's sacrament and you're blocking the view

just go back to the 1660 new england hole you just crawled out of and eat barley for a week to atone for your sins or whatever

[marithlizard]

" "I booked a front row seat to the devil's sacrament and you're blocking the view" is one banger of a thematic statement. Shirt material.

[katestrunkshop]

This is going into the “to embroider” pile

[katestrunkshop]

Sometimes I gotta remind myself why I’m doing this. Natasha deserves a good life.

[katestrunkshop]

I call this the Bare Minimum Pride Flag because it was the least amount of work to convert my trans pride flag embroidery file into one that would work for the lesbian, aromantic, and gay men pride flags.

[katestrunkshop]

I’m going to get a good grade in Mother’s Day tomorrow; something that is both normal to want and possible to achieve.

[katestrunkshop]

I am prepared to win child of the year tomorrow

[katestrunkshop]

Look at my hard working lil baby!

[katestrunkshop]

I think I did a good job

Full government names as follows:

Prince Matthew Connor Alexis Murdock, Third in the House of Barton, The Cat Without Fear

Queen Natasha Romanoff, Second in the House of Barton, Ruler of All Outside the Tanks

[daftpatience]

he did stay in the bed after i put it back down ;w;

[daftpatience]

before anyone’s like “gimme da baby” I will happily share the baby

[katestrunkshop]

I’m glad I’m not the only person who just picks up their whole ass cat because they don’t want to disturb the baby. I have had to switch rooms to hit go on the embroidery machine while my cat is laying on me and just carried him like a small toddler or large infant to do so.

Cat tax:

[katestrunkshop]

Getting ready for an event this weeekend

[earthdad]

ok but give me one good reason why you wouldn’t date Kermit the frog besides that he is a puppet and a frog

[turtlegirl521]

“miss piggy would make it look like an accident”

[katestrunkshop]

[katestrunkshop]

Finally got around to updating my site with fun new things!

I've still got to:

load all the necklace listings

take pictures of the crochet flower and heart earrings

make listings for the crochet flower and heart earrings

take updated pictures of my skull earrings and pride flag keychains

But hey! It's a start and that's what matters.

Also my first show this year is April 26, 2025 at Houck Manor Park in Harrisburg, PA

[plant-based-person]

had a fascinating english class that resulted in the notes header “the forcefeminization of victor frankenstein”

[plant-based-person]

what the people want, the people get

you see

my professor’s take is that mary shelley is feminizing victor throughout the novel, as a way of flipping gender roles and putting a male character through female experiences.

evidence as explained:

victor is creating life. he is putting his health at risk (spends two years with little sleep or socialization) to bring life forth into this world

his illness after he is shocked by the creature coming to life is akin to both ‘hysteria’ and postpartum depression

he pretty much swoons, let’s be honest

henry clerval, a man who has been characterized as manly and heroic, has to chase after damsel-in-distress victor and care for him as he convalesces 

afterward, he hides what he did and went through, for fear that others will label him crazy and emotional and not believe him. sound familiar?

Victor in general is more emotional than the other characters and is constantly tempering his reactions to not be seen as irrational 

the book does not otherwise have central female characters 

Also, Shelley’s mother died in childbirth. It’s interesting, then, that Shelley presents the creation of life as something horrific and damaging. She parallels Victor with her mother.

in conclusion, Frankenstein (1818) by Mary  Wollstonecraft Shelley is one of the first examples of mpreg in English literature 

[tamilhobbit]

I was not expecting that last line.

[katestrunkshop]

[katestrunkshop]

Listen, my friend sent me a screenshot of a tweet and I just went “I’m gonna embroider that shitpost.”

[katestrunkshop]

It’s here!!!! And here’s my first project!!!!

[katestrunkshop]

Guys, I’m getting an embroidery machine in a week and I don’t think I’ve been this excited since Avengers: Endgame.