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get it... like knitwear but bear...

[knitbear]

hey howdy! i'm alex and i'm here to make you all look at my knitting. socks are my favourite thing to knit, until they aren't. somewhat functional bistitchual (knit+crochet) but knitting will always be my first love.

he/they unless we're close and/or it's for the bit. in my 30s and thriving. trans bears are best bears. i don't make the rules.

ambulatory power chair user, audhd, brain injury, etc. sometimes i phrase things in peculiar ways. bear with me (ha).

if you recognize me from my previous blog... no you don't. 💚

your curiosity has rewarded you! enjoy my birds.

[knitbear]

my brain injury has stolen a lot of things from me, but what i've been mourning most is language. i used to be so good with words - speaking, writing, reading, all completely effortless. i used to devour, on average, a whole novel every day or two. i used to talk persuasively for a living, and i was bonkers good at it. and then Something™️ happened to my temporal cortex and now words are concrete blocks that i have to haul into place, one by one, and arrange just so before i can even think of opening my mouth to let them free. i quite often look at a selection of letters and go, this word doesn't make sense - try the next one. and the next one is the same, it's imaginary and holds no meaning, all of the words on the page are strange squiggles that don't represent anything.

today, for the first time in over two years, i finished reading a novel.

i had to check it out twice. a total of 42 days. six weeks. it took a month and a half for me to read just over 300 pages. but i fucking did it.

brain injury who.

[yorgen-sh]

[knitbear]

me, guy who spent 5 years knitting a fingering weight sweater that ended up fitting poorly: i am never knitting another fingering weight garment.

also me:

[razzmothazz]

still caring about internet friends you lost touch with years ago is so embarrassing. yeah i had a deam we met up irl recently. the last time we spoke was maybe 7-8 years ago. i still wear the laces we randomly decided was a sign of our friendship. i dont know what any of your socials are or if youre even active on any. sometimes i see someones art resemble yours and i wonder for hours. do you still go by that name you chose? whenever i see it i wonder if its you. we couldve passed each other in this vastness a thousand times and not have a clue.

[razzmothazz]

we were lonely kids having fun together. do you remember?

[classicalsongbirdknits]

If you don’t think you can knit a full-sized sweater in time for Pride, how about a little one?

Find the pattern on my website and Ravelry!

[memeufacturing-deactivated20161]

a person from 150 years ago would be terrified by modern stuff . however , a duck from 150 years ago would just be all like ,still got lakes? yes ? okay cool

[elodieunderglass]

“How fleeting are all human passions compared with the massive continuity of ducks.”

― Dorothy L. Sayers, Gaudy Night (1935)

[chatdomestique]

Reblogging again because I thought they changed the quote so I decided to look up the actual quote and it’s not fake that is very much the actual quote

[riotboi]

First stranded colorwork test project. Technically its a scarf? Size-wise I am unclear on whether it will be a functional garment although I want to believe 👽 But I got lots of practice in and that was the goal. I still have some of the green and navy yarn so perhaps matching gloves are in order!

[dct239394cvvd098dffgggp]

ill spend my twenties investigating the healing properties of salt i dont know about you guys

[protectspock]

[dct239394cvvd098dffgggp]

excuse me

[protectspock]

Sorry op. That's my friend the Salt Vampire from the Star Trek episode "The Man Trap" which first aired in 1966. Blessings be upon you.

[dct239394cvvd098dffgggp]

its just i dont feel blessed by its presence is all. sending love your way

[kernalphage]

You know what? I'm posting it again as it's own post to brag.

Look at her!!

[bytethebullet]

I finished knitting my first pair of socks please clap

Made them with a mystery cashmere blend yarn I bought second-hand and some kid silk mohair I wanted to use up. They are surprisingly comfy and not itchy.

[sybilra]

It took me a few weeks to complete the last tasks to finish my new hand-knitted summer cardigan. It is now drying slowly on my blocking mats. Looking forward to wearing it.

[lesbian-fig]

And just like that, buttons are on and my modified loupy studio cardigan is finished!

[knitbear]

i have a Huge notions bag and it's pretty cumbersome to carry around so i put together a tiny essentials kit! i've got:

bent tip darning needles, two sizes

teeny scissors

a miniscule notebook

my favourite shape of cable needle

stitch markers and progress keepers (both lobster and earring clasp)

a retractable measuring tape

i also have a ridiculously small scale but it needs a new battery before it can go in. that being said this little pouch still has space so i may add point protectors and my cocoknits needle gauge.

[knitbear]

objectively funniest shirt to wear as a wheelchair user i think.

[knitbear]

it's pretty funny to me that my hair, beard, and piercings have all drastically changed since the photo in my pinned was taken but it's a good photo so i can never change it out send post.

[knitbear]

different guy alert

[knitbear]

it's pretty funny to me that my hair, beard, and piercings have all drastically changed since the photo in my pinned was taken but it's a good photo so i can never change it out send post.