Knitting and Coffee

Just going through life with knitting and coffee.

[crochetmelovely]

[knittingandbooks]

Dear tumblr knitters,

Would anyone like to join me in making January the unofficial “Knit for Charity” month?

I have several friends who work/volunteer at various non-profit organizations, and they’ve told me that their donations really taper off after Christmas because everyone feels that they’ve done their Christmas duty by donating in December. But they need donations year-round, and at least where I live, it gets waaaay colder after December, and warm items are needed from January to April.

After knitting Christmas gifts during December, I would personally like to dedicate January to knitting only for people in need. Would anyone like to join me?

[knittingandcoffee]

Working on my first blanket for my soon to be etsy shop Lakeside Blankets

[allofthemaking]

Free Pattern Via  Ravelry Free Pattern (Knit Only) on Facebook.

Pattern here:

http://www.ravelry.com/patterns/library/celtic-santa

[odinsblog]

Less than 24 hours after San Bernardino and 5 days after the Planned Parenthood mass shootings, Senate Republicans voted down legislation that would block suspected terrorists, felons and the mentally ill from buying guns

Senate Republicans voted against barring suspected terrorists, felons and the mentally ill from getting guns on Thursday afternoon, parroting National Rifle Association arguments that doing so would strip some innocent people of their constitutional rights to gun access just a day after yet another massacre on U.S. soil.

A pair of Democratic measures - one to close background check loopholes to make it harder for felons and the mentally ill from buying guns, another to ban those on the terror watch list from buying guns - both went down in flames against near-unanimous GOP opposition.

(read more »here)

[knittingandcoffee]

Sigh

I just want to make a living from creating things. Etsy shop should be up sometime tomorrow though.

[somegirlshaveglitterintheirveins]

So there's this guy on one of the craft groups I follow...

His name is Sam. And he knits jumpers

And then takes photos 

Of himself in front of the things that inspired them

And he just makes me so happy

Because he has such great talent

And he is everything I want to be in life

You go, Sam. You live your dreams

[drunkvanity-deactivated20161113]

thank u 

[themanicpixiedreamgrrrl]

A+ quality blog content. 

[sensitivemoss-deactivated202007]

A perfect human.

[sinbadism]

TWO shark sweaters

[asgardreid-deactivated20180407]

This is like, double art.

[juugmayne-deactivated20160215]

Go Sam.

[speckldgiraffe]

That anatomy one is cool

[cecilyjeanne]

Look what I made! This was so fun and came from an awesome chart by @noticeadragon HERE.

[knittingandcoffee]

Starting my thanksgiving with some knitting

[faserkind]

always remember: it doesn’t matter how good you are as a knitter nor how long you’ve been knitting nor how many times you’ve had to start a project over, molly weasley would be very proud of you and your handmade knits

[lilyculture]

[chantdsyrinx]

THIS

[nostopdasgay]

whoomp there it is

[meeko-mar]

artists are not just little art robots, who’da thunk it.

[wahrsager]

THIS THIS THIS THIS

[protowilson]

People don’t realise there’s a cost incurred that allows for all the years that artist worked on their skills to improve, that compensated for the times they had to work two or more shitty jobs just to cover the most basic bills, that acknowledges that what they do represents a unique point of view and displays their own personal style. Art is more than the sum of its materials, and so is an artist. When you try to talk an artist down in price, you’re being insulting.

[thehikingastronomer]

I’M JUST GONNA LEAVE THIS HERE

[knittingandcoffee]

Knitting and listening to Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix. Good start to the morning.

[knittingandcoffee]

I just want to make things for a living

So I'm working on that. Got some pictures of what I have done. Getting them on the computer before work tomorrow. My Etsy shop is starting to come together. Finally.

[fuckyeahgeekknits]

[knittingandcoffee]

Taking pictures for my Etsy shop on Monday. Having doubts about setting it up. Mainly just worried. I'm gonna go through with it though.

[knittingandcoffee]

Started another baby blanket. Making them makes me happy.

[fannishknits]

Have you started your gift knitting yet?

[knittingandcoffee]

A little bit.