Okay I JUST realized I never posted these on here—- BUT BASICALLY, about a year and a half ago I started doing these experimental black hairstyle posts that were threads long on Twitter, to give artists a source of inspo for their black ocs whose hair they wanted to try something new with! There’s more to black hair than just the selected styles portrayed in media, and I thought it would be fun to show people how much texture, shape, fades, length, and style can be combined when drawing black hair—-cause it’s a kind of manipulation our hair can do irl! The OG posts were lost with the hacking of my original Twitter account (@/bagels_donuts) but I’ve since reuploaded the whole thread to my new Twitter (@/ItsDonutsFR)! I hope artists on tumblr find these useful, sorry it took me so long to post them here😭🙏🏾 I’ll upload them all in parts!
Part 1: Long masc hairstyles + playing with fades
💬 2 🔁 715 ❤️ 1008 · Part 2: shape, style, and length with femme styles!
I feel like a hobbit like a grandpa, my brother asked me if I'm getting ready for a chess competition, I don't even play chess!!! ‼️‼️
Some more thoughts under the cut
Here is my ravelry project page
Here is the pattern once again I already linked it above but just so you have it in one place
The pattern is JUST A NORMAL PLAIN VEST and I customised it A LOT
The pattern includes a hour long video tutorial because it's not giving you sts numbers only tools how to calculate it yourself and the important techniques (like short rows, kitchener cast off or how to pick up the stitches for the robbing) I decided on the look - the size and the general shape myself.
The colour chart I figured out myself and it's 10 repeat
The original pattern actually calls for k2p2 ribbing at the bottom but I made it k3p2 for the 5 repeat and to make it more fit as I wanted this waist line very visible. I also knitted on 1.25mm smaller needles not just 1mm just for extra fit
When you look at the back of my vest you can tell where the BOR was, it's because I didn't think about it and I wanted to not have the beginning of the chart in the same place I had my k3p2
If I had a second chance knitting that I would start with the k1p2 then (k3p2) until two sts then k2, the colour work chart should start with the BOR otherwise it looks like a mess
I was counting stitches to cast on I had to make it multiply of 10, not 4 like the pattern said, because of my colour work.
I also encouraged you all to watch the whole video before starting. Putting my BOR on the back and not under one of the arm holes was a mistake I won't be explaining because just don't do it 🤣 you knit back and fron separately so imagine to have BOR on the middle of the panel. But I managed it but it was tedious.
I also realised a bit late that I made back panel a bit too short and I didn't want to redo it, but it was a happy accident! Because at the same time I realised that the chart does not connect perfectly on the shoulders
So I knit an extra few rows (after doing the short rows) of my base colour for sizing it up, creating these stripes on my shoulders, but also it let me connect them with more intent
(please do not look too long on my kitchener cast off I was swearing a lot doing that on the new year's eve at midnight and I did my best it was very hard)
Then I just knitted the arm holes and the neckline ribbing as intended!
Oh and the front neck shaping was just - divide into 3 and reduce by two stitches each side (the same as back panel) but I decided to make it narrower and reduce 5 sts each side for a more round look, you will know what I mean when you check the pattern)
If I wrote something unclear please ask it's super late and I kinda type on the spot!
Here are some of the absolutely beautiful full color illustrations found in:
The Alchemical Feminine: Women, Gender, and Sexuality in Alchemical Images by M. E. Warlick
"With more than 200 illustrations, this ground-breaking book examines the alchemical feminine and the thematic diversity of alchemical images of women."
Publisher: Fulgur Press
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