#sass talks

[killerandhealerqueen]

I read in the comments of an instagram post that people were dropping Spy x Family because it's a slow burn and they want the romance now and I'm just over here like, yeah, having the romance is great but if you drop it you miss out on moments like this

And why would you want to miss this?

[sassysnowperson]

Peak Tumblr Experience:

When you don't naturally pay attention to usernames and Some Guy (gender neutral) (sapience neutral) starts showing up on your dash So Much. It's time to play my favorite game, "is this the new pop culture zeitgeist or did one of my mutuals get hit with the Blorbo Beam *really* hard?"

[sass41]

Please don't submit art from other artists without their permission to my blog please

@leftsciencecelebritieshoagie please don't do that. You didn't know, so I let you off the hook. Its okay to ship Sass with @fluffysnowcat silver, but please don't submit her art on my blog, if then reblog the original post and tag me. Also I won't reblog or post adult or nsfw stuff here on this blog, I want it to stay open for all people of different ages to see. Thank you for your understanding.

[sassysnowperson]

Spinning progress

I got a drop spindle for Christmas, and since then I have cheerfully taken it upon myself to try to turn floof into yarn. My progress thus far:

1oz Merino Combed Top

There it is! The first thing I ever spun. The wool was gifted to me along with the spindle. Look at how inconsistent both the thickness and the twist is! I love my terrible yarn child, I've learned so much already.

2 ply, plied both ends from a center pull ball, that was a nightmare and absolutely should not have been my first attempt at plying. But we got through it!

Alpaca roving - natural colors

So after about three days of spinning I abruptly realized that I was going to run out of wool before my online order of wool could arrive, and I desperately needed to get my hands on some more. None of my local yarn stores sold fiber, but! It turns out about 20 minutes away is a local alpaca farm. Driving out to get this wool is the closest I've come to getting White People Horror Movied, please tell me if you want the story.

But the consistency has greatly improved! Alpaca is fun to work with, it's so soft. Once again the finished product is a 2 ply, and I spun two different spindles full and then plied them together, FAR easier than the center pull ball.

Bluefaced Leicester (BFL) Denali roving from Greenwood Fiberworks

On the recommendation of @adarhysenthe and @gher-bear I ordered some beautiful dyed BFL roving from Greenwood Fiberworks, I appreciate the recommendation, this stuff has been a beautiful dream to work with. I don't know how much is me getting better and how much is it being easier to spin but I've gotten so much more consistent!

I learned how to chain ply for this, it was so satisfying to preserve the colors as I went, and the yarn has such a good texture. And that catches us up to now, I just did the chain plying this morning.

What next?

I will probably finish the Denali before returning to the alpaca. The alpaca has a much shorter staple and I suspect with a little more skill I'll be able to spin with it a little easier. I'm debating between doing a regular 2 ply as a compare/contrast for the Denali, vs continuing to chain ply to have a good amount of consistent yarn. Leaning towards the second, because I'm so satisfied with how the chain ply looked. Either way, I'm enjoying the journey, and I suspect I will need more fiber soon.

[sassysnowperson]

Just tried to make a post about not knowing how I'm doing because Too Much has happened. But the thing about talking about Too Much happening, is that it is, in fact, too much.

So, out of context Sass life in the past week:

BIG TREE FALL OVER!

handled it

BTW U ARE FIRED IN THREE WEEKS

Handling it

IS TIME FOR BIG ROUND NUMBER BIRTHDAY!

could we please schedule the birthday for a less eventful time? What do you mean that's not how linear time works?

[sassysnowperson]

Fighting Paralysis

When I get stressed I shut down, and I am very stressed right now. Understandable! But still. (waves hand at the world)

So I'm trying to reach out a bit, just to keep in the habit. To remind myself I'm not alone, that joy and humor and connection and all those good things are out there. And if any of you are very stressed too, maybe it helps to remember that you, also, are not alone. Here's a picture of my cat, who has no knowledge of geopolitics and so much love in his mischievous heart.

If anyone is so inclined, please do reblog and share your own little joys and sanity preservers

[killerandhealerqueen]

They’re putting my boy Ian Yi in a BL and I am a) very excited for him but also b) they need to stop putting him in dramas with “Killer” in the name because uh…it didn’t go so well for his character in the last drama with “Killer” in the name

[killerandhealerqueen]

To all my mutuals: I am sorry (not sorry) for the person I am about to become as I continue to watch Blood River so if you wanna go ahead and block/filter that tag, I suggest you do it now because it's only gonna get worse from here