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i trust these 2 susans with my LIFE

#like im not gonna smoke purple joints ... come on now #been using these exact crochet hooks since i first learned (i will not think abt the passage of time)#susan bates #blazy susan #*#ireland yaps 🤡🗣️

Shirley Blythe & Susan Baker

“I gave him life just as much as you did, Mrs. Dr. dear,” Susan was wont to say. “He is just as much my baby as he is yours.” And, indeed, it was always to Susan that Shirley ran, to be kissed for bumps, and rocked to sleep, and protected from well-deserved spankings." (Rainbow Valley by L. M. Montgomery).

"So Shirley went—not radiantly, as to a high adventure, like Jem, not in a white flame of sacrifice, like Walter, but in a cool, business-like mood, as of one doing something, rather dirty and disagreeable, that had just got to be done. He kissed Susan for the first time since he was five years old, and said, "Good-bye, Susan—mother Susan."

"My little brown boy—my little brown boy," said Susan." (Rilla of Ingleside by L. M. Montgomery).

#lm montgomery #shirley blythe #susan bates #queue post #rilla of ingleside #rainbow valley #moodboard #little brown boy #susan's baby

Greenhouse stitched by hakuna_fermata_. Pattern designed by Susan Bates, featured in the July 2022 issue of CrossStitcher magazine.

Loved stitching this greenhouse! From the July 2022 edition of Cross Stitcher magazine.

#cross stitch #inspo #x #susan bates #magazine

The complete - and completed - set of Christmas mason jar decorations complete. And before Christmas day!

Designs taken from a sampler by Susan Bates published in Issue 338 of Cross Stitcher magazine (December 2018).

And here is how the dedication was added. Just a name this time, and the year on the back.

#cross stitch #x stitch #i made it #christmas #christmas 2022 #susan bates #cross stitcher #issue 338 #christmas ornament

Himiko’s Very Unofficial Review of Circular Knitting Needles

hey hey a friend of mine has been getting into knitting and I decided to pull out my smattering of needles and compare them to each other

Susan Bates Fixed Needles ($5-10)

Okay we’ve all seen these at Joann Fabrics before and I don’t think they’re so bad. They come in a small range of cable lengths and needle sizes- so you need to buy a new pair for every size you want and need to loop them in order to knit anything smaller than 29″ (I think that’s the only length). They are very lightweight and smooth, though the join between the cable and needle can catch on your yarn sometimes.

-Available in chain craft stores and online

-Light weight and cheap

-Not Sharp

-Cable would crease very easily and stay creased, so knitting small objects can cause bends in your cables that are hard to remove

HiyaHiya (fixed needles $5-10: interchangable sets $80-250)

I’ll be honest, I have not had first hand experience with their interchangable sets but the general consensus is that their interchangables have a smooth taper and tight fit (very good). I’ve had generally positive experiences with their fixed length needles. Their needles come in stainless steel or bamboo and regular tips and sharps: what you like in this regard is a personal preference, but Hiya Hiya offers sharp versions of all their needles which a lot of people swear by. They have a full range of fixed needle cable lengths and needle sizes. Their needles are very very smooth and their cable is a very thin nylon. The cable is very thin and bouncy and resists kinking or bending, however they do have a slight memory so you’ll occasionally need to run them under hot water to smooth them out.

-Available in specialty yarn stores and online

-Very light weight and single sets are cheap

-Exceptionally smooth

-Available in sharps and non-sharps

-Cables available in many sizes and very bouncy

ChiaoGoo (fixed needles $10-20: interchangable sets $120-250)

Ah yes, the iconic red cables.

I’ve purchased some of their fixed needles and demoed their interchangable sets in stores- both are good! The join for their interchangable needles is a little shorter but they fit very tightly (good). Their needles come in stainless steel or bamboo and short and long tips: again needle length is very much a personal preference but some folx find they are more ergonomic if you are prone to hand strain and I believe they also offer a slanted join line of needles for people who need that accommodation. They have a full range of fixed needle cable lengths and needle sizes. Their needles tend to have a slight... grip(?) in my experience, so your stitches are less prone to slipping around the needles. The cable is a little more firm than the HiyaHiyas but has a strong core which resists the kinks Susan Bates get.

-Available in specialty yarn stores and online

-Very light weight

-Bamboo and steel needles have slight grip on yarn

-Single needle sets are slightly more money

-Available with shorter and longer needle tips

-They’ve expanded into a few different cable types- generally flexible

KnitPicks (fixed needles $8-11: interchangable sets $50-125)

I own two sets of these interchangable needles, I have 0 experience with their fixed length needles. The join for their interchangable needles is a good length but I’ll occasionally have to tighten the join. They have a somewhat limited range of fixed needle sizes- they offer 16″ cable length with most needle sizes and more cable lengths for small needle sizes- but offer a full range of interchangables. Their needles come nickle plated or bamboo with non-sharp tips: they do offer their bamboo needles in a few bright colorways and short tips for their interchangable sets. They also offer squared needles which some knitters find more comfortable and even out gauge issues. Their needles are smooth and their cable about the same level of firm as ChiaoGoo but will occasionally need to be unbent if you’re doing magic loop for too long.

-Available online, not widely available in stores but they offer “tester” kits

-Different colorways for bamboo needles

-Interchangable sets are on the cheaper side

-Available with shorter and longer needle tips for interchangables

-Available as a more square shape

Final Thoughts

I’ve shopped around needles quite a while before I settled on my current set of interchangables. Since I put down and pick up so many different projects, I’m loath to part with any of my sets of needles and I don’t regret trying out different brands- when I bought fixed length needles from different brands they were each perfect for my projects so you should really think what you prioritize for your needles. Susan Bates were a fair price for trying out and I could get them at a lot of stores. HiyaHiya had the best cables for me and I liked the sharps as an early tight knitter. ChiaoGoo had the most sizes available in knitting stores and you can pick the most ergonomic option for you. KnitPicks was middle of the road between those brands but the price point matched my interest at the time (plus I was recently gifted a set of purples which I love to look at).

Got some thoughts? I’d love to hear them

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Finished the scarf commission! Off to Australia tomorrow to be cherished by @filina_uses_insta. This one was a blast to make!

Pattern: A heavily modded version of Crochet In The Sun’s Simple Scarf.

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Marauders Era – RPG

The Slytherin House was not meant to be a welcoming place, especially for Muggle-borns in the early ‘70s. Instead, Gryffindor can be a good choice when you are the daughter of a broom builder, as long as you don’t cross the professional troublemakers that live precisely in that tower. Ravenclaw, on the contrary, is a quiet place, great for studying, unless of course you find yourself with a wild Lovegood in your class ...

Four new characters will arrive at Hogwarts on September 1, 1971. They'll learn new spells, get in trouble, and enter into the lives of the young wizards we've learned about from the Harry Potter books. Will they be friends or enemies? Or maybe something more? To find out, just come and read our adventures!

Marauders Era –RPG is a tabletop role-playing game set in the ‘70s, the same years the Marauders were attending Hogwarts. I’m the Master and also an NPC and then there are 7 players. At the beginning of the adventure only 3 of them will play the first year, then another 4 will enter the game. You can see all of them in the illustration above.

From left to right: Isobel Bankers, Susan Bates, Valory Prichard, Andrew Chase, Valerye MacPayn, Frederika Rosenbaum, Mikael Arcangelo, Martha MacMillan .

I’m collecting their adventures in the story published on the website efp-fanfic, entitled: “Marauders Era-Rpg”. Unfortunately it’s only available in Italian. But if you know the Italian language or you trust the google translator, come and read our adventures!

Here is the link:https://efpfanfic.net/viewstory.php?sid=3882145&i=1