yarn, kittens&weirdness

[stinkylittlegnome]

My favorite Tolkien illustrations by Cor Blok in no particular order:

Bilbo and Gollum. Bilbo is the moon for some reason which is cool i guess

Smeagol and Deagol. I love the seaweed in the background, great attention to detail

Frodo serving Robin Hood-realness at his and Bilbo’s birthday party. Literally iconic

Isildur taking the ring from Sauron. Its great but I would like to see more of Sauron than just his hand, because I think he has the potential to look really cool

Pippin jumping into the bath at Crickhollow… no comment

Bilbo gives the Mithril coat to Frodo. Great poses, very stiff and awkward. I like it.

The fellowship. This one is a classic.

Gandalf and the balrog. Amazing

Boromir trying to take the ring from Frodo. I love the way he reaches for his sword, it looks very natural

Merry and Pippin and Treebeard. I like his legs and the fact that it looks like he’s wearing shorts.

[stinkylittlegnome]

The battle of Helms Deep. This one is just great for a lot of reasons. I like how the orcs in the background are just happy and sad smileys. Gimli is throwing a rock at them. I don’t know who the guy with a red hat is in the background, but I love him.

Gandalf, Theoden, Aragorn, Legolas and Gimli finding Merry and Pippin in Isengard ft fucked up Shadowfax. Look at them smiling!

Sam, Frodo and Gollum. Frodo got rid of his Robin Hood hat which is a shame, but Gollum with a beak makes up for it.

Eowyn protecting Theoden from the Witch King. The fellbeast is a crow or perhaps a raven. Merry is hanging on the side, stabbing Witch King in the leg and he looks amazing

Mt Doom. Frodo looks very chill about getting his finger bit off, and Sam is just kind of floating there. I love everything about Gollum

[everythingfox]

Gentle boi

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[yarnoverhook]

A modified version of the [Ondulacao] infinity scarf

[positivity-in-pain]

[bunjywunjy]

Hello. Are they any animals that look like they've been hit in the head with a hammer?

that’s a great question! have a surinam toad.

[evilryu-deactivated20180710]

[ironychan]

A couple of people have asked me why I'm using circular needles to knit flat patterns.

The fact that you can't lose one needle when they're tied together is apparently a revelation.

[knitterwho]

Also, the weight of the project is more balanced

[fageleh]

ALSO, you don't have to hold your elbows so far away from your body. You can rest your arms in your lap and still knit.

[mrknaogan]

Also you don’t have to find a second needle in the same size.

[babyanimalgifs]

Perfect day to sunbathe 

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[mattforsythe]

[ofstarstuff]

That point in a knitting project where your brain no longer forms coherent opinions about what you’re knitting other than “hee… big boi… it’s gonna be so big i’m going to wrap myself in it SOFT SQUISH BOI”

In other words I’m 26.5k in on a total of 43k stitches for this shawl

BIG SOFT SQUISH

[bunjywunjy]

bunjy why are crinoids like That?

well, they used to be like this!

they’re a distant starfish relative that used to be rooted to the seafloor like an upright mop, but some modern species are capable of free-swimming in a way that looks like an escaped feather duster.

[confusedocean]

I remembered these guys for my invert class cause when the stalked species walks it make you wanna CRY it is so terrifying

[liberalsarecool]

We have to do better. We have to be better.

[ip2lb]

[honestherring]

Please sign this petition to stop this clown-looking motherfucker. 

[kieradoe]

A July 21, 2020 update on signatures.

[maibee]

I haven't seen many people saying this, but he's likely created this story on purpose, to change the search results for the terms "mark Zuckerberg Hawaii."

That's now the top result, pushing this down

This was a calculated move by a pr team.

[dxntloseurhead]

welcome to my blog, where 99% of the time you will probably not be getting the content you signed up for.

[catasters]

[no-longer-another-bondi-blonde]

In 1990, the high school dropout rate for Dolly Parton's hometown of Sevierville Tennessee was at 34% (Research shows that most kids make up their minds in fifth/sixth grade not to graduate). That year, all fifth and sixth graders from Sevierville were invited by Parton to attend an assembly at Dollywood. They were asked to pick a buddy, and if both students completed high school, Dolly Parton would personally hand them each a $500 check on their graduation day. As a result, the dropout rate for those classes fell to 6%, and has generally retained that average to this day.

Shortly after the success of The Buddy Program, Parton learned in dealing with teachers from the school district that problems in education often begin during first grade when kids are at different developmental levels. That year The Dollywood Foundation paid the salaries for additional teachers assistants in every first grade class for the next 2 years, under the agreement that if the program worked, the school system would effectively adopt and fund the program after the trial period.

During the same period, Parton founded the Imagination Library in 1995: The idea being that children from her rural hometown and low-income families often start school at a disadvantage and as a result, will be unfairly compared to their peers for the rest of their lives, effectively encouraging them not to pursue higher education. The objective of the Imagination library was that every child in Sevier County would receive one book, every month, mailed and addressed to the child, from the day they were born until the day they started kindergarten, 100% free of charge. What began as a hometown initiative now serves children in all 50 states, Australia, Canada, and the United Kingdom, mailing thousands of free books to children around the world monthly.

On March 1, 2018 Parton donated her 100 millionth book at the Library of Congress: a copy of "Coat of Many Colors" dedicated to her father, who never learned to read or write.

[justcatposts]

“One of our kittens only sleeps in my daughters doll bathtub” 

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