Yarn Arts

Main: tyvmloser Tom. Gay. He/They. 01 Aug 2000. Leo. SK, Canada. Future biochemist. Snap: okay_hi

[primroseyarnco]

Tips and tricks, so you know you are ready for NYSW! Tip # 1: get there early. Like 45 minutes early. Lines begin to form around 1 hour before the gates open, and with the uncertainty of how this year’s festival will be conducted, it is best to be prepared by arriving early. Tip # 2: First year attending? Sweet! Welcome to the party! Familiarize yourself with the layout of the festival by checking out a map. While you’re at it, make notes on a piece of paper of where your favorite vendors are, and list them in order of which ones you want to visit first. We all only have one booth this year, so crowd navigating will be challenging, and visiting your “must see” vendors first will ensure souvenir success. Tip # 3: *MOST IMPORTANT* WiFi is literally non existent on the fairgrounds- so remember that thing I mentioned above about writing everything down on paper or in your phone- yeah, SUPER IMPORTANT! You are more than likely going to find it impossible to access things like Ravelry or pattern websites to check yardage and yarn info, so if you are planning to shop specifically for projects, in some form of another, have a hard copy of what you need for that pattern. Tip # 4: Do not wait for lunch to grab those coveted Apple Cider Doughnuts- EVERYONE DOES IT! Grab them at the beginning or end of the day. Lines are thinnest then, and you won’t waist time standing in line when you could be shopping. But seriously, you need one of these in your life. Tip # 5: preorder you Rhinebeck merch. You don’t want to go to the merch tent only to find that everything is sold out Tip # 6: Couldn’t make it to a vendors booth to grab that “must have item”? Ask the vendor if they are willing to do a preorder. Most of us are, but that is up to the vendor. And since we are limited to space this year, we are also limited on how much we can stock. *My booth will be accepting pre orders* Tip # 7: Have fun y’all! You are attending the best wool festival in the world!

I hope this helps, and I can’t wait to see ya in 2 weeks time!

#primroseyarnco #rhinebeck #rhinebecksweater #nysw #newyorksheepandwool #newyorksheepandwool2021 #dutchesscountyfairgrounds #andreamowry #drkilluminate https://www.instagram.com/p/CUacY52rn-K/?utm_medium=tumblr

[jrew72]

Trying to teach myself to knit. The repetition is so soothing. But purl stitch? Agh. Next thing will have to be in the round because I’m not sure purling is for me. Also, I feel a little like I’m cheating on crochet? Is this a thing?

[buttercupyarnart]

Woohoo, a picture from the new camera! I’ve been plugging away at the belt for Grace’s Jacket this week. You’d think that with it being plain garter stitch, I’d have more of it done by now, but video games have been stealing my attention away from it! It’ll get done in no time, though! And tomorrow, I’ll be sewing up the other side seam and sleeve, so my mom can finally try it on! Woohoo! . . . . . . #belt #knittedbelt #garterstitch #blackyarn #yarn #yarnart #fiberart #fibreart #diy #crafting #isolationknitting #quarantineknitting #qurantinecraft #gracesjacket #centenarystitches https://www.instagram.com/p/CAgOhmiBix1/?igshid=1njbuuge1bzbg

[knittingfromthevoids]

delicious cable jumper progress! i'm looking forward to finally finishing the back (which i've been working on since october!!!!) and starting the cooler cables on the front.

[makinguselessthings]

I know it is April, going into May, but that doesn’t mean I am not going to knit myself a pair of thick woolly sock slippers. Just try to stop me.

[192nausikaa]

[septemberequinox]

that is some next level knot magic.

[elodieunderglass]

 it isn’t though!!! it’s because most relationships aren’t worth the effort. The “sweater curse” is actually most commonly called the “BOYFRIEND sweater curse.” Which=heteronormative, but the curse most often falls on a woman knitting a sweater for a boyfriend. Before she finishes the sweater, they break up - pop culture would have you believe it’s because the boyfriend freaks out do to the weirdness/clinginess of having a sweater made for you, but I think knitters are wiser than that.

It’s because after spending serious £££ on materials, and then HUNDREDS OF HOURS OF LABOR on the creation of the item, with every stitch a prayer of totally focused intent, creating a large display of technical skill - it is then gifted to a non-knitter who does NOT APPRECIATE the work/effort/skill/cost/TIME it took to make it, and in fact thinks you’re a bit weird and making a big deal out of a piece of clothing, and after they go “oh thanks” and shove your creation in the cupboard next to a sweater they got for £15 at an M&S sale, then they never wear your sweater because it’s too tight because when you asked them how their favorite sweaters usually fit they said “I ‘unno” and when you measured them for the fifth time and asked, rather tersely, if they had enough room in the chest, they said “I guess,” and then if pressed they say they don’t really like the sweater design, but then you point out that they were supposed to participate in helping you design it and they say they don’t really care about how things look, and when you say that you tried to match it to their other clothes so how can they hate it, then they say that honestly their mother still buys all their clothes because they hate going shopping, and that they hate all their other clothes too, well. That’s when a sensible knitter goes “Fuck this shit. And you know what? Fuck this man.”

This is what happens when someone posts in a knitting forum “Attack of the sweater curse!” - this is the usual story. It has a rigid plot. It is as old as myth.

That’s when you look at the time you spent and realize, “I could LITERALLY have written the first draft of a novel instead of doing this.” That’s when you go “I could have taken that £200 and bought myself a new wardrobe.” That’s when you go “I could have taken all that intent, all that willpower, all that creative force, and laid down some fucking witchcraft, all right?” That’s when you go “I basically spent 100 hours straight thinking about this bastard while making something amazing for him, and I have no evidence that he ever spent 10 hours of his life thinking about me.”

And “I could spend this time and energy and money in making myself an enormous, intricate heirloom silk shawl with just a touch of cashmere, in elvish twists and leafy lace in all the colors of the night, shot through with subtly glittering stars, warm in winter and cool and summer and light as a lover’s kiss on the shoulders, suitable for draping over my arms at weddings or wrapping myself in to watch the sea, a lace-knotted promise to myself that I will keep for my entire life and gift to my favorite granddaughter when I die, and she will wear it to keep alive my memory - but instead I have this sweater, and this fuckboy.”

The sweater curse is a lesson that the universe gives to a knitter at an important point in their life. It is a gift.

Knitting a sweater for a husband or wife generally doesn’t call down the curse, because the relationship is meant to be stronger than 4-ply.

(Although I say this, but I’ve taken over 5 years to finish a pair of mittens for my husband, because he casually asked me to do something customized with the cables, and I still can’t get the math to work on the right hand.)

[destinydiamante-deactivated2022]

this post is so much better with that commentary

[doctornerdington]

Fuck yes.

[ziegenprinz]

@knittingcelebs This might be of interest

[knittingcelebs]

This was called to my attention by @ziegenprinz . It never occurred to me before that for non-knitters, the Sweater Curse is not A Truth Universally Acknowledged!

@elodieunderglass : you are right on!

[knitsandprints]

socks in progress

[malguniakr]

I started fair isle...

[crafty-craileys]

NaKniCroMo Day 18: WIP Wednesday!

It may not look like I got that far, but I’m 2/3 through the first band of brioche. It’s a lot still but. Here we go.

[ramboknits]

NaKniCroMo 2020

Day 11: WIP Wednesday

LOOK AT HOW MUCH I HAVE KNIT. THIS IS LOADS FOR ME.

[literarymagpie]

So while looking at some knitters on instagram, I saw that this one French knitter called another her “tricopine”— a portmanteau of “tricot” (knitting) and “copine” (friend. It can also mean girlfriend, but in this case meant friend)—and that’s really the cutest thing. I love this term so much! 

[itscolossal]

Loose Knits Flow from Hands and Needles in Glass Sculptures by Carol Milne

[super-fast-octopus]

Some presents for a fellow artist and friend.

I must apologize that I will be inactive until the weekends for the following three weeks due to my MOA practicum. I won’t be able to share much in the way of art.

[spectralsupplyco]

Sockies coming along nicely

Will definitely post a finished pic when they're done (probably tomorrow)

[tj-crochets]

I couldn’t find a bee sewing pattern I liked so I’m going to attempt to make one. Do you think three stripes is enough to be recognizable as a bee (yellow, black, yellow) or do you think five stripes are needed? (That’s three yellow stripes, two black stripes)

[tj-crochets]

Bee pattern update! Not pictured: the mini disco ball light I covered in paper towels and tape to make a 3D model of a sphere to transform into a paper pattern

[tj-crochets]

Bee face!

[systlin]

I saw a thing and thought it seemed like something you might find cool

-This is GENIUS-Systlin-

[containsquinine]

@zecurlyone 

[hamletthedane]

Things I have learned by joining the local Methodist Church’s coffee & knitting circle (where I am the only person under 60 years old):

How to double knit very, very quickly

Mrs. Jonson on the third pew won’t mind her own business, bless her heart. And she buys her pies pre-made for all the church functions.

Ways that women cheated the system in 1950s Texas to get into college and start careers. Including a memorable “He told me I wouldn’t last a week, but then 6 years later, I had to let him go because his production was way down.” *drinks sip of coffee*

We Might Be Conservative But Gosh Darn That Trump Bless His Heart He Doesn’t Know Anything About God Or Texas

And On That Note, God And Texas Are The Only Good Things Left In The World. Erin Write That Down.

How to rescue a dropped stitch and make it look like it never happened

Public schools and inclusive, desegregated education will single-handedly save the world

Sharing recipes is a sacred bonding and community-building tradition that rivals the greatest political negotiations and land deals in history

“It’s better that you prefer girls honey, the Boyfriend Curse doesn’t apply to your girlfriend and a lovin’ god’ll keep on a-lovin. You better make that girl a sweater.’” 

(Boyfriend Curse = knit a sweater for a boy and he’ll leave you when you finish it)

Mrs. Barbara’s husband cheated in ‘76, resulting in a divorce. She thought it was the end of the world because her youth had already passed, but now she’s an engineer and married to a kind, good man who she met when she went back to college in ‘79.

“The only things you can trust in are God, your good sense, and the wisdom of those older women you grew up admiring. The rest is crap.”

[fozmeadows]

@elodieunderglass Important Knitting Truths