look i know this is a bit niche, but I would die for the human who wrote this pattern description. maybe you won’t feel the same if you haven’t spent hours and hours reading knitting pattern blurbs by the designer or the designers hype person.
listen, this niche is made for me and i am buying this pattern sometime this winter to make myself one!!! thanks for sharing, i am in love
the pattern is called the rangers cowl by Michael Vloedman, the image is a link, but i guess that doesn’t carry through on reblogs?? here’s the url – ravelry.com/patterns/library/ranger-cowl
So sorry abt that folks, i really didn’t think anyone would notice this post at all.
And some of us are over here like “6 fucking skeins of madelinetosh??? Are you shitting me mate?”
I know right??? That’s a $7 pattern and like $140 of yarn.
Or you could always make it with less expensive yarn, but where’s the fun in that.
Hey guys! I’m about to post things I knit that I’m selling for less than I paid for the yarn. I’m doing this because I knit more things than anyone I know needs. I need more room and I need funds for moving out, therapy, self care, medications, and just life happened a lot in June things.
Here’s a couple of things to know:
I will post a picture of a thing I have knit with a price underneath that includes shipping. If you want it, you message me with your venmo/paypal name and address. I will then charge you for the item and ship it out. All things posted are already finished and ready to be shipped out. I will try to delete things that are already sold, but if you message me before then I will let you know as soon as I see the message.
I can’t remember every yarn because some things were knit a little while ago and they yarn band was lost before that in some cases. Just assume everything is wool. I tend to use merino wool but I can’t guarantee it fyi.
Pricing will be less than what I remember the yarn costing. Things will cost more for more colors used and gradient yarns. This is just due to 2 balls costing more than one ball of yarn/gradient yarns being more expensive. The point here is not to make a profit off these pieces but to recoup some of the cost of the yarn.
Just for some background: my mom taught me how to knit when I was five, so at this point I have been knitting for 2 decades. If I don’t think something is nice enough, I won’t post it.
Ramen is already awesomely delicious, but Singapore-based artist Cynthia Delaney Suwito’s Knitting Noodles project elevates delicious noodles into edible art. She took an “instant” food and put it to use in a way that requires she be patient and careful, which in turn urges the viewer to slow down as they watch the methodical noodle knitting process:
The power of knitting as a tool for bad mental health days:
*No mistakes are permanent
*You can physically see and measure the progress you make even in the smallest session
*All you have to do is count and follow the pattern
*Distracts my hands and brain when I think I’m going to spiral down/ panic/ dissociate
*If I want to knit tiny tight complicated lace I can. If I want to knit huge soft squishy blankets I can. There’s a knitting pattern for every mental health emergency
*Wearing socks that I’ve made myself feels like an act of self-love, feels like taking care of myself
*Seeing other people wear/ use and love things I’ve knitted for them is the best kind of validation
*Knitting is forgiving, loving and doesn’t hurt anyone
Steel Phoenix Studios 