I know I already posted today, but this was too good not to share. Facebook keeps showing me ads for Wish, which is either Chinese Walmart or Chinese Amazon, take your pick. From what I gather, ordering from Wish is a craps shoot. You might get the item you ordered, you might get a different item, or you might get nothing at all. I haven't …
Rainy Day Ramblings
It's raining. It will rain really hard for a few minutes, then slack off, then rain again. I have my tea. Awhile ago I've made the decision to get my news from the actual news sources rather than social media, because with the social media you get a wallop of outrage with the news, and I can't deal with it. I have outrage fatigue. The news …
I made a Russian Hat
So this is a hat based on a pattern available at Modnoyevyazanie.ru, pattern Kosa S Tenyu, or Braid with a Shadow. Here it is, being reluctantly modeled by its intended recipient. When you get a typical pattern off Ravelry, it usually comes in a multiple of sizes with a graph and a video and different yarn weights. When you get to …
Ranger Cowl: Andrews Edition
I have finished it! Behold my husband, properly acowled. This is what happened when I asked him to model it from the back. You can't see the rest of him, and that's for a reason. :) He needs a longbow. Original pattern is here: Ranger Cowl. Be aware if you start this pattern that it takes forever. The hood is formed by increasing …
YouTube Videos: Get to the F*ing Monkey
Some days a reasonable cup of tea with a single tea bag is enough. And some days, like today, you open a tin of good Ceylon tea a friend sent you and make the whole tea pot. Today is that day for many reasons. Now I shall rant. My tea cup today. The regular white cup is for scale. As you know, I've been working on a cowl/hood thing for my …
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Honesty
I am still going through the yarn suggestion comments. So much pretty. But wanted to share. Me, email to Gordon: Do you think this is pretty? Gordon, email back: No, it looks like it might have been nice yarn that somebody put in a box in the garage and forgot about it. Years later their descendants opened the box only …