Isabelle

It's true! Sheep are extremely important!

The irresponsibility was me knitting at all - I'm trying to rest my wrists and hands and do a proper recovery program because I keep injuring myself.

However, sometimes, one needs a little joy in one's life. And impulsively starts a bobble sheep!

Bobble Sheep Pillow in Super Soft Merino I guess it isn’t surprising that a knitter has an affinity for sheep. Obviously, some…

Made irresponsible choices, and started knitting a bobble sheep 🧶: www.purlsoho.com/create/2013/...

There's a feed for crochet and knitting! It picks up on crochet or knitting type words, plus the yarn ball 🧶 emoji.

bsky.app/profile/did:...

My arms and elbows don't hurt at this very moment, so my impulsive brain is saying quick! Let's finish the hat before anyone notices! (Anyone: my elbows and arms)

I am not going to do that.

I will be sensible and reasonable and take at least one more rest day. Then, I will restart the exercises.

The Best Stretches and Strengthening Exercises for Knitters — New Wave Knitting We may joke about the horror of sleeve island, but a knitter’s true nightmare is far worse: not being able to knit.

These stretches and exercises seem to be helping me, who keeps getting injured from knitting 🧶.
Some of these were already known to me and in the daily rotation, but this adds a few, and gives good descriptions and gifs to illustrate.
www.newwaveknitting.com/blog-posts/t...

I think I had my first (remembered) dreams involving compression gear last night.
My various diagnoses usually infiltrate my dreams eventually, I am not sure what the criteria are for them to get through to that level though.
Might just be because I have been thinking about clothes a lot recently.

Dog heard me on the phone. Dog materialized out of the ether, and is now sleeping on my legs.

Turned up the fan on the AC.
The dog immediately appeared in front of it, and is already napping.

It turns out I did the gauge swatch slightly wrong, and that can impact the results. I added a garter edge, because that was what I kept seeing, but apparently this creates lies: www.moderndailyknitting.com/community/do...

I'm going to go up and down a needle size just to see what happens. For science. And for fun.

Well, after blocking, my stitch gauge is the same, my row gauge went down by one.

So it is ever so slightly off the gauge requirements of the pattern.

I'm not sure if this is helpful for this current project, but it might come in handy to know at some point, for other things.

The unblocked gauge was spot on, so the swatch has now been washed and is drying, to see how the blocked gauge compares.

I expect that it will be slightly off, but we will find out soon enough.

Gothic Lace Cowl Learn to knit lace! Reminiscent of the arched windows of gothic cathedrals, this simple lace pattern is repetitive, rhythmic and symmetrical, making it perfect for beginner lace knitters.

Learning how to knit gauge swatches because my gothic lace cowl looks a lot less dense than the photos. So it's time to see if I should be using a smaller needle size? 🧶

tincanknits.com/pattern/goth...

Even so, the results should be consistent across batches if that were the weird factor, and they are not.

I'll be weighing the flours and starches and double checking those again next time.

How To Substitute Olive Oil For Butter In Baking More and more restaurants offer cakes and other baked desserts made with extra virgin olive oil, instead of butter.

I always expect slightly different results from most recipes, because I use olive oil instead of butter (six tablespoons of olive oil instead of a stick of butter, in this case.)
www.californiaoliveranch.com/articles/rec...

Gluten-Free Tuesday: Maple Blondies Recipe I used "Grade B" maple syrup in the blondies. This dark grade of maple syrup has a more robust flavor than the more common Grade A. If you can't find Grade B in your area, don't fret. Grade A works we...

I really enjoy these blondies, but I can't get a consistent result. Sometimes they are gooey, sometimes fudgey, and sometimes cakey. I don't mind the variety, I just wish I knew what was causing it. So that I can do it on purpose.

www.seriouseats.com/gluten-free-...

"It’s hard to know just how far back the link between knitting, sewing, and politics goes, but according to Liz Kristan, a librarian and self-proclaimed knitting historian, it goes pretty far ..." 👉 buff.ly/0sugGk3 via @teenvogue.com #knitting #history

Another five weeks, and the recurring calendar reminder to give the dog his heartworm/flea/tick prevention has once again been the only reason that I remembered to do so on schedule.

ADHD is buckets of fun, but google calendar helps.

Working with Sunshine on how to move around our bathroom, so that I can eventually give him a bath.

We've done this before, but we have moved, so now we are doing it again.

Right now, the game is he gets chicken if he sets foot in the bathroom. And then I lure him back out again, and repeat.

The ribbing and beginning of a cowl, on a wooden circular needle, in a darker magenta color, lying on a white cotton bag.

For WIP week, I can offer this: Oats Cowl by Tin Can Knits, in Berroco Vintage Aurora. 🧶

tincanknits.com/pattern/oats

#ShowMeYourKnits

I rolled Insomnia on my albuterol side effects. Whee!

Luckily, I have nowhere to be today, and the dog for company.
That makes it a pretty excellent day, really. Can't ask for much more.

#ChronicIllness

I cut my hair, and now I look exactly like my aunt.

(This isn't a bad thing, she's awesome.)

We have reached the time of year where I turn on the AC, and the dog naps in the path of the cooler air.

Side note, I don't currently have any stuffing for stuffed animals, because this is the first time I have done this, and it's been a semi impulsive project, so I will need to order proper stuffing.

But in the meantime, she might be stuffed with old (clean!) compression socks.

🧶

A knitted bag looking object, with a flat base, still on square circular needles, in a bulky sort of pastel rainbow yarn, lying on a dark blue background.

I think Poppy is about ready to bind off.

She's just barely reached 9 inches, and I am running low on yarn.

Right now she looks more like a bag or a basket than a chicken, but presumably that will change as we go.

I'd like to be on a bus, taking the dog to the forest.

I miss those trips. I think he does, too. He was a little wary of the whole idea at first, but when he caught on, he quite enjoyed the whole experience. Sometimes more than the actual forest time.

#DogsOfBluesky
#ChronicIllness
#CityDog

From a fellow brain-frogger:

I think you divide the number of stitches, 58, by the number of stitches per cm, 2.1 (because 21 stitches per 10cm is 2.1 stitches per cm). Or you can divide by 21, and then multiply by 10.

That gives you 58 stitches/2.1 stitches per cm, which equals 27.6cm.

Leaf - Free Pattern! - Blue Sky Fibers Hi Spud & Chloë Friends, I am happy to bring you a fun new free pattern today. This pattern is a little different than others I’ve done before. The pattern is for either a scarf out of Spud & Chloë Ou...

Other pattern:
blueskyfibers.com/leaf-free-pa...

This was really fun to knit, but I think I will have even more fun knitting it again in a yarn better suited to showing off the pattern. 🧶

Poppy Chicken Knitting Pattern – Mama In A Stitch I am so excited to share this adorable, easy, chicken knitting pattern with you today! You'll see the free pattern and tutorial below, or you may find the This easy chicken knitting pattern is simple ...

Pattern:
www.mamainastitch.com/poppy-chicke...

Yarn: Loops&Threads Twisted Tones
Color: PSTLPC

A knitted basket, still on the knitting needles, sitting on a dark blue blanket and black and white striped sheets. In the background, there's a scarf attached to the other end of this basket by the yarn that both are using, it's rolled up, but it is a Leaf pattern scarf. The basket is made from yarn that is variegated in a rainbow of pastel colors, and a touch of white, giving it a very spring time/Easter/unicorn vomit feeling.

I started Poppy the Chicken last night. Currently she's looking more like an Easter basket, but that should change over time. And then I guess she'll be Poppy the Spring Chicken? 🧶

I think the Leaf scarf is going to be unraveled in her favor.