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It’s actually good and right to find joy even as things fall apart. Now more than ever it is good to find joy and happiness where you can. It’s ok and good not to consume the horrors all of the time.

Photo of sweater flat on the floor, needles still in the neck with the rest of it finished. It’s striped throughout with shades of blue and grey mostly, a little green and brown

I can’t decided whether or not to add a hood to this sport weight alpaca pullover I’m finishing. Hood?!? Just a normal neckline? What do you think?

it is impressive that our downtown antifa team has turned demolishing and then rebuilding several dozen skyscrapers and high rise office buildings every 24 hours into a science

People are really going to have to abandon the fiction around a bunch of good cops showing up to save the day.

Movie question! My parents are coming to visit for a few days and I expect to watch some movies with them. Any recommendations for parent-friendly new (or newish) releases? There are lots I still haven’t seen but don’t know what I & they would both like! They generally like crime/thriller type stuff

Oh it’s fine just having a frustrating time, but all minor problems really 🙃

Button maker with a bag of pinback parts with the pin already in place in the metal disc

Very specific ask: does anyone local have the type of button maker that uses this kind of pinback part?

We got the wrong parts for our maker and it would be rad if I could borrow the right kind of maker for a short bit to use the parts, and I could give you the leftover parts in exchange!

Oh my fucking god I am having A NIGHT. I waited till the last day to get all this stuff printed/made and the universe is laughing at me. We got the wrong fucking pin back button making supplies so I have the pins printed (from earlier when that worked) but I can’t MAKE the pins 😭😭😭

Ahh okay cool I’ll try that! Thanks!

Brother HL-2140 (it’s an old one!) with cartridge TN-360 toner

Ugh it keeps printing TWO new pages and then popping back into place, every time! 🤬 thank you for the wording suggestion!

ACK! My fucking printer SAYS the toner is empty even though it’s super NOT and I need to print a bunch of zines to pack up my patreon packages tomorrow 😭😭😭 anyone know a trick to tell the printer not to think it’s empty OR where in Portland has good toner prices?

You can still sign up if you want one of these back patches (PLUS my new recipe zine PLUS my recycled yarn-making zine PLUS some other fun things I’m making today to include in the packages!!)

If you’re in war ravaged Portland, come mend in the park with us this afternoon!

I actually don’t think we should victim blame protestors for what the feds are going to do. We’ve seen them do it to perfectly peaceful protestors.

People need to be wise, use discretion, and center those most impacted, and I truly detest this rhetoric.

A sheet of prints of a dandelion and the words “Another world is not only possible, she is on her way. On a quiet day, I can hear her breathing.” in white ink on blue fabric with a subtle swirly pattern

The words are from a speech given by Arundhati Roy at the World Social Forum in Brazil on January 27th, 2003. I first encountered the quote, a bit modified, as a song lyric by Grace Petrie.

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You can still join by the end of the month to get in on these packages, which will also include multiple zines & other fun surprises!! The patches are perfect for the back of a jacket, the front of a top, a tote bag, or anything else with 9x12 inches worth of empty space www.patreon.com/LeeDoesStuff

Prints of an image of a dandelion and the words “Another world is not only possible, she is on her way. On a quiet day, I can hear her breathing.” In a script-y font, in white ink on a few different blue fabrics

I printed a big batch of these yesterday and I LOVE how they turned out! These large patches will be included in all of my physical-package patreon tier envelopes, which will be mailed out early next week.

Ahh I’m working on a movie-knitting zine for Oct and need to finish the top of the movie sweater I’ve been working on for a year so I can put it in the zine but I’m out of movie theater knitting so I need to start a NEW movie sweater for seeing a theater movie this weekend! Need more knitting time!!

Remixed: Making Recycled Yarns zine! | Lee Does Stuff Get more from Lee Does Stuff on Patreon

It’s a 30-page zine PACKED with useful information for making and using recycled yarns.

Reclaiming yarn from old sweaters is a great way to reduce your consumption of new materials and you could even make yarn as gifts for crafters if you don’t use it yourself! www.patreon.com/posts/remixe...

Hand holding three copies of Remixed: Making Recycled Yarns zine

Photo of a page inside the zine, showing some black & white photos of yarn being unraveled from a sweater and wound on a swift

Four black & white photos of a a sweater being taken apart

Photo of a page inside the zine, showing some black & white photos of yarn on a spindle, and plied yarn in a hank and a closeup of the strands

Almost 10 years after I released the ebook, I’ve redesigned Remixed: Making Recycled Yarns into a new zine!

I’ve put the files (regular pdf and print file) on my patreon for ALL paid members as a first-month bonus! And physical package tiers will get a copy in the mail, of course! …

neurodiversity is Good Actually. just want to say that

Pattern pdf cover: Winterthur BY LEE MEREDITH with five photos of fingerless mitts, two of a pair in purple shade and three of a pair in green & yellow

Screenshot of ravelry webpage: photo of Lee wearing purple mitts and text below $6.00 USD Purchase Published in Lee's Ravelry Store Lee Meredith on Payhip Stranded Magazine: Cold Weather 2017 Craft Knitting Category Hands → Fingerless Gloves/Mitts Published December 2017 Suggested yarn Quince & Co. Chickadee Yarn weight Sport (12 wpi) ? Gauge 23 stitches and 50 rows = 4 inches in Garter Stitch

Photo of pdf in indesign on computer screen showing German short rows partial tutorial and the edge of a knitting chart and 3-needle bind-off partial instructions

New knitting pattern is up on Patreon! This is a self-published re-release of a pattern that was originally in Stranded Magazine in 2017. It's available on ravelry & payhip too now, but of course without all the fun extra patreon stuff! www.patreon.com/posts/139128... www.ravelry.com/patterns/lib...

A 2002 Sony PDA displaying a Daria themed application. You can ask it questions, a bit like a magic 8 ball. Infinitely better than any AI shite.

Who the hell would use shit like ChatGPT when Dear Daria on the 2002 Sony Clié PEG-NX80V exists

And that myth works until people actually see clips of Charlie doing his thing, at which point the entire hustle falls apart.

This is why they're trying to get people fired for accurately quoting things that he actually said.

💯 A bunch of friends have driven over to Washington state to get theirs, which I may be doing this weekend as well.

It's no wonder that criticism is getting gutted at outlets right now, because understanding how to process art on more than a surface level is antithetical to the monolithic "my way is the right way" edict of our current fascist regime. There's no room for interpretation or nuance. And that sucks.

Mask up and get your vaccines if you can, friends.

When the left talks about the ills of the right, they’re talking about the most powerful people in the country including the president. When the right talks about the ills of the left they’re talking about a screenshot they saw of a guy on Bluesky with 6.3K followers.

Haven’t had time to listen to this ep yet but this is one of my few always-listen podcasts and I recently joined their new Patreon because of how much I trust them to be a reliable source