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also, float tax for those who just have to see the ladder-back jacquard

Embrace Octopus Sweater, completed in march 2023

this was the pattern that got me into knitting sweaters, and the pattern that got me into knitting color work. it took years and several sweaters, shirts, and other color work projects to work my skills up to the point I felt comfortable with this, but for a while this was what was guiding my knitting journey. now that I'm on the other side, I do feel a bit lost. it's really fun having something that consumes you like this—I feel like I'm always chasing something that can be that light, that can answer questions about what to do next, that can give me a metric to measure against. until I find that again, I'll just be making what feels right in the moment

also, wearing this sweater feels like you're getting a big, warm hug from a tentacled beast, which I'm sure some of you freaks are into

#knitting #fiber arts #knitblr #yarn #handmade #sweater #octopus #tentacles #ladder-back jacquard #lbj

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Embrace Octopus Sweater, completed in march 2023

this was the pattern that got me into knitting sweaters, and the pattern that got me into knitting color work. it took years and several sweaters, shirts, and other color work projects to work my skills up to the point I felt comfortable with this, but for a while this was what was guiding my knitting journey. now that I'm on the other side, I do feel a bit lost. it's really fun having something that consumes you like this—I feel like I'm always chasing something that can be that light, that can answer questions about what to do next, that can give me a metric to measure against. until I find that again, I'll just be making what feels right in the moment

also, wearing this sweater feels like you're getting a big, warm hug from a tentacled beast, which I'm sure some of you freaks are into

#knitting #knitblr #fiber arts #yarn #handmade #sweater #octopus #tentacles

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fragments from leaving - a zine i made in march.

#this means so much to me #this is just #so so special #i love that we communicate in such similar way #in ways that feel unique and personal but still speak directly to each other #i didn't know i needed this #but i do #i love you

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I knit a shirt with a pretty cool pattern!!

#knitting #fiber arts #yarn #knitblr #handmade

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crabstractions - march 2024

a zine I made, inspired by a crab-loving friend, exploring the funny shapes of these water-dwelling creatures

#zine #crabs #my art #colored pencil

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touch

the rich colors that layering watercolors gives is so magical, warm, alive

#watercolor #painting #i cannot get enough of drawing hands

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Beetle Pillows // Blue Moon Handicraft

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finally finished the ref sheet!! meet crabstack

#friend art #it's so adorable #definitely going to hug me with it's paw #and grab me by the throat with its claw

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shrimp!!

shrimps are cool but i am not a shrimp. when i shrimp over the table for too long, my back starts to hurt. i stand up on my human legs and stretch my human body every hour. sometimes i wish i was a shrimp.

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I'm drifting, not really sure where to rest, not really sure where to get comfortable. I don't feel like I have much of a consistent community that lifts me up and inspires me and drives me toward something greater. there are places I'm in that have aspects of that, that hint toward that thing, that I see others getting that out of, but for whatever reason, I haven't had a place in a while.

not just in art, but in all aspects of life. I'm so slow to bounce back from change, and things have been changing in my life. many things good, but all of them difficult for me. I need people, community, to stabilize me, and I just don't know how to find it.

if you're reading this, thank you. I don't need suggestions, but any advice you have would actually be appreciated. in return, I offer this sweet little cat, printed on dish towels for a friend.

#block printing #linocut #printmaking #it's partially depression #but when depression makes it hard to connect with others #and that connection stabilizes and grounds you #it's such a hard spot to be in #how do you start to make it better

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acorns

#study #something about the gradients and the pigmentation and the greens in these little guys is fascinating to me

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mlp (my little puppy)

(flutters is a borzoi + rainbows a greyhound)

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hello, again

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Round guy PNGs.

(1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. 8. 9.)

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Brown Teal & Kiwi for #avianaugust!

carrd / patreon

#LOVE BIRDS

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flowery

#roseluck #thank you funk!!!!

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I've been practicing latte art on the espresso machines at work. I'm really hoping to get an espresso machine of my own sometime soon...