#folkmore

[now-that-i-saw-you]

I've been listening to folkmore and I noticed each track contrasts its sister track on the other album

Track 1: wishing a great love would've lasted forever vs wishing a great love will last forever

Track 2: a girl who was left vs a girl who had to leave

Track 3: a biographical story of a real person, a life that happened vs a life (and a love) that never happened

Track 4: meeting an ex-lover and either walking out or letting the moment take you and rekindle the flame even if it's just for a weekend

Track 5: walking out of a loveless relationship vs staying in one. There's also something to say about how the speaker in my tears richochet is so much more active. "When I'd fight you used to tell me I was brave" or "I didn't have it in myself to go with grace" vs "I sit and watch you"

Track 6: this is a little hard for me tbh. Could be about killing parts of yourself to change and please others vs killing someone for your own desires ('cause Este's husband didn't really need to die it was just revenge).

Track 7: childhood love that lasted forever even if the two are no longer in contact vs adult love that didn't last. "Hit my peak at seven" vs "it's the price I pay for seven years in heaven. Accepting change vs struggling to accept change

Track 8: a love that was never yours vs a love that used to be yours. "You were never mine" vs "you know, you'll always know me"

Track 9: trying to fix your mistakes vs regretting not fixing your mistakes soon enough

Track 10: the mistress vs the cheater. A love affair that kills you vs a love affair that brings you back to life.

Track 11: they're both so similar, looking at the past and what brought the speaker and her lover together. But invisible string is happier and more "naïve" whereas cowboy like me is a little more pessimistic "all along there was some invisible string tying you to me" vs "forever is the sweetest con"

Track 12: "my cannon's all firin' at your yacht" vs "I dropped my sword, threw it in the bushes and knocked on your door"

Track 13: her grandfather vs her grandmother. epiphany tells the story of the moment her grandfather lived in WWII while marjorie is taylor recounting her memories with her grandmother

Track 14: not being able to give your partner peace vs your partner giving you peace. I'd never give you peace, I'd always make things hard for you vs you saved me, you were the light at the end of the tunnel when things were hard

Track 15: "this has frozen my ground" vs "did you hear about the girl who got frozen?"

Track 16: wanting time to stop moving vs knowing when it's time to move on

#i'll probably come back to rwylm and hoax cause I just can't verbalize my thoughts #folkmore #folklore #evermore #ttpd prep

[maferbaruta]

Tbt to this drawing I made back in 2020 to celebrate folklore anniversary! Truly a masterpiece 🌿🤍 @taylorswift @taylornation

#digital art #my art #artists on tumblr #taylor swift #taylor swift eras #folklore #folklore album #character design #taylor swift the eras tour #the eras tour #taylor swift fanart #taylor swift drawing #digital illustration #folkmore #taylor swift art #swiftie art #swifties #taylor nation

[slut4slytherinss]

And if you kick every folkmore stan out of this country, then who is going to be reading your Six of Crows duology, Leigh Bardugo?

#evermore #folklore #taylor swift #folkmore #tswift13 #leigh bardugo #six of crows #crooked kingdom #jesper fahey #kaz brekker #inej ghafa #nina zenik #matthias helvar #wylan van eck #nikolai lantsov #genya safin #zoya nazyalensky #grishaverse #the grishaverse #grisha #ice court heist #kanej #wesper #helnik #ninej #lgbtq #fluff #angst #Leigh Bardugo is mother #author

[cinnmongirll]

when you're young, they assume you know nothing.

#moodboard #aesthetic #aesthetic moodboard #icons #taylor swift core #ts #taylor swift #ts folklore #folk core #folklore #folklore core #folklore aesthetic #folkmore #folk #light academia #light acadamia aesthetic #light academism #messy mb #taylor swift moodboard #ts moodboard #taylor swift midnights #ts aesthetic #ts icons #messy aesthetic #light academia core

[andichoseyou]

the one…

#taylor swift #taylurking #folklore #evermore #the 1 #cardigan #cowboy like me #right where you left me #tswiftedit #tswiftlyrics #ts edit #ts lyrics #candy swift #lyrics #parallels #my edit #green #folkmore #everlore #parallel: the one

[swiftieinbrazil]

Taylor Swift lyrics + garden

#taylor swift #tswiftedit #taylorswiftedit #tsedit #taylor swift lyrics #tswiftlyrics #the lucky one #blank space #cruel summer #the great war #love story taylor's version #betty folklore #no body no crime #cowboy like me #midnights taylor swift #folkmore #lover album #red taylor swift #taylor swift 1989 #fearless taylor’s version

[senereiiity]

one of my fav pics of Taylor💚

“green was the color of your dress when you were 33 at The Eras Tour”

#taylorswift #the eras tour lockscreens #the eras movie #the eras tour #folklore #folklovermore #folkmore #green dress #clowncore #tswiftdaily #tswiftedit #t swizzle #taylor alison swift #tay #love taylor #swiftcreators #swifties #tswift13 #tswiftnation #taylornation #taylors version

[the-tortured-poets-dpt]

evermore season

#taylor swift #swiftie #taylurking #taylors version #tswiftcreatorsnet #eras taylor swift #tswiftedit #evermore #evermore aesthetic #taylor swift aesthetic #pics:not mine #mine: edits #folkmore #taylor edits #taylor swift moodboard #moodboard

[fortn13ght]

cause baby now we got bad blood 🩸

#Taylor swift #swifties #swifty #taylor nation #taylornation #taylor swift debut #fearless #speak now #red #1989 #reputation #lover #folkmore #folklore #evermore #midnights #ts ttpd #ttpd era #the tortured poets department #tortured poets department #taylor’s version #taylurking #taytay #taylor alison swift #the eras tour #the eras taylor swift #the eras movie #eras tour #t swift #t swizzle

[kaliangel]

real

#girlblogger #girlblogging #taylor swift #femcel #female hysteria #evermore #folkmore #coquette #girlboss #female manipulator

[torturedpoetera]

Taylor Swift icons

#taylor swift #taylor swift icons #icons #pfp #folklore #folkmore #the eras tour #eras era #tswift midnights #tswiftedit #taylor swift pfp #speak now taylor’s version #1989taylorswift #bleachella #1989 taylor's version #taylor nation #taylor’s version

[notexactlyrocketscience]

I hand-knit the folklore cardigan so [with my v important pointers] you totally can, too!

Pattern

Taylor Swift's folklore the "Cardigan" by Lion Brand (free)

I have several qualms about this pattern, and though it’s easy to comprehend for the most part, I kind of hate it. But! I have tips below so that you can use this free pattern and OG cardigan reference pictures to make the perfect finished project. It’s also super easy actually even if you’ve never done cables or a large project before.

Materials (used as recommended by the pattern)

Needles: Takumi Clover US 9 (5.5 mm), 29" circular needles—My first time trying bamboo needles and this brand, I LOVED it. It made continental knitting so easy and fluid. I would recommend longer cables to make the button band part less stressful, and perhaps smaller diameter needles to make the ribbing prettier

Lion Brand Wool Ease: see rant below

Buttons: 3 1.25"-diameter La Mode buttons (there are prettier ones out there though they can get frighteningly expensive, pick what you like)

A summary of issues

the sizing runs very large

the button band (and, by extension, side panels) is all wrong for sizes other than S/M (the whole pattern is based aound S/M with suggested alterations for other sizes)

the arms turn out way too long for any size if you follow the instructions

the back cables (and possibly some others) are spaced distinctly differently from the OG folklore cardigan from Taylor’s site

the suggested yarn (Lion Brand Wool Ease) is scratchy on sensitive skin, stiff, thicker, more fuzzy than the folklore cardigan (and sheds a lot!), and stretches a lot which makes the cardigan larger than expected

Biggest tips (if you want to knit a cardigan similar to the OG)

CHECK YOUR GAUGE

measure yourself to pick size, and size down

find a bunch of pictures of the OG cardigan in the size that you want & count the stitches from the photos + graph the Lion Brand pattern, and compare before you begin

make alterations as needed

DO NOT BLIND BUY LION BRAND WOOL EASE

My best advice would be to just do a big guage swatch (as recommended on the pattern), run it through the wash, block it, measure it, plus assume that the cardigan will additionally stretch out on your body whenever worn. (Also if you’ve never knitted a garment before, the individual pieces absolutely look bigger once assembled and seamed than when they do on the needles while being knit.) The button band will add some width as well.

The button band is the current object of my misery. The cardigan fits like a cute tent, but the buttons beginning near my stomach is a no-go. I would definitely recommend double checking the spacing of the buttonholes on the button band because I kind of wish I’d altered them a little bit according to how I want the front to look. But then, the side panels would have to start slanting higher up towards the neck, so the whole neck should have been a smaller V. And I don’t have the heart to frog all the way back to to that. Still wondering if I should just shift the buttons higher and redo the button band, but I might just leave it as is and call it a day.

The recommended yarn is Lion Brand Wool-Ease, but actually I regret using it because it’s so stretchy and bulky, so the cardigan turned out a lot more chunky (and a lot more stretchy too I’m guessing) than the OG. I even found the finished measurements on the pattern misleading due to the cardigan stretching due to its own weight.

The pattern also calls for very long arms so I would advise just doing 4.5 diamonds for the back and then 4 diamonds for the arms, just like the OG! I thought 4 diamonds would be too short but the off-shoulder fit makes 5 diamonds incredibly long for me, and 4 would have been perfect!

I’m not sure why the instructions were that misleading with the sizing—Partly it’s me messing up with my guage, but I’m thinking it might also be because Lion Brand was basing it off the OG folklore cardigans from Taylor’s website, which I’ve heard run immensely large in a similar fashion. Still, I’m not sure exactly how the sizing compares to that of the XS/S and M/L OG cardigans

I usually am an S for perfectly fitted T shirts, and I get M sized crewnecks/hoodies for a perfect, comfy, borderline oversized fit that isn’t snug over layers. I was confused between knitting the S/M and L/XL because I wanted an oversized fit. I worried the S/M might be too snug and figured it was better to err on the side of it being a bit larger than expected because it’s still possible to style that, while a too-small cardigan would just be unwearable. But I think sizing down is the best way to go for that pattern and yarn if you’re picking between two sizes. The S/M pattern would probably produced something that fits more like a regular L/XL you would expect to see in a store.

Also, the yarn is fuzzy and pills a lot! It’s also slightly scratchy even after conditioning. So I would say just pick a durable yarn that creates a fabric that you love first before you start the project!

The Lion Brand pattern’s back cables are spaced slightly differently from the OG cardigans. (The OG had some moss stitched space between the two left cables on either end and the group of other cables in the center.) There might be other differences too. I know there are some other patterns out there you can pay for and they might be more accurate to the OG, but I would recommend simply looking up pictures of the OG cardigan in the size that you’re aiming for, and then taking note of the differences and making the alterations yourself! The stitches are fairly easy to count!

I have a breadth of regrets about this project (and some of it is just post-project blues, y’know?), but you live and you learn, folks! And I definitely learned a lot from this project. :) Will come back here and update once I add the (very expensive) silver star patches I’ve been procrastinating to buy because I’m so broke and so sad about how it turned out. I’m confident all the time I’ve spent on her will culminate in me surely falling in love with her soon enough. <3

#taylor swift #folklore #folklore cardigan #knitting #cardigan taylor swift #taylor swift cardigan #folklore aesthetic #folklovermore #folkmore #evermore #willow taylor swift #fiber arts #fibre arts #fiber art #fibre art #fiber artist #fibre artist #knitter #crocheter #cardigan #t swift #ravelry #lion brand yarn #knitting pattern #free knitting pattern #free pattern #cottagecore #winter #fall #autumn

[mmemirrorball]

I know aaron dessie cooked on this album I can feel it in my soul

#PLS GOD #aaron dessner #folkmore #ttpd #the tortured poets department #ts 11 #taylor swift #swifties #taylor nation #taylors version #tswiftnation #swiftie

[taylortruther]

i feel like a lot of fans are only able to view folklore in two extremes: (1) it’s all fiction, no influences from her life affect it (2) it’s all based in reality, to the point that there’s no fictional elements at all—the latter is just being used as a way to keep adding to the ‘she hated being with joe’ thing bc she writes about heartbreak. and honestly it just feels so trivializing to her craft as an artist. yes someone in a relationship can write about heartbreak without going thru it at the time, or you can channel feelings from a very specific period in time into art without it expressing ur current state. idk it just feels like people don’t want to listen to what she says about her own art

hmmm i agree but also think i might slightly disagree. imo taylor is bviously drawing from her own life for all of these songs, but i think the fandom has extrapolated a lot, post-breakup, that is not necessary.

it's not super relevant (to me) to try and find "signs" that things were leading to a breakup. all relationships have their issues! that's what she'll write about, even with travis or whoever. and often couples go through the same fights, the same issues, over time!! sometimes they lead to a breakup, other times you can manage them together and get stronger. sounds like perhaps taylor and joe were in the latter category until they simply couldn't do it anymore. that's...... normal!

plus, taylor was open about her own fears and anxieties, and she was also confronting memories and lessons learned because it was simply time - things like fear that her life was a burden, depression, suicidal ideation, what she's gained from her success, what she's lost, the loss of her masters and friendships, etc.

these are all intertwined with her songs in folklore, evermore, and midnights. and all of her love songs with joe. they're impossible to separate.

however, this isn't me suggesting it was all in her head. i have long taken issue with the fandom's old mentality that "all of their problems are due taylor's anxiety"... some of the songs (like hoax or renegade) make it clear joe had his own issues. duh. because he's human lmao.

but they're her songs about her experiences and fictionalizing some of these issues was therapeutic.

i don't really know why people struggle with this. idk.

#evermore #folklore #folkmore

[ciwywlover]

they say move on but you know I won't

#mad woman #taylor swift #my tears ricochet #the eras tour #folklore #tswiftedit #taylor swift edit #tswiftlyrics #tswift #tscreators #tswift edits #folkmore #witches

[the-tortured-poets-dpt]

back when i was living for the hope of it all

#she looks so happy #taylor swift #swiftie #taylors version #folklore era #folklore #taylor swift eras #taylurking #the eras tour #tswiftcreatorsnet #tswiftgif #tswiftedit #gif:mine #taylor swift gifs #folkmore