#other things are knitted socks

[zoueriemandzijnopmars]

7. Im curious

7. hair-ties or scrunchies?

Hair-ties! Somehow scrunchies are among the many things where the idea of actually wearing them puts me off. I have no idea why, because they do look cute but I personally just stick to hair-ties.

Send me weirder asks!

#other things are knitted socks #actually anything knitted that would directly touch my skin with exceptions of scarves gloves and hats #anything with fake or real fur #anything with teddy fabric #just I don't know what it is probably textures #I feel least strong about the scrunchies tbh it was worse when I was younger #I got an ask!!! #about me #though I just discovered that when I was really young my mom did put in scrunchies in my hair so I have no idea when my squicky feelings #actually started

[unopenablebox]

i was looking back at my old knitting posts to check on a thing and like yeah i really did just rocket right up the knitting skill tree over the course of a few months. no wonder i'm convinced i can knit literally anything i've spent ten minutes reading and watching videos about.

my personal knitting trajectory is that i learned to knit at age 8, stopped knitting at age 16 or so, and did not knit anything more complex than circular knit legwarmers with mild shaping at that time (so i could make rectangles and tubes and slightly widen the tubes). (ok i also did one lace scarf for about four inches but it was very bad.) then i got back into it at the end of college, and my projects were lace cowl > multiple stranded colorwork hats > socks on dpns > elaborately cabled sweater (which i finished only the back and half a sleeve of, admittedly, and am now picking up again) > most of a beaded lace crescent shawl in the span of, like, five months. and then a bunch of other shit after that! i literally can just learn to knit whatever the fuck i want, that's just uncontroversially true. what a fantastic hobby

#truly an all-time activity for me who loves to learn new things and then be instantly great at them #one of my many super likeable qualities. #knitting #box opener #this was a great sweater concept im jazzed that i get to pick it up again bc i think nowadays i might not start it #bc ive convinced myself that garments are too much knitting for my bad wrists #but it's worsted! so it might be literally the same total stitch count as socks #and also. i can knit whatever the fuck i want #to be clear i think 'this thing is too advanced for [the rhetorical knitter] to knit it' is kind of a fake idea in full generality #there are specific patterns that might need a lot of scaffolding to start with bc of what they assume about your knowledge base #or that are like poorly written or w/e #and there are skills where it might be *easier* to learn to do x in a less complex form/not simultaneously with other things #but the best thing to knit is the one you are jazzed about trying to knit. imo. #YOU can knit whatever the fuck you want‚ in all likelihood #true beginners i might advice to start with something that's square for a while. like several inches of being square. but it doesn't have t #be square the whole time! if you're ready to introduce new ideas!

[milkweedman]

One thing I did realize a bit ago re: the southdown socks, is that despite all the work I did making them worsted prep... I didn't actually spin them entirely worsted. I never figured out how to smooth the yarn while spinning on spindles, I can only do it on a wheel. So these aren't like... the most durable possible version. No way can I get another pair out of the same fleece though. So, I'm mentally preparing myself for these not to be the bulletproof* socks of my dreams, but that's okay.

*literally just socks that last as long on my feet as they would on any other person. I don't know what is wrong with how I walk.

#i had a tag for the sock saga but ive lost it #if anyone finds it pls tell me lol #it was something like 'kolyas ongoing sock saga' but not that #anyway #among the other things i look forward to about hopefully one day getting a damn wheelchair (less pain and dislocations would be nice #as would um. getting to do things. and go places.) #im guessing my socks will get a lot less wear #that would genuinely be thrilling #sock knitting #socks #knitting #southdown babydoll #kolya's ongoing saga of wearing through all its socks absurdly quickly #thank you purple !!!!!

[throttlegainwell]

Finally gonna knit a sweater after a decade or so of making stuff with yarn. Wish me luck.

#knitting #i dunno i just never really felt moved to do a sweater #when i want to make something big i do a blanket or shawl #when i want to make something fiddly or with a bunch of different components i do socks or like convertible mittens/gloves #the other thing is that i never seemed to have the right needles and i always feel guilty buying tools even though it's my money you know? #my dude's a big guy though so even though i knit quickly it's gonna take me a while lol #it was between this knitted one & a crocheted one but this pattern was free so yeah

[fiendishartist2]

christmas at s+s featuring reigen's surprisingly well crafted gifts

painstaking captions under the cut:

(from left to right, top to bottom)

don't complain about getting socks, they're hard to make and-

you made these for me?

*squeak*

thank you, reigen

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thank you, shishou!

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pose for pictures, mob!

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you better be grateful... stripes aren't easy!

(no one's ever done smth like this for him)

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say dimple, do you like your present?

i could kill you easily

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look ritsu! shishou made you a pair too

oh... just like yours shige?

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i'm going to kill reigen

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look upon my awesome scarf and weep!

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yo reigen, how did you know what my hamsters look like?

your boyfriend told m- OW!

#they're all crocheted/knitted bc i think reigen would be into those kinds of things #i should make a post about my hcs of them all but trust me: reigen likes crochet over knitting bc its faster and he likes learning- #-all of the stitches #mob's cat beanie is based off of smth i made the other day and his fingerless paw gloves are based on smth i want to make lol #seri got socks which are actually not that hard to make reigen is lying <3 they're just tedious to make an exact pair #teru got a vest. tome got a scarf. ritsu got the same as mob </3 not to spite him but bc reigen knows mob would like to match his brother #shou got arigurumi of his 2 hamsters (reigen made them based off of pictures ritsu reluctantly gave him) #and dimple got his ''family pet'' sweater </333 #posting here bc i think ppl can at least see my posts on this blog lol #no updates on the blog situation btw so ¯⁠\⁠_⁠(⁠ツ⁠)⁠_⁠/⁠¯ i'll send another email soon ig #i dont want to caption all of the writing but im 100% sure its illegible so.... #my art #mob psycho 100 #mp100 #reigen arataka #shigeo kageyama #teruki hanazawa #tome kurata #shou suzuki #serizawa katsuya #ritsu kageyama #dimple #serirei #ritshou #kinda. if you could read it you would know lol #reigen loves his familyyyyyyyyyyy T_T

[howlinchickhowl]

this was not what i intended to write today, but i got caught up in the mickey x lip best bro-ship madness (thanks to @gardenerian, @baguetteslut, @celestialmickey) and inspired by the @galladrabbles prompt for this week from @flamingbluepanda, and this happened! It is not exactly 100 words long...but it is 6.7 times as long as that, so I feel like that counts?? maybe?? Right?!

anyway, whatever it is, it's here:

They're clearing away after dinner when Lip and Tami show up.

“Where’s the kids?” Lip asks, pulling Ian into a one-armed hug and dropping a couple of knitting patterns on the table with a nod in Mickey’s direction.

“Tory’s room.” Mickey replies, all three of them had piled in there as soon as the last piece of pizza was gone. “Where’s your hair?” 

Self-conscious, Lip scrubs one hand over his very closely-shaven head, a head that had had at least a half a head of hair on it this morning when Mickey had dropped Tory off for the school run. 

“Ah”, Lip ducks his head with that squinting grimace he does, “the guy got a little excited.”

Tami snorts from over by the stove where she is picking pieces of zucchini out of the salad, and Lip shoots her a sharp glare. 

“He found a gray hair.” She announces to the room, seemingly unaware of the daggers Lip is throwing her way. “Had a mid-life crisis in the car this morning, it was a whole big thing.”

“Christ Tami!”

“What? I was gonna ending up telling Ian later after a couple of drinks anyway, and you know he would tell Mickey, I don’t know why you pretend you can keep secrets.” 

Lip rolls his eyes with a huff and skirts around the table to go say hi to the kids. Ian winces with second-hand guilt as he goes. Mickey and Tami just meet each other’s eyes and shrug. 

“You ready to go?” Tami asks Ian, her feet clearly itching in her dancing shoes. His husband nods and gathers his wallet, jacket and keys, giving Mick a peck on the cheek and ushering her out the door. 

It’s a few minutes before Lip emerges from the bedroom, salad’s all boxed up and Mickey’s popped a beer while he puts the last of the dishes away.

He stops at the edge of the kitchen area, hands shoved in his back pockets, and they regard each other for a moment, quiet.

“What’s up Grandpa?” Mickey says eventually, just to cut through the weirdness.  He’s trying to keep it light, he learned nearly a decade ago that shitting on Lip is no fun when it actually makes him feel shitty. 

“Fuck off Mickey.” Lip grumbles, not quite in the pit of despair yet, though clearly sensitive. 

Mickey wonders how he’ll feel, when his time comes. Or Ian’s. If Lip’s there now they can’t be far behind. He’s growing thick wiry hairs in new places and sneezing so loud you could wake his entire army of dead nazi relatives. He’s ageing. They all are. And it’s hard to know how to feel about it.  

They are quiet, and his eyes drift to the box sitting by the balcony doors, delivered yesterday and yet to be opened. Assorted yarn from some dead lady’s knitting stores, he’d paid six bucks for it on ebay without knowing what was in it. That’s the kind of shit he did these days. Old Man Milkovich, buying yarn on the internet to share with his Geriatric Gallagher brother-in-law. If his fifteen year old self could see him now.

“Hey uh, estate sale lucky dip thing got delivered yesterday.” 

“Oh yeah?” Lip looks relieved at the change of topic, and kind of psyched about the yarn, Jesus Christ they’re barely even forty. 

“Wanna look through? Might be some shit you can use for Sockathon or whatever.”

“Yeah cool. Smoke first?” He nods, and they both move in the direction of the balcony, Lip patting his pockets for his smokes. 

Mickey sidles up as they walk and gets a hand on the back of Lip’s head, fucking weird and bristly, he remembers hating Ian’s when he buzzed it in prison. 

“Just try not to get upset if there’s any gray stuff in there.” He jokes, giving Lip’s head a hard shove and dodging away from the shove that comes in return. 

“Suck a dick, Mickey.” 

Later, Mickey thinks, with glee. Later, he's gonna. Lip probably doesn't wanna know though, it is his baby brother's dick after all. 

#fic #i wrote this #lip x mickey best bro-ship #btw sockathon. if you're interested. is a thing I made up that Lip started when he got involved with the PTA at Fred's school #because gentrification or not there's still kids who are without enough warm clothes in the winter #so Lip started a thing with the other PTA moms where they knit socks for kids who need socks #and once a year they do a 24 hour thing where they camp out in the gymnasium and drink too much coffee and knit for sponsorship money

[mapoptart]

Knitting socks

#knitting #socks #my dolls #so i went back to knitting after crocheting a furby bag #still have to upload that #and then i remembered that i still haven't finished the 2 at a time socks #and i had other sock yarn left #so i made swatches like i am supposed to do #and then made mini thigh highs for my made to move curvy Barbie #i made them separately from each other because i was still working on a pattern for it #anyway this was just another instance of me minimizing things for my dolls #dolls

[devinwolfi]

sockgress(sock progress) goodnight

#my knitting #i hate you heel flaps but its fine its over now <3 #the leg on this thing i so long i hope i can finish it lmao #sock knitting #knitting #idk how i feel about the word sockgress #btw we as a society are ignoring the part where once i started the gusset i forgot how the double decreases on the instep pattern worked #so theres a bunch of them that are fucked up for no reason other than foolishness

[typheus]

8 of the 9 rows are attached!! (Then i ran out of yarn) It weights 25lbs 💀

#other #t talks #crochet #next i have to figure out what color i want the join to be on the granny square blanket. im thinking green #but im biased so idk #and also the finish the striped blanket for my sister #but im not doing either of those things lol #i joined a mkal on ravelry (place for crochet n knit petterns btw) #its the house of the dragon mystery socks. i thot itd be fun. and also i really need more wool socks 💀 my feet get so fucking cold ❄ #and also this make along is free. normally i dont do mkals/mcals cause im very picking about which patterns i buy #so paying for a Mystery knit/crochet along. doesnt makes sense for me. also im kinda a selfish maker lol #so making it n having to give it away cause i didnt like it would suck skdjfgj

[schadenfreudich]

Wonderful, no one in this system was normal today in the slighest. We're all fucking weirdos

#i don't think any of the others tried at all #and how am i supposed to try if the main things i talked about today were vatermörder (collar). reichsmark (former currency) #and the socks i'm knitting #my hyperfixations already betray me before i could try being normal #no. really. how would you evenbring up reichsmark in a normal conversation without it being very weird? #and i mean normal. not in a specific field of study #i don't do anything. i'm a guy with no job #or anything else #i can't be normal bringing that up #and now i am thinking about that again #rotating coins in my mind. again #-franz

[krshush]

stares at my new boots. stares at my newest skirt. stares at weather forecast tomorrow. stares at grocery list.

Hm.

#I can wear my skirt to grocery run Easy. but the boots... I'd need to wear a pair of my Work Socks #and even then would they work in those tall ass boots. the knitted upper at least helps against any discomfort vs other mats but hmmm. #HMMMM. #the thing is also I wanna wear my new stuff quite badly so I believe I will. maybe. Probably. #at the expense that maybe I'll just have to rest my legs later for work Sat if further breaking in of the thigh highs goes bad #this is nothing for anyone except me. #K.R. shush

[milkweedman]

Spinning some green merino to ply with the merino silk blend i spun earlier (i ended up spinning the whole bobbin that day), on a great suggestion from @swords-n-spindles . It's three different colors that im doing longish repeats of. Hoping it'll look a little like a peacock feather once it's plied.

Also, a picture of the river from a few days ago. My phone sucks, but the view was gorgeous in person. Think i might try to paint it later, although...all of my oil paints spent the last 8 months outside in the greenhouse, so they may be unusable. We'll see though.

#yesterday at work we took the kids to an amusement park for the last day and my boss for some reason posted me next to a kids train ride #ig she thought the other counselors would drop their kids off with me so they could have their breaks #i have no idea what happened but i ended up sitting there for 3 hours knitting a sock and having literally nothing to do #which was very aggravating bc i also didnt get to say goodbye to any of the kids ? and now i will never see them again #anyway point being this old lady sat down next to me there and was fascinated by my self striping sock yarn #and we talked for a while about crafting (she mostly crochets but took a picture of my sock in progress to send her daughter) #she used to be a costume designer and is now a painter and she was telling me the best thing to paint is flowers #and that some flowers almost seem to be made to be painted #anyway it was an interesting conversation. i didnt get her name but it made me want to paint again even more #probably not flowers though. i still prefer landscapes i think #spinning #handspun yarn #merino

[zeawesomebirdie]

Chronic fatigue time woot woot, time to read all those fic recs, reread my favorite fics, and get back to typesetting

#if this sounds busy to you its because i have adhd and cannot stand to do only one activity for too many days in a row #ive been knitting the same fucking pair of socks the entire time ive been in the hospital #like bro #boring *af* #and itd be done by now if i wasnt; yknow; in the fucking hospital recovering from losing all sensation in my lower body #so forgive me for wanting to do literally anything other than knit socks right now 😅 #(but dont worry) #(socks are still my favorite thing to knit!!) #(im just ready for something else <3) #first thing on my typesetting list is to harvest and clean the text from one of the easier knitting patterns i have #i dont have many short fics on my typesetting list #(i mostly read behemoth slow burns) #(thanks ram <3333) #and i cant buy affinity publisher for my laptop #so im just gonna harvest into google docs and clean up from there #once i get home and back on my pc ill get affinity and properly typeset #but the harvesting and cleaning part is whats gonna be doable from my laptop #so thats what were gonna do!! #plus i currently have 93 works on my 'planned to bind' spreadsheet #15ish of them are knitting/crochet patterns #i just like physical patterns dont @ me lmao #anyway #thats why ive been so silent lately lmao #we gucci now though #pt triggered a fatigue episode #(as i anticipated; tbch; i called it the day o started pt and needed to lay down for three hours afterwards bc cfs) #so now we gotta recover from like #sensation loss *plus* chronic fatigue #we gucci I promise

[tllgrrl]

The words are stuck again, so I’m grabbing another WIP to help with the rough draft of something that got waylaid by a bunch of photographs that were flying around onhere. (IYKYK)

Re: this sock. I often make things that no one will see but me, just to tickle my own fancy. Just for the process of making the thing. The process of making a thing is figuring it out, seeing how it’s made, maybe tinkering with it. Customizing.

(Bespoke Socks are a Thing. Trust me.)

I don’t know what delights me more: The butterflies or that sweet little braid just under the cuff. Or maybe it’s the indie dyed yarn. I mean look at how active that blue is. And that pink to purple? I laughed the first time I saw it, because it’s kind of ridiculous. I’d never wear anything that bright…except on my feet…or under everything. But…

What does this have to do with Writing?

Everything.

#makers gonna make #other wips #socks #hand knit socks #socks hand knitted by me #yeah I knit socks #because I can #process knitting is a thing #the doing is more fun than the having #the having is better when I make it #sometimes I make what I covet #i’m also working on a sweater I won’t need until November #wyd sunday

[crime-of-the-century]

dont be like me and keep casting on socks

eight (8) wips is too many

#knitting #imagine actually finishing things #but the bottom two are skipping stones and three leaves #(both in explorer knits lions den and barrel aged sour) #middle row is deep harbour and ribbed sock and dip in the road sock #in lang soxxtwins less travelled yarns and lily and pine #top is two different vanilla socks and then woodfolk socks #in lily and pine then the other two are both retrosaria mondim

[alagaisia]

Stumbled on a weird website for a work thing. With no other context, what is your response when you hear this phrase:

Context: this is a phrase used by the organization that founded March 18th as “Global Recycling Day”, on a page introducing their position that recycling/recycled materials should be thought of as the Seventh Natural Resource.

The six natural resources that they claim “we” tend to think of as the most important are: water, air, oil, natural gas, coal, and minerals.

#recycling #poll #natural resources #I really feel like right after air and water comes plant and animal life??? #humanity was around for a long time without doing much with any of the bottom two thirds of that list #what about like. clay. or metal? any metal? #unless both of those are considered minerals? I don’t know what a mineral is #I don’t necessarily disagree with what they’re trying to do by framing recycling as a resource we could be taking better advantage of #but I feel like they’ve made up a framework to go along with it so that they can have a catchy ‘seventh resource’ tag #instead of just going ‘hey we could think of this differently’ or putting any work into thinking of a different catchy name that makes sense #maybe I’m wrong. maybe everyone else on tumblr is going around like ‘i tend to think of the mitochondria as the powerhouse of the cell and a #also of six natural resources as the most important ones’ #but. that’s what polls are for #just say like ‘the earth has lots of natural resources that help us and also we’ve created a __ resource for ourselves: recyclables’ #__ can be something to replace natural. not manmade but like. anthrop-something maybe. you get the point. #they also on a different page said that recycling is ‘the front line in the war on climate change’ which like #i so fundamentally don’t see eye to eye with this mindset that leads you to think everything is a war on something else #also. strong language from a site that’s just saying ‘recycling is good for the economy’ and not promoting violence against the people respo #responsible for climate change denialism in government and corporate policy etc #‘women sitting at home knitting socks for refugees were on the front lines of WWI’ like. it’s important. it’s important and it’s taking care #of each other. but it’s not a war. it’s a totally different thing. your analogy is bad and your assumptions are unsound. #mine