yea, yea.

sword and shield

Remember when Lil Nas X beautifully explored his sexuality, seduced and killed the devil to the banger of all time, and instead of cheering on this openly gay and proud Black artist for his artistry and fighting back against respectability politics, suddenly said respectability politics was all the Queerest Place on the Internet cared about? Hm. Wonder what happened there.

Me: I actually like to use women's deodorant because the stuff for men dries out my skin and smells like harsh chemicals

*BANG*

(3 hours later, at Walmart)

(Mobster holding Dove Advance Care in the deodorant aisle)

This was my first sweater knitted in the round, first stranded colourwork project, and my first time steeking. It was definitely my most challenging project so far, and a lot of learning and research was involved. I used a colourwork chart created by the very talented Molly Gifford, which is available for free on Ravelry

For reference, this is one of the fragments uncovered from the gravesite:

Some scholars think that the Oseberg tapestry includes the earliest known artistic depiction of Odin's ravens, Huginn and Muninn. So I added them to the sleeves as a little Easter egg.

A coyote cools off in the drink fridge at a Quiznos in the Chicago Loop, 2007

Botanical Applique Quilt by Chinami Terai (Japan)

2nd piece i've done for the @growingpainswha zine; it's a spot illustration for @sunslants beautiful fic about Dagda and Coustas!

i really like that little moment where Coustas is having feelings, and Dagda is just calmly working on restringing his instrument next to him, so i tried to depict that.