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When the knitting social media site, Ravelry, is the only social media site with the balls to do what’s right….

lupin: …oh wait, i’m 33 *lays back down*

Women have always been at the forefront of literature, the first novel (what we would consider a novel in modern terms) was written by a woman (Lady Muraskai’s the Tale of Genji in the early 1000s) take your snide “Isaac Asimov” reblogs and stick it

even in terms of male scifi authors, asimov was predated by Jules Verne, HG Wells, George Orwell, you could have even cited Poe or Jonathan Swift has a case but Asimov?

Dear people of Tumblr and beyond,

Your friend/coworker/relative that knits or crochets is NOT a way for you to get knitted/crocheted items at inexpensive prices.

Handmade custom pieces (even small ones) require planning and supplies and time, and our time and effort is worth something. Just because I “can knit real fast” (not my words) doesn’t mean I shouldn’t be compensated properly.

When you come to me asking how much I’d charge you for a particular piece, and before I answer, you start telling me that you’re asking because you don’t want to buy one at x store because “that’s just too high for that”, please don’t be offended when I laugh in your face. If you won’t pay for machine knitted, mass produced work, you’re certainly not willing to pay me.

Stop insulting craftspeople by asking us to spend our time and effort for basically nothing.

Made some tiny bell bags today, the glue is still drying (as you can see from the picture). Here’s the pattern:

With E Hook, in bag color (golden yellow): This is done in continuous rounds. 6 SC in magic circle (6) Inc in every st around (12) Inc in every other st around (18) Sc around for four rounds Dec in every other st (12) Pause here to stuff. Double crochet in each stitch around (12) Finish off, leaving a bit of a tail. You’ll use the tail to wrap around the bell bag, cinching it. Weave in remaining tail.

For the star, I used a punch on stiffened felt. You can cut out a star from felt too. Wrap a length of red yarn around the cinched part of the bag, and tie it in a bow. Your mini bag is done! Now, you can leave it as is, or put it on a keychain.

If you’d like one of these and can’t crochet, I’d be happy to make you one. They’re $5 (with or without keychain) plus shipping. Please message me for payment information.

To celebrate this Tumblr reaching over 1000 followers (what?!) I’ve decided to do a giveaway of a custom 6 inch hoop! 

Terms - 

You can enter 2 times - reblog and like! 

You must be following me! 

Open internationally! 

The winner will be chosen using a random generator after the closing date

The closing date will be on the 30th November 2017 at 23.59pm (GMT) and I will contact them within 2 days. If there is no response within 48 hours, I will pick another winner

I will send the winner an email including a template so they can design to their heart’s content! 

Obviously, I will need to send this to the winner so you’ll have to be comfortable sending me your address 

December is a very busy month for me uni wise but I will try and complete it as soon a possible. I can’t promise that I will send it before Christmas/New Year. The time scale is also dependent on how much detail is included in the design

I will ask you to design something else if I’m not comfortable with stitching it - nothing political, graphic or offensive please. Something original is encouraged! 

This giveaway is not affiliated with Tumblr 

Since we’re a couple days from the big 25k, we’re gonna have a giveaway for all current and future followers!  The rules are simple:

♥ You must be following @shiftythrifting and have your ask box open. ♥ You must be 18+ and comfortable sharing your mailing address to receive your prizes in the mail. ♥ You must be in the US.  International people may enter, but because of shipping costs and customs restrictions, you won’t get every prize listed. ♥ You must love stupid nonsense from the thrift store.  Bonus if you love arts and crafts, too! ♥ One like and one reblog counts for your entry!  The winner will be selected by random number generator on September 10th!  The winner has 24 hours to get back to me before I pick someone else.

Prizes:

A selection of recipes from the Shifty Snack Hell Box, including Cherry Pineapple Bologna and Veal Supreme!

A t-shirt in your size from the Shifty Clothes Hell Box, and some bootleg Pokemon and probably a few dinosaurs idk, there will be random thrifted nonsense because that’s kinda what this is about.

A selection of the finest thrifted art supplies and a number of seashells so you can glue them to shit, add glitter, and upset me.  Bonus points if you make something stupid and show us all.

Good luck everyone!