knittyboi

it’s called braceletbook.com and it appears to be a resource for like…friendship bracelets? And making cool patterns for them? Which is super cool and I do want to try it. But all of these patterns absolutely work as cross stitch patterns

Like. Look at this!

Again it’s geared towards bracelets so they tend to be long and skinny, which is the only major limitation. But you can search and filter by number of colors, I’m making myself a frog bookmark.

anyway I thought you and your followers might enjoy!

I made a hat!

Rainbow Pride Shetland braid from @littlebirdinagarden, split lengthways to prevent too much drafting and so preserve colour intensity. 2ply, aiming for minimal barber polling, but not a chain ply so that the colours blend and fade rather than changing abruptly.

Matched with a north country cheviot for contrast. Rhombus mittens (Inna M on Ravlery) knitting pattern gave inspiration for the disappearing rhomboids; drafted pattern to fit a hat. Eight repeats of ten stitches. 6mm needles for colour work; 5.5mm for ribbing. Provisional cast on where colorwork starts so as to allow adjustments (hat up, rib down).

The brim turns up and covers the very bottom bit of yellow/orange, which I think I prefer - illusion of one colour fade through the hat.

earlier this week Twitter user ppuccin0 tweeted about a fashion article that advised against tops with large floral patterns, saying the wearer was in danger of looking like a "ロマンティックおばさん," or a "romantic auntie." the tweet went viral with many agreeing that a "romantic auntie" sounded like a very nice thing to aspire to be, and some even posted illustrations or photos tagged with the trend

illustration by Toyota Yuu (author of Cherry Magic)

illustration by 141shkw/Sora Midori (author of Beautiful Curse)

photos by Takinami Yukari (author of Motokare Mania and Watashi-tachi wa Mutsuu Ren'ai ga Shitai or "We Want A Painless Romance")

illustration by m:m (mangaka of Matataki no End Roll)

illustration by ooinuai (mangaka of Onikui Kitan)

illustration by ma2 (mangaka of The Reason We Fall In Love)

BONUS:

Here's all the yarns I made! From left to right (/bottom up):

1 - Finnsheep/Alpaca roving 100g/390m. I bought this last year at a tiny spinnery. It's a lovely natural colour - light brown/beige with reddish undertones

The fibre mix was something I never had before and I was a bit sceptical at first because Alpaca and I have never been friends but spinning this was lovely. I just love making woollen yarns. It's unbelievably soft and fluffy, but still has structure and a bit of a rustic feel to it. Hard to describe, I wish y'all could touch it.

2 - Polwarth combed top "summer solstice", fractal spin, 390m/100g

3 - Polwarth combed top "autumn equinox", 420m/100g. This yarn is my favourite 💚

4 - Polwarth combed top "spring equinox", 460m/100g

5 - Corriedale combed top, undyed, 390m/120g - this had surprisingly short staple length for a combed top and for Corriedale. I find that's often the case for naturally coloured wool. This was my least favourite to spin.

The Polwarth is all from @littlebirdinagarden's mystery boxes from last year. All in all I spun about 2030m, which is not bad but less than I know I can do in 3 weeks. I had to go away with my nephew during week 2; I took a drop spindle and I did spin every day, but my output with one of these is ridiculous. Hence, the somewhat mediocre result.

Child's Pullover (Fair Isle, c. 1913), Shetland Museum & Archives.