#kiwisson

there are more gays in the circle of magic. i mean #spoilers but one main character and two important secondary characters are wlw, and two of the three are explicitly nonwhite

yeah circle of magic is good and i liked those books.

as for the "don't Waste the Good Stuff" the only thing that helps me is that knitting is pretty easy to rip out if you mess up. this is why i will never actually be good at sewing. it's too scary.

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unicornduke said: yeah the only way I forced myself past Saving the Nice Yarn was to make so many things with cheap yarn that I got bored of working with it and felt I had enough skill to do things. But most yarn is pretty cheap in general and people give me it as christmas gifts so its a bit easier than with fabric

ah see. Knitting is terrifying to me because it takes SO LONG before you see any results, and you don’t know until you’re done whether the thing is going to be the right size/shape, and I just can’t envision it. It’s all the process, and no real idea as you’re going. My mother is a champion knitter, and even she sometimes just-- it’s $200 worth of yarn in this sweater, and like 60 hours of labor, and sometimes oops, it’s just not the right shape, gotta either rip it all out and start over or consign it to the Dutifully Wear It Once bin, sorry!

I can’t. 

Sewing, you can tell pretty much right away if it’s the right size, and it’s possible to have a wearable garment in literal minutes. 

I can’t read a pattern. I mostly make things that are either refashions, or I figured out what shape it should be and made that. Most of my early experiments were historical patterns where there’s really no cutting of fabric. And there’s a lot you can fudge, in sewing. A ton of what I do is try it on, pinch and pin the seam that’s too loose, sew it at the new spot, try it again, and hey presto close enough.

I don’t dress *well*, but RTW fits me like that anyway, so I might as well. 

Yarncrafting is some form of dark magic I can’t fathom. You have to count things, it’s straight out for me, no way. 

But. Fabric. Even if it was cheap, I still have trouble making myself cut something up. 

It’s just so dumb (and predictable) how sweatshop-made clothes are basically free (I just bought a brand-new t-shirt and including shipping it was $3.83, in my size, made of cotton and polyester chiffon, with a detailed neckline and embellishment, brand new, sized for a 50″ chest. The material and notions for such a thing would be $20 minimum, and it would take me probably twelve hours including binding the neckline) and raw materials are primo-expensive. So. I mean. 

It’s dumb though because sometimes refashioning is even harder. I have a few things saved out that I’m terrified to start working on because then I won’t have them anymore. They don’t fit me! I can’t use them! They’re not really going to go to any kind of good home if I donate them! I am risking literally nothing by cutting them up, but I can’t bring myself to.

a tied quilting tutorial that i'm sure can be adapted: https://www.purlsoho.com/create/2009/03/27/tied-quilting/

HA THANK YOU

I had resisted Googling a tutorial because what happens with me is I open a window and I browse the Internet pointlessly for an hour or two, and then  maybe i go do something else and come back, and try again, and maybe i google this time, and then I have to read everything I find, and then I can’t close the tab because it might be something I could use eventually, and then I finally open a new window and try again, and it’s usually a twelve-hour process and it’s been three days and i don’t remember what it was I wanted to do but I have sixteen new projects half-planned-out.

very true! i also like things with gays and oceans, and gays and deserts, which are all technically in space. i also like my gay friends who are technically in space! it’s great.

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