thank you, this is good to know!! we're leaning towards a golden retriever for a Starter Puppy because I grew up without dogs and have issues with abrupt/uncertain schedule changes, but we definitely want to get a samoyed some nebulous time in the future when the kids we're planning to have are a bit older I mmmmight have access to golden floods (friend of ours has one), but if anyone has advice on those, that would also be handy!! @paladinkit do you know if there are like...comparison charts/papers up anywhere? like, primitive sheep as compared to modern sheep/dogs/wool cats and rabbits?
I honestly can't think of any website references bc I'm so in love with the Fleece and Fiber Source Book - I don't own my own copy yet, but my library has it in ebook form so I can have it on my phone at a drop of the hat. It's super comprehensive about specific sheep breeds & other fiber animals, although it doesn't have specifics about dog breeds and discusses pet fur as a general category, I believe
Got more fabric, and interfacing! I got some Retro Rockets print fabric, and it's in the wash now; the interfacing is soaking in hot water. Once they're both dry, I should be ready to start cutting pieces out and sewing the dress!
Update: interfacing is now hanging up to dry, and the fabric is in the dryer! The fabric did fray some, in the wash, but I got more than I'll need so it should be fine. (I flubbed, when I was saying how much I'd need, and said three meters instead of three yards - but 3 yards is about 2.75 meters, so eh. I have a quarter meter more than I technically needed. I'll find a use for it.)
Bad ideas: deciding to try and press the pattern pieces. I mean, technically, it's not a bad idea in that it works and nothing went wrong? It's just...gonna be tedious af, and kill my back to try and do it without a proper ironing table to work with, so I've decided to toss that idea out the window and not press any further pieces. (I only did one.)
Three pieces cut so far! All front pieces - both front sides, and the front piece. So I'm working on pinning the first back piece now. I'm not gonna try and do any sewing, at this point - it's 2:15 AM and that is Way Too Late to be firing up the sewing machine, considering that Y and Hummingbird are asleep by now. (Or at least went to bed a couple hours ago.) But every piece I get cut out now is one piece I don't have to spend time cutting tomorrow morning. I've just been watching Markiplier do a charity livestream while I work, although I might go to bed once I get the first back piece done. It's late af.
Four pieces down, first half of the back is done. I gave myself a brief panic attack by thinking that I didn't have enough width for the second back piece, but I'm good. I've got enough material that I can just slide it down a bit and work from there. I've been sharing progress pics with Mom, and she loves the print and has called dibs on the scraps.
So I have a question you guys might be able to answer. I’m working on some striped house socks. The problem is that I’ve hit an issue with the color pattern. Where I’ve stopped just after the heel will be another grey stripe, but if I do another grey stripe I’ll end up with an extra large grey stripe on the front of the sock. Should I do another grey section or skip ahead to the next lighter purple one? Spoiler
does anyone have tips on making blocking mats smell less plasticy/blocking advice in general? for petty personal I need to get started on blocking like Now
@Mossflower i think either would look nice! if the extra gray is gonna bother you, then go to the light purple. You can also always undo if you end up not liking how the next stripe looks (whichever color you decide to continue with) and try the other. You could also also do a thinner than normal gray stripe next, so the front block isn’t as thick but you keep the pattern in sync
please tell me I'm not the only person with like a dozen sweater plans. i feel nuts that I have four sweaters actively on needles & yarn for a fifth, I don't need to purchase yarn for other future plans ANY TIME SOON
i get around this (badly) by not knitting sweaters bc that's too complicated for someone with no ability to think in 3 Dimensions. I just knit ponchos and capes. Ponchos are love and live
so i should save myself by planning more shawls. yes. good. (shawls were my first knitting love, i'm just in a Sweater Phase bc people really like getting sweaters from me)
not to one-up you, but i have sweaters in stages including fiber dyed and blended but not yet spun. and i say, what's wrong with that? sweaters for the world! you can never have too many!
