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May 1, 2022April 27, 2022

Smashing

Yup, as predicted. Smashing.⁠

The yarn is all smooth and round and just generally delightful.⁠ Sit tight, cast on is imminent!

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I have a job where sharing my work brings me joy.

I have a job where sharing my work brings me joy. And I hear from you that seeing the things I make and reading the things I write brings at least a few of you joy too. ⁠
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And yet, here we are, in the middle of the latest of a string of ongoing disasters. And I feel awful about talking about a knitting pattern at a time like this. Because can you even think of anything more inconsequential. Less important. How can I talk about something so trivial now?⁠
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But 'a time like this' is literally all we get. That's all we've had for years straight now. There's no reason to think it will change. This is where we are.⁠
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And I will be fucked if I will let this terrible world take away the tiny bits of joy I can find. Because I don't know about you, but I need tiny bits of joy. ⁠
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So if you want the mitts, if you want to quiet your mind and do something with your hands and then have a pretty, useful, soothing object at the end to wear or give to a friend, you can do that. They're called Posthaste and they're out on ravelry and payhip (link in my bio, click this picture for rav, or payhip.com/pantsvillepress for payhip). ⁠
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And if you don't, if what you want to do is cry or doomscroll or go to bed or cook a fancy dinner or cuddle your cat or go for a walk, that's cool too. I've done a few of those myself over the last few days.⁠
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I really don't know how to be a person in a world like this. ⁠
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But I suspect finding whatever bits of joy you can might help.

I know you've been waiting for these, so I'll get

I know you've been waiting for these, so I'll get right to it! Posthaste is out today and it's 10% off on both ravelry and payhip with the code PROMPTLY for the first day or two it's out.⁠
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These are the mitts to match the lovely Forthwith hat from earlier this month (yes, yes I do have far too much fun naming these things, please don't make me stop). And they have very possibly the most fun thumb I've ever knit.⁠
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As in, I've actually knit four of these (well, two pairs, which generally speaking means four thumbs). I have one laying on my desk beside me as I type this and another actually physically on my hands. And I still find myself going 'gaaaaaah, how does it do that.'⁠
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The answer is actually just 'paired increases and decreases for a while, then just increases for a while,' so it's weirdly rhythmic and meditative and chill to knit, it just looks kinda baffling when it's done.⁠
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Which really, I'm calling that a bonus. It's cool to realize you can do things that look unspeakably impressive with shockingly little effort!⁠
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Once again, the pattern is Posthaste, and you can get it for 10% off with the code PROMPTLY on either ravelry or payhip for the first day or two the pattern is out (or you can buy both the hat and mitt together as a set at a discount, details of that are on the pattern listing page)!

I mean, I did say we were going to do something ra

I mean, I did say we were going to do something rather charming!⁠
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This is, of course, optional, you do not have to do it! It's the sort of thing I'm going to start including as extras for patreon folks (I haven't made the patreon public just yet, but stay tuned for details about it over the next few months). ⁠
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But I thought doing a beautiful little braid with all the ends from my embroidery would be way more fun that weaving in all the ends the traditional way. ⁠
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Plus really, this satisfies my need for order in a way that should surprise absolutely no one who has been around me for more than five minutes. I am a very tidy, very neat, very orderly little chipmunk in my heart, and this is more satisfying than it has any right to be.⁠
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Plus in what world is a hat not better if it has a secret braid!

Oooooh, so I don't think I ever showed you the fin

Oooooh, so I don't think I ever showed you the finished top on this hat! Well, I showed you the top back when we had only one set of embroidery on there, but not with both. And really, I could not love the top more if I tried, so it's for sure worth showing off again.⁠
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I've got the stitches up there just held in place but not cinched down yet because we're going to be doing Something Rather Charming with them here in a bit, and we need a bit of wiggle room to bring the plan to fruition.⁠
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But for right now, lets just admire how very very very tidy the way that stitching wraps up is!

All blocked and ready to be stabbed over and over

All blocked and ready to be stabbed over and over and over and over again in the name of embroidered goodness.

Here's the bit where I shamelessly remind you that

Shameless pause for a moment to admire this (nope,

Shameless pause for a moment to admire this (nope, not fancy, but oh it's rather lovely if I do say so myself).

Almost time for the fun bits...

Almost time for the fun bits...

I mean ok fine. Stockinette does have its charms.

I mean ok fine. Stockinette does have its charms. I'll be honest and say I'm still really really really missing, you know, doing things as I knit. But the end result is lovely. ⁠
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I just need to get a marker and go in there and color on this a bit to liven things up (for 'marker' please substitute 'other piece of yarn with which I shall embroider,' but that's a bit of a mouthful, so we'll just say marker).

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