Current knitting: a simple garter stitch scarf, using fuzzy yarn from Dollar Tree. I'm working in random colors, with two strands together. The goal is warmth and softness rather than beauty.
Current reading: "Area X" by Jeff Vandermeer. This is the omnibus edition of the Southern Reach trilogy. I finished the first book, and honestly, I'm not sure I'd keep going if the second book wasn't in the same volume. It's not bad, but it's a very different writing style than I usually read.
Not that I think it's particularly likely anyone will want to...
bring back tumblr ask culture let me. bother you with questions and statements
Thinking about experimenting with knitting using different size needles in one project.
Something like casting on to the recommended size needle, and using a two- or three-sizes larger needle for the other direction.
Has anybody tried something like this?
This man is an actual wizard doing actual magic.
staples?! he made a basket with staples?!
Lyrical Ballad, in Saratoga Springs, NY is one of my favorite used bookstores in the world.
Twitter thread by Melissa Caruso about a labyrinthine magical bookstore in Syracuse, NY. Link to the first tweet in the thread; most pictures have image descriptions! Now here are the screenshots of that thread:
And then a hero of the labyrinthine magical bookstores of the world put all the bookstores that people listed in the replies on a map! (Google Maps link)
My absolute favorite outfit from the 2025 Met Gala, because of its sheer cleverness.
Janelle Monáe attends the 2025 Met Gala Celebrating "Superfine: Tailoring Black Style" at Metropolitan Museum of Art on May 05, 2025 in New York City. (Photo by Dia Dipasupil/Getty Images) if you want to support this blog consider donating to: ko-fi.com/fashionrunways
You know what would be cool? A story about a mideval Strong Rebellious Warrior Woman... who actually enjoys sewing and embroidery. Like, yes she dreams of riding horses through the fields and swinging a sword, but is also looking forward to returning home after a long day of fighting to finish that really cool lapel piece shes been working on all month.
I get so frustrated with myself sometimes. I have THOUGHTS about a serious topic, but when I try to express them, they never make as much sense to other people as they did in my head.
People who want to be awful are going to be awful.
What they read/watch/listen to/play might affect what flavor of awful they end up being, but not the basic state of awfulness.
"fiction affects reality" wrong "fiction doesn't affect reality" wrong
The decision to emulate or not emulate what we see in fiction is on the audience. It's YOUR responsibility to KNOW better like a reasonable ADULT.
Abusive people are going to be abusive regardless of what total strangers are writing on Tumblr. Because being an abusive person is an active series of decisions that you make. You don't get to blame murder on Satanism and metal music in goddamn 2025
If you don't have a person handy to do this to, try going to YouTube and searching for "[your favorite piece of media] reaction".
It's really easy to find folks reacting to music, and there are also some folks who do reaction videos for movies, games and shows.
You can never experience watching your favourite show for the first time again, but you CAN convince someone else to watch your favourite show and vicariously enjoy all their raw reactions to seeing it for the first time, which is honestly nearly as good.