Post #3971815

2026-07-07 01:00 UTC

#MakeShitMonday, in which I have planned poorly... We're at the annual National Speleological Society convention this week, so I have *five days* of presentations to attend. Prime #crochet opportunity! And did I bring enough keep-hands-busy material? No, I did not. 🙄 I just finished a beanie and a matching cowl, and I thought they would be one skein apiece, but they're significantly less. I'd love to make another set, but I don't have a scale, so I can't weigh the consumed yarn vs the remaining yarn to decide whether to make both, or just another cowl. So that project is on hold 'til I get home... I knew that wouldn't last me through the week, so I also threw in the yarn to make a Totoro for my sister... but I didn't bring stuffing. Or the felt and safety eyes for the head/body. Which I didn't realize until I was in the car. So I may just make the ears, arms, feet, and tail, then break the yarn on the hat and start a cowl with the hat-skein remnant, and hope I have enough yarn on the cowl-skein remnant for another hat. Who knew #crochet could be so complicated? (What, me, overthinking this? Never.) @cannibal@infosec.exchange @crafters@fedigroups.social

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@llorenzin@infosec.exchange 2026-07-20 22:56

#MakeShitMonday, in which I cannot catch a break. My initial plan of making a second #crochet cowl worked, to the extent that I had enough yarn left on the hat-skein to get a good start on a second cowl for @mbroome@infosec.exchange, which I started more loosely (foundation double-crochet, rather than double-crocheting into a foundation chain) so it would fit over his bigger head. At which point it became obvious that the Malabrigo single-skein-dye-lots gotcha was going to bite me in the ass. Because the cowl I made from the second skein was distinctly brighter - and of course a better match for the hue of the hat - than the original cowl. And nobody but me would know... But I *would* know. So I thought, no problem, I'll just give him the cowl I made for me... But the foundation chain was too tight for him to get it on comfortably. So I thought, no problem, I'll just rip out the foundation chain and re-chain the first row with a looser approach... But after multiple laborious hours, when I finally got it re-chained, it was looser - but still not loose enough. I had an idea for how to rip and re-do the foundation chain *again*, but as @mbroome@infosec.exchange and I were on our afternoon walk and I was bemoaning my plight, he observed that I didn't seem to be having fun anymore. Which, frankly, I'm not. So I think I'm going to cut my losses and just frog the damn thing and re-do it with the foundation double-crochet... 🤷🏻‍♀️ Also, everyone's a comedian - @mbroome@infosec.exchange: "I'm sorry this is turning into such a hassle!" Me: "It's okay, I'm just being stubborn about it." @mbroome@infosec.exchange: "Hm. And it keeps changing shape. So I guess that makes it... Cowl's Moving Hassle!" Me: *punches him in the arm* @cannibal@infosec.exchange @crafters@fedigroups.social

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