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donutsweeper) wrote2023-06-29 07:34 pm
donutsweeper) wrote2023-06-29 07:34 pm
crafts, yarn, music and recs
The breadbag rug is still on hold awaiting more bags, but after watching far too many paleolithic/neolithic/ye olden days crafting vids I decided I wanted to try my hand at making cordage/simple 2ply rope but it has been stupidly hot and I don't have any nettle/bramble/actual natural can-be-turned-into-cordage material anywhere nearby so I decided to gather up all the plastic scraps from the rugs and the strips of pillow-style bubblewrap I never throw away and give it at go with those. Do I need 5m/17' of plastic cordage? No. Do I have it and plan on making more? Yes. 
(I actually learned a lot doing this. Next time I'll try using more even-sized (and much thinner) strips and keep my twists tighter)
I also did a bunch of Tunisian crochet swatches, also learned from watching youtube vids. It's neat, similar but not quite to traditional crochet, but the detail aspect strained my eyes a bit more than regular crochet and doing anything more than the size of a swatch would require buying new hooks (which are not cheap) so I'm not sure I'll ever do any real projects with it.
I have started a zig zag v-stitch blanket in attempts to use up some of the yarn cones I got back in college when a furniture company went out of business. It's decent yarn, just basic wool, nothing special (I want to say I spent about $40ish? for it all and I've used up/donated more than half already but this is what is left - I'm using the blue and black for the afghan) Do I need another afghan? We all know the answer to that (No.) I strongly suspect this is going to end up as yet another afghan with weird dimensions, but oh well. 
As has been discussed in many places, Fall Out Boy did a "1990-2023 update" to Billy Joel's "We Didn't Start the Fire" but... errr... it misses the point to the original in nearly every way in my opinion- the fact it's not in chronological order bothers me SO MUCH but also they events are just random, fairly US-centric, cultural touch points rather than feel of being inundated by an ever building, overwhelming number of events (that go on and on and on and on....) but it reminded me of a similar "update" from 2020 by Dylan White (the youtube link, which requires signing in and confirming your age) that did get closer at matching the original's feel with that. The line, "2020 takes too long, this year needs a second song" is also just.. too on point. Sigh.
Anyways, recent recs from![[community profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/community.png)
recthething (tumblr art from dmbj, doctor who, merlin and st:ds9 and mdzs/the untamed fic):
DMBJ/Mystery of the Abyss - I watched the mystery of the abyss movie for the first time last night and ohhhhh my god. hello. HELLO?? I’m. they. augh. heihua gets to me in some kind of way for real. like. christ. (Absolutely amazing short comic with one of the best hospital bedside vigils I've ever seen, no real canon knowledge necessary so if you like bedside vigils go check it out.)
Doctor Who - Celestial✨ (Gorgeous art of Thirteen surrounded by One through Twelve)
Merlin
- Merlin (gorgeous Merlin and Arthur art)
- So. I drew that “Arthur’s fished out of the lake” au of mine (utterly hilarious comic)
- Merlin and Arthur (beautiful colors in this)
ST:DS9 - Kira Time (really cute sketch of Major Kira)
Playing Possum by DizziDreams (1.5k)
Summary: Lan Wangji is woken in the night by the sound of animals fighting, and there is more to the opossum he rescues than there seems. (short and cute fic)
A War of Stone and Silence by kitsunealyc (4k)
Summary: Lan Wangji leaves the Lan Sect to walk the single plank road with Wei Wuxian, but some ties cannot be so easily removed as a forehead ribbon, and some arguments must be written in stone before others will listen. aka, Lan Wangji gets in a Wall of Discipline texting argument with the Lan elders until Wei Wuxian has had enough. (Burial Mounds Settlement Days canon divergent AU featuring the Lan Sect rules and an unsuspecting voice of reason)
Huzzah for June being nearly over.
(I actually learned a lot doing this. Next time I'll try using more even-sized (and much thinner) strips and keep my twists tighter)
I also did a bunch of Tunisian crochet swatches, also learned from watching youtube vids. It's neat, similar but not quite to traditional crochet, but the detail aspect strained my eyes a bit more than regular crochet and doing anything more than the size of a swatch would require buying new hooks (which are not cheap) so I'm not sure I'll ever do any real projects with it.
I have started a zig zag v-stitch blanket in attempts to use up some of the yarn cones I got back in college when a furniture company went out of business. It's decent yarn, just basic wool, nothing special (I want to say I spent about $40ish? for it all and I've used up/donated more than half already but this is what is left - I'm using the blue and black for the afghan) Do I need another afghan? We all know the answer to that (No.) I strongly suspect this is going to end up as yet another afghan with weird dimensions, but oh well.
As has been discussed in many places, Fall Out Boy did a "1990-2023 update" to Billy Joel's "We Didn't Start the Fire" but... errr... it misses the point to the original in nearly every way in my opinion- the fact it's not in chronological order bothers me SO MUCH but also they events are just random, fairly US-centric, cultural touch points rather than feel of being inundated by an ever building, overwhelming number of events (that go on and on and on and on....) but it reminded me of a similar "update" from 2020 by Dylan White (the youtube link, which requires signing in and confirming your age) that did get closer at matching the original's feel with that. The line, "2020 takes too long, this year needs a second song" is also just.. too on point. Sigh.
Anyways, recent recs from
recthething (tumblr art from dmbj, doctor who, merlin and st:ds9 and mdzs/the untamed fic): DMBJ/Mystery of the Abyss - I watched the mystery of the abyss movie for the first time last night and ohhhhh my god. hello. HELLO?? I’m. they. augh. heihua gets to me in some kind of way for real. like. christ. (Absolutely amazing short comic with one of the best hospital bedside vigils I've ever seen, no real canon knowledge necessary so if you like bedside vigils go check it out.)
Doctor Who - Celestial✨ (Gorgeous art of Thirteen surrounded by One through Twelve)
Merlin
- Merlin (gorgeous Merlin and Arthur art)
- So. I drew that “Arthur’s fished out of the lake” au of mine (utterly hilarious comic)
- Merlin and Arthur (beautiful colors in this)
ST:DS9 - Kira Time (really cute sketch of Major Kira)
Playing Possum by DizziDreams (1.5k)
Summary: Lan Wangji is woken in the night by the sound of animals fighting, and there is more to the opossum he rescues than there seems. (short and cute fic)
A War of Stone and Silence by kitsunealyc (4k)
Summary: Lan Wangji leaves the Lan Sect to walk the single plank road with Wei Wuxian, but some ties cannot be so easily removed as a forehead ribbon, and some arguments must be written in stone before others will listen. aka, Lan Wangji gets in a Wall of Discipline texting argument with the Lan elders until Wei Wuxian has had enough. (Burial Mounds Settlement Days canon divergent AU featuring the Lan Sect rules and an unsuspecting voice of reason)
Huzzah for June being nearly over.
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We're supposed to have a lot of ongoing projects, right? :)