A Tiny Ironmouse Fanart

A tiny Ironmouse fanart 💜

I think everyone should try out a new skill purely because once you realize the labour needed to pull it off very well - wether its carpentry, 3d modeling, oil painting, coding, music etc you will gain a whole new form of respect for the people who are really good in said fields of skill.

Like now that i am doing oil painting, i have a new admiration for all the artists who excel in it. Its one thing to look at an albert bierstadt painting and go “oh thats a gorgeous painting”

and then theres looking at the same painting and go “i know how it is to paint with oils and i cannot fucking fathom how someone could pull this off from a technical pov”

Let's boop each other to death 🐾

if you like crafting and also free things, might i suggest the antique pattern library?

it’s a not for profit that’s gathering books, patterns, and other materials related to crafting that are out of copyright (or getting permission from copyright holders in some cases) in order to share them online. they scan items, clean them up, then make everything available for free!

free things are great, especially when you’re just starting to get into something. like oh, i’m supposed to spend money on this hobby i just picked up 20 minutes ago???

the first time i ended up on the site, i seriously spent hours just trawling through everything. there’s the usual suspects like knitting, crochet, embroidery, but there’s also woodwork, calligraphy, and books on things like how to mount and frame pictures. with cross stitch patterns, they also make modern charts with the dmc colour codes available.

links to their webbed site and instagram:

https://www.antiquepatternlibrary.org/

https://www.instagram.com/theantiquepatternlibrary/

behold, a glorious cat cross stitch pattern (link goes to antique pattern library page):

[image id: Multicolour charted cross stitch design of a cat sitting on a red pillow with tassels, holding a green ball]

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