If You Have Cashmere Taste And A Red Heart Budget, This Is A Friendly Reminder That Acrylic Yarn Can

If you have cashmere taste and a Red Heart budget, this is a friendly reminder that acrylic yarn can be softened very easily by

Prewashing your skein in a lingerie bag with fabric softener and warm water in the washing machine & dryer

Soaking your finished project in a bath of cheap hair conditioner and warm water in your kitchen sink

I know there are a lot of yarn snobs who might talk a big game about how “terrible” acrylics are so, here. Have some tools to prove them wrong. 💜

honestly the top tip i can give to any beginner knitter is to just ignore all the supposed ‘skill levels’ something takes.

sure, you might not want your first project to be complex cables or ornate lace or complicated color work, but if you want to make a thing then make it. use youtube and learn the new stitches. ask your local knitting group for help if you need it.

your knitting ability will increase a lot faster if you ignore what you’re supposed to be doing and start picking patterns by how appealing they are to you.

It was my first time DMing tonight, and even playing dnd in general and I had a lot of fun (and so did my players) but I feel like I could’ve done better. Anybody have any tips?

A while back my boyfriend was lamenting the fact that Nintendo was only offering the Hyrule Warriors scarf to Japan. Approximately 50,000 hours of knitting later I came up with this for his birthday, and I’m very happy with it. The downside is that if he ever loses it or even stains it, I will immediately break up with him. I’ve never experienced anything so tedious.

things that made me stop wanting to die that require no effort whatsoever

change the color used to highlight text on your laptop

move the pictures on your wall

stack whatever clutter is in your room into piles even if you don’t have time to clean it all

slightly vary your commute, even just by one street

change where you sit and scroll aimlessly on your phone even if it’s only to the chair in your room instead of your bed

drink water or juice out of a wine glass in the morning because nothing is real

shower with the lights off, without music

buy $3 flowers at trader joe’s—they look bad next to the more expensive ones but they look so good in your room

start typing things you don’t post into your notes. your thoughts can be worth documenting even if you don’t deem them worth sharing

wake up super early just once. you don’t have to make it a habit it’s just extra satisfying to go to bed that night

listen to the entirety of your favorite album from 2015

Everyone: Omg listen to this amazing podcast!!

Me, a person who can’t pay attention to anything that doesn’t have visuals for more than 3 minutes without being bored/distracted: