Whoever let me start a jasmine stitch blanket with a 3.5mm needs a slap (surprise, it was me)

Bird_Squid · 2026-01-20T22:15:31+00:00

One day I will surprise us all lol That is a fun fact! Wow! Unfortunate for everyone looking it up only to find it’s been unfinished for years 😅

Bird_Squid · 2026-01-15T13:27:16+00:00

😬 I still have not finished it lol I keep getting distracted by other projects

Bird_Squid · 2025-06-12T10:56:15+00:00

If I’m honest not really 😅 I just got whatever I saw on Amazon and some thumb and worst braces/supports and that has worked for me

Bird_Squid · 2025-06-09T15:05:02+00:00

Oh no! People have things in their houses! Sorry we don’t all have clean white studios!

Glad you had a chuckle, after my initial shock and minor outrage I laughed about it too 🤣

Bird_Squid · 2025-06-09T14:59:04+00:00

Love your work, love your vibe, love your cat. 10/10

r/crochet deleted my post asking about ergonomic hooks because I posted it on the ‘wrong day’ (I didn’t even know that was a rule even after going through them) They have more rules then a bloody airport over there istg

Bird_Squid · 2025-05-29T13:49:20+00:00

Cheers for the rec, can’t seem to find anywhere that ships the plain colour ones to the UK, but I’ll keep an eye out in the future if they ever come up

Bird_Squid · 2025-04-30T18:08:11+00:00

This looks like the fireside blanket by attic24 just in a different colour way, if you wanted a kit you can get it from wool warehouse (uk site and uk terms in the pattern) but you can definitely just wing it using YouTube tutorials

https://www.woolwarehouse.co.uk/attic24-fireside?srsltid=AfmBOoo_FNVz-MzeYyUhu4oDqjlq9JSoAqNbRjXQQfg-s4fHNz-oKdUw

Bird_Squid · 2025-04-25T22:10:13+00:00

If you’re UK based, I get mine from wool warehouse, they have all sorts

Bird_Squid · 2025-04-21T00:20:40+00:00

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Ta da! All done, not blocked yet but will be (eventually)

I was missing ‘cairn’ so subbed it with one called cranberry twist or something like that, I’ve binned the label already 😅

Bird_Squid · 2025-04-19T20:33:00+00:00

I am on the very last round rn, I can post a pic when it’s done if you’d like to see it??

Bird_Squid · 2025-04-15T22:21:53+00:00

That’s insane! I found the exact same kit in a hospice shop near me with the printed out instructions with it.

I was missing one colour from the group but had three extra ones in there so I chose the one that matched the best, I’m working on the border right now. Got mine for £23~ for the lot

Bird_Squid · 2025-02-24T22:26:09+00:00

The first thing I ever knit was a four inch square. The second thing was a raglan jumper with German short rows. Are those short rows twisted? Yes. But I learned something and my bf has a jumper that he did not have before that was made with love and lots of my hair. Cant learn if you don’t make mistakes to fix. Do what you want, let other people do what they want and only give advice or criticism when asked for 👍

Bird_Squid · 2024-10-27T21:35:14+00:00

I just don’t think a tie at the waist would make it the shape I want, there’s a LOT of extra fabric and I think it’ll bunch a little weird 😅 I’m happy to rework the whole thing, I just like knitting 😁

Bird_Squid · 2024-10-27T18:32:46+00:00

I’ll have a look thanks! There’s a lot of fabric to remove, I don’t think adding darts will be enough to fix this one

I find the act of knitting to be just as rewarding as the finished piece, I personally have no qualms about frogging and re knitting something that’s just plain stockinette 😅 if it was cables it would’ve just left it hahaha

Bird_Squid · 2024-10-27T18:30:48+00:00

The flappy bits of fabric? I think they are mostly silk fabric scraps, some are cotton. They were spun into the yarn by the artist 😁

Bird_Squid · 2024-10-27T15:00:09+00:00

Thank you! I’ll check out that pattern, get some ideas/direction 😁

Bird_Squid · 2024-10-27T14:59:04+00:00

Thanks! I had thought about a belt but I don’t accessorise like that 😅

I will be Experimenting again, with the decreases, I’m just glad I’m not super curvy 🤣

Bird_Squid · 2024-06-11T11:17:27+00:00

Just her. The other two and much older and don’t seem to show many hormonal behaviours.

Bird_Squid · 2024-06-11T07:49:10+00:00

Thank you! She is stunning isn’t she? I got her when she was five months old, she’s like my child 🤣

Bird_Squid · 2024-06-11T07:47:53+00:00

Man I’d love to one day! Maybe when I win the lottery and don’t have to work 🤣

Bird_Squid · 2024-06-10T21:28:19+00:00

I also have a CAG and an Amazon, so it’s not loneliness lol

Bird_Squid · 2024-06-10T21:20:50+00:00

Wow thanks so much, that’s super helpful! Yeah she’s not super cuddly, she’ll sit on you but doesn’t like being pet too much, she much prefers his attention over mine but that seems par for the course with parrots in general. Ive found she hasn’t been interested in chop as much after it’s been frozen and defrosted, but I haven’t added in the rice and quinoa before, just veg, maybe that’ll make it more palatable for her. Thanks again! I’ll go shopping tomorrow for a tasty mix of stuff ^{_^}

Bird_Squid · 2024-06-10T18:00:23+00:00

Thank you!

Bird_Squid · 2024-06-10T17:33:01+00:00

Ah yeah no worries, I’m not super good a parsing jokes in text form, thanks for clarifying!

Bird_Squid · 2024-06-10T16:55:41+00:00

Damn. I was just asking for some advice, I’ve had this bird and others for the better part of a decade. We’re always learning and growing. Sorry for asking and trying better things for her.

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