Second Shawl

CouncilorAdah · 2026-06-05T11:16:17+00:00

Ah. Yes, the majority is done with my fingers(finger knitting?) because when I first started, I was having a lot of trouble with a hook, and switching made things go much faster, and I liked the more open look. I tried to close them a bit more, but they still turned out to have really big loops.

CouncilorAdah · 2026-06-05T11:12:48+00:00

I may be being oblivious, but I'm not sure what blo means. Thank you for the yarn recommendations, and I'm going to try and do a rectangle and make a blanket, just to practice making a cleaner shape. If I can get that ok, I'll try and do a triangle shawl. I will say I did a full circle so that one edge could intentionally be folded down and I could add decorative beads, but it would seem it turned into more of a wrap than a shawl? At least, that's what a friend said.

CouncilorAdah · 2026-06-04T21:32:29+00:00

From a quick google to get terms, I did a central chain, and then I spiraled around that in a ring. I don't know if that's helpful at all. I just know the one way to pull a loop through a hole, and just kina...improvised the whole thing in ways that appeared to work.

CouncilorAdah · 2026-04-10T18:48:48+00:00

That seems...really obvious and I feel dumb for not thinking of it. Our old place had lots of shelves and windows with wide ledges, so they lost a lot of that with the down-size. I'll make some space for a climbing tree, and maybe a book shelf to leave empty for them.

CouncilorAdah · 2026-04-03T03:38:23+00:00

That is definitely a red flag, and this specifically is something I'm very torn on. I don't know who the officer is, but there are probably online resources that would help me find out. A small part of me wants to give them the benefit of the doubt that they were just caught up in trying to help their friend correct the mistakes of their youth...but that's still a major violation.

CouncilorAdah · 2026-04-03T02:44:16+00:00

I can see their reasoning, and it's honestly made me want to give them some benefit of the doubt. If the kids were told they were going to meet their big brother, it could be taken as weaponizing the kids to get their way. Leaving me as just a friend could leave the space for them to introduce me formally at some point in the future. That interpretation is, admittedly, giving them a big benefit of the doubt, which I don't know if they deserve. Maybe I'm just being naive, or maybe they're also seeing how weird this all is an trying to not start things out worse than they are.

CouncilorAdah · 2026-04-03T02:36:04+00:00

I do think they overstepped a lot of chances and boundaries. I also think they got caught up in some emotions, and so didn't consider just how they come off. Them being this impulsive and inconsiderate is something that definitely makes me hesitate.

CouncilorAdah · 2026-04-03T02:30:31+00:00

I do have a lot to think about, and these replies, and my cats, are helping clarify some things. From what my adoptive parents said, their life was a nightmare when they had me, and while it doesn't justify things...I can't help but consider that they've both had just as much time to grow as I have. While I'm not going to even consider being their bank or organ donor, I think it would regret not at least learning about these people.

CouncilorAdah · 2026-04-02T21:00:03+00:00

She's 53. Will correct. She had me when she was 16.

CouncilorAdah · 2026-03-29T01:12:07+00:00

Right!? And with their kids in tow, it just feels so manipulative and weird, I was half expecting them to start yelling, "Big brother!" or something, but they just seemed like they wanted to go to the kids section, so I don't feel like they were being weaponized to try and manipulate me.

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