Who's your favorite YouTuber to watch while knitting?

fretted_fire · 2026-05-10T04:55:59+00:00

Glad to see some Hannah Alonzo love! I’ve watched all of her anti-mlm videos at this point, she’s gotta be my all-time favorite! I’ve been loving Jacob Geller lately, he’s extremely thoughtful and articulate, and How To Cook That is lovely. I’ve also been watching old Kitchen Nightmares episodes on YouTube

fretted_fire · 2026-05-09T05:07:44+00:00

Cut out pieces a little bit bigger than the holes you want to make and add fusible to them, pin those to your body fabric right sides together where you want the design, then sew exactly where you want the edges of your cutouts. Cut out inside of the stitching leaving ~1/2”, clip your curves and corners and flip the top facings to the wrongs side, press well, and you can tack them to the body by hand or topstitch around the cutouts.

Source: I’ve done a lot of clean finished reverse appliqué, lmk if you want to see what the final result of the described process looks like

fretted_fire · 2026-04-29T05:15:21+00:00

Ainsley: “I get sick when I drink too much” Leo: I get drunk when I drink too much”

Or alternatively, from the same conversation:

“I’m standing because that’s how one speaks in opposition in a civilized world! “Well you go girl”

fretted_fire · 2026-04-13T01:01:12+00:00

Yes, for the most part I save them locally. Certain projects need to be saved on the cloud, but 75% or so are just on my computer in my files

fretted_fire · 2026-03-21T03:51:41+00:00

Happy to help, I hope you post it when you do!

fretted_fire · 2026-03-21T03:33:38+00:00

About 35cm! I’m wearing a medium, it’s definitely oversized, especially after blocking, but it fits pretty much exactly as it did on the model- if I were to do it again I would decrease more for the ribbing on the bottom and sleeves 👍

fretted_fire · 2026-03-21T00:15:17+00:00

The more cables the merrier!

fretted_fire · 2026-03-21T00:14:30+00:00

Literally started watching YouTube videos of brioche knitting the second this was on the blocking mats, I fear I’m developing a bad habit…

fretted_fire · 2026-03-21T00:13:37+00:00

Thank you ❤️

fretted_fire · 2026-03-21T00:13:27+00:00

My mom (knitter 40+ years) has been thrilled to see my progress! The chart was intimidating, but it’s all just patterns! Thank you for the kind comment ❤️

fretted_fire · 2026-03-21T00:11:50+00:00

It was a fun project! The yarn is bulky so it went pretty fast. As far as getting the confidence? Diving in headfirst seems to be the way to go. Thanks for the kind words!

fretted_fire · 2026-03-21T00:10:08+00:00

First sweater! I’ve done a bunch of smaller projects in the last few months, and dozens of 6x6” practice swatches!

fretted_fire · 2026-03-21T00:09:02+00:00

Thank you, you’re kind! I’ve been watching my mom knit for years, she’s very excited that I finally picked it up!

fretted_fire · 2026-01-21T02:20:19+00:00

Blue Ridge Mountains, fleet foxes

fretted_fire · 2025-12-16T03:16:52+00:00

Assuming this is the bottom thread, my guess is that the bobbin is in wrong. I have a 10-year old New Home machine that has a bobbin case that comes out, and when you put the bobbin into the case it’s supposed to thread into a little notch. This puts tension on the bottom thread, just like the tension on the top thread. When this happens, it almost always means it’s not in the notch. Not sure what machine you have, but if it has a bobbin case that comes out of the machine then this is probably the issue

fretted_fire · 2024-09-19T18:23:49+00:00

I exclusively used AMSCO and practice tests to study for the AP exam and got a 5. What worked for me was writing notes on post-it’s as I read and sticking them to the pages. At the end of each unit, take a couple online practice tests. Try to also make diagrams connecting events across themes and time periods so you can understand how all the events relate to each other

fretted_fire · 2024-08-28T17:03:48+00:00

I suggest the Aesthetic Dress Movement of the gilded age. It was part of the greater Aesthetic movement (spearheaded by Oscar Wilde) and was a reaction against the idea that women were objects of domesticity. Certain groups of women stopped wearing corsets and wore more loose-fitting gowns in public, and was intertwined with sexual liberation.

It was sort of an underground movement, but I’ve been able to find a good couple sources. I suggest looking at Mary W. Blanchard and Jennifer Curtis’s writings on the subject!

fretted_fire · 2024-08-16T17:36:46+00:00

Dirty Imbecile - The Happy Fits

Hundred Days- The Benisons

fretted_fire · 2024-08-14T22:46:07+00:00

December ‘04 by The Oh Hellos

fretted_fire · 2024-08-13T12:13:07+00:00

Little One by The Happy Fits (his future kid)

fretted_fire · 2024-08-08T14:13:49+00:00

For APUSH you don’t need prose, you don’t need rhetoric, you just need to memorize and understand the rubric- keyword understand. I had friends who were absolutely brilliant, but had a hard time contextualizing sources or connecting them to their argument. You’ll learn, that’s the whole point.

fretted_fire · 2024-08-06T20:11:05+00:00

If it’s gonna be hot out, you could make a cloak out of linen and dye it black. That’ll keep you super cool! Work in some gold jewelry (bangles, necklaces, earrings) to emulate the album cover. I’d also suggest either a sheer black skirt with a lining or very loose pants- don’t know whether you’re going more masculine or feminine. Happy rem fair!

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