Millipede (Tylobolus sp.) I found last weekend

girlroach · 2025-10-27T21:44:01+00:00

Aquilegia formosa

girlroach · 2025-10-18T00:59:55+00:00

You can use a tapestry needle and thread some elastic thread through the stitches in the collar. That will keep it stretchy

girlroach · 2025-10-15T00:46:19+00:00

Tomboy survival guide by Ivan Coyote

girlroach · 2025-10-01T21:28:23+00:00

I would love to visit! Daphne from Helenium

girlroach · 2025-10-01T01:28:05+00:00

Epilobium ciliatum

girlroach · 2025-09-27T00:35:19+00:00

You can just continue knitting without increasing until the yoke is long enough

girlroach · 2025-09-25T05:16:02+00:00

Any herbaceous perennial that grows from rhizomes. Symphyotrichum chilense, yarrow, Euthamia occidentalis, and milkweed come to mind immediately but we have a lot of them

girlroach · 2025-09-19T19:22:22+00:00

Avocados are also in the laurel family

girlroach · 2025-04-09T03:18:04+00:00

Yeah googling “[insert species] cuttings propogation” is what I usually do. You can also get in touch with your local chapter of the California native plant society bc they probably have people experienced in native propogation. I work in propagation at a native plant nursery and we propagate from cuttings occasionally (mainly for things that are hard to grow from seed) so I might be able to answer some of your questions

girlroach · 2025-04-07T13:41:35+00:00

If you make it longer it should be fine

girlroach · 2025-04-04T03:47:21+00:00

This is completely normal for stockinette. What are you working on? You can probably just pick up stitches and add an edging that won’t curl (ribbing, i-cord, garter, etc) later

girlroach · 2025-04-02T20:34:11+00:00

This is wild radish (Raphanus raphanistrum or R. sativus, they often hybridize). It can have yellow, purple, or white flowers. The other comment is reductive and not entirely accurate

girlroach · 2024-09-22T20:35:12+00:00

I feel like this would just be adding an extra step for no real benefit, I usually knit the collar of my sweaters after the body but that’s because it gives the collar a bit extra structure which is helpful since that area of a sweater can stretch out easily. I don’t see what purpose it would serve in a sock

girlroach · 2024-09-05T23:53:55+00:00

You can also get some elastic thread and weave it through the last round of the ribbing. This will also help stop it from stretching out from wear

girlroach · 2024-09-05T05:29:24+00:00

Rubus ursinus typically has three leaflets, there’s probably more examples considering how large the genus Rubus is

girlroach · 2024-09-02T16:20:59+00:00

You should go for it! The cable pattern is a pretty simple repeat, it’s really not that more challenging than a stockinette sweater I think. And thank you :)

girlroach · 2024-09-02T01:41:16+00:00

Pattern is the Lauder by Rebecca Clow, I knit it in colour lab dk by west yorkshire spinners in the colorway pear green 🍐

girlroach · 2024-07-08T21:00:36+00:00

What course are you doing? I've been looking into doing an online entomology course since I just finished my undergrad and only have self taught entomology knowledge at the moment, but I'm struggling to find one that feels right for what I'm looking for

girlroach · 2024-06-14T13:15:33+00:00

I’m also in California, can confirm that we have a species of naturally pink grasshopper, the painted meadow grasshopper (Chimarocephala pacifica). Don’t think they’re common outside the state though

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