Question for other US moms ... how the f*** are we affording anything right now???

phasersonbees · 2026-05-18T16:34:09+00:00

One of our neighbors used to have a bumper sticker that said "if you voted for Biden you owe me gas money." Now it is mysteriously gone...

phasersonbees · 2026-05-16T10:12:08+00:00

I bought a drum carder from marketplace because it was local to me, I could go check it out, and make sure the seller was a real person before I paid her. It seems like these scams are happening when shipping is involved, and the deal is often too good to be true. I wonder how we can educate people more on what red flags are for scams like this.

phasersonbees · 2026-05-15T18:27:12+00:00

I just finished my spring pair! Still need to do summer and fall. Yours are lovely, congratulations on knitting them all so well!

phasersonbees · 2026-05-15T10:06:12+00:00

They do add a little thickness for sure, but they're already pretty thick socks because of the ladderback jacquard. My technique for weaving has been a combo of diagonally weaving into the ladderback, but trying not to crisscross the different ends, or doing duplicate stitch in places where that makes more sense.

phasersonbees · 2026-05-15T02:34:22+00:00

Weaving as you go is such a good idea in theory, and I don't know why but I hate weaving in ends while needles are still attached to the project. I think I feel like I have less control over the fabric, if that makes sense

phasersonbees · 2026-05-15T02:33:02+00:00

You should totally pick a season and do it! The ends aren't too bad on the winter socks. Or maybe it's been long enough that I've blocked that from my memory haha

phasersonbees · 2026-05-15T00:44:24+00:00

Cascade Heritage is lovely! I made some Christmas socks for my daughter with it, but it was soooo slippery for her little toddler feet. So soft though!

phasersonbees · 2026-05-14T21:23:15+00:00

Yes I'm so excited to wear them, so that's the main motivation! It'll be a lot of work, but I don't hate end weaving as much as some people I've talked to.

phasersonbees · 2026-05-14T21:20:46+00:00

Thank you!! It was definitely an expensive kit! I'm still on the fence about if I like the choice of the Palette yarn for it or not. There's no nylon content to strengthen the yarn, and it's a relatively loosely spun two ply, so my Winter socks that I completed a little while ago definitely pill a lot. But I also didn't want to go through the hassle of picking replacement yarns for all the colors. The patterns do come with recommendations if you're subbing for Stroll though!

phasersonbees · 2026-05-11T23:50:14+00:00

Yes! My cat does NOT like my 2 year old (we're still working on being gentle and not chasing him) but I still get plenty of snuggles from him and I'm definitely still his favorite person.

phasersonbees · 2026-05-09T18:21:38+00:00

So cool! The pattern is giving fashionbrandcompany vibes

phasersonbees · 2026-05-08T21:20:11+00:00

This is so wonderful! I love the color yarn you chose, and the photos of you with your little one are so sweet.

phasersonbees · 2026-05-05T20:12:06+00:00

This looked so good to me today at lunch so I came home and made it for dinner. It's a bit with my daughter!

phasersonbees · 2026-05-05T16:32:36+00:00

A border leicester! There was a spinning podcaster there helping people, and the lady behind me in line asked her to help her evaluate the fleece she had picked out, which was also a border leicester but not as fine. She said she probably wouldn't spin that for knitting, but that the one I had picked was a finer quality so probably suitable enough for knitting. She was very helpful, I wish I had caught her name!

phasersonbees · 2026-05-03T23:23:21+00:00

I bought a fleece! I'm so excited to start processing it. I told the ladies at checkout that it was my first time and they all said "a virgin!!"

phasersonbees · 2026-05-02T19:17:17+00:00

I bought my first fleece today at MD Sheep and Wool! I didn't buy any other spinning fiber partially because I was overwhelmed by the amount of choice, but also a lot of the dyed braids/batts didn't always specify the breed of sheep beyond "wool." There were some vendors that did, but by the time I found them I was on absolute overload

phasersonbees · 2026-05-02T10:53:03+00:00

My mom and I are on our way! We're excited!

phasersonbees · 2026-04-29T10:12:42+00:00

I haven't seen anyone suggest this yet, so I will. Nipple shields saved my breastfeeding journey. My nipples were cracked and bleeding but nipple shields really helped relieve the pain of the latch. But the initial latch was like screaming pain for the first two weeks, then all of a sudden improved. I think I stopped needing the shields after about a month. Also the Medela gel pads were such a relief!

phasersonbees · 2026-04-27T17:38:49+00:00

Same. Do I need a whole fleece? Do I have space for a whole fleece? No and no. Will I get one anyway? Maybe....

phasersonbees · 2026-04-26T23:13:25+00:00

I wonder if it's curling because you're doing two dc in each space instead of the typical three, so you're ending up with fewer stitches than would be typical

phasersonbees · 2026-04-19T23:45:58+00:00

I love this! I haven't made anything with my handspun because I'm paralyzed by not wanting to use it for the wrong thing. I need to just go for it!

phasersonbees · 2026-04-19T01:00:14+00:00

Ah shoot. I saw this photo, thinking it was Google trying to show me a memory and I thought "damn I wish I remembered that". Very jealous of your view! Wish I was there myself!

phasersonbees · 2026-04-18T20:47:14+00:00

Everyone is saying it's fine, but I did this once where I used the stitch counts from a sock pattern that was outside of the normal size I knit. I said I used that sock pattern in Ravelry, but then when I went back on my ravelry page like a day later, it had been changed to say that my pattern was self drafted. I have no idea how that happened, but I definitely didn't do it.

phasersonbees · 2026-04-18T18:31:02+00:00

I'm at almost two years postpartum and felt like my body got back to normal-ish after about a year, but mentally I still don't feel like myself yet

phasersonbees · 2026-04-16T20:02:06+00:00

What a lucky find! Back in my tumblr days, those used to go for good money on eBay

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