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KM is looking for work! @kellymerka.bsky.social · 1h

but the great thing is you can just cast on and knit a bunch of rows and bind off and BOOM! scarf!! with just 3 techniques.

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KM is looking for work! @kellymerka.bsky.social · 1h

I checked my book and it offers this variant that is purportedly easier:

A photo of a page from the book Cast On Bind Off. It reads: "Long-Tail Cast On:
Thumb Version. This is a variation of the Long-Tail Cast On that is easier for some folks than holding the yarn in the traditional slingshot position. The result is the same as the standard Long-Tail Cast On. CHARACTERISTICS: Edge is elastic and attractive. First row begins with wrong side (private side) of work. GOOD FOR: Any stitch pattern and any project."

A photo of a page from the book Cast On Bind Off. It reads: "Working the Cast On. 1) Measure out a tail of yarn using whatever method you prefer (page 13). Make a slip knot and place it on the needle.
Hold the needle and working yarn in your right hand. 2) Wrap the tail end around your left thumb counterclockwise (yarn comes from needle to inside thumb and wraps around to outside of thumb). Using the other fingers of your left hand to grasp the tail, insert needle tip under the thumb loop. 3) Holding the needle with your left hand, use your right hand to wrap the working yarn around the needle."

A photo of a page from the book Cast On Bind Off. It reads: "4) Pass thumb loop over the needle tip and pull the strand to tighten the stitch. 5) Repeat steps 2-4 for the desired number of stitches."

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KM is looking for work! @kellymerka.bsky.social · 1h

There are alternatives but I like long-tail because it is useful in a lot of projects, and when you learn stretchy cast-ons (like for hats!) they tend to be similar. It also leaves a nice edge.

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KM is looking for work! @kellymerka.bsky.social · 1h

I learned long-tail cast-on first and it's demonstrably harder than knit/purl stitches. I will admit I still don't like casting on, but once it's in your hands it's not too bad.

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KM is looking for work! @kellymerka.bsky.social · 2h

Casting on is the very first row you knit and binding off is the very last one!

Part of why I love this book is I go long periods without knitting and forget everything I know and then use it to help me remember

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KM is looking for work! @kellymerka.bsky.social · 2h

I'm replying way too much but since you also mentioned it... here's one of my family's goats

A black and brown buckskin goat with moonspots stands in a field.

A black and brown buckskin goat with moonspots looks skeptically at the camera. Several other goats are standing behind her.

A black and brown buckskin goat with moonspots with her tongue sticking out. Several other goats are standing behind her.

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KM is looking for work! @kellymerka.bsky.social · 2h

While I'm at it, this one is SO USEFUL because cast-ons/bind-offs can make or break a project

Cast On Bind Off: 54 Step-by-Step Methods (Leslie Ann Bestor)

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KM is looking for work! @kellymerka.bsky.social · 2h

I found this recent reddit post that includes discussion of English vs. continental style as well as knitting left-handed ("mirror knitting")

From the knitting community on Reddit

Explore this post and more from the knitting community

www.reddit.com

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KM is looking for work! @kellymerka.bsky.social · 2h

My two cents is because it is inherently ambidextrous I would recommend knitting right-handed because if you learn left-handed you would always be creating a project going the opposite direction and it will affect how you read patterns

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KM is looking for work! @kellymerka.bsky.social · 2h

Found it! I like this one because it remains useful even as you advance because there's an extensive dictionary of various techniques and stitches

A worn copy of Teach Yourself Visually: Knitting (Sharon Turner)

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KM is looking for work! @kellymerka.bsky.social · 2h

I'm a left-handed knitter! To be honest, I knit "right-handed" but since the craft requires you to engage both hands it has never been uncomfortable for me. I learned from my grandmother but can go look at the beginner book I liked...

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Asher Hellbein @asherelbein.bsky.social · 1d

Sale ends this evening! Get 'em while they're hot!

Asher Hellbein @asherelbein.bsky.social · 4d

Fuck Prime Day. PDFs of GHOST DAYS and IN THE SNOW, THE JUNGLE are on sale for just 3$ today, which means you can grab this fully illustrated short story collection AND its followup novella for just $6.

Get your Appalachian historical folklore/horror fix here!

www.asherelbein.com/store

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spooky potion of kobalos @candlestick.bsky.social · 1d

animals will only poison you if you have bad vibes

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Mark Jarrell @markjarrellart.bsky.social · 2d

Myself most days..

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molly ✨ @brat.fm · 2d

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Little Tunny 🐌🤝🧂 @littletunny.bsky.social · 3d

Don’t pick up the phone please, I’m trying to transmit a signal

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KM is looking for work! @kellymerka.bsky.social · 3d

10 horror movies to get to know me by

🐴 Nope
👽 Alien
⚪️ Noroi: The Curse
🎥One Cut of the Dead
🎤 Pontypool
👻 Lake Mungo
🦑 Grabbers
🐐 The VVitch
❄️ The Thing
🩸 Shaun of the Dead

Trevor Henderson 🍉(commissions closed) @slimyswampghost.bsky.social · 3d

10 horror movies to get to know me by

🩸Messiah Of Evil
🪏Dead And Buried
✝️Exorcist III
🔪Alice, Sweet Alice
🪟The House With The Laughing Windows
🎅Black Christmas '74
🐺The Thing
📺Ghostwatch
⚪Phantasm
🪦Creepshow

Gretchen Felker-Martin 🍉 @scumbelievable.bsky.social · 3d

10 horror movies to get to know me by

🦇Bram Stoker's Dracula
✝️The Devils
🍼Rosemary's Baby
👻The Medium
👫Possession
📹Lost Highway
💉Audition
🐸The Wicker Man ('73)
⚫Under the Skin
♦️The Neon Demon

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KM is looking for work! @kellymerka.bsky.social · 3d

YES

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KM is looking for work! @kellymerka.bsky.social · 3d

10 horror movies to get to know me by

🐴 Nope
👽 Alien
⚪️ Noroi: The Curse
🎥One Cut of the Dead
🎤 Pontypool
👻 Lake Mungo
🦑 Grabbers
🐐 The VVitch
❄️ The Thing
🩸 Shaun of the Dead

Trevor Henderson 🍉(commissions closed) @slimyswampghost.bsky.social · 3d

10 horror movies to get to know me by

🩸Messiah Of Evil
🪏Dead And Buried
✝️Exorcist III
🔪Alice, Sweet Alice
🪟The House With The Laughing Windows
🎅Black Christmas '74
🐺The Thing
📺Ghostwatch
⚪Phantasm
🪦Creepshow

Gretchen Felker-Martin 🍉 @scumbelievable.bsky.social · 3d

10 horror movies to get to know me by

🦇Bram Stoker's Dracula
✝️The Devils
🍼Rosemary's Baby
👻The Medium
👫Possession
📹Lost Highway
💉Audition
🐸The Wicker Man ('73)
⚫Under the Skin
♦️The Neon Demon

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Jennifer 🎃 @jenyetagain.bsky.social · 4d

time again to remind everyone to show your friends one cut off the dead sight unseen for october.

takayuki amateur in one cut of the dead. wearing a Hawaiian shirt and with a bleeding scalp wound he hefts a big video camera, pointing it at the viewer.

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julie muncy @julie.radiantarray.io · 3d

Laura is one of the smartest, most incisive people I know, and a fantastic writer and narrative designer. Hire Laura, please. Or fund my game so I can hire Laura.

Laura Michet @lmichet.bsky.social · 3d

Learned that I am being laid off from Heart Machine, and will be leaving the studio later this month.

Do you need a contractor? I've got a track record of leading scope-friendly script revisions late in dev. I have also done a lot of consulting on new IPs and pitches/demos. Feel free to DM me!

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Asher Hellbein @asherelbein.bsky.social · 4d

Fuck Prime Day. PDFs of GHOST DAYS and IN THE SNOW, THE JUNGLE are on sale for just 3$ today, which means you can grab this fully illustrated short story collection AND its followup novella for just $6.

Get your Appalachian historical folklore/horror fix here!

www.asherelbein.com/store

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KM is looking for work! @kellymerka.bsky.social · 4d

w/o downloading anything new, where are you mentally?

A screenshot from The Ring, but instead of the ghost exiting the TV, a white cat has been photoshopped to look like it has crawled halfway out of the screen.

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KM is looking for work! @kellymerka.bsky.social · 5d

aesthetic != quality

there's lots of stuff out there that makes me madder than a wet hen, that I still don't consider to be "bad." my fury has its roots in my very specific aesthetic sensibilities!!

〽️ax krieger does the damn thing @maxkriegervg.bsky.social · 5d

as a lifelong critic, my best advice on this topic:

practice thinking from the perspective of other ppl. consider where they're coming from, why a piece might resonate w them.

this will help you differentiate between "not for me" and "it isn't good". be kind with the former, don't fear the latter!

Carolyn Petit @carolynmichelle.bsky.social · 5d

respectfully: no. develop your own taste, absolutely, but own it. it's fine to think that popular thing is bad. it's fine to not have an opinion too, but i see statements like this one all the time and i just want to push back a bit: there's nothing wrong with having the courage of your convictions.

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tom @tomwalker.bsky.social · Mar 25

Demi tries to remember the short story “for sale: baby shoes, never worn.” on BigSoftTitty.png

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