Danielle Baines
@daniellebaines.bsky.social
Mom to a non-binary adult person (how can they be in their 20s when I'm still in my 20s?), two cats, and a hedgehog. Senior Estimator for an architectural woodwork company. Knitter. Seamstress. Reluctant Housekeeper. she/her
One Christmas when Mads was maybe seven they decorated the Christmas gingerbread people as murder victims with lots of blood and guts. We did not take those to Great Gramma’s house in Christmas Day.
December 25, 2025 at 4:04 PM
One Christmas when Mads was maybe seven they decorated the Christmas gingerbread people as murder victims with lots of blood and guts. We did not take those to Great Gramma’s house in Christmas Day.
They never swatch or they never block.
December 4, 2025 at 2:04 PM
They never swatch or they never block.
If more designers were better at grading patterns, the amount of math I’d have to do when I knit their patterns would likely be significantly less. Everybody wins.
November 10, 2025 at 9:40 PM
If more designers were better at grading patterns, the amount of math I’d have to do when I knit their patterns would likely be significantly less. Everybody wins.
I change them whenever I actually remember. It usually takes days to remember the one in the car.
November 2, 2025 at 1:48 PM
I change them whenever I actually remember. It usually takes days to remember the one in the car.
I haven’t watched baseball since the World Series in 1993. My paternal gramma was a die-hard Jays fan. She watched every game of every season. We watched them together that year.
November 2, 2025 at 3:49 AM
I haven’t watched baseball since the World Series in 1993. My paternal gramma was a die-hard Jays fan. She watched every game of every season. We watched them together that year.
Oh I wish I could be there!! Have extra fun for me & Jasper!
October 20, 2025 at 8:48 PM
Oh I wish I could be there!! Have extra fun for me & Jasper!
I spend a lot of time making them bigger and pasting the key on the same page.
And this might be a me thing, but I like when the key for a cable chart tells you which cable the symbol is for AND how to work that cable. Often the ‘what’ is in the key but the ‘how’ is on a glossary somewhere else.
And this might be a me thing, but I like when the key for a cable chart tells you which cable the symbol is for AND how to work that cable. Often the ‘what’ is in the key but the ‘how’ is on a glossary somewhere else.
October 10, 2025 at 3:58 PM
I spend a lot of time making them bigger and pasting the key on the same page.
And this might be a me thing, but I like when the key for a cable chart tells you which cable the symbol is for AND how to work that cable. Often the ‘what’ is in the key but the ‘how’ is on a glossary somewhere else.
And this might be a me thing, but I like when the key for a cable chart tells you which cable the symbol is for AND how to work that cable. Often the ‘what’ is in the key but the ‘how’ is on a glossary somewhere else.
I like it when the key/legend is on the same page as the chart. I have copied & pasted it when it’s not.
October 10, 2025 at 3:53 PM
I like it when the key/legend is on the same page as the chart. I have copied & pasted it when it’s not.
It goes in the basket for my Sunday knitting group. When the basket is full I take it in and everyone gets new yarn.
I may have changed my mind about since I bought it, but someone else is going to love it or at least have a purpose for it.
I may have changed my mind about since I bought it, but someone else is going to love it or at least have a purpose for it.
September 4, 2025 at 2:21 PM
It goes in the basket for my Sunday knitting group. When the basket is full I take it in and everyone gets new yarn.
I may have changed my mind about since I bought it, but someone else is going to love it or at least have a purpose for it.
I may have changed my mind about since I bought it, but someone else is going to love it or at least have a purpose for it.
Couldn’t see it without a whole lot of zooming. I’d leave it. I’ve seen worse in a tutorial. It may have a tiny hair but it is also an excellent illustration of the thing you need. The latter outweighs the former.
August 26, 2025 at 12:21 AM
Couldn’t see it without a whole lot of zooming. I’d leave it. I’ve seen worse in a tutorial. It may have a tiny hair but it is also an excellent illustration of the thing you need. The latter outweighs the former.
I’ve been trying to crochet a lobster for three years. I will not be defeated. But in need some space before I try again. (It’s a kit. I’m not inventing anything remarkable. Just trying & failing to follow some instructions. It’s not them. It’s me.)
March 26, 2025 at 4:07 PM
I’ve been trying to crochet a lobster for three years. I will not be defeated. But in need some space before I try again. (It’s a kit. I’m not inventing anything remarkable. Just trying & failing to follow some instructions. It’s not them. It’s me.)
Also code for “we don’t know what’s going to happen but you should being a jacket of some kind”
March 22, 2025 at 7:48 PM
Also code for “we don’t know what’s going to happen but you should being a jacket of some kind”
Nope. No. Thanks but I’ll pass.
March 11, 2025 at 11:18 PM
Nope. No. Thanks but I’ll pass.
Mads & his friends are off to Pancake Supper at the local church hall this evening. They have graciously allowed that I can join them.
March 4, 2025 at 4:47 PM
Mads & his friends are off to Pancake Supper at the local church hall this evening. They have graciously allowed that I can join them.