château of the bad neighbor

Late day porch knitting, we put up a sun shade and it’s changed my life, I feel like I could write poetry about summer on days like this, less humidity, less wildfire smoke, iced drinks holding their own in regular glasses ..I mean we’re still strictly a melancholy fall/winter house, but today, today feels pretty great in the summer shade. (Also with the shade rolled down it adds to our usual unfriendly “don’t come over here” vibes.)

The other way home.

Back on my BS, and falling behind, I don’t know what my problem is and why it manifests as crochet hook purchases ..look at them though, I could scream! These are the Capricorn Streamline Resin Hooks from Furls and of course I’ve had the same quality issues I’ve had in the past and yes it’s frustrating to always have an issue (literally like 85% of the time), but I just can’t seem to quit and thankfully they have great customer support, but I’d still love to never have to think about what troubles my next order might bring.

Incredible.

I thought I lost all my old paper patterns, we’ve searched the artroom storage closet multiple times and never came across them, the weather’s been so nice lately that we decided to tidy up the three season/mudroom and poof, there they were, weird for them to be out there, but ok. I was hoping my Mary Mulari Patterns would turn up too, but they didn’t, where the hell is my Church Lady Apron pattern?

I would totally wear that wide yellow pant and matching piped plaid top, let’s zoom in. 👀

Those colors and that collar, adorable. Jeez, the illustrations on these old patterns make me nostalgic for Fashion Plates, I wonder if that toy still exists somewhere at my parents house?