I had a genius idea! I posted *one* picture of a quilt and immediately got hooked into quiltsky. I've been trying to get chickens back on my feed for months, to no avail. So here are some chickens from the fair, chickens which I love and would love to see more pictures of:

2 Fairs in 2 days is 2 much 4 me but I'm doing it anyway. We picked the hottest possible day for the State Fair, which was bad, but the crowds were small and we managed to have a lot of fun anyway. I love looking at the crafts entries, and the animals, and the giant veggibles.

YouTube has been going buckwild recommending me AI videos. Like there's even a little "youtube recommended!" tag on them. If I see an AI thumbnail, even if it's a topic that sounds nominally interesting, I'm not going to watch it because they obviously don't care about their video, why should I?

My child is being a BAD INFLUENCE on the little doggie. Sent me photographic evidence and everything.

Man, my kids are so old there are exactly 0 board books I liked reading them that are still for sale. (I found an abridged Hand, Hand, Fingers, Thumb, but that's from Ye Olden Dayes, it doesn't count.)

Also, I figured out why it's called a shawl. Clearly meant for a chihuahua. (My dog is very patient with my nonsense.)

I did a smart! I was just about 5 rows short of a 22nd feather, but I thought that might happen so I put in a lifeline (blue wire) after the 21st, so it was an easy fix/finish. Also, I thought the lifeline looked kinda neat with the short rows, so I took a picture. #knitsky #FOFriday🧶

I love knitting in orange, I do it because seeing the yarn makes me happy, but I don't want to wear orange, so I was certain I didn't have any autumnal knits. Then I moved one shawl out of the way and remembered I have two that I wear all the time, I just forgot over Summer. #showmeyourknits 🧶

It might be the 70s in me but I love a philodendron, miss me with your newfangled pothos. My husband wanted a plant of his own, so I made this with things we had around the house (including a 3d printer). The cutting is from my desk plant which started the same size and is now bigger than me.

Every morning the child asks me what the weather's going to be and I tell them. This morning, as I'm telling them, their friend texts "Don't forget a sweater!" I'm practically crying, that's so sweet! So thoughtful! Nobody ever called me in the morning to remind me to wear a sweater to school!

I was Very Careful about getting the Expanse books in order. I double-checked. HOW did I still manage to read the second one first and not notice until the end? I guess I like it more now, I thought the middle was dragging with stuff about characters who hadn't been introduced.

After that sweater I needed a quick win. I don't know why this is called a shawl, it's very clearly a scarf. Otherwise, it's very nice. Winding it, I realized this yarn wouldn't work for the pattern I had in mind, but I think it's perfect for this! ravel.me/pincha-shawl #knitting #knitsky 🧶

They had so much fleece & roving at the Upcycle place! I don't spin and have no intention to ever learn, so I left it for someone who could use it, but those alpaca fleeces were tempting. I did get way more yarn than I should have, but I have plans for it at least.

Finally finished! It blocked out really nice, I love this texture and the cables actually look good. It is exactly the right length and a smidge too wide, and I have 40g of yarn left because I made it for my short-waisted self. ravel.me/atul #knitting #knitsky 🧶

One from my mom this time. She used to knit (before I was born) but switched to crochet because it was faster. Now she's retired to cross-stitch because it takes longer.

Watched The Black Cauldron, and it was interesting, because I could see why I didn't like it then and why I don't like it now is different, but it's still Not Good. Can't for the life of me remember why I hated their Gurgi though, I think he's... a fine adaptation for a Disney movie.

My child thinks they're funny. Glanced out the kitchen window and:

I've been rereading the Chronicles of Prydain, which I last read just a little before the movie came out (my introduction to "adaptations can be bad!") Absolutely loved them as a child, and absolutely not enjoying them now. Yuck.

Scarf! I have a million but they're not very interesting, except this one. Designed by my youngest, knitted by me, and they never ever wear it because it's always too warm here. (Yes some of the eyes are supposed to be different.) Perhaps the dog will wear it this winter. #showmeyourknits #knitsky 🧶

I firmly believe that if a thing's worth doing, it's worth doing badly. Baked myself a terrible-looking but incredibly tasty cake to celebrate surviving this job 15 years! (IYKYK)

Oh, are we doing WIPs? Behold, the same cursed sweater I've had OTN for like 10 weeks. Every bind off has been done at least twice. Now I'm lengthening the sleeves. It's going to require super-hard blocking, but I think it will be ok. Maybe. #knitting #showmeyourknits 🧶

I was so inspired by the State Fair exhibit that I'm determined to enter something in our state fair next year. Missed the deadline for this one by a week, so I have a solid 50 weeks to plan. (And one for shipping, our fair is far.)

This display was impressive, and brought up a discussion of how display => art. Of course the glassblowing child immediately clocked the Joey Kirkpatrick pear at the top.

There were a bunch of awesome quilts. I thought this temperature one was especially neat because I've seen it in knit and crochet a bunch, but never quilting before. The Medallion Quilt is just amazing, all the fabrics look so soft and good and I can see why it took 5 years.

The quilt was not the only ribbon-quilted project on display. There was also this very cool jacket by Penny Singer:

I was musing to my husband about why the Lucille Ball portrait was so much better than all the rest. He said it was probably because they used an old photo of her, you know, a grainy one. >:(

I was not prepared for the size of this quilt. I didn't have a banana, so my husband (5'11") stood in for size. I'm so glad this quilt inspired me to go to the exhibit, it was 100% my jam, there were so many cool pieces I feel lucky I got to see.

Got a pic of one of the first things I ever knit, ~30 years ago. My mom still uses it, my kids grew up snoozing in it, it's surprisingly warm for being 99% holes and definitely showing its age. It's Lion Brand Homespun something, long discontinued. My doggie thinks it is for him, natch. #knitting 🧶

I don't usually post pictures of myself on the Internet, but here's one of me & my mom having lunch with the lil' doggie.

Pinterest is the only service I've seen that lets you remove your email from someone else's account. Everyone needs to hop on that train, I'm sick of people deciding my email is theirs. I get medical records, insurance information, all kinds of garbage, and there's nothing I can do most times.