The other day it occurred to me that my mom was about my age when she started her great migration indoors; I remember she had already started coming down with a case of the shutins by the time I was in highschool. I've known for sometime that this was a possibility for me, that if I wasn't careful I'd wake up one day to realize that my world had collapsed around me, shrunken to the size of just four walls. As the years have passed, I've watched my desire to be outside dwindle to almost nothing. I've found it slightly unnerving noticing how much I enjoy bip bopping around my house doing my little crafts, and have often thought to myself: don't get too comfortable now, or you'll never leave. ...read more
Sweet Sock Report
Tue, Sep 15, 2026
Important information: back during the fall of '24, I decided to buy enough yarn to knit a pair of socks for everyone I love. Spoiler alert: not nan nary a sock was gifted out that year. The yarn was added to the ever growing art supply inventory and left untouched until the summer of '26. So why did I go into my closet and select a perfectly good sweater to gut for sock yarn; well obviously because I'm ridiculous, but I had my reasons. 1. The sweater was itchy. 2. I wanted to experiment with a different fiber blend for the socks that I give away, that and I'm on a bit of a spending freeze. I need to clear out said supply inventory, as it's gotten a bit out of hand. Anyway, these are the socks upcycled from a sweater given to me by a friend, I'm still trying to decide if I want to dye them.
Mon, Sep 7, 2026
The third pair of socks I made this summer was for my Grandma's birthday; she was said she was excited to pair them with her "comfy flannels" that happened to be in a matching color palette. Unfortunately, these came out so nicely that I now have no choice but to unravel the first two pairs I made, to make an even better pair of pink socks, but first I want to finish my upcyle project.
Aug '26
Back at the end of July, I put together a fit and thought this would be super cute with some pink socks; thus the winter crafts began early. Funny enough, I aint really been out the house like that since xD but I still enjoy seeing my little pink socks bip bopping around the house.