I don’t understand why knitting and like getting hand knitted clothes was so demonized when we were kids
I can remember so many cartoons where grandmas would be like “here’s a sweater i made for you” and the kid would treat it like the worst fucking curse
Like. My guy. Being given something that someone put so much time and effort and money into (because it takes time effort and money to make a good quality garment) is literally so cool. Shut the fuck up.
everybody wants me to start with a magic circle dont any of these patterns have sympathy for the fact that every time i learn the magic circle it is then magically wiped from my memory the moment im not actively doing it
This is part of my ongoing Discworld jacket embroidery project. Of course Great A'Tuin has to be on there. And of course it has to be the biggest one of them all.
I’m going to put the finished product in my masterpost, but I’m so proud of the thing that I have to put it in an extra post beforehand. Enjoy!
Update!!!
Behold: the elephants! 😁
The turtle moves! Now it’s just the “cargo” left. And the universe. Well.
Update 3: Why did I have to try single thread for the disc. Why. How did I ever think that was a good idea. This is taking aaaages.
I’d say never again, but I know myself too well…
Still trying to decide whether to outline the landmass with darker thread or not. It would make the lands more distinct - but it might also make it look more like a comic. If you have any thoughts on it, let me know. I’ll only decide once I’ve finished the rest of the disc and that’ll be at least a week, if I had to guess.
I finally had some time to continue and the disc is done! Now just some stars, planets, etc…
My estimate is that this took about 150 hours. About half of that went into the disc because I discovered single thread embroidery.
And because I always think it’s really interesting to see the back of the embroidery - bonus:
On to the next one! Maybe I’ll do the luggage now.