Polgooth Socks
Dark grey for C1
Light blue for C2
September 1, 2020
fish lips kiss heel in C1
December 16, 2020
Cast on 2nd sock with 3 stitches more than the largest size, after about an inch of pattern, had them try it on and not quite big enough. Pulled back to cuff and reknit the single row of k with 3 increases evenly distributed, ended up at 6 stitches more than largest size
December 7, 2021
Looks like this has notes and photos for both of the pairs that I knit: one for me (dark grey/light blue) and one for Ryn (dark blue/light grey)
Ironic Gnome
Cast on 92 st with https://newstitchaday.com/alternating-cable-cast-on-knitt…
(hat size is 7 1/2, aka 23.5 inches)
September 15, 2020
I think I want to use this tassel concept: https://www.purlsoho.com/create/tassel-tiny-attached-tassel/
(also, have done quite a few mods, will note later)
October 9, 2020
Dissent Cowl (knit)
cancun boxy lace top
July 15, 2020
knit to pattern up through the last D section, then additional repeat of C – should measure up correctly to with last two repeats of B
(also, slipped first stitch of every row, hoping for easier seaming)
‘Vog On
August 7, 2020
these are VERY loose, ended up reducing extra 2 stitches in the gusset of the first sock, and sort of wish I’d either gone down a needle size or reduced a few stitches
August 25, 2020
Cute as heck but HUGE around the ankles, not sure how much I’ll wear them 
Red & Grey Honey Cowl
Port Gamble Socks
June 4, 2020
Cuff in same yarn as https://www.ravelry.com/projects/epersonae/recipe-of-the-… – had a tiny bit in my fingering scraps box, going to combine with some other blue yarns
June 5, 2020
Used variegated up thru row 7 of stst ankle, then a mid-tone blue (don’t remember what) up to heel flap, saving mid-tone for probably toes.
Shifting sock B over to do both heel flaps together, joining navy blue Wildfoote for heels and foot
June 16, 2020
Doing the toe in the mid-tone blue, which I believe is the same yarn as https://www.ravelry.com/projects/epersonae/basic-sock-wit…
June 23, 2020
probably a tiny bit too small? but good enough to wear.
kind of an old-style link dump
I’m? on? strike? today? – which from all the extra question marks is a big thing to say, but here we are. I’m not sure I’m yet in a place where I want to do a lot of writing about how I got here, only that I took today to do research and write to officials.
(more information from Black Lives Matter Seattle)
So I’m going to drop a bunch of my research here in case it is useful for others, because looking stuff up is what I do. In no particular order:
- Showing Up for Racial Justice (SURJ) affiliates (Olympia’s is all on Facebook, alas, which I refuse to go back to)
- Info about WA civil asset forfeiture laws (it’s bad)
- DoD page with spreadsheet of all local LEO that have military equipment
- The short fraught history of the ‘Thin Blue Line’ American flag
- After the cops (scifi cartoonist imagines agencies that might come after police abolition)
- Confessions of a former bastard cop (is it a real cop? I don’t know, but food for thought)
- Chart of reform vs abolition steps (follow the money is apparently ALWAYS the word for the day)
- Email for BLM (side note: if you don’t live in one of the largest 100 cities in America, it’s REALLY HARD to get information from some of these sites with stats or actions, which is really frustrating!)
- Very long thread on Elinor Ostrom’s policing research
Notably, this is mostly cop stuff, which is important but insufficient. It’s what I’m focusing on today but maybe not what I want to focus on long term.
The rest of these links should be considered somewhat aspirational, for my own reference and future work. (I know, I have Pinboard, but it’s a mess. This is also a mess, but at least it’s on one page for me to go back to.)
- Indivisible has a whole list of actions to take
- Decolonizing Decisions: an inclusive framework for collaboration (Google Slides)
- Power dynamics and inclusion in virtual meetings
- This piece from Brain Traffic was particularly thoughtful and got me thinking
- Long thread of stuff for thinking about racism in fandom
- Detour spotting for white anti-racists (PDF)
- One of the 8 million reading lists (this is the one that happened to be in my tabs, and also it’s from an LA bookstore) (IÂ have read The Warmth of Other Suns, and it’s so so so important)
- Scaffolding for anti-racism resources (Google Doc) (appreciate that it organizes resources, prompts, and actions based on internal mindset!)
- Do the work (I originally was looking at the “Reflect” section, but the whole thing has info for being a better ally to Black people)
- Thread about going from current to systemic actions
I’m doing a lot of thinking, and I’m trying also to take action, in ways that I can handle right now. I want to be accountable without making it a me me me thing, which is tricky, and why I’m writing it all out in my own space.
Desert Ripple
Still needs blocking, and will need fairly strong blocking to get rectangular.
A nice project for long stretches of meetings and videos (and yes, video meetings)
Did the buttonholes, not sure if at correct intervals. Not sure if I’m going to add buttons, will probably wait until I’m comfortable going to stores in person.
Pattern is very confusing to read in sections where color is changing and for buttonhole placement! Ended up copying into word and reformatting a couple of sections.
June 23, 2020
final dimensions after blocking: 17†x 62â€