A fat positive lifestyle blog.
I recently finished test knitting a sweater pattern, which might seem out of character for me if you know how much I hate having a deadline on my projects. But then I met the Water Bearer sweater. The Water Bearer sweater on Ravelry. But here's the ...
Listen, it's tough out there for a fat crafter. A lot of designers don't seem to want our money. But fortunately, some of them do, and I've decided to highlight some cute fall patterns you can knit or crochet in actual plus sizes. I'm doing my best to ...
It’s inevitable: as soon as word gets out amongst your friends and family, people are going to start asking you to knit things for them, either as gifts or commissions. Some people are perfectly reasonable about it, and ask politely while offering to p ...
In my brief foray into knitting store employment (don't ask), I often had to field questions about the fiber content of yarns. Most of the time, this was simple, as many of them were your standard fibers like wool, cotton, cashmere, or alpaca. But there w ...
(This post may contain affiliate links.) Have you heard of snuffle mats? I hadn't until recently, when Wesley started his obedience class. It's a mat that has strips of fabric coming out of it, like a long shag rug. You toss treats into it, and the ide ...
Last year, hundreds of thousands of people came together to march against Trump. Unfortunately, I had some sort of plague-like cold, so I was not among them, but I watched the events unfold from under a fuzzy blanket on social media. One of the symbols o ...
I shouldn't be surprised that off-the-rack clothes and crafting patterns have a lot of the same problems. Being fat (if you take issue with that word, please see where I already addressed that), I am quite often excluded from clothing choices. Most of my ...