I commissioned
@lydsirabella
for a Pride and Prejudice Stede and Ed (Mr. Stede Darcy and Edlizabeth? ๐) And I love love love it so much! Now I need the AU! Does it exist or do I need to write it? ๐๐ฅฐ (Look at the pearls!)
This is going to be a very silly goose of a sweater but it's soft AF, so whatever. Gauge and color aren't perfect, but WHO AMONGST US IS? ๐
#WeeJohn
#sweater
#OFMD
Customer: "I'm performing at PRIDE tonight."
Coworker: "oh shit, cool."
Customer: "on the MAIN STAGE" *excited*
Me, interrupting: "ARE YOU PEACHES?!"
Customer: *nods*
GenZ coworker: *blank stare, no idea who they're helping*
Me: *vibrating out of my skin*
1/3
My husband 3D printed an
#OFMD
lampshade for me ๐คฉ (was meant to be a Xmas gift but it took a minute for him to figure out how to do it). It's so cute!
Hubs was trying to crack my back and the sounds I was making were really doing it for him and he said, "You should write a story based on this. Stede needs to go to a chiropractor and Ed owns the clinic. It could be called..." And I STG we said at the SAME TIME, "Kraken Backs!"๐
I wish I could transfer my hyperfixation onto something healthy. Like, what if I cared about weight lifting as much as I cared about gay pirates? I'd be UNSTOPPABLE ๐
Innocent Stede overhearing Lucius talking about being a sub and he, a kindergarten teacher, is like, "Oh?! I'm always looking for a good sub!" Lucius could be like, "๐ ...Oh?" Bystander Ed, clocking the misunderstanding immediately, watches on in delight as the convo devolves.
AU Idea: Lucius runs a praise kink hotline for Very Good Boys โข๏ธ and Ed calls every time he accomplishes a challenging task. He specifically requests the man with the soft NZ accent bc it reminds him of home. โค๏ธ
Beyond excited to announce "You Make Fine Things Well, Vol. 1" an
#OFMD
Craft Zine! Many designers, hours of crafting, and a lot of love went into this project and we wanted to give that love back to the community!
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OFMD kept it to themselves, but they had been quite ill. So in some ways, it's a blessing.
This is how OFMD would have wanted to go.
To OFMD: complicated, hard-headed, really quite irritating at times, and now free. Long may they roam.
*Blasts "Miles From Nowhere"*
I was able to fix my Roach top with a corset lace up the front. It feels cute and era-appropriate. Way better than ripping out the sleeves and re-knitting the entire top half. ๐คช Thinking about calling the pattern "Needles are Needles, Yarn's Yarn," ๐ช๐ชณ
Customer/ Peaches: *Points to a book on display with a peach on the cover* "Ha. That's funny."
Me: "That's my book, I WROTE THAT BOOK!"
Peaches: "Can I take a picture of you with your book?"
Me: *literally dies*
2/3
I finished my knitted Roach ๐ชณ๐ช top but I didn't decrease enough along the armholes and it falls right off my shoulders ๐. Some adjustments need to be done to the pattern or ... it'll just be a slutty lil off-the-shoulder number. ๐คทโโ๏ธ
The risk I took was calculated. But damn I am really fucking bad at math. ๐ตโ๐ซ
So after blocking, my Mothman sweater has become a sweater dress ๐. I honestly don't know what happened. I probably should have knit and blocked a swatch, but I'm not a knitwear designer, I'm an idiot.
I wore a modified pirate uniform at a poly social tonight and someone came up to me and asked if I had seen OFMD! I said "yes, so much that it might be a problem." ๐
I love the idea of Stede being in a Xmas Hallmark movie AU and Ed being in a horror AU, but they're in the same story. Would it be called, "Satan, Baby"? ๐คฃ๐
*whispers* sometimes if an AO3 fic is especially good I will log out and give them an extra kudos as a guest. Just a little anonymous treat bc they're worth it ๐คญโบ๏ธ
My 6yo asked what I was going to write at my writers group and I said, "oh, you know, another EdandStede story" and she said, "what if!" v excited, "Ed and Stede broke up, and Ed married Izzy!" ๐คจ Not only is she an Edizzy truther, she thinks she invented it.
The lovely
@sweetpotato_70
made this gorgeous art of my Black Sheep boys! ๐๐งถ๐๐ค They're so cute I could die! ๐ฅน๐ญ "Black Sheep" was my first fic in the fandom and holds a very special place in my heart. Thank you Sweet Potato, you're the best! โค๏ธ
Watching Jumanji with my 6yo and she says, "I want to shake his hand," about Nigel. And I go, "He kind of hugged me once!" And she goes, "Waaat?" I showed her my profile pic and she made this face: ๐ฒ
Baking with Samba! It is delightfully chaotic and we only just started.
"You can use any kind of sugar, I use white sugar... because I'm racist." LOL ๐
Made another Wee John sweater!
I edited the original so I could knit it with size 19 needles. Cast-on on 5/11 and cast-off on 5/16. Super fast knit! ๐๐ดโโ ๏ธ๐ค I recorded the process to make a YT video, so watch out for that soon ๐
#OFMD
#OFMDknits
#YouKnitFineThingWell
This joke is my Magnum opus. It's where I peaked as a writer and it's all been downhill since. I still think about it at random moments and teehehe to myself like an idiot. ๐คทโโ๏ธ
Blocking my daughter's sparkly
#Mothman
sweater and about to cast on for a matching one for myself. Should I change anything for mine? There will be room for 2 rows of Mothmen and โค๏ธs for mine, but otherwise, any notes?
I just got my Barbie dress in the mail, but ALSO! Jessica Rabbit cosplay? She's usually depicted in a red sequin dress, but it could totally be pink. ๐ฉท๐
Did you know if you watch this episode and start the kiss at exactly 11:18, then replay the kiss 42 times, Ed and Stede will kiss at exactly midnight? ๐
Want to join my Snake Cult GC? ๐ Long-distance, low-commitment, workout buddies who are *tired* ๐ฎโ๐จ but want arms like Archie ๐ช๐ป. Maybe motivation will help? Comment and I'll add you ๐ดโโ ๏ธ
(idea credit to
@ananaksia
)
Are any of you all just struck dumb, speechless, breathless, in awe at the astounding, overwhelming talent in this fandom community? It absolutely blows my mind each and every day.
I get to celebrate my birthday today (on
#OFMD
release day anniversary!) with all my pirate friends at ECCC! ๐ฅณ๐๐ดโโ ๏ธ๐๐ I'm going to be gussied up as a sexy femme Stede this morning then catch me at the variety show as sexy Kraken Ed tonight!
I completely forgot that I owned a vulva stamp and wax to seal letters, and now I have a pressing urge to send everyone I know a hand-written letter ๐
Collecting ideas and submissions for Vol 2 of the "You Make Fine Thins Well Zine"! Ended up with a lot of knitting projects in Vol 1, so I'd like to spread the love to other crafts (knitting will still probably be many of the patterns, bc I am who I am)
As long as we're shipping all Rhys and Taika characters, we might as well include the animated ones! I ship Coran from Voltron and Mo from Lightyear ๐ ๐๐๐๐จ๐ฝโ๐๐ธ