Exactly what it sounds like. A crosswalk painted in rainbow colours.
ratofkryll
joined 2 years ago
OP said elsewhere that they're in Canada, so $500 Canadian dollars.
TV, YouTube, podcasts, music, watching my partner game. I originally picked knitting up as something to do other than scroll on my phone while doing those things.
I cancelled my Netflix account. I keep Disney Plus around for my stepkid, and Prime Video because it comes with Prime, although I'll probably cancel that soon too. I'm keeping Funimation.
Streaming is becoming worse than cable. At least if I got cable (which I won't) I could PVR shit and skip the ads. The idea of paying a monthly fee to get advertised at anyway is nauseating.
Is it subscription now? I paid like $3 for it once ten years ago.
I picked up knitting in 2019 as something to do with my hands other than doomscroll all evening after work. I've always been good with my hands and technical-creative tasks so I picked it up really quickly.
I'd say my skill level is intermediate to advanced. I prefer very technical lace or cable projects that push my abilities. It's a lot of fun watching a ball of string turn into a useful piece of fabric and I like to modify patterns, like adding beads to lace or switching up cable panels.
There have been a few points where I've decided to take extended breaks because I could feel myself starting to burn out. Usually because of life stress. I still stick around in my knitting Discord server and come back to it when someone posts a pattern that I really want to make.
Knitting is not hard to get into, but it can get expensive fast. My first major finished project was $30 worth of acrylic yarn on $9 aluminum needles from Michael's. A couple of years ago, I spent $350 on a set of high end stainless steel interchangeable circular needles and have used mostly hand dyed merino wool, cashmere, or silk blends for my last several projects, ranging from $75-$150 per project.
The other thing to keep in mind is time. I have about 150 hours in the shawl I'm currently working on, with about 4 hours of work left. When I'm done, I'll be picking a project back up that will probably take 300 hours altogether. A sweater might take 20-80 hours depending on the size and yarn. This is not a hobby where you see instant results. It's absolutely worth it to me though.
35, Canada, and manual is my preference although my current car is an automatic.
I learned to drive on an automatic, but bought a manual for my first car and got my ex to teach me how to drive it. It was important to me that I be able to get into pretty much anything and drive it. After driving an automatic exclusively for the last year, I miss having that level of gearing control, especially on hills and corners.
I found some money I squirrelled away for a big luxury purchase, so I'm buying a painting. It's the first piece of art in years that's stopped me in my tracks to stare. I have a print, but it's not the same.
I don't know about the specifics of OP's blanket, but these sorts of things are usually worked starting in the centre and going out to the edge.
Walker Kong, with 47 monthly listeners.
I found one of their albums at a record store in Vancouver a few years ago. The band is defunct now, but they're the best kind of weird.
It's $26.99 USD on Steam.