callmebliss:

callmebliss:

This is why you pay a skilled wage for handmade.

Not these pieces are the same yarn, the same pattern, the same number of repeats (if you doubt me, count the skulls – starting at the bottom point, four skulls along the edge). Each was made using a different size hook, though.

The larger hook achieves a large, looser, airier look. The smaller hook results in smaller motifs and a more cloth like tightness to the pattern.

And this is with the same tension to the work, keeping the stitches snug to the thickness of the hook but not allowing them to tighten after pulling through.

I will be finishing the one on the right tonight or tomorrow. Same yarn, same pattern, but the end result will not be the same, making the garments individual to one another, unique.

Thirty-two years of practice to be able to make such work so quickly, cleanly, with variation to individualize the work and yet keep it beautiful. This is why I charge a skilled hourly wage for my work. #SupportHandmade #EtsyShop #EtsySellersOfInstagram #CrochetersOfInstagram #LostSouls

Http://blissmorgan.etsy.com

THIS!

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fangirlno18943:

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focus transitioning time is especially real when you’ve adhd. not just for kids but also adults. we need to know beforehand when we have to abandon what we’re doing in the moment to do something else. if you don’t give us enough notice, our brains oftentimes won’t be able to adjust to the sudden change of focus which usually causes us to get unnecessarily frustrated and unable to function as well as we otherwise could

Also, saying things like ‘later’ or ‘soon’. My brother has ADHD doesn’t understand when you say ‘later’ or ‘soon’. My parents will tell him something like ‘get off the PlayStation soon.’ and when they tell him to get off randomly later, he’ll be frustrated and angry. But if you tell him ‘get off in ten minutes’ or ‘you’re off at 5’, he will happily get off and do something else.

So it’s not just giving notice, it’s also giving a set time in which they have to do something

yes, this! important!

Hugs for EVERYONE*

morgynleri:

*hugs you all* Because today is a day for hugs, and I’m going to run out of spoons if I go putting hugs in everyone’s ask box.

Feel free to reblog this to give a hug to every one of your followers.

*who is comfortable with being hugged. If you do not like hugs or are uncomfortable with physical contact, or even just prefer not a hug from someone not a mutual friend, cookies or other snacks suitable for your dietary needs and restrictions.

It’s not a bad headspace day, exactly, and it’s certainly not a bad general pain day, but I’m beginning to suspect it’s either a low-grade headache day or a sensory not-yet-overload day. Because usually I can put on music or a documentary for background noise, and just hum along doing things, but today even the white noise is only tolerable because the random bits of people driving by with heavy bass is enough to make me want to break something.

tsaomengde:

morgynleri:

I’m not sure if my distrust of this character is because Seven doesn’t entirely trust him, or because he’s played by Mark Sheppard.

(Also, I’m pretty sure my dislike of Icheb is both because recently becoming aware the actor has engaged in serious asshattery, and because the character is an arrogant little shit.)

Mark Sheppard is one of my faves because he seems to have wholeheartedly embraced playing That Shady British Guy in literally everything ever and he rocks it

He does. And I enjoyed him in this role, even if I didn’t trust his character for a moment.

(Which, yup, he wasn’t trustworthy in the end, if not for the reason that originally passed through my head. On the other hand, I don’t think I’d have been upset if the scheme of his character and his character’s wife had succeeded, and Icheb had been reassimilated by the Borg. The kid makes me want to throw things at his head.)