I imagine myself wearing this cowl on a brisk winter’s day, while I drink a hot cup of seasonally-flavored coffee. 🌲 …and then I look outside and it’s 70°F. Maybe we’ll do the holidays somewhere snowy next year. You know, so I can wear my cowl. 🌲 Pattern: Birch Path Cowl by Karalee Harding, Yarn: @SeismicYarns Seismic Butter Bulky “White Opal”, project bag from Little Skein in the Big Wool’s Narnia collection 🌲 You can hear all about this project, and all the others on The Knitmore Girls Podcast, available on all of your favorite audio platforms. 🎄 #bipocknitters #knitting #BIPOCMaker #KnittersOfInstagram #IndieDyersOfInstagram #KnitmoregirlsPodcast #ProjectSweaterChest #handknit #couture #Bespoke #LittleSkein #LittleSkeinInTheBigWool #SeismicYarns #Grinchalong

via Instagram https://instagr.am/p/C1LsSZ3u7Dj/ I imagine myself wearing this cowl on a brisk winter’s day, while I drink a hot cup of seasonally-flavored coffee. 🌲 …and then I look outside and it’s 70°F. Maybe we’ll do the holidays somewhere snowy next year. You know, so I can wear my cowl. 🌲 Pattern: Birch Path Cowl by Karalee Harding, Yarn: @SeismicYarns Seismic Butter Bulky “White Opal”, project bag from Little Skein in the Big Wool’s Narnia collection 🌲 You can hear all about this project, and all the others on The Knitmore Girls Podcast, available on all of your favorite audio platforms. 🎄 #bipocknitters #knitting #BIPOCMaker #KnittersOfInstagram #IndieDyersOfInstagram #KnitmoregirlsPodcast #ProjectSweaterChest #handknit #couture #Bespoke #LittleSkein #LittleSkeinInTheBigWool #SeismicYarns #Grinchalong

When you’re gourd-geous, you’re gourd-geous, Pumpkin. 🎃 (Patterns: Pumpkin Patch by @BadWolfGirlSitsAndKnits, yarn from my fiber provisions.) 🎃 You can hear all about this project, and all the others on The Knitmore Girls Podcast, available on all of your favorite audio platforms. 🎃 #KnittersofInstagram #Knit #BIPOCKnitters #IndieDyersOfInstagram #KnitmoregirlsPodcast #BIPOCMaker #ProjectSweaterChest #handknit #couture #Bespoke #Halloween #IndieDyedYarn #BIPOCMaker #SlowFashion #SubvertFastFashion #TessYarns #QueensPumpkinPatch

via Instagram https://instagr.am/p/Cy_Xeksp97z/ When you’re gourd-geous, you’re gourd-geous, Pumpkin. 🎃 (Patterns: Pumpkin Patch by @BadWolfGirlSitsAndKnits, yarn from my fiber provisions.) 🎃 You can hear all about this project, and all the others on The Knitmore Girls Podcast, available on all of your favorite audio platforms. 🎃 #KnittersofInstagram #Knit #BIPOCKnitters #IndieDyersOfInstagram #KnitmoregirlsPodcast #BIPOCMaker #ProjectSweaterChest #handknit #couture #Bespoke #Halloween #IndieDyedYarn #BIPOCMaker #SlowFashion #SubvertFastFashion #TessYarns #QueensPumpkinPatch

Feathers for Client #1 (Genevieve)’s Halloween costume. (A goose from #UntitledGooseGame) 🪿 It looks like someone has been molting all over my sewing area. 🪿 You can hear all about this project, and all the others on The Knitmore Girls Podcast, available on all of your favorite audio platforms. 🪿 #BIPOCMaker #KnitmoregirlsPodcast #Bespoke #Sewing #SewistsOfInstagram #AndSewOn #Janome #SlowFashion #Sewist #Bespoke #Couture #KidsFashion #Halloween #Costume #Feathers

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Feathers for Client #1 (Genevieve)’s Halloween costume. (A goose from #UntitledGooseGame) 🪿 It looks like someone has been molting all over my sewing area. 🪿 You can hear all about this project, and all the others on The Knitmore Girls Podcast, available on all of your favorite audio platforms. 🪿 #BIPOCMaker #KnitmoregirlsPodcast #Bespoke #Sewing #SewistsOfInstagram #AndSewOn #Janome #SlowFashion #Sewist #Bespoke #Couture #KidsFashion #Halloween #Costume #Feathers

via Instagram https://instagr.am/p/Cy4bvTfJiAK/ Feathers for Client #1 (Genevieve)’s Halloween costume. (A goose from #UntitledGooseGame) 🪿 It looks like someone has been molting all over my sewing area. 🪿 You can hear all about this project, and all the others on The Knitmore Girls Podcast, available on all of your favorite audio platforms. 🪿 #BIPOCMaker #KnitmoregirlsPodcast #Bespoke #Sewing #SewistsOfInstagram #AndSewOn #Janome #SlowFashion #Sewist #Bespoke #Couture #KidsFashion #Halloween #Costume #Feathers

📸: Genevieve Danger

via Instagram https://instagr.am/p/Cyogb-_JObz/ 📸: Genevieve Danger

📸: Genevieve Danger

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Until last night, I’ve never chosen a restaurant based on whether or not they had a specific beer. 🍺 @backhomebeer is 100% worth it. We enjoyed the blue salt flavor (which is TO DIE FOR) paired with dinner at @bijans_bk. 🍺 And I knew it was going to be good when I took a deep breath and it smelled like my mom’s kitchen.

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In the front area at @zipperstop

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“…but the thing is, you can't use a half-loop stitch on china silk; it'll pucker.” - Philosopher Elle Woods 🪡 Doing the finishing on Mom’s gown from Sam’s wedding at a leisurely pace is so satisfying. 🪡 Pattern: McCall's M8141A5 Misses' High Neck Dress Sewing Patterns Kit, Design Code M8141, Fabric: Blackberry China Silk from @moodfabrics 🪡 You can hear all about this project, and all the others on The Knitmore Girls Podcast, available on all of your favorite audio platforms. 🪡 #BIPOCMaker #KnitmoregirlsPodcast #Bespoke #Sewing #SewistsOfInstagram #AndSewOn #Janome #SlowFashion #Sewist #Bespoke #Couture #TeamTrace #MoodFabrics #Silk #McCallsPatterns #NationalSewingMonth

via Instagram https://instagr.am/p/Cw68tyKuzNf/ “…but the thing is, you can't use a half-loop stitch on china silk; it'll pucker.” - Philosopher Elle Woods 🪡 Doing the finishing on Mom’s gown from Sam’s wedding at a leisurely pace is so satisfying. 🪡 Pattern: McCall's M8141A5 Misses' High Neck Dress Sewing Patterns Kit, Design Code M8141, Fabric: Blackberry China Silk from @moodfabrics 🪡 You can hear all about this project, and all the others on The Knitmore Girls Podcast, available on all of your favorite audio platforms. 🪡 #BIPOCMaker #KnitmoregirlsPodcast #Bespoke #Sewing #SewistsOfInstagram #AndSewOn #Janome #SlowFashion #Sewist #Bespoke #Couture #TeamTrace #MoodFabrics #Silk #McCallsPatterns #NationalSewingMonth

Mine isn’t finished, but wow do I love seeing it in progress on Cunégonde. 💪 (pattern: Tanny Tank Top test knit for Ainur Berkimbayeva, Yarn: Oink Pigments coven in “Safety Dance”, “Hot Girl Summer”, and “Birthday Suit”, Blue Footed Booby stitch marker by @weeonescreations) 💪 You can hear all about this project, and all the others on The Knitmore Girls Podcast, available on all of your favorite audio platforms. 💪 #MaxiesTankTop #BIPOCKnitters #knitting #KnittersOfInstagram #HanddyedYarn #KnitmoregirlsPodcast #ProjectSweaterChest #HandKnit #TestKnit #IndieDyersOfInstagram #IndieDyedYarn #BIPOCMaker #SummerKnits #OinkPigments #SlowFashion #SubvertFastFashion #Bespoke #Couture #Linen #Silk

via Instagram https://instagr.am/p/CwTMt81S3YK/ Mine isn’t finished, but wow do I love seeing it in progress on Cunégonde. 💪 (pattern: Tanny Tank Top test knit for Ainur Berkimbayeva, Yarn: Oink Pigments coven in “Safety Dance”, “Hot Girl Summer”, and “Birthday Suit”, Blue Footed Booby stitch marker by @weeonescreations) 💪 You can hear all about this project, and all the others on The Knitmore Girls Podcast, available on all of your favorite audio platforms. 💪 #MaxiesTankTop #BIPOCKnitters #knitting #KnittersOfInstagram #HanddyedYarn #KnitmoregirlsPodcast #ProjectSweaterChest #HandKnit #TestKnit #IndieDyersOfInstagram #IndieDyedYarn #BIPOCMaker #SummerKnits #OinkPigments #SlowFashion #SubvertFastFashion #Bespoke #Couture #Linen #Silk

Mine isn’t finished, but wow do I love seeing it in progress on Cunégonde. 💪 (pattern: Tanny Tank Top test knit for Ainur Berkimbayeva, Yarn: Oink Pigments coven in “Safety Dance”, “Hot Girl Summer”, and “Birthday Suit”, Blue Footed Booby stitch marker by @weeonescreations) 💪 You can hear all about this project, and all the others on The Knitmore Girls Podcast, available on all of your favorite audio platforms. 💪 #MaxiesTankTop #BIPOCKnitters #knitting #KnittersOfInstagram #HanddyedYarn #KnitmoregirlsPodcast #ProjectSweaterChest #HandKnit #TestKnit #IndieDyersOfInstagram #IndieDyedYarn #BIPOCMaker #SummerKnits #OinkPigments #SlowFashion #SubvertFastFashion #Bespoke #Couture #Linen #Silk

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Mine isn’t finished, but wow do I love seeing it in progress on Cunégonde. 💪 (pattern: Tanny Tank Top test knit for Ainur Berkimbayeva, Yarn: Oink Pigments coven in “Safety Dance”, “Hot Girl Summer”, and “Birthday Suit”, Blue Footed Booby stitch marker by @weeonescreations) 💪 You can hear all about this project, and all the others on The Knitmore Girls Podcast, available on all of your favorite audio platforms. 💪 #MaxiesTankTop #BIPOCKnitters #knitting #KnittersOfInstagram #HanddyedYarn #KnitmoregirlsPodcast #ProjectSweaterChest #HandKnit #TestKnit #IndieDyersOfInstagram #IndieDyedYarn #BIPOCMaker #SummerKnits #OinkPigments #SlowFashion #SubvertFastFashion #Bespoke #Couture #Linen #Silk

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Mine isn’t finished, but wow do I love seeing it in progress on Cunégonde. 💪 (pattern: Tanny Tank Top test knit for Ainur Berkimbayeva, Yarn: Oink Pigments coven in “Safety Dance”, “Hot Girl Summer”, and “Birthday Suit”, Blue Footed Booby stitch marker by @weeonescreations) 💪 You can hear all about this project, and all the others on The Knitmore Girls Podcast, available on all of your favorite audio platforms. 💪 #MaxiesTankTop #BIPOCKnitters #knitting #KnittersOfInstagram #HanddyedYarn #KnitmoregirlsPodcast #ProjectSweaterChest #HandKnit #TestKnit #IndieDyersOfInstagram #IndieDyedYarn #BIPOCMaker #SummerKnits #OinkPigments #SlowFashion #SubvertFastFashion #Bespoke #Couture #Linen #Silk

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“Some adventures require nothing more than a willing heart and the ability to trip over the cracks in the world.” ― Seanan McGuire 🌎 (Pattern: Adventure Tank by @disturbingthefleece, Yarn: Tess Yarns raw silk) 🌎 You can hear all about this project, and all the others on The Knitmore Girls Podcast, available on all of your favorite audio platforms. 🌎 #bipocknitters #knitting #BIPOCMaker #KnittersOfInstagram #IndieDyersOfInstagram #KnitmoregirlsPodcast #KnitmoreALong #ProjectSweaterChest #handknit #couture #Bespoke #TessYarns #fatimahhinds #disturbingthefleece #KnittingInTheDark #FO #TodaysKnitOutfit

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Upper jaw full dental replacement on Dr. Rex. (You can see the damage on the bottom jaw, the top was the same.) 🦖 Leather from @tandyleather , puppet from @folkmanispuppets , medical degree from …. Mmmmmphhhnmm.

via Instagram https://instagr.am/p/CvsrCgXSTNb/ Upper jaw full dental replacement on Dr. Rex. (You can see the damage on the bottom jaw, the top was the same.) 🦖 Leather from @tandyleather , puppet from @folkmanispuppets , medical degree from …. Mmmmmphhhnmm.

I am so sad that this photo doesn’t adequately show the luminosity and depth of color of this yarn. Red is SO HARD to photograph accurately. 💎 (pattern: Maxie’s Tank Top test knit for Ainur Berkimbayeva, Yarn: Lisa Souza Sylvie Silk “Ruby”) 💎 You can hear all about this project, and all the others on The Knitmore Girls Podcast, available on all of your favorite audio platforms. 💎 #MaxiesTankTop #BIPOCKnitters #knitting #KnittersOfInstagram #HanddyedYarn #KnitmoregirlsPodcast #ProjectSweaterChest #HandKnit #TestKnit #IndieDyersOfInstagram #IndieDyedYarn #BIPOCMaker #LisaSouza #SummerKnits #SlowFashion #SubvertFastFashion #Silk #Bespoke #Couture

via Instagram https://instagr.am/p/CvaNAzrJaQE/ I am so sad that this photo doesn’t adequately show the luminosity and depth of color of this yarn. Red is SO HARD to photograph accurately. 💎 (pattern: Maxie’s Tank Top test knit for Ainur Berkimbayeva, Yarn: Lisa Souza Sylvie Silk “Ruby”) 💎 You can hear all about this project, and all the others on The Knitmore Girls Podcast, available on all of your favorite audio platforms. 💎 #MaxiesTankTop #BIPOCKnitters #knitting #KnittersOfInstagram #HanddyedYarn #KnitmoregirlsPodcast #ProjectSweaterChest #HandKnit #TestKnit #IndieDyersOfInstagram #IndieDyedYarn #BIPOCMaker #LisaSouza #SummerKnits #SlowFashion #SubvertFastFashion #Silk #Bespoke #Couture

How many poison green tops can a person have, really? 🧪 MORE. 🧪 (Pattern: Morellet Top by @LanaJois, Yarn:Oink Pigments Linen/Silk DK "Guild") 🧪 You can hear all about this project, and all the others on The Knitmore Girls Podcast, available on all of your favorite audio platforms. 🧪 #BIPOCKnitters #knitting #Knit #KnittersOfInstagram #HanddyedYarn #KnitmoregirlsPodcast #ProjectSweaterChest #HandKnit #IndieDyersOfInstagram #IndieDyedYarn #BIPOCMaker #OinkPigments #SummerKnits #SlowFashion #SubvertFastFashion #Linen #Silk #Bespoke #Couture

via Instagram https://instagr.am/p/CuujBinJn6a/ How many poison green tops can a person have, really? 🧪 MORE. 🧪 (Pattern: Morellet Top by @LanaJois, Yarn:Oink Pigments Linen/Silk DK "Guild") 🧪 You can hear all about this project, and all the others on The Knitmore Girls Podcast, available on all of your favorite audio platforms. 🧪 #BIPOCKnitters #knitting #Knit #KnittersOfInstagram #HanddyedYarn #KnitmoregirlsPodcast #ProjectSweaterChest #HandKnit #IndieDyersOfInstagram #IndieDyedYarn #BIPOCMaker #OinkPigments #SummerKnits #SlowFashion #SubvertFastFashion #Linen #Silk #Bespoke #Couture

Raising a glass to friends, frothy cocktails, and a finished object. 🍸 Pattern: Ripple Halter by @jessssiemae, Rayon ribbon by @TessYarns, cocktail: @HaberdasherSJ’s Backhanded Compliment (Knob Creek Rye, Ancho Reyes Chile liqueur, agave, lime bitters) 🍸 Changes made: shortened the armholes, lengthened the body. 🍸 You can hear all about this project, and all the others on The Knitmore Girls Podcast, available on all of your favorite audio platforms. 🍸 #bipocknitters #knitting #BIPOCMaker #KnittersOfInstagram #BIPOCDyersOfInstagram #IndieDyersOfInstagram #KnitmoregirlsPodcast #KnitmoreALong #ProjectSweaterChest #handknit #couture #Bespoke #TessYarns #RippleHalter

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and just like that everything that had to be ripped out has been re-knit. (Pattern: Must Have Cardigan from @Patonsyarn booklet 500989 FF Yarn: Malabrigo Rios Bobby Blue) You can hear all about this project and all the others on The Knitmore Girls Podcast available on all of your favorite audio platforms. #bipocknitters #knitting #BIPOCMaker #KnittersOfInstagram #BIPOCDyersOfInstagram #IndieDyersOfInstagram #KnitmoregirlsPodcast #KnitmoreALong #ProjectSweaterChest #handknit #couture #Bespoke #Malabrigo #Patons

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and just like that everything that had to be ripped out has been re-knit. (Pattern: Must Have Cardigan from @Patonsyarn booklet 500989 FF Yarn: Malabrigo Rios Bobby Blue) You can hear all about this project and all the others on The Knitmore Girls Podcast available on all of your favorite audio platforms. #bipocknitters #knitting #BIPOCMaker #KnittersOfInstagram #BIPOCDyersOfInstagram #IndieDyersOfInstagram #KnitmoregirlsPodcast #KnitmoreALong #ProjectSweaterChest #handknit #couture #Bespoke #Malabrigo #Patons

via Instagram https://instagr.am/p/CucoPwzPW7L/ … and just like that, everything that had to be ripped out has been re-knit. 🕰️ (Pattern: Must Have Cardigan from @Patonsyarn booklet 500989 FF, Yarn: Malabrigo Rios “Bobby Blue”) 🕰️ You can hear all about this project, and all the others on The Knitmore Girls Podcast, available on all of your favorite audio platforms. 🕰️ #bipocknitters #knitting #BIPOCMaker #KnittersOfInstagram #BIPOCDyersOfInstagram #IndieDyersOfInstagram #KnitmoregirlsPodcast #KnitmoreALong #ProjectSweaterChest #handknit #couture #Bespoke #Malabrigo #Patons

Body-ody-ody and some vintage leather buttons to match. (Pattern: Must Have Cardigan from @Patonsyarn booklet 500989 FF Yarn: Malabrigo Rios Bobby Blue vintage leather buttons from @MoodFabrics) You can hear all about this project and all the others on The Knitmore Girls Podcast available on all of your favorite audio platforms. #bipocknitters #knitting #BIPOCMaker #KnittersOfInstagram #BIPOCDyersOfInstagram #IndieDyersOfInstagram #KnitmoregirlsPodcast #KnitmoreALong #ProjectSweaterChest #handknit #couture #Bespoke #Malabrigo #Patons #MoodFabrics

via Instagram https://instagr.am/p/CuN8G4yR0EC/ Body-ody-ody and some vintage leather buttons to match. 🕰️ (Pattern: Must Have Cardigan from @Patonsyarn booklet 500989 FF, Yarn: Malabrigo Rios “Bobby Blue”, vintage leather buttons from @MoodFabrics) 🕰️ You can hear all about this project, and all the others on The Knitmore Girls Podcast, available on all of your favorite audio platforms. 🕰️ #bipocknitters #knitting #BIPOCMaker #KnittersOfInstagram #BIPOCDyersOfInstagram #IndieDyersOfInstagram #KnitmoregirlsPodcast #KnitmoreALong #ProjectSweaterChest #handknit #couture #Bespoke #Malabrigo #Patons #MoodFabrics

Be the disco ball you want to see in the world. Pattern: Piñata by @portquoelio Fabric: sequin tulle and weird oil slick fabric from @joannefabrics You can hear all about this project and all the others on The Knitmore Girls Podcast available on all of your favorite audio platforms. #BIPOCKnitters #Crocheting #Crochet #CrochetersOfInstagram#KnitmoregirlsPodcast #ProjectSweaterChest #handknit #couture #Bespoke #TeamCuteknitter #BeatBostonJen #StashDash2023 #CacheDash2023 #couture #TeamTrace #Sewing #SewistsOfInstagram #AndSewOn #Janome #SlowFashion #Sewist #NYCPride

via Instagram https://instagr.am/p/Ct7KQD0JKHk/ Be the disco ball you want to see in the world. ✨ ♥️🧡💛💚💙💜🖤🤎🤍 Pattern: Piñata by @portquoelio, Fabric: sequin tulle and weird oil slick fabric from @joannefabrics ✨ ♥️🧡💛💚💙💜🖤🤎🤍 You can hear all about this project, and all the others on The Knitmore Girls Podcast, available on all of your favorite audio platforms. ✨ ♥️🧡💛💚💙💜🖤🤎🤍 #BIPOCKnitters #Crocheting #Crochet #CrochetersOfInstagram#KnitmoregirlsPodcast #ProjectSweaterChest #handknit #couture #Bespoke #TeamCuteknitter #BeatBostonJen #StashDash2023 #CacheDash2023 #couture #TeamTrace #Sewing #SewistsOfInstagram #AndSewOn #Janome #SlowFashion #Sewist #NYCPride

Be the disco ball you want to see in the world. Pattern: Piñata by @portquoelio Fabric: sequin tulle and weird oil slick fabric from @joannefabrics You can hear all about this project and all the others on The Knitmore Girls Podcast available on all of your favorite audio platforms. #BIPOCKnitters #Crocheting #Crochet #CrochetersOfInstagram#KnitmoregirlsPodcast #ProjectSweaterChest #handknit #couture #Bespoke #TeamCuteknitter #BeatBostonJen #StashDash2023 #CacheDash2023 #couture #TeamTrace #Sewing #SewistsOfInstagram #AndSewOn #Janome #SlowFashion #Sewist #NYCPride

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Verne the 80-year-old man who lives in my head demanded a cardigan befitting his age and grumpitude. (Pattern: Must Have Cardigan from @Patonsyarn booklet 500989 FF Yarn: Malabrigo Rios Bobby Blue) You can hear all about this project and all the others on The Knitmore Girls Podcast available on all of your favorite audio platforms. #bipocknitters #knitting #BIPOCMaker #KnittersOfInstagram #BIPOCDyersOfInstagram #IndieDyersOfInstagram #KnitmoregirlsPodcast #KnitmoreALong #ProjectSweaterChest #handknit #couture #Bespoke #Malabrigo #Patons

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Next stop: New York Pride! Pattern: Piñata by @portquoelio Fabric: sequin tulle and weird oil slick fabric from @joannefabrics You can hear all about this project and all the others on The Knitmore Girls Podcast available on all of your favorite audio platforms. #BIPOCKnitters #Crocheting #Crochet #CrochetersOfInstagram#KnitmoregirlsPodcast #ProjectSweaterChest #handknit #couture #Bespoke #TeamCuteknitter #BeatBostonJen #StashDash2023 #CacheDash2023 #couture #TeamTrace #Sewing #SewistsOfInstagram #AndSewOn #Janome #SlowFashion #Sewist

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This is what one can accomplish in 26 hours, round trip. 🎭 …that, and eating SO MUCH delicious food, connecting with an old friend, a clandestine wedding dress delivery, getting lost in @PowellsBooks, ice cream for dinner, and the purpose of the trip: using a plane ticket that was about to expire *specifically* to see this play. 🎭 I went into it knowing the basic storyline and having read some of the playwright’s other work (which I got SIGNED!). The story resonated with me in such a way that made me feel seen- my only regret is not bringing Sam with me. 🎭 It felt like this play was written for those of us who have ethnic dads, especially dads who immigrated to the US and Did Well for Themselves in Order For Us to Have Good Lives. (Also: do all of our dads make the same jokes? Apparently.) 🎭 For those of us who have witnessed our fathers making themselves smaller in order to provide our privileged upbringings, for those of us who worked at the family business (however grumpily we may have done it), and for those of us who have been there when our families were hit with devastating financial losses: Go. See. This. Play. 🎭 (And eat ice cream for dinner.) 🎭 Brilliantly done, @polaroidstories. 🎭 #LiveTheatre #SupportTheArts #ProfileTheatre #HowToMakeAnAmericanSon #RepresentationMatters #KnittingInTheDark #SeismicYarns to line break

via Instagram This is what one can accomplish in 26 hours, round trip. 🎭 …that, and eating SO MUCH delicious food, connecting with an old friend, a clandestine wedding dress delivery, getting lost in @PowellsBooks, ice cream for dinner, and the purpose of the trip: using a plane ticket that was about to expire *specifically* to see this play. 🎭 I went into it knowing the basic storyline and having read some of the playwright’s other work (which I got SIGNED!). The story resonated with me in such a way that made me feel seen- my only regret is not bringing Sam with me. 🎭 It felt like this play was written for those of us who have ethnic dads, especially dads who immigrated to the US and Did Well for Themselves in Order For Us to Have Good Lives. (Also: do all of our dads make the same jokes? Apparently.) 🎭 For those of us who have witnessed our fathers making themselves smaller in order to provide our privileged upbringings, for those of us who worked at the family business (however grumpily we may have done it), and for those of us who have been there when our families were hit with devastating financial losses: Go. See. This. Play. 🎭 (And eat ice cream for dinner.) 🎭 Brilliantly done, @polaroidstories. 🎭 #LiveTheatre #SupportTheArts #ProfileTheatre #HowToMakeAnAmericanSon #RepresentationMatters #KnittingInTheDark #SeismicYarns https://instagr.am/p/CtYMS7tuZtM/

Sometimes, it’s the things that you don’t even think about that can make all of the difference. ♥️ The first few words are written in Farsi, but I suspect his teacher wasn’t certain if I could read Farsi. (I can.) ♥️ Names redacted; tears in abundance. to line break

via Instagram Sometimes, it’s the things that you don’t even think about that can make all of the difference. ♥️ The first few words are written in Farsi, but I suspect his teacher wasn’t certain if I could read Farsi. (I can.) ♥️ Names redacted; tears in abundance. https://instagr.am/p/CtAz9BiLsKM/

OHMYGOD I KNOW HER!!!! ☄️ Break alllllll of the legs, @divajmharris !!! ☄️ #LiveTheatre #SupportTheArts #SanJosePlayhouse #OnThursdaysWeSeeTheatre to line break

via Instagram OHMYGOD I KNOW HER!!!! ☄️ Break alllllll of the legs, @divajmharris !!! ☄️ #LiveTheatre #SupportTheArts #SanJosePlayhouse #OnThursdaysWeSeeTheatre https://instagr.am/p/Cs-HqZmRj_V/

Twinning. You can hardly tell us apart 😜 to line break

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Making a top to go with pants… that I haven’t made yet. 🤪 🧶 Pattern: Ripple Halter by @jessssiemae, Rayon ribbon by @TessYarns, bag by @blackpurlmagic, and the doodad that the ribbon is wound on is @thewinderfull. 🧶 You can hear all about this project, and all the others on The Knitmore Girls Podcast, available on all of your favorite audio platforms. 🧶 #bipocknitters #knitting #BIPOCMaker #KnittersOfInstagram #BIPOCDyersOfInstagram #IndieDyersOfInstagram #KnitmoregirlsPodcast #KnitmoreALong #ProjectSweaterChest #handknit #couture #Bespoke #TessYarns #BlackPurlMagic #Winderfull to line break

via Instagram Making a top to go with pants… that I haven’t made yet. 🤪 🧶 Pattern: Ripple Halter by @jessssiemae, Rayon ribbon by @TessYarns, bag by @blackpurlmagic, and the doodad that the ribbon is wound on is @thewinderfull. 🧶 You can hear all about this project, and all the others on The Knitmore Girls Podcast, available on all of your favorite audio platforms. 🧶 #bipocknitters #knitting #BIPOCMaker #KnittersOfInstagram #BIPOCDyersOfInstagram #IndieDyersOfInstagram #KnitmoregirlsPodcast #KnitmoreALong #ProjectSweaterChest #handknit #couture #Bespoke #TessYarns #BlackPurlMagic #Winderfull https://instagr.am/p/Cs4kgP3yJDo/

Mom made my dress and I made hers; she made the humans to her left and right, and we all. Look. GOOOOOOD.

via Instagram https://instagr.am/p/CshQfA9S3O3/ Mom made my dress and I made hers; she made the humans to her left and right, and we all. Look. GOOOOOOD.

Instead of continuing to poke myself with sewing pins, I went to a professional to be poked with needles. 🪡 Handpoked by the incredibly skilled @Enda_Tattoo at @DivingSwallowTattoo; the art is by @karimasart. 🪡 #Tattoo #Inked #WomanLifeFreedom #FreeIran #MahsaAmini #IranProtests2022 #مهسا_امینی#IranProtests2023 #زن_زندگی_آزادی #زن #زندگی #آزادی to line break

via Instagram Instead of continuing to poke myself with sewing pins, I went to a professional to be poked with needles. 🪡 Handpoked by the incredibly skilled @Enda_Tattoo at @DivingSwallowTattoo; the art is by @karimasart. 🪡 #Tattoo #Inked #WomanLifeFreedom #FreeIran #MahsaAmini #IranProtests2022 #مهسا_امینی#IranProtests2023 #زن_زندگی_آزادی #زن #زندگی #آزادی https://instagr.am/p/CsUI2LuSBhF/

I took a short break from sewing to do some… more sewing? 🪡 (Visible mending, but you get what I’m saying.) 🪡 You can hear all about this project, and all the others on The Knitmore Girls Podcast, available on all of your favorite audio platforms. 🪡 #KnitmoregirlsPodcast #Repair #BIPOCMaker #Mend #VisibleMending #SubvertFastFashion #TextileRestoration #MakeDoAndMend to line break

via Instagram I took a short break from sewing to do some… more sewing? 🪡 (Visible mending, but you get what I’m saying.) 🪡 You can hear all about this project, and all the others on The Knitmore Girls Podcast, available on all of your favorite audio platforms. 🪡 #KnitmoregirlsPodcast #Repair #BIPOCMaker #Mend #VisibleMending #SubvertFastFashion #TextileRestoration #MakeDoAndMend https://instagr.am/p/CsRPx_GJyOX/

Live performance posterity post! 🎵 #BillyPorter #BlackMonaLisa #TheProducers #HillbarnTheatre #SupportTheArts #LiveTheatre #LocalTheatre to line break

via Instagram Live performance posterity post! 🎵 #BillyPorter #BlackMonaLisa #TheProducers #HillbarnTheatre #SupportTheArts #LiveTheatre #LocalTheatre https://instagr.am/p/CsNjUZKuAOV/

#MeMadeMay: day 3 💄 Pattern: Curtain Call cowl by @nerdbirdmakery, yarn: super old cashmere/silk lace weight, lipstick: Stila Stay All Day Liquid Lipstick in “Beso”, aka @AOC’s signature color. 💄 You can hear all about this project, and all the others on The Knitmore Girls Podcast, available on all of your favorite audio platforms. 💄 #bipocknitters #knitting #BIPOCMaker #KnitmoregirlsPodcast #couture #Bespoke #SlowFashion #bipocknitters #BBIMPKnitters #KnittersofInstagram #BBIMPDesigners #BBIMPMaker#handknit #Knit #TodaysKnitOutfit 💄 [Image description: A striking, freckled, and fair-skinned Iranian American woman with a sharp, short, bright Easter grass green hairdo is looking to her right. She is wearing a diaphanous cowl over her head, Grace Kelley style, with a matching red lipstick, and a leather motorcycle jacket.] to line break

via Instagram #MeMadeMay: day 3 💄 Pattern: Curtain Call cowl by @nerdbirdmakery, yarn: super old cashmere/silk lace weight, lipstick: Stila Stay All Day Liquid Lipstick in “Beso”, aka @AOC’s signature color. 💄 You can hear all about this project, and all the others on The Knitmore Girls Podcast, available on all of your favorite audio platforms. 💄 #bipocknitters #knitting #BIPOCMaker #KnitmoregirlsPodcast #couture #Bespoke #SlowFashion #bipocknitters #BBIMPKnitters #KnittersofInstagram #BBIMPDesigners #BBIMPMaker#handknit #Knit #TodaysKnitOutfit 💄 [Image description: A striking, freckled, and fair-skinned Iranian American woman with a sharp, short, bright Easter grass green hairdo is looking to her right. She is wearing a diaphanous cowl over her head, Grace Kelley style, with a matching red lipstick, and a leather motorcycle jacket.] https://instagr.am/p/Cr1G-GTJOGd/

#MeMadeMay: day 2 🦑 🌈 Pattern: yarn: a gift from the very talented @MitchellsCFiberarts worsted in “Bayou” 🦑🌈 You can hear all about this project, and all the others on The Knitmore Girls Podcast, available on all of your favorite audio platforms. 🦑🌈 #bipocknitters #knitting #BIPOCMaker #KnitmoregirlsPodcast #couture #Bespoke #SlowFashion #bipocknitters #BBIMPKnitters #KnittersofInstagram #IndieDyersOfInstagram #BBIMPDesigners #BBIMPMaker#ProjectSweaterChest #handknit #Bespoke #Knit #BlackDyersOfInstagram #MitchellsCreations #TodaysKnitOutfit 🦑🌈 [Image description: A striking, freckled, and fair-skinned Iranian American woman with a sharp, short, bright Easter grass green hairdo is looking up at the camera. She is wearing a multidirectional knit sweater in dark teal and rainbow yarn, citrus orange pants, and squid earrings.]

via Instagram https://instagr.am/p/Cr1FwmlpxvO/ #MeMadeMay: day 2 🦑 🌈 Pattern: yarn: a gift from the very talented @MitchellsCFiberarts worsted in “Bayou” 🦑🌈 You can hear all about this project, and all the others on The Knitmore Girls Podcast, available on all of your favorite audio platforms. 🦑🌈 #bipocknitters #knitting #BIPOCMaker #KnitmoregirlsPodcast #couture #Bespoke #SlowFashion #bipocknitters #BBIMPKnitters #KnittersofInstagram #IndieDyersOfInstagram #BBIMPDesigners #BBIMPMaker#ProjectSweaterChest #handknit #Bespoke #Knit #BlackDyersOfInstagram #MitchellsCreations #TodaysKnitOutfit 🦑🌈 [Image description: A striking, freckled, and fair-skinned Iranian American woman with a sharp, short, bright Easter grass green hairdo is looking up at the camera. She is wearing a multidirectional knit sweater in dark teal and rainbow yarn, citrus orange pants, and squid earrings.]

#MeMadeMay: day 2 🦑 🌈 Pattern: Geometry by @minimiknitdesign, yarn: a gift from the very talented @MitchellsCFiberarts worsted in “Bayou” 🦑🌈 You can hear all about this project, and all the others on The Knitmore Girls Podcast, available on all of your favorite audio platforms. 🦑🌈 #bipocknitters #knitting #BIPOCMaker #KnitmoregirlsPodcast #couture #Bespoke #SlowFashion #bipocknitters #BBIMPKnitters #KnittersofInstagram #IndieDyersOfInstagram #BBIMPDesigners #BBIMPMaker#ProjectSweaterChest #handknit #Bespoke #Knit #BlackDyersOfInstagram #MitchellsCreations #TodaysKnitOutfit 🦑🌈 [Image description: A striking, freckled, and fair-skinned Iranian American woman with a sharp, short, bright Easter grass green hairdo is looking over her right shoulder out a window. She is wearing a multidirectional knit sweater in dark teal and rainbow yarn, citrus orange pants, squid earrings, and KT tape on her left arm.] to line break

via Instagram #MeMadeMay: day 2 🦑 🌈 Pattern: Geometry by @minimiknitdesign, yarn: a gift from the very talented @MitchellsCFiberarts worsted in “Bayou” 🦑🌈 You can hear all about this project, and all the others on The Knitmore Girls Podcast, available on all of your favorite audio platforms. 🦑🌈 #bipocknitters #knitting #BIPOCMaker #KnitmoregirlsPodcast #couture #Bespoke #SlowFashion #bipocknitters #BBIMPKnitters #KnittersofInstagram #IndieDyersOfInstagram #BBIMPDesigners #BBIMPMaker#ProjectSweaterChest #handknit #Bespoke #Knit #BlackDyersOfInstagram #MitchellsCreations #TodaysKnitOutfit 🦑🌈 [Image description: A striking, freckled, and fair-skinned Iranian American woman with a sharp, short, bright Easter grass green hairdo is looking over her right shoulder out a window. She is wearing a multidirectional knit sweater in dark teal and rainbow yarn, citrus orange pants, squid earrings, and KT tape on her left arm.] https://instagr.am/p/CrzDEkpvVl-/

#MeMadeMay: day 1. 🐆 [pattern: Calligraphy Cardigan by Hannah Fettig, Yarn: handspun merino from a Terry Mendenhall fleece.] 🐆 You can hear all about this project, and all the others on The Knitmore Girls Podcast, available on all of your favorite audio platforms. 🐆 #bipocknitters #knitting #ravelry #KnittersOfInstagram #KnitmoregirlsPodcast #ProjectSweaterChest #handknit #couture #bespoke #SpinnersOfInstagram #TodaysKnitOutfit 🐆 [Image description: A striking, freckled, and fair-skinned Iranian American woman with a sharp, short, bright Easter grass green hairdo smiling toothily is wearing a deceptively sedate, chocolate brown cardigan. The buttonbands boast leopard print grosgrain ribbon on the inside. The cardigan has rustic-looking copper buttons.]

via Instagram https://instagr.am/p/CrxBaoDuNeX/ #MeMadeMay: day 1. 🐆 [pattern: Calligraphy Cardigan by Hannah Fettig, Yarn: handspun merino from a Terry Mendenhall fleece.] 🐆 You can hear all about this project, and all the others on The Knitmore Girls Podcast, available on all of your favorite audio platforms. 🐆 #bipocknitters #knitting #ravelry #KnittersOfInstagram #KnitmoregirlsPodcast #ProjectSweaterChest #handknit #couture #bespoke #SpinnersOfInstagram #TodaysKnitOutfit 🐆 [Image description: A striking, freckled, and fair-skinned Iranian American woman with a sharp, short, bright Easter grass green hairdo smiling toothily is wearing a deceptively sedate, chocolate brown cardigan. The buttonbands boast leopard print grosgrain ribbon on the inside. The cardigan has rustic-looking copper buttons.]

Dress. (Some assembly required. ) 🪡 You can hear all about this project, and all the others on The Knitmore Girls Podcast, available on all of your favorite audio platforms. 🪡 #bipocknitters #knitting #BIPOCMaker #KnittersOfInstagram #KnitmoregirlsPodcast #couture #TeamTrace #Bespoke #Sewing #SewistsOfInstagram #AndSewOn #Janome #SlowFashion #Sewist 🪡 [Image Description: a clear, shallow, plastic bin with cheerful orangish -yellow silk charmeuse, canary yellow silk shantung, a stack of traced pattern pieces, and the pattern envelope showing a short, elegant, red dress.]

via Instagram https://instagr.am/p/CrvJNz_Oj6x/ Dress. (Some assembly required. ) 🪡 You can hear all about this project, and all the others on The Knitmore Girls Podcast, available on all of your favorite audio platforms. 🪡 #bipocknitters #knitting #BIPOCMaker #KnittersOfInstagram #KnitmoregirlsPodcast #couture #TeamTrace #Bespoke #Sewing #SewistsOfInstagram #AndSewOn #Janome #SlowFashion #Sewist 🪡 [Image Description: a clear, shallow, plastic bin with cheerful orangish -yellow silk charmeuse, canary yellow silk shantung, a stack of traced pattern pieces, and the pattern envelope showing a short, elegant, red dress.]

Live performance posterity post! 🎭 #SupportLiveTheatre #LocalTheatre #SupportTheArts to line break

via Instagram Live performance posterity post! 🎭 #SupportLiveTheatre #LocalTheatre #SupportTheArts https://instagr.am/p/CruqzUQO5Tw/

Enucleation: the removal of the eye from the orbit and involves the separation of all tissue connections between the globe and the orbit. 🪡 And now you’ve learned a new word, brought to you by child-on-mending crime. 🪡 You can hear all about these projects, and all the others on The Knitmore Girls Podcast, available on all of your favorite audio platforms. 🪡 #KnitmoregirlsPodcast #Repair #BIPOCMaker #Mend #VisibleMending #SubvertFastFashion #TextileRestoration #MakeDoAndMend 🪡 [Image Description: a white patch where there was a group of googly eyes in the mending.] to line break

via Instagram Enucleation: the removal of the eye from the orbit and involves the separation of all tissue connections between the globe and the orbit. 🪡 And now you’ve learned a new word, brought to you by child-on-mending crime. 🪡 You can hear all about these projects, and all the others on The Knitmore Girls Podcast, available on all of your favorite audio platforms. 🪡 #KnitmoregirlsPodcast #Repair #BIPOCMaker #Mend #VisibleMending #SubvertFastFashion #TextileRestoration #MakeDoAndMend 🪡 [Image Description: a white patch where there was a group of googly eyes in the mending.] https://instagr.am/p/CrrC8QhPt_z/

This is what it looks like when alllllll of the visible mending inspiration hits at one. 🪡 …and I’m not done yet! 🪡 You can hear all about these projects, and all the others on The Knitmore Girls Podcast, available on all of your favorite audio platforms. 🪡 #KnitmoregirlsPodcast #Repair #BIPOCMaker #Mend #VisibleMending #SubvertFastFashion #TextileRestoration #MakeDoAndMend 🪡 [Image Description: four different visibly mended pieces] to line break

via Instagram This is what it looks like when alllllll of the visible mending inspiration hits at one. 🪡 …and I’m not done yet! 🪡 You can hear all about these projects, and all the others on The Knitmore Girls Podcast, available on all of your favorite audio platforms. 🪡 #KnitmoregirlsPodcast #Repair #BIPOCMaker #Mend #VisibleMending #SubvertFastFashion #TextileRestoration #MakeDoAndMend 🪡 [Image Description: four different visibly mended pieces] https://instagr.am/p/CreP9wYyX7z/

The eyes have it. 👀🪡 You can hear all about this project, and all the others on The Knitmore Girls Podcast, available on all of your favorite audio platforms. 👀🪡 #KnitmoregirlsPodcast #Repair #BIPOCMaker #Mend #VisibleMending #SubvertFastFashion #TextileRestoration #MakeDoAndMend #GooglyEyes 👀🪡 [Image Description: An exhausted, freckled, and fair-skinned Iranian American woman with a short, bright Easter grass green hairdo looks up at the mended spot on her backrest, as the googly eyes look back at her.]

via Instagram https://instagr.am/p/CreO8dHSEF0/ The eyes have it. 👀🪡 You can hear all about this project, and all the others on The Knitmore Girls Podcast, available on all of your favorite audio platforms. 👀🪡 #KnitmoregirlsPodcast #Repair #BIPOCMaker #Mend #VisibleMending #SubvertFastFashion #TextileRestoration #MakeDoAndMend #GooglyEyes 👀🪡 [Image Description: An exhausted, freckled, and fair-skinned Iranian American woman with a short, bright Easter grass green hairdo looks up at the mended spot on her backrest, as the googly eyes look back at her.]

We’re going to need a bigger embroidery hoop. 🪡 🦈 This visible mend features leather teeth (practice for Dr. Rex’s full dental replacement) with leather from Tandy Leather, and leftover raw silk scraps. 🪡🦈 You can hear all about this project, and all the others on The Knitmore Girls Podcast, available on all of your favorite audio platforms. 🪡🦈 #KnitmoregirlsPodcast #Repair #BIPOCMaker #Mend #VisibleMending #SubvertFastFashion #TextileRestoration #MakeDoAndMend #GreatWhiteShark #JAWS 🪡🦈 [Image Description: a dark blue blanket with a hole mended to look like the shark from the JAWS movie poster, a great white shark swimming vertically, minus the swimmer. For now.]

via Instagram https://instagr.am/p/CrZyxYNrKlL/ We’re going to need a bigger embroidery hoop. 🪡 🦈 This visible mend features leather teeth (practice for Dr. Rex’s full dental replacement) with leather from Tandy Leather, and leftover raw silk scraps. 🪡🦈 You can hear all about this project, and all the others on The Knitmore Girls Podcast, available on all of your favorite audio platforms. 🪡🦈 #KnitmoregirlsPodcast #Repair #BIPOCMaker #Mend #VisibleMending #SubvertFastFashion #TextileRestoration #MakeDoAndMend #GreatWhiteShark #JAWS 🪡🦈 [Image Description: a dark blue blanket with a hole mended to look like the shark from the JAWS movie poster, a great white shark swimming vertically, minus the swimmer. For now.]

It has taken me an *obscene* amount of time to get around to the stuff in my mending pile, but the entire family agrees that the wait has been worth it. 🪡 I need to be inspired, because visible mending is #art, especially when the #artist overthinks EVVVVVVERYTHING. 🪡 Here is the first two of SOOOO much visible mending coming your way: my beloved @lunablankets and Rex’s purple sweatpants. 🪡 (He loves the mend; it makes the adults laugh because of that one line in the Edward Norton Hulk movie.) 🪡 You can hear all about this project, and all the others on The Knitmore Girls Podcast, available on all of your favorite audio platforms. 🪡 #KnitmoregirlsPodcast #Repair #BIPOCMaker #Mend #VisibleMending #SubvertFastFashion #TextileRestoration #Avengers #TheHulk #WeightedBlanket #LunaBlanket #LunaWeightedBlanket #MakeDoAndMend 🪡 [Image Description: on the left, a pale, blue weighted blanket, with metallic jersey patches in blue and blurple. On the right, a well-worn pair of purple child’s sweatpants with a patch of the Incredible Hulk on the knee.] to line break

via Instagram It has taken me an *obscene* amount of time to get around to the stuff in my mending pile, but the entire family agrees that the wait has been worth it. 🪡 I need to be inspired, because visible mending is #art, especially when the #artist overthinks EVVVVVVERYTHING. 🪡 Here is the first two of SOOOO much visible mending coming your way: my beloved @lunablankets and Rex’s purple sweatpants. 🪡 (He loves the mend; it makes the adults laugh because of that one line in the Edward Norton Hulk movie.) 🪡 You can hear all about this project, and all the others on The Knitmore Girls Podcast, available on all of your favorite audio platforms. 🪡 #KnitmoregirlsPodcast #Repair #BIPOCMaker #Mend #VisibleMending #SubvertFastFashion #TextileRestoration #Avengers #TheHulk #WeightedBlanket #LunaBlanket #LunaWeightedBlanket #MakeDoAndMend 🪡 [Image Description: on the left, a pale, blue weighted blanket, with metallic jersey patches in blue and blurple. On the right, a well-worn pair of purple child’s sweatpants with a patch of the Incredible Hulk on the knee.] https://instagr.am/p/CrTOGIMLMuu/

Visible mending, weighted blanket edition. 💤 (For interested parties, this is a bamboo weighted blanket from @lunablankets, which is lovely and cool for warm days.) 💤 You can hear all about this project, and all the others on The Knitmore Girls Podcast, available on all of your favorite audio platforms. 💤 #KnitmoregirlsPodcast #BIPOCMaker #Mend #VisibleMending #MakeDoAndMend #TextileRestoration #WeightedBlanket #Luna #LunaBlanket

via Instagram https://instagr.am/p/CrReIxTPBHY/ Visible mending, weighted blanket edition. 💤 (For interested parties, this is a bamboo weighted blanket from @lunablankets, which is lovely and cool for warm days.) 💤 You can hear all about this project, and all the others on The Knitmore Girls Podcast, available on all of your favorite audio platforms. 💤 #KnitmoregirlsPodcast #BIPOCMaker #Mend #VisibleMending #MakeDoAndMend #TextileRestoration #WeightedBlanket #Luna #LunaBlanket

Last Wednesday night, I saw a play in San Diego! 🎭 The theatre itself was lovely, the play was light and funny, and it was a mere 10 minutes from where we were staying. 🎭 #CygnetTheatre #PresentLaughter #SupportLocalTheatre #Theatre #comedy to line break

via Instagram Last Wednesday night, I saw a play in San Diego! 🎭 The theatre itself was lovely, the play was light and funny, and it was a mere 10 minutes from where we were staying. 🎭 #CygnetTheatre #PresentLaughter #SupportLocalTheatre #Theatre #comedy https://instagr.am/p/CrJ1dVjvUvD/

Sometimes, when the kids sit on my lap with their bony butts, I call them “Lego children”. (Because they’re all pointy edges.) to line break

via Instagram Sometimes, when the kids sit on my lap with their bony butts, I call them “Lego children”. (Because they’re all pointy edges.) https://instagr.am/p/CrAPxsLOGfN/

Objectively, the cutest boy in the world, on a boat. to line break

via Instagram Objectively, the cutest boy in the world, on a boat. https://instagr.am/p/CrAPdrrOcgE/

I’M KNITTING ON A BOAT! 🛥️ #TheLonelyIsland #ImOnABoat #OnTheRoadWithTheKnitmores

via Instagram https://instagr.am/p/Cq_LkWSSzzc/ I’M KNITTING ON A BOAT! 🛥️ #TheLonelyIsland #ImOnABoat #OnTheRoadWithTheKnitmores