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Cake day: June 10th, 2023

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  • What does the vet say?? There are no other antibiotics or painkillers available?

    Jesus just go hold and comfort your damn dog. Go sleep on the floor with him. You should hope that if you are ever in a situation where you’re in too much pain to sleep, literally screaming, and desperate for comfort from the one person your life depends on, that they don’t treat you like such a burden.

    Your dog is only a part of your life, but you are your dog’s WHOLE life. You’re enduring a lack of sleep, but your dog is suffering and does not understand why the person he loves so much won’t help him feel better.

    Instead you’re locking him in a cage and trying to drown out his cries. Be better.







  • The style of the garment is not as important as the quality of the pattern, but that can be hard to ascertain (even with lots of experience) until you knit it!

    A simple sweater is likely to involve just a few extra stitch types like increases and decreases, and some new techniques, like knitting in the round, picking up stitches, or neck shaping. All of these are quite simple in principle, and should be reasonably easy to get the hang of.

    How these steps are described is a whole other story! I recently helped a friend with a very simple vest, but it was honestly one of the most confusing patterns I’ve ever read. And I’ve knit hundreds of things over 20 years!

    So my advice is:

    1. Stick with patterns with good reviews, written by a quality pattern maker, or at least is very popular (more chance any kinks have been worked out)

    2. Read through the whole pattern before you begin and see if it makes sense.

    3. Ask an experienced knitter if you get stuck! There’s a good chance the problem isn’t your skills but the pattern itself.

    What’s the pattern? I’d be happy to take a look and give my two cents.



  • I was told to bring a bunch of odd items such as strings coins and dice

    What information are they looking for here?? I’d be so stressed wondering if my random collected junk collection was autistic enough. Do I bring my weird shit or just the “normal” trinkets? Should I just bring my favorites? How should I organize them? How many is too many?? Help I need to know why so I can make sure I do it right 😭