I need to write a letter for my Grandma for her funeral in a few days. I wrote this to get my thoughts in order The night before the morning that everything changed, I had been knitting a frog. My best friend’s birthday had already long since been and gone, but what with the loomingContinue reading “My Goodbye to My Grandma”
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Anxiety and Freshers Week
A roundup of my first week at university So… it’s been a while For anyone who follows me on instagram, you might’ve already seen me posting about this but… I’ve been having a very chaotic few weeks to say the least. But, for anyone who doesn’t already know – I’ve started university! I’ve spent theContinue reading “Anxiety and Freshers Week”
First Four Flags
I have to say this to start with because holy shit it’s been annoying me but it’s also kind of really funny – I completed a project before these four flags. It’s a rabbit, however, I can’t post about it yet because it doesn’t ever stop raining up in Harris and so I can’t takeContinue reading “First Four Flags”
First Socks!!
Yes, yes, I finally bit the bullet and committed to making my first pair of socks And I will be the first to admit, right at the start of this post, that they genuinely really weren’t anywhere near as difficult as I thought that they’d be! I actually had a whole lot of fun makingContinue reading “First Socks!!”
The Butterfly Project and Me
Warning but this post contains a lot of talk about depression and self harm, please be careful about the content you read and keep yourself safe! The rules of the butterfly project are simple: When you feel the urge to self harm, draw a butterfly on the area where you normally would Name the butterflyContinue reading “The Butterfly Project and Me”
Helping People Through Panic Attacks
Panic attacks are terrifying – both to the person going through it and to anyone who may be around while they happen I know for a fact that the times where my friend’s have witnessed me having panic attacks they have straight up just thought that I was dying and a couple genuinely considered phoningContinue reading “Helping People Through Panic Attacks”
Las Nevadas Part 1 (Mark 1)
Okay so I know that I had said that I was going to be doing the first lot of squares for Tales of the SMP next but as it turned out, I had to order a whole load of wool to arrive (which is also why I haven’t included Foolish’s square here and it’s onlyContinue reading “Las Nevadas Part 1 (Mark 1)”
Getting Through THOSE Nights
I’ve been having a lot of THOSE nights (capital let’s and italics very much needed) It’s taken me years of getting through nights where I can’t sleep because I feel like I can’t breathe and I can’t be alone with my thoughts because holy shit that just not at all remotely what I need beforeContinue reading “Getting Through THOSE Nights”
Blue Icon of Doom
Thirteen minutes. The little icon was teasing me, staring me down from its place on my screen. Sitting comfortably in the corner (as if it couldn’t mock me anymore than it already was it had taken my favourite spot), companionably wedged with the pixelated red heart of Undertale to its left and the achingly familiarContinue reading “Blue Icon of Doom”
Normalising Anxiety Things
Okay, so, reaching out to people to talk about mental health is beyond important as an initial step. And it’s because by talking to someone you trust or even a stranger on the internet (hi!), especially someone who is going through something similar to you normalises what you deal with. I thought I was so,Continue reading “Normalising Anxiety Things”
Knitting With Norbert 