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We had a terrarium for an elderly disabled anole who has since passed away, but at some point her habitat gained a stowaway who hides behind the fake rock that we think is a dubia. I personally have never seen it but my husband who has seen it only a handful of times is pretty sure. Makes sense that it would have come in with a batch of feeder insects for the lizard. Anyway, I was reading about the care and feeding of Dubias because we’ll still maintain the terrarium if it has a resident and I read that they’re communal and do better with companion(s). Now listen. I do not have any love for roaches and do not want any more of them. But I do not want to create suffering for the creatures who depend on me for survival. Do I have to go buy another goddamn roach?

I’m ready to start my first pair of socks and for expediency’s sake I bought a kit. Easy peasy. Except I think this may not be the best kit. Amazing yarn BUT, it involves a provisional i-cord cast on with a Kitchener stitch, directions I can only look at on my phone, a not so great video tutorial only done continental style and dpns the whole way through. I would much rather cast directly on the needles myself and with a cast on that I don’t have to sew up later? Surely there are better ways to cast on and knit socks? I can do dpns in the round but can I not knit them completely on a circular needle? This kit just feels overly complicated and my gut is telling me that there are better ways to do these socks but I also don’t actually know. Does all of this sound standard to you guys?