u/grandpaindasoup

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Lost any hope for a relationship with my mum

for context: I've been out for 4 years, I transitioned socially everywhere at the beggining and started HRT this year.

My mum is an abusive piece of shit, but since I moved out, I hoped for a better relationship with her since she has been more bearable since I moved out. She has never accepted me, actively avoided using my preffered pronouns, name, got all quiet and pissy every time I talked about my identity. Confronted, she said she "needs more time" and "it's difficult for her", after every attempt I made to educate and encourage her. I hoped she will get over it and we will have a relationship.

Well, yesterday I finally buried all that hope. Since starting HRT, it's been harder for her to ignore all the changes (with which I'M SO HAPPY ABOUT!! that voice?? moustache??? hell yeah brother), so now every talk meanders back to my gender identity. It happened yesterday and she finally said something that made me give up. She "supports" me (I don't have to tell you she does not), but it's "hard for her" since she sees I'm "living a lie", because she "gave birth to a daughter". I asked her if she values being "right" more than she values supporting me. She did not answer.

She said some of those things before, I don't know why it hit me like this just now. Maybe it's because I can see her

relationship with my stepsister, maybe the isolation I feel in this "family" finally became unbereable. There is nothing to be done about it. There is no chance for a fair relationship with her, it will always end up in me having to put myself down for her. It's just how she is. I'm going to get independent as soon as I can and cut her out completely.

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u/grandpaindasoup — 5 hours ago

feeling insecure about my work

After my previous post about intarsia knitting (thank ya'll for help!!) I tried once again (multiple times actually) to finish the arm of the cardigan I'm working on. I know I have problems with tension, but I hoped it would get more consistent as I go on. It didn't really.

Do I frog it and start again AGAIN? Or do I block it and accept the imperfections of my first big project? I'm afraid if I frog it again, nothing will change :///

u/grandpaindasoup — 1 month ago

Is there a more elegant/easier way to change colors?

I'm making a cardigan and on the bottom, there is a row of paws (pic). Front looks good, however the backside is a mess. I didn't want to waste yarn by stringing it (hehe) along the whole back between every paw, but cutting it with every row seems like it's going to be a pain in my ass later 😮‍💨 (it already kinda was, with how it unraveled with the next row). I would rather finish with something how it looked in the finished pic of the pattern (3rd pic, pattern is: https://www.ravelry.com/projects/leannade/wolf-cardigan-2)

Is there a better way? Would it be easier to just measure the scraps after frogging it and use one piece of yarn (of combined lenght of the scraps) for every paw? Or is this "good enough"?

I'm at the point where I would be okay to frog it (I'm considering if it's not too small anyway), so I'd rather ask.

Thank you in advance!

u/grandpaindasoup — 3 months ago