why not

 

This post has to do with undertones of the do it yourself (some might say punk) movement.

Ahem.

I am an avid bike rider, and i do not like to contribute to the economy unless needed.  (Edit: I typed this and now I’m looking at that and realizing that this does not make sense as I do not buy groceries. I’m literally a teenager and it is not hard to not participate, plus I buy used books. I just boycott certain brands.)

I ride my bike all around to swim and to get books from little free libraries. Its great exercise and costs next to nothing. I also go to yard sales and such.

The reason this costs next to nothing is because my bike is secondhand. It is my grandma's old bike and is actually insanely fancy and I got it for free. Thanks Nana! 

Anyways, I live in an odd bit of the south where it is freezing for a month or three and boiling the rest of the year.

Thus, I need some bike accessories to stay warm. I am going to make helmet ear warmers and hand warmers for the hand rest places. I refuse to buy these things when I literally own yarn and crochet hooks, and a plethora of knitting needles from my other grandma, because she is an avid knitter and sometimes crocheter.

Here are the patterns:

 

https://pin.it/7ySbZ3ARJ

https://pin.it/rJuP3VWDg

So blogger keeps deleting my stuff. Essentially, I got a new book from a little free library. It’s called Belittled Women, and it has a 3.21 on StoryGraph which isn’t great, but I need a cute romance for in between some other books I want to read. I want to read Wool (the silo series on Apple TV is based off of this), Dune, and Animal Farm. So I need a lighter book in between those.

Also, I’m almost done with my Japanese Knot Bag! The pattern is super easy. I’ll put it here:

https://pin.it/3ty9xsATl

So yes. It’s at 6 inches and needs to be at least 8 inches before I do the handles.