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oh my!

i have pics at instagram.com/trystan830 ... my account is public :D

Dip pens are hard to use. I am not skilled and I probably shouldn't be doing it in bed anyway.

Are the little skulls candy too, or are they soaps?

the skulls are candy too! i mixed blue and yellow melts and that was the color green i got :)

so we have a historical site near to me - Pennsbury Manor - the manor house and grounds are kept like they were in colonial times, and one of the fun little things you can do is try to write on paper with a quill and ink.

one of the times friends and i went with my daughters, we all tried the quill pen, and since i've done calligraphy before, i was the only one who could actually write with it! :)

i'm guessing a dip pen would be like the quill?

They're adorable!

They're exactly like a quill except they are metal nibs instead of a cut feather shaft. I've done some writing with quills as well. They're a bit of a pain though because you have to keep stopping to sharpen them.

thanks!

ah, gotcha. i've used metal nibs as well.

The only difference between them and a regular fountain pen is that you have to dip it in the ink repeatedly instead of the ink being inside.

yep, i've used both types of pens then. :)

I was looking up patterns for a woolly mammoth toy, because I wanted to send Laura Bailey a Jester-Mammoth with a tag that said "Fuck it, I'm a MAMMOTH!" then I forgot why I was wanting a pattern for a mammoth... just remembered why.

guess you've gone down the pattern clicking rabbit hole on ravelry, and 20 zillion patterns later, you've forgotten what you were looking for in the first place? XD

No, I actually forgot why I was looking for a mammoth toy pattern.

Anyway, got the stuff for tomorrow.

whoops. but good that you remembered :)

Yeah. also got a reminder about a game I used to play on my old laptop, so I just installed it. gonna play in a bit.

oh yaay! have fun! :)

I talked a friend into crocheting a kraken hat for me. She says I don't have to pay her if I pay for materials and the pattern, but I kind of am insisting.

ooh a kraken hat sounds like fun!

It's a super cute pattern.

Here's the pattern if you wanna check it out.