I knit pixel blankets
Depicting cartoon or computer game characters.
The obnoxious part is that I can be unbearably smug about it.
( Smash Monkey lowering the tone of the whole internet, Tue 10 Nov 2026, 12:29, Reply)

And so you should!
I am rubbish at knitting, I try and try and just end up with something with not enough stitches or too many and although I can cast on, I never learnt to cast off so I have thus far knitted nothing of any use. I am good at sticking and gluing, which isn’t optimal for making knitwear or blankets.
( Lu - my circus, my monkeys - dance, my pretties -, Tue 10 Nov 2026, 12:41, Reply)

I only started doing it
Because I can't follow a knitting pattern. I'm great at doing squares, though.
( Smash Monkey lowering the tone of the whole internet, Tue 10 Nov 2026, 12:57, Reply)

That’s really clever, though.
Not being able to follow a pattern but still being able to make things with characters on. I am in awe. Do you sell them? I would buy one.
( Lu - my circus, my monkeys - dance, my pretties -, Tue 10 Nov 2026, 13:11, Reply)

I do occasionally sell them
But I've developed trigger thumbs, making it really hard to knit. If I'm lucky, I can manage 1 or 2 squares a week. My biggest blanket is 2,000 squares.
( Smash Monkey lowering the tone of the whole internet, Tue 10 Nov 2026, 13:42, Reply)

One of my earliest ones is in my profile

( Smash Monkey lowering the tone of the whole internet, Tue 10 Nov 2026, 13:43, Reply)

That’s absolutely fantastic.
I’m so sorry your thumbs won’t behave, that must be entirely frustrating on many levels. Naughty thumbs. I am going to find some image hosting and stick some of my weird creations in my profile. Something productive to do with my afternoon whilst waiting for the wall demolition man to show up.
( Lu - my circus, my monkeys - dance, my pretties -, Tue 10 Nov 2026, 13:47, Reply)