Rug of a different sort and recs
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donutsweeperSo many, many years after we probably should have we finally went out and bought a new bed to replace the 20 yr old futon (do not be me, that was *far* too long to keep that cheap thing) and when taking apart the bedframe I found an old braided rugs I'd stored between the board and the slats in an attempt to flatten it *ages* ago.
And when I say ages, I mean ages. As I vaguely remembered posting about it, I search through my livejournal and found a mention of pulling out the rug to work on (while watching an episode of due South, good taste past!me) in a post from December 2007 (2007!! who knows when I actually started it) and included a picture of the rug then:
The rug I pulled out only had two more color rounds completed so wasn't all that much further along but was left with a long section of braid unattached and needing new strips sewn on. I never quite mastered the technique of sewing on the new strips properly so that the seam didn't show and always found lacing the braid to the rug was frustrating, fiddly and hard to do for any length of time without hurting my back so it's not surprising I just gave up at some point. Tension was always a perpetual problem so I must have shoved the rug there in an attempt to flatten it. (Something that mostly, but not completely, succeeded). Deciding to just figure out some way to finish it (unfortunately, that's a part I had never really mastered either) I eventually finagled something and TADA:
(Do I need another rug? No. Do I have a place for the rug? Also no. Am I also in the process of making a knotted rug that I took a break from to finish this guy off? Yes. Do I have a place for that rug? Bwhahaha, no.)
Anyway... Just a few more days left for Yuletide nominations! We get 5 slots, it's so exciting! (I really need to make an actual decision on my last slot, I've been waffling for ages about it)
And, last but not least,![[community profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/community.png)
recthething tumblr art recs (whoops, I've been forgetting to crosspost these here, sorry!)
Batman
- images that came to me in a vision. i just needed to see him in a nice cottage kitchen. (this vision of Batman made me laugh)
Buffy the Vampire Slayer
- buffy summers more like buffy snork mimimi <3333
Guardian
- boop the snoot (Adorable cat!da qing booping Zhao Yunlan)
Merlin
- [Dragonlord merlin - 2]: Magic returning slowly. (subtle but sweet)
MDZS/The Untamed
- His love language is being a menace (WWX has the best expression on his face when teasing LWJ)
- I have drawn many, many pictures of Jiujiu Holding A-Ling! Yet somehow, not enough. So I present to you all: Another One (adorable grumpy jin ling!)
- Emotional support hug (aww sweet)
Supernatural
- lazarus rising as a paperback (there's a whole series of these linked on the post and all are amazing)
Under the Skin
- Not sure if they should drink this… (Late night Shen Yi/Du Cheng and a very judgy but adorable cat)
- Cat Cuddles "Because everyone need a little sweetness in september I decided to make a fluffy little animation of DuCheng being adopted by the 2 cats of the house" (absolutely adorable)
Tomorrow is Rosh Hashanah, L'Shana Tova everyone! May your new year be sweet!
And when I say ages, I mean ages. As I vaguely remembered posting about it, I search through my livejournal and found a mention of pulling out the rug to work on (while watching an episode of due South, good taste past!me) in a post from December 2007 (2007!! who knows when I actually started it) and included a picture of the rug then:
The rug I pulled out only had two more color rounds completed so wasn't all that much further along but was left with a long section of braid unattached and needing new strips sewn on. I never quite mastered the technique of sewing on the new strips properly so that the seam didn't show and always found lacing the braid to the rug was frustrating, fiddly and hard to do for any length of time without hurting my back so it's not surprising I just gave up at some point. Tension was always a perpetual problem so I must have shoved the rug there in an attempt to flatten it. (Something that mostly, but not completely, succeeded). Deciding to just figure out some way to finish it (unfortunately, that's a part I had never really mastered either) I eventually finagled something and TADA:
(Do I need another rug? No. Do I have a place for the rug? Also no. Am I also in the process of making a knotted rug that I took a break from to finish this guy off? Yes. Do I have a place for that rug? Bwhahaha, no.)
Anyway... Just a few more days left for Yuletide nominations! We get 5 slots, it's so exciting! (I really need to make an actual decision on my last slot, I've been waffling for ages about it)
And, last but not least,
recthething tumblr art recs (whoops, I've been forgetting to crosspost these here, sorry!) Batman
- images that came to me in a vision. i just needed to see him in a nice cottage kitchen. (this vision of Batman made me laugh)
Buffy the Vampire Slayer
- buffy summers more like buffy snork mimimi <3333
Guardian
- boop the snoot (Adorable cat!da qing booping Zhao Yunlan)
Merlin
- [Dragonlord merlin - 2]: Magic returning slowly. (subtle but sweet)
MDZS/The Untamed
- His love language is being a menace (WWX has the best expression on his face when teasing LWJ)
- I have drawn many, many pictures of Jiujiu Holding A-Ling! Yet somehow, not enough. So I present to you all: Another One (adorable grumpy jin ling!)
- Emotional support hug (aww sweet)
Supernatural
- lazarus rising as a paperback (there's a whole series of these linked on the post and all are amazing)
Under the Skin
- Not sure if they should drink this… (Late night Shen Yi/Du Cheng and a very judgy but adorable cat)
- Cat Cuddles "Because everyone need a little sweetness in september I decided to make a fluffy little animation of DuCheng being adopted by the 2 cats of the house" (absolutely adorable)
Tomorrow is Rosh Hashanah, L'Shana Tova everyone! May your new year be sweet!
Deadline has passed + post-deadline pinch hits
Sep. 20th, 2025 02:05 amclassicfilmexWe have a number of new pinch hits in need of homes! They are due at 10pm UTC +2 on Wednesday 24 September [countdown | in your time zone]. To claim, please either comment below (comments are screened) or email us at classicfilmexchange@gmail.com.
PDPH #1: Аэли́та | Aelita: Queen of Mars (1924), If I Had a Million (1932), Vivacious Lady (1938), (La) Fille du Diable | Devil's Daughter (1946), Adam's Rib (1949), The Night of the Hunter (1955)
PDPH #2:To Have and Have Not (1944), West Side Story (1961), What Ever Happened to Baby Jane? (1962), What a Way To Go! (1964), Willy Wonka & the Chocolate Factory (1971), What's Up Doc? (1972)
PDPH #3:My Man Godfrey (1936), His Girl Friday (1940), Rebecca (1940), Harvey (1950), The Lion in Winter (1968), Klute (1971), Monty Python and the Holy Grail (1975), Superman (1978), Love at First Bite (1979), The Muppet Movie (Movie 1979)
PDPH #4:It's a Wonderful Life (1946), Roman Holiday (1953), Star Wars: A New Hope (1977)
PDPH #5:Philadelphia Story (1940), Gilda (1946), All About Eve (1950), Jaws (Movies)
Several people have extensions, so if you don't have a gift and are not a pinch hit, don't fret!PDPH #2:
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PDPH #5:
Fandom Fifty: #30
Sep. 19th, 2025 08:59 pmsenmut2004, juggling three small human beings and a depressed baby!daddy. I actually think this year was okay, for me. I was still sublimating everything into trying to be a good parent.
How many movies will I recall?
( Only 9? Well, 9 I care to write up )
How many movies will I recall?
( Only 9? Well, 9 I care to write up )12 Hours to Deadline!
Sep. 19th, 2025 02:54 amclassicfilmexAssignments are due almost exactly 12 hours from now [countdown | in your time zone].
Please make sure that you have a completed work of 1000 words or more posted -- partial works and/or works that are under the minimum risk deletion and default at deadline. If you need a one-time extension, please contact us at classicfilmexchange@gmail.com.
Good luck to those still working!
Please make sure that you have a completed work of 1000 words or more posted -- partial works and/or works that are under the minimum risk deletion and default at deadline. If you need a one-time extension, please contact us at classicfilmexchange@gmail.com.
Good luck to those still working!
15 Writing Questions from @tellshannon815
Sep. 19th, 2025 12:05 ammxcatmoonGetting back to more pleasant topics, been meaning to do this one that I found awhile ago, from tellshannon815
1. Which of your fics is your pride and joy?
Not sure I can choose, but I have to say that my 'pride and joys' are fics that I'm personally happiest with rather than the popular ones (which aren't necessarily the same thing). Writing is a personal thing for me, which is good because most of my fandoms are long dead.
2. What are your top three most commonly used tags on AO3?
Humor, introspection, and friendship. Which makes sense, because those are things most of my stories include, no matter what type of story they are.
( rest of questions and answers... )
tellshannon815 1. Which of your fics is your pride and joy?
Not sure I can choose, but I have to say that my 'pride and joys' are fics that I'm personally happiest with rather than the popular ones (which aren't necessarily the same thing). Writing is a personal thing for me, which is good because most of my fandoms are long dead.
2. What are your top three most commonly used tags on AO3?
Humor, introspection, and friendship. Which makes sense, because those are things most of my stories include, no matter what type of story they are.
( rest of questions and answers... )
New Pinch Hit + Art Treats Welcome
Sep. 17th, 2025 02:16 pmclassicfilmexWe have one new pinch hit, due September 21.
If you want to claim it, please email the mods at classicfilmexchange@gmail.com with your AO3 username or comment here (comments are screened).
Unrelated, we had a question about the possibility of art being allowed for treats, despite the exchange itself being fic-only, and we've decided to open up the option of art, but only for treats, not for assignments. As with fic, please make sure your work doesn't violate any of your recipients DNWs.
Finally, don't forget the treats for pinch-hitters post! If you pick up a pinch hit and aren't participating in the exchange, leave prompts there and, if you've got a hankering to do a little treating, please check there to see if you're familiar with any of the fandoms being requested.
Yuletide! And Resource Posts!
Sep. 14th, 2025 11:08 pmdonutsweeperEarlier today I *finally* finished checking all the links on my research/useful links posts, adding all the new links and reorganizing them. Both the Hollywood/History/Clothing/etc post and the Randomness one had gotten too big so I removed somethings from the history one and separated the randomness one into two posts with the history things (old books, magazines, radio theater etc) fitting into one. There's now close to 2250 links between all the posts. *phew* The masterpost is here or everything can also be found via my useful links tag.
And also, excitedly, Yuletide nominations have opened!! Go forth and nominate! (I'll be nominating that cute animated short, Vampire Gastelbrau, and also The First Shot (Gu Yiran, Zheng Bei and Jiang Xiaohai), See Your Love (Jiang Shaopeng, Yang Zixiang) and All Souls (Mitchell Grace, Glory, and Worldbuilding) definitely but am still waffling on my last slot. But we are allowed 4 characters per fandom so if anyone wants someone added to First Shot or See Your Love just give me a shout.
What's everyone else nominating?
And also, excitedly, Yuletide nominations have opened!! Go forth and nominate! (I'll be nominating that cute animated short, Vampire Gastelbrau, and also The First Shot (Gu Yiran, Zheng Bei and Jiang Xiaohai), See Your Love (Jiang Shaopeng, Yang Zixiang) and All Souls (Mitchell Grace, Glory, and Worldbuilding) definitely but am still waffling on my last slot. But we are allowed 4 characters per fandom so if anyone wants someone added to First Shot or See Your Love just give me a shout.
What's everyone else nominating?
One week left to deadline!
Sep. 12th, 2025 11:17 amclassicfilmexAssignments are due in a week [countdown | in your time zone], and we have one outstanding pinch hit:
If you can take the pinch hit, please comment (they are screened) or email us at: classicfilmexchange@gmail.com. Meantime, if you have finished with your assignment and/or are itching to spent more time in the cool, refreshing waters of classic film, please take a gander at our treats for pinch-hitters post and see if there's anything there that appeals to you. As a reminder, treats do not have to meet the 1000 word minimum, but they do need to respect DNW, just like the assignments.
If you can take the pinch hit, please comment (they are screened) or email us at: classicfilmexchange@gmail.com. Meantime, if you have finished with your assignment and/or are itching to spent more time in the cool, refreshing waters of classic film, please take a gander at our treats for pinch-hitters post and see if there's anything there that appeals to you. As a reminder, treats do not have to meet the 1000 word minimum, but they do need to respect DNW, just like the assignments.
ML fic: Creatures of Habit
Sep. 11th, 2025 12:15 pmmxcatmoonWritten for the prompts, 114 Lucifugous, 137 Will-o'-the-wisp, 147 Connotations, 154 Liminal, at vocab_drabbles
Title: Creatures of Habit
Fandom: Moonlight (TV)
Author: Cat Moon
Rating: R (for brief, non-explicit sex)
Words: 965
Characters/Pairings: Josef/Shane
Summary: Josef contemplates changes in the status quo, dances, and does some star gazing. Shane is unpredictable.
( Creatures of Habit )
vocab_drabbles Title: Creatures of Habit
Fandom: Moonlight (TV)
Author: Cat Moon
Rating: R (for brief, non-explicit sex)
Words: 965
Characters/Pairings: Josef/Shane
Summary: Josef contemplates changes in the status quo, dances, and does some star gazing. Shane is unpredictable.
( Creatures of Habit )
Blanket! And Yuletide!
Sep. 10th, 2025 12:08 pmdonutsweeperThe Yuletide fandom promo post is up. I promoed a cute little animated short I found recently and am planning on nominating and requesting, Vampire Gastelbrau. Here's the promo I did:
Title: Vampire Gastelbrau (2011)
Media: Animated short film
Approx length: 3 minutes
Where to find it: On youtube here or vimeo here
What is it, in summary?: An animated short where Vampire Gastelbrau helps Gerta and Gabi with their chores in order to earn back his vampire fang.
What do you love about it?: It's just such a sweet little story with cute animation and lovely music.
What sort of things are you likely to request for it?: The further adventures of Gerta, Gabi and Gastelbrau.
Are there sections of canon (rather than the whole canon) that can be consumed by themselves to fulfil your requests, or that showcase particular characters and relationships?: No, but it's less than 3 minutes long.
Content warnings: none, despite it being about a vampire no warnings apply
The Yuletide evidence post has also been posted. If your eligible fandom (this post explains eligibility) is closely related to an ineligible one (i.e. all DMBJ fandoms since the novels are too big, NIF2 or the NIF novel since the drama has gotten too big, etc) you'll want to make a comment in the evidence post (if you've given evidence in previous years you can just link to your previous comment but ideally you should still comment on the current post). I've been doing yuletide a billion (aka 17) years, if you have questions/want help determining eligibility or how to post evidence just give me a shout, I'll be happy to help.
I also finally finished the chevron lace blanket I'd be working on for daughter:
It's 42” by 75-78” (valley vs point) and I misjudged the yarn yardage so she overbought and I have 2 skeins left with no idea what I'll do with them. Ooops. Oh well.
Aaaand now I need a new craft project. Maybe a rug. Or another blanket? Or both? (Do I need another rug or blanket? Nope. Do I have a place to put either? Also nope. Will that stop me from making them? Of course not.)
Title: Vampire Gastelbrau (2011)
Media: Animated short film
Approx length: 3 minutes
Where to find it: On youtube here or vimeo here
What is it, in summary?: An animated short where Vampire Gastelbrau helps Gerta and Gabi with their chores in order to earn back his vampire fang.
What do you love about it?: It's just such a sweet little story with cute animation and lovely music.
What sort of things are you likely to request for it?: The further adventures of Gerta, Gabi and Gastelbrau.
Are there sections of canon (rather than the whole canon) that can be consumed by themselves to fulfil your requests, or that showcase particular characters and relationships?: No, but it's less than 3 minutes long.
Content warnings: none, despite it being about a vampire no warnings apply
The Yuletide evidence post has also been posted. If your eligible fandom (this post explains eligibility) is closely related to an ineligible one (i.e. all DMBJ fandoms since the novels are too big, NIF2 or the NIF novel since the drama has gotten too big, etc) you'll want to make a comment in the evidence post (if you've given evidence in previous years you can just link to your previous comment but ideally you should still comment on the current post). I've been doing yuletide a billion (aka 17) years, if you have questions/want help determining eligibility or how to post evidence just give me a shout, I'll be happy to help.
I also finally finished the chevron lace blanket I'd be working on for daughter:
It's 42” by 75-78” (valley vs point) and I misjudged the yarn yardage so she overbought and I have 2 skeins left with no idea what I'll do with them. Ooops. Oh well.
Aaaand now I need a new craft project. Maybe a rug. Or another blanket? Or both? (Do I need another rug or blanket? Nope. Do I have a place to put either? Also nope. Will that stop me from making them? Of course not.)
