Robert’s Palace of Stitches

13/08/2025

Survived the first day of my second year in education with the Elementary kiddos!! It was an amazing day!! Some tears were shed but overall, we not just survived, we thrived (in words from a parent)!! I’m exc to see what this year has in store for!!

(Don’t mind the hair, one of the kiddos “tried to make it pretty” but was completely messing it up lol!!)

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11/08/2025

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**photo: depiction of a screenshot on white background showing GPA of 3.62, 22% completion of degree requirements, and 23% completion of credit requirements.

**The photo caption says:
Got the inclination to check my final grades for the summer semester and I got:
B in Comp 1
A in Spanish 1
And an overall 3.62 GPA so far!!
I’m incredibly proud of myself!

27/07/2025

I have created a sales channel on my ravelry account...I have self drafted a couple patterns for Crochet and I am excited!!

Linked below is one of them for my Cast Iron Handle Cover. It would work for others but my husband and I needed a cover for our cast iron pans and I decided to create one out of my brain.

Crochet Cast Iron Handle Cover

12/06/2025

And just like that, week, two of summer semester is over! How crazy!

10/06/2025

600,000 men per year end it all.
That’s 50,000 men per month.
That’s 12,500 men per week.
That’s 1,800 men per day.
That’s 75 men per hour.
That’s over 1 per minute.

It is not weak to speak…reach out to someone if you need it…reach out if you sense something is off with a friend, coworker, or family member…normalize getting help and speaking up.

10/06/2025

I really hate AI and how some people are trying to pass off patterns as “authentic” when they had AI craft the pattern and then they went straight to selling without testing…this was supposed to be an interlocking flower pattern and as you can see from the photo of the somewhat “finished” piece…(focus on the white of the 1st pic as I chose to start with a light pink and was going to end with a dark pink)…mine looks nothing like that and yet I followed the pattern word for word…the result is pretty but will not make an interlocking flower pattern.

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25/04/2025

I had the most amazing interaction today!!! I firmly believe that intuition is real and you should listen to it, not only for safety but it could lead you to amazing experiences like mine did today!

After work, I got a really strong urge to stop at TJ Maxx (I really love their earrings). I went in, and began browsing my usual way, starting with handbags and leading into jewelry.

This mom with two elementary school aged children came into the jewelry section and her daughter was asking to see and purchase a necklace from the case. The necklace was $20 or less, but the mom was expressing how this was a special necklace and it couldn’t just be tossed around the room or left on the floor. The boy, who was younger than the girl, was in the cart, but wanted to look at jewelry too. Mom got him out and he was looking at stuff.

By this point, I had moved onto fragrances and other body products because I found a few pieces of jewelry that spoke to me, but nothing that really screamed “buy me!“

The mom and the kids eventually came up to me in the fragrance section. Mom asked, “do you mind if my son sees your jewelry so he can see that it’s OK for boys to wear jewelry if they want to? He wanted to buy a necklace, but now is second-guessing it thinking that boys can’t wear such things.“ So I begin to show him my bracelets, my earrings, and my pins on my school badge and I explained that sometimes I buy necklaces and wear necklaces, but I chose not to wear one today.

When I got to the car, I burst into tears because this is the most amazing thing that she is teaching her kids! And that lesson, is that any thing you want is OK no matter what others say so long as it’s not hurting you or others and it makes you happy! She’s also teaching them, that everybody is different and those differences should be celebrated!

After the interaction, my urge to shop went away. I firmly believe, I was meant to show up and show out for that kiddo and show him true courage and strength to be his self, and that it’s OK to go against the grain and live authentically, love authentically, and be yourself unapologetically.

14/04/2025

17/02/2025

Pattern: Thine Is The Trick And The Treat
Designer: Prairie Moon
Fabric: 32 count Stormy Night Belfast Linen by
Thread: Silk, 285 Night Sky by
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Some progress on this…I started this when I was on a hiatus from social media.



Image: On a lightly mottled grey fabric is a central motif made up of circles and lines surrounding a central head stone. The head stone is topped by a winged skull with crosses on either side and the stone reads, “RIP 10-31”. There is a spider with an exclamatory “eek” southeast from the head stone motif and east of that is a motif showcasing dancing shrouded figures in tattered rags. North of this image is a pair of hands with mirrored moons on each palm and then a selection of stars surround the “eek” from earlier to the west of these hands.

05/01/2025

I’m not okay (I am just miserable)…I thought I was on the up and up yesterday bc I didn’t have a fever most of the day but today the fever is back with a vengeance along with terrible aches and pains and sometimes those aches and pains will pulse for a few seconds and sometimes they are sharp pulses. Along with all the other symptoms minus the digestive issues (but I don’t have an appetite so I’m not consuming as much as I normally would, just the bare minimum for sustenance and intake of fluids as best I can.)

04/01/2025

Still feel like p**p but better than I was 2 days ago but still not great. It hurts my muscles to cough.