Stitching the Trans Agenda

Recent projects – August 2025

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Photo of a crocheted slouch hat. The bottom half is rich blue, red, purple, and green. The top half is a yellow-white.

I spent most of my summer hyper-focused on the research that will be appearing on this blog in one form or another, as well as using up some yarn I received for my birthday. I finally succeeded! I had three cakes of Caron Latte Cakes “Earl Grey” colorway. I made: a vest, a hat, two fingerless gloves, and an unfinished C2C (corner-to-corner) piece which will either be a small shawl as it is, or a scrap-yarn blanket – I haven’t decided which. I discovered that I love the C2C method and will probably be finding more excuses to use it. It’s a stitch I can do without looking or focusing much, which is awesome when I’m a passenger in a car or sitting in the dark.

A light grey, pink, and white fuzzy crochet vest/gilet with collar
The pattern for this vest is Rugged Landscapes Gilet by Carrie M Chambers on Ravelry. I put the finishing touches on it while waiting for my car to be inspected.
Light grey, white, and pink crochet slouch hat on a white background.
This pattern is the Estelle Slouch Hat by Fiber Flux / Jennifer Dickerson on Ravelry.
Grey, white, and pink fingerless gloves on a white background.
This pattern is “fingerless gloves!” by cabinet crochet on Ribblr. They’re slightly different sizes since I wear a watch on my left wrist and wanted it to fit over the the watch.

I wore the hat and vest to work, and received tons of compliments! Which was interesting, because when I wore the vest by itself, no one seemed to notice, lol.

I decided that I liked wearing the slouch hat so much, I would make another using leftover yarn – I made a shawl years ago for my MIL, and had a little Lion Brand Landscapes yarn left over. I love the feel of it. There wasn’t enough of it for the whole hat, so I dug through my stash to find an off-white yarn that matched the jewel tones of the Apple Orchard color way. I didn’t have a label, so I have no idea what brand of yarn the off-white is. Now I just need to determine which shirts actually match this, and/or wait for some cooler weather to wear somewhere other than my climate-controlled day-job office.

Photo of a crocheted slouch hat. The bottom half is rich blue, red, purple, and green. The top half is a yellow-white.
Estelle slouch hat by Fiber Flux / Jennifer Dickerson on Ravelry. Yarn is Lion Brand Landscapes “Apple Orchard” color way and a random light-colored yarn from my stash.

For September, I’m hoping to tackle at least one of my two UFOs (unfinished objects). I was super excited to add sleeves to a denim jacket, but made it complicated enough that I lost enthusiasm. I did some work on it last night, so I’m reasonably confident I can finish this section of sleeve. I’ll elaborate on it more when I finally finish!

My other plans include embroidering on a white denim jacket, exploring an embroidery book I have checked out of the library (more on that in a future update), mending clothes using the sewing machine, and writing more here!

What crafty things have you been working on?

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