It was the '80s.
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knittingI just need to whine at people who will understand this complaint because the muggles just patted me on the head and whispered behind their hands.
My partner is trans* and done with his legal transition so his new name is set in stone. He's also the proud owner of a hand-made Christmas stocking from the '80s made by a very nice friend of the family. I snuck his stocking out of the house on Christmas to alter the name at his request. Today, when I sat down to unpick the name, I had a moment of horror. The name--which is vertical down the front of the stocking--is not duplicate-stitched. I really really thought it was.
But no, it's intarsia. The stocking can be fixed (easily), and I'll duplicate-stitch his new name on...but intarsia? Really? For a vertical name?
My partner is trans* and done with his legal transition so his new name is set in stone. He's also the proud owner of a hand-made Christmas stocking from the '80s made by a very nice friend of the family. I snuck his stocking out of the house on Christmas to alter the name at his request. Today, when I sat down to unpick the name, I had a moment of horror. The name--which is vertical down the front of the stocking--is not duplicate-stitched. I really really thought it was.
But no, it's intarsia. The stocking can be fixed (easily), and I'll duplicate-stitch his new name on...but intarsia? Really? For a vertical name?