Very well explained process! Amazing work, Claire!

I think you did a fab job with this dress. It's very pretty on you, I love the blue. I hope you had a lovely evening out with your friends see you for porch coffee tomorrow. 😊

Very cute! Good call on the sleeves.

Nope cannot 🤪 Never had those classes in high school

Nice work!!!! 💞👊

I made a dress from that fabric too! It so nice to work with!

My feeling about Hobby Lobby is that if Hobby Lobby were the only place on earth to get yarn, I would stop crocheting.

It’s really cute on you!

I love history, guns, physics/space, and music if you aren’t talking to me about one of those things I kinda just don’t care what you have to say and just zone out not on purpose ofc, I don’t think I have autism or anything like that tho but maybe I never got tasted

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Looks lovely Claire, well done. 😀

It doesn't matter if eloquent or not - what matters is adult Autistics get out there and talk about this. There is a whole lot of blame to go around, and I mean justifiable blame against the Neurotypical majority. It is a MAJOR WRONG done to many Autistic people, especially women.

So cute! Definitely make another one!

That is so cute!! I love those cute sleeves too!!

Well done and so cute! 😊

It's great! 😊

Absolutely take your time on making sure you feel better and rested. And thanks for having us along for a coffee once again :)

Im NEVER dying my hair this coloye again dont get me wrong first few weeks it was so vivid i loved it till it stained my hair green FOR MONTHS ive put dye over it too and its still there

Love it!!

Fabulous

I went to my LYS sale instead.

Nicely done

Nice!

Omgeeeee that's gorgeous!!!!

daaaang that does look good

That looks really nice on you.

Wow, that’s so cool. Looks great! 😃

+woodshedtheory *FAB execution of an OP!*

Oh my sewing-godess, that's absolutly beautiful❤! I am deeply impressed! Love it! The sleeves🥰 (And didn't know there exists ready smocked (?) fabric. Have just something for example sleeves to sew under the fabrik stretching it the whole time, which I find quite exhausting. I want this!)

So glad you are feeling better! It is hot here in the UK (well hot for the UK, not by US standards, are 20C) and for an auDHD older lady in her 40s going through the menopause and having autoimmune problems overheating is a huge problem. I have a collection of fans on my bedside table and switching out refridgerated doggie chill mats to sit on or sleep on! Feeling a bit sensory overwhelmed but trying to pack for a lovely 3 days away with my daughter to London on Sun, very excited and slightly panicked!! Have a good week!

Hey girly, awesome haul, I love everything you got. I'm so happy you got in on the clearance. Have a great weekend.

Sorry I didn’t Subscribe before now! (Cue the music-“Mem’ries light the corners of my mind. Misty water color mem’ries of the way we were…” What a blast from the past! I wish I had this video to watch when I started going out with (we both hated the idea of “dating”) an autistic woman I met in a high school night class I was helping to teach. Every (excellent) point you made sent off zingers in my head of recognition of what it is like to develop-and maintain-a relationship with an autistic woman. It made my eyes sting when you mentioned the need to be careful when things get serious. Ooh boy-I’m so glad that at least I didn’t screw that up with my AuDhD. We only recently learned we are both autistic. The class I helped teach was a guitar class. If I hadn’t picked up the guitar we never would have met. We’ve been together since ‘76.

Undiagnosed autistic here and this makes sense to me... I had a guy pursue me for two years and it wasn`t until 6 years later that I realised that he had wanted to be more than just friends, but because he didn`t say that, I kept spending time with him as a friend...

I tried crocheting with the comfy classic with the nylon and spandex and I didn’t enjoy it. I’m still learning and wanted to try a stretchy yarn and for $1 why not. Finding the right tension to use was hard for me sooo that got frogged and tossed into a bag 🤭

That last bit hits hard. I have such great family and friends who all want me to be happier and they can sometimes push a little hard or give me advice that would apply to me if I felt genuinely normal. The fact i don't quite feel normal makes it hard to have to process my feelings sometimes while also letting others know you want to take that process at your own pace and on your own terms.

GREAT yarn choices!! Wish I had a HL near me!!

I dont care for HL but i do enjoy their yarn and I usually always save up for this sale. IDK what was in the heads of the managers in my area but they kept trying to gaslight me into thinking that they've "never done that sale and will never do it." They did end up starting it last week but i was just so salty by the shtty way the staff where and decided that Joanns 25% off the red sticker clearance and their yarn sale was more worth it. SO i dumped all my yarn money into Joanns. Hopefully next year the staff wont be so shtty to me. Sucks bec i used to work at HL and the ones in California are REALLY nice, Ig ppl on the east coast are just not as friendly to customer service. (iv heard bad stuff abt the Joanns CS as well but iv never personally delt with them so i cant say) I hate this coast the more i live here!

Started the day by finally mustering up the will to complete a few autism questionnaires (RAADS-R, Aspie and CAT-Q tests) and every one of them seem to indicate I might be on the spectrum. Started listening to a few autism youtubers like yourself and I feel like there's so much said on these channels that I can relate to. Going to start investigating what my next steps should be. Thanks for the chill cozy porch coffee session.

Great yarn haul 🎶❤

PLEASE HELP ME. I AM ALL ALONE AND HAVE NO SUPPORT. IM GONNA DIE BCUS THEY TOOK AWAY THE ONLY PERSON WHO MADE ME FEEL UNSUICIDAL, HUMAN, AND LIKE I COULD GET A REAL LIFE I DONT HAVE TO HIDE SOMEDAY. I'M NOT OK. THEY LEFT ME SUICIDAL FOR FOUR WEEKS AND NEVER CHECKED UP ON ME. I BURNED MYSELF WITH CIGARETTES AND PUNCHED MYSELF. I NEVER GO OUT OF CONTROL BUT I DID MOMENTARILY BCUS THEY ARE DISCRIMINATING AND ABUSING ME AS AN AUTISTIC. IM WORRIED THEY MADE ME THINK LOVE IS A BAD THING AND ABANDINED ME TOO MANY TIMES TOO QUICKLY AND ITS GOING TO TURN INTO A DARKNESS I CANT CONTROL. RESOLUTION IS WHAT I SEEK. NOT RETRIBUTION. BUT THEY KEEP ABUSING ME MAKING ME SUICIDAL BY WHAT THEYRE DOING TO ME. I HAVE NO ONE. PLEASE REACH OUT:( IVE BEEN GIVING SIGNS TO ALL I TALK TO BUT NO ONE REALIZES A BAD THING IS HAPPENING AND IM TRYING TO PUT LIGHT BACK SO DARK DOESN'T TAKE ALLLLLL OF US OUT. YA KNOW?