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FanCityKnits, to knitting German
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Nerding out at it's best.

I think I need to watch this a few more times to really understand it, but I love it, when science and textiles crafts meet and people make a deep dive into this.

Physics of Knitting
https://youtube.com/watch?v=mAJwSFbCvf0&si=3M9ZO7nWwVmiYuvo

@fiberarts @knitting

PatsyBaloney,
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@FanCityKnits @fiberarts @knitting

Did not know I needed this, but I do. 🤓

sandos, to knitting German
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Finally finished my first sweater. Kind of proud, to be honest.

https://ravel.me/sandos/bbj

@knitting @handarbeiten

PatsyBaloney,
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@sandos @knitting @handarbeiten

Congratulations! You should be proud, this is terrific. Great colour, too.

DeborahLeagueFineArt, to photography
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Blue mountains landscape, quilted effect.

ART - https://deborah-league.pixels.com/featured/blue-mountains-quilted-effect-deborah-league.html

PatsyBaloney,
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@DeborahLeagueFineArt
Wow! The colour, and the textures! Really beautiful.

sewblue, to FiberArts
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Fitting help please! @sewing

Faux wrap front. I sized to my bust with. I've already swung 1.5 inches out of the upper bust to the waist, but still have extra fabric and tension issues. Also have trouble keeping the neckline(which is on grain) tight against my bust.

Am remembering why I swore off certain commercial patterns. Every time I have major armscye issues. I initially did a full bust adjustment, but the crazy amount of ease made it a tent. Tried something else.

Have half a mind to just drape to get the look, using the armscye from a size down. Was hoping to do this via pattern manipulation.

PatsyBaloney,
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@sewblue @sewing

Where there's a wrinkle or gap, pin a dart from gap edge all the way to the opposite seam edge of your muslin. Basically you are taking out length along one edge of the pattern.. Stitch the dart into your muslin and use this new shape as the pattern for your garment.

I hope this helps you. I can recommend free videos, if you'd like.

DoubleTreble, to crochet
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@crochet
#crochet
Making progress on my latest crochet project 😁
Three of the four corners made 🧶🧶

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@HeatherMJ @DoubleTreble @crochet

Congrats. It looks great already.

kamikat, to FiberArts
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@sewing I am over ruffles but at least it's done!

PatsyBaloney,
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@kamikat @sewing

Lovely! That colour is yummy.
(And is that your helper I see...?)

RuthSalter, to knitting
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Cable surgery!

I've widened my shawl beyond its pattern, so was unsure whether to put a cable next to an increase at one point and dropped down later to add it. It never looked quite right though and kept bugging me. Realised I'd done it 1 row too high, so dropped back down and fixed it again.

I found putting a stitch marker on the yarn from each row as I pulled it out and stacking these over the needle made it easier to see what yarn was for what row on the way back up.


@knitting

PatsyBaloney,
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@RuthSalter @knitting

Impressive! How nerve-wracking was this, doctor?

Dodo_sipping, to knitting
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My first adult raglan topdown, freehand. Used some leftovers and mixed a thin handdyed merino with a cheap acryl.
Now I don't know, why I was ever scared of raglan. It's so easy.
Still lacks one sleeve and some white details, but it's already my favourite. @knitting

PatsyBaloney,
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@Dodo_sipping @knitting

Love love love this! The colours are so fun (and these days I am suddenly all about colour 😊). Congrats! Can't wait to see it in its finished glory.

CelloMomOnCars, to random
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"Some of the rarest creatures in Britain have now made Knepp their home, including kingfishers, hazel dormice, scarce chaser dragonflies and purple emperor butterflies. The river has returned to its natural course and the soil is now storing as much per hectare as a 25-year-old plantation of trees does, according to recent tests."


https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2024/feb/25/rewilding-climate-change-biodiversity-isabella-tree-nature-planet-farming

PatsyBaloney,
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@CelloMomOnCars

What an inspiring article. Thank you for posting it.

PatsyBaloney,
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@CelloMomOnCars

Just checked out the ebook version of their guide to rewilding, and it's teriffic!

lolgop, to random
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AND NOW THE BOOK BANNERS ARE COMING FOR THE LIBRARIANS

The GOP-controlled West Virginia House of Delegates has passed a bill that could see librarians face five years in prison.

https://newrepublic.com/post/179132/west-virginia-republicans-house-bill-librarians-jail

Now leading at the https://www.erlywrm.com

PatsyBaloney,
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@lolgop

Jfc.

PatsyBaloney,
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@TreeBeeMo @lolgop

Indeed!

It is no accident that Koch & pals have been working since the 70s to break public education.

mattotcha, to random
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The ‘Bill Gates problem’: do billionaire philanthropists skew global health research?
https://www.nature.com/articles/d41586-024-00394-0
#BookReview #BillGates #philanthropy #SDGs #foundations #taxpayers #CharitableMonopoly

PatsyBaloney,
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@mattotcha

Billionaires skew everything.

That's why billionaires are a danger to democracy.

nikashuka, to knitting Spanish

I did it! Planetarium. The design is from knitty winter, 2022 by Cissy Yao. I love it very much!
@knitting

PatsyBaloney,
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@nikashuka @knitting

This is beautiful!

alexisbushnell, to knitting
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Urgh! I think me and knitting patterns are not meant to be.

Take 2 and I totally missed the add one at each end of the next 8 rows.
I need it to say "add 2 - 1 at each end, of the next 8 rows."

@knitting

PatsyBaloney,
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@alexisbushnell @knitting

You are not alone in your frustration. Very often I have to write out what I am to do for each line of the repeats. I need things spelled out. Then I check each row off as I complete it.

(Some writers of instructions are better than others. I like Rowan patterns but ohmygod they are hard for me to follow. And then patterns from the 70s, 60s, and earlier...its almost like reading code.)

PatsyBaloney,
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@eyrea @alexisbushnell @knitting

😄 I stand corrected.

PatsyBaloney,
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@amgine @eyrea @alexisbushnell @knitting

I love this!
(standing ovation! 💐)

PatsyBaloney,
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@ktlynauthor @amgine @eyrea @alexisbushnell @knitting

You have made my day! Wonderful article.

(If my higher level math courses had included knitting they would have made so much more sense. ...and who knew there's a Journal of Mathematics and the Arts?)

Thank you!

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@eyrea @amgine @alexisbushnell @knitting

Someone somewhere is going to write her Thesis on this.

PatsyBaloney,
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@venite @eyrea @amgine @alexisbushnell @knitting

What?! Would love to have heard or read it.

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@CleoQc @venite @terri @eyrea @amgine @alexisbushnell @knitting

Is it online? Would love to hear it/read it.

PatsyBaloney,
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@CleoQc @venite @terri @eyrea @amgine @alexisbushnell @knitting

Thank you!

PatsyBaloney,
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@CleoQc @venite @terri @eyrea @amgine @alexisbushnell @knitting

Thank you! Thank You!
Just started to watch but had to pause to say THANK YOU!

PatsyBaloney,
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@CleoQc @venite @terri @eyrea @amgine @alexisbushnell @knitting

Really enjoyed the video. When I thinking all the time I've spent automating custom pattern adjustments, and auto-calculating multiple sizes of sweaters...well, I'm looking forward to checking out PyKnit.

Thanks, again!

mmasnick, to random
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I know that lots of folks here don't like Bluesky (and I understand most of the reasons why), But now that it's open, I tried to explain the reasons why I am excited about it and hope it succeeds. https://www.techdirt.com/2024/02/06/bluesky-opens-up/

PatsyBaloney,
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@Chigaze @mmasnick

"As a Twitter iteration though, it feels less like a place for conversation and more for memes, shitposts, and watching various grades of celeb banter. These have their place of course, but they are not a meal."

This goes a long way towards explaining why I just can't get into Bluesky.

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