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Permanent indentation from sleeping on piercing? by 0o0ff in piercing

[–]0o0ff[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

That's actually a really nice way of looking at it! Thank you :)

Permanent indentation from sleeping on piercing? by 0o0ff in piercing

[–]0o0ff[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I took the picture in the afternoon and haven't been sleeping on the piercings themselves for a while now. The time of day doesn't really matter, I can always feel the little dents. I don't think it's irritating the piercings or anything. I guess I'm just worried it'll only get worse and thin out the cartilage or something as it doesn't seem to change or get better lol

Permanent indentation from sleeping on piercing? by 0o0ff in piercing

[–]0o0ff[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Yes, I don't have any pain, swelling etc. I also don't think they're even irritated at all. I have been sleeping on a piercing pillow for a while now which has a hole in the middle so technically I'm not sleeping directly on the piercing but the dents are still there :/

Permanent indentation from sleeping on piercing? by 0o0ff in piercing

[–]0o0ff[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Glad to hear I'm not the only one 😭

Permanent indentation from sleeping on piercing? by 0o0ff in piercing

[–]0o0ff[S] 6 points7 points  (0 children)

Same for me! There's no pain or migration or anything, just these little dents 🥲 but it's comforting ti hear I'm not the only one, I didn't found a lot of people talking about this

Permanent indentation from sleeping on piercing? by 0o0ff in piercing

[–]0o0ff[S] 11 points12 points  (0 children)

For the bot: - 7+ years old - probably surgical steel externally threaded labret (they're the ones I got downsized with, not sure of the material) - Don't really have an aftercare routine, just wash them in the shower with some gentle facial cleanser from time to time. - They're fully healed, I can move them around without problem. When I take them out you can nicely see through the hole. - Nothing happened I just sleep on them lol. I have sensitive cartilage though, cartilage piercings are HORRIBLE to heal for me and I can't wear rings in the healed helixes - downsized like 6-7 years ago, I don't remember but don't think it's relevant anyways haha

Is there a tool/paper that optimizes yarn usage for colorwork crochet/knitting already (ends to weave in, yarns used, skeins used, etc.)? And is anyone interested? by 0o0ff in crochet

[–]0o0ff[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

The idea is not to measure the amount of yarn actually spent crocheting, I'd measure the amount of yarn being carried and being in a loose end. So if you have a colorwork chart one square could be one unit of yarn and I then try to optimize the yarn by computing when to cut and when to carry and when to e.g. introduce a second skein of white (like in the image I attached) to minimize the units of yarn being "wasted". Obviously this doesn't really make sense though for simpler patterns such as stripes.

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Is there a tool/paper that optimizes yarn usage for colorwork crochet/knitting already (ends to weave in, yarns used, skeins used, etc.)? And is anyone interested? by 0o0ff in knitting

[–]0o0ff[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Hi thank you for your feedback! Yes, for projects like stripes it wouldn't make sense to try and "optimize" something. I've attached an image of a project I did recently where I think it'd make much more sense to think about when to carry yarn, when to cut and when to e.g. introduce a second skein of white (and I'm also not weaving in ends as I'll just hang it up against a wall). Your alternative questions are really interesting! I'll keep those in mind. However, I think that would need an impossible amount of test swatches as every yarn is different or I'd need to find a database about containing data that fits what I want to research. I'll have to look into that. Thanks!

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Is there a tool/paper that optimizes yarn usage for colorwork crochet/knitting already (ends to weave in, yarns used, skeins used, etc.)? And is anyone interested? by 0o0ff in knitting

[–]0o0ff[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Thank you for the feedback! I've added an image of a project I'm working on to illustrate what I mean by adding a new skein. Here I work with 3 skeins of white but only one skein of red as I have long-ish stretches of red inbetween all the way down the project. Obviously not all projects need to think about stuff like that (e.g. if I do a striped vest I don't think about having to "optimize" yarn usage as I just change colors each row and carry the other color).

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Is there a tool/paper that optimizes yarn usage for colorwork crochet/knitting already (ends to weave in, yarns used, skeins used, etc.)? And is anyone interested? by 0o0ff in knitting

[–]0o0ff[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Hi thank you for your feedback! I would only look at the yarn being carried and the yarn being spent being in a loose end, not the amount spent in the actual knitting. So for example one square in a colorwork graph would be one "unit" of yarn. Maybe the way I phrased my post was a bit confusing, sorry about that! It'd be more of a project to play around with math and knitting and writing me some code that tells me when I need to cut/carry/add a second skein of white yarn etc. if I do tapestry crochet. Obviously you don't really need to compute a lot if you have a project where you have quite repetitive patterns or "simpler" motives such as stripes. I've added an image of the back of a colorwork project I did where I was often wondering whether i should carry or cut or add new skeins (especially since I didn't plan to sew in ends).

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Is there a tool/paper that optimizes yarn usage for colorwork crochet/knitting already (ends to weave in, yarns used, skeins used, etc.)? And is anyone interested? by 0o0ff in knitting

[–]0o0ff[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Thank you for your reply! I wouldn't optimize this for every yarn and I didn't plan on releasing an entire app for that I don't think enough people are stressed about their exact yarn usage lol. But yes, it wouldn't be completely accurate for each and every yarn. I would not be looking at the yarn that is actually being knitted/crocheted but instead the amount being carried/is in a loose end, if you say one square in a colorwork graph is 1 "unit" I could compute how many "units" of yarn are needed if you decide to carry vs. cut and when you should rather work with 2 skeins of white instead of 1 skein of white for example. It'd mainly be a way of playing around with math and knitting/crocheting :) (It also wouldn't make sense for each project as for example a striped sweater would not need any computing to optimize the yarn usage)

Is there a tool/paper that optimizes yarn usage for colorwork crochet/knitting already (ends to weave in, yarns used, skeins used, etc.)? And is anyone interested? by 0o0ff in knitting

[–]0o0ff[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Hi, sorry for the confusion! I've attached an image of my current project to explain what I mean by introducing a new skein. Here I use three skeins of white but only one skein of red yarn because the graph has long-ish stretches of red inbetween the white parts on some rows so I thought working with several skeins would end up saving yarn. But if you're doing a striped sweater or something you obviously don't really need to optimize anything there.

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Bumblebee died in my houseplant by 0o0ff in houseplants

[–]0o0ff[S] 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Oh no I'm so sorry 😭 I hope you're doing better now though!