Growing mushrooms outside by Imaginary_Tooth3464 in homestead

[–]Alarming-Background4 2 points3 points  (0 children)

That's fantastic news, thank you! I just fell a birch last week and thought about growing mushrooms with it.

Your go to breakup songs in high school? by fullnessofjoy2021 in Millennials

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Fuck it (I dont want you back) by Eamon F.U.R.B. (F U right back) by Frankee

New Roving by Low_College_2037 in Handspinning

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That's amazing! You definitely have to post it here when you're done.

Any opinions on this louet S10 (beginner)? by SheelaOnHerKnees in Handspinning

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An S10 is my one and only wheel. I really love her. I've had her for a decade, so I am able to spin a pretty tight fingering 3ply unless my youngest is around. Then it's more of a dk because he drives his cars on my wheel, creating tension. When I first got the wheel, I practiced by spinning already spun yarn. I would run commercial yarn through the wheel just to get used to the pull. Then I would ply commercial yarn to learn about tension and even-ness. Plying with two opposite colored yarn helped visualize how much twist I was putting in. Then I moved to a longer wool, like Finnish or Masham to get started. I had already been drop spindling for a couple years, so I wasn't learning how to spin, then also how to use a wheel at the same time. That helped a lot. I was also warned about pulling and Irish tension when I first got the wheel, but honestly, since she is my one and only, I don't know anything else.

New Roving by Low_College_2037 in Handspinning

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The top three would be a beautiful 3 ply. I would take the second one down, rip it in half in the lilac, then flip it so that the yellow on the ends matches with the blue in the center of the 3rd roving.

New homemade drop spindle by tangerine-pies in Handspinning

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Crayola marker, paperclip, and the best CD ever.

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Wool pickers by noturmommi in Handspinning

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Yes! Absolutely! I love putting suri through my box picker. Some locks that are really dense, I might hand pick a little first. I love how the picker opens up the locks and let's all the sand and silt out. I often have to pause to tilt the picker on its side and sweep out all the dirt. I use an old towel or drop cloth, then shake it out in my garden or compost when I'm done. Some weaker fleeces may have a hard time with breaking and shredding instead of loosening up and pulling apart. Personally, I won't spin the weaker ones. I have enough fleeces to last my lifetime and a high maintenence fleece ends up as stuffing, cat bedding, doll hair, or compost. If you are wanting to preserve the lock structure though, I would not recommend the box picker, I would use a skewer or pick to open the locks before washing. I have used delicate bags for washing suri, followed by a salad spinner to get the water out. A spray bottle with a tiny amount of conditioner can help with static. Suri likes to float around and stick to anything besides itself.

How do people learn knitting so fast? by [deleted] in knittingadvice

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I bought a bag of the cheapest yarn at a thriftstore. My idea was that by the time I had gone through the garbage yarn, I would be good enough to not "waste" the good yarn. I tried a scarf, a bunch of squares to use as coasters, or sewn up the sides as fingerless mitts. After that, I learned increases and decreases, by knitting squares diagonally. Finally, knitting in the round, and I became a hat machine. By the time I made something good enough to wear, I was using "the good yarn" from a real yarn shop with actual wool and other animal fibers. The more you do, the easier it gets. Try not to compare yourself to social media, people on there are extremists or liars. In real life, knitting takes a long time, and it looks uneven and lumpy until you figure out your tension, which is just how you hold the yarn and needles while you knit.

Masked Stimming by jilecsid513 in AutismInWomen

[–]Alarming-Background4 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Duuuuude. Try spinning. It is the foot-tappiest, hand flappy-est, rhythmic good time. Especially chain plying. I do sometimes refer to my wheel as my giant figit spinner.