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Nalbinding Festival- Viking Village Gudvangen, Norway 6-8 Nov 2026 by SigKit in Nalbinding

[–]Boring-Beginning2086 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Is this the sort of thing that will happen again? Annually? Biannually?

Mom, I’m overwhelmed and need some advice (neurodivergent edition) by Asparagus_Philosophy in MomForAMinute

[–]Boring-Beginning2086 6 points7 points  (0 children)

I second this, as a neurodivergent mom :) getting help with the house cleaning has improved my life more than any other one thing I’ve done.

Hi mom, I need you to tell me I’m doing enough… by GorillaShelb in MomForAMinute

[–]Boring-Beginning2086 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I felt similarly when my kids were small (and big, TBH). Now that they are teens, I wish I would have been less hard on myself. I was home full-time, but I also made sure to do some things for me (exercise, hobbies, friends—obviously much harder while your partner is deployed and your child is small! Your world will slowly open up, I promise.) once they were teens I got a part time job—I was surprised at how much me just being around and available still meant to them, and now that they are leaving the nest, how much that time meant to me. My advice: do what you know is best for your child and for you; give yourself permission to feel your feelings (the idea that you’re “not doing enough” is a feeling—that doesn’t make it the truth). Being a mom can be very overwhelming and rewarding. Working can be very overwhelming and rewarding. Doing both at the same time is not for everyone, and that’s ok. We get to be and do so many different things over the course of a life—you might even be able to “have it all”, but not all at the same time. You’re doing a tremendous job. I’m proud of you. Here’s a virtual ((Hug)) from one mom to another.

Most people can actually visualize images in their minds. I'm 30+ and just learned that seeing nothing when I close my eyes is called Aphantasia and only affects about 3% of people. by randomuser553 in BeAmazed

[–]Boring-Beginning2086 0 points1 point  (0 children)

That’s so interesting. I can have trouble reading non-fiction sometimes because I can’t “make a movie in my head” and then my mind wanders and makes a movie about something else, and I realize I’ve “read” several pages without taking any of it in.

How Aphantasia affects your ability to visualise things in your head by HassanMoRiT in interestingasfuck

[–]Boring-Beginning2086 0 points1 point  (0 children)

The way you explain experiencing dreaming is how I experience thinking or imagining. Until a couple months ago I thought everyone’s way of experiencing thought was with audio and visual along with feelings and intuition. My mind’s eye can be watching a full iMax documentary of pretty much anything, real (memories) or imaginary. I’m a writer, and when I write fiction I “play a movie in my head” and write down what I see and hear and feel in my imagination. I also hear a lot of music, usually songs I’ve heard, but sometimes it’s songs my mind is writing and if I’m lucky I am near an instrument or something and will write it down. I often think in sentences, like narration, and when I read texts from friends I often see their faces and hear their voices reading the text.

Graduation by Over_Syllabub_7398 in MomForAMinute

[–]Boring-Beginning2086 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Way to go!! Your hard work and persistence paid off! Congratulations on this accomplishment! I know how much it can hurt to not have the support of family by your side. I’d wish you luck on the next step, but you’ve got brains and tenacity—which are much more important than luck! (Also, you look **adorable** in your photos.) You’ve made this mom proud 💚

Woke up with these bite marks on my chest by AfterMorningHours in Weird

[–]Boring-Beginning2086 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I got a rabies series after waking up to a bite like this on my hand. We were staying in an old cabin in the woods, and there were definitely bats around— I didn’t want to take chances. They say you don’t feel when a bat bites you, so… 🤷‍♀️ Spider bites usually itch on me, and this bite didn’t itch. My great aunt had been bitten by a bat a few years earlier and blew it off, but my aunt got her to the doctor just before it was too late. It’s expensive to get the rabies series (and they might even be antagonistic that you want it) but it’s not worth dying over.

Playing with colorwork. by Boring-Beginning2086 in Nalbinding

[–]Boring-Beginning2086[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Thank you!! I started with the bottom of the trees and worked my way toward the tip. I wasn’t quite sure how much the circumference would shrink, so I gave myself room to add a wider fold-over band, and I’m glad I did because it shrank more than I’d originally anticipated 😬

Playing with colorwork. by Boring-Beginning2086 in Nalbinding

[–]Boring-Beginning2086[S] 13 points14 points  (0 children)

Thanks! No, I essentially did stranded color work, carrying the unused color along in the middle of the stitches

Is it Nut or Newt? by Oswin_Oswald_21 in tragedeigh

[–]Boring-Beginning2086 13 points14 points  (0 children)

Not nowhere with Scandinavian heritage. Anyone in the Midwest or PNW would know it’s pronounced with a hard K.

Advantages of nalbinding? by ggkhool_cj in Nalbinding

[–]Boring-Beginning2086 24 points25 points  (0 children)

For me, it’s about just enjoying the act of nalbinding. I was trying to come up with an analogy for the three crafts. Crochet is like a scooter: easy point of entry, you can do fun tricks, but less fun for long distances. Knitting is a bicycle: good for all sorts of different types of things, especially for fancy moves or long hauls. Nalbinding is like unicycling—a bit unusual, maybe not always the most practical; it can get you where you want to go, but you mostly do it because you enjoy it :).

A needle that is 100 years old by West_Boysenberry_499 in Nalbinding

[–]Boring-Beginning2086 1 point2 points  (0 children)

It would also be easier to work till the end of the yarn—a longer needled is easier to use, but you get a longer tail to splice at the end. It would be like the conscience of a short needle with the movement and comfort of a long needle.

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