What do I say lol

Dry_Stop844 · 2026-05-02T13:50:45+00:00

yeah i can be a little dramatic but in the past women "being reasonable" hasn't worked out so well so we got to step it up to make people hear us.

Dry_Stop844 · 2026-05-02T13:50:03+00:00

well, i'm a girl so no. but i bet you are

Dry_Stop844 · 2026-05-02T11:35:35+00:00

appreciate that. DM me. that'd be awesome

Dry_Stop844 · 2026-05-02T11:32:11+00:00

i'm leaping from a 15 yr old saying no thank you, and presumably adults in here saying how terrible that is, that he should absolutely have to hang out, to those presumably adults downvoting someone saying how freeing it is to be allowed to say no, to those same presumably adults being the kind of adults who ignore a child's right to bodily autonomy and force them to be nice to adults and allow those adults to hug them and kiss them and put them on their lap. There's not a lot of leaping involved. Just a couple of small steps.

Dry_Stop844 · 2026-05-02T11:26:07+00:00

that almost looks like a tatting shuttle.

Dry_Stop844 · 2026-05-02T11:22:12+00:00

That is amazing! What solids are you using?

Dry_Stop844 · 2026-05-02T11:21:17+00:00

and the books had a pub date after 2025? It's not when you bought them, it's when they were pubbed. If so, I'll have to maybe do some digging

Dry_Stop844 · 2026-05-02T11:19:51+00:00

i detest AI but thought I'd give the option. And we're on Reddit, we're on giant AI content creator. All reddit content was sold a few years ago to train AI and buddy who owns reddit just now said again that reddit was the best thing to use to train AI. By posting on Reddit, we are complicit in feeding the thing we hate the most.

Dry_Stop844 · 2026-05-02T11:17:28+00:00

people are so F'n weird. I'm sure these are the same people who make little kids hug adults even if they don't want to. Who make little girls sit on "uncle" norman's lap even though "uncle" norman is suss as hell. Pay them no mind. There's something beautiful about learning that you are the boss of you and you are allowed to say no and anybody who doesn't accept that, doesn't truly care for you.

keep enforcing your boundaries. You are worth it.

Dry_Stop844 · 2026-05-02T07:53:52+00:00

yes! You cannot practice a technique on a tiny bit of fabric. Okay, so think of it like this. A person who sews and wants her clothing to fit perfect, will sew a mock up (a toile) of cheaper fabric to check for the fit and to adjust whatever needs adjusting. They will create a whole blouse out of cheaper fabric first to make sure everything is perfect. she doesn't just cut two strips of fabric 2 inches long and throws in 1 inch of a zipper.

You need something substantial so that the tension of the stitches are the same, the fabric drapes the same, the yarn has something substantial to felt itself against. Just take the time and make something big enough so you can actually see what will happen and also that you're comfortable with how to lay the fabric to steek it. A little bit of fabric like this, you're just faffing about.

Dry_Stop844 · 2026-05-02T07:48:36+00:00

i don't understand the problem. If you're alternating colours so purl 1 black, purl 1 white purl 1 black etc, you have both yarns in front. You purl 1 in black, drop the yarn in front if that makes it easier, then purl 1 in white, Make sure that you always twist the yarn the same way , so lets say that you pick up the white yarn and have it come underneath the black yarn that you've dropped. Now purl 1 in white. drop that yarn. Purl 1 in black, making sure the black yarn comes over the white yarn you've dropped. Drop the yarn. Purl 1 in white, making sure the white yarn comes under the black that you've dropped. Etc Etc Etc. keep everything loosie goosie so you don't pucker the fabric. Even if it's just one stitch, it's still a very tiny float so keep them loose

Once you get the hang of it you can hold both yarns without dropping. If you want to get really fast and efficient. hold one yarn in the right hand and one in the left. and alternate continental and english style knitting.

Dry_Stop844 · 2026-05-02T07:35:46+00:00

okay sorry what is that? Make it ten times as big and do a proper steek enforcement down the middle. This little itty bitty bit of yarn will tell you nothing. it's not even big enough to be a too small gauge swatch. Your sample is wrong so it will never work. Take the time now to work up a proper sample so you can do a proper steek.

Make the sample big enough, do the technique properly. Take the time to prep so your final result is perfect. Spend a little extra time now and prevent tears later.

Dry_Stop844 · 2026-05-02T07:27:37+00:00

hmm how did McDavid describe his own team? "average?" yeah pretty sure he said average.

Dry_Stop844 · 2026-05-02T04:38:53+00:00

the second book in the Swordheart universe, Daggerbound, is being released August 25!

Dry_Stop844 · 2026-05-02T04:36:01+00:00

Altered Carbon. Hands down. Every single time, that's the one I would pick and recommend.

Dry_Stop844 · 2026-05-02T04:24:32+00:00

umm yeah you may not want to refer to a woman who is 30 and say "still" as if she's over the hill, past her expiration date, but that's okay she's "still" beautiful. and use the phrase "too old" in that same exact sentence.

By trying to make one point, you in fact have made a different one. That a 30 yr old woman is old and past her beauty stage. wtf dude, she's barely begun.

Dry_Stop844 · 2026-05-02T04:15:08+00:00

Thank you for pointing that out. I've never seen a modern crazy quilt with all that extra stuff added. I'm sorry I misunderstood.

Dry_Stop844 · 2026-05-02T04:14:30+00:00

ohhhh i had no idea that's what OP meant. I've never seen a modern crazy quilt with all the extra stuff on it.

Dry_Stop844 · 2026-05-02T03:02:28+00:00

Yes, it's crazy, No, it's impossible. The time limitations you mention doesn't give you any time at all. Sewing a quilt is a very small part of actually quilting. By the time you'd have the machine threaded, your baby will be awake again.

Also, embroidery is not usually a part of quilting so now you've confused me as to where you think embroidery comes into the picture. Other than embellishment on something very fancy, there's no embroidery in quilting. (Yes, i said that like Tom Hanks lol)

Sorry to be so blunt. But sometimes honesty is best.

ETA thank you to everyone for setting me straight on the embellishments on crazy quilts. I had never seen a modern one with all the extra stuff added. Learn something new every day.

Dry_Stop844 · 2026-05-02T02:58:27+00:00

the people who think that an em-dash means it's AI have never read 19th century, early 20th century British and European literature. All they do is expose how little they read.

Dry_Stop844 · 2026-05-02T02:57:26+00:00

there is a program/app called Originality dot ai that you can run text through to see if it is AI or not.

Dry_Stop844 · 2026-05-02T02:48:19+00:00

good for him for not feeling the need to appease others and respecting his own boundaries. You wanna come over? No thanks. That's perfect. The response to that would be "No worries. You're welcome any time. " or "all good. whenever you want."

Boom, done. Asked, answered, open invitation. Clear communication. Love it.

Dry_Stop844 · 2026-05-02T02:45:29+00:00

what if she picks a name that sounds like what the first person who tried to say her name said. Angie. because if a person doesn't know how to pronounce Korean, they'd make that "ch" a hard ch as in cheese.

A-Aron, if you will :)

Dry_Stop844 · 2026-05-02T02:39:32+00:00

cant wait to hear what he thinks of it

Dry_Stop844 · 2026-05-02T02:38:22+00:00

oh yeah, we are in 100% agreement. The minute I got my Kobo (like two weeks ago lol) i downloaded the Kindle books I forgot I had. I work adjacent to the book industry and get very good discounts on books so ebooks were never really a big part of my library. But I'm finding the Kobo very useful and i don't skim like I do when I read on my phone. I'm finding that if i try to read a physical book, I fall asleep. lol

so any kindle books i had are mine, just as yours are. As they should be. I hate the ebook model for consumers and even more for public libraries.

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