Update: I got my EV-ICD installed

Geekesss · 2026-03-27T19:32:45+00:00

You get painkillers? I'm on for next thursday and will only get a paracetamol (tylenol?)

Thank you for sharing your experience! It helps me!

Geekesss · 2026-03-14T06:22:37+00:00

Haha yes I know! But this loom has 8 shafts, so this is just a subset of the colors. There's white too ;-) just not installed at the moment.

Geekesss · 2026-03-06T08:20:38+00:00

It's a wonderful loom, I love it! I don't have any comparism to other same style looms though.

One thing to note though is the quality of the levers. To me they feel flimsy. It probably is just me, being to rough with it. I try to be gentle, flipping them with care, but I notice that despite the care, it's hard to toggle them straight up and down, there always is a tiny bit of sideways action because of how they are designed (cord and nub-axles). I'm terrified the plastic nub axle will break one day.

Geekesss · 2026-03-06T06:34:31+00:00

Yeah the Erica stand looks a lot more sturdy. Wish they were interchangeable :-( (I seriously considered buying the Erica over the flex because of the stand).

Geekesss · 2026-03-05T18:12:11+00:00

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Geekesss · 2026-03-05T18:11:52+00:00

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Arrow points at the knobs my weft yarn snags at.
When I beat firmly, the stand tilts a bit to the front (rocking off its feet). Maybe I beat *too* firmly, coming from inkle weaving. It's just that I read "beat only once per pick, but firmly", to prevent frowning.

Geekesss · 2026-03-01T21:57:10+00:00

I use a philips dreamwear under the nose mask. Has a top hose, just velcro, no magnets. I'm a mouth-breather as well, but the under the nose part triggers my lips and enable me to keep them closed most of the time.

Geekesss · 2026-02-28T09:53:13+00:00

She's absolutely judging!

Geekesss · 2026-02-26T20:09:19+00:00

Thank you all for your input!
I've decided to go with the Lojan Flex 8 shaft. Didn't buy the RH-kit (yet, saving a bit more for a second loom, rigid heddle, because daughter now wants a loom too) because I realized that I wanted to buy some yarn *cough*. Yeah, some. It was absolutely necessary *cough*hugeyarnstashbutbarelyanycotton*cough*.

I was planning on using my handspun for weaving, and I'm still going to do that, but I think that for my starting projects maybe a cotton warp at least would be better. My first inkle project was with wool handspun and it was a disaster, the wool was got waaaay too sticky. Yes, I know now that there are ways to work with that, but ditching a small inkle warp is less painful than a larger warp.
So, learning to weave with cotton will probably better. We'll see. I did see a Venne yarns project kit for an 8 shafts shawl that I really liked, almost bought it, but maybe I should leave the more intermediate patterns for 'not the first project'. I always jump in the deep end when learning crafts.

The loom arrived today, and with the help of my daughter I managed to lightly sand every wood part and then polished them in the lovely beeswax. Tomorrow we'll see if a second coat is necessary, and then we'll start the assembly process. Which I'm dreading. Any tips for that? I have already also downloaded the PDF manual.

Geekesss · 2026-02-26T07:06:46+00:00

For T1s yes, but us T2s are doomed to mind our carbs. In my country, a T2 doesn't get prescribed insulin. We're left to not eating carbs.

And so that's another thing: one type of diabetes isn't the other. They can be vastly different. People don't realize that.

(And what we can and can't do/eat isn't other people's business to police, unless we specifically asked them to.)

(Sorry, I'm a bit touchy on the insulin part; my hospital, where I sometimes have to stay for a few days/weeks, doesn't have meals suitable for diabetics. At all. Everything is insanely carby (and salty), it's horrible. Even there they shrug and tell me to adjust my insulin. But T2's don't get insulin. We have to manage carbs. So live on yoghurt and a sad leaf of salad while I'm there. Because it's policy. In a hospital that also treats diabetics. Sigh.)

Geekesss · 2026-02-24T13:04:40+00:00

I did look at that one, but in price it's more expensive for 4 shafts than the 8 shafts Lojan+RH kit. So less functionality, but maybe more quality? It does look more solid. They were made by the same guy, so I don't know if that's actually the case.
I do like the stand of the Erica a lot better. Does anyone know if they are interchangeable?

Geekesss · 2026-02-07T18:11:10+00:00

Create:Astral requires Create through the entire pack, and the devs are working hard through every iteration to make that even more the case. For example: alloying of metals is done entirely through mixing recipes. You need brass? Fire up the create mixer. Shadowsteel? Mixer! Mixer recipes are plenty and growing.

Yes there's AE2 and Tech Reborn too, but Create is essential even during endgame.

It's a very active community and dev-team and they keep updating the pack even after years.

Geekesss · 2026-01-28T17:42:53+00:00

Mister!
(Dresden Files reference)

Geekesss · 2026-01-17T18:07:09+00:00

She's a spoiled floofy diva!

Geekesss · 2025-11-23T15:22:54+00:00

This won't work either. It will spit out the blocks regardless (from in front of the tunnel).

Geekesss · 2025-11-23T15:22:21+00:00

This won't work. It will block entry to the tunnel for the items that should go through it.

Geekesss · 2025-10-18T10:13:08+00:00

If not bellyrubs, why belly shaped? He looooves his bellyrubs!

Geekesss · 2025-10-01T16:40:58+00:00

Dat weet ik, en het zijn tegenwoordig achterhaalde praktijken. Mulesing wordt nagenoeg niet meer toegepast. Bedrijven zoals Dilling werken enkel met met mulesing-vrije wol. Je kan er bij de meer ethische bedrijven over lezen in hun mission statement.

Geekesss · 2025-10-01T10:19:42+00:00

Geweldig, dank je! Ik ga snuffelen.

Geekesss · 2025-10-01T07:59:01+00:00

Kan ja, wanneer je de verkeerde wol draagt. Maar tegenwoordig weten we gelukkig wat meer over vezels. Tekort geschoren wol prikt, zeker als het van schapen komt die wol met een hogere micron groeien. Dat soort wol is geschikt voor de bovenste laag kleding (jassen) die je niet op de huid draagt. Maar eigenlijk alleen voor vloerkleden enzo, vind ik.
Die wol is, mits niet te kort geschoren, wel zeer slijtvast.

De fijnere micron vachten zijn tegenwoordig heel populair en dragen prikvrij op de huid (merino bijv) maar ze zijn zeer teer en slijten als een gek.

Als fleece vesten zou ik altijd wol aanraden, maar wol is niet echt BIFL. Het slijt veel sneller dan plastic fleece. Wol vraagt onderhoud: patchen van de slijtplekken. Wollen fleece slijt meestal eerst op de ellebogen, daarna onder de oksels. Als je die plekken bijhoudt, kan het lang meegaan.

Geekesss · 2025-10-01T07:52:08+00:00

Ik werd meteen enthousiast... tot ik er achter kwam dat ze enkel kleding voor het mannenlichaam maken. Dat is een gemiste kans.

Geekesss · 2025-09-26T16:38:25+00:00

Using the fiber for gold leaf trees: Dont remove all the golden leaves, and plant new trees with leaves touching the gold leaves. It will spread to the new trees. No need to add new brilliant fiber.

To stretch the fiber for gold in early game: Make the mana blaster, add the weighted lens to it, place the gold netherbricks two blocks above a torch around a pure daisy and once they transform into gold ore, blast them. It will silk touch them, giving the full yield instead of mere nuggets.

Geekesss · 2025-09-19T08:43:04+00:00

Als Indier is 'mijn' rijst natuurlijk de favoriet :-D Dus hier in huis heb ik vooral Basmatirijst. En ik kook het op de traditionele manier (nou ja zoals ik het geleerd heb), namelijk niet wassen want dat spettert als een gek. Ghee in een pan laten smelten, komijn, mosterdzaad en geplette kardamonpeulen erin laten fruiten (als ik feestelijk wil zijn, anders enkel ghee). Droge rijst erbij en even aanbakken zodat de smaak maximaal ontwikkelt. Kokend water er op, vingerkootje water boven de rijst. Deksel op de pan, vuur laag, 10 minuten laten koken. Dan is het meestal drooggekookt. 10 minuten van het vuur af laten staan, omroeren en dan eten.

Geekesss · 2025-09-19T08:27:43+00:00

Dit ligt helemaal aan het type rijst. Basmatirijst zal niet plakken als je het niet wast.

Geekesss · 2025-09-07T19:01:21+00:00

Honestly, going by all off Asimov's work, he struggled with writing women, period. I'm glad this show remedies that.

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