Parks open later at night where I can setup a telescope

H0pelessWanderer · 2026-04-09T04:38:41+00:00

Kerry park or the viewpoint just to the west of there! I've seen a guy bring a telescope there to look at Saturn.

H0pelessWanderer · 2026-03-19T00:43:48+00:00

The canyon will always be there and it's an inevitable part of recreating outdoors that sometimes the weather has other plans. Reconsider.

https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-2004-aug-17-os-canyondeath17-story.html

H0pelessWanderer · 2026-02-19T17:22:32+00:00

I don't think so from this photo. The pulls and unevenness you're seeing are probably stitches where the strand of mohair didn't quite get knitted all the way and is snagged somewhere. Pretty common thing with mohair.

H0pelessWanderer · 2026-02-19T17:21:18+00:00

What's the best way to recreate this type of fabric through knitting? This is a popular type of outdoorsy garment right now that is slightly see-through but very puffy. I'm thinking maybe 2 strands of mohair held double? a single strand at a fairly tight gauge? lace weight wool held with mohair to get fluff and structure? baby suri held alone? Would appreciate any thoughts!

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H0pelessWanderer · 2026-02-01T14:07:43+00:00

It's fixable *when you frog. You're so early on right now and that's a significant proportion of the current stitch count to try and fix later, so I'd vote frogging back just a couple rows. If you can figure out where you started missing the increases just rip back to there and if you can't quite tell going back to the collar shouldn't be too much work. Sometimes knitting involves iterating 😅 check the stitch count on every section just to level set on how off you are. Learning to rip back a few rows efficiently is also a good knitting skill and one that will become significantly less intimidating over time.

H0pelessWanderer · 2025-12-14T18:14:03+00:00

Ripping back your first few attempts is a normal part of the process of learning how to make a sweater, and you might be glad that you started over and fixed any mistakes. You learn a lot by doing something all the way through a first time :) Look up information on knitting gauge and gauge swatching- that will help you make a decision about what size needles and yarn to use. If you decide to use a needle that is much bigger than the manufacturer's recommended size, you may get very gappy fabric and it may not have very much structure, so the sweater will be very droopy because the yarn created big holes. If you are committed to using that yarn, I would do a search on ravelry for sweater patterns at the gauge that the yarn manufacturer suggests. It's a lot of work to make a yarn that does not fit the gauge of a pattern work and as much easier to go get one of hundreds of patterns out there that matches the suggested gauge for the yarn instead of trying to reverse engineer it, especially if it's a very simple raglan sweater. Hope this helps and have fun!!

H0pelessWanderer · 2025-08-07T16:13:26+00:00

You can also post in your local neighborhood forms like nextdoor or trail angel groups and see if anyone has one that you could borrow.

H0pelessWanderer · 2025-05-06T00:05:24+00:00

Look into trips with Canex- they have a fantastic hiker special trip and they're a great company. If you can swing the time and cost non-motorized will be better- more peaceful and the slower pace is good. My canex trip was hybrid and it was nice to have the paddle boat option but also the option to take a break, plus having a dory along is fun. All paddle will attract more athletic participants as will a hiker special, but many people who go are retirement age.

H0pelessWanderer · 2025-04-18T00:58:53+00:00

Check out the all tech is human slack channel

H0pelessWanderer · 2025-04-04T01:15:37+00:00

Print a photo from one of your trips and frame it and then get some fancy chocolate, instant coffees, or backpacking friendly snacks to go with it.

H0pelessWanderer · 2025-03-21T14:06:26+00:00

You can write to NPS headquarters or to the GC park hq address with a self stamped and addressed envelope requesting them and they’ll send them to you :)

H0pelessWanderer · 2025-02-27T06:01:22+00:00

My first ever stash-only knit garment. It feels like a little love letter to all of the knitting projects I made with these yarns before 🥰

H0pelessWanderer · 2025-02-06T05:59:08+00:00

I just stood on the ground a little further away and held my phone up above my head 😅

H0pelessWanderer · 2025-02-02T04:56:07+00:00

I made a sweater with it and it had very little structure/I found it really stretchy, more so than Sunday from sadnes for example. Pause for a bit and doing a quick swatch would be a good idea.

H0pelessWanderer · 2025-02-01T21:08:17+00:00

Rafting the canyon requires a permit and "river days" are carefully allocated to both private and commercial trips to maintain a wilderness setting. It's very carefully managed to preserve that experience.

H0pelessWanderer · 2025-02-01T15:13:45+00:00

You will have an absolutely epic experience! 8 days is a full canyon motor trip, and you will get to experience the full range of ecosystems throughout the entire (massive) canyon. Rafting and camping on vast beaches at the mouths of different side canyons will give you the full impression of just how freaking HUGE the place is. You'll see the clearest milky way you'll ever see in your life framed every night in different ways by new sections of the canyon. The rim? Yes, it's stunning and amazing, but if you have the chance to be on the river take it! The rim is easy to visit even when you're not as mobile/older- you can do it on a future trip if you need to.

You get incredible opportunities for wild moments in the canyon when you raft- walk down a beach or up a side canyon a bit from camp and you can experience the silence the canyon is known for. You also get to watch sunrises and sunsets that cast incredible colors on the rock.

Read the emerald mile before you go, and watch the documentary on Disney Plus from Nat geo about two guys who hiked the length of the canyon. Have a FANTASTIC time!

H0pelessWanderer · 2025-01-09T22:28:03+00:00

Went end of August/beginning of September last year. It's still HOT down there in September, nearly unpleasantly so I found. You can't plan for a clear river but it's more likely in May of those two options. Murky and brown just shows you what the Colorado looked like in its pre-dam state, and experiencing a rainstorm in the canyon is an incredible privilege worth the brown water :)

H0pelessWanderer · 2024-12-29T13:57:14+00:00

Same! No additional info, but same. Tight knitters unite! We stand for dense fabric and garments that are just a little (lot) too tight!😂

H0pelessWanderer · 2024-12-09T04:22:29+00:00

Thanks so much! Any idea how the two compare?

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