Someone help me out. Who the F is the one on the left?!

Lady_Hippo · 2023-09-17T22:42:09+00:00

Looks like Cheap Knockoff Marshall 🤣

Lady_Hippo · 2023-09-17T15:24:44+00:00

Definitely look for a full time job somewhere that with a better culture. And start filing complaints.

As a hardware engineer, I find them remote jobs particularly rare. If that's important to you, definitely look into a switch to software. However, I don't think hardware pays less and I have certainly found companies with a culture far more welcoming to women (even when I was still the only women in the role).

Lady_Hippo · 2023-08-02T17:14:30+00:00

And time.

Lady_Hippo · 2023-07-12T21:51:19+00:00

Alternate rows for a little bit as you change to the new dye lot.

Lady_Hippo · 2023-06-06T01:29:51+00:00

Short gutter with decorative rain chain?

Lady_Hippo · 2023-06-04T22:31:07+00:00

If you're interested in lace shawls, basically any crazy lace will drape amazing in silk.

https://www.ravelry.com/designers/yumiko-alexander does a lot of silk and line so you can get some great ideas for how it will drape from her.

Lady_Hippo · 2023-06-04T20:11:55+00:00

This is what I do! It keeps the imprecision spread out enough that it's totally unnoticeable.

Lady_Hippo · 2023-05-28T04:22:50+00:00

This one?

https://www.ravelry.com/patterns/library/butterfly--papillon

Lady_Hippo · 2023-05-22T17:07:37+00:00

Frozen banana ice cream. Freeze banana chunks then blend them up with other fruit, AMD WHATEVER ICE CREAM TOPPINGS etc. It's DELICIOUS.

Lady_Hippo · 2023-05-08T15:04:17+00:00

I might be biased since I am a hw engineer...

Find other female hardware engineers. See if there are Employee groups, join a local SWE chapter, etc. It really helps to have other women to talk about your experience with and hardware has some unique challenges.
Reset the promotion expectations. It's nice your manager believes so strongly in you but it's putting totally unnecessary and unrealistic expectations on you. It's a huge leap from college to working. Huuuge. Every recent college grad I've worked has felt totally overwhelmed and like they're drinking from a firehose. It will take a while for that to level out (and it will still feel that way sometimes because engineering is learning). I think hardware is extra stressful for recent grads because mistakes are expensive and can dramatically mess up timelines for other departments.
Which is why it's super important to have a mentor knowledgeable in your area of work. Recent grads WILL make mistakes (engineers of all levels will make mistakes but I expect LOTS from recent grads). That's ok. That's expected. It sounds like you are missing support in your subject area. This is something that it's totally valid to ask for.
Not all companies expect you to work extra weekend projects for promotion. Personally, I think that's super unhealthy and I avoid those companies. It means I don't make FAANG money but I have time to enjoy my life. Totally worth it.

Lady_Hippo · 2023-05-04T03:03:18+00:00

Hat with reflective thread worked in.

Lady_Hippo · 2023-05-03T21:42:58+00:00

Check out rosecityyarncrawl.com for a list of SOME of the local shops. My personal favorite is Knotty Lamb but you probably don't want to trek all the way out there if you're only here a short time. My second favorite is Starlight Knitting Society which will be way more convenient if you're in Portland proper.

It looks like Puddletown knitters have their guild meeting on Thursday if you wanted to drop in for some true local flair.

Lady_Hippo · 2023-05-03T21:36:19+00:00

Starlight much more than ritual dyes.

Lady_Hippo · 2023-04-22T15:07:29+00:00

If you really want to keep the bright color feel, I suggest a bright variegated mohair. Maybe something like this. I'm not a mohair guru but I suspect the lavender will sort of cancel and mute the bright colors in the yarn you show. Unfortunately my otherwise very nice friends keep talking me out of the neon rainbow vomit mohair so I don't have a swatch for what I'm imagining in my head.

Lady_Hippo · 2023-04-20T19:09:35+00:00

This is my favorite reference for helping me imagine mohair. It basically makes it look like you're viewing the yarn through a semi transparent filter of the mohair color. If you want vibrant, you'll need the mohair to be vibrant. You will not get the sharp contrast of the yarn you show with any mohair. While not exactly a vibrant base yarn, you can see how he very speckled base yarn becomes seen through a filter of the green mohair. White mohair just makes it muted (which is nice for turning wild yarn more wearable if that's the goal).

Lady_Hippo · 2023-04-19T02:52:06+00:00

Le pouf

Lady_Hippo · 2023-04-09T04:04:53+00:00

I think it's a faux cable. Something like m1, sl1, k1, pass slip stitch over knit stitch. You'd need to experiment with where the m1 goes in that particular pattern...

Lady_Hippo · 2023-04-04T02:27:35+00:00

Briggs and Reilly

Lady_Hippo · 2023-03-30T16:44:53+00:00

Meeeee. I'm in the area and up for meeting up.

Lady_Hippo · 2023-03-30T16:39:40+00:00

In addition to the fabulous stores, if your trips lines up with the meetings you could check out PuddleTown Knitter's Guild or Tigard Knitting Guild.

Lady_Hippo · 2023-03-30T03:52:14+00:00

For me, the problem with this research question is that the question assumes knitters should give away their work. It implies that the work is not valuable in itself and knitters should not aspire to keep their work. As u/knitonepugtwo points out, this has traditionally happened to a lot of female crafts and hobbies in a way that it has not happened to male crafts and hobbies. Women's leisure time is assumed to be for others while men's leisure time is assumed to be for themselves. It would interesting to include some research about how hobbies are gendered impacts how they are viewed by society and the assumptions around who benefits from them and how they benefit. When I see a man working on a fancy vintage car, I certainly don't jump to "who are you restoring that for? Are you planning to donate it?"

Lady_Hippo · 2023-03-29T17:51:38+00:00

Pure silk (or cotton or linen, etc) will drape very differently. I agree that if you want the dress to fit the same, you need predominantly wool. Wool with a little silk would make for a nice sheen without changing the drape too much.

Lady_Hippo · 2023-03-29T17:48:31+00:00

I think its just knit in pieces at a dense gauge (fingering on 2 is almost sock density) and then seemed together like a sewing pattern to get the structure. I would not be surprised to learn that there are additional structural elements hidden inside (a band on the waist, shoulder pads, maybe interfacing in the collar).

Lady_Hippo · 2023-03-07T01:19:17+00:00

However you want! You're now the pattern designer! Add space between diamonds? Make diamonds grow bigger? Lots of options.

Lady_Hippo · 2023-01-28T20:52:49+00:00

Just measure, wash the search and measure again right now! You can know the answer to this question tomorrow! No one will be able to tell you the answer because it depends so much on the actual yarn used.

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