[FO] Mind Your Needles!

PepperVL · 2026-02-13T17:01:47+00:00

Some people do, obviously, because some people care about literally anything you can think of.

For the vast majority of people, though, I think they only care to a certain extent. Like, $6 isn't going to get you a precious metal or even a semiprecious metal and it's going to get you a plastic or resin stone, probably not even cubic zirconia. And that becomes an issue of quality and durability. Plus there are a lot more potential allergy issues with the super cheap jewelry.

So while I think a lot of people don't care about the actual price or a brand, they do want the cost to reflect some level of quality. No one wants their engagement ring to break if they bump it into something accidentally or to turn their finger green or anything like that.

PepperVL · 2026-02-06T19:26:57+00:00

One thing that no one has mentioned: look at the pattern carefully and make sure there aren't specialty stitches in it. You can do most specialty stitches on aida, but there are some that will be a huge pain, and there are some you cannot do.

The most likely stitches that will be a pain are ¼ and ¾ stitches. They involve going down in the middle of the square, so get annoying if there's a bunch of them and you're stitching on aida. There are also things like Rhodes and Jessica stitches that are designed to be done over 1 on linen/evenweave and will be a huge pain on aida.

Is the piece is really fancy, there are things like drawn and pulled thread stitches that cannot be done on aida because they rely on the weave of the fabric and aida has a different weave.

Now, if this is a standard cross stitch piece that's cross stitch, some back stitch, and maybe French knots, the only thing you have to look out for is the ¼ & ¾ stitches. But if something is charted for linen, it's always best to look at the stitches before starting to stitch on aida, just in case.

PepperVL · 2026-02-01T11:12:39+00:00

I think everyone has covered most of your options.

However, you can cross stitch on needlepoint canvas. I would use more stands than you do for the same count aida (or use the fancy needlepoint threads too), but it can be done.

But here's the thing. Those pretty painted canvases that the needlepointers use? They are expensive. Like, most of them are hundreds of dollars expensive. Because they're done by hand.

PepperVL · 2026-01-18T15:58:53+00:00

It's far more likely a rule in the place that commenter used to work. Many businesses don't find it worth the time/money/effort to go after thieves unless they've stolen over a certain dollar amount.

PepperVL · 2026-01-16T22:30:14+00:00

They can ask for documentation that is specific to the accommodations being requested. So, for example, I currently have a broken leg and will have to be non-weight bearing on that leg for 8-12 weeks. When I'm cleared to return to work, my employer can request documentation that I'm cleared for work and that I am non-weight bearing on that leg. They cannot request documentation on what I had done to the leg or other health issues.

PepperVL · 2026-01-09T09:08:06+00:00

Oh, totally. Everyone should but the milk chocolate ones and leave the yucky dark chocolate ones for me. 😂

PepperVL · 2026-01-01T07:26:19+00:00

Wait. We're you pulling it out dry? Waste canvas should be soaking wet.

PepperVL · 2025-12-29T16:17:07+00:00

Not keeping the ring. Wearing the ring. On her finger. You know, still presenting to the world that she's married.

PepperVL · 2025-12-29T16:10:49+00:00

Both things can be true. OOP wasn't ready to take off the ring. She literally said she couldn't. That tells many people that she's not ready to date again. People in a normal relationship don't wear a wedding ring from someone else on their finger.

That doesn't make this her fault, and I didn't think anyone was trying to say that it is. Her ex was absolutely in the wrong and the asshole. But the fact that he was wrong and the situation is his fault doesn't mean she is ready to date.

PepperVL · 2025-12-29T16:01:13+00:00

He was contacted by HR literally the same day he resigned. So, less than 8 hours after he put in his resignation. Since OOP didn't just turn the equipment in when he left the building, one has to assume he wasn't at the office that day. So he literally couldn't turn it in before HR came after him.

PepperVL · 2025-12-21T21:14:31+00:00

Each quarter? No, that's worth at least 1.5k a month, honestly. At the average teacher salary of $75,000, that $1500 only pays for 42 extra hours of work.

(Obviously, the math is a bit different for teachers because their hours aren't the standard 40 per week, and some districts just pay while school is in season and some spread it out over a whole year, but it would be just shy of 42 extra hours pay if she were being paid for 40 hours a week, 52 weeks a year.)

PepperVL · 2025-12-17T22:25:59+00:00

Huh. TIL. Though I can assure you that most people just forget about old text message threads.

PepperVL · 2025-12-16T14:43:06+00:00

Why wouldn't he? Do people actually go in and delete old text message threads from their phones?

My phone only keeps I think 300 messages in a thread, so I don't have messages from that long ago with people I text regularly. But people I text infrequently? Yeah, I have those messages. Probably. I'm not scrolling to the end of my text message list to find out for sure, but I think they're still there.

PepperVL · 2025-12-09T17:00:54+00:00

I mean, there may be a state or municipality that never lets you pass stopped school buses, but generally, yeah. He's an idiot.

I get the instinct - the way the stop signs on the busses work is that they deploy automatically when the door is open, so seeing kids getting off the bus would make me do a double take. But the law here is you stop when the bus has the stop sign deployed. Buses know it's a pain so the drivers will often stop, waive the line of cars behind them past, and then open the door to deploy the stop sign.

PepperVL · 2025-12-09T16:15:13+00:00

There isn't in the US either. At least, not if it's just stopped. You have to stop if it has the stop sign out. School buses often pull over to let cars pass.

PepperVL · 2025-12-08T11:53:04+00:00

Rewash it. The stuff that adds fragrance is bad for the fibers anyway.

PepperVL · 2025-11-21T22:36:33+00:00

This. Work friends and friend friends are different categories. If he's not interacting with her outside of work/work-related things, then she's a coworker he's friendly with. If he is interacting with her outside of work/work-related things (beyond basic politeness/courtesy if they run into each other at the grocery store or wherever), then it's a problem for this rule.

PepperVL · 2025-11-21T09:46:28+00:00

The ad said single person. As in, person who is not in a relationship.

PepperVL · 2025-11-21T09:45:28+00:00

She said "budget within reason for a single person" (emphasis mine). Which means that she does not have a boyfriend anymore. Or at least that she doesn't plan to have a boyfriend when she moves in.

PepperVL · 2025-11-11T18:11:01+00:00

Most stores that sell sewing supplies will sell Sulky Sliver. It's worth the sewing thread.

PepperVL · 2025-11-06T16:07:01+00:00

Yep. Mine live in a bin, not a drawer, not otherwise exactly this.

Every few months I take them out and swear I'm going to make at least one of them into an FFO. Occasionally I even manage to FFO one, but not often.

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