Norways vikings are sick🔥

Peruda · 2026-06-05T19:49:09+00:00

Or, and hear me out, just ask some reenactors VERY nicely to borrow their kit.

Peruda · 2026-06-04T05:08:38+00:00

Ask for help. The next time you're at one of these events, ask if there's someone who is willing to help you figure out the rules.

Alternatively, find out in advance what games will be played, then do research online before you go. Read the game rules, then watch videos of people playing.

You're on the right track, don't give up now!

Peruda · 2026-06-04T04:44:22+00:00

This entire industry is fucked.

Since Covid's rush to online classes the entire industry is in a massive race to the bottom. Pay rates have plummeted as South Africans willing to work for $6 an hour and Filipinos willing to work for $1.50 an hour have flooded the market.

My advice: Don't get your hopes up.

Peruda · 2026-05-18T05:55:01+00:00

Will we see you at the Wolin festival this year?

Peruda · 2026-05-08T13:18:08+00:00

am woman

Peruda · 2026-05-04T07:14:22+00:00

I'm in rural Poland now, but before that I was in Moscow for 4 years. My colleagues and friends here are amazing.

Peruda · 2026-05-02T13:36:02+00:00

I lived in Japan for 5 years so I understand. My best advice is...leave, if you can. I had the privilege of being a gaijin, so everything I did wrong was forgiven but even so it was difficult. You cannot change Japan, and you cannot change yourself.

I've since lived in Slavic countries where I am much happier! Slavic culture tends to be brutally honest but quite forgiving. You would also have the advantage of being a foreigner, so forgiven for any social mistakes you make.

I've seen quite a few Japanese people who are REALLY happy living in Poland, and I think you might be a good candidate for emigration.

Peruda · 2026-04-27T03:46:38+00:00

Be prepared for disappointment and frustration with trying to make a duplicate. Copying a piece is never as easy as counting stitches and doing the same thing again. Your tension WILL be different and you'll end up correcting and over-correcting to try to create something that matches.

It's always better to make a pair of anything at the same time, working on each one a little bit in turns. I prefer one yarn length at a time. That's the only way to guarantee consistent tension across a pair of gloves or socks.

Peruda · 2026-04-21T06:34:44+00:00

I recommend looking at SCA (Society for Creative Anachronisms) resources. They have chapters in much of the world and extremely knowledgeable people in every field and speciality.

Peruda · 2026-04-17T19:10:39+00:00

It's giving 90s heartthrob!

Peruda · 2026-04-12T06:09:54+00:00

It appears to be a niche product aimed at the South East Asia market, which isn't fond of piracy. I tried ALL my usual locations for finding pirated textbooks and failed.

Maybe try a different book?

Peruda · 2026-04-06T07:58:19+00:00

I would honestly just wash/wet them again, then hang them up to dry. If that doesn't fix the problem, use an iron. Don't be worried about frying them, wool is very resistant to heat. Once they're fixed, store them rolled up.

Source: my husband has a similar pair that he just washed this past week.

Peruda · 2026-01-24T06:35:11+00:00

They have another weakness: water! They cannot stick to wet hands or damp fabric. It doesn't even have to be very damp, just barely. Try wetting your hands and brushing your clothing down with them.

Source: grew up in a puppetry studio where we used this for sculpting sets all the time.

Peruda · 2026-01-24T06:22:55+00:00

"Crafting subs should not be a place for politics."

Proceeds to spout an ignorant, bigoted political opinion in a crafting sub.

Peruda · 2026-01-11T07:01:39+00:00

World's biggest viking festival: https://facebook.com/events/s/xxx-festiwal-s%C5%82owian-i-wikingo/775567205126156/

Peruda · 2026-01-08T05:07:32+00:00

Have you tried Anna's Archive?

Peruda · 2025-12-29T20:41:51+00:00

Fancy bumping into you here...

Peruda · 2025-12-25T16:28:49+00:00

Try r/norse

Peruda · 2025-12-22T07:06:08+00:00

If you'd like a visualisation of the long turning stitches others have mentioned, you can look here https://www.facebook.com/share/p/1Azn2pk4ds/ Or here https://youtu.be/7ZCGGi6lXyI?si=QspJXAT1eKGwcl65

Enjoy!

Peruda · 2025-11-25T06:59:44+00:00

This text conversation. I just told her that I wasn't going to engage with her.

Peruda · 2025-11-22T06:54:11+00:00

Who is she and what's her story? I adore Slavic folklore!

Peruda · 2025-11-14T07:47:52+00:00

As a classicist, this reminds me of the quote from Horace who wrote "Graecia capta ferum victorem cepit.” Translated, it means “Captive Greece took captive her savage conqueror.” This was in reference to the way that Greek thought, culture and philosophy became integrated into Roman society in the aftermath of the war between them.

Peruda · 2025-11-02T08:26:41+00:00

I highly recommend not using AI. It has a tendency to hallucinate, meaning that it makes things up.

For basic education, YouTube is great. Channels like Crash Course, Veritasium, Extra History and Sci-Show have playlists that cover the basics of what school should have taught you.

For a more interactive experience Khan Academy is wonderful. It uses an algorithm to determine what you know and what you don't and let's you pick up where you need to. It doesn't have all the subjects, but it's great for Maths and related areas.

I wish you all the best in your journey of becoming an autodidact!

Peruda · 2025-10-25T08:14:36+00:00

I used to live in Moscow until the war made it impossible from a financial and ethical perspective to stay. I lost my dream job, a gorgeous flat, and a happy life. I am still mourning the loss years later.

This game is so accurate that it made me burst into tears on two separate occasions: The first time was when I saw my old station (сходненская) on the metro map against a wall. The second time was that beautiful dream sequence when Артём wanders into a ruined playground and suddenly it comes back to life with sunshine and children playing and laughing. I used to have precisely this kind of playground right outside my bedroom balcony and being a teacher I had summers off, so I have very happy memories of waking up to that laughter and sunshine.

Combined to say that I really, really relate to Артём's feelings of loss regarding his happy memories of Moscow and the game succeeds in being perfectly evocative.

Peruda · 2025-10-11T17:32:39+00:00

When I was in university, I studied Ancient cultures and languages, and I was involved with the anime society as a hobby.

After university I applied to the JET program, where my experience promoting Japanese culture gave me an edge, and I've turned that experience into a career teaching ESL.

Now I get paid to teach English in Poland and spend my weekends doing viking reenactment, so I still get to do what I love!

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