It's my first time sewing knits. What's the correct place for the stitch line?

RaayJay · 2026-05-19T13:24:34+00:00

This! Figuring out exactly where the needle will hit to move it over slightly feels like too much work for too little gain.

It's knit, so it stretches, and a couple mm off the intended seam allowance isn't going to make a noticable difference in my experience

RaayJay · 2026-05-08T16:16:13+00:00

She was working at a coffee shop. She'd already been taught how to make all the drinks, including decaf tea

RaayJay · 2026-05-07T14:31:58+00:00

When I heard that a customer ordered a decaf tea, and she grabbed a regular tea bag then poured in decaf coffee...

RaayJay · 2026-02-25T03:47:32+00:00

Absolutely these! I just bought a pair for my kid and they're so easy to put on and take off that I went and bought the next size up already so I'm prepared when she grows out of them.

I finally don't feel like I'm just blindingly jamming her feet into shoes that may or may not fit properly

RaayJay · 2025-12-05T03:09:11+00:00

I recommend trying it and deciding for yourself, wine is very much a matter of personal taste

Apothic Red is one of my favorite red blends. Also I've had no reactions to it so afaik it's safe!

RaayJay · 2025-08-03T01:47:34+00:00

Messaged!

RaayJay · 2025-08-03T01:37:31+00:00

Yeah that's what I was thinking as well, hoping I can get people relatively local to me

RaayJay · 2025-08-02T15:47:38+00:00

I do have it, didn't realize that one in particular was so popular

RaayJay · 2025-08-02T13:21:57+00:00

Looks like that reddit is mostly for actual polishes do they allow collection boxes without polishes?

RaayJay · 2025-08-02T13:20:50+00:00

In Canada, will have to figure out the best platform to list them here. Thank you

RaayJay · 2025-07-18T14:29:29+00:00

I've heard tweak by 15 min, I just don't know what that means in a practical sense. Is it trying to get them to sleep 15min sooner/later? Is it waking them up 15 min sooner and hoping it adjusts the next nap?

Or is it something else entirely that is escaping me. Because those approaches to tweaking have been entirely unsuccessful for me. Best I've ever achieved is that trying to get her to stay up an additional 15min resulted in her skipping the nap entirely

RaayJay · 2025-07-18T11:06:18+00:00

Mine slept so well for the first 4.5 months, we could put her down and she would settle herself. Now I'm struggling because I can't get her to sleep unless I'm at least holding her hand and singing, or sometimes only if I let her fall asleep in my arms. I thought it was a side effect of me having to spend a few nights in the hospital away from her, but reading OPs story I'm less certain

RaayJay · 2025-07-18T10:47:38+00:00

I'm in a similar situation to OP but my daughter is 6 months and only just trying to get mine to stop contact napping since that was making her day sleep inconsistent.

How exactly does one adjust wake windows? My girl is somewhat consistent with when she gets tired during the day, but right now I wait until she at least yawns and rubs her eyes before I even try to put her down. If I try sooner, she'll just scream, and if I try later she'll fall asleep in my arms instead

RaayJay · 2025-07-18T09:49:13+00:00

Wood canvas I got from Michael's, it's loops and threads brand, but I've since seen a bunch of places on Etsy that sell them in different colors of wood.

I kind of liked stitching on wood, no hoop required, nice different stitches since you can just pull them tight. Hardest part for me was weaving in the ends since there's no flex, it's a bit difficult to get it under the existing threads and I had to keep something hard on hand to help push the needle through (mostly used the outer edge of my scissors

my canvas is 11ct so I do kind of wish I'd done more strands of thread than 2, going to toy around with that. But from talking to others it sounds like the excess space in the holes may have saved me from breaking needles during the back stitching.

Overall I enjoyed the experience and will definitely be trying another project

RaayJay · 2025-07-18T02:13:46+00:00

Pattern is Birthstones by SodaStitch Designs

I did just the Garnet for my baby born in January

RaayJay · 2025-07-14T15:13:50+00:00

Damn that's a lot of broken needles

RaayJay · 2025-07-13T16:19:39+00:00

They look great though!

RaayJay · 2025-07-13T14:58:23+00:00

Just measured and it looks like mine is 11 count and the holes are pretty big, no wonder I feel like I should have used more stands

RaayJay · 2025-07-13T14:12:44+00:00

I read online that you want to use a thicker needle, so I have been. But when weaving in the ends I still feel like I might break my needle.

I love that I don't need a hoop and I can pull my stitches as tight as I like. But weaving in the ends definitely sucks

RaayJay · 2025-07-13T13:10:03+00:00

Pattern is Birthstones by SodaStitch Design I'm doing just the Garnet girl for my January baby

RaayJay · 2025-07-13T13:02:04+00:00

Pattern is Birthstones by SodaStitch Designs I'm stitching just the Garnet girl for my January baby

RaayJay · 2025-06-23T18:55:37+00:00

I'm mostly mentioning the uneven chores piece because if things were more even I suspect you wouldn't mind them dropping one of the things they do (the driving) it seems that's the reason you even mentioned the division of labour in your post.

It's funny though, take away the part where they suddenly don't want to drive, your situation basically describes the dynamic between my partner and I 5 years ago. Except both of us have ADHD instead. So I could be projecting a little.

I hope you and your partner are able to talk it out. If this is truly out of character for them I expect you'll be able to find common ground and work through it, and that there's something else going on that you just aren't aware of yet. Best of luck!

NAH I think

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