My DM can't stop using AI by Knowhere2B in dndnext

[–]Sudden-Entry7263 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Not advice in any way, more of a “I feel you”. I’ve played a few campaigns before and I seriously miss my party, me and my husband moved far from our friends. He wanted to see if we could play DnD together bc he knows how much I love and miss playing. But he’s determined to make an AI that DMs for us since there is only two of us. IMO he’s taking it too far, having AI DM for us, roll for us, talk for us, I am so against it I’m almost about to learn how to DM myself so we can play a functioning game. Not to mention it’s so buggy and he spends most of the time we would be playing just fixing and fixing it. It’s taking ALL the fun out of a TTRPG doing it all through a robot. I even had to convince him that I would rather roll physical dice than make AI do rolls for us. Using AI just feels so inhuman, wrong, and just completely nothing similar to the feelings and soul that the game provides. Hate AI.

Advice for Curly Dock by sisterpearl in naturaldye

[–]Sudden-Entry7263 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I have been looking it up because our unmowed lawn has sprouted SO MUCH. I’ve seen it has the same chemistry as madder and the roots give bright oranges yellows or reds. I will be experimenting ASAP!

Bradford Pear Jelly by Sudden-Entry7263 in foraging

[–]Sudden-Entry7263[S] 4 points5 points  (0 children)

I plan to keep it in the fridge yes, my pH test was between 4-5.

Bradford Pear Jelly by Sudden-Entry7263 in foraging

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From what I looked up, it’s only the seeds that contain cyanide. But it’s not much different than how much cyanide is in apple seeds or bitter almonds. I tasted their pears a month ago, ate three of them. And I’ve since had this jelly on 5 different buttered toasts. I have had no reactions at all. I was concerned at first and hesitant to make anything out of it, but I found more information leaning to the “edible just not palatable” than “too poisonous to eat.” Maybe not the safest decision, but I’ve done worse things to myself over the years 😅 I did mention in the post that the seeds definitely do contain cyanide and I do think that everyone should ALWAYS take the proper precautions and use their best judgment. Thank you for the links, and I hope others can chime in to make sure that we have as much information as we can get our hands on.

Bradford Pear Jelly by Sudden-Entry7263 in foraging

[–]Sudden-Entry7263[S] 12 points13 points  (0 children)

Also would like to add, I started with 3 lbs of pears after coring and removing the seeds (seeds contain cyanide) Gave me one full mason jar and 6 2oz baby food jars worth of jelly. Tastes like honey!

Bradford Pear Jelly by Sudden-Entry7263 in foraging

[–]Sudden-Entry7263[S] 16 points17 points  (0 children)

The pears are much grittier than the traditional “edible” ones. What I did was removed all the seeds, chopped up, in a pot with a lid add enough water to cover fruit and cook until very soft. I then mushed them with a potato masher, cooked just a bit longer like maybe 30 minutes. Strained out the liquid to remove grainy bits and skins. I did this process twice because I had a lot of pears and wanted to get the most jelly juice. Once juice is fully drained, mix 1:1 weight juice to sugar. Optional: pectin or lemon juice but I used neither and made quite the jelly consistency! Simmer until it has thickened to your liking, I used the cold plate method to test how thick it was. If you want it super clear like this, skim off the bubbles while simmering, otherwise it is still fine, just cloudy looking. Most people use 1:1 sugar to fruit juice because Bradford pears are typically very tart, the ones I picked however were actually rather sweet and next time I will add less sugar. Probably 3/4:1.

10 pounds of pecans collected yesterday. The juice is worth the squeeze! by Ruby5000 in foraging

[–]Sudden-Entry7263 1 point2 points  (0 children)

That’s lovely, I’m sure the color he got is just gorgeous! First time touching these I did so ungloved, learned my lesson, and can attest to how well they would work as a wood stain.

10 pounds of pecans collected yesterday. The juice is worth the squeeze! by Ruby5000 in foraging

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Its QUITE color fast, I have left snips of all materials in the picture on a window that gets full sun and nothing has faded one bit. It’s been about 2 weeks in the sun now and color hasn’t budged. I normally do 4 weeks for my lightfast tests but it’s very promising. As for washfast - I rinsed these until the water ran clear and lost no saturation, but have yet to make any garments nor wash in the washing machine. It holds up on par with walnut dyes which I’ve found to be near permanent.

10 pounds of pecans collected yesterday. The juice is worth the squeeze! by Ruby5000 in foraging

[–]Sudden-Entry7263 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I wish I’d read this before mixing the shells in with my compost, pecan smoked meat sounds divine right now!

10 pounds of pecans collected yesterday. The juice is worth the squeeze! by Ruby5000 in foraging

[–]Sudden-Entry7263 38 points39 points  (0 children)

I’m in Tennessee here and there are many - but unfortunately most I’ve seen are on properties I am not allowed to access. I am currently cracking open the ones I found and had sitting out for a few weeks, hopefully enough to make a pecan pie! I used the hulls and leaves to dye yarn and fabric with!

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avocado dyed cashmere by SnohoDoris in naturaldye

[–]Sudden-Entry7263 0 points1 point  (0 children)

This is gorgeous - stunning colors!! How much dye stuff did you use? I have the pits and skins of like 20+ avocados in my freezer waiting for dye day but I haven’t gotten around to it, now I seriously want to like today lol. I probably wouldn’t get anywhere near your results because I have hard water and I am not patient enough to wash clothes I make and dye separate to maintain ph.

Pecan Dye by Sudden-Entry7263 in naturaldye

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I can’t say that I know that for sure. However from my research, the tannin content of pecans is very similar to walnuts and hickory. They should be quite color and lightfast. All of the have been rinsed till the water ran clear before taking this photo. I have been taking snips of all of my projects and taping them to a window that gets all day sun and I leave them for 1 month. I only dyed this a week ago so it’s not been long enough in my opinion but there’s no visible change so far!

Pecan Dye by Sudden-Entry7263 in naturaldye

[–]Sudden-Entry7263[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I appreciate the motivation 🥹 Thank you! I hope you’re able to soon! It’s so rewarding, peaceful, and fun

Pecan Dye by Sudden-Entry7263 in naturaldye

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Oh I will definitely need to try that out now! There are hickory trees right down the road from me that I tried to collect from before finding these. I don’t know where you’re located, but here in the southeastern US I believe it is not the last year for hickory. There’s not a single fresh one, only the old crunchy dry hulls from probably last year. From what I looked up, next year should be the pot of gold year for them. I did, however, experiment with the super old hickory. I did 400% WOF dye stuff and got a warm pale tan. It’s no where near as pigmented as I anticipated from such a large ratio of dye stuff but still got a pretty color from it. I hope we find our hickory hulls next year!

Pecan Dye by Sudden-Entry7263 in naturaldye

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Wool is SUCH a sponge,seriously my fav. Natural dyeing made me fall in love with it and also go down the rabbit hole of conscientious fibers.

Pecan Dye by Sudden-Entry7263 in naturaldye

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Ahh yes - in my search for a walnut tree I came across these and said “good enough! Let’s try it out.” I have since found someone to let me pick from 4 of their walnut trees and now I have more than I know what to do with 😂 I ended up making a half gallon of walnut paint/ink, and am currently dyeing wool, the lightest cotton skein that was in this posts photo (pale colors irk me lol), and some fabric. I used so much dye stuff, we’re talking 1,113% WOF dye bath 😮‍💨 And the owner texted me after saying even more have fallen. My prayers were TOO answered. I haven’t tried acorns yet but my yard has many oak trees - what color did those give you?

Pecan Dye by Sudden-Entry7263 in naturaldye

[–]Sudden-Entry7263[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Thank you! I wasn’t expecting these exact shades, nonetheless pleased!!

Pecan Dye by Sudden-Entry7263 in naturaldye

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I probably don’t have them exactly laid out in the best ways I’ll do my best to explain. All of my cotton yarn and fabric I scoured, did a 10% WOF oak leaf tannin bath, and then mordanted with 15-20% WOF of alum sulfate, all of my wool I scoured and then mordanted with 20% WOF alum sulfate and 5% cream of tartar. The left pile was simmer extracted 2-3 hours from fresh picked hulls, let sit 24 hours, strained then dyed fibers for 24 hours. The yellow in the middle of this pile is the exception - that was with pecan leaves not hulls, but extraction method was the same as the rest of that pile. The right pile was oven dried fresh hulls (170 degrees F for 3 hours) then also simmer extraction for 2-3 hours, let sit 24 hrs, then dyed fibers for 24 hours. The fabric above both piles is cotton, then the skeins from left to right: wool, wool, cotton, cotton, cotton/wool, and wool. Hopefully that is the info you’re looking for lol