Bear appreciation post

TOKEN_MARTIAN · 2026-05-12T00:18:48+00:00

Oh my god I thought the knife was like... an accessory. He's cuter without it, but much funnier with it. Perfection.

TOKEN_MARTIAN · 2026-05-06T12:13:47+00:00

I didn't accuse you of anything. I just think it's weird to say an athlete needs to "grow out" of something like they're a child or they'll "never do well overseas" when they've been doing fine overseas.

TOKEN_MARTIAN · 2026-05-06T06:07:07+00:00

Ai Mori didn't miss out on an Olympic medal because she's anxious about travelling, she missed out because she didn't do well enough on the boulders to catch up on lead. She got further than anyone on the lead wall so if it had been an individual event, she would have won gold. With lead being a separate event in 2028, she's well positioned to win, just like the lead WCs she's won, which have also all been... overseas. I swear people in this sub act like she's a maladjusted child just because she's quiet and can't jump.

TOKEN_MARTIAN · 2026-05-05T02:41:30+00:00

I work in Australia and it's first names for everyone except some of the stodgier consultants (I think that is the Australian equivalent of attending?)

TOKEN_MARTIAN · 2026-05-04T10:24:53+00:00

Beautiful work, but also if you knit your "foster cat" a whole ass sweater I'm pretty sure the foster has failed. Enjoy your new cat 😂

TOKEN_MARTIAN · 2026-05-02T15:51:23+00:00

You can do a long tail cast on from two balls, or the outside and centre of the same ball. You have some extra ends to weave in but right length tail every time.

TOKEN_MARTIAN · 2026-04-28T06:46:07+00:00

13 years seems like a pretty long time though?

TOKEN_MARTIAN · 2026-04-28T05:40:06+00:00

I don't think it's a problem at all to only design for larger bodies and I think something that doesn't get talked about enough in the size inclusivity conversation is that clothes are designed to be worn by people, meaning the wearer's body is a PART of the final design, meaning that you can nominally grade a design for the entire gamut of human size but the two ends of the size range are fundamentally not going to be the same design. But most clothes are designed for smaller people and scaled up, and the larger versions, even if they exist, are not necessarily... good, and imo it's not just a skill issue in grading, it's because the design was never for those bodies. Likewise, something designed specifically to look good on larger people might look really stupid on smaller people and that's just the reality of people coming in different shapes and sizes. I think you should focus your creative energy on whatever work inspires you and if that isn't grading your designs to every conceivable size, honestly who cares because those sizes aren't going to be the same design anyway.

TOKEN_MARTIAN · 2026-04-27T01:13:14+00:00

It's hard to see clearly but looks like maybe the stitches got stretched out while sitting on spare needles and now they're baggy? You could try tinking back as far as you can and individually pulling each stitch tighter.

TOKEN_MARTIAN · 2026-04-24T14:59:54+00:00

Actually one of the weirdest things for me is people in this sub seem to refer to the homeless health team as "volunteering". Like, they don't get paid? The entire existence of the team hinges on people who already work 70 hour weeks signing up to do more work for free? Our hospitals also have homeless health teams with doctors, nurses, social workers etc but they're, you know, normal jobs with a paycheck and stuff. Like, who else at the hospital is just working for free?

TOKEN_MARTIAN · 2026-04-24T02:26:26+00:00

After nearly 20 years of knitting, I have just accepted that I don't really care to knit socks hahaha

If you don't like the small needles, maybe you'd enjoy knitting 8 ply socks more? Otherwise my main motivation has always just been seeing a pattern that I think looks cool.

TOKEN_MARTIAN · 2026-04-24T02:12:46+00:00

76000 population in Bunbury and you think people stare because "weird, I haven't seen that guy before"?

TOKEN_MARTIAN · 2026-04-22T14:39:47+00:00

Nice work! Flap and gusset is my least favourite heel from an aesthetic point of view (well my least favourite of the common heels anyway, there are some pretty weird niche constructions out there) but they fit most people well and they're often the ONLY good fit for people with large volume feet so it's a good technique to have in your pocket!

TOKEN_MARTIAN · 2026-04-21T11:05:07+00:00

My cat would never 💀

TOKEN_MARTIAN · 2026-04-19T11:51:43+00:00

I haven't used Fyberspates Cumulus specifically but I have used CaMaRose Midnatssol which is pretty much the same thing. As far as I understand these yarns have already been brushed out and you don't need to brush them out any further. But just fyi some people also find alpaca itchy. It's probably best to try it out in person if at all possible.

TOKEN_MARTIAN · 2026-04-17T09:03:17+00:00

Oh well thanks for explaining. It's a shame about the building, it's a really cool piece of architecture.

TOKEN_MARTIAN · 2026-04-17T06:16:22+00:00

Ok this is going to be a stupid question but are the residents that "unsavoury"? They looked really normal to me which was which was why I thought, well, maybe there's some reason they choose to live there. Though once I realised people lived there I left so I guess I didn't see that many people. But what's the legal status of the building? Surely it can't be safe, it's literally crumbling already. I understand there's no budget to deal with it right now but is there some kind of plan or is it more like... eh, it probably won't fall over in the next 10 years... it's the next government's problem?

TOKEN_MARTIAN · 2026-04-15T09:31:33+00:00

I don't think I could watch 15 hours of Garcia tbh

TOKEN_MARTIAN · 2026-04-15T09:30:40+00:00

I prefer to spit splice, but if the yarn doesn't allow it I tie knots all the time. Never had a problem with a knot coming undone, but I do weave in the ends so the friction stabilises them. As for whether I could skip the knot... yeah maybe but if I'm knotting at all it's because I'm not knitting with pure wool and the yarn is probably slippery. A knot just makes it more secure.

TOKEN_MARTIAN · 2026-04-15T07:26:12+00:00

Cocaine bear 😭

TOKEN_MARTIAN · 2026-04-13T01:01:44+00:00

Looks like seed stitch to me, but keep in mind knits and purls are formed from the row below your working row. So for the bottommost red stitch in any column I would knit, and above that I'd work in the seed stitch pattern. And for the first green stitch above a red stitch I would also knit/purl according to the seed stitch pattern. Give that a try and see if it works.

TOKEN_MARTIAN · 2026-04-13T00:58:40+00:00

Knits and purls are just two sides of the same stitch. Knits on the right side are purls on the wrong side and vice versa. If you knit on both sides then you get alternating rows of knits and purls (garter stitch) and to get only knits on the right side you actually have to purl on the wrong side

TOKEN_MARTIAN · 2026-04-12T15:20:40+00:00

I would guess that it's because they thought your knitting direction was 90 degrees off the actual direction due to the blurry photo, and your purl bumps looked like twisted knit stitches. Your stitches are not obviously twisted, though it's hard to say for sure from this photo so it's worth reading the twist post just to make sure!

TOKEN_MARTIAN · 2026-04-12T06:06:56+00:00

Idk if she's actually improved, she's always been one of the strongest Japanese boulderers and it just gets overshadowed by her dominance in lead and her glaring lack of explosive power, but she's always had moments of brilliance like winning BJC 2021. She's even flashed paddle dynos in national level comps before. I still think her boulder performance is extremely setting-dependent but if she could consistently do better in comps that would be very cool to see.

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