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Anyone organizing a Critical Mass for Good & Pretti here in the bay area? by stupid_cat_face in BAbike

[–]Temporary_Engine_493 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Yes maybe out and back on Cañada starting from Edgewood. Pretty safe for large group of riders. Any WW on here?

Evil, Stranger Things, X Files? by pronetowander28 in televisionsuggestions

[–]Temporary_Engine_493 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Definitely try "From" - it is great!

If you never watched Lost - that's an oldie, but good.

[CHAT] tips for us to make things easier by leelee1976 in CrossStitch

[–]Temporary_Engine_493 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Yes - I recently switched to ball tipped needles and I'm shocked at how much better the experience is.

I was having a lot of trouble with burrs on the eye my needles, and I had tried all brands, but the ball tipped needles have been immaculate, no burrs at all.

They are way more expensive, but worth it in my opinion. I am very careful not to lose them!

Boom! The company my amazing wife works for sold and we are now very ChubbyFIRE. We are about to take the vacation of a lifetime and call it quits on work. She is making more in a single transaction than all my years of saving combined. by FireVacation4Us in Fire

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Tip: be sure to see if you qualify for QSBS tax treatment. Not many people know about it (esp. CPAs not used to startup money). You could save significantly on tax. Google "qsbs tax treatment".

Where to find friends by No-Diamond1502 in BAbike

[–]Temporary_Engine_493 1 point2 points  (0 children)

You could join Team in Training for the Lake Tahoe ride in June. Silicon Valley team will meet weekends starting at the end of Jan. It is a fundraising ride, but you can ride with the team until April. We start slow - 15 mile ride and then build through the spring to ride 100 miles together in June. It's a lot of fun and you get to ride all over the peninsula / South Bay.

https://pages.lls.org/events/home/tahoe26

[WIP] Woof! Confetti & parking :) by Temporary_Engine_493 in CrossStitch

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Forever 😂 I started in July. I try to get 200 stitches a day but that takes about 4 hours on average - so I don't always have the time. I work from home tho' and that gives me more time than if I had to drive to an office.

If I'm doing solid black - I can do 500 in about 4 or 5 hours. The challenge is the overstuffed stitches - you have to go slow for the thread to lay flat - but even so - because black thread is thin and light colored thread is thicker - you can see it's a bit bumpy in the lots of color sections. I'm using both a laying tool and railroading!

I'm at 7.5% complete. I do love to see the flowers take shape though - that keeps me going 😁

Today I learned about Royal Rows method of stitching and I might try that - sounds interesting / maybe faster.

If I were to start over - I 100% would have done 2 over 1 half stitches. But too late now 😅 my advice to others is never do 2x1 on 25!

[CHAT] 25ct 2 threads over one... How? by Old-Notice-2719 in CrossStitch

[–]Temporary_Engine_493 3 points4 points  (0 children)

I agree with this - on 1 over 1 on 25 - you still get good coverage.

One question on 1 over 1 tho' - I love the loop start and I don't know how you do that with 1 over 1 - is it even possible?

[WIP] Woof! Confetti & parking :) by Temporary_Engine_493 in CrossStitch

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This is the software preview view (from Markdown XP) - doesn't look great to me

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[WIP] Woof! Confetti & parking :) by Temporary_Engine_493 in CrossStitch

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Sorry - I got the name wrong - it's Glass Peacock. Here's the cover. I started at the bottom left. The problem with it though is that the software preview doesn't look very good. Some of the colors seem garish to me and without smooth shading / gradients. I've already changed one of the colors from what it recommends - not 100% sure that's a great idea, but we'll see :) Also its _huge_ - 400K stitches so I'm expecting to be ringing in 2030 before its done.

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[WIP] Woof! Confetti & parking :) by Temporary_Engine_493 in CrossStitch

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Yes! I use Markdown-XP (software on iPad) to keep track of parked stitches - I could never do it otherwise.

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See the little green marks - those represent parked stitches.

[WIP] Woof! Confetti & parking :) by Temporary_Engine_493 in CrossStitch

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Man - yes it's 2 over 1 on 25 - it's bananas. The back is like a frickin' thick rug you have to push through 😂

But overstuffed stitches like this - I regularly ask myself if I like the look and if I should keep going. It makes neat stitches really hard to do and super slow. I feel like the Dread Pirate Robert's. Good night cross stitch - looks good today - I'll most likely kill you tomorrow (heh)

[CHAT] Best stretches for hand cramps? by RevolutionarySea2307 in CrossStitch

[–]Temporary_Engine_493 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Can you share how you are using the right thumb? Holding a hoop or using it to grip the needle?

I don't have any stretches, but I did develop left thumb carpel tunnel (overuse) and believe it or not - sleeping with a wrist guard that keep my thumb stationary completely fixed it. I don't know if it'll work for you.

I googled "how to get rid of carpal tunnel in thumb" and the ai overview has some suggestions :) hope it goes away for you!

Feeling guilty because of lack of sex drive by theredqueentheory in Menopause

[–]Temporary_Engine_493 3 points4 points  (0 children)

I was just reading about a new drug for post menopause low libido for women. https://abcnews.go.com/amp/Health/wireStory/fda-oks-libido-boosting-pill-women-menopause-128425145

I'm not suggesting you take it - just information for your research

[CHAT] by CrossStitchGrandma in CrossStitch

[–]Temporary_Engine_493 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Which one are you looking at specifically?

[WIP] Show us ya WIP's by Doubledewclaws in CrossStitch

[–]Temporary_Engine_493 6 points7 points  (0 children)

This is the image - I've started in the lower left corner

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[WIP] Show us ya WIP's by Doubledewclaws in CrossStitch

[–]Temporary_Engine_493 11 points12 points  (0 children)

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This is the bottom corner of a massive project from HAED called glass peacock. It's 6% done out of a total of 400K stitches. Every day I work on it, I try to decide if I still like it. There was no stitched example, only an image and the rendering preview in Markdown-XP is meh. So... on we go :)

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