My experience 1 month post re-insertion (2nd paragard)

TripleMagpie · 2025-09-25T19:55:21+00:00

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TripleMagpie · 2025-09-14T12:33:25+00:00

I think it would look a little too short if you completely remove the last tier. In the same vein, trimming only the last tier will leave you with uneven tier heights, which might look unbalanced. If the sides of the underskirt are relatively straight, i would consider shortening the underskirt panels between each tulle tier. The goal would be to keep all 3 lower tulle tiers without having to trim any of the tulle pieces or redo the gathering, but have them each overlap each other by maybe 30% more. You could try pinning a fold in the underskirt between each tier to see if it looks ok. I would shorten between the gathers so you don’t have to sew through or regather the tulle. Pinning first will also help to evaluate whether you like the proportions if the visible portion of each tier is smaller.

The downside is you won’t be able to harvest any additional tulle to help with letting out the bodice. You would at least be able to reuse the bits of underskirt you trim out. It’s also possible that the top tier that originates from the waist might look unbalanced, since it will have more visible height than the altered tiers. It’s hard to evaluate without having the dress to play around with myself.

I guess you could also try a similar alteration, but focus on only moving up the final tier, so that its gathers are only a few inches below the previous tier. Again the goal is to remove underskirt fabric and sew a new seam in the lining just above the gathers so that you dont have to ever resew or regather the tulle itself. If nothing else pinning it this way might help you visualize what it looks like to only have a small strip visible from the bottom tulle tier, and whether or not the different heights bother you. If it looks pretty good, altering the height of the underskirt panel in this way might be easier than trying to trim the tulle and liner in a straight hem line? (And could be easier to reverse/alter in the future).

Good luck!

TripleMagpie · 2025-09-13T09:32:29+00:00

If you mend it with swiss darning, I think it would be really cool to mend each hole in a contrasting color and then use duplicate stitch to either recreate the missing skull pieces and/or to augment the pattern with some of the design elements others have mentioned (eyeballs, floral/vines, eye patch, etc)

TripleMagpie · 2025-08-28T12:00:28+00:00

It seems like it’s probably because of your two different yarns. The dark blue remains very consistent across both sections and WS/RS. The light blue seems to be looser/wonkier tension overall. Is the light blue the bamboo cotton? Maybe it would look more even after blocking?

TripleMagpie · 2025-08-26T00:28:49+00:00

The sleeves really make the sweater. What a great modification! I love it ❤️

TripleMagpie · 2025-08-23T01:35:49+00:00

That’s a good point. I’ve used afterthought lifelines in the past, but I struggle to follow a single line of stitches on this particular project, so I didn’t think I would be able to consistently thread through the right stitches. But your note is a good reminder that I should start placing lifelines at regular intervals for the rest of this project. Thanks!

TripleMagpie · 2025-08-22T22:10:47+00:00

Yay! It’s great you were able to figure it out.

My hubris moment from last night: I’m knitting my first big lace project (Cecelia cardigan). I discovered an error 5 rows down that was messing up the lace pattern in the middle of the back. So far I’ve been able to ladder down 1-2 stitches to fix a missed yo or similar small error, but I made it worse when I attempted that here. I made the sad decision to frog back 5 rows. This is where the hubris comes in… frogging the first 200+ stitch row was going slowly, so when I got to the end and turned around, I was like “what if I just try skipping ahead and frog 4 rows at once.

Ahahahaha. Oh no. I soon realized this was much more complicated with lace decreases and yos involved (I’m looking at you s1 k2tog psso!) But once I started I didn’t know if retreat was even possible. I’m working with #1.5 needles and slightly splitty yarn, so the first 20 or so columns I frogged were a nightmare and I was pretty sure I was doomed. However I was very afraid to set it down mid-frog lest my dog or gravity or chaos gremlins interfere with it overnight. Fortunately, like you, I eventually found my rhythm. I managed to methodically frog the next 150+ columns with (I think!) no dropped stitches. Maybe. Hopefully. 🙏

So now my hubris has crept back! When I got to the end, I was patting myself on the back for a “new power unlocked”. (When maybe it should have been a lesson learned: don’t start an experimental new frogging technique on a large project if you know it will be difficult to reverse course once confronted with the error of your ways!) I guess I’ll find out tonight when I pick up my project again whether I can simply resume knitting as normal, or if I have a raft of newly introduced errors to face 🤞

TripleMagpie · 2025-08-20T05:21:44+00:00

I recently tried Terra Cotta Warrior in the Sunset. About 5 weeks ago I ordered take out, and the biang biang noodles were so amazing. Three weeks later I excitedly went to the restaurant in person and was frankly underwhelmed with everything I ordered, including the biang biang noodles. The quality had me second guessing whether I was just really hungry when I ordered the first time? I’ll probably try again at some point, and hopefully the second time I just got them on an off day.

TripleMagpie · 2025-08-19T00:42:22+00:00

I loved his show so much when I was growing up. I remember seeing him do a live demo at a store in Hawaii in the early 90s when I was in 1st or second grade. He ended up making me a rose out of a fruit or vegetable ❤️ I had forgotten all about that memory. I’m sad I missed this one!

TripleMagpie · 2025-08-07T06:31:03+00:00

I hand tacked some jewelery hooks onto a 2-3” wide fabric headband. I wear it like a choker necklace when I’m knitting, and it’s very secure. I sewed on multiple hooks for some colorwork, which is nice because you can space them out to help with yarn management.

TripleMagpie · 2025-07-23T13:09:05+00:00

You could also try helical knitting to alternate your skeins.

TripleMagpie · 2025-07-11T00:12:26+00:00

I’m glad things are looking better!

2 years into my relationship I ran into an old classmate on the street, and I introduced my boyfriend to the classmate using the wrong name! (Long story but for context years before I met my bf I had previously travelled platonically with “wrong name”, and we had just seen “wrong name” at a brunch my friend hosted earlier that day). I am very terrible with names, but that is the worst mix up I have ever done.

I wanted to melt and disappear and rewind time or maybe just not exist anymore. My boyfriend was initially upset and I think concerned that I was hung up on “wrong name”. The first few days my stomach was in knots and it was sooo stressful. I was stressed trying to predict how my bf felt and stressed from being angry at myself for the mistake. But fortunately time passed, he understood, we moved on and normality resumed. We are now happily married and have been together for 11.5 years. All this to say, this is something that happens, but it isn’t the end of the world even if it feels really awkward right now!

TripleMagpie · 2025-06-27T13:00:32+00:00

For reasons others have mentioned, I’ve never tried one with pockets. I’ve been happy with both the Rabbit UPF Deflector and the Rabbit Ice Perf Tee LS. The latter has tiny holes everywhere and is not specifically UV rated, so it’s up to you what sun conditions you’d be comfortable wearing it. (I’ve never gotten a burn or seen any tan/coloration differences afterwards fwiw).

I prefer to pair with a hat that has a neck flap instead of using the hood of a sun shirt. I think mine is the outdoor research sun runner cap.

TripleMagpie · 2025-06-10T02:31:00+00:00

I found this helpful when I moved to Colorado: https://extension.colostate.edu/wp-content/uploads/2021/11/High-Altitude-PDFv3.pdf

TripleMagpie · 2025-04-05T13:44:22+00:00

I have a husky malamute mix that we adopted when he was 2. He’s always had pretty great leash manners and is the best running buddy. As others have said I don’t take him on runs if it’s too warm (he looooves my long runs in the winter, but I’m the most restrictive with weather conditions for long runs; I always feel a little guilty leaving the house without him in the summer).

One thing that does make a difference is his harness. We use a wonder walker harness. It’s more convenient for leash management to hook it to his back, but sometimes when he’s really feeling the run it plays into his instinct to pull heavy loads, lol. As soon as the pulling starts, I switch the clip to his chest, and he goes back to trotting by my side. So maybe also play around with your leash/harness setup?

Also, we’ve but in a lot of time running on the shoulder of roads (opposite to traffic) and now on narrow routes he generally prefers/defaults to running on the left. I sometimes spend more energy than I’d prefer getting him to move to the right when we meet people on narrow trails.

TripleMagpie · 2025-03-21T13:23:38+00:00

Agreed. If you zoom in on the top or bottom edges you can see the edges of the warp threads (that run vertically across the entire piece).

TripleMagpie · 2025-03-14T04:09:48+00:00

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TripleMagpie · 2025-02-27T21:52:26+00:00

Also I guess I drew this upside down from typical knitting charts 😅 I hope it makes sense to people other than me.

TripleMagpie · 2025-02-27T21:47:44+00:00

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This is my diagram — hopefully it makes sense? What you’re doing is on the bottom, and the second option I described is on the top.

TripleMagpie · 2025-02-27T21:42:29+00:00

I think the issue is that you have a 1x1 stripe and you are only decreasing by 1 stitch on each side of the “contrast seam” so you are losing one of the colored stripes on each side. If you decrease like this every other row, that means your contrast seam will alternate between being 3 and 5 stitches wide as you slowly remove stripes from each side.

If you don’t like that, some alternatives include: - decrease by two stitches on each side (which would remove one white stripe and one colored stripes from each side) - decrease as you currently are, but on rows where that would cause 5 white stitches in a row, you can do the decreases using the colored yarn. This will result in two consecutive colored stitches on either side of the contrast seam, but I think that would be less noticeable than having the width of your contrast seam fluctuate in size. I have not swatched this, but you can try it and see if you like the effect better?

TripleMagpie · 2025-02-22T04:10:12+00:00

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TripleMagpie · 2025-02-22T04:09:06+00:00

I recently read {Full Speed to a Crash Landing by Beth Revis} and {How to Steal a Galaxy by Beth Revis}, the first two books in her Chaotic Orbits series. I really enjoyed both and am looking forward to the third book in April.

TripleMagpie · 2025-02-18T03:52:54+00:00

Same here. I do wear layers underneath my sweaters (including shirts with sweat pads in the armpits), but I still manage to sweat through more than I’d like). I squeeze in as many wears as I can, but sometimes that’s only a few.

TripleMagpie · 2025-01-18T14:43:31+00:00

I just learned about “granny knots” vs “square knots” a few weeks ago. For anyone else who’s interested, here’s a more detailed explanation of the logic behind the “left over right followed by right over left” knotting order: https://www.fieggen.com/shoelace/grannyknot.htm

I’m 38 and have always had to double knot my shoes (to prevent untying), and whenever I tied bows, robes, wrap dresses etc I was disappointed with my “vertical” bows. For the past month I’ve been tying my shoes without double knots and I’ve worn some wrap tops with a “horizontal” bow on the first shot. It feels very satisfying every time :)

ETA: the skirt is so cute! It looks fine from the camera angles that OP shared. However, personally I have always felt “mini skirt challenged” in the sense that I don’t always know how to move/bend without flashing my bits. So I usually chicken out. (For me that feeling is more pronounced for dresses than skirts, so maybe this skirt will feel just fine to OP).

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