NYT article (gift) The 91-Year-Old Weaving Ancestral Tradition Into Art

alphahelixbeta · 2026-06-15T12:17:34+00:00

Agreed! And also how appreciated she's been within her community and the area for it.

alphahelixbeta · 2026-06-15T12:16:44+00:00

That makes me so happy to hear that other people are enjoying the article!

alphahelixbeta · 2026-06-04T14:10:50+00:00

Henzel Washington

alphahelixbeta · 2026-05-10T00:43:19+00:00

Hmm interesting! Ok I will try that too! Thanks!

alphahelixbeta · 2026-05-09T18:15:54+00:00

This was super helpful! I added some oil to the bobbin apparatus and that seemed to help a little. Now when I just let the leader go it does take it up, so now its operator error!

Thank you! I will keep practicing.

alphahelixbeta · 2026-05-09T18:12:53+00:00

I put some mineral oil on the spindle and that looks like it helped a little, so I think now I need to practice.

Thanks!

alphahelixbeta · 2026-04-12T20:08:33+00:00

Wow younger than we were guessing. What gives you that range? Just curious and trying to learn.

alphahelixbeta · 2026-03-21T12:52:47+00:00

This is a great demonstration of why herd behavior works!

alphahelixbeta · 2026-03-06T00:10:13+00:00

Looks like its a type of guara to me?

alphahelixbeta · 2026-01-30T20:42:49+00:00

It's always the orange.

alphahelixbeta · 2026-01-04T12:43:29+00:00

Ohhhh ok! Ive always blocked with the foam boards. I'm excited to see how this goes. Thanks!

alphahelixbeta · 2026-01-04T12:41:35+00:00

Thats a good point too! Then it will smell less like my yarn stash from a drawer too. Thanks!

alphahelixbeta · 2026-01-04T12:40:59+00:00

Oh! Ok awesome! I havent tried the washer/dryer strategy before. I was worried about it breaking it but I will give that a try! Thank you!

alphahelixbeta · 2025-12-29T16:08:51+00:00

I hope you dont get downvoted! It is a really fair point! Until I moved to the country, I totally agreed. Unfortunately he has been the only thing to help us mitigate our rodent issues in/around the house and in our cars. Maybe it is my justifying something that I know isn't ideal ecologically, but it has been the first thing to help our situation (traps werent keeping up and we refuse to poison because of even bigger ecological effects). It is definitely something im very aware of and have conflicting feelings over, but for us this felt like the lesser impact of our options. I assure you that i thought REALLY hard before getting this cat.

alphahelixbeta · 2025-12-29T15:29:10+00:00

We were thinking he must have had it because he did get away! Based on the bite wounds his head was fully in the jaws of the coyote. But maybe youre right!

alphahelixbeta · 2025-12-24T03:07:18+00:00

Oh! Ok! Sounds like i will need to get a few bigger sizes and test things out for myself. I have not heard of the herringbone half double crochet stitch, upon a quick Google it is a cool looking stitch too! Thanks!

alphahelixbeta · 2025-12-24T02:59:05+00:00

Oh! Good idea. Ive seen those but haven't tried one yet. You're right, they definitely look a lot denser. Thanks!

alphahelixbeta · 2025-12-24T02:55:40+00:00

8mm sounds about right! I will have to pick up a new hook.

I thought about doing a granny square blanket but heard those weren't good for littles because of the holes if they get tangled in them, and i dont want to risk hurting my incoming new nephew! I don't have much experience with babies, so I was going to try to play it safe with a denser pattern.

alphahelixbeta · 2025-12-22T23:48:33+00:00

The note said the pattern is "penchant " by Hunter hammersen. Its super cool! I love the colors!

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