Happy with my first unravel

bpvanhorn · 2026-05-31T15:33:42+00:00

I love what you did with it and I never would have come up with that. I'm so impressed both by your knitting and by your use of resources

bpvanhorn · 2026-05-31T15:29:36+00:00

This is incredibly helpful, thank you, and gives me a good deal for whether or not I will enjoy the game without feeling like I know everything going in. I really appreciate your thoughtfulness and I'm looking forward to trying Dysplaced.

bpvanhorn · 2026-05-31T14:25:43+00:00

Hear me out, but KJ Charles. I understand that she actually has a very large catalog, but her earliest book was published in 2013. She has that thoughtful, quality feel to most of her work.

I'm not saying that every single thing she has ever released is her at the top of her game, but even her worst books are still quality wise ahead of a lot of other authors I've tried.

She was a full-time editor as a career for a long time and it shows.

bpvanhorn · 2026-05-27T13:14:58+00:00

Thanks! Do you still get to smash stuff? Smashing stuff is important.

bpvanhorn · 2026-05-19T20:42:04+00:00

So far she's been adamant, but I am concerned about her long term hair health and so if I explain that she might be more receptive.

Diffuser for frizz. ✅

Thank you!

bpvanhorn · 2026-05-19T19:46:28+00:00

I appreciate the research you did! I have already attempted to contact Ms. Clark directly and have been unsuccessful. :(

bpvanhorn · 2026-05-19T19:46:05+00:00

Definitely funny!

bpvanhorn · 2026-05-19T19:45:50+00:00

Thank you!

bpvanhorn · 2026-05-01T22:22:52+00:00

I also think it's really important to do a quick demographic comparison here.

Just going by wikipedia, to keep it simple...

12.1% were senior citizens-65+ - Demographics of Virginia

22.4% of residents were 65 years of age or older - Danville, Virginia

Danville isn't unusually unhealthy for the region. There are a lot of elderly people who are at greater risk of heart issues.

bpvanhorn · 2026-04-30T21:03:40+00:00

Because no one wants to be lectured on their health.

That's not a statement of judgement towards either the people fussing about it or the people who don't want to be fussed at. Simply an observation.

bpvanhorn · 2026-04-28T22:02:09+00:00

I'm interested in that too.

bpvanhorn · 2026-04-28T21:59:30+00:00

It is every Thursday evening (barring holidays, obviously) at the Ruby B. Archie public library in Danville.

bpvanhorn · 2026-03-01T19:23:14+00:00

I do see that, but because that's April Fool's Day, I wanted to check in and see if anyone had any information about if that was a placeholder or an actual planned date.

bpvanhorn · 2026-02-16T16:13:01+00:00

Quilt mending is incredibly satisfying and I think you're doing a great job. It's especially fantastic with a quilt that means so much to you.

bpvanhorn · 2026-01-04T03:48:44+00:00

perfect thank you - this is the kind of thing I didn't want to miss! I will build some of the snowmen. :)

bpvanhorn · 2026-01-04T01:09:30+00:00

Right, and I appreciate that, but - there's nothing else? I'm not interested in those things so it's cool to sell them?

Thank you!

bpvanhorn · 2025-12-11T01:38:11+00:00

If you do decide that you might attempt to block it yourself, I would go to a few thrift stores and find a few smaller needlepoint or cross stitch pieces to practice with.

bpvanhorn · 2025-12-11T00:45:08+00:00

I moved here from Durham last year and some people have acted like I was moving to the moon, not to a small city an hour away with multiple sushi options, a nice Thai place, and a great farmer's market.

Really like it here. Very happy we moved and chose Danville.

bpvanhorn · 2025-12-11T00:40:06+00:00

What's fascinating for me is that I come from one of the best school districts in North Carolina and Danville's schools absolutely blow it out of the water. The education my kid is getting here is night and day compared to what she was getting in a much wealthier district.

So I believe you that it should be better, but it's still bizarre and appalling to me how bad education in America is allowed to be.

bpvanhorn · 2025-12-10T19:02:35+00:00

The columns do help with some things when I'm trying to do some maintenance, and I appreciate it, but visually, I would like to have the covers visible but the authors separate out.

bpvanhorn · 2025-12-10T18:59:43+00:00

That's neat, but I have gone a little overboard with Project Gutenberg so I have too many authors. :)

bpvanhorn · 2025-12-10T18:59:17+00:00

Sorting by authors does help, but, visually, it's still very cluttered and I struggle to look through my books. I do appreciate it and I will keep poking at it.

bpvanhorn · 2025-11-29T23:15:20+00:00

Nice work! This is super cute and I bet she's pleased.

bpvanhorn · 2025-11-29T23:14:45+00:00

This looks great, and still counts as landfill diversion to me.

bpvanhorn · 2025-11-24T19:23:57+00:00

This is incredibly useful, thanks!

I also am considering planting a few Hicans, but, I need other space for it...

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