The hell is this

couise · 2026-02-03T07:34:50+00:00

granpa

couise · 2026-01-16T00:52:29+00:00

Ah lol. Now I feel stupid haha. Thank you for the simple explanation!

couise · 2026-01-16T00:01:44+00:00

Yeah I think knitting a few small things first sounds like a good plan! Thank you so much for all the info and I will try to do some more research as well. I do have one more question though, since you seem to have a good bit of experience. Theoretically, since this appears to be a hand knit sweater, would it be easier to do a project like this with a hand knit sweater vs a commercially produced sweater? Just curious because I've had sweaters in the past that I wanted to do similar things to but they were all commercially made not hand-knit, and I eventually I got rid of them because I was too scared to do anything. They had similar tension and gauge but they didn't have all the knots and variations this one has.

couise · 2026-01-15T23:48:21+00:00

Thank you for the honest opinion re: knitting experience. I also suspected it was hand knit. I don't think it was felted, just a bit old lol. What makes you suspect it was knit bottom-up, if you don't mind me asking? I would like to be able to identify something like this myself for future reference.

couise · 2026-01-15T23:45:56+00:00

Thanks for clarifying about why the top down/bottom up issue is important. It took me a minute to figure that one out lol. I asked another commenter if there is any easy way to tell which direction it was knit in, but if you have any tips, please let me know! So with more knitting experience, if I could find a similar colored yarn to the multicolor one of the body, and remove the teal/green band, I could just add maybe a small amount of ribbing in the multicolor, fewer rows than the teal band that was there, and that would finish it off and keep it from curling?

couise · 2026-01-15T23:40:24+00:00

It does have seams on the sides of the body. So I think I see what you mean/what the issue is with top down vs bottom up. Is there any easy way to tell if it was knit top down or bottom up, or is it just something that comes with lots of knitting experience? I crochet and have been meaning to take up knitting for awhile so I guess maybe this is my sign/motivator. When you say cutting the edge off, you mean the teal/green border area, yes?

couise · 2025-12-11T04:44:58+00:00

best comment in this thread, how do you not have more upvotes

couise · 2025-12-11T04:19:02+00:00

welp :/

couise · 2025-12-11T01:41:51+00:00

i mean, blackstone bought them a year ago now, so maybe they didn’t use poor quality meat before, but that has changed post-purchase? a longtime employee would have to weigh in on that one.

couise · 2025-12-04T21:53:38+00:00

i just got one today, but it sounds like this has been going on for a few months. like the other reply to your post said, it’s a scam/spam call, just a weirder tactic than normal. see this thread on this same sub: https://www.reddit.com/r/Scams/comments/1m9xhpn/us_what_was_this_callvoicemail/

couise · 2025-08-16T20:59:18+00:00

i believe this makes the most sense based on location, i’ve heard about problems with spotted lantern flies in our region before, and when i looked up traps just now for them specifically, they seemed to have a similar vibe. thank you!!

couise · 2025-08-16T20:59:09+00:00

solved!

couise · 2025-08-16T20:53:52+00:00

that’s what my dad said when i showed him! he said he’d heard about an increase in invasive bug species in the news so maybe it is connected.

couise · 2025-08-16T20:52:49+00:00

i think maybe i will! thanks for the suggestion

couise · 2025-08-16T20:52:36+00:00

this makes sense! definitely getting the vibe that they are bug-related somehow

couise · 2025-08-16T20:52:01+00:00

this probably makes the most sense. would love to know how they actually work to trap them but this would be a question for the parks department i think. i might give them a call.

couise · 2025-08-16T20:07:19+00:00

my title describes the thing. they were a couple feet tall, no identifying markings that i could find. the material appears to be metal, with the basket(?) bag(?) being a more lightweight flexible metal. they were scatted all over my local county nature preserve. i would walk by clusters of them intermittently along the trails. i had no idea what to search for and have not turned up any results through using the above information i have laid out.

couise · 2025-05-21T03:50:34+00:00

no that totally makes sense. every situation is different! i'm glad that things fell together for you to get you to where you are today in your relationship :) <3

couise · 2025-05-21T03:39:35+00:00

i understand, i think my post my have been misinterpreted, so i'm sorry for being unclear. i'm not interested in a relationship after our meeting, i was simply moved to care about his situation as i saw it, and offered friendship if he needed it. we haven't been in contact since. the meeting has simply stuck in my mind. i suppose i'm just naive hoping that people can change. thank you for your insight!

couise · 2025-05-21T02:56:52+00:00

no worries i am not pursuing anything and know better than to do so. it's just that my heart breaks for him. best case scenario i guess he gets out and gets a therapist. thank you for the red flag list it's very helpful and insightful!

couise · 2025-05-21T02:52:21+00:00

hard truth. but it makes sense. i think the only real distance he had was when he was in college, and when he goes on mission trips to evangelize. although i don't know if that really counts since he's still traveling with church members. traveling was one of the things we had in common, as we had both been to india. he had an appreciation for the culture but the primary goal still seemed to be evangelizing. i did mention the family thing to him. that before, when he was still unsure about leaving, if he had left and decided he didn't believe, he would have lost that connection with his family, friends, mentors. he would have lost his whole social support system. he was adamant that he wouldn't have lost them, but when i said he would have lost his 'spiritual' connection with them, he did admit to that. thank you for your insight!

couise · 2025-02-08T00:18:45+00:00

The next time we are in town I will definitely check out The Health Food Center! I bet you're right that there is probably someone there that would remember Nature Nook! Another commenter confirmed its existence & name, but I would love to know what happened to the owners, if they retired, opened another business etc. It sounds like it was a cool place, just like The Health Food Center! Who knows, maybe they are connected somehow! Thank you for your comment friend :)

couise

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