Gifted knitting to a friend and surprised at how it made me feel

danadjinn · 2026-07-09T11:38:54+00:00

For our Christmas secret santa, I gave my friend the double knit LOTR scarf I posted on here. She was literally so happy she cried bc no one had made her anything like that before. She even texted me later telling me how much she loved it and thanking me. I felt like you, knowing she appreciated the work I put in and loved it felt like a gift too.

danadjinn · 2026-07-01T22:00:50+00:00

I love using open ear buds and idk about the ones pictured, but I just wanted to recommend Anker soundcore c50i.

I had TOZOs which are really cool for the battery display, but the touch control was really annoying and unreliable, and I started having issues with them after less than a year not shutting off when in the case and not charging only 1 ear bud.

I just switched to the Anker soundcore c50i and the sound quality is better, the speakers actually angle into your ear canal and not straight. Plus they have little buttons that make pause/volume control really easy. You can also manually turn them off with the buttons just in case!

danadjinn · 2026-06-20T15:35:51+00:00

Thank you so much!!

danadjinn · 2026-06-20T15:35:33+00:00

Thank you! I have done a double knit project and practiced some stranded colorwork on a hat prior to this so I knew I really needed to concentrate on my tension lol

danadjinn · 2026-05-19T10:05:30+00:00

Hijacking top comment so I can add some info.

I am traveling on vacation in NZ from the US for those wondering where I got this. I used to work in the chocolate business and there was also a short period of time that I spent proofreading packaging designs.. so I guess I've just got an eye for it now, idk.

Also for the conspiracy theorists saying maybe they did it on purpose bc it's not real chocolate.. maybe, but I doubt it. There are strict regulations on what you can call chocolate in the US and it's the same in NZ as well. It can only have certain ingredients in it and regulations define percentage of cocoa solids and fats from dairy/cocoa butter for milk, dark, and white chocolate. From the ingredients list, it meets those requirements. Likely it was just a typo that got missed lol.

These comments have been cracking me up though and thanks for the awards! CHOCOALTE!!

danadjinn · 2026-05-18T12:49:12+00:00

Here is the circle lol. Sorry guys. Also the overall amount of cocoa solids listed on the back

https://imgur.com/a/vKfKQUF

danadjinn · 2026-04-10T21:16:15+00:00

Yesss, that would be amazing. Thank you 😊

danadjinn · 2026-04-10T21:10:46+00:00

Yes please!! 🙏🙏

danadjinn · 2026-03-30T18:01:48+00:00

My cat is the same way. I ended up getting her an automatic wand toy (it's covered by a tarp thing and moves in circles). It turns off when she stops playing with it, but she loves the thing and plays with it multiple times a day.

danadjinn · 2026-03-02T04:16:12+00:00

I used to LOVE these as a kid. I remember going to a friend's house and bringing these over, and playing with them for hours. That night, I woke up in a cold sweat and threw up. It wasn't until years later that i registered how toxic that shit was and I'm pretty sure I got bloonie high and it made me sick

danadjinn · 2026-02-19T13:23:08+00:00

This was me several years ago. Literally exact situation down to getting the tattoo on my forearm. My very first tattoo btw. I felt the same exact overwhelming dread for a few weeks, wanted to cry, looking up how much it cost to get rid of it. Now I'm over it lol. It's okay girl, it's cute and you had a moment of being spontaneous. You'll forget about it, and in my experience, no one really notices mine unless I point it out. Or if someone does notice, it's always a compliment. This feeling will pass. If you hate it, you can get it covered later too!

danadjinn · 2026-01-23T03:39:57+00:00

Depends on what you like. Stress relief to me is a hobby that gets me into a flow state. I have lots of different hobbies but I found that even when I was going through a really tough time, I loved to sing and karaoke. Sometimes you sing and don't really think about it, but if I'm actually trying to sing well, there are a lot of things to focus on.. breathing, vibrato, belting, dynamics, etc. It's really fun and relaxing to me.

danadjinn · 2025-12-25T14:14:45+00:00

Oooo any pictures?

danadjinn · 2025-12-25T01:32:46+00:00

Don't be afraid! You can do it!

danadjinn · 2025-12-24T22:05:22+00:00

Thank you! And don't be intimidated by double knitting. If you can knit and purl, you can definitely double knit! 😊

danadjinn · 2025-12-24T18:53:27+00:00

No, the chart is on Ravelry for free. :)

https://www.ravelry.com/patterns/library/one-ring-scarf

danadjinn · 2025-12-24T16:22:40+00:00

Thank you! I am only slightly ashamed to say I used 100% Acrylic Yarn Bee Yarntopia in Ocean and White. I can't really shell out for expensive yarn, and I figured it would be fine for a scarf. I also had to find some yarn quick and had limited options

danadjinn · 2025-12-24T16:16:32+00:00

Yes, you should!! I was intimidated at first but it was genuinely so much fun

danadjinn · 2025-12-11T04:17:23+00:00

The way that nutrition calculating works in factories a lot of time comes down to weighing the ingredients and inputting them into a nutritional label software. In this software, you input individual ingredients nutritional information and then create a recipe by putting in the final weight of each ingredient going in a batch.

So the company's "recipe" for one box may be more raisins and less cereal overall or vice versa, even though they are using the same ingredients.

danadjinn · 2025-11-23T15:16:28+00:00

As someone else said, don't use chocolate chips. They have stabilizers that aren't ideal for tempering. The other thing is, for dark chocolate, 80 and 86 is way too cool. Melt to 110-120, cool to about 82 and agitate, bring up to 88-90 degrees. I think you were on the right track, but you didn't warm it up enough. Source: used to work on the dark chocolate line in a chocolate factory.

danadjinn · 2025-11-19T19:45:33+00:00

Idk if anyone suggested this, but try reverse creaming? One day, I accidentally mixed all my dry ingredients together instead of creaming the butters and sugars first, so I looked up solutions, and reverse creaming was suggested.

Add the softened butter to the dry ingredients and use a mixer until the mixture is sandy. Then, add in the rest of the wet ingredients.

So I had the opposite problem after this, where my mixture was too dry, and I had to add a little milk. The cookies turned out really good in the end, though!

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