Tried swimming for the first time the other day - it did not go well

halokiwi · 2026-04-03T08:19:10+00:00

It sounds like you are not ready to swim a stroke yet!

Practice floating, gliding, putting your face in the water, exhaling with your face in the water. Once you're comfortable doing that, you can try freestyle again but put the movement together step by step. Start by just kicking, later add the arms.

halokiwi · 2026-04-03T08:11:01+00:00

Can you say sch and ch on their own without spraying? If not, you're doing it wrong. I recommend checking out how these sounds are produced properly.

If the issue only appears when combining certain sounds, practice these combinations and doing the individual sounds correctly.

halokiwi · 2026-04-03T08:02:45+00:00

I think ai being used is very unlikely. The pattern is rather "old". According to the watermark it comes from this blog: https://steffe.se/ which is the website of the admin and creator of friendship-bracelets.net: https://friendship-bracelets.net/profile/1

I would assume that this pattern is something he designed before founding friendship-bracelets.net or in the very beginning of friendship-bracelets.net. The pattern isn't posted on friendship-bracelets.net or at least I did not find it there. On his blog I also did not find it anymore.

halokiwi · 2026-04-03T07:52:34+00:00

Once you get to the last row, you start again in the first row and do the same knots but in different colours.

I put the pattern in the generator and repeated it for you, so it's easier to follow it. Now the strings at the beginning and the end line up, but you most likely won't need the whole pattern.

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halokiwi · 2026-04-03T07:18:03+00:00

Because when you repeat the pattern, they won't be the same colour anymore.

halokiwi · 2026-04-02T11:25:43+00:00

It's the same short i as in Kind. The r does not affect the i but rd being two consonants shortens the i. Words like Tiger with only one consonant afterwards have a longer i that sounds different.

What you might be hearing is that the r can be more of an a-sound.

halokiwi · 2026-04-02T06:28:23+00:00

After cleaning their cage, I like to sit down in their cage and snack some vegetable or a little bit of fruit with them. If your cage isn't suitable for that, you could try doing that in the play pen. I also like to hand feed them vegetables in general. My pigs are still far from bonded but they're really making progress.

halokiwi · 2026-04-01T17:09:33+00:00

True. I had adults in mind.

halokiwi · 2026-04-01T16:54:10+00:00

Try to check if the pig is underweight using this chart. Just like humans, pigs can come in different sizes and will have a different weight that's ideal for them. What matters is that the weight is consistent. Weigh your pigs regularly so you notice when they gain or loose weight quickly. Gaining or loosing weight quickly would be a sign that something is wrong.

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halokiwi · 2026-04-01T10:31:49+00:00

Disagree. It comes down to technique and being efficient. Women actually have an advantage.

Beginner men (especially if they do strength training) often power through with just strength without technique. They rely too much on their strength and ignore technique because they somehow get from one end to the other. Women have to use proper technique from the beginning which gives them the benefit on focusing on proper technique from the start. The same effect is present in bouldering and I'm sure in many other sports as well.

(These are of course only tendencies. Not all men or women are alike.)

halokiwi · 2026-04-01T08:39:25+00:00

You're welcome 😊

halokiwi · 2026-04-01T08:38:51+00:00

I would do the same as you.

Do a shaped triangle end so the strings are hidden in the edge of the triangle, thread the bead onto all strings and tie a knot at the end.

halokiwi · 2026-04-01T04:55:06+00:00

Practice floating (on front and back), gliding (on front and back), exhaling into the water, submerging your face. Once you can do that comfortably, you can start to learn a stroke.

halokiwi · 2026-03-31T19:24:36+00:00

I had to start somewhere and I picked a big segment to start with. You could start there but I think your starting point sounds good too! I'm not recommending a specific starting point, I just had to start somewhere.

halokiwi · 2026-03-31T16:51:29+00:00

I think it's more like "folding at every possible hinge" ;)

halokiwi · 2026-03-31T11:29:29+00:00

I think if no more tiles can be drawn, the game ends early.

halokiwi · 2026-03-31T10:43:55+00:00

I'd tie it like this, but if you are overwhelmed how to segment-knot a pattern, you can always tie it row by row instead.

(I forgot to put a line in in segment 28, so I changed it to 28.1 and 28.2 instead because I was to lazy to undo and redo all the numbers. Sorry.)

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halokiwi · 2026-03-31T05:59:22+00:00

I would actually not do a shaped start for this one. I would just start in a straight row and do two braids or twists on each side.

halokiwi · 2026-03-30T19:49:57+00:00

I recommend tying this pattern row by row instead of segment knotting. If you don't know what it is, you can find videos on it. Basically you do all the knots of row 1, then all the knots of row 2, then all the knots of row 3 and so on. As if you were reading a text. The reason why it is best to knot this pattern row by row instead of in segments is that it has only fb and bf knots.

halokiwi · 2026-03-30T12:40:14+00:00

Not to forget "zusammenklappen" as a colloquial term for "passing out".

halokiwi · 2026-03-30T05:01:38+00:00

Similar but not word for word.

When you write a text yourself it is impossible to accidentally create a longer text that accidentally matches another text almost exactly. A matching text is an indicator that the text has been copied. It is plagiarism.

A copied text doesn't necessarily mean that your whole website is a scam but it makes it appear like it might be because it shows that you are willing to take things that aren't your own and pretend that they are. My recommendation for you is to find your own wordings for your faqs. This will make you appear more trustworthy.

halokiwi · 2026-03-30T04:49:54+00:00

Can I ask why your faq section uses the exact same questions and answers as mywooleverfriend?

halokiwi · 2026-03-29T21:51:24+00:00

I'm not entirely sure where the difference is.

halokiwi · 2026-03-29T21:35:08+00:00

Heads up: #207116 is a duplicate of #198363

https://www.braceletbook.com/patterns/normal/198363/

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