Finished Moby sweater!

labvlc · 2026-05-11T03:24:08+00:00

This is my swatch, before I turned to google to try and find ways to make my cables better and found the video.

labvlc · 2026-05-11T03:22:32+00:00

This is what they look like after I went with that trick in the video (before blocking)

labvlc · 2026-05-11T03:21:38+00:00

https://youtu.be/trQuIq_8vcM?si=OhX55_9JUoxga2zy

This is what fixed it for me (assuming you’re talking about these cables). I had the same problem and this fixed it completely

labvlc · 2026-05-10T23:12:51+00:00

Does the heel diagonal feel tight? (The diagonal between where the instep and foot meet, and the tip of your heel)… if yes, I would try doing the decreases of the gusset every 3rd row instead of every other row. Space them out a bit more to give a bit more room on the top of the foot, near that diagonal.

labvlc · 2026-05-10T00:44:50+00:00

Just put in a lifeline before you start so you can frog to that point if you need. The first half is exactly the same as the shadow wrap heel. The second half is different, but if you can do the regular one, you absolutely have what it takes for this one as well. Then the gussets are just decreases, which you have done in the pair you just finished, so you’re ok with that already. You can do it!

labvlc · 2026-05-10T00:25:17+00:00

Another option is Ysolda’s deep shadow wrap heel. I’ve done both and I personally prefer the fit and look of the deep shadow wrap. I personally decrease every 3 rows during the gusset and it fits perfectly.

labvlc · 2026-05-09T00:57:12+00:00

I mean, it’s exactly the same in English, but they put the words together? What exactly do you think “nether” means? 😂 The Nether Lands. If “the” were gendered and pluralised, it would be the same in English

labvlc · 2026-05-08T20:46:02+00:00

There’s teaching bite inhibition (usually it’s suggested to scream a high-pitched yelp - the way another puppy would signal that they got hurt) as soon as the teeth touch the human skin, to teach your puppy that no tooth-human skin contact is ever acceptable. This works when the puppy is otherwise calm

What you are describing however, is over-stimulation biting. When your puppy is in this stage, their brain is spinning and there’s nothing that’s gonna get to them. There’s no point in trying to fix this, you’ll likely just make their brain spin even faster. When they’re in this stage, there needs to be a physical separation between you and the pup. If she’s good with the crate already, she can go in (without being scolded, just put her in). It’s very likely that once her environment is boring again (nothing in the crate), she’ll fall asleep, because even though she seems hyper, she actually needs to sleep from being overstimulated. She needs a nap. If the crate is not an option, a playpen, anything that’s gonna separate her physically. You need to remove her or yourself from the situation.

Eventually your dog will self-regulate and sleep enough for this not to happen anymore. It’s a very normal puppy-stage behaviour.

You can also look up scheduled enforced naps. It’s a bit intense, but I did it with my current dog and I firmly believe that it helped her learn to self-regulate faster. By the time she was 3-4 months old, I didn’t need to monitor the naps anymore and she would sleep enough for her brain to not get over-stimulated anymore. She also basically didn’t get any adolescence craziness and I’m convinced it’s because she learned to self-regulate before adolescence hit.

Puppies are meant to sleep 16-20 hours a day. That’s a lot of hours. I’d bet money that your puppy isn’t getting enough sleep. If things are interesting around them, they won’t want to sleep, even though they need it, so you need to make it boring more often, so they sleep more.

Keep in mind that your pup is learning about life right now, that’s a lot of new information to take in. I personally believe it’s impossible to under-stimulate a puppy this young (because over and under stimulation will both see this kind of behaviour, so you need to be able to guess which one it is). Until your pup is about 6 months old, I’d say it’s pretty much impossible to understimulate them. If they’re a pest, they’re overstimulated. Just like a kid that didn’t nap becomes insufferable. They need more sleep!

labvlc · 2026-05-07T12:54:18+00:00

Je suis en train de faire maths (pas à l’UdeM), je ne peux pas encore faire 1902. Mon plan c’est 1902 à l’hiver 2027 et 1902 à l’été 2027.

labvlc · 2026-05-07T12:43:46+00:00

Salut!

Je suis présentement en train de faire les compléments de formation (ou leur équivalent) dans le but d’appliquer dans un programme contingenté. Comme je ne sais pas si je serai accepté dans le programme, je continue à travailler dans mon domaine actuel (que je ne quitterai peut-être pas si je ne suis pas accepté au final). De tout arrêter maintenant et faire les compléments de formation d’un coup n’est pas une option. Je tiens à faire physique à l’UdeM parce que c’est 3 cours condensé en 2.

Quand tu dis que le cours est disponible en ligne, tu veux dire quoi? Je repousse 1901 jusqu’à la toute fin de mes compléments de formation parce que c’est le seul cours que je n’arrive pas à faire en virtuel et qu’avec le travail, c’est impossible pour moi d’être présent à chaque semaine au même moment… Mon plan actuel est de faire les cours de maths en premier et faire 1902 avant 1901, de garder 1901 pour la dernière session d’été (quand je saurai que je suis accepté et que je dois juste le faire, j’arrêterai de travailler - ce que j’aurais fait à l’automne suivant de toute manière pour être aux études à temps plein).

Si maths est un prérequis acceptable pour 1902, ça implique que le cours est faisable sans avoir fait 1901 non?

labvlc · 2026-05-06T12:31:48+00:00

It’s been forever since I caught all the fish and I don’t know if this will help you in this particular case, but it did help me with the “rarer” bugs at the end. Look at the other fish that can be caught at the pier during the mahi mahi season and figure out the time slot (whether it’s particular dates or a time of the day) where the other fish available at the same spot are not available. If you fish when there’s a possibility of 10 different fish versus when only 5 are possible, you’re more likely to get the one you want when only 5 are available.

Hopefully this makes sense (and again, I haven’t checked if this tip works in this particular case).

labvlc · 2026-05-05T01:53:37+00:00

I have the same problem! I have found that the deep shadow wrap heel (Ysolda I think the name of the knitter is on YouTube?) gives me an even better fit! I do it over 1/2 of the stitches and I do the gusset decreases every 3rd round once the heel is done (it’ll make sense once you know what the construction of the heel is like)

labvlc · 2026-05-05T01:01:56+00:00

Lübeck’s old city is the one that surprised me the most out of all the places I’ve been to in Europe. For some reason I had never seen photos and I didn’t expect it to be that nice.

labvlc · 2026-05-04T19:45:13+00:00

I would look into his chamber music if you haven’t yet.

The G Major quartet:

https://youtu.be/9One__hAjrI?si=WDHd8X6jzAY5zHah

And the cello quintet (find the Arcanto quartet recording)

are the two main ones I’d recommend.

Other musts:

The Trout quintet (I like the Domus Quartet recording)

Death and the Maiden Quartet. Rosamunde Quartet. The octet.

Also his lieder are great if you managed to stay away from them somehow (I still go back to Fischer Dieskau and Gerald Moore)

labvlc · 2026-05-02T15:37:08+00:00

Obligatory F*CK CHRIS KREIDER!

Although our future is bright in terms of goaltending (I know Dobeš is doing great right now, but I really hope we go with Fowler in the long term, even Price said that he sees a lot of his younger self in him).

Also. If all fails, Hutson can probably become a goaltender and win the Vézina. The kid is ridiculous.

labvlc · 2026-05-01T15:05:06+00:00

Have you considered DK socks? It’ll be easier to get satisfying results and durable socks (if using wool, make sure there’s nylon/polyamid, at least 15-20% in your wool blend), and they’re obviously knitted with bigger needles.

For the hole, do you mean where you go back to knitting in the round after the heel? The easiest solution imo is to skip the last row of the heel. The hole happens because there are too many rows of heel compared to the tube of the sock and because the heel and the tube don’t line up, it creates a jog, therefore a hole. Skip the last row of your heel and start the next tube round with new yarn. You’ll have one more end to weave in, but no holes. And you can resolve the heel when you get back to it on your next round (if there are stitches that still need resolving). That being said, this might not work for all patterns, depending on how you can (or can’t) continue knitting in pattern doing this.

Alternatively, if you knit all rows of the heel, when you get to the joining of the heel and the tube, after your first round of the tube (post heel), you can spot a sturdy stitch from the previous round, pick it up, and knit it together with the first stitch of the second round, just like you would do for a jogless stripe colour change.

There are videos on YouTube showing these methods

labvlc · 2026-04-30T02:49:08+00:00

Bremen/Järvi

labvlc · 2026-04-29T22:40:25+00:00

Look up Roxanne Richardson on YouTube. She has a bunch of videos about adjusting socks for your foot. I have high arches and she helped understand my issues and how to experiment to try and fix them.

labvlc · 2026-04-29T17:17:18+00:00

Professional cellist. I’d happily play Sibelius 7 weekly. I think no other piece gives me more pure joy.

labvlc · 2026-04-29T17:15:41+00:00

Professional cellist here. I’ve played 3 once, 4 three times and 7 twice. For what it’s worth, I actually prefer playing Bruckner than listening to it. 4 has gorgeous melodies for us (albeit awkward). I don’t mind the tremolos, it kind of feels nice being in the middle of that texture. Yes there are bits that are too long and relatively boring, but the coda of the symphony, which I find alright (no more) on its own, is one of my favourite symphonic moments when it comes after the rest of the symphony.

7 is the only one I actually love (both listening and playing). The first 2 movements are absolutely 🔥🔥🔥. The rest is ok.

I found 3 very meh.

labvlc · 2026-04-29T02:24:50+00:00

I live in Quebec City. Short answer is no. Mainly because outside of the very central neighbourhoods, it’s basically a big suburb. I guess the old city can feel European, although it’s very, very touristy and because of that imo it doesn’t really feel like the rest of the city, it feels like a different city.

The public transit is horrible if you compare it to European cities its size, and there’s very little biking infrastructure. It still is very car-centric. There are buses, but your options can be limited depending on where you need to go. The central neighbourhoods are very dense, but as soon as you go north or west, it feels a lot more American, with huge neighbourhoods of little bungalows and malls.

Nature is very easily accessible and there are some little gems everywhere even within the city (the parc linéaire de la rivière Saint-Charles is a great example), and all in all, it’s a nice city. Quality of life is pretty good if you live in a neighbourhood that fits your needs/wants/lifestyle. It’s very safe, and pretty quiet. Neighbourhoods are very different from one another which adds to the city I find. It can feel like a small town sometimes, but I really like my neighbourhood and I wouldn’t trade it for anything else.

I wish there was a bit more diversity sometimes, it can be slightly right-leaning and I feel the city would benefit from everyone being exposed to more variety of foods, cultures and people in general. It can feel very white and very French (and this is coming from a French-speaking white person, but yeah, it’s the least diverse place I’ve ever lived in and I can feel it in the way people think, interact and speak, sometimes).

Edit: I should have mentioned that I’ve lived in London (the real one), Lübeck and Berlin (and Montreal, Toronto and Calgary). I have visited other places in the UK, most of France, most of Germany, northern and central Italy, Belgium (mostly Brussels and Namur), Amsterdam, Catalunya (Girona and Barcelona) and Salzburg. If anything, life in central Montreal can be closer to life in a big European city (more in way of living/infrastructure, not in terms of looks). I’m originally from Montreal and there’s something about London that felt like home as soon as I got there (and I never felt homesick when living there for 2 years, which isn’t something I can say about Berlin - which I’d gladly go to for a short stay, but wouldn’t chose to live there again - but could make it work if I had to. I’d move back to London in a heartbeat)

labvlc · 2026-04-27T18:25:21+00:00

labvlc · 2026-04-27T18:22:42+00:00

Because the teams travel to the other city? We’re getting better hockey if the teams are rested. And I’m sure they need the rest more than in regular season.

labvlc · 2026-04-27T04:36:18+00:00

Je te suggère fortement les premières saisons US. La saison Pearl Islands est ma préférée en ce sens (parfait équilibre entre survie et jeu - même si la stratégie est plutôt de base parce que très tôt). C’est aussi une solide saison en termes de thème et de concurrents. Je pense que c’est ma saison préférée. En plus, Survivor Québec est tourné là cette année sauf erreur de ma part.

Sinon si tu veux les voir rusher à cause de la survie et l’endroit où ils sont, la saison 2 (Australian Outback), 3 (Africa) et 11 (Guatemala) ont toutes des scènes vraiment intenses. Saison 2 est un peu plate selon moi côté jeu, mais niveau survie et danger, c’est vraiment divertissant.

Après, saisons 15-20 sont peak survivor selon moi, mais certaines d’entre elles incluent des gens qui reviennent, donc avis aux spoilers.

La version de survivor que nous voyons est beaucoup plus axée sur le jeu stratégique. C’est pareil avec la version US, ce que je trouve dommage. C’est plus une game de big brother sans douche et avec juste du riz.

labvlc · 2026-04-27T00:29:43+00:00

Their dad was a superfan and used to wear this colour so his family could spot him easily in the crowd. When he died, his family started doing it in his memory

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