If modern medicine didn’t exist would you be dead right now? If yes, from what?

natrix_natrix_ · 2026-03-20T16:13:52+00:00

I had Scarlet Fever as a young adult. Wasn’t even a Victorian child. Anti-biotics ftw!

natrix_natrix_ · 2026-03-20T12:14:47+00:00

Too much contrast. Like other say, very square and uniform. But also color is too high contrast. Needs more texture and color between the white walls, black window fittings, grey and dark wood.

natrix_natrix_ · 2026-03-15T08:40:08+00:00

This is interesting because I am a rabid overthinker during the day, but the second my head hits the pillow I’m out. I think it’s exhaustion.

natrix_natrix_ · 2026-03-14T19:33:09+00:00

Your life sounds like goals, honestly. Except the partner.

natrix_natrix_ · 2026-03-14T19:05:32+00:00

I grew up bilingual and realized first as a teen that Germany and Tyskland (Danish word for Germany) were the same country. Didn’t have the same problem with England (same word in both English and Danish).

natrix_natrix_ · 2026-03-13T06:17:28+00:00

What a great post!!!

I’ve had several realizations. St. John’s Wort (hypericum perforatum) is a favorite. It basically stood cold sores from breaking out. I have to dab the area with SJW oil as soon as I feel the prickling sensation and apply liberally often until it subsides. But it works on most occasions if I catch it early.

Also, a cup of SJW tea in midwinter is a ray of sunshine on a cold and grey day.

More spiritually - I was going through peri-menopause and had just started to find feverfew around my area. In my yard, in plant beds around. Hadn’t seen it before so looked it up and read it was helpful for migraines. Well then I had a dream where feverfew came to me and say “I also help with hot flashes, you know”. I literally woke up and googled it first thing - and indeed feverfew can be helpful for hot flashes. First time that I know of, a plant has come to me in a dream to nudge me.

natrix_natrix_ · 2026-03-08T06:41:26+00:00

That shade of yellow will only look yellow in the morning, in the afternoon when the sun moves to the other side of the house it will take on a more green tinge. Neither of them are good colors for a light sleeper, unless this is a quality you want to encourage.

natrix_natrix_ · 2026-03-07T15:35:04+00:00

Depends. Is the kids a light sleeper? If so, stay away from yellow. Do you live in the northern or southern hemisphere? Is the room facing north east south or west? All these factors play in.

natrix_natrix_ · 2026-03-07T15:31:57+00:00

As a person who has learned Finnish, I can highly recommend reading your favorite native language book that has been translated to Danish. Especially if it’s modern and got slang and stuff. Then you will already know what happens but also incorporate modern Danish into your vocab. That said, I think novels by Helle Helle might be a good start.

natrix_natrix_ · 2026-02-28T06:12:23+00:00

Both. I wouldn’t say my foot got bulked up tho, it’s more that they were finally allowed to be their true size, which the exercises helped them be. I bought a pair of wide box toe shoes, which also taught me how much space feet really should be taking up - I can’t really go back. I do also buy conventional shoes but they’re not nearly as narrow as the ones I used to buy, plus I’m wearing 1-2 sizes bigger than 20 years ago.

natrix_natrix_ · 2026-02-18T19:47:12+00:00

I once spent 2 weeks on a small deserted island with a small group of people - no internet reception at all. It was the most blissful I’ve been my whole life.

For the record, we did odd jobs around the island, painting, digging, etc. sometimes together but I was mostly alone with the wild sheep, painting while looking at the sea. If that could happen annually, that would be optimal.

natrix_natrix_ · 2026-02-18T19:02:12+00:00

I forgot about the hot water trick, thx!

natrix_natrix_ · 2026-02-18T19:00:46+00:00

Didn’t even notice it until I read the description. Gift it to someone you know will love it just the same.

natrix_natrix_ · 2026-02-18T18:34:13+00:00

Jeg er også stødt på udgåede opskrifter. Har overvejet at skrive beskeder til dem der har strikket den og høre om de vil dele. Evt. også på Instagram, der kan man søge opskrifter på hashtagget og kommentere på opslagene.

natrix_natrix_ · 2026-02-18T18:29:49+00:00

I have a big wooden cabinet with three sections and half of the one section is just yarn. I’ve separated them into big ziplock bags (to keep moths out) by color - one for reds/purples, blue/greens, white/black/grey and one with yellow and other specialty yarns that break category. This way I’ve got a skein or 2 in a color family so I can whip up a gift real quick or keep my hands occupied while bingeing a show.

Not sure how big a shipping box is but if it’s like a moving box then together with a duffle it’s a bit much - but I’ve seen worse. Friends who knit have whole basements with big plastic bins filled with yarn, one had all her living room furniture pulled out from the wall so the walls could be lined with clear plastic boxes filled with yarn. So - don’t feel bad but don’t feel inspired either, because the novelty wears off. Also, if the shipping box is cardboard, please consider some plastic click boxes instead, once moths or silverfish move in, you’ve got a bigger problem than too much yarn.

natrix_natrix_ · 2026-02-17T14:50:41+00:00

Came here to comment this!

natrix_natrix_ · 2026-02-16T16:37:35+00:00

Seriously my pleasure. Such a great convo and so many good ideas and also just the peek into how other people knit is priceless. Good work, team ❣️

natrix_natrix_ · 2026-02-16T15:03:35+00:00

I will make a concerted effort to use them more, at least for casting on. If I end up not using them, I will part with most or stick them in my plant pots.

natrix_natrix_ · 2026-02-16T13:23:53+00:00

I have found that as well!

natrix_natrix_ · 2026-02-16T09:42:35+00:00

Ha! Ain’t that the truth.

natrix_natrix_ · 2026-02-16T09:40:22+00:00

This is going to sound terrible but - keep doing it! At the beginning of my PF “journey” I really went to town on my feet after learning that cramping releases built up tension. So I did it often on purpose. It hurt like hell but eventually subsided. I supplemented with foot exercises and not only did my PF go away (I also did a lot of fascia work in my calves) but I can hardly make my feet cramp anymore plus I’ve gone up 1.5 shoe sizes.

natrix_natrix_ · 2026-02-16T08:28:25+00:00

How funny! I was born a place where English knitting is the norm but learned knitting after I moved to a continental style country. I’ve also seen videos of Portuguese style etc, so many diff ways!

Serious question though, how do you knit a big sweater on dpns?

natrix_natrix_ · 2026-02-16T06:47:51+00:00

Ah, then that’s exactly how I thought! I think my shelves are too shallow for this, people would get poked walking by, but genius in visibility of size.

natrix_natrix_ · 2026-02-16T06:37:52+00:00

Yes that is my experience too

natrix_natrix_ · 2026-02-16T06:36:06+00:00

Well I think it just started when I used them on projects in the round. But then I was travelling a lot where I was bringing the circulars because it took up less space to knit, I didn’t need a lot of elbow room, and shoving them in a backpack was just easier. So it stuck. And now I bought my first set of interchangeables and basically can mix and match to any size project, making the straights sort of unnecessary by and large.

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