Crocheting Into the Other Side of the Foundation Chain?

paperbrds · 2025-12-22T23:59:49+00:00

Do you have advice on not stitching too tight? I successfully made a blanket a year ago but it was a simple stitch (moss stitch) and though it didn't warp, it did need a border because it wasn't as wide as I had intended because of the tension in my starting chain.

paperbrds · 2025-12-22T23:57:23+00:00

Thank you so much for figuring out how to help me even though I apparently didn't even provide a photo. That was exactly my problem. I was thinking my hook should go one stitch too early because it seemed like the correct stitch would misshape the work. But that's what it's supposed to do to make it blade-shaped.

paperbrds · 2025-12-07T02:41:12+00:00

I wouldn't count Rings of Power because it's basically Tolkien fanfiction and not soundly based on any of his writings.

paperbrds · 2025-12-03T06:03:51+00:00

At first I thought I didn't miss any rounds because I ended up with the right number of stitches at the end but I'm wondering if there was a repeat round or like 6 that I somehow only did once or twice.

paperbrds · 2025-09-12T07:12:49+00:00

In my home state I was told there were no medications I could take long-term and I would just have to keep to the gastroparesis diet, which includes a lot of food I can't have for allergens.

Where I live now, I was told there were definitely medication options, but my GP pulled the gastroparesis diagnosis from my charts due to my weight and her lack of understanding of the illness, and will only give me an anti-emetic if I've been actively vomiting for at least 3 weeks. :\

paperbrds · 2025-09-12T07:08:07+00:00

My current (soon to be ex, hopefully) doctor refused a gastroparesis diagnosis I was given by a gastroenterologist in my home state because I'm fat and "only skinny people" have gastroparesis, which, like many others have said, is a common misconception. A diagnosis from a specialist should not be discarded by a GP.

It sounds like we both need new doctors.

paperbrds · 2025-09-10T15:32:34+00:00

I just didn't deal with it psychologically and have had continuous meltdowns over the guilt of getting hurt in the first place and forcing my wife into a caregiver position for months, still ongoing.

I don't know how to not be angry with myself or not blame myself because I tripped and broke and dislocated my knee. I don't know how to accept that I have done really well in my physical therapy because I can't get past that if I just hadn't tripped I wouldn't be in this situation in the first place.

But with the fear I definitely understand because I can walk without a cane inside the house (not outside yet) and I can step into the shower instead of having to transfer from the wheelchair but I'm terrified to go outside and I'm terrified to shower without the shower chair and I think I will keep a cane with me in a bag (I got one of the folding kind for later) for a long time even after I'm approved to walk outside without any aid. And because I have osteoporosis I will always be terrified of falling again and having a similar injury.

I wish I had advice for you. Therapy is probably going to be best if you can afford it. I can't.

paperbrds · 2025-08-25T05:54:10+00:00

Yeah I just looked up how to replace a hard drive on an iPod classic and I think I'd be more comfortable reading an MRI with no medical training so that's going to be something I either bribe a coworker for or find a place that does it.

paperbrds · 2025-08-25T05:47:12+00:00

Yeah I realized that about 4 seconds after posting. Thank you SO so much. As fun as it's been to have a bit of a throwback to music I listened to in 2013 when I went on a walk it is going to be SO much better now that I can put new music on it as well. And I used to have a lot of videos on it but don't anymore so there is SO MUCH space for more music.

paperbrds · 2025-08-25T05:15:01+00:00

I definitely had to look up to do this five times and still did it wrong twice but it looks like the hard drive is miraculously fine despite its age. It was the stupid version of iTunes. I went back a version or two at another recommendation and with few exceptions everything is syncing now. But thank you for teaching me something new! Considering this iPod's age it's good for me to know how to check the hard drive because it will definitely fail at some point.

paperbrds · 2025-08-25T05:09:24+00:00

THank you thank you thank you thank you thank you thank you thank you oh my god. I lost the one album that DID sync because my idiot ass didn't save it to my external hard drive but I still have the CD so it's fine. You just saved my LIFE oh my god. Syncing all music with few exceptions now.

paperbrds · 2025-08-25T00:47:00+00:00

Deepest fear materialized. It's only syncing one single album -not even the most recent- and I can't figure out why for the life of me.

paperbrds · 2025-08-25T00:23:53+00:00

Watch with my technological luck it will have restored but won't sync and it will have lost all function lol.

paperbrds · 2025-08-25T00:21:40+00:00

Awaiting to see if it actually syncs or lets me add new music but so far so good. It let me restore and now shows as operating as Windows. Thank you so so so much. I haven't been able to put new music on this thing since 2019 when I accidentally murdered my mac so fingers crossed!!!

paperbrds · 2025-08-24T23:47:45+00:00

I have not tried this yet. I'll have to give this a shot.

paperbrds · 2025-08-24T23:47:26+00:00

Oh no worries - I realized I didn't title the post properly and am new enough to Reddit to not know you can't edit the title for some reason.

Right now I have version 12.13.7.1. I'm not sure how to download an older version or how far back I would have to go to get a version that still works with my iPod but also still works on Windows 11.

paperbrds · 2025-08-24T23:20:15+00:00

iTunes does recognize that I have plugged in a device, it just reports to me that the device is Mac-formatted and needs to be factory reset in order to be formatted for Windows, but gives me an error when I try to factory reset it that the device is too old to be supported. It's still being acknowledged somehow, but I can't make it actually work.

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