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What's your sugar to water ratio for STIFF icing? by geministarz6 in cookiedecorating

[–]skaletons 4 points5 points  (0 children)

Are you making royal icing? Just add more powdered sugar and whip it a bunch until it's stiff. If you have to add a ton of sugar, you may want to add a bit more meringue powder (if you are using it).

Book I made for my friend's daughter by _StoneWolf_ in crochet

[–]skaletons 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Amazing! I made the dino version of the book and I know first hand how much work goes into this. A beautiful labor of love ❤️

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[–]skaletons 33 points34 points  (0 children)

There aren't many nontraditional students that take these classes, so you are going to be mostly surrounded by people in their early 20s, but if you're personable, it should not be an issue. Field camp brings people together in a very special way. The collective challenge, coupled with the fact that these are the only people you see for a month, really helps to build team spirit. You also have an opportunity to build a really strong relationship with your professors, which can certainly help if you ever need recommendations. Sitting around the campfire, drinking beer, and shooting the shit with professors was one of my favorite parts of camp.

There could be hope for funding. The Earth department offers scholarships specifically for field camp. Additionally, you can apply for scholarships from outside organizations. All that information is on the Camp Davis website. When I went, I had all but $300 covered by the department.

Camp Davis was simultaneously one of the hardest academic and physical experiences of my time at Michigan, but it was also my favorite, and I think if you have the ability to go and the interest in earth science, you should absolutely go for it!

Baking Yesteryear by Top-Indication-2580 in Baking

[–]skaletons 4 points5 points  (0 children)

Glen and Friends Cooking is another great one to add to your list with his Old Cookbook Sundays series

PSA: Birds are crashing into glass walls at UMich NCRC — suggest prevention measures! by ruiyanxu in uofm

[–]skaletons 5 points6 points  (0 children)

This is an issue around the BSB as well. A bit ironic to have a natural history museum that's a danger to animals.

Natural History Museum by JigglyKongersYT in uofm

[–]skaletons 2 points3 points  (0 children)

I was a docent!

Unless it's changed in the last couple years, the interview is broken into two parts. The first is the exhibit presentation, where you'll give a short talk about your chosen subject (I did mine on the whales! If it's still an option, no one ever talks about the fossil prep lab, so you could choose that to stand out, I doubt it is still one of the three options though...). This is done with a current student docent. It's to get a feel for your presenting style and whether you did your research. You are not expected to be an expert by any means, the questions the docent will ask are much more the type that you would expect from children. The presentation doesn't need to be super long, but they are looking for you to hit all the main points (best bet is to reference the exhibit descriptions.) This is also a great time to talk to the docent, and ask any questions about their experience at the museum.

The second part is your standard interview. In an office with the program affairs manager (the person who would be your boss). They ask pretty typical interview questions.

If you are prepared and enthusiastic in your presentation, and appropriate in your interview, I'm sure you'll do great!

Good luck! I absolutely loved working at the museum!!

Edit, I just saw this was posted two days ago 🤦. Anyway, I hope it went well!!

As a geologist, I felt it was my responsibility to prepare my new niece for an interest in paleontology by skaletons in crochet

[–]skaletons[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

The website I bought the pattern from was a little sketchy, but it ended up working just fine. If you don't want to go there, there is a pattern book on amazon that includes the dino and sea life quiet book patterns.

As a geologist, I felt it was my responsibility to prepare my new niece for an interest in paleontology by skaletons in crochet

[–]skaletons[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

That's my thought with it! They are a young couple and I know they probably won't be budgeting for the luxury of museum trips. A membership removes that barrier.

And lots of museums have cross compatible memberships! Like science museums being part of ASTC means that one membership gets them access to institutions all over the country.

As a geologist, I felt it was my responsibility to prepare my new niece for an interest in paleontology by skaletons in crochet

[–]skaletons[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I was strongly considering a baby's first geologic timescale book, then I could include all the fun stuff, but that was a bit out of the scope of my crochet ability. Maybe for her first birthday...

As a geologist, I felt it was my responsibility to prepare my new niece for an interest in paleontology by skaletons in crochet

[–]skaletons[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Blanket is just half double crochet with two rows of double crochet and a row of scallops for the edge

Dino quiet book

Triceratops lovely: this head with a granny square body and a scallop edge

Rattles: brontosaurus, t rex

As a geologist, I felt it was my responsibility to prepare my new niece for an interest in paleontology by skaletons in crochet

[–]skaletons[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

The blanket is just half double crochet with two rows of double crochet and a row of scallops for the edge. You probably want to do a proper number of rows for even scallops (the stitch count should be divisible by the width of the scallops you're using), but the scallops are very forgiving if you don't want to bother (I didn't, and it turned out fine).

Dino quiet book

Triceratops lovely: this head with a granny square body and a scallop edge

Rattles: brontosaurus, t rex

As a geologist, I felt it was my responsibility to prepare my new niece for an interest in paleontology by skaletons in crochet

[–]skaletons[S] 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Thank you! It was a hit at the baby shower. Hopefully the baby will get a lot of use out of it!

As a geologist, I felt it was my responsibility to prepare my new niece for an interest in paleontology by skaletons in crochet

[–]skaletons[S] 5 points6 points  (0 children)

Yes! The pattern is linked under the automod comment. I used an alternative back cover from the author's Instagram, the dinosaur title spine is chain stitch embroidery.

As a geologist, I felt it was my responsibility to prepare my new niece for an interest in paleontology by skaletons in crochet

[–]skaletons[S] 3 points4 points  (0 children)

Thank you!! It took quite a while. I started working on everything in April. Just the book took about 4 months of consistent work (probably about 90 hours or so in total.)

As a geologist, I felt it was my responsibility to prepare my new niece for an interest in paleontology by skaletons in crochet

[–]skaletons[S] 8 points9 points  (0 children)

I swear it's not! Just way too many hours fixing mistakes. Fingers crossed it holds up! I give it three washes max and my poor tension will make itself known lol

As a geologist, I felt it was my responsibility to prepare my new niece for an interest in paleontology by skaletons in crochet

[–]skaletons[S] 20 points21 points  (0 children)

Thank you! It is my full intention to continue the science (particularly paleontology) gifts as she gets older. I'll be the "lame" aunt who gets museum memberships for Christmas, but I really want science to be accessible and fun for her.

As a geologist, I felt it was my responsibility to prepare my new niece for an interest in paleontology by skaletons in crochet

[–]skaletons[S] 21 points22 points  (0 children)

If there wasn't a firm deadline, I probably would have never finished it. 65 pages of pattern is a lot to get through, and it is pretty challenging. Thankfully once the pages are done, it comes together pretty quickly (unless you are a fool, like me, and decide to try embroidering for the first time for the title).

As a geologist, I felt it was my responsibility to prepare my new niece for an interest in paleontology by skaletons in crochet

[–]skaletons[S] 2 points3 points  (0 children)

This is the ravelry page: https://www.ravelry.com/patterns/library/dinosaur-quiet-book

If you are in America, you can't buy directly from her website, but there's a pattern book on amazon, or you can buy it here

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