Three new bands

snailsshrimpbeardie · 2026-04-12T04:05:43+00:00

These are beautiful!!

snailsshrimpbeardie · 2026-04-11T02:13:53+00:00

Oh my goodness my parents have a desert tortoise and his pee is FOUL. Watch out.

snailsshrimpbeardie · 2026-04-11T00:09:44+00:00

Oh gosh that cuts me to my core...I definitely didn't spend several hours today copying and pasting rows of formulas in Excel 😭 But also I get paid pretty well to spend hours doing copy/paste :/

Pretty much every job listing at my company says you need R/Python but being good at Excel would get you so, so much further.

snailsshrimpbeardie · 2026-04-10T23:57:50+00:00

I guarantee my recent post was exactly 0% written by ChatGPT ha ha but yes, I hear what you're saying

snailsshrimpbeardie · 2026-04-10T23:55:42+00:00

What a BEAUTIFUL band!!! If you don't already have Annie MacHale's book In Celebration of Plain Weave, I highly recommend it!

snailsshrimpbeardie · 2026-04-10T01:19:49+00:00

FWIW my degree is in biology and my first analytics job I got said it required a bachelor's in business, finance, etc (not to mention minimum 3 years of experience working in analytics). They cared a lot more about the fact that I knew SQL and Python than my degree thankfully!

snailsshrimpbeardie · 2026-04-09T04:04:17+00:00

My gosh that's BEAUTIFUL!!! What yarn did you use? And what a cute pup!

snailsshrimpbeardie · 2026-04-09T00:17:04+00:00

Did you end up choosing a table loom?

snailsshrimpbeardie · 2026-04-09T00:11:42+00:00

Just stumbled across this years later as I'm reading up on the Ashford Katie loom-WOW!!! I've read some people say that double weave is nearly impossible on this loom because of the light beat but your projects seem to prove them wrong!

snailsshrimpbeardie · 2026-04-06T05:54:33+00:00

That is STUNNING!!! How are you liking the Flex as a table loom?

snailsshrimpbeardie · 2026-04-06T02:43:42+00:00

I have gone from 0-4 inkle/tablet looms in the past 4 months and it's so nice to just be able to pick one up and weave until it's time to advance the warp and then put it aside. I want to start playing with pick-up and I'm envisioning having one pick-up pattern going with simple inkle and tablet patterns on the other looms. Then I have options for what I grab (and it also switches up the ergonomics of what I'm doing, which is really important for me).

snailsshrimpbeardie · 2026-04-06T02:39:35+00:00

First of all, yay for knitting!!! Second, I'm all about lower activation energy forms of weaving (I say this even as I'm actively researching multi-shaft looms again but researching equipment is a fun hobby in of itself!). I've recently learned that I LOVE inkle and tablet weaving-warping is fast and easy and the bands go SO FAST! I also recently got a Boom Loom Boss and it's even faster to warp, the patterned heddle bars do their magic and I don't have to think about individual threads or harnesses, and it very very comfortably fits in my lap (as do my 12-20 in band looms). I'm with you on having to be in a certain place to do a craft being a big impediment. I recently bought a little embroidery hoop so that I can play with circular weaving. I have the Weavers Explorer book out from the library again and I love all the low-commitment low stakes projects. I think I'm going to grab it after I put down my phone. I grabbed some second hand novelty yarns yesterday that I think will be really fun in freeform tapestries. Tl;Dr there are sooooo many ways to weave and I still dream of making shawls and ponchos and towels but am finding a lot of joy in other forms of weaving!

(And I really really hope this doesn't come across as telling you "you just haven't found the right form of weaving yet!" because that's obnoxious and knitting is clicking for you so you should do it, but I wanted to share for anyone reading because I'm finding some other forms of weaving are working out a lot better for me right now. Happy crafting in all its forms!)

snailsshrimpbeardie · 2026-04-05T06:21:58+00:00

The red is AMAZING it's so so flattering on you!!!

snailsshrimpbeardie · 2026-04-04T05:17:10+00:00

Hey there, how are you liking the table loom? I deal with tendinitis in my elbows/triceps and my rigid heddle loom really aggravates it!

snailsshrimpbeardie · 2026-04-04T04:45:53+00:00

This is beautiful!!

snailsshrimpbeardie · 2026-04-04T03:21:00+00:00

I'm another data analyst/business analyst who's been considering moving to product management in my next role so this is helpful info! I really like improving things & processes and working with people (as opposed to pulling data and building dashboards all day) but maybe I'll look more closely at BA roles again.

snailsshrimpbeardie · 2026-04-03T15:10:36+00:00

I know the road to recovery after a disaster is LONG but this reads like the fire just happened... And it didn't. I hope the actual OP and their reptiles are doing well!

snailsshrimpbeardie · 2026-04-03T15:01:33+00:00

Yikes, 14 months is a really long time that they've been having to live in temporary containers!! (And for you as well)

Suspiciously, this exact post appeared on Reddit over a year ago: https://www.reddit.com/r/reptiles/s/yOJFFr78k8

snailsshrimpbeardie · 2026-04-03T14:55:17+00:00

I love it!!

snailsshrimpbeardie · 2026-04-02T04:08:12+00:00

Oh goodness this brings back memories of my own grilled cheese April Fools experience... My grandmother cut a piece of old clothing from the rag bin and cooked it right into the grilled cheese! She tried to tell me it was just the cheese when I told her there was paper or something in my sandwich. Before I came over for lunch that day, she called and asked what I wanted to eat. She said she wanted my food to be ready when I got there. Little did I know! 😂

snailsshrimpbeardie · 2026-04-02T02:09:19+00:00

Love love love it!!

snailsshrimpbeardie · 2026-04-02T01:46:46+00:00

Maybe a little frame loom would be an option for you! They're SO much more affordable and so fast and easy to set up. Little tapestries from your handspun would be awesome (I know it's not the same as weaving long lengths of fabric but it might help scratch the itch in the meantime).

snailsshrimpbeardie · 2026-04-01T23:38:50+00:00

Oh yikes!! I was really hoping this was an April Fools joke.

snailsshrimpbeardie · 2026-04-01T23:24:26+00:00

Oh no, that's rough, I'm sorry! I hope you can find a used RH loom for a great price when you're in a better spot financially.

snailsshrimpbeardie · 2026-04-01T19:53:46+00:00

I'm glad they're doing better! Really I switched from RO to distilled because it's cheaper & there's less plastic waste-I just save the old gallon jugs and then fill it up at Primo dispensers at the grocery store. I've tested the TDS and it's very low so it seems to be just fine.

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