Jeans (and jeans-like trousers) with buttons are so much more stylish than ones with zippers, right?
Yes I do hate sewing zippers, why do you ask? :D
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@zephyr on garments and other complex objects I find them difficult to do right and precisely. sewing them by hand helps with the precision, but sewing through the zipper tape is often hard.
Buttons and buttonholes, OTOH, are just a bit tedious.
Also, adding a zipper in the nice way usually means that it's embedded in the garment in a way that requires unmaking a significant amount of it when (not if) the zipper breaks, while buttons tend to either last more, or be easier to fix.
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That makes a lot of sense. I recently replaced the zipper on a bag that was holding makeup. It was hard to get it neat, but it still went ok.
I've been trying different approaches with hand knitted pouches too. Still figuring out how much I feel like adding linings.
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now wearing: one pair of WET wool slippers and a pair of hiking sandals to protect the slippers from the floor
Sto indossando un paio di pantofole di lana BAGNATE e un paio di sandali da trekking per proteggere le pantofole dal pavimento
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@Siem :brynn_ghost_asexual: felted slippers: they have been in the washing machine, and I was keeping them on the feet to block them to shape.
I've decided that they need a bit more felting however, so I'll have to do this again the next time I wash a load of the right colour, next week, and then I'll take pictures of the finished thing :)
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Ma adesso che il governo si è impegnato a difenderci dagli extracomunitari, faranno qualcosa anche per difenderci da quelli che ci impestano sulle nostre strade? Tipo, non so, far pagare le multe arretrate, che se andassimo noi a fare certe cose a casa loro, non ce la farebbero passare liscia così!
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o magari addirittura anche qualcosa contro gente del genere:
varesenews.it/2022/10/sperona-…
(aprite il link con js bloccato, spesso è pieno di pubblicità molesta)
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Epperò l'universo non collabora.
io: “dai, cerco a caso un libro nel mio inventario che non è collegato a openlibrary (e quindi probabilmente manca), così aggiungo un libro in italiano e aiuto un po' Lore”
RNG: pesca un fumetto / graphic novel in inglese, e per di più è il quarto volume, e su OL ci ne sono solo i primi due.
ma vista la rilevanza col fediverso, ecco, non potevo esimermi:
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btw, if somebody has the other editions of the #pepperAndCarrot books, they are still missing on #OpenLibrary and they need somebody to add them :)
openlibrary.org/authors/OL1052…
(also, improvements to those entries are welcome)
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@R esatto!
(aiutata dal fatto che non avevano l'unica cosa su cui mi ero data il permesso di cedere alla tentazione, però, devo confessare :D )
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@Bevilacqua Gustavino @Yaku 🐗 @Rapita dagli alieni
è un po' che non faccio qualche bel viaggio sul mercedes¹
¹ minivan a 9 posti dell'autonoleggio :D
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E comunque quelli di Legami sono dei cani, per avere i loro prodotti devi vendere un rene. @rapitadaglialieni
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@Yaku 🐗 @Rapita dagli alieni prima o poi...
dici per averli da rivendere? simpatici :( (not surprised)
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I've just received a delivery of clay tablets, right?
Ho appena ricevuto una consegna di tavolette di argilla, giusto?
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New project! (well, I had already drafted the pattern and cut the fabric a few weeks ago, actually).
I've started #sewing a pair of jeans-like trousers for my SO, in a mystery fabric that is probably¹ made of a cotton warp and wool weft (or vice versa? but that doesn't sound right) I had bought in 2018 because the description on the website sounded wrong (it was, in a good way) and it was cheap.
Pattern and instructions will be published.
And I've already sewed the pockets wrong. It can be fixed, but they won't be perfect.
(as if anybody other than me will care about the seam at the bottom of a pocket :D )
¹ tested with bleach and flame.
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Nuovo progetto! (ok, in realtà avevo già disegnato il cartamodello e tagliato la stoffa qualche settimana fa).
Ho iniziato a #cucire un paio di pseudojeans per il mio compagno, in una stoffa misteriosa probabilmente composta da ordito di cotone e trama di lana¹ (o viceversa, ma non avrebbe molto senso) che avevo comprato alla cieca nel 2018 perché la descrizione sembrava sbagliata (lo era, nel bene) e costava poco.
Pubblicherò cartamodello e istruzioni, prima o poi.
E ho già sbagliato a cucire le tasche. Rimediabile, ma non saranno perfette.
(come se importasse a qualcun'altro come è fatta la cucitura sul fondo di una tasca).
¹ secondo quanto suggeriscono i test con candeggina e fiamma.
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lana, cotone, ed elastane. ovviamente c'è dell'elastane.
(mentre cucivo stamattina ho tirato un filo che si stava sfilacciando, e notato il sottile filamento elastico al suo interno).
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Cotton, wool and elastane. Of course there must be some elastane.
(while #sewing this morning I pulled a bit of fraying thread and noticed the elastic bit in its middle)
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I'm trying to make myself a pair of #knit and #felted slippers, designing my own pattern.
I've just frogged all of the work done today. except for the bit that had already been frogged and remade earlier in the evening.
Luckily I didn't spend *a lot of time* on it today, but still :(
At least, I'm working with 6mm tree trunks rather than my usual 2-3 mm needles :D
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The 1880s sports jacket is done!
Well, almost.
I still have to add half of the hooks and bars, and I don't have enough (nor I could go to buy them today), so the front closure is a bit strained; I have ideas on how to fix it, and on how to do it better the next time.
Also the pockets still need a bit of reinforcement embroidery on the upper corners.
Also, I need to finish writing instructions and publish them.
However, the pockets are big enough to fit a postcard, which is quite fitting for #WorldPostcardDay :D and with some effort (not pictured) even a small watercolour pad / book to be able to do the victorian lady thing and take paintings while resting at the destination of the hike (yeah, right. as if I was able to draw, and I didn't just take pictures and trace those back home instead :D )
The towel and other necessary things go in the big pocket of the skirt, of course :D
And it needs a bit of washing and pressing after being manipulated for weeks, but the fit is better than it looks in these pictures, and I'm especially happy with the fit of the sleeve, which hugs the arm in just the right rest position, while also allowing a lot of movement.
@sewing group @FreeSoftWear group #sewing #historicalClothing #costuming
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I was supposed to finish sewing my jacket.
I may have been craft-sniped by this instead.
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The self-induced problem with trying to post in both English and Italian is: do I think in English and then translate to Italian? vice versa? or write more or less the same thing, but thinking it natively in the language I'm writing, which will result in subtle differences in the text?
Il problema autoindotto nel cercare di postare sia in inglese che italiano è: pensare in inglese e traduco in italiano? viceversa? o scrivere più o meno la stessa cosa, ma pensandola nativamente nella lingua in cui sto scrivendo, col risultato di avere sottili differenze nel testo?
that is me, when they dub something where I speak both languages. My brain goes "but they didn't say that!"
It doesn't bother me, if the author writes it differently in two different languages. That's creative choices.
But you cannot. Absolutely not. Do it to someone elses text, imo.
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Today experiment
Pseudo-CSS to SVG "compiler"
Because perhaps it's easier to write than xml...
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and I'm at that stage of a #sewing project where I have to open the tool box :D
(this time it's pliers, to straighten some metal eyes into metal bars, for a hook and bars front closure)
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and btw, I'm absolutely not attaching hooks and eyes to procrastinate setting in the sleeves, why do you ask?
(yes, I'm procrastinating setting in the sleeves)
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“Fratelli d’Italia non ha vinto grazie al voto degli anziani”
uooops (siamo ancora più fregati?)
one #sewing project added to the pile of “WANT THEM”.
current project is still work in progress and not finished.
must. sew.
I wonder how it must feel, having reached your culture's equivalent of paradise and having reached immortality after death, with your name being remembered almost 4 millennia after your time.
And it's all because people are making memes about the (lack of) quality of your copper :D
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Ok, ormai i giornali li abbiamo letti, sappiamo cos'è successo.
Adesso potremmo mettere un cv itpol sui messaggi che ne parlano, che di sicuro qualcuno qui oggi ha bisogno di farsi una giornata a distrarsi coi gattini, non peggiorare la gastrite senza poterci fare niente.
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ho detto di aver letto i giornali, non di aver fatto colazione o peggio essermi svegliata :D
e comunque appena si forma il governo la u e la w verranno vietate, la v è sufficiente per tutte e tre, no?
(quando si dice lapsus freudiano)
@Fabio grazie
inquietanti, ma apprezzo lo spirito :D
(cioé, inquietante pensare che sarebbero da mangiare)
(disse quella che ha sempre decapitato con un colpo netto i conigli di cioccolato per non farli soffrire)
During the weekend I ordered some fabric to make myself a bathrobe.
This morning I washed my old one and found this:
and of course I want to try to draft an unusual pattern for it, so absolutely no pressure on making it quickly and right at the first try, right? :D
Have they sent it yet? and yet? and yet?
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Nel weekend ho ordinato della stoffa per farmi un accappatoio nuovo.
Stamattina ho lavato quello vecchio, ed è successo questo
e ovviamente voglio disegnarmelo in un pattern strano, quindi nessuna pressione per farlo veloce e giusto al primo colpo, giusto?
e l'hanno spedita? eh? eh? e adesso?
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@CICCILLO e poteva aspettare ancora un mesetto, però, dai :D
(immagino che sfregarlo sul corpo per asciugarsi un giorno sì e uno anche per anni non aiuti a conservare intatta la stoffa, ecco :D )
Dear @BRT@evillogistics.com,
it's nice of you telling me that today you're going to deliver a package for me so that I know I need to be there to receive it. But maybe not with an SMS at 3:44 in the night?
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Cara @BRT@evillogistics.com,
è carino da parte tua avvisarmi che oggi mi consegnerai un pacchetto, così so di dover esserci per riceverlo. Ma magari non con un SMS alle 3:44 di notte?
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I'm currently making a (cotton-)linen jacket.
Last weekend it was too hot to wear it. This week the temperature forecast for the evening is around 12-13°C.
I've decided to finish all sewing allowances by herrinboning it down to the lining by hand. there are 7 seams in the body + 2 on the shoulders, two seams on each sleeve, and then the hems, fronts, neckline, etc.
Will I be able to wear it before the temperatures are too low for linen?
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Mi sto facendo una giacca di (misto) lino.
Lo scorso weekend faceva troppo caldo per metterla. Questa settimana le previsioni danno 12-13°C alla sera.
Ho deciso di finire tutti i margini di cucitura cucendoli a punto mosca alla fodera, a mano. Ci sono 7 cuciture nel corpo + 2 sulle spalle, due per ciascuna manica, e poi orli, davanti, collo, ecc.
Ce la farò ad indossarla prima che le temperature siano troppo basse per il lino?
@Burnout che parlava di sabato sera mi ha fatto venire in mente che una volta al mese io partecipo a Hack and Craft, una videochiamata in cui si crafta e si chiacchera di argomenti vari; ho visto cucire, lavorare ai ferri, filare, disegnare, programmare, ecc.
Ci sarebbe qui sul fediverso qualcuno interessato a fare la stessa cosa, ma in italiano? ovviamente in un giorno compatibile per chi voglia partecipare anche all'originale.
#cucito #maglia #uncinetto #vitaSociale #FSVOVitaSociale :D
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Per chi non sarà impegnato con le festività, io domani sera (10 dicembre) ci sarò dalle 20:30 per la chiaccherata mentre si crafta su meet.gl-como.it/craftaggio
Se non succedono cose strane, io sarò impegnata col progetto camicia rossa :)
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Si sta avvicinando il secondo sabato di gennaio, e quindi...
appuntamento sabato 14, dalle 20:30, all'indirizzo meet.gl-como.it/craftaggio per chiaccherare mentre si crea :)
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e a breve saremo su meet.gl-como.it/craftaggio
soprattutto se vado a prendere forbici e ditale dal tavolo della sala dove stavo mettendo le marche su stoffa, in modo da potermi mettere a cucire le mie Augusta Stays :)
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@Alemonac @Daniele Tricoli @Carboanion @Viviana B.:peacelink:
aaaaand, febbraio, sabato 11, ore 20:30, meet.gl-como.it/craftaggio , per far lavoretti in compagnia
e lo so, avevo detto che avrei fatto un group.pe, ma ho cercato di fare un gruppo su friendica che forse funziona ancora meglio, e ancora non son riuscita a farlo (uoooops)
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grazie per farti onere della gestione! Me l'ero segnato sul calendario però purtroppo per via di un imprevisto non riesco a liberarmi prima delle 21:30. Spero siate ancora nel meet per quell'orario, in ogni caso mi collegherò.
@Alemonac @Viviana B.:peacelink: @Carboanion @Daniele Tricoli
indovinate chi ancora non ha fatto il gruppo su friendica? se ce la faccio provvedo oggi pomeriggio, ma intanto ricordo che oggi è sabato 11 marzo e ci troviamo dalle 20:30 su meet.gl-como.it/craftaggio per far lavoretti in compagnia!
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@Alemonac @Viviana B.:peacelink: @Carboanion @Daniele Tricoli
e se tutto va bene, ho creato @craftaggio che funziona come gruppo ricondividendo tutto ciò che riceve, e i prossimi annunci delle serate arriveranno da lì anziché su questo thread :)
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I almost forgot!
Happy St. Hildegard day to all conlangers and adjacent nerds!
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1,600-year-old writing set found in Istanbul
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on a scale of 1 to CUUUUUTE i'd say at least a 11 :D
(i need a replica of this. :D )
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woooo! the first postcard I've sent to an address from osmcards.org/ has arrived!
(it's like postcrossing, for openstreetmap users)
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@Troppacaffeina postcrossing è un sito dove si può caricare un indirizzo dove si riceve posta cartacea, schisciando un bottone sul sito si riceve l'indirizzo di un utente a caso a cui spedire una cartolina e quando questa arriva (e viene registrata come arrivata dal destinatario) il proprio indirizzo viene messo nel pool tra cui pescare, e prima o poi si riceve una cartolina da un altro utente a caso.
osmcards è la stessa cosa, ma per chi ha un account su openstreetmap (e per ora c'è pochissima gente, credo che non sia stato pubblicizzato molto), e in più permette anche di ottenere indirizzi non a caso, se l'utente destinatario l'ha permesso.
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periodic reminder that dignified and civilized men don't wear trousers.
Those barbarians who live in huts in the forests of the north wear trousers. Real men wear tunics and a long, bleached and perfectly draped toga.
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“Math is not my favorite thing, but it does underlie my favorite results. For, you see, math is the language of the universe. Math answers the question of why some notes harmonize and others don't, why some shapes please and others don't, why some buildings stand for centuries and others fall down after a decade. Math is behind ferns and shells and great works of architecture having the same proportions. Mathematical failures are why ugly things are ugly, bridges fail, and quilts are crooked.”
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A couple of years ago I bought a small square + protractor like the one in the picture, and LOVED it.
And then, one day it disappeared. I knew it was somewhere in the home, but couldn't find it anywhere. So when I had a chance I bought a new one.
Yesterday evening I wanted to check something in the Corsets and Crinolines book. and it felt strange, as if it had something rigid in it, and I wondered what piece of cardboard or something I had used as a bookmark the last time I used it.
You can all see where this is going, right? :D
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Does anybody know what the current situation is with CC-0 licensed #clipart websites?
openclipart.org seems to be back, is it still the old openclipart or has it been taken over by somebody else?
What about the two mirrors I know of that appeared when openclipart died? are they the recommended ones? freesvg.org/ and permaclipart.org/ ? is there something else?
Has anybody started a huge git repository of clipart that is shared via sneakernet by meeting graphic designers in car parks and other similar shady places? :D
(I'm looking for places to upload things to)
(boosts welcome)
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![]airmail sticker, except with the text "par hibou" and an owl drawing](https://social.gl-como.it/photo/9118844201631ee3f50c081536845312-0.png "]airmail sticker, except with the text \"par hibou\" and an owl drawing")
That's cool.
I did enjoy reading the first few Harry Potter books when they came our, but had not remembered owl mail.
Keep the images coming!
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In the surviving examples of historical clothing it's pretty common to see sewing allowances that are just pinked, or quickly overcast, or sometimes even left unfinished.
Which is why I'm taking my time to slowly herringbone down the allowances on the (five) back seams of this jacket, right?
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mi è arrivata una seconda correzione: sopraffilo
uff, l'italiano è difficile :D
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we're missing a once in a lifetime¹ chance to send prince Charles off to Australia with an atomic clock and a button to press as soon as he feels he is a king, to discover whether or not the kingions travel faster than light.
letting him stay on paved ground to check for plant growth is a bonus
¹ lifetime of each monarch :D
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BTW, I'd be even more busy than now, as a ghost…
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The real question is: are ghosts allowed to finish UFOs and start new ones, or are they stuck at making the same object forever?
If the former, well, it doesn't sound that bad, even if you're only making ghosts of the finished objects, but I'm afraid it would be the latter.
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in reply to Elena ``of Valhalla'' • • •cleaning personel. system administrators. people raising kids. people raising themselves.
:)
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