TFW: unpicking a topstitch seam at just about 1 mm from a fold in the fabric, done by somebody¹ who had learned to set the length of the machine stitches from somebody who had probably learned in the Victorian era or something, because they are like 1.6 mm long.
OTOH, I'm happy that they folded the excess fabric in this curtain instead of cutting it away, because it means I have MOAR fabric to reuse.
¹ either a direct ancestor of mine, or the sister of one
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today's dinner involved, among other things, Swedish crispbread¹ made from rye flour from Piedmont, Genoese Prescinsêua² and smoked herring from Norway.
¹ The recipe I used for the crispbread came from nordickitchenstories.co.uk/201… , but the recipe on the website isn't the same as the one that they had in March 2021: it had water instead of milk and no oil
² a dairy product similar to ricotta, a bit more sour
edit: typo
Nella cena di stasera, tra le altre cose, c'è stato del knäckebröd¹ fatto con farina di segale del Piemonte, Prescinsêua² genovese e aringa affumicata norvegese.
¹ la ricetta che uso per il knäckebröd arriva da nordickitchenstories.co.uk/201… , ma rispetto a Marzo 2021 l'hanno cambiata, una volta c'era acqua al posto del latte e niente olio
² un latticino simile alla ricotta, un pelo più acido
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Il pannello che utilizzo tme.eu/en/details/cl-sm20m/pho… è quello già impiegato per far funzionare il mio severino solare con Raspberry pi zero2W che tra l'altro mi fa anche da server musicale MPD .
@Sini Tuulia Speaking of linking a video before having watched it completely:
Bernadette Banner ha scritto:
“Lighting things on fire is so rarely the solution to a problem, except when it is
youtube.com/watch?v=qtJ5ukWund…
(yes, it's the opening line)
(I don't think anything else needs to be said :D )
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E bisogna ammettere che come rapporto volume del sabotatore / effetto del sabotaggio non c'è male
varesenews.it/2025/03/un-serpe…
(consiglio l'apertura del link con preservativo)
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MOAR Slippers
Posted on March 7, 2025
Tags: madeof:atoms, craft:sewing, FreeSoftWear
A couple of years ago, I made myself a pair of slippers in linen with a braided twine soleand then another pair of hiking slippers: I am happy to report that they have been mostly a success.
Now, as I feared, the white linen fabric wasn’t a great choice: not only it became dirt-grey linen fabric in a very short time, the area under the ball of the foot was quickly consumed by friction, just as it usually happens with bought slippers.
I have no pictures for a number of reasons, but trust me when I say that they look pretty bad.
However, the sole is still going strong, and the general concept has proved valid, so when I needed a second pair of slippers I used the same pattern, with a sole made from the same twinebut this time with denim taken from the legs of an old pair of jeans.
To make them a bit nicer, and to test the technique, I also added a design with a stencil and iridescent black acrylic paint (with fabric medium): I like the tone-on-tone effect, as it’s both (relatively) subtle and shiny.
Then, my partner also needed new slippers, and I wanted to make his too.
His preference, however, is for open heeled slippers, so I adjusted the pattern into a new one, making it from an old pair of blue jeans, rather than black as mine.
He also finds completely flat soles a bit uncomfortable, so I made an heel with the same braided twine technique: this also seems to be working fine, and I’ve also added these instructions to the braided soles ones
Both of these have now been work for a few months: the jeans is working much better than the linen (which isn’t a complete surprise) and we’re both finding them comfortable, so if we’ll ever need new slippers I think I’ll keep using this pattern.
Now the plan is to wash the linen slippers, and then look into repairing them, either with just a new fabric inner sole + padding, or if washing isn’t as successful as I’d like by making a new fabric part in a different material and reusing just the twine sole. Either way they are going back into use.
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And today I have been reminded of the existence of a daily suburban #train that runs from just into the Po Valley (Malpensa Airport) to the last sizable village before the Gotthard pass / old rail tunnel (Airolo)
For some value of suburban, I guess :D
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Oggi l'universo mi ha fatto ricordare l'esistenza di un #treno suburbano quotidiano che viaggia da subito dentro la pianura Padana (Malpensa) all'ultimo paese significativo prima del passo / vecchio tunnel ferroviario del Gottardo (Airolo)
Per qualche valore di suburbano :D
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Per chi volesse replicare il progetto, la lista dei componenti è la seguente:
1-Adattatore da stampare in 3D oc.kirgroup.net/index.php/s/6C…
2-Un mammuth a 2 posizioni per collegare i cavi della ventola
3-Carbone attivo in grani
4-Un foglio di Tulle
5-Una ventola per pc da 120mm completa di grata in metallo o plastica
6-viti con dado per il fissaggio della ventola all'adattatore
7-Un alimentatore da 12-9V (la ventola fatta funzionare a 9V è silenziosissima)
8-Pistola e colla a caldo per fissare il foglio di tulle
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in reply to Elena ``of Valhalla'' • •TFW stai disfando un'impuntura a circa 1 mm dalla piegatura della stoffa, fatta da qualcuno¹ che aveva imparato ad impostare la lunghezza dei punti della macchina da qualcuno che aveva imparato a farlo nell'ottocento o giù di lì, perché sono lunghi 1.6 mm
d'altra parte, sono contenta che abbiano piegato la stoffa che avanzava in questa tendina anziché tagliarla, perché così ho PIÙ stoffa da riusare.
¹ o una mia diretta antenata, o una sorella di
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