As promised, I've published two new #FreeSoftWear patterns: the apron and sleeve protectors I've finished last weekend.
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Dear miss manners,
the company my SO works for has been sold, and they are giving away all the gadgets that they have made, including those that would have never been given to the likes of usยน such as neckties and pocket squares. How long would it be suitable for me, not related to the company in any way, to wear them? Should I respect a formal mourning period before I use the loot I got from the dead body?
ยน IT people :D
(I already know the answer: it's โwait at least until september. because you don't really want to wear a jacket with a pocket square in this weather, right?โ :D )
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For a skirt you need *a lot* of ties!
I add a CW for the design of the ties in the video: they are pretty horrible ๐
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How to Sew a Necktie Skirt! This is a great project to make with a friend or a student. It's fun to choose the neckties, it requires no pattern and it is easy to sew! Supplies: About 15-20 ties - you won't use them all, but it's nice to have optionโฆInvidious
uhm, on this hat I think I want to put some kind of decorative knot made with that shiny rayon rope I've around, but I don't know what knot to do
realizes she's bought the Ashley Book of Knots last christmas
uhm, I want to make a knot, but I don't know which one they are too manyyyyyyyyyyyyyyy
(ok, I think I settled on a simple one :D )
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Ciao!
Qualcuno di voi saprebbe indicarmi uno studio serio e attendibile (magari non finanziato da produttori di elettrodomestici o detersivi...) che metta a confronto l'impatto economico ed ecologico del lavare i piatti a mano o con la lavastoviglie, per single, coppia e famiglia di quattro persone?
Grazie
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Ecco, io e mia madre ci passiamo a vicenda cose da lavare in lavastoviglie quando una delle due ce l'ha meno piena dell'altra, la distanza รจ veramente poca, ma anche cosรฌ l'unica cosa che va in giro sono pentole, insalatiere o altre cose di quella taglia.
Roba piรน piccola sarebbe troppo sbattito.
Perรฒ รจ anche vero che se uno tutti i giorni deve lavare solo due piatti e quattro posate, รจ vero che รจ roba piccola, ma รจ poca, su e giรน qualche piano di scale magari son portabili.
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ok, forse ho capito.
su trenord.it/linee-e-orari/circoโฆ aggiornano l'orario dellla prossima stazione con l'orario di arrivo stimato, in base al ritardo attuale del treno. dopodichรฉ mandano lo stesso dato su viaggiatreno.it/infomobilita/iโฆ , che invece lo prende come orario di arrivo previsto da orario. e quindi i treni sono sempre in orario o quasi.
not sure if malizia o incapacitร
se non fosse #trenord ipotizzerei incapacitร :D
(e lol, l'autocompletamento dei tag suggerisce #trenรฒ e #trenordn't )
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Trenordn't รจ fantastico!!!
Bisognerebbe scriverlo sui vagoni!!!
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viaggiatreno non riporta le tratte di ferrovienord, tranne qualche stazione, perรฒ riporta i treni di trenord che le percorrono (oltre ai treni trenord che percorrono tratte RFI).
E non credo che trenitalia abbia sensori sulle linee ferrovienord, credo che sia ferrovienord a mandare loro i dati (sbagliati), perchรฉ con loro ci giocano perchรฉ gliel'ha detto la maestra, ma giusto giusto mentre la maestra guarda, appena si gira rubano il pallone.
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The 1700 petticoat has been finished (pictures in the weekend?), so it's time for the next project: a 1880 gentleman shirt in linen.
The instructions have been written, but the pictures I took while making the first mockup weren't great, so I'm going to take them again with the real thing, and then publish everything.
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I've just finished #sewing a quick pair of shorts to wear under summer skirts and
a) the sky has just darkened
b) I've realized that I should have taken pictures and published the pattern as #freeSoftWear
oh, well, if they fit well I'm going to make another pair in the same fabric, except *gasp* not-black, and they should be easier to photograph.
also, if they really work as an encouragement for rain, I'm up for making even more pairs :D
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TFW you go in front of the mirror to try and level the hem of a skirt (pulling up from the waist, it's a 18th century under petticoat) and realize that even if you don't usually wear your glasses indoors you need them to see the marks on the yardstick at hem level.
I would like to pay tribute to Arch Linux in this thread. When I have a problem, its solution is most often in the Arch wiki. Hats off, Arch !lists.debian.org
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Sister sizing is a really useful tool in bra-making. Itโs the principle that some bra sizes share cup sizes, but have different band sizes, which basically means that you can create a new bra size, just by changing the length of your band.Emerald Erin
Hi All! Iโm starting off this month with a good overview of underwires and how to find your size- Letโs jump right in! ย To start off- letโs talk a little bit about underwires and why we use them.Emerald Erin
And we had an hour or so of sun! So I dressed up and I'm ready for some serious percussive debugging on the analytical engine!
I have been vaguely thinking about making myself a black apron for potentially staining office jobs (*cough* ink), and on friday evening I stumbled on the instructions from Home dressmaking; a complete guide to household sewing by Myers, Annie E and decided it had to be done NOW.
The pattern was adapted quite a bit from the original to best use wide modern fabric, so it's not an accurate reproduction.
Source code for both the apron and the sleeve protectors will be published as soon as I finish writing them and editing the step-by-step pictures.
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The sleeve protectors btw are something I did years ago, and they are based on School sewing based on home problems
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me: ok, this afternoon I can attach the pocket to the apron I've almost finished and then go outside to take a picture before the thunderstorm arrives
thunderstorm: think again
(it's still not here, but there is definitely not enough light for photos :D )
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and it has arrived. and gone (at least, it's not raining anymore).
and I've finished finished the apron.
but it's still a bit too dark for photos, they will have to wait for tomorrow.
it. is. DONE!
Now @Diego Roversi has backpack that matches mine!
I believe I started working on this in 2019, did a bit, stopped for a long while, did another bit, stopped a very long while, etc. so getting rid of the WIP (and having the finished object to use) is a very nice feeling.
source code :) at sewing-patterns.trueelena.org/โฆ
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Beh, c'รจ da dire che un conto รจ comprare i materiali per un solo zaino (o 3) nel negozio sotto casa (ok, negozio che si trova in Germania, ma il principio รจ quello :) ), un conto รจ comprarli a pezze intere per la produzione di massa.
Non credo che per averli di qualitร possano comunque materiali economici, ma sospetto che li paghino molto meno.
D'altra parte, loro devono anche pagare il tempo di chi li cuce (che spero sia decisamente piรน veloce di me, che ho impiegato una giornata solo per la penultima cucitura :D ), che invece nel mio caso conta come divertimento e si scala dal prezzo dei materiali :) .
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beh, ma immagino che ne faranno qualche centinaio per volta, almeno?
comunque ordini di grandezza di distanza dai due estremi della produzione cinese venduta su aliexpress e di chi se ne fa uno in casa
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yes!
of course while following the instructions on The Cutters' Practical Guide to the Cutting of Ladies Garments I was having problems with the hips line, my hips measurement was too small.
Because, come on! you don't measure your real hips, you measure on top of a bustle cage! What kind of person would not wear a bustle, these days?!?
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And since I didn't have enough WIPs, I've just started #handSewing a 18th century underpetticoat in cotton double gauze.
It should be a pretty quick project, I think. maybe.
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* starts herringboningยน 3 meters of hemโฆ
ยน not historically accurate, but it helps with the elasticity of the fabric, which isn't historically accurate either
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Thinks like this are a reminder that humanity is able to dedicate effort and resources toโฆ insult people? :D
CW: the link has scatological discourse and a representation of explicit anatomy, but it's more than a millennia old (closer to two), so it's sfw, right? :D
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later in the afternoon it worked a bit better. what is received on the serial pins goes to the bluetooth serial. As long as I compile with an older version of the esp support, because of github.com/espressif/arduino-eโฆ
Also, I'm aaaaalmost at one ninth of the shawl.
la stagione delle freselle nel minestrone รจ meglio, ma devo ammettere che le freselle con olio e pomodorini sono uno dei pochi lati buoni dell'estate
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So, I *miiiiight* have boughtยน a new board: olimex.com/Products/IoT/ESP32/โฆ
it arrived yesterday.
this morning I quickly followed the tutorial to check if it was working (it is, and the camera quality looks decent enough)
now the question is: what do I want to do with it?
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These things can all be true at the same time:
- If you created free software you don't owe anyone anything, you created it as a gift, people can accept it or not.
- If you are using free software you don't owe anyone anything, you received it as a gift.
- If you created your software because you wanted it to help people it will help more people longer if you create a community around it that can maintain the software longer than you.
- If you want to keep using the software longer it will help if you support the author and help create a community around the software that can maintain it longer than one volunteer author.
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@Mans R Yes, and:
- If you're trying to build a sustainable community, having a new contributor feel welcome and seen may be more important than whether the current quality of their contribution is up to your standards.
@Mans R > the Nick Krause incident
Linux had a community, which neutralized Nick Krause and prevented an actual incident in the published software.
I'd like to compare this to the more recent event-stream incident where the project only had its one, burned-out, founder.
I'm trying to make some tea, and I've just put the leaves in the mugs instead of the filter in the pot.
I think I need to drink some tea to be able to make tea.
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I've decided to post the pattern for the shawl I'm making on my website even if it hasn't been finished yet: it's easy enough that I'm pretty confident in it even after just a small sampler.
This is the current status:
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My yarn winder has arrived, and it works!
It's fast, it doesn't hurt my wrists (like using a stick does), it can do 100g cakes and it makes the idea of dealing with about 6 kg of mostly very thin yarn much less daunting than having to make balls by hand.
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imputati numero uno i #cinghiali
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Sono stati scaraventati a terra dei bidoni dei rifiuti con tanto di rifiuti dentro, sparsi dappertutto allโaltezza della tredicesima cappella: imputati numero uno i cinghiali.Stefania Radman (Vareseweb Srl)
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TFW you wear your last pair of clean cotton thinยน socks, and it breaks. and you don't have enough dirty clothing for a full washing machine load, and you should really go out and buy more, but UGH, no, I don't want to do that, I have lots of better things to do with my time!
so you spend a whole afternoon patching *one* pair of socks and finishing another pair that you sewed yourself from jersey fabric, that takes less time, right?
ยน as opposed to mid-thickness wool socks that I knit myself
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I guess this means I've choosen a side?
By that time I would have *serious* doubts about the colours, really, but they are the #screenPrint paints (dekaprint 2000 in blue and yellow + deckweiร to print it on black fabric) I needed to test, and the alternatives wouldn't have worked :D
also, aligning two colour prints on small scraps of fabric is hard, even if you have a bit of a border on the lighter colour :D
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And this is the speedball paint for dark fabric, in Raspberry. it's a bit less pink in real life, but not very much. It's pleasantly shiny, however.
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Saronno, trovato mazzo di chiavi in via Cristoforo Colombo, consegnato al Bar El Diez Cafรจ.
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e vabbรฉ, se dobbiamo darci il #Buongiornissimo diamocelo :D
niente foto, troppo sbattito, perรฒ posso annunciare che sto riuscendo a preparare la colazione con qualcosa che sembrano 10 giri di cerotto attorno al gomito destro, e lo considero un traguardo personale :D
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e non hai idea di quanto dia fastidio togliere il cerotto dalla zampa anteriore destra, dopo che il veterinario ti ha fatto un prelievo di sangue :D
(la saga della zecca prosegue)
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Every six months or so for the past several years, I've been doing a thread on Fedi about where to buy ebooks other than Amazon. It finally occurred to me that I could write it once, put it up on website, and update as needed, rather than constantly reinventing the wheel.
So, here we are. (And in spite of the title, this isn't JUST about eBooks)
jessmahler.com/where-to-buy-ebโฆ
(Please share your own links in replies, I'll add them to the list as I have spoons.)
Every six months or so, I've been doing a thread on Fedi about where to buy ebooks other than Amazon. Finally, here's the webpage version.Jess Mahler (A Digital Garden)
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Hey, nice!
Was gonna throw in a plug for Hoopla: hoopladigital.com/ . If your public library partners with them, they're pretty great. Lots of trad pub and indie pub (Draft2Digital distributes to them) and their whole catalog is available -- your library doesn't have to pick specific titles to buy beforehand, as with OverDrive.
A good shop i've used before is Scarlet Ferret.
Mostly indie authors I believe mostly(all?) DRM free
Ferreting about for new ebooks to read? Our hand-picked collection of Special Edition ebooks with free digital extras is right up your street.Scarlet Ferret Bookshop
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I may have bought *some* wool yarn on cones, and now I need to turn it into 100g hanks, wash them, make center-pull balls and then it can be knitted. And some of it is very fine yarn meant for machine knitting.
I have a swift, I've set it to make an hank that is about 1m long, calculated how many meters are there in 100g (easy, the shop provided the number of meters in the full 500g cone), and then I didn't want to count the turns, so I started looking around the house for a magnet (I knew where it was and easily found it) and an hall effect sensor (I still haven't found it) and some microcontroller board to setup some kind of device for counting passes of the magnet over the sensor.
And then my SO told me โwhy don't you just weight the empty swift?โ
#knittingLife #arduino #overEngineeringThingsForFunAndProfit
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Yesterday I stumbled on handknittingcashmereyarn.com/cโฆ (a pattern in Italian for the scarf made with triangles of which I don't remember the English name).
And I had plans for the afternoon! (ok, mostly it involved ironing a bit of backlog, and watching videos online while #knitting a sock).
Instead, I now have an urgent need to have one such scarf, except in a (the most simple) lace stitch, and I have one triangle already made.
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in reply to paramilitary organizer • •they are historically accurate for the late victorian era
(now that I think about it, I should probably mention that in the instructions, thanks!)
also, I don't like the feeling of the strap behind the neck in most aprons, and I wanted to try something different :)
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in reply to paramilitary organizer • •The apron also has a waist belt, the pins only get the load of the bib, not the full strap and most importantly not of whatever ends up in the pocket.
The shirt I was wearing is a relatively flimsy one in cheap cotton voile that I made myself, so it's probably still sturdier than an average fast-fashion shirt? :( also it's in woven fabric and not knit, which helps.
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