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Archergal

@Archergal@wandering.shop

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I ate'nt ded.
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I knit, spin, read SFF, love dogs, love fountain pens and inks.
#spinning #knitting #ScienceFiction #fantasy #books #ebooks #FountainPens #dogs

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JonChevreau , to Random stuff
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@Teri_Kanefield Hi Teri, believe Mastodon would love to hear your take on Judge Cannon “indefinitely” suspending the MAL documents case.

Archergal ,
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@Teri_Kanefield I really appreciate your perspective on this. It’s kept me a little saner thru this whole ordeal. Thank you.

gbhnews , (edited ) to Random stuff
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also

what about .

Got any big 🌳 in your neighborhood? Let's see 'em. We love a nice tree.

Archergal ,
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@gbhnews Not in my neighborhood, but here’s a nice tree on Jekyll Island, GA.

zkrisher , to bookstodon group
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I've finished: The Memory Theater by Karin Tidbeck

Something's rotten in paradise.

Tidbeck weaves a complicated web stretching across multiple worlds, histories, folk tales and broken utopian dreams that ultimately deals with evil and the power of stories to fight it.

It's interesting to read a sci-fi author from a different culture that also has her own way of interpreting the multiverse and the power of story and imagination.

I hope more of her work will be translated.

https://app.thestorygraph.com/books/5706ff39-8beb-4e7e-ad38-0c15bbf352dd

@bookstodon

Archergal ,
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@kimlockhartga @zkrisher @bookstodon Strong agree. I’ve read this and Amatka, and Jagannath (short stories) and now I always look for anything by her.

TheConversationUS , to Random stuff
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The Callery pear tree is beloved for its white blooms – and they are beautiful – but it’s become one of the most problematic . Do you have one on your property? Horticulturists are urging you to get out your ax.
https://theconversation.com/once-the-callery-pear-tree-was-landscapers-favorite-now-states-are-banning-this-invasive-species-and-urging-homeowners-to-cut-it-down-198724

Archergal ,
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@j258853 @TheConversationUS All right-thinking people hate Bradford Pear trees. Nasty smelling tree that break off and split the absolute first chance they get.

Archergal ,
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@TheConversationUS @j258853 Yes, I saw that, thank you.

consumablejoy , to knitting group
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Does anyone else think it is weird how common it is for yarn in the US to be described in Yards and Grams? I notice a lot of labels have yds and gms where i would have expected either all imperial or all metric - yds per oz or meters per g. How about you? @knitting

How do you usually think about the length and weight of your yarn?

Archergal ,
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@consumablejoy @knitting I can visualize yards/ounces pretty easily, yards/grams takes a bit longer. Meters… I could do it if I HAD to, but…

Maker_of_Things , to makershour group
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Q3 What keeps you motivated with a project? Actually finishing off something is usually very hard as there's always something else that you want to get started on!
@makershour

Archergal ,
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@Janet_52square @Axiom @Maker_of_Things @makershour The first bit of lace knitting I was ever successful with was a strip of lace like this. Yours is looking good!!!

Green_Footballs , to Random stuff
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Was talking to a friend who has a lemon tree in his backyard and he said there were so many he was gonna have to have a lemon party to get rid of them all. And I said with horror, “Oh wait. No. You don’t want to do that.”

He was puzzled. Not everyone is terminally online.

Archergal ,
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@Green_Footballs I had to look it up

Archergal ,
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@Green_Footballs It’s ok, only saw text descriptions. That was enough.

mloxton , to bookstodon group
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Dear do you own a Kindle reader or have the Kindle App on your phone or tablet?

Please boost for coverage

@bookstodon


Archergal ,
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@mloxton @bookstodon I own both but rarely read on my reader

kimlockhartga , to bookstodon group
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@bookstodon Even if it doesn't catch on, I would like to institute a hashtag which already exists, I believe? Anywho, whatcha reading?

Ben H. Winter's new book BIG TIME, and it's really good so far. It is lean, so perfect for those who hate padding in their stories. I don't want to give away the premise, so I will just say that it's a bit of a thriller that involves time itself.

Archergal ,
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@kimlockhartga @bookstodon Currently reading Infinity Gate by M. R. Carey alternating with iD by Madeline Ashby

Likewise , to Photography
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Short Stories.

Love ‘em, hate ‘em, somewhere in the middle?

Years ago one of my dear friends (who is a huge bookworm) and I were talking. She told me she hated short stories. I can’t remember why or if she even told me a reason. This conversation has stuck with me, because I struggle with them- why? I have no idea. I have tried different tactics to overcome this. I am s l o w l y reading one now, but I don’t gravitate toward it (not the one pictured, but it’s one I really want to read if I can ever get there).

I’d love to hear your thoughts.
@bookstodon

Archergal ,
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@Likewise @bookstodon I’ve always been a big fan of short stories. I used to get anthologies from the library when I was young. I do read fewer these days, I guess, partly because the book clubs I’m in read novels almost exclusively.
A GOOD short story is a wonder. So much done in a (relatively) small space! And, as someone else mentioned, if the story isn’t that wonderful, at least it hasn’t taken much time to get through it.

kimlockhartga , to bookstodon group
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@bookstodon Do you own any autographed books? If so, did you personally meet the author at a signing?

Archergal ,
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@kimlockhartga @bookstodon I have one: an early paperback of Startide Rising by David Brin. He came to the ole Science Fiction & Mystery Bookstore in Atlanta a few decades ago. I was a really big fan at the time, and showed up. (I usually don’t WANT to meet my heroes, for fear of being disappointed.
He signed it “To Janice, a lady with lovely eyes, David Brin”
He said at the time he wanted to personalize his autographs while he could.

jonobie , to weaving group
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I had a brief moment where I thought, in a panic, that the person who made my absolute favorite shuttle for wasn't making them anymore. But she is, whewf! So now I'm off to get one for my smaller loom.

In case anyone else wants to help keep her forever in business :), that shuttle is here:
https://www.handywomanshop.com/product-page/tape-loom-shuttle-band-loom-inkle-loom-gepha-shuttle

Also, she makes a ton of beautiful beautiful boat shuttles and engraved and painted heddles.

@weaving

Archergal ,
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@jonobie @Fredatron @weaving I’ve bought shuttles from here & been quite happy with them!

scalzi , to Random stuff
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I went ahead and paid extra because I have the extra scratch not be accosted by ads, but I'm extremely pissed I have to pay extra now for something I didn't have to pay extra for before.

https://gizmodo.com/amazon-prime-video-ads-start-today-1851202232

Archergal ,
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@scalzi Same here.

FanCityKnits , to FiberArts group German
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- what was your greatest mistake, your best fix?

I think I've already talked about that here sind time ago.

I once knit 2-in-1 socks - that's knitting them in a sort of double knitting, one inside of the other. It went well for quite some time, but at one point I got to confident and didn't check as much, as I should have - and connected the two tubes.

What to do?

Dropping the stitch and knitting it back up of course.

@knitting @fiberarts

Archergal ,
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@FanCityKnits @gannet @knitting @fiberarts ::Bows in your direction:: RESPECT!!

jessamyn , to Random stuff
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Book 1: System Collapse. I'd been eagerly awaiting this book. I enjoyed it but it wasn't quite the Murderbot book I was expecting. May have been a me problem, it was a long time since I'd read the last one and I had to re-learn who the characters were and this novel seemed short on "get to know the characters" stuff. A lot of Murderbot's inner mind, some of their relationship with ART, the usual clusterfuck on a remote planet. Last year's reading list https://glammr.us/@jessamyn/111666401754992583

Archergal ,
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@jessamyn Always up for cool dog characters. 😁

bibliolater , to writing group
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I recently bought two journals to use as commonplace books. Once home and eager to use the latest additions I found that the from my fountain pen bleeds straight through to the other side of the page with both journals. To say that I was disappointed would be an understatement.

@writing

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Archergal ,
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@bibliolater @writing So frustrating!

MsHearthWitch , to knitting group
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Y'all... YALL. This yarn is INCREDIBLE.

It is SO luxe feeling, exactly what I wanted.

British SW Bluefaced Leicester/ Silk

Going to be perfect. After my son's surgery when I can take the risk of going out again I'm gonna go to a bead shop and find the perfect beads for it.

https://www.ravelry.com/patterns/library/rubina-lace-shawl This is what it's destined to be. I did a bunch of maths and a test knit to convert the yarn weight AND to make it longer w/o going too wide.

@knitting

Archergal ,
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@MsHearthWitch @knitting What a nice pattern and yarn!!

Likewise , to Photography
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As a reader, do you prefer when people give you random books as gifts, or do you prefer getting a gift card to a bookstore (so you can pick the book)? Just curious.

Unless I’m asked about a specific book, I prefer the bookstore card 📚
@bookstodon

Archergal ,
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@kimlockhartga @Likewise @bookstodon My taste is books is pretty specialized. No one likely to give me a gift would be likely to pick one I’d enjoy. 😕

emery , to knitting group
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I had the thought that I could knit a lap blanket on the machine with alternating sets of knits and purls to make a checkerboard pattern. I cast on and arranged the stitches in groups of 20. Knit the first set of rows, so far so good.

Here’s where things went wrong: I transferred all the main bed stitches down to the ribber, and all the ribber bed stitches up to the main bed. Took out Colour 1 and threaded up Colour 2. Confidently ran the carriage across the beds and my knitting (with five pounds of weights hanging from the ribber comb, of course) thunked to the floor.

Ffffff.

I think I probably didn't get the yarn into the carriage properly. Will try again... later. Or tomorrow.

@knitting

Archergal ,
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@emery @knitting Ouch. 😖

MsHearthWitch , to Random stuff
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Oh oh oh, I think I'm onto something with this pattern.

(I am not a pattern designer, I struggle to see how things come together, but let's try anyways)

This pattern increases by 3 on each side during the body section.
The body section is divided into two charts. You are meant to knit A, B, A. And you can increase the size by adding another B, A repeat, as long as you finish on A.

(1/x)

Archergal ,
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@MsHearthWitch @knitting I’m rubbish at figuring this stuff out too. Which pattern?

MsHearthWitch , to knitting group
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Fiber artists of the Fedi! I'm looking for some yarn.

Lace weight
White/undyed
Silk + merino (maybe another fiber, silk is a for sure tho)

NOT looking for budget options. I am looking for a lux yarn to create essentially a heirloom piece.

Something that would hold up to dyeing if I decide to go with a color in the future would be good.

@knitting

Archergal ,
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@MsHearthWitch @knitting I always liked Jaggerspun Zephyr for lace. It’s a 2 ply, 50% merino/50% tussah silk, 1120 yds/100 g. Made a lot of shawls with it, including the one I wore to my wedding. Strong, a bit shiny, but not a lot, drapes well.

Not sure if that’s the right # of yards/lb for your project tho?

nobyeni , to knitting group
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Finished my first pair of mittens, first colourwork project.

Very proud of how they turned out. They are a gift for someone. Cannot wait to start a pair for myself -- although a different pattern because I'm not a Harry Potter fan...

@knitting

Outside of colourwork knitted mittens, showing trees and a stag and the words "expecto patronum"

Archergal ,
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@nobyeni @eowyn @knitting First colorwork?? OUTSTANDING.

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    Archergal ,
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    @marthawells WOOHOO!!

    Likewise , to Photography
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    Any good reads this weekend?

    I’m still plugging along with David Copperfield( I haven’t made a lot of progress this week, but am sticking with it) & also reading Killers of the Flower Moon by David Grann, this was on my summer list, but I didn’t get to it then. @bookstodon

    Archergal ,
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    @Likewise @bookstodon I’ve got to read Frankenstein for my book club Monday. That’s my job for today.

    Archergal ,
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    @VernAFish @Likewise @bookstodon I read it ages ago, which means it’ll be practically all new to me!

    nobyeni , to knitting group
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    Stumbled across something I will definitely want to try

    Poetry mittens. Apparently in 18th-19th century when poetry and reading became more available to women, they could show off their knitting skills as well as their literary ones in mittens with parts of poems on them.

    So, it seems I'll be designing something for the first time soon. Now only to decide which poem...

    https://www.ravelry.com/patterns/library/18th-century-poetry-mittens--robert-frost

    @knitting (please remove when replying)

    Archergal ,
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    @KarenStrickholm @Axiom @nobyeni @knitting I made one of these! It was pretty fun & not hard, if you pay attention.

    https://flic.kr/p/XbzkB2

    coolandnormal , to spinning group
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    The laziest kate
    @spinning

    Archergal ,
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    @coolandnormal @jupitersigh @spinning Ingenious!
    Respect. 👍

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