Alisa | KnitSpinQuilt 🖋 ✂️ 🖋 @aimil@wandering.shop
Crafter, writer, tea & coffee drinker, seeker of knowledge & small acts of kindness. Preferred pronouns she/her. https://www.etsy.com/shop/knitspinquilt
I just released my first #knitting pattern, which is a #lace shawl using @gannet 's lace patterns. The lace is encoded words, which I think is a super cool application of #fiberarts
The shawl is 50% off on Ravelry until July 15.
BUT WAIT!
If you want a KIT - a project bag, a pattern, yarn, and a stitch marker -- that will be released this weekend. It's a collaboration with Yarn Over New York, a great NYC dyer.
This is the shawl pattern:
https://www.ravelry.com/patterns/library/semiramis-semicircular-shawl
hey masto, anyone know of resources in the Madison/Chicago area to give to parents of a 7yo who's showing some definitive signs of being a trans girl? they wanna make sure to be supportive in the right ways so they don't mess this up. (boosts appreciated)
"Only hashtags are searchable" is a lie though. Only hashtags are searchable BY SEARCH ENGINES THAT FOLLOW THE RULES.
We *JUST* had a client that was archiving every toot and letting people full-text search them. It isn't hard. People are going to toot things thinking it is safe, and it will come back to bite them.
Noëlle the 8-Bit🏳️🌈🎄
With data-gathering on Facebook and other social media in mind:
Memes:
* Your porn star name is the name of your first pet and the street you grew up on.
* Can you remember your first-grade teacher's name??
* Tag yourself with the first concert you ever went to!
Website security questions:
* What was the name of your first pet?
* What street did you grow up on?
* What was your first-grade teacher's name?
* What was the first concert you went to?
Really good article on picking up and #knitting stitches along an edge, by Kate Atherley. Worth reading even for experienced knitters. #fiberarts
https://www.masondixonknitting.com/techniques-depth-pick-stitches/
#MASTODON POST PRIVACY - who can see your post?
PUBLIC 🌏
Anyone can see and boost your post everywhere.
UNLISTED 🔓
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✅ Followers
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❌ Local and federated timelines
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FOLLOWERS ONLY 🔐
✅ Tagged people
✅ Followers
❌ On your profile
❌ Local and federated timelines
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DIRECT MESSAGE ✉️
✅ Tagged people
❌ Followers
❌ On your profile
❌ Local and federated timelines
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Well, I got bored, so I beat Suwo on #4thewords just now.
Now to finish watching #hockey and go take a nap.
Phew. Wrote 4K words so far today.
My next battle on #4thewords is Suwo, which is a 3K word battle, and I'm not sure I'm up for it just yet -- I need to let the previous 4K marinate for a while.
Time to take a break. Maybe some #lace #knitting before I watch the #hockey Battle of Pennsylvania at 12:30. I have some mitts to work on.
#fiberarts + sports = fun? Damn straight.
(Let's go 🐧 !!)
Study: Your anonymous web browsing isn’t as anonymous as you think https://mtech.today/2G7xESc
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6,000 words so far today. HOLY CRAP.
I mean, it's all first drafts, but still - I will SO TAKE IT.
If you use my referral code, we both get bonuses - and you get 30 days of a free trial to see if you like it or not. QYATE11337
If you like writing, role-playing games, and the combination in a way that will incentivize writing daily, check out
https://app.4thewords.com/
I'm fighting monsters by putting words on the page and having a blast.
Me:
WAIT, WHO just liked my PitMad novel pitch tweet?
My mom:
If you're going to write for THAT publisher, you're going to need a steamier pseudonym. But that might pay your tuition!
If any writers have advice on writer-cover-letters, I'm all ears. #amwriting #ampitching #amterrified
Happy Thursday, Shop!
Today I'm going to watch back videos of Mary Robinette Kowal's writing workshops (Patreon supporter thing, check them out!)
This means I get to sit and spin and hear about pacing and characterization and then work on my own fiction instead of going out in the ice.
WIN.
Today opens with a discussion on the bird site about what kind of skate grind is optimal for a fight.
Apparently I know things about how skates are ground, now? I love being a writer and a knowledge sponge sometimes.
FWIW, I'm advocating for hockey skates being preferable to figure or speed skates for the purposes of fighting, if those are your only options.
Feeling much better today, but not leaving the house. Much prefer to watch Mary Robinette Kowal go over proofs and learn from watching. (Patreon backer thing).
Now to write my own stories, because that seems like more fun than going out in the sleet.
Ok, c'est un gros chat. Mais c'est toujours un chat.
Happy Monday, Shop! I’m drinking my coffee and eating leftover earl grey cupcakes for breakfast.
