Notices by consumableJoy (consumablejoy@wandering.shop)

I’m intrigued by this free slipper pattern from purl soho - knit flat in garter, shaped with decreases and bind offs, and then folded together and seamed to create the slipper shape. Uses light worsted or DK which means holding two strands of fingering together works too! #knitting #FiberArts @knitting https://www.purlsoho.com/create/2025/02/01/knit-fold-slippers/

Today’s class at #WisconsinSheepAndWool was Visible Mending. I got a sweater at Goodwill for the class and snipped a small hole in it. The instructor asked me to make the hole larger, and then I went a little too big so the mending took a long time. I am pleased however with how the woven patch has ended up looking. #FiberArts #VisibleMending @fiberarts

Yesterday @Pufferfish and I took a Pine Needle and Sweetgrass Basketmaking class at #wisconsinsheepandwool. I made this tiny basket out of pine needles and fake sinew that is just big enough to hold my rings. #FinishOrFrogAlong #basketmaking #crafting #FiberArts

Right now all signs are pointing to POTS for my current symptoms, including heart rate spiking when I move from sitting to standing. I already have had incidents of BPPV so yay more reasons to feel dizzy and vertiginous. #ChronicIllness #pots

I just saw my monthly receipt for supporting wandering.shop come through, so this is your regular reminder to support your Mastodon server if this is something you can afford to do! Technology costs something! Keep it going if it is adding to your life. My interactions here with all of you are easily worth my monthly contribution to my server and admins. (Cc: @proprietor )

@SnoozyRests @merialc I think people who definitely want to help are still overwhelmed. You have something you can give to others to make a difference. You give it to one person, and then another comes along who you wish you could help. What do you do? How do you feel? Is it better to save up this spare change and give a larger amount to one person for whom it will make a big difference, or split what you have to give a small amount to help many? #MutualAid #Question

I saw a post from someone who was sad no one talked to them during knitting in public day but I can’t find it now to respond to them. Anyway - don’t worry! You knit in public! You carried that energy forward into the world even if no one talked to you during it. More knitting energy in the world is good no matter what. It penetrates into people’s brains and souls subliminally 💜 #knitting #WWKIPDay

@blogdiva @LilPecan I’ve always thought of expat as temporary, and potentially not really by choice but rather by assignment from your company, with the intent to go back to your original country. Retaining your original citizenship. And potentially with really unfortunate tax implications of your working situation. I’ve always thought of “migrant” as “hope for permanency”

Online topological crochet classes omg #crochet #FiberArts #math #topology

Mathematical crochet artist Shiyong Dong offering classes at the National Museum of Mathematics https://momath.org/onlinecrochet/

I try not to buy paper books anymore so as not to accumulate more stuff. But some things are worth it. I have finally treated myself to a special Chronicle Books edition of Pride and Prejudice. Each letter is reproduced and included in a sleeve within the book. The edition is beautiful. But now I am afraid to open the letters due to a worry I will never be able to fold them again and put them back. #Bookstodon #PrideAndPrejudice #JaneAusten #ChronicleBooks

Sprunga cowl uses this kind of awesome yarn with silk around stainless steel held double with fingering https://ravel.me/sprunga

I recently discovered this designer’s slippers and I’m excited to make some. Having just recently finished a whole bunch of slippers and socks though the “need” is a lot lower than it was a few weeks ago… https://www.ravelry.com/bundles/-s-l-i-p-p-e-r-s-