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  Stumbled across a mug of the same design of a soup bowl I had received as a gift (“It’s handmade, bought at a market”, said the giver) …. Yeah … nah … Bloomingville TM is a massive Danish B2B only multibrand “design house”, operating worldwide, that hides its outsourced production, and is likely B2B to avoid quality reclamation issues as they foist that off onto their resellers (according to the reviews on Trustpilot). I feel bad for everyone who thinks they have or gifted something unique and...

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  Now for the documentation part … my least favourite. #finishorfrogalong #tourdefleece #handspinning

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  #ScribesAndMakers September 23: Choose a noun that is representative of you as a creative person. Oh that’s an easy one for me - chaos! Although, someone else posted magpie, and that would also fit well.

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  #WritersCoffeeClub 9/23: What "little thing" really helps you write? Deadlines. And sometimes, fury.

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  A person would be so quickly in a criminal court over hacking into official government services and writing (overwriting?) internal servers/data. And that it happened to Australia, you can bet it’s also happened throughout the world. #AI

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  Leaf processing day from the garden. While I have a big back-stock of shiso cordial from earlier years, I’ll make this fresh batch up for Christmas gifts. #balconygarden #balkongarten

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  For the curious, this is the small intestine capsule (after loads of washing!) that I swallowed on Monday for the capsule endoscopy. I was not comfortable with dumping this battery and tech in the sewer, even knowing it would be filtered out eventually. And I also wanted to make sure it was out of me, ‘cos there are likely MRI tests in my future. #CapsuleEndoscopy #SystemicSclerosis #Anaemia

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  Imagine how different things would be if LLMs were forced to refund tokens for illogical, harmful, wasteful, repetitive or plain wrong suggestions? CEOs should really be demanding this of the AI corps, because, right now, it looks very much like intentional theft.

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  Apparently family and friends of the aunt who gifted me all the DDR yarn remnants that I wove into the scarf, have been telling stories to each other as they visit. They have used the same yarns, if not the main balls of the remnants I wove with, and have many stories about the items they made pre '89. This scarf is prompting many special days for my elderly relatives! #weaving #FiberArts

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  Best feel-good anime in a looooong time - ‘Tis time for torture, Princess. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/'Tis_Time_for_%22Torture%2C%22_Princess #anime

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  How to force iCloud to sync reliably? My mini, phone and tablet all refuse to sync regularly. The mini (Intel) refuses because it is too hot … (70C according to monitoring as I always run its fans on full). The phone (17) also complains about overheating, but can usually be forced to sync photos through it. Files refuses though. The tablet (old 2nd gen Pro) is the worst of the bunch, and requires disconnecting and reconnecting from iCloud semi regularly before it even bothers trying to sync...

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  AI … the bubble needs to burst before it destroys everything. Because most are clearly incapable of understanding how this technology works. The phrases from the news reporting of historical events in South Korea are naturally more heavily represented in the LLM training databases. So, of course, they will appear when using LLMs to generate slogans and marketing content. LLMs are not aware of context. The algorithms can’t and don’t “understand” anything. But when marketing employees are too...

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  Happy #Caturday, from a Johnny. He got a collection of new toys today, and his favourite is already the dog toy.

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  Highly amused at the enhanced games outcome (yes, I was worried). But it seems the cheats were doing exactly that, trying to shortcut the hard work of being an olympian athlete.

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  Celebrating two finishes today - the two embroidery kits, and the way too long intense edit mush of a large blog/FAQ website into docusaurus. Now, I can get back to writing, rather than reformatting/relinking/rewriting to fit the new structure. And I feel much more confident of embroidering a dragon on my cat-ripped jumper front 🐉 Patterns are by Yumiko Higuchi, DMC kits needed 4-5 types of stitches and came with 6-7 full skeins with linen, hoops and needles. My vision is currently borked but...

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  I am now expecting to see an apple-sized strawberry this year. We’re drowning in red deliciousness that floods in daily waves. These early ones are massive. #balconygarden #balkongarten #growyourown

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  Good distraction from the prep today - finishing the asymmetrical double rainbow DDR remnant wool scarf. This is before wet finishing, so it’s a bit loopy and uneven. But then again, all the yarns are different too. #weaving #FiberArts

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  New on the rigid heddle - I reckon it works as a scarf. Soft black DMC Petra cotton yarn in two weights for the warp (I lost at yarn chicken), and remnants of 6 different handspun yarns (predominantly merino+silk) with a teal Mongolian cashmere tabby from Herders to Home for the weft. Wiggle shuttle to compensate for unevenness in tension and handspun thickness, but with these colours, it’s wonderfully oceanic. Considering getting a second larger rigid heddle (80cm), but which brand … my hands...

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  A remnant rainbow scarf now warped onto the rigid heddle, and my new favourite tools - the arm of my treadmill and these one-hand woodworking clamps. The wool/cotton/acrylic remnants were gifted from my partner’s ailing aunt - the bundle was her mother’s and grandmother’s. Quite a lot were very short stretches tied together, or multiple strands held together - not good enough for warp yarn. Some will go into the weft though. Seeing as I wouldn’t buy yellows and oranges for myself, I’m taking t...

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  The Ashford knitters loom has broken on its fifth project - that little plastic clippy nubble on the back beam brake is a part that is *designed to break* It is also the main problem I have with weaving on this and the table loom as my arthritic hands can’t easily force those levers/clip over those metal pins. Have to wait for a replacement if I can get one at all - the Ashford table loom brake is a different direction and size so I can’t even cannibalise my own looms for a repair. Anyone hav...

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  Hand clamp on the back brake is holding very well, and nicely parks the pickup stick when its not forward. So, I’ve been able to power through the yellows, oranges and greens. And the tapestry shuttle/bobbin is coming in so handy for the short lengths in the weft. Mohair (the right thin yarns) is awful in the warp though it looks nice (and I wanted it because it’s a dark rainbow yarn, shadowing the bright rainbow on the left) 😅 #weaving @weaving #FiberArts

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  Two looms warped and threaded and tensioned this week. That’s a record. Using up the horrid rayon chenille on Kitty (knitter’s loom) for a scarf, and a jersey rag rug cotton warp is on Wally, the new wide rigid heddle. Have to say, the chenille is horrid to weave, but feels gorgeous to wear. And Ashford certainly feels more robust and has nicer heddles than Kromski. That metal ratchet on the Kromski is lovely though, but it should have been on the outside to avoid the card. @frogglin’s fault...

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  Not going to try to fix the rust stains on this tapestry (please don’t staple when framing, at least, not with rustable staples). I’m pleased with the repair - there were many blank spots as the wool started to break down, or was cut too short. I used only the old wool that Grandpa used in other tapestries, so the colours (and textures) don’t match 100%, but I couldn’t have achieved as good a result with new tapestry wool - dye lots, age of fiber and all that. It’s now been (finally!) washed a...