Missed opportunity to have the dancers have alternating skin colour and add some interesting patterns to the dance.
Not hard, just fiddly for the fluffy bits. But it is explained with a video by the creator of the pattern. All the other stitches are classic single crochet and slip stitch.
That being said I wasn't too happy with how the pattern was written overall. Nothing insurmountable, just not what I am used to. Instead of "(2 SC, INC)x6" it would be "sc in next 2, 2 sc in sc, repeat the whole round" for example. I'm just not used to that writing style and I had to really concentrate to avoid making mistakes.
I actually made this for work if you can believe it. My boss paid for the pattern and yarn. It's for some team building we are doing this week.
Based on the paid pattern below: Finely the Border Collie
I am all for this, eating insects is done in many cultures and a healthy source of nutrition. We westerners may see it as something intimidating at first, because we so squirmish about bugs, but I am honestly curious about the taste.
That being said, I don't know why we need more nutritious flour. We are not lacking protein in our diets. Even vegans and vegetarians easily hit the minimum protein intake by consuming plant based protein....
It's supposed to be a fish, the pattern is a bit wonky. Don't recommend that one. 😅
Here we go with another round of crochet foods for my sister's kids. They got cookies, cakes and treats last winter. They loved those but asked for "healthy food" as well to round out their roleplaying games.
I'm afraid I can't share some of these patterns as they were not free... I can share were I purchased them from tho!
The paid patterns
- All the meat products came from: https://dailydoll.shop/product-category/digital-goods-and-services/patterns/crochet-patterns/food-crochet-patterns
- Most of the fresh produce is from a book called "Crochet Cafe" (Edame beans, strawberry, cherry, blueberries, apple, orange, avocado, corn) ---
The free patterns
- Milk carton and banana: https://offthebeatenhook.com/ N.B. Off the beaten hook requires you to register to get to their patterns, but then they are free.
- Cheese wedge: https://www.craftpassion.com/free-crochet-cheese-wedge-pattern/
- Grapes: https://www.yarnspirations.com/en-row/products/lily-sugarn-cream-grapes
- Cauliflower: https://theturtletrunk.com/crochet-cauliflower-pattern/
- Cabbage: https://www.myamigurumifarm.com/post/free-crochet-cabbage-pattern
- Mushroom: https://thoresbycottage.com/2021/08/19/crochet-mushroom-pattern-free-woodland-amigurumi-pattern/
- Pear: https://www.garnstudio.com/pattern.php?id=5889&cid=19
- Watermelon wedge: https://www.ravelry.com/patterns/library/watermelon-slice-8
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Kiwi pattern (self made)
INSTRUCTIONS
Kiwi face
Using colour light green yarn.
- [ ] Magic ring of 6 SC [6]
- [ ] INC x6 [12]
Switch to green yarn.
- [ ] (SC, INC) x6 [18]
- [ ] (2 SC, INC) x6 [24]
- [ ] (3 SC, INC) x6 [30]
- [ ] Fasten off, tuck away tail.
Kiwi skin
Using brown yarn.
- [ ] Magic ring of 6 SC [6]
- [ ] INC x6 [12]
- [ ] (SC, INC) x6 [18]
- [ ] (2 SC, INC) x6 [24]
- [ ] (3 SC, INC) x6 [30]
- [ ] SC in each ST [30]
- [ ] Repeat
- [ ] Repeat
- [ ] Repeat
- [ ] Repeat
Assembly
Cut a circle out of cardboard a bit smaller than the kiwi face. Stuff body and add circle of cardboard under the kiwi face while sewing. Sew together using the BLO for the kiwi face and full ST for skin.
TLDR; I have struggled with my body all my life, this podcast has opened my eyes on fat phobia, and the role and responsibilities of society in my mental wellbeing regarding my own body.
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I've not always been fat, but for as long as I can remember I have always felt fat and been told to watch my weight.
Looking back at photos of me in highschool and even middle school, I think I looked skinny. I do not understand now how people, family, friends, strangers... Could have felt the need to tell me to watch what I eat. And yet, it happened. A lot.
I have tried many diets, some outright dangerous, and not been able to keep the weight off. I have worked out, sometimes to the point of vomiting, and not lost significant weight. I have long felt it was my fault, and that I don't have enough self control or character to just lose weight and keep it off.
The podcast "Maintenance phase" has helped me realize I may not be the (only) responsible party of my fatness. At first I was doubious of its hosts - a very entertaining duo of a self proclaimed "fat lady" and "skinny gay dude" - and I thought they were just glorifying obesity and excusing fat people by accusing the establishment, the corporations and society of bullying and fat shaming. But their pieces are actually very well researched and beautifully articulated. They don't excuse fatness, they don't glorify obesity. What they are saying, is: "stop treating fat people like second class citizens".
I am slowly starting to realize I have been mistreated for my weight and accepted this as deserved and normal. I have often thought "it's my fault" and felt ashamed when people gave me unsolicited advice about losing weight, or said mean things about my body. This is not right. I should not feel shame for being mistreated by others, and the podcast "Maintenance phase" has helped me realize that.
I am sharing the podcast here, with you, my fellow fat people, because I believe it is important for you to accept yourself and realize when society is trying to make you feel inadequate. I am not telling you not to lose weight, that is entirely up to you. I am asking you to take a long hard look at how society is treating you, so you can leave the negativity behind and work on healing yourself mentally before taking on the immense challenge that is changing your body size (if that is still a thing you feel you need to do).
I hope this helps at least one person here to feel less hopeless and shitty about themselves.
Much love!
Spotify link: https://open.spotify.com/episode/5JOZkVLc0Yceq3dy5RshPz
YouTube link: https://music.youtube.com/watch?v=cRz-d9rt94g&si=Um2XWSrAuTk6n_n5
-- Edit: I want to note that I am guilty of anti-fat bias as wel... Whilst being fat. So I need to work on my issues with other fat people as much as any skinny person does.
I felt I should update you guys after your suggestions and support from my other post.
I was concerned about the finishing of my blanket, it wasn't a regular shape, but a session of carefull (nail biting level stress) steam blocking straightened her out!
Here she is, rectangular and perfect for a nice bed spread. My godchild will get it coming Christmas, wrapped under the tree with a nice bow.
Thanks everybody for your encouragement and support in my first ever blocking adventure! You are very kind people and I appreciate you!
I did, it's the white border around the work. I'll try to block it and see how far it will correct the shape. Thanks!
Hello crochet friends!
I'm almost done making blanket, but as I lay it out to admire my work... Horror strikes! It looks like my tension became looser as time passed...
I've never made a blanket before, and have read that blocking is a standard step to even out ones work. But... This looks really bad. The bottom right corner is 10cm longer than the top right.
Will blocking save my work and allow me to shape it into a rectangle?
I'm currently designing a keep for my players to explore. It will be a ruined keep, taken over by an evil cult. But to start off the design, I am looking at how it would have been designed in its prime. Here are some rooms I've thought of when creating the layout.
Military function ---------------------
- Armory
- Smithy
- Fletcher
- Training room
- Lookout posts
- Infirmary/Hospital wing
- Gatehouse
- Barbican
- Place of Arms
- Commander quarters
- Guard bunks
Every day operation ---------------------------
- Great hall (mess hall)
- Steward’s Office
- Clerks/Tax assessors/Scribes Office
- Kitchen
- Distillery
- Scullery
- Larder/Storeroom/Cellar/Ice House
- Servant quarters
- Bathroom
- Well/Cistern
- Dovecote
- Stables
- Kennels
- Courtyard
- Gardens
Political function ----------------------
- Hall of Justice
- Dungeon/Prison/Oubliette/Tower
- Throne Room
- Vault/Treasury
Noble quarters --------------------
- Drawing Room
- Bower
- Rooms for the Lord/Lady
- Formal sitting room
- Informal sitting room
- Private study
- Personal library
- Private dining room
Research -------------
- Library
- Alchemy lab
- Solarium
- Wizards quarters
Religious -------------
- Temple/Church
- Clergy quarters
Can you think of some more?
--- Editing to add the suggestions from the comments.
Do you have a list of tasks you do every in-game morning as a DM? For example:
- roll for weather
- keep track of that curse time bomb
- roll for encounters for the day
- check for public holidays
- ....
I want to make my game more consistent and feel more alive. I'm wondering if there are things I should be tracking to achieve the feeling that the world is moving no matter what the players decide to do that day.
I want to have my players travel through the Elemental Plane of Fire for a short period of time. None of them are immune to fire damage. How could they prepare themselves to survive this ordeal?
We have a wizard, a bard and a monk. They will be traveling with a Fire Giant to guide them.
I found the Resilient Sphere spell that the wizard could learn. I could drop that in as a boon for an earlier quest so that they have it handy... but I'd like some other ideas.
How would you handle this?
I made this Deviling doll for a friend. We met online on an MMORPG called Ragnarok and this was their favourite creature from the game.
"No" is a very powerfull word.
If you are a minor and didn't have a choice, I sincerely sympathize with your fate.
My sister wanted some monkeys to hold the curtains in her nursery.
Step 1: make monkey
Step 2: make waaaaay too long arms
This is Hedley the hedgehog 🦔
His pattern is from Zoomigurumi 3 - great book, full of lovely patterns of animal plushies.
Yes! You are posting in one...
Subreddits are called "Communities" on Lemmy. You can "Join" a community (as long as your instance is federated with the instance hosting that community), and it will be like "subscribing" to the community.
On the right hand side of your "homepage" you will see the communities you are subscribed to under "Subscribed to communities".
On said homepage you can also choose to filter content on "Subscribed" / "Local" / "All" which translates to "only the communities I joined" / "only the communities hosted on this instance" / "everyyyything".
Hope this helps... Others have likely explained it better than myself.
You may not like my answer but here goes: Time will tell.
Those who have jumped ship indefinitely will build a community here in the Fediverse. Those who miss Reddit too much will return there and use the official app.
By staying you are building something new. It may not be Reddit, and it may never be Reddit. But there are still millions of users who are here to stay and will become a community.
I hope it will not become a "they" vs "us" thing. Both platforms can exist peacefully, the same way Facebook and Twitter coexist.
Perhaps a difference in content style or format will appear in time, which will make people choose one platform over the other. But that's not bad. Competition is healthy.
I'm staying, and I'm curious to see where Lemmy is going. All I can do is contribute to making it a place I want to hang out in.
No you don't. We use dice, bottle caps, even snacks if we don't have minis available.
Playing with minis is more expensive but it's a hobby to most people to design a character, (have it) print and paint.
