Kyle Rankin @kyle@librem.one

@Thalass **looks around nervously** yeah I totally agree...

@jzb Yes I just got a flatbed knitting machine that is programmable with punch cards (https://social.librem.one/@kyle/109293539394599154), but apparently there are also electronically-controlled ones as well. This sort of tech seems to have hit its heyday in the `90s from the bit of research I've gathered so far.

Adafruit had a project to "modernize" the interface to one:

https://learn.adafruit.com/electroknit

Found out from my local yarn store that a regional yarn store had new-in-box electronic #knitting machines on sale incredibly cheap. Unfortunately (fortunately?) they had sold out by the time I called them. Not that I had the space for one, but it seemed too good to pass up.

@Viss Have you tried refreshing the tab to trigger it to reload?

@Wildbill @jorge@hachyderm.io And I'm digging having all the conversations I care about be over here now :) Looking forward to the day when I no longer have to do cross-posting.

@jorge@hachyderm.io @Wildbill I've been cross-posting both here and there for the past few years, but there's no telling how many of my posts the algorithm let you see over there.

I came to my office to find that after 29 hours the articulated cobra was done printing! Here it is with support material removed. #3dprinting

@ancroimealmor@mastodon.social @weaving Nice scarf! I found that the book Finishes in the Ethnic Tradition by Baizerman and Searle to be very useful when deciding on different finishing techniques for fringe. I tend to use hemstitch, Phillipine and Damascus edges for most of my fringe.

@Thalass You should definitely try it! It requires focus but it seems from a different part of my brain than my day job so it ends up becoming meditative and relaxing. I recommend starting with a rigid heddle loom, they are small, (relatively) inexpensive, but very capable.

While it took a few weeks to work up the nerve, here is proof that we actually do use the Rep weave rug I made for the front entry way. #weaving

@ridetheory What?! Wow this is amazing.

@SewingforyourLife If you have storage problems then definitely do *not* take up weaving on a floor loom :)

Although a rigid heddle loom doesn't take up much space...

@SewingforyourLife You can never have too many hobbies! I personally started weaving a year ago. It's very fun and relaxing, but it's also my first fiber-based hobby.

@SewingforyourLife Thank you! I can't wait to see what the finished product looks like, I'm sort of making up this pattern as I go along!

Side note for other weavers: when I did the threading for this, I dressed the loom to be able to do 3 to 4 totes. To give myself maximum future flexibility, instead of doing a typical 1-2-3-2-1 krokbragd threading, I opted for 1-2-3-4-1-2-3-4 traditional twill and then when doing tie-ups I left my plain weave 2-4 treadle alone.

This lets me weave 1-2-3 krokbragd but I also have the option to switch to a standard twill pattern if I wanted to.

Tech bro? No that don't make me
See what I want sign up to it swiftly
Felt it in my hips so I swiped back from the app of Twits
Then I tapped for the app, make me wanna do posts for it
Pin them like a intro post should be pinned
Came to my timeline then I found all my friends
Don't know how you do the voodoo that you do
Can post from a shell? Well, makes me wanna toot toot toot

Apologies Salt-n-Pepa

(Hey yeah, I wanna toot, baby)
Ooh, how you doing, baby?
No, not you, you, the #federated one, yeah
What's your name?
Mastodon? That sounds sexy

Uh, here I go, here I go, here I go again
Geeks, what's my weakness? (FOSS!)
OK then, chillin, browsin, minding my business
Yo Musk, I looked around and I couldn't believe this
I swear, I stared, my tab my witness
The server had it going on with something kinda, uh
Federated, moderated,
I'm not shy, so I asked for the instance

I brought an #antique mechanical #calculator (Monroe LN-160X) to my local Linux Users' Group last night for show and tell. But even better, someone else brought their #Curta Type I! I had never seen, much less used one in person before. Everything about them, the look, the feel, the form factor, is fantastic.