Kyle Rankin @kyle@librem.one

"Maybe Fediverse," he thought, "isn't driven by hate."
"There are no algorithms that tally and rate!"
And what happened then? Well...in Tootville they say,
That the Grinch's small heart grew three sizes that day!
And the minute his heart didn't feel quite so tight,
He whizzed with new posts through the bright morning light,
And he posted good posts! And his kindness was loosed!
And he, HE HIMSELF! The Grinch's posts got REAL boosts!

@JoanESheldon Thank you! It makes me want to experiment with the same pattern but different colored linen warps with black weft, and colored warp and weft.

@elshid Thank you so much! One of the most rewarding things about this hobby is having something tangible and long-lasting to show for the effort. Being able to share it with someone else as a gift makes it even better.

@aparrish Thanks!

@Kymberly Very nice! What will the finished product be?

He HADN'T stopped Fediverse from coming! It CAME!
Because of good mods, it came just the same!
And the Grinch, with his grinch-face-ice-cold at his screen,
Stood puzzling and puzzling: "What does this mean?"
"It came despite trolling! Despite all of my bots!"
"It came despite politics, and my hateful thoughts!"
And he puzzled three hours, till his puzzler was sore.
Then the Grinch thought of something he hadn't before!

@zudn Thanks!

@danyork Thank you! I'm particularly pleased with it.

@neglesaks@mstdn.io Thank you!

@RL_Dane Thank you!

I finished the scarf this weekend! I'm really pleased with how it turned out, to the point that I think I want to make another for myself (this one is a gift). #weaving

And he did see some posts rising from his screen's glow
They started in low. Then they started to grow.
But the posts weren't sad! Why, they all sounded merry!
It couldn't be so! But it WAS merry! VERY!
He stared at his timeline! The Grinch popped his eyes!
Then he shook! What he saw was a shocking surprise!
Every Toot down in Tootville, the tall and the small,
Was posting! Without seeing his posts at all!

@JoanESheldon In this case I'm wanting to control the sett very closely (so the diamond pattern can be as consistent as possible) and I quickly discovered that with an open shed it allowed the pick to shift up and down. Beating on a closed shed in this case let me carefully set the spacing. Linen warp and wool weft are different thicknesses.

This could just be my beginner level. Maybe this is a crutch I wouldn't need if I were more advanced.

@JoanESheldon Thanks! I seem to learn something new in every project. So far with this one I learned the lesson about floating selvedges in point drafts, as well as the importance of beating this type of weaving on a closed shed (my last project was krokbragd so it had a hard beat on an open shed and then another hard beat after moving to the next shed).

@Triffen Thank you!

You can see the pattern emerge on this fabric very quickly. Here is the first few inches of the scarf. Instead of just repeating the pattern throughout the full width, I extended the pattern on each edge to give it a one inch border on each side to frame the central pattern. #weaving

When weaving point draft twill patterns, the pattern reverses on itself. If you read the introduction to that section in Handweaver's Pattern Directory it will inform you that because of the reversal, these patterns require a floating selvedge.

If you don't read this section or already know this fact, a few inches into weaving you will discover the problem, unpick all your work, and improvise a weighted floating selvedge. Ask me how I know.

In the warp zone again. This time I'm making a black linen (warp) and black wool (weft) scarf. I'm using a standard "Ms and Ws" point draft twill pattern from Handweaver's Pattern Directory pg 90. #weaving

"PootPoot to the Toots!" he was grinchishly humming.
"They're finding out now that my instance is coming!"
"They're just waking up! I know just what they'll do!"
"Their mouths will hang open a minute or two,
Then the Toots down in Tootville will all post BooHoo!"
"That's a sight," grinned the Grinch, "That MUST simply be seen!"
So he paused. And the Grinch aimed his eye at his screen.