Kyle Rankin @kyle@librem.one

We're ready for #Halloween!

These fast ⁨#weaving⁩ projects are a nice departure from the more involved ones. Here's a merino wool scarf I wove this weekend on my rigid heddle loom (my floor loom is still dressed for a different project).

@LovesTha @xahteiwi If you have a USB->serial adapter that works in Linux with mainline kernel support then it should work on the phone. I connected a standard software defined radio tuner to mine (both directly and when docked to the laptop) and gqrx ran like expected.

@xahteiwi I discuss it all in more detail with a number of photos in this post: https://puri.sm/posts/my-first-year-of-librem-5-convergence/

@xahteiwi Should work fine with either a Librem 5 or Pinephone if you are running an OS with convergence (PureOS and Mobian are examples). I'm typing this from a Librem 5 docked into a UPERFECT X Mini laptop dock (and before that a Nexdock 360) that is acting as my personal laptop and when docked it's basically a desktop OS. I've been using a set up like this for over a year now.

@Viss Pretty chill, a whole morning full of weaving (I have a present I need to finish in time for someone's birthday).

@metagrrrl Thank you!

For the coming year, I will probably take on more projects that combine weaving and sewing. I will probably also make some more napkins or towels for the house so we have more than the too-fancy-to-use overshot ones I made this year (we used them anyway).

I also have started adding ⁨#sewing⁩ into my ⁨#weaving⁩ projects. My first attempt was sewing simple seams to make a pillow with a krokbragd pattern, and most recently I took on a pretty major project of sewing a tote bag. In the future I plan to try making garments too.

I also made a two rugs that we are using at entrances into our house. The first I made on the rigid heddle loom using a krokbragd technique and the second on my floor loom using rep weave. It only took a week or two to work up nerve to wipe our feet on them.

I also made a few table runners, which are basically just wide, long scarves. My first attempt was a Forbes tartan-inspired plain weave table runner, which I used to learn how to weave plaids. Later I wove an overshot table runner to practice that technique.

Scarves! I have made so many scarves this year. It is a great starter project and a great gift. I started with a basic plain weave pattern but also did a matching pair of tweed and plaid scarves for my wife and me.

It's been about a year since I took up ⁨#weaving⁩ as a hobby! This thread will look back at my projects and progress over the past year.

First let's talk looms. I started as many weavers do on a rigid heddle loom. I opted for the widest Kromski loom they make so I had the most flexibility. Then about a month in, I lucked into a *free* floor loom and since then most of my projects have been on that.

My wife's tote is complete! This is my first ⁨#weaving⁩ project with significant ⁨#sewing⁩. First I came up with the design and wove it on my loom. Then I sewed it into a tote, reinforced it with interfacing, sewed a liner, added straps and sewed it into the hem. I'm very pleased with how it turned out.

@pressgirlk Welcome!

@Viss Eugen reported a spike for mastodon.social that coincided with the initial announcement. I would guess there would be more folks in that initial exodus than now, at least until people see tangible changes. It will be interesting to see.

This weekend I sewed my handwoven fabric into a tote and added fusible interfacing to give it structure. I woke up early this morning and so I decided to stitch on the leather straps. Once I add the lining, hem the top and turn it out it's done! ⁨#weaving⁩ ⁨#sewing⁩

@ademalsasa I use a pretty standard postfix and dovecot combination, and I document the ways I set it up to be compliant and secure with modern email standards (SPF/DKIM/DMARC) in the email chapter of Linux Hardening in Hostile Networks.