Kyle Rankin @kyle@librem.one

I've noticed that the past few days I have been checking Mastodon first. The new influx of people and the increase in boosting from people I follow has made this timeline much more interesting!

@yaelwrites We have never had trick or treaters visit but we buy some candy just in case. Yet this year we did get one batch of visitors who were walking by in a large group. I think they saw the porchlight come on and followed the pizza delivery person over.

The one tool that I missed the most when moving to a ⁨#leatherman⁩ ⁨#skeletool⁩ years ago were scissors. I was inspired by a mod that attached Wave scissors to the caribiner end, but I moved it to replace the pocket clip. Works well so far! ⁨

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.