Kyle Rankin @kyle@librem.one

I've been on a chronological timeline both here and on Twitter for a few years. Here is how I manage it:

I don't follow lightly. Following means I want to see all your posts. I read each post.

I filter. When ppl fill up my whole timeline with streams of posts too often, I either filter boosts or unfollow. It's nothing personal.

What about trending? Easy to tell what's trending because people w/ shared interests who I follow post/boost about the topic. If not, I follow someone new who does.

Now that I'm really cranking through this project, I had the fleeting thought "wow maybe it *would* be profitable to sell these" until I did the math. It will take 8 hours to weave the fabric and another 12 to finish it (tying fringe, washing, ironing) and sew it into a tote. I realized if I sold them for $350 I'd cover material costs and pay myself a $15/hr minimum wage.

So if you are wondering why I'm not opening up an Etsy store or something, that's why. #weaving

@micahflee Yeah the formatting macros across all publishers tend to push the limits of word processing software. Formatting always slows me down so I separate writing from formatting.

All of my books were actually written in vim. I'd put basic markup in the document if it made sense (first html then later on markdown), then after I felt I had a good first draft of a chapter, only then would I import into the publisher's template and format it. #writing

While I didn't get to weave as much as I wanted this weekend, I was still able to get halfway through the fabric for the new tote. Here's the progress after 4 hours. #weaving

@dsearls Just go to the person's profile in the same browser or app you use your account from and you should see a follow button. Or click on the search icon and search for @username@hostname.domain and clicking on them in the results will also bring up their profile.

@micahflee My biggest concern with importing over design elements like this is that so much over there (like you say) is about driving engagement, not health or happiness of people using the product.

It turns out that hateful, controversial, negative and misinformed posts are great at not just driving engagement (from people who both agree and disagree with those posts) but as a result also end up trending and then getting even more eyeballs. Great for business, not for health.

@wendynather Welcome!

I'm getting faster! With this new project I really got into a nice rhythm. As a result after two hours of work (30 mins of that to tie the warp back on) I went from a loose warp to about 7 inches of fabric. #weaving

Now that the 2nd tote is finished, what's next? I have other gifts I need to weave for the holidays, but I can't start them yet! It took almost 9 hours to measure warp and dress the loom for this project, so to save time overall I put enough warp on to weave at least 3 totes back-to-back.

The problem is, I can't use the loom for other holiday projects until I weave another tote! Fortunately this next tote has already been commissioned by my local yarn store! Busy time around here. #weaving

@katemason Thank you so much!

@kop316 Congratulations!

@f1337 I'll see about setting up a Matrix chat for you Monday with some folks on the team to share your progress and findings.

@f1337 Not at all! We'd welcome the help!

@f1337 I believe so.

@hehemrin Thank you!

@katherined Thank you!
It just has a simple black fabric lining (I didn't weave the lining, I actually got a few yards of good-quality-but-cheap fabric from a local thrift store).

I did use the antique sewing machine to sew the sides and also the box stitch for the bottom of the tote. Since there was no interfacing at that point the thickness of the fabric wasn't much of an issue.

The rest of the sewing (the hem and handles) I hand stitched, which was pretty tough w/ the interfacing.

@andrewmriley Thank you!

My handwoven tote bag is done! I wasn't sure whether my plan for the tweed background and purple krokbragd pattern stripe would work but I'm really happy how it turned out.

This time I used raw leather strips for the handles which meant an extra hour punching holes in leather. Like my previous tote this is lined and has interfacing so it can stand up on its own. #weaving