Former reference librarian, current knitting designer of both stitch patterns and patterns for accessories.
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Last Notes npub1es429n63v8kjs0vvvyfpj22x6ulhtvlh6fve97ulh4nnteepzjrq2x05ar Naomi P Today on fedi, I learned about the existence of biscornu pincushions. So I went and looked them up. I was utterly delighted that the Wikipedia article not only discusses how the pincushions are made, but how it’s described mathematically: npub1es429n63v8kjs0vvvyfpj22x6ulhtvlh6fve97ulh4nnteepzjrq2x05ar Naomi P Good morning! npub1es429n63v8kjs0vvvyfpj22x6ulhtvlh6fve97ulh4nnteepzjrq2x05ar Naomi P We have an insulated grocery bag that has burlap for the outside and no reinforcement on the bottom corners. They all have holes from wear now. My suspicion is planned obsolescence. (I have the impression that burlap doesn’t hold up to friction.) npub1es429n63v8kjs0vvvyfpj22x6ulhtvlh6fve97ulh4nnteepzjrq2x05ar Naomi P I went to the local creative reuse shop, and saw this snowberry clearwing moth just sitting on a wall. npub1es429n63v8kjs0vvvyfpj22x6ulhtvlh6fve97ulh4nnteepzjrq2x05ar Naomi P For fiber artists, a list of signs that a set of instructions is probably llm-slop. The article is by a crochet designer, but the signs are relevant beyond crochet. npub1es429n63v8kjs0vvvyfpj22x6ulhtvlh6fve97ulh4nnteepzjrq2x05ar Naomi P @nprofile…dyu0 I have an OttLite magnifier with LEDs that clips to my nearby furniture. I like it a lot. I looked carefully at the reviews to pick the one I bought: https://ottlite.com/products/lighted-magnifier-clip-lamp npub1es429n63v8kjs0vvvyfpj22x6ulhtvlh6fve97ulh4nnteepzjrq2x05ar Naomi P Good morning! npub1es429n63v8kjs0vvvyfpj22x6ulhtvlh6fve97ulh4nnteepzjrq2x05ar Naomi P Recently I was considering the words braid and plait, which are synonyms in modern English. I started to wonder if they had the same etymological roots, in large part because of the ways that sounds change over time or when words are borrowed from other languages. npub1es429n63v8kjs0vvvyfpj22x6ulhtvlh6fve97ulh4nnteepzjrq2x05ar Naomi P I looked out the kitchen window today and saw a hummingbird visiting the coral honeysuckle in the side yard. I told spouse, and we watched together as our feathered neighbor visited multiple flowers and then sat in the vines, looking rather like a leaf. npub1es429n63v8kjs0vvvyfpj22x6ulhtvlh6fve97ulh4nnteepzjrq2x05ar Naomi P @nprofile…w4ya I’ve really liked other books by Pat Murphy. Thanks for the heads up! npub1es429n63v8kjs0vvvyfpj22x6ulhtvlh6fve97ulh4nnteepzjrq2x05ar Naomi P @nprofile…w4ya @nprofile…qxqf oof! npub1es429n63v8kjs0vvvyfpj22x6ulhtvlh6fve97ulh4nnteepzjrq2x05ar Naomi P Here I am listening to an audiobook with a main character who swears by Hecate. The problem I have with this is that *one time* I wasn’t focused and heard “by heckity”. npub1es429n63v8kjs0vvvyfpj22x6ulhtvlh6fve97ulh4nnteepzjrq2x05ar Naomi P My cross stitch teacher showed me how to wind floss onto paper floss bobbins (including writing the color number on the end). I was tidying up my cotton floss, and thought I needed to buy more fancy pieces of cardboard. npub1es429n63v8kjs0vvvyfpj22x6ulhtvlh6fve97ulh4nnteepzjrq2x05ar Naomi P I used to have an embroidery manual I really liked, but I wasn’t using it. I gave it away several years ago to a teenager I knew who was doing wonderfully creative work. I’ve been regretting it lately, but I couldn’t remember the author or title. npub1es429n63v8kjs0vvvyfpj22x6ulhtvlh6fve97ulh4nnteepzjrq2x05ar Naomi P This week I learned a little bit about purgatorius, which might have been the earliest known protoprimate: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Purgatorius https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Purgatorius npub1es429n63v8kjs0vvvyfpj22x6ulhtvlh6fve97ulh4nnteepzjrq2x05ar Naomi P I’ve been hoping to buy a denim shirt at a thrift shop for a while. Every time I’ve spotted one, it’s turned out to have corporate branding embroidered above the pocket. Yuck. npub1es429n63v8kjs0vvvyfpj22x6ulhtvlh6fve97ulh4nnteepzjrq2x05ar Naomi P (Best viewed at a larger size) npub1es429n63v8kjs0vvvyfpj22x6ulhtvlh6fve97ulh4nnteepzjrq2x05ar Naomi P I was discussing thimbles when I suddenly wondered about the word’s etymology. It’s clearly not the same as the German fingerhut (finger hat), and I guessed that it’s something to do with the thumb. npub1es429n63v8kjs0vvvyfpj22x6ulhtvlh6fve97ulh4nnteepzjrq2x05ar Naomi P Shadow is showing off her white lace jabot. (What I like to call the white patch on her chest.) npub1es429n63v8kjs0vvvyfpj22x6ulhtvlh6fve97ulh4nnteepzjrq2x05ar Naomi P Is this what a cat halo looks like? npub1es429n63v8kjs0vvvyfpj22x6ulhtvlh6fve97ulh4nnteepzjrq2x05ar Naomi P Moo. npub1es429n63v8kjs0vvvyfpj22x6ulhtvlh6fve97ulh4nnteepzjrq2x05ar Naomi P #SilentSunday #BloomScrolling npub1es429n63v8kjs0vvvyfpj22x6ulhtvlh6fve97ulh4nnteepzjrq2x05ar Naomi P #TextureTuesday #monochrome #AbstractPhotography npub1es429n63v8kjs0vvvyfpj22x6ulhtvlh6fve97ulh4nnteepzjrq2x05ar Naomi P T-shirt I saw at a thrift store today: npub1es429n63v8kjs0vvvyfpj22x6ulhtvlh6fve97ulh4nnteepzjrq2x05ar Naomi P It is very cold out. There is a Carolina wren sitting on the good branch outside the window, and it is so floofed up that it is a perfect sphere with spiky bits sticking out. npub1es429n63v8kjs0vvvyfpj22x6ulhtvlh6fve97ulh4nnteepzjrq2x05ar Naomi P @nprofile…p6fr for some reason, this made me think of https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/A_Sunday_Afternoon_on_the_Island_of_La_Grande_Jatte, especially the people in the background npub1es429n63v8kjs0vvvyfpj22x6ulhtvlh6fve97ulh4nnteepzjrq2x05ar Naomi P @nprofile…awd8 I’ve been having the experience of clicking on an author or narrator’s link in Hoopla, multiple things show up, but as soon as I scroll, lots of them disappear. npub1es429n63v8kjs0vvvyfpj22x6ulhtvlh6fve97ulh4nnteepzjrq2x05ar Naomi P I don’t know why the way the light catches Shadow’s ears amuses me, but it does. npub1es429n63v8kjs0vvvyfpj22x6ulhtvlh6fve97ulh4nnteepzjrq2x05ar Naomi P Morning. npub1es429n63v8kjs0vvvyfpj22x6ulhtvlh6fve97ulh4nnteepzjrq2x05ar Naomi P The cat was asleep under a blanket at my feet, while I occasionally talked to spouse. npub1es429n63v8kjs0vvvyfpj22x6ulhtvlh6fve97ulh4nnteepzjrq2x05ar Naomi P Me: I have just brushed my hair; I am no longer disheveled npub1es429n63v8kjs0vvvyfpj22x6ulhtvlh6fve97ulh4nnteepzjrq2x05ar Naomi P Good morning and happy solstice! npub1es429n63v8kjs0vvvyfpj22x6ulhtvlh6fve97ulh4nnteepzjrq2x05ar Naomi P I went for a walk this afternoon and I saw a catbird, a woodpecker, some black vultures, and my spouse. npub1es429n63v8kjs0vvvyfpj22x6ulhtvlh6fve97ulh4nnteepzjrq2x05ar Naomi P Cat bliss: npub1es429n63v8kjs0vvvyfpj22x6ulhtvlh6fve97ulh4nnteepzjrq2x05ar Naomi P 1. Cat is asleep, curled up in bagel configuration npub1es429n63v8kjs0vvvyfpj22x6ulhtvlh6fve97ulh4nnteepzjrq2x05ar Naomi P @nprofile…j4pg @nprofile…e4ry our cat once sniffed at a pear my kid was eating and then tried to bap it with the snake-killing move. EVIL pear! npub1es429n63v8kjs0vvvyfpj22x6ulhtvlh6fve97ulh4nnteepzjrq2x05ar Naomi P Oh shouty cat, oh shouty cat, npub1es429n63v8kjs0vvvyfpj22x6ulhtvlh6fve97ulh4nnteepzjrq2x05ar Naomi P It’s cold enough that the cat likes being under a blanket while napping. I was charmed by the vague shape of her under a knitted blanket. npub1es429n63v8kjs0vvvyfpj22x6ulhtvlh6fve97ulh4nnteepzjrq2x05ar Naomi P Good morning! npub1es429n63v8kjs0vvvyfpj22x6ulhtvlh6fve97ulh4nnteepzjrq2x05ar Naomi P Today’s earworm is a round, courtesy of seeing a photo from the Great Depression: npub1es429n63v8kjs0vvvyfpj22x6ulhtvlh6fve97ulh4nnteepzjrq2x05ar Naomi P @nprofile…jlsl so good to see people saying no to fascist BS! npub1es429n63v8kjs0vvvyfpj22x6ulhtvlh6fve97ulh4nnteepzjrq2x05ar Naomi P @nprofile…lse8 current and good publications! I just checked the new release section, and there’s books that were published two days ago. And you can download the books to use in any app you like (which is better than bookshop.org’s ebooks) npub1es429n63v8kjs0vvvyfpj22x6ulhtvlh6fve97ulh4nnteepzjrq2x05ar Naomi P @nprofile…lse8 I don’t know about StoryTel (and now I will go check it out), but I’ve been enjoying Libro.fm. It’s DRM-free and a part of your purchase can be designated to go to a local bookstore of your choice. npub1es429n63v8kjs0vvvyfpj22x6ulhtvlh6fve97ulh4nnteepzjrq2x05ar Naomi P My photo app says I took this photo a year ago. I like dragonflies, and I hope you do too! A couple of the automated ID apps suggest this is a skimmer, maybe a slaty skimmer, but I’m not sure how much to trust them. npub1es429n63v8kjs0vvvyfpj22x6ulhtvlh6fve97ulh4nnteepzjrq2x05ar Naomi P I randomly remembered the existence of the verbs don and doff (basically obsolete, though I like to use them if I’ve got an audience who will understand them). They’re contractions of “do on” and “do off” and mean “put on” and “take off”. npub1es429n63v8kjs0vvvyfpj22x6ulhtvlh6fve97ulh4nnteepzjrq2x05ar Naomi P @nprofile…7nxw I’m picturing you sitting at a campfire with a flashlight under your chin… npub1es429n63v8kjs0vvvyfpj22x6ulhtvlh6fve97ulh4nnteepzjrq2x05ar Naomi P I hope everyone I know round here is all right. It’s startling to wake up and learn that a nearby river rose 7m/22 feet in four hours. It’s a pretty short river, too, so it’s not as if it’s an accumulation from a big distance. npub1es429n63v8kjs0vvvyfpj22x6ulhtvlh6fve97ulh4nnteepzjrq2x05ar Naomi P Just realized I forgot to post my most recent crowdfunded stitch pattern! npub1es429n63v8kjs0vvvyfpj22x6ulhtvlh6fve97ulh4nnteepzjrq2x05ar Naomi P I went to Costco this morning and saw something that delighted me. Someone was riding one of those electric carts. They had a large flowering potted plant in the basket, some kind of hibiscus with bright red flowers. It made me imagine going through life with a portable garden! npub1es429n63v8kjs0vvvyfpj22x6ulhtvlh6fve97ulh4nnteepzjrq2x05ar Naomi P A marmoration of stink bugs npub1es429n63v8kjs0vvvyfpj22x6ulhtvlh6fve97ulh4nnteepzjrq2x05ar Naomi P Here’s a knitting tutorial by Susanna Winter for a double increase I haven’t seen before. I think it looks nifty! npub1es429n63v8kjs0vvvyfpj22x6ulhtvlh6fve97ulh4nnteepzjrq2x05ar Naomi P We have been taking late afternoon walks in the park recently. The red shouldered hawks are definitely nesting in the same tree as the last two years. This pleases us because it’s basically in full view from a sidewalk even when the tree is leafed out. We’ve seen an adult sitting in the nest a couple of times and seen them mating. Today one of them landed on a tree branch carrying a snake and started calling. The other flew in and was provided with dinner. npub1es429n63v8kjs0vvvyfpj22x6ulhtvlh6fve97ulh4nnteepzjrq2x05ar Naomi P This was shared with my craft group. I just double-checked the date on Reddit, and it dates from March 20, 2025. npub1es429n63v8kjs0vvvyfpj22x6ulhtvlh6fve97ulh4nnteepzjrq2x05ar Naomi P Good morning! npub1es429n63v8kjs0vvvyfpj22x6ulhtvlh6fve97ulh4nnteepzjrq2x05ar Naomi P Good morning! npub1es429n63v8kjs0vvvyfpj22x6ulhtvlh6fve97ulh4nnteepzjrq2x05ar Naomi P Seeing the blue confetti of Veronica persica in the yard always makes me smile. npub1es429n63v8kjs0vvvyfpj22x6ulhtvlh6fve97ulh4nnteepzjrq2x05ar Naomi P Awhile ago, I wrote up a mega thread with lots of links about mending textiles. I’ve compressed and reorganized it as a very old school webpage on neocities in hopes of making it a bit easier to use:
