Former reference librarian, current knitting designer of both stitch patterns and patterns for accessories.
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Last Notes npub1txm7l7qsnkmpgtxkx4zv8sk578ta7e4cjdql52366ndssp84lkcqpmvawq Naomi P On this evening’s walk, we passed by a field full of random plants where there were dozens of dragonflies alternating between buzzing around over the plants and basking on the greenway where we were walking. It was a delight! npub1txm7l7qsnkmpgtxkx4zv8sk578ta7e4cjdql52366ndssp84lkcqpmvawq Naomi P The brain’s desire to find patterns is fascinating. npub1txm7l7qsnkmpgtxkx4zv8sk578ta7e4cjdql52366ndssp84lkcqpmvawq Naomi P went out for an evening walk and this tiny toad was kind enough to turn up for #TinyToadTuesday npub1txm7l7qsnkmpgtxkx4zv8sk578ta7e4cjdql52366ndssp84lkcqpmvawq Naomi P I was explaining to spouse that I’ve switched over to using grams for weighing my yarn, and am about to buy myself a scale with tenth of a gram measurements for more precision. npub1txm7l7qsnkmpgtxkx4zv8sk578ta7e4cjdql52366ndssp84lkcqpmvawq Naomi P We’re going through a bunch of old family media and came across this recording tape, and that’s certainly an aesthetic choice. Were they trying to hypnotize people into buying it? npub1txm7l7qsnkmpgtxkx4zv8sk578ta7e4cjdql52366ndssp84lkcqpmvawq Naomi P Two dragonflies at once! And bonus tadpoles. This is a puddle that comes and goes depending how much rain there’s been. Or maybe a tiny pond? Anyway, when it’s there, we check it for tadpoles because this isn’t the first time we’ve seen some there. npub1txm7l7qsnkmpgtxkx4zv8sk578ta7e4cjdql52366ndssp84lkcqpmvawq Naomi P The tiniest bee I have ever seen was pollinating a tomato plant in our garden. It was about half a centimeter long! (I must confess I eyeballed it at 3/16 of an inch and then converted.) npub1txm7l7qsnkmpgtxkx4zv8sk578ta7e4cjdql52366ndssp84lkcqpmvawq Naomi P @npub1uzr…k9aj That’s lovely! npub1txm7l7qsnkmpgtxkx4zv8sk578ta7e4cjdql52366ndssp84lkcqpmvawq Naomi P @npub1typ…c8hh I managed to avoid it by reminding myself that it’s not likely there would have been an actual answer when I clicked through. npub1txm7l7qsnkmpgtxkx4zv8sk578ta7e4cjdql52366ndssp84lkcqpmvawq Naomi P @npub1typ…c8hh I also struggled with that one npub1txm7l7qsnkmpgtxkx4zv8sk578ta7e4cjdql52366ndssp84lkcqpmvawq Naomi P Just needed to figure out what glue I should use to attach leather to something else, and amazingly I remembered this useful website someone told me about ages ago: npub1txm7l7qsnkmpgtxkx4zv8sk578ta7e4cjdql52366ndssp84lkcqpmvawq Naomi P This week’s blog post is a motif that I’ve seen in at least two of my procedurally generated charted designs. npub1txm7l7qsnkmpgtxkx4zv8sk578ta7e4cjdql52366ndssp84lkcqpmvawq Naomi P Walked down to the park at dusk to see if we could see the barred owl chick, and wow, we didn’t have to peer through vines on the dead tree near the path where the nest is, because it had flown to the top of the neighboring dead tree and was craning its neck around to look at things. It’s still pretty fluffy! npub1txm7l7qsnkmpgtxkx4zv8sk578ta7e4cjdql52366ndssp84lkcqpmvawq Naomi P @npub1kxp…lt8h Part of me is wistful that you’re not, but it does seem like a massive complication npub1txm7l7qsnkmpgtxkx4zv8sk578ta7e4cjdql52366ndssp84lkcqpmvawq Naomi P @npub1kxp…lt8h Field of view, academic field, field you plant things in, field in a form? npub1txm7l7qsnkmpgtxkx4zv8sk578ta7e4cjdql52366ndssp84lkcqpmvawq Naomi P This morning, spouse and I are wearing shorts because it was hot last night. The cat hopped up on the footrest we were both using and stared disapprovingly at our bare legs until I put a blanket on my lap. npub1txm7l7qsnkmpgtxkx4zv8sk578ta7e4cjdql52366ndssp84lkcqpmvawq Naomi P Spiderwort, spiderwort npub1txm7l7qsnkmpgtxkx4zv8sk578ta7e4cjdql52366ndssp84lkcqpmvawq Naomi P Not a turtle bean, but a kitty bean! npub1txm7l7qsnkmpgtxkx4zv8sk578ta7e4cjdql52366ndssp84lkcqpmvawq Naomi P It was a good day for turtles. Weird camera phone zoom combined with staying far enough away to not scare the turtles, but look, at least four turtles! Including a snapping turtle. npub1txm7l7qsnkmpgtxkx4zv8sk578ta7e4cjdql52366ndssp84lkcqpmvawq Naomi P I just read this line from the Edge of Worlds, by Martha Wells: npub1txm7l7qsnkmpgtxkx4zv8sk578ta7e4cjdql52366ndssp84lkcqpmvawq Naomi P Went to Duke Gardens on Thursday, and the cherry trees are just ridiculously beautiful right now. npub1txm7l7qsnkmpgtxkx4zv8sk578ta7e4cjdql52366ndssp84lkcqpmvawq Naomi P Onionize your workplace npub1txm7l7qsnkmpgtxkx4zv8sk578ta7e4cjdql52366ndssp84lkcqpmvawq Naomi P @npub1asa…n9sr It’s size 3, but I am a tight knitter and also if I were to knit socks with this yarn, I’d be knitting them on size 0s, probably. npub1txm7l7qsnkmpgtxkx4zv8sk578ta7e4cjdql52366ndssp84lkcqpmvawq Naomi P This is my slowest current project — it’s a handspun laceweight garter stitch shawl, and I usually only get it out when I can’t concentrate on anything else. npub1txm7l7qsnkmpgtxkx4zv8sk578ta7e4cjdql52366ndssp84lkcqpmvawq Naomi P Last year 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: npub1txm7l7qsnkmpgtxkx4zv8sk578ta7e4cjdql52366ndssp84lkcqpmvawq Naomi P @npub1typ…c8hh Yikes, feel better soon! npub1txm7l7qsnkmpgtxkx4zv8sk578ta7e4cjdql52366ndssp84lkcqpmvawq Naomi P one of my favorite tiny flowers, Veronica persica (birdseye speedwell). npub1txm7l7qsnkmpgtxkx4zv8sk578ta7e4cjdql52366ndssp84lkcqpmvawq Naomi P This week’s regular blog post is one of my stitch structure posts, this time about the yarnover: npub1txm7l7qsnkmpgtxkx4zv8sk578ta7e4cjdql52366ndssp84lkcqpmvawq Naomi P To counter the February doldrums, here is some butterfly milkweed from last May’s garden. npub1txm7l7qsnkmpgtxkx4zv8sk578ta7e4cjdql52366ndssp84lkcqpmvawq Naomi P The beaver marsh is one of the places round here that makes me happy. I haven’t ever seen the beavers (though I’ve met people who have), but there’s lots of amazing wildlife here because of their work. npub1txm7l7qsnkmpgtxkx4zv8sk578ta7e4cjdql52366ndssp84lkcqpmvawq Naomi P pansies in the sun npub1txm7l7qsnkmpgtxkx4zv8sk578ta7e4cjdql52366ndssp84lkcqpmvawq Naomi P Went for a walk with spouse today, and stopped on a bridge to look down into the stream. There were two crayfish slowly walking along the bottom! npub1txm7l7qsnkmpgtxkx4zv8sk578ta7e4cjdql52366ndssp84lkcqpmvawq Naomi P #Caturday npub1txm7l7qsnkmpgtxkx4zv8sk578ta7e4cjdql52366ndssp84lkcqpmvawq Naomi P @npub1lv4…ru5g Well, that could be fine, but I expect it would be interesting dealing with everyone else’s belief that it’s Thursday npub1txm7l7qsnkmpgtxkx4zv8sk578ta7e4cjdql52366ndssp84lkcqpmvawq Naomi P Good morning! npub1txm7l7qsnkmpgtxkx4zv8sk578ta7e4cjdql52366ndssp84lkcqpmvawq Naomi P This month’s word selected by the random number picker from the words suggested on my Patreon is Happen! npub1txm7l7qsnkmpgtxkx4zv8sk578ta7e4cjdql52366ndssp84lkcqpmvawq Naomi P Cats: helping make beds for reasons known only to them. npub1txm7l7qsnkmpgtxkx4zv8sk578ta7e4cjdql52366ndssp84lkcqpmvawq Naomi P #SilentSunday npub1txm7l7qsnkmpgtxkx4zv8sk578ta7e4cjdql52366ndssp84lkcqpmvawq Naomi P @npub1xed…yg9w the brands I’ve been getting from them don’t? npub1txm7l7qsnkmpgtxkx4zv8sk578ta7e4cjdql52366ndssp84lkcqpmvawq Naomi P I knit an insert to make the sweater neck smaller in front, sewed and grafted it in place, and reknit the ribbing. Success! The insert just looks vaguely decorative, especially after I did a tiny bit of duplicate stitch at the bottom point to cover up some weirdness related to grafting and increases. Now my clavicles are sufficiently warm. npub1txm7l7qsnkmpgtxkx4zv8sk578ta7e4cjdql52366ndssp84lkcqpmvawq Naomi P A couple of recentish photos of Shadow for #BlackCatFriday in honor of Friday the 13th. npub1txm7l7qsnkmpgtxkx4zv8sk578ta7e4cjdql52366ndssp84lkcqpmvawq Naomi P @npub1qjr…kgt0 I like using the bulb shaped safety pins. I bought them from a yarn shop before I learned one can buy them much more cheaply for attaching hang tags. npub1txm7l7qsnkmpgtxkx4zv8sk578ta7e4cjdql52366ndssp84lkcqpmvawq Naomi P I’m casting on 196 stitches, and I’m putting a stitch marker every 20 stitches to help me keep track of where I am. I don’t remember where I saw this tip, but I’m really grateful for it, even though I do count each set of 20 stitches twice to be certain. But this way I can count 9 stitch markers plus 16 more stitches, and I’ll be good to go. npub1txm7l7qsnkmpgtxkx4zv8sk578ta7e4cjdql52366ndssp84lkcqpmvawq Naomi P This is the shawl that never ends… npub1txm7l7qsnkmpgtxkx4zv8sk578ta7e4cjdql52366ndssp84lkcqpmvawq Naomi P Dear cat, if you want me to get up and give you treats, you need to stop lying on my foot. npub1txm7l7qsnkmpgtxkx4zv8sk578ta7e4cjdql52366ndssp84lkcqpmvawq Naomi P In the long run, I’m looking for some heavier linen fabric, but I’d like to buy some lightweight 100% linen to replace part of a blouse. Does anyone have a good suggestion for an online shop in the US that carries such? npub1txm7l7qsnkmpgtxkx4zv8sk578ta7e4cjdql52366ndssp84lkcqpmvawq Naomi P The cat, as ever, has impeccable timing. Which is to say that she hopped on my lap just when I was about to do do something else. npub1txm7l7qsnkmpgtxkx4zv8sk578ta7e4cjdql52366ndssp84lkcqpmvawq Naomi P I’m going to be posting a series of written tutorials with drawings and photos about alternate ways of doing 1/1 cable crosses in knitting. This post will have links to all of my tutorials for these when they’re finished : npub1txm7l7qsnkmpgtxkx4zv8sk578ta7e4cjdql52366ndssp84lkcqpmvawq Naomi P New flat pack furniture has arrived and the first required step is finished. npub1txm7l7qsnkmpgtxkx4zv8sk578ta7e4cjdql52366ndssp84lkcqpmvawq Naomi P Went out in the yard and there are swallowtail caterpillars on the fennel! Repeat: swallowtail caterpillars on the fennel! npub1txm7l7qsnkmpgtxkx4zv8sk578ta7e4cjdql52366ndssp84lkcqpmvawq Naomi P @npub1zeg…p4ug @npub18yl…pegw well, I think some of them are more cheerful, but people have boosted ones that say something like npub1txm7l7qsnkmpgtxkx4zv8sk578ta7e4cjdql52366ndssp84lkcqpmvawq Naomi P @npub18yl…pegw does this kind of mentality maybe explain why people boost some of my posts that don’t seem likely to be interesting to random people? They think I want to be visible to more people or something and faves are “useless”? npub1txm7l7qsnkmpgtxkx4zv8sk578ta7e4cjdql52366ndssp84lkcqpmvawq Naomi P This week’s blog post is some random thoughts about designing last week’s stitch pattern. There’s no overarching thread to the whole thing; each section is its own thought. npub1txm7l7qsnkmpgtxkx4zv8sk578ta7e4cjdql52366ndssp84lkcqpmvawq Naomi P This month’s word suggested by my Patreon is Cable. I called the resulting stitch patterns “meta Cable” to make them easier to search for. npub1txm7l7qsnkmpgtxkx4zv8sk578ta7e4cjdql52366ndssp84lkcqpmvawq Naomi P Saw this lacy-looking leaf on today’s walk. npub1txm7l7qsnkmpgtxkx4zv8sk578ta7e4cjdql52366ndssp84lkcqpmvawq Naomi P @npub1qjr…kgt0 whew! And congrats npub1txm7l7qsnkmpgtxkx4zv8sk578ta7e4cjdql52366ndssp84lkcqpmvawq Naomi P Went for a walk, met a friend npub1txm7l7qsnkmpgtxkx4zv8sk578ta7e4cjdql52366ndssp84lkcqpmvawq Naomi P This month’s word suggested by my Patreon is Ease. I suppose it was inevitable that it would be a difficult word to work with! I almost went with a cable pattern instead of lace, but it looked pretty boring to me, so I worked my way through more possible lace charts. npub1txm7l7qsnkmpgtxkx4zv8sk578ta7e4cjdql52366ndssp84lkcqpmvawq Naomi P @npub1fwl…6a65 before I read the text, at first I thought this was a knitted hat! npub1txm7l7qsnkmpgtxkx4zv8sk578ta7e4cjdql52366ndssp84lkcqpmvawq Naomi P A small lunchtime mend for #[0]: small hole in a jersey shirt.
