#SpinCycle

[knithacker]

Love this … "Twenty years later, Spincycle’s success tells a different story: small-scale manufacturing can return to North America, helping bring life back to hollowed-out downtown cores — and reviving near-lost arts like wool milling." ❤️🧶

[craftycoola]

point: spincycle yarn is expensive for 50g

counterpoint: the yardage is the same as if i, local compressor of fibers, spun 150g, thereby making it comparatively not actually that expensive

conclusion: spinning is hard.

(literally, because my yarn is so dense...)

[checkappliance]

The spin speed on washing machines often depends on the program selected - many presets automatically choose the speed. But you can manually adjust it based on fabric type for optimal results. Recommended speeds:

Delicates like silk - 400 RPM Wool - 600 RPM Synthetics/Denim - 800-1000 RPM Cotton - 1400 RPM

Lower speeds are gentler while higher speeds remove more moisture to reduce drying time. Find the right balance through trial and error for each fabric. Around 800 RPM works for most mixed loads.

[countthelions]

Trans triangles begin ✨ spot sweater by anne ventzel

[neonkewpie]

Ummm I can explain

The explanation is that spincycle has me by the heart

[theemeraldforestafterdark]

I can't actually do this without finding an exit and passing through said exit. The tiniest and broadest reminders nudge me into trigger territory. Which quickly become cumulative. And just plain tiring, too. This is supposed to be a crutch. To lean into, to feel better.

There was one time last autumn, where I'd had an relatively okay day and I just came online, and it felt effortless. How crazy, that it was just one day. Saying that though, I went on three trips last year and the week after each one, it felt so effortless being here too. Just riding on the coattails of being an actual person and breathing at my own pace. I know exactly what's wrong, and I can't fix it for the life of me.

[andromedasummer]

whys i not. in christchurch. at woolfeast. :(

[nutmeg-cycling]

It is done! I don't think I could be happier about how this looks. Many thanks to everyone who recommended this pattern when I did a poll last year; I'm sure my mom will be very pleased with it.

Pattern is Destination Unknown by Cheryl Faust. I think mosaic knitting is my new favorite form of colorwork.

Dark blue is a lovely silk/cashmere/alpaca blend from Northbound Knitting, which is so pretty and soft I'm immediately doing another project with my spare skein. Contrast yarn is spincycle dyed in the wool, and I love how the colors came out and where they ended up!

[ksantillus]

Finished the sweater just in time for sweater weather! I got a kit and the colors turned out beautifully--I love how the variegated yarn looks like fall foliage

Pattern: Framed by Drea Renee Knits

Yarn: Sunny's (mustard yellow), Ranch Romance (mint), Dirty Little Secret (variegated), all worsted weight from Spincycle Yarns

[fluffypotatey]

Mk isn't sure on whether to tell wukong but as we previously established, macaque literally personally invited him. He's going on a spincycle for nothing lol

MK is in a lose/lose no matter which decision he makes. he confesses his worries to Mei and Red Son no thanks to it right before the ceremony begins (Mei is on the phone) <- this can also be how Tina finds out that the stranger she was talking to was actually Wukong (aka, Macdonald's ex)

[minimewtreasures]

Yarn Spinner and Dyer: Rachel Price and Kate Burge | Spincycle Yarns

[beetlebugz]

Wait wtf is going on in Portland what I miss

if you mean about my post it’s nothing crazy just typical portland polycule restructuring drama. if you mean in general that would be the fae curse placed upon us that forever traps us into endlessly holding space at a beer/cider/reuse/spincycle/pickleball/craft birria tacos bar. some take it better than others.

[countthelions]

[serene shawl] knitting up beautifully

[neonkewpie]

[craftycoola]

make 9: 2024

This year, my Make 9 includes some failures from last year's Make 9, some WIPs, and some projects that need alterations -- alongside the traditional new projects. I love all these works that have been abandoned or forgotten or neglected, and so part of my goal for this year is to give them new life.

I don't know that I'll get to everything, but these are the projects I'd love to get done in 2024.

Tough Love Sock in Sunset Spice (Sweetgeorgia): intended for a knit sweater design

Throttle Moto Jacket in handspun (p: we pull apart the dark): finish spinning yarn and knitting the jacket

Handspun (p: swirling solar winds): intended for a crochet shawl design

Hand-dyed color samples (p: do you love the color of the sky): working on color-matching and then spinning and knitting

Dyed in the Wool in Dear Diary (Spincycle): intended for a crochet headband design

Tough Love Sock in Magician (Sweetgeorgia): intended for a knit pullover design

Pelagia (Borgo de' Pazzi): intended for a knit tee design

Varjo by Anna Johanna (p: we have cookies): sleeves need to be frogged and reknit for a looser fit

Falkland braids (House of Wool): spin separately into gradient yarns and use in some sort of striped shawl (probably knit)

[cherrynasb]

GOMLX defined Aang's future

There are many certainties in life, death, taxes, and most importantly getting hit by Aang’s charged Up Air. This last certainty couldn’t have been proven more than by Hockey at his recent run at Get On My Level 2024. Featuring top players from around the world, NASB2 @ GOMLX was absolutely staked. Despite how many great players there were, only one could walk away victorious, and that’s exactly what Hockey did. 

TOP 8 - Nickelodeon All Star Brawl 2 - GOML X (Aang Jimmy Spongebob Ember Garfield) NASB2 Tourney

Hockey stuck to what worked as per usual breezing through his first few opponents using his air bending master Aang the whole way through his bracket run. Defeating Ry-X, Spiral, and even Sundra 2-0. However this would only be the first Aang ditto hockey would play as he would go onto top 8 and immediately fight Pixie Gangstereo. Hockey who at one point was coached by Pixie, became the master defeating Pixe Gangstereo 2-0 by sticking to the same consistent simple yet effective game plan he had been using the entire tournament thus far. Hockey’s combo game all revolves around hitting Charged Up Air. Comboing at low percentages with Light Up Air or Up Throw as the starter, and at higher percentages going for UpThrow Up Special Slime Canceled Charge Up Air. Pixe, often resorted for some of the more optimal Aang starter combos one of his signatures being the double grounded Up Charge not working effectively, due Aang being so floaty he actually was able to di and escape the multiple multihits. 

Hockey wouldn’t meet a true challenge until his Winners Final opponent Senpac. These two meet constantly in online weekly tournaments with a respectable 16 sets being played against each other. While Hockey led in sets won over Senpac, it was Senpac who had won 2 of the 3 most recent sets they had played. This set would mark the start of hockey deviating from his gameplan thus far of simple yet effective, as Hockey would start using options like Slime dash Up Special, and the effective “Neutral Skip” Technique. To do this you start by using Aangs Neutral special and then slime canceling into forward strong to have an unpunishable approach + damage option. This opening of different play ended up securing game 1 in what would be an otherwise challenging best of 5 set.

After two dominating games Senpeezy would show signs of life, using Jimmy’s best pet Goddard to help him keep ahead. The various uses of Goddard from using him as an explosive combo extender to having lazer shots snuff out aangs recovery options were just enough for Senpac to keep ever so slightly ahead of Hockey. Forcing a game 5 set that unfortunately ended with Hockey resetting back to the effective basics and just wiping the floor with senpac in game 5. This wouldn’t be the last time we saw the loveable Senpeezy, who made quick work of Revilo2112 with a 3-0 win proving he was the one who deserved to be fighting against Hockey in Grand Finals.

Once again Hockey would start by forcing Senpac into the spincycle that is Charge Up Air, and forcing Senpac down 0-1 into game 2. For Game 2 Senpac would choose to play on Food Dreams. This stage gave him a large enough space with tall enough blast zones to avoid for the most part what Aangs charge up airs intended to do to his stocks. Similar to Winners Finals, Senpac had to get creative with how he landed his own finishing moves using mechanics like slime dash and slime cancel to chip hockey into the blast zone. Finally with each on their last stocks, senpac mid aerial scramble, Senpac hit hockey with a trusty upair SC into light down air. This would tie up the set 1-1 and cause hockey to go to his fav counter pick stage, Pariahs Keep. This flat no platform stage normally is great for extending Aangs combo game thanks to the lack of platforms to interfere. This definitely was proven true once again because as soon as hockey took his first stock from senpac hi just didnt stop. With multiple Zero to death combos dragging senpac from the right to the left with charged up air into up special. In response we saw Senpac answer in game 4 with his own busted stage in Mericle City Valcano. Where Jimmy can thrive thanks to the large stage, triple platforms, and smaller side blaszones aiding in early Kills via Fair Fair Slime dash Fair. This forced a game 5 where Hockey went back to Pariahs Keep and Senpac had to once again fight the bald demon at his strongest. This final game displayed a fully awoken hockey. Finishing stock 1 of senpacs with a trusty neutral skip, only for Senpac to continue to fight and quickly answer with his own Strong charge air, forcing hockey to ONCE again finish a stock of hockeys with strong up airs. These two went back and forth nearly 0 to deathing each other twice before hockey put a stop to it via a smart neutral skip. Hockey followed this up with potentially one of the biggest war crimes ive seen. Comboing Charge up air 4 times into itself across the entirety of PK to finish off senpac and win game 5 last stock against Senpac. 

Overall Hockey had alot to prove with this tournament, he was fighting to secure himself as the best Aang in the world which he did beating the likes of, Pixie Gangstereo, and Sundra, as well as win his first Offline NASB2 Major. There couldn’t have been a better time to do it too considering this was the first of two majors that would bookend this second season of competitive NASB2. Hockey also proved something else to the world that day. He provided proof that Aang is not a pacifist and instead is an evil war criminal. Oh how his ancestors would detest his actions. Roku offers his wisdom to Aang on the Giant Lion Turtle

So there you have it, another major finished for NASB2, what were your fav moments from GOMLX? Make sure to to let us know in the comments below what you enjoyed the most, and don’t forget to like and Subscribe to cherrynasb for more platform fighter content.