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no i didnt get that from a video essay im a little more well read than that thanks. i got it from the abstract for a study i didnt read the rest of

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As part of my PhD journey I’m participating in a three-day conference that requires me to take a 14 hour train trip across the country to a place I’ve never been. I could be nervous about attending working groups and delivering two presentations about my research for peers and professors but I’m actually more concerned about finding my sleeping carriage and sleeping on the train, locating my hostel (weird key box access??), not losing my luggage, being on time wherever I need to be for the next three days and remembering to eat and drink when my usual routine is going to be totally out the window.

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grass green again post rose window crochet blanket :)

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I try to be pretty open with my mental health struggles with people around me to like help normalize talking about that kind of thing casually like it’s any other health problem.

The downside of this is watching in real time as people fail to grasp the concept of an anxiety disorder.

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Japanese diplomat Chiune Sugihara and his wife Yukiko spent 18-20 hours a day writing and signing transit visas by hand in Lithuania for more than 6,000 Jews for 29 days from July 31 to August 28, 1940.

When it was time for them to depart, Sugihara said, "Please forgive me. I cannot write anymore. I wish you the best." When he bowed to the people before him, someone exclaimed, "Sugihara. We'll never forget you. I'll surely see you again!" It is estimated that actions undertaken by him and his wife are responsible for the present lives of around 100,000 people.

Rabbi Yisroel Bernath 

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It’s kind of cool that now that we have our own tiny island, I can experiment on random stuff such as building a dead hedge.

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ID credit: 6890789737 on 小红书

(please like, reblog and give proper credit if you use any of my gifs!)

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Some random small works.

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More stitching from some months ago.

Apologies if photos of older work aren't as interesting. I'm finding a lot of value in going back and revisiting - as I make decisions about colours, textures and patterns in my new work.

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Since I’ll be teaching next fall, I thought to enroll in a foundation course in educational sciences thinking the exam will be in August and I’d have time to study beautifully over summer. Yesterday it dawned upon me that the exam is in two weeks with ten hours of pre-recorded lectures to watch and a full book to read.

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The Pazyryk Carpet is the oldest known carpet on earth woven 2500 years ago (5th Century B.C.). It was discovered in the tomb of a Scythian prince in the Pazyryk Valley of Siberia by Ukrainian archaeologist Sergei Rudenko in the late 1940s.

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Some cool moss I saw the other day. I think it's a kind of Rhodobryum/Rose Moss :)

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Kitty after having fishy for dinner sleeps happily while she dreams with chasing mice and playing with yarn.

El gatito tras de cenar pescaito duerme feliz mientras sueña en perseguir ratones y jugar con bolas de lana.

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The response to these jumper cuff repairs has been so wonderful. I know visible mending isn’t for everyone, but I think that picking out colours from the rest of the jumper for a more subtle finish has made the idea of a visible repair way more appealing. I guess this is just a reminder to say, visible mending can take whatever form you want it to!

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So, I’ve seen a lot of recommendations for the book Inventive Weaving on a Little Loom by Syne Mitchell. My god I love this book already and I’m not even to the fancy stuff yet! First off, I can finally stop looking up videos about how to do a hemstitch! And she actually explained how to do it for the start of the project! Every video I’ve found is focused on the end, so I didn’t realize you could just leave a gap between your header and your fabric to give you space to stitch. That seems WAY easier than trying to do it after the fact like I have been😅

On top of that, I never knew these words weren’t interchangeable before. I’ve always just kinda assumed they were synonyms…

I really appreciate getting specific resources for Scottish tartans. The first thing I did when I discovered there’s a free website that lets you design your own weaving patterns was try to recreate my own clan tartan. However, being both American and the only person in my family to never actually live in Scotland, I never knew about the register. I was going based off the teddy bear my mom still has that’s made out of our tartan and Google image searches.

But best of all is this! I’M GONNA PUT SECRET MESSAGES IN SO MANY THINGS!!!

And this is just from the first half of the book! I skimmed ahead and there’s patterns in here that need three heddles! There’s tapestry weaving! There’s bookmarks that double as READING LIGHTS!! I’m so excited try out everything in here!