web-goddess

Month: December 2020

  • Shared today on Twitter

    @andre_verheij @petehanssens @simonwaight @ziniman I got it working last night deploying straight to s3. Now I just need to migrate all my content and see how long the full crawl takes.

    Knitting with Kris, kicking off in just about 10 minutes! https://t.co/SGy8OKVXiF https://t.co/t3ekjwvtFS

    @bazscott Yep. We’re in Bavaria, which is one of the worst areas. You’re essentially not supposed to go out except for shopping, doctor, and exercise.

    @bazscott We’ve been good so far. App isn’t showing any contacts for me in the past fortnight. (It went as high as 9 – all low risk – when we went to the Alps a month ago.) https://t.co/VL7Tpgp79S

    @bazscott It’s very well done; uses the Apple and Google native contact tracing.

    It’s Sunday night, and I’m streaming again… https://t.co/SGy8OKVXiF

    I got my first random Twitch commenters tonight. One was a spammer who I blocked, and the other (“b0rkimadog”) dropped a weird meme but then hung around and asked questions and seemed legitimately interested in knitting. That was delightful! Thanks b0rkimadog! https://t.co/Wq8V068OVA

    @mattallen @tractorventures Amazing, congrats!!

    @thomasin__ And it goes back literally thousands of years! They’ve found socks that ancient Egyptians wore, and it looks like something you would make now. 🙂 https://t.co/jzbheZnBz4

    It’s also worth noting that I had a blowout with an interchangeable needle – lost stitches off both ends – and managed to recover all of them. 😅 (This is why you muggles shouldn’t knit and drink beer and stream at the same time. I’m a professional.)

    @minxdragon Huh. I didn’t know this! I’ve used it in the past, mainly because I couldn’t think of any other way of saying “not cis men”. But I really like your alternatives, and I will make sure to use them going forward. ❤️

    CUTEST THREAD EVER ✨ https://t.co/f2cbwRNsr4

    @ziniman @petehanssens @simonwaight My initial crawl has been running for 8 hours now. 😳

    @ziniman I’m running on our home server, which is pretty underpowered. Let’s discuss tomorrow!

  • Shared today on Facebook

    This week’s “Knitting with Kris” is just about to kick off on Twitch!

    Sunday night and I’m knitting again, so why not stream myself doing it on the Internet? 🧶

  • Shared today on Twitter

    @vertis Pretty sure it was @craigles75 where I first learned of the concept. Had to have been a Melbourne hipster… 😂

    Unboxing the salami-kabel-trommel (aka 3.5m SPOOL OF SALAMI). It’s everything we dreamed it would be. 😍 https://t.co/38dlpUd1KC

    @petehanssens @simonwaight I’m actually experimenting with converting mine to static this weekend… but mine’s been going since 2000. 😳

    RT @codepo8: Never forget https://t.co/2IKaYiBATZ

    @caskings Sadly I don’t think they ship to Oz. 🙁

    RT @AmeliaRoseWrite: If he wins any more states he’s gonna start raking in the 1UPs https://t.co/EU4fQx62c2

    @petehanssens @simonwaight I’m looking at WPStatic at the moment. My colleague @ziniman got it running on his…

    Size check. Only about halfway through the torso section. 😭 #endlessstockinette #why #lanatus https://t.co/z8KECUlABd

    I’ll be helping out with the Twitch stream for this on Tuesday. Great opportunity to get hands-on with AWS services and have fun with new friends! 🦄 https://t.co/M9g0vfozpx

    “Hey Dr. Jones! Keine Zeit für Liebe.” 😂 Classic. https://t.co/j4JKDPXg9r

    RT @Chasten: The author could’ve used fewer words to just say “ya know in my day we didn’t have to respect women.” https://t.co/jr9hICPzV4

    RT @emd3737: That Dr. Biden article is trash and @WSJ is trash for publishing it.
    Sincerely,
    Dr. Dunne

    RT @hacks4pancakes: Yea, if you’re ever feeling imposter syndrome or being self-effacing in your resume, remember that some dude with only…

    @Vel12171 HA! Not in Munich. ❄️

    @TheRealBnut 100%. Unfortunately with lockdown my opportunities to talk with German people are limited to the supermarket. Watching movies I know well definitely helps, and I can try to anticipate the translations. “Wir nannten den Hund Indiana!” 😂

    @TheRealBnut It works better in theory than practice. Sadly, not much call for “Yippee-kai-yay Schweinbacke!” in normal life. 😂

  • Shared today on Facebook

    Unboxing the salami-kabel-trommel (aka 3.5m SPOOL OF SALAMI). It’s everything we dreamed it would be. 😍

    Size check. Only about halfway through the torso section. 😭 #endlessstockinette #why #lanatus

    “Hey Dr. Jones! Keine Zeit für Liebe.” 😂 Classic.

  • Photo Post

    Size check. Only about halfway through the torso section. 😭 #endlessstockinette #why #lanatus

    Size check. Only about halfway through the torso section. 😭 #endlessstockinette #why #lanatus

  • Photo Post

    Unboxing the salami-kabel-trommel (aka 3.5m SPOOL OF SALAMI). It’s everything we dreamed it would be. 😍

    Unboxing the salami-kabel-trommel (aka 3.5m SPOOL OF SALAMI). It’s everything we dreamed it would be. 😍

    Unboxing the salami-kabel-trommel (aka 3.5m SPOOL OF SALAMI). It’s everything we dreamed it would be. 😍

    Unboxing the salami-kabel-trommel (aka 3.5m SPOOL OF SALAMI). It’s everything we dreamed it would be. 😍

  • Craft Project: Beard Mask

    Subtitle: Why is your face like that?!

    You will recall that earlier this year I trialled several different free mask patterns, and I had some trouble finding one that the Snook deemed comfortable. We ended up just going with the ragmask for him, but it does smush his beard and leave him with unsightly Mask Face whenever he takes it off. Since then, I’ve seen several examples of BEARD MASKS, and now that my sewing machine is here (and we’re going into more lockdown), it seemed like a good time to try one.

    Sewing station

    I selected this pattern from German designer Christiane Hübner, which seemed simple enough. For fabric, I ordered a pack of paisley samples from Amazon and used those for the outer layer, with some scrap blue fabric for the interior. Feeling confident, I printed out the pattern and whipped up a pair of masks… only to run into disaster.

    Bad fit

    WTF. It’s standing way up off his nose. I was perplexed. “It’s like your ears are too high or something?” Even with a wire inserted for the nose, it refused to sit properly. It was also too long for his particular beard length, and if he lowered his chin even a little, it pushed the mask up into his eyes again. We pinched and prodded, and it seemed like maybe some additional darts in the cheek area would help?

    Okay, back to the drawing board. I started by completely unpicking both masks and ironing the fabric. The easy change was to shorten the pattern by folding it up to take about an inch of length out. Then I recut the pieces for the first mask and made two additional small darts about an inch to either side of the nose. Once it was all back together, I took it down to the client for a fitting.

    Mask v2

    That’s better! The v2 mask is definitely fitting better around the nose, though there’s some pooching from the darts. It’s also a better length for the beard. Verdict: the v2 mask was deemed Acceptable.

    Beard pocket

    For the other mask, I decided rather than add darts, I’d try to adjust the existing one for the nose. (The Snook doesn’t like the fabric to sit too close to his mouth.) So I kept the point in the same place but sliced the dart a bit wider…

    Adjusted pattern

    In that photo you can see where I cut across the top dart, and where I folded it across the middle. Once this one was put together, I brought it down for another fitting…

    Mask v3

    Hey, that’s pretty good! With a wire in, it fits fairly well around the nose without the extra fabric we pinched out in v2. The dart also makes it stick out quite a bit from his mouth in a sort of beak-like shape, which he likes. Again, verdict is Acceptable.

    Beak

    If you want to make the same pattern, there are a couple caveats I’ll mention. In Step 4, I didn’t quite understand the instructions for attaching the nose tunnel. The descriptions just mention pinning it on, but in the subsequent photo for Step 5, you can clearly see it’s been attached. So I pinned it on and then sewed across the bottom edge. The top edge gets attached when you sew the whole thing together.

    I was also slightly confused by the description for Step 9, but once you do it, it makes sense. The trick is to turn the mask inside-out, flatten the darts to either side of the chin, and then sew across. The softens that curve along the chin. You can see my version here, with my sewing line indicated in white.

    Sewing across the darts

    Two more masks that won’t give him Mask Face! That should see him through the holidays… 😷

  • Shared today on Twitter

    It’s here. 😳 Such a deceptively small package for 3.5m / 11.5’ of salami! Unboxing to follow… @wurstbaron_official @ Munich, Germany https://t.co/wtVAPXWQBD

    @alex_casalboni The next question, of course, is whether I can get 3.5m of salami on one pizza. 🤔

    Blog post! In which I try to sew the Snook a BEARD MASK, and end up cursing his weird (but lovable) face several times. 😷

    https://t.co/6KYRjeaERJ https://t.co/FOtUiOZSNI

  • Shared today on Facebook

    Potato and chorizo hash, courtesy of the Snook. 🤩

    It’s here. 😳 Such a deceptively small package for 3.5m / 11.5’ of salami! Unboxing to follow… @wurstbaron_official

    Blog post! In which I try to sew the Snook a BEARD MASK, and curse his weird (but lovable) face many times… 😷

    Craft Project: Beard Mask

  • Photo Post

    It’s here. 😳 Such a deceptively small package for 3.5m / 11.5’ of salami! Unboxing to follow… @wurstbaron_official

    It’s here. 😳 Such a deceptively small package for 3.5m / 11.5’ of salami! Unboxing to follow... @wurstbaron_official