OMG_its_mustard

joined 1 year ago
[–] OMG_its_mustard@lemmy.fmhy.ml 38 points 1 year ago (1 children)

The cat flopping over the first time he wears the backpack was spot on

[–] OMG_its_mustard@lemmy.fmhy.ml 2 points 1 year ago (2 children)

For your keyboard, have you tried openboard? You can switch between languages with the space bar.

[–] OMG_its_mustard@lemmy.fmhy.ml 11 points 1 year ago (1 children)

I'm still bitter that they killed Inbox. It was superior to Gmail in every way.

"To shreds, you say?"

For me, there's no reason to leave anything useful in that train wreck of a website. No way will I help them cater to advertisers with my own data, now that they made it clear they don't care about anything else.

I like to follow written instructions so I would recommend finding books on places like archive.org to get started.

I haven't used video instructions, but I assume YouTube has a ton of them.

[–] OMG_its_mustard@lemmy.fmhy.ml 1 points 1 year ago (1 children)

I would say the initial wrapping usually takes me an evening, so 2-3 hours. Then the marking may take 1-2 hours depending on the type. And the embroidery can vary a lot depending on the design. It can take 2 hours, it can take 10.

But the process is very satisfying. You can see your progress and the geometry of it all is really fun to observe and build upon.

They are! They're pretty heavy with all the layers and they're super satisfying to toss in your palm.

 

This one was "🌆" (a cityscape at dusk).

[–] OMG_its_mustard@lemmy.fmhy.ml 2 points 1 year ago (1 children)

I saw an article about them a long time ago on this is colossal and it really made me want to learn how to make one.

 

I was given a big box of leftover embroidery thread and I have been using it learning to make temari balls. They are made by wrapping yarn and then thinner and thinner thread around a core until it forms a ball, dividing the ball and marking it with thread and finally stitching geometric designs over the markings. I am still very much a beginner but these are really fun to make.