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| these are all of the thread price-points found at walmart here in honolulu there are other varieties of thread found at each of these price points (except the glow, i think) &these are the ones i bought, cause they interested me [from top to bottom] all purpose $0.87/100 yds tapestry $1.74/100 yds stretchy $1.76/100 yds metallic $2.13/100 yds glow-in-the-dark $2.62/100 yds |
got myself all set up on Day One
in my temporary little sewing corner
cause the bodybuddy/lifemate is going to setup his computer &sound studio in here
but we've been waiting for him to get a new computer
cause the one he has, rn, is so fucking loud
&he finally got a new computer
so he's finally gonna move into this little corner nook i set up so nicely
&then i will move all of my sewing stuff into the living room where The Table is already all set up
&i will officially commandeer the entire living room as my sewing studio!
[and below]
i crocheted up some fabric weights!
i bought two bags of the little gold decorative glass stones
&i used some old yarn i've had since i made some stuff for some cojobbers
so i'll eventually have six fabric weights.
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| we "snorkeled from/to work" on two different occasions by snorkeling one late afternoon after we finished our work &then first thing in the morning on another day as our morning "walk to work" &of course we still have to walk out to the beach so it's a double-whammy lol |
[leftover meatloaf sandwich &a lembas bread recipe from a friend]
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| ephwhyell volume 0.3 The Sewing Book by Alison Smith WEEK ONE | 20-26 Jul 2026 pp 88-91 Fifteen (15) Exercises &read Debt: The First 5,000 Years by David Graeber [check, read six chapters] |
all of the stitches went alright
i'd never seen the arrowhead stitch before (&it needs a lot of work, lol)
the thread chain baste isn't quite making sense to me
cause i'm sure there's a trick to the loopty-loop
but i'm not seeing it
*weeps*
i can accomplish it, sort of
but it's not correct, i know it
&the slip baste is beyond me
(the written instruction is confusing my mediocre sewing mind)
other than that
all the stitches were familiar to me
but i never really knew the vocabulary
so i will be continuing to work on all of these stitches
even as i continue on through the more complex exercises in this book
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| &i'm still in First Position cause the knee does not feel strong at all &i can see in my ballet barre videos that my left hip is not quite turning out enough to keep my knee directly over my toes when i plié &when i tried to do a little center work my knee did something that i've never felt before &it didn't hurt &my knee didn't hurt after it happened so i kept on going just much gentler &at the barre, not center &then my calf cramped during this barre "center" but i pushed through &it went away as soon as i came down from the relevé that caused it &then when i did a tendu a la seconde my foot cramped &i kept the foot pointed, suffering through it but then it subsided as soon as i brought my foot back to first so something definitely went down in my knee *sigh* but again, no pain nevertheless i iced it and rested it and babied it the rest of the day *ugh* today the knee feels like i worked it but no pain! i'll prolly make sure i walk and stretch at some point today &then i'll ice it and rest it some more *weeps* &below is the video wherein all this cramping happened &look you can't even tell *hair flip* |