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I've just concluded today that the bug my school age child (Y10), then I, have caught is the latest variant of covid - starting with a killer sore throat. It's the most poorly I've been in a long time (with full vaccination since private vaccination became possible)

Selection of Ashford wooden stick shuttles, placed onto work-in-progress weaving, on loom. Also one of the shuttles I already had, containing yarn.

I needed more shuttles! Hopefully I won't run out now. #weaving #textileArts

Brightly coloured bamboo sock yarn in shades of blue and shades of pink on a black wool warp.

I'm really enjoying playing while weaving with no plan (just some yarns in colours that sort of go together). Onto clasped weft. #weaving #textileArts

Danish Medallions in progress. And some loops I made earlier. #weaving #textileArts

Thank you!

A bit of late night weaving, including some just-in-time spindle spun and plied yarn. Please excuse the late night lighting! #spinning #weaving #handspunyarn #textilearts

Spotted this on Instagram. I haven't taken part in a challenge in years - so very tempted. Anyone else? The prompts are in the following post.

Originally from: www.instagram.com/p/DGdvdsrPgb...

#GelliArts #GelPlatePrinting #MarchPrintingChallenge

And in other news... I've restrung my ukulele. I've spent the rest of the evening playing half a song and retuning, half a song, retune, half a song, retune... 😁

Thank you. Possibly small portable, not quite desktop, computer. I need to work out suitable (possibly unexpected) case.

Raspberry pi mounted on the back of a touchscreen display.

Touchscreen display showing raspbian desktop in portrait mode.

After much swearing, some mistakes and some probably dubious decisions, my RPi 5, with has been running well with the SSD card, now attached and working with the new touchscreen display

Happy Yule! Marking the setting sun of the shortest day with some candles (both real and safe) and some rose petals to remind me of midsummer.

I opened my penultimate box of organic pearled spelt this evening. Since Sharpham park no longer grow (and sell) spelt I've been struggling to find an alternative (I have found only one potential supplier). Does anyone know of a uk supplier of *organic* *pearled* spelt? Thanks!

Same here (being terrible). Enjoy the sunshine!

We had some today - it was lovely. I was working though, so didn't get out in it.

They say on the show that in the event of a tie the public vote is given priority.

However, the judges' votes and public votes are not given equal ranking. Instead, when the votes are tied, the public vote gets priority - meaning no-one in safe (the dance off therefore allows the judges to save the better couple).

I think it's the way the voting works with the public vote getting priority. If the public reverse the judges ranking. Then the public's bottom 2 (which could be the judges top 2) end up in the dance off. That's actually quite likely if the public are voting to save a favourite.

In fairness, they don't look like they are of Compulsory School Age (which is start of term after 5th birthday). So may well not be in school or a pre-school.

It was Joe Brown's ukulele album that tipped me over the edge to buying one (sadly I hadn't found your site at that stage - my second purchase was better). Also Taylor Swift (youngest is a fan).

A chest X-ray highlighting the pattern of blood vessel damage caused by acute COVID-19 lung disease

Here's my take on #COVID-19 (the disease not the pandemic).

It's not what you think it is ...

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Hi, I think I follow you on Insta - so it's lovely to see you here. I'm following a "Spinning and fibre prep" feed which seems to be catching lots of spinners :-)

You can join singles as you ply (so you don't need a whole skein's worth of each single in a single length). You will need a larger spindle for plying, but you may still struggle to get the amount you're aiming for on a spindle. Even on a wheel it can be tricky on a standard bobbin to fit 4oz.

One third of children in the UK are living in poverty and we have had a day with the media obsessing about rich farmers who want to keep their millions tax free. Who is orchestrating this utterly bizarre news agenda, and why?

UK Snow Map See where it is snowing in the UK right now! UK Snow Map uses #uksnow posts to draw an up-to-the-minute map of where it is currently snowing in the UK.

🚨 Happy to announce that uksnowmap.com is now pulling in #uksnow reports from Bluesky ❄️

🎉 1000 followers! 🎉
Hello to all new followers and those who have migrated over from the old place, great to be here. ❄️

My Leho 146 Concert Ukulele - REVIEW Got A Ukulele looks at the My Leho 146 series Concert Ukulele

Uke Review Day! Cheap and cheerful, or cheap and nasty?

#gotaukulele #ukulele #review #leho #concert

www.gotaukulele.com/2024/11/my-l...

YouTube video by UkuleleOrchestra Crazy - The Ukulele Orchestra of Great Britain

Ah, my brain eventually dug that out. I imagined that there was a UOGB lockdown version - but I probably had gone a bit crazy: www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z486... Running away now :-)

Word of the Day is a true favourite, as some of you will know.

Apricity (17th century) is the warmth of the sun on a winter’s day.

My economics knowledge is not vast.

As I see it "growth" of GDP uses more of Earth's resources (even green growth) - which are limited. There will be an endpoint. Will it end catastrophically or can we plan, & get our heads around degrowth ?

This article helps explain stuff: