I’ve heard it in person, can confirm satanic mating call. At first I was like “W… T… F… Am I in danger” but walked a bit more and actually saw it making the sounds.

I’ve never used olive oil or water before. Good to know it still turns out. I make it in a loaf tin so I can have consistently same sized slices and it fits in to the toaster without having to cut to size. It’ll also bake more evenly.

I wish I could get Odlums flour. The company I bought I from now claims to only do wholesale and to a supermarket chain, but they won’t get back to me with a supplier whom I can actually find it from. :(

I had a colleague who would write to the public health unit summarising that she had discussed whatever issues with the childcare’s “ass director”… So now I know it’s not just her.

Homemade spagbol from scratch. Still simmering on the stove and the smells are heavenly.

Thanks, I’m never going to look at these the same again.

I was playing around with the bobbins again tonight, and this is, what I’ve decided on for the time being.

Not the best, but it’s more secure than what I was doing. Thank you, everyone!

Wow, so organised. My OCD brain realllllly likes the look of that. Thanks for the tip!

Maybe a hole on both ends to prevent it from unravelling. I don’t know anyone who has a 3D printer, or if they do, they live too far away. Would be interested to see how yours come out when you print them!

Oh, I gotcha. That looks secure, I’ll definitely consider it, thank you.

That’s fantastic. I definitely got it wrong in my head. I’ll give it a go, thank you.

Do you find at all that the thread gets caught in the nicks, though, and frays?

I feel like I can picture it, but I could be completely wrong. A photo would be most helpful if you have a minute. 😊

I tried a few different ways, but I definitely found that this worked the best. I might give it a go and tuck the end under the wound bit, too.

The tackle box is a brilliant idea. I just don’t have enough thread right now to justify one, and the craft shop ones specifically for thread organising are so expensive. 😢 Originally thought of getting a big metal ring to hold them together, but with this thread issue, it’d be a nightmare.

I have both, haha. I cut the length of floss I can handle, and leave the unneeded stuff wrapped up like how you get them from the store. “working” floss is wrapped around bobbins.

Plastic baggies for both.

I went to Spotlight again today, and found this interesting tool:

https://lemmy.world/pictrs/image/a236be2c-2209-4442-8c2b-74daa4d65905.jpeg

I don’t have that much floss to need one of these. 😂

I suppose I could put more thread on the bobbins, but how do you manage the remaining 2/4 strands if you only use 2 out of 6?

(I have poor terminology, sorry.) So we generally use two strands to stitch, and each floss (?) has 6 strands (?), right? What do you do with the 2/4 that you don’t use for the current project? Do you wind it back on the bobbin?

My problem is that the last bit wrapped around the two bottom slits will still unwind to some degree, the 2/4 ones being much more of a mess than a full 6 strander.

Is back stitching for cross stitching the same as back stitching for amigurumi? I’ve always been fascinated by them and admire what you can do with string to create something like that!

Aww, thanks for sharing that, that’s lovely. I’ve read the Tale of Peter Rabbit when I was a kid, too, but back then, I wouldn’t have remembered any authors, just the stories. 😅

Thank you! I enjoy back stitching, so I take my time with it and try to get all of the lines to be straight and match up. It was a kit I got off of a seller on Etsy. Someone above posted the link to the direct manufacturer, but there are lots of resellers online.

Two votes for frame. Thank you!

I got it from a seller on Etsy, but direct from the source is good. Thanks for finding it and sharing!

Thank you!