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radioisntdead · 2 months

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Writers block? Quick write about something you're passionate about

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I personally have been learning to embroider and repair clothes, What about you?

-Oldie 🧶🧵

Good evening Oldie 🧶🧵!

EMBROIDER AND REPAIRING CLOTHES SOUNDS SO COOL, I tried my hand at embroidery but it hasn't gone too well but practice helps ya get better bit by bit!

I like to jokingly refer to myself as an Ace of many hobbies [like jack of all trades but with Ace and hobbies]

I HAVE MANY THINGS I'M VERY PASSIONATE ABOUT, Art, yarn, crochet, candle making, as one could guess from my blog writing and other things I can't remember at the moment

Most recently though I've been trying to crochet a plushie for my online friend who's flying down this summer, they have a OC who has a pet pig and I'm crocheting the pig! The yarn I'm using is soft but it has like an odd texture to work with so I have to wear gloves or I'll want to cry, but it's worth it for my friend I've been crocheting for almost a year now but I still can't do too much like certain stitches or a magic circle, MAGIC CIRCLES ARE THE WORST RAAAAA, I really want to learn how to make a strawberry stitch

Strawberries are lowkey my whole brand on my main blog and socials and I love em' a lot, don't tell my friends but I actually prefer mangos a little bit more then strawberries. THE STRAWBERRY STITCH CAN ALSO BE USED TO MAKE PUMPKINS, I love pumpkins, anyways IMAGINE A LIL' BAG WITH THAT PATTERN IT'D BE SO CUTE

granny squares are also the bane of my existence I'm making a sweater that uses them, it was supposed to be for my birthday, my birthday was months ago, maybe I can wear it for my 19th! It took me a bit to learn all the abbreviations for crocheting, for example this list

I usually [pardon my wording] bullshit my way through making plushies or anything really.

So far I've crocheted two dinos, a several octopuses [I've given em' to my family, my dad keeps one in his car!] A shark, a standing cow, a couple of blankets [two completed and one incomplete, the last one was supposed to be for my late dog but unfortunately he passed away before I could finish it and I haven't quite worked up the confidence to finish it but we're planning on adopting another dog soon so maybe I could finish it for them? I don't know I don't want my dog to think I'm betraying him or anything.] I made two pillows, a few of those little mini crochet Pinterest ghosts for some younger family members of mine [they loved em'!] And an among us character that appears and disappears at random

Here are some of them! The dinosaur is a present for my best friend's birthday, they haven't picked it up yet [Moony if you're somehow reading this, don't mind the weird parts of this blog and also DO NOT PROCEED THIS IS A SURPRISE]

[Don't mind my nails, I have a bad habit of biting]

As you can tell they aren't perfect but I'm improving! I liked crocheting the hooves for the little cow.

I'm also making a mushroom hat for renfair! I'm cosplaying one of my OCs and she's a mushroom themed fay/elf thing that sells shady stuff from her stand. I burned my finger while working on it like a second degree burn [DO NOT LIGHT GLUE STICKS THAT ARE SUPPOSED TO GO IN A GLUE GUN ON FIRE, BAD IDEA.] So until I'm healed it's on pause but it should be done by the end of the month so I'm excited about that! I used cardboard as a base and then bendable wire to get the shape I wanted and then I put fabric over it, glued it and put the bottom layer of fabric on the bottom and then covered it with pearls, white spots and little details I'm gonna add more when I'm healed.

I got this candle making kit for Christmas that has a little transportable stove and I haven't gotten the chance to use it yet so I'm planning to make some candles this soon I'm gonna make some themed off of characters to give to my friends! I made my best friend a Silco from arcane themed candle for Christmas last year I think? Or the year before that, I cut a silhouette of the character into vinyl and stick it on the glass part of the candle, Might make a Stardew valley themed one for me, my friend likes blue lock [I think that's the name?] So might make a blue lock candle or one based off of their OC, and might make either a bluey one for my best bud or a game character they like,

I tend to use soy wax as it's the cheapest I can get and it's highly recommended I think, be careful on what you put in your candles [like dried flower petals, leaves etc etc] they can and will catch on fire and BAM SOMEONES ON FIRE.

This is more rambling then info dumping, I don't know how to info dump properly, I remember rambling about Flappers ago, I would copy paste it here but the majority of it is me referring to the wikipedia and taking bits from it to quote and then telling my friends that I got it from the wikipedia.

Anyways thank you for listening that helped a bunch! Time to write!

#radiorambles #radioasks

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stimtoybox · 7 years

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Sorry to bother you for the billionth time but, recently I got a beautiful knock off tangle that is just incredibly stiff, to the point that when I try to use it it snaps into pieces. I've looked at the stuff you've suggested for loosening tangles but it all seems to be for tangles that have stiffened over time. I was thinking perhaps this might be different? The pegs seem shaped differently so I was wondering if perhaps sanding them lightly would help? Any advice would be appreciated!

You’re not a bother!

I’ll be honest - this is something I’m struggling with, too. It sounds somewhat like the problem I have with my white GITD Tangles, which are too stiff for me to rotate (at the same time of being too wobbly to hold a proper coil - it’s bizarre) and shatter super easily. I also got a bunch of cheap knock-offs in yesterday, and they’re also a really strange combination of too loose and too stiff/brittle. So I appreciate conversations that lead to ideas and approaches, especially if I hadn’t thought of it yet! There’s a selection of different knock-offs sitting in a pencil case right now earmarked for anything I can think of trying.

Can I ask - by “snaps into pieces” do you mean the Tangle just falling apart, the pegs falling free from the hole, or do you mean the connector peg shearing and breaking that piece so it can’t be used? Because if the pegs are just falling out, I’d try coating them with a thin layer of glue or clear nail polish to help them grip the socket. This won’t help the stiffness (I’d then look at lubrication, perhaps) but it might help the Tangle not fall apart. If it’s shearing (breaking), though, this won’t make a difference, I think. Shearing or breaking suggests that the Tangle is probably made from a very brittle ABS, and I think the next step for that is most likely lubrication to lessen the force on the pegs.

I’ve tried working on the pegs on my GITD knock offs, which are also oddly shaped. I’ve cut off the flash (extra protruding plastic) and rounded them off a little with scissors to make them more like standard Tangle pegs, but it hasn’t made a difference. I do want to try sanding, but I need to get myself a respirator/mask (ABS particles don’t belong in anyone’s lungs) so I haven’t tried it as yet. So I can’t tell you for certain if this will work.

My feeling - something I haven’t tried, as I’ve only gotten most of my experiment/bait Tangles yesterday - is sanding or lubricant or both is probably the best approach. If there’s more ability for the pegs to easily turn in the slot, there’ll be less popping or shattering (and the Tangle will be easier to use). I can go down to the shed later this arvo and try out graphite powder on an unsanded Tangle, if Dad is in a reasonable mood and not too busy with something else, and then get back to you on how it works and if it works. I have a couple of knock-off Tangles too stiff to easily turn that I’m happy to test, because they’re not fun to use.

I don’t know yet if this is different than stiffening over time, since I haven’t had a Tangle myself that has done so. I don’t think the approach is much different, in the sense that I can’t think of how else I would approach it, but this is still theory/assumption.

I know that’s not terribly helpful at this point. I hope, after I’ve tried a few different things, I’ll be able to come back to everyone with more useful information on what works, if anything works!

- Mod K.A.

#ask #text #stim toy mods #Tangle #Tangle Jr #knock off Tangle Jr #DIY #demiboypopplio #mod K.A.#long post

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