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Carl Foxmarten
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Carl's Crochet, Circuits, Coasters, and Crap.

Also, Canadian. Not American.
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WARNING: ANYONE TRYING TO SOLICIT MONEY OUT OF ME WILL BE IMMEDIATELY BLOCKED!

I'm on a fixed income right now, and don't have the mental energy to research every demand for money, so you all get blocked immediately.

ESPECIALLY if you've tagged me!

Fuck off.
Note to self:

This winter season, keep an eye out for a store-bought cardigan that comes in black, and either red, blue, or gold, and buy two.

Then cut the shoulder tops off both (preserving the zippers and/or buttons), swap them, and sew them back on.

Result: a TNG and a DS9/Voyager cardigan!
November 15, 2025 at 2:42 AM
Okay, I'd extended the length of the stitch down the middle of the shoulders this time, and things are laying FAR better than they had earlier.

Also, I counted stitches and compared against where I *think* things should be heading, and it looks like I'm actually on target.

#tng-cardigan
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Because Tuesday is a holiday (yes, I have been wearing my poppy while I'm out and about), Tuesday's yarn night is off this week, so I attended Sunday's library group again.

I've realized that the shoulders are resisting the decreases again. Sigh...

#crochet #tng-cardigan #crochetcardigan
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November 15, 2025 at 2:02 AM
I've changed my mind. Pretty sure it should be all one box, instead of separate boxes for the two speakers and the radio itself. With the speakers themselves facing backwards.

Which now means I get to come up with a NEW way to lay everything out on my piece of plywood...
=>.<=
#fm-radio-project
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First layout seems to work. The yellow pieces are the rectangles for the speaker boxes, the green are the sides for the radio box, and the mostly-blue pieces are the radio box's top and bottom pieces.

A good first attempt, especially for my very first use of #OpenSCAD!

#fm-radio-project
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November 14, 2025 at 3:50 AM
Yes, I've still been working on this blanket. It's usually pretty easy to do a couple of rows while watching some TV or a movie in the evenings, so I've made quite a bit of progress, but very slowly.

The texture is quite enjoyable, too! =^.^=

I'm about a third of the way across so far.

#knitting
November 13, 2025 at 10:51 PM
Oh, let's throw in a few more hashtags for this problem:
#electronics
#maker
#arduino
#makerscommunity
#DIYelectronics
#HobbyElectronics
#question

It may be a dead EEPROM (apparently, a WinBond 25Q32JVSIQ chip), which is tempting to try replacing. Everything else on the board seems to still work...
Currently trying to dig through my desk looking for working microcontrollers and found this thing.

I keep getting an "Invalid head of packet (0x72)" error, which is making me think the EEPROM is dead. Anybody know if there's a way to test it?

#esp8266
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November 12, 2025 at 12:22 PM
Currently trying to dig through my desk looking for working microcontrollers and found this thing.

I keep getting an "Invalid head of packet (0x72)" error, which is making me think the EEPROM is dead. Anybody know if there's a way to test it?

#esp8266
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November 12, 2025 at 11:52 AM
Huh. I need an otter OC, do I? =^.~=
Your month, your mini creature!!
November 12, 2025 at 11:24 AM
Because Tuesday is a holiday (yes, I have been wearing my poppy while I'm out and about), Tuesday's yarn night is off this week, so I attended Sunday's library group again.

I've realized that the shoulders are resisting the decreases again. Sigh...

#crochet #tng-cardigan #crochetcardigan
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November 10, 2025 at 11:52 PM
Some yarn I acquired recently. Sunbeam "Shantung" yarn, that is really giving me "cable-knit hat" vibes.

The bag contains eight of these 25 gram "balls", so I've got 200 grams right now. Apparently Sport weight, according to Ravelry.

#yarn
November 10, 2025 at 11:40 PM
More work on the cardigan today.

Along with the rising suspicion that the decreases haven't been happening fast enough.

It's making me VERY nervous.

If I *do* have to make it decrease faster, how far back do I have to pull things?!

No picture due to nervousness...
=>.<=

#tng-cardigan
I'm making pretty good progress!

The first skein (as you can see in the bowl in the upper left corner) is nearly out again, hence why I'd packed the next ball of yarn in the project bag today.

Just *barely* _didn't_ need it. Yet. =^.~=

#crochet #tng-cardigan #crochetcardigan
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November 8, 2025 at 2:17 AM
Huh, didn't realize I should have had a picture of this scarf's current "state".

Because I frogged it all tonight, and split it (roughly) in half.

I'm going to narrow it down to between 6 and 7 inches wide, and put the variegated yarn at each end, with the solid colour in the middle.

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Because this isn't for me (much as purple IS my first favourite colour), and I'm not making it for anyone in particular, I don't have a "target" to make sure this fits well.

I have been getting some feedback that it seems a bit too wide, but I have a few more people to get advice from.

1/3
The full length of this Tunisian Double-Knit Stitch scarf, nearly using up the entirety of this Caron Slice of Anniversary Cake yarn.

Ten inches is pretty wide, right? Should I frog the whole thing and narrow it down a bit? Or just keep going?

#crochet #crochetscarf #tunisiancrochet
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November 5, 2025 at 10:42 AM
I'm making pretty good progress!

The first skein (as you can see in the bowl in the upper left corner) is nearly out again, hence why I'd packed the next ball of yarn in the project bag today.

Just *barely* _didn't_ need it. Yet. =^.~=

#crochet #tng-cardigan #crochetcardigan
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November 5, 2025 at 10:35 AM
Interestingly, this process feels familiar somehow. Like I've tried it before, way back when.

Though this feels like the wrong cast-on method, given how much this entire thing keeps wanting to stretch sideways.

I've gotta keep this going for several rows first, just to see whether it's working...
Well, double-knitting takes quite a different set of tensions, doesn't it?

The yarn recommends a 5mm needle, and I'd started with a 4.5mm needle, gone down to 4mm, and I'm currently using 3.25mm needles for the top pair of rows.

Feels like I've tried this sort of thing before, somehow...
#knitting
November 4, 2025 at 6:19 AM
Shortly after the previous update, I got into a bit too much of a groove, and it feels like I've made the body of it too tall.

Ordinarily, this wouldn't be a problem, save for the fact that I want to use the leftover yarn as parts of future hats. I may need to tink this…

#knitting #knittedhat
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November 4, 2025 at 1:52 AM
Well, double-knitting takes quite a different set of tensions, doesn't it?

The yarn recommends a 5mm needle, and I'd started with a 4.5mm needle, gone down to 4mm, and I'm currently using 3.25mm needles for the top pair of rows.

Feels like I've tried this sort of thing before, somehow...
#knitting
November 4, 2025 at 1:34 AM
First layout seems to work. The yellow pieces are the rectangles for the speaker boxes, the green are the sides for the radio box, and the mostly-blue pieces are the radio box's top and bottom pieces.

A good first attempt, especially for my very first use of #OpenSCAD!

#fm-radio-project
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November 3, 2025 at 8:47 AM
Found the needles!

Turns out, they were in with some yarn I'd identified by type a while ago, and intended to try some Entrelac techniques with, but never got around to at the time. And now I'm fairly certain it was a larger diameter than I'd thought it was.

Hopefully these are long enough!

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November 3, 2025 at 8:08 AM
Sigh.

This has been bugging me for a while now, as the experiments I've been doing with the other cake of "Autograph" (the purple yarn) haven't been turning out in any useful way.

The new plan is to use these two colours in actual double-knitting. Wish me luck! I haven't done this yet...
#yarn
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November 3, 2025 at 6:07 AM
I've begun to harness the power of #OpenSCAD to choose dimensions for my FM radio project's enclosure.

I've got the dimensions of the plywood sheet plugged in, and am getting all the various pieces placed onto the sheet, with the 3D view coming later.

#fm-radio-project
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November 3, 2025 at 4:32 AM
I got some interesting feedback on my current range of button options recently.

Much as the left set looks good in comparison to the two yarn colours, it does stand out, which isn't necessarily the intended vibe the uniforms had on the show.

Not sure I care, though. The left set is my choice now.
The original rank pip buttons against the other three options.

Though I should probably take a better picture soon, as the four photos were taken under different lighting conditions, so it's not the best colour comparison.

#tng-cardigan
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November 3, 2025 at 2:43 AM
Because this isn't for me (much as purple IS my first favourite colour), and I'm not making it for anyone in particular, I don't have a "target" to make sure this fits well.

I have been getting some feedback that it seems a bit too wide, but I have a few more people to get advice from.

1/3
The full length of this Tunisian Double-Knit Stitch scarf, nearly using up the entirety of this Caron Slice of Anniversary Cake yarn.

Ten inches is pretty wide, right? Should I frog the whole thing and narrow it down a bit? Or just keep going?

#crochet #crochetscarf #tunisiancrochet
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November 3, 2025 at 2:30 AM
Not yet to scale, but this is one way to arrange all the faces for three enclosures within one piece of plywood.

In this instance, I'm still working under the assumption that I can get three different boxes (left and right speakers, and central radio module) out of one sheet.

#fm-radio-project
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November 2, 2025 at 5:54 AM
The full length of this Tunisian Double-Knit Stitch scarf, nearly using up the entirety of this Caron Slice of Anniversary Cake yarn.

Ten inches is pretty wide, right? Should I frog the whole thing and narrow it down a bit? Or just keep going?

#crochet #crochetscarf #tunisiancrochet
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November 2, 2025 at 2:57 AM
The original rank pip buttons against the other three options.

Though I should probably take a better picture soon, as the four photos were taken under different lighting conditions, so it's not the best colour comparison.

#tng-cardigan
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November 1, 2025 at 12:47 AM
Since this isn't going to be very long with just this ball of yarn, I've bought a second one.

Unfortunately, with this being a limited supply item, the nearest stores don't have any more of this colour, so I've opted for the solid dark purple. Should work for both ends, right?
Had to undo it and start it over again with the next hook size down. Otherwise, when you stretched it around your neck, it would have opened LOADS of holes all the way through.

It doesn't feel as soft, but it still feels really good!
=^.^=

#crochet #crochetscarf #scarf
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November 1, 2025 at 12:00 AM