I find drop spindles unbelievably frustrating. One day I’ll try a spinning wheel!

Looks/sounds like nylon tricot to me. It usually has some stretch on the bias, but that can depend on weight. (Lower denier tricots will have more give on the bias than higher.)

I am working on a similar project for a client, but with even more prior databases. Lots of fun on these kinds of projects!

I might be able to help, depending on timeline.

Equally unwelcome too.
No, Clippy, I do not want your help!

I’m also pondering the ways in which our mothers and grandmothers influence our sense of style. I hadn’t really thought mine had yet. But I’ve been wanting a maroon or red velveteen jacket recently. I just found one in this closet, which I can now vividly remember my mom wearing when I was a child.

I was last there on a weekday morning, and it was pretty quiet.

It’s coming along! 👏

Huzzah! We have a puppy right now and she has put quite a dent in my sewing time too. It’s gradually getting better.

Ooh. Awesome! I will have to try this out, because this issue drives me nuts.

It is!

How does this compare to sewing the elastic on with a decent bit of stretch applied through there?

Ooh, I’d love to be added!

I feel like we should be recommending podcasts with more swear words. Or maybe fewer. Not sure which!

Maybe if we explain it’s more like Civ III, where you could have multiple units/armies on one hex tile?

I recently read one set partially in the town I grew up in, and despite being published in 2024, they seem to have done no research on the town at all. And it was historical fiction!

I am in the can’t stand internet videos camp, but consider me commiserating in empathy.

Meggie agrees!

I like it for my hobbies. I suspect family and friends may not much bother to move (or maintain any social media).