KarenK (she/her)
@karenk.bsky.social
Weirder than that, but maybe not in the ways you think.
Yay for protesters against gerrymandering
July 25, 2025 at 1:57 PM
Yay for protesters against gerrymandering
I had a handed-down TRS-80 with a tape drive.
May 8, 2025 at 4:59 PM
I had a handed-down TRS-80 with a tape drive.
One day later we have enough data to see it's a notable drop and not another of the usual ups-and-downs.
April 4, 2025 at 3:07 PM
One day later we have enough data to see it's a notable drop and not another of the usual ups-and-downs.
When you see a chart with a giant drop that's trying to make you panic about the stock market, please remember that they chose a date range to maximize visual impact.
Charts for the past month and the past year give useful context.
www.marketwatch.com/investing/in...
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Charts for the past month and the past year give useful context.
www.marketwatch.com/investing/in...
1/
April 3, 2025 at 3:06 PM
When you see a chart with a giant drop that's trying to make you panic about the stock market, please remember that they chose a date range to maximize visual impact.
Charts for the past month and the past year give useful context.
www.marketwatch.com/investing/in...
1/
Charts for the past month and the past year give useful context.
www.marketwatch.com/investing/in...
1/
March 27, 2025 at 8:48 PM
March 13, 2025 at 1:55 AM
Sewing Tip!
Overlock stitches are designed to go over the edge of the fabric to prevent fraying. They use an overlock foot which has a metal piece for the top thread to go over to add space to the stitch so it doesn't pucker or bunch the fabric.
#Sew #Sewing #SewSky #GarmentSewing #PresserFoot
Overlock stitches are designed to go over the edge of the fabric to prevent fraying. They use an overlock foot which has a metal piece for the top thread to go over to add space to the stitch so it doesn't pucker or bunch the fabric.
#Sew #Sewing #SewSky #GarmentSewing #PresserFoot
March 5, 2025 at 8:49 PM
Sewing Tip!
Overlock stitches are designed to go over the edge of the fabric to prevent fraying. They use an overlock foot which has a metal piece for the top thread to go over to add space to the stitch so it doesn't pucker or bunch the fabric.
#Sew #Sewing #SewSky #GarmentSewing #PresserFoot
Overlock stitches are designed to go over the edge of the fabric to prevent fraying. They use an overlock foot which has a metal piece for the top thread to go over to add space to the stitch so it doesn't pucker or bunch the fabric.
#Sew #Sewing #SewSky #GarmentSewing #PresserFoot
Would you summarize? I am balking at what I have to agree to in order to read the article
February 28, 2025 at 1:58 PM
Would you summarize? I am balking at what I have to agree to in order to read the article
Did he just?
Yes he just
Yes he just
February 22, 2025 at 7:05 PM
Did he just?
Yes he just
Yes he just
Sewing tip!
Sheer and stretchy fabrics are more likely to have nesting problems.
Using tear-away, wash-away embroidery stabilizer under the beginning of each seam reduces this risk.
If you don't have any, toilet paper works.
#sew #sewing #sewist #GarmentSewing #SewSky #shirt
Sheer and stretchy fabrics are more likely to have nesting problems.
Using tear-away, wash-away embroidery stabilizer under the beginning of each seam reduces this risk.
If you don't have any, toilet paper works.
#sew #sewing #sewist #GarmentSewing #SewSky #shirt
February 15, 2025 at 5:19 PM
Can I repost something multiple times so it shows on my thing (wall? timeline? outgoing feed?) more than once?
Among government agencies, DOE means nuclear stuff because it's the Department Of Energy.
(Department of Education gets a different acronym)
bsky.app/profile/jenb...
Among government agencies, DOE means nuclear stuff because it's the Department Of Energy.
(Department of Education gets a different acronym)
bsky.app/profile/jenb...
February 11, 2025 at 4:35 AM
Can I repost something multiple times so it shows on my thing (wall? timeline? outgoing feed?) more than once?
Among government agencies, DOE means nuclear stuff because it's the Department Of Energy.
(Department of Education gets a different acronym)
bsky.app/profile/jenb...
Among government agencies, DOE means nuclear stuff because it's the Department Of Energy.
(Department of Education gets a different acronym)
bsky.app/profile/jenb...
February 10, 2025 at 10:17 PM
Modifying my pocket pattern so I automatically sew them closed the right amount instead of having to remember
#sew #sewing #sewist #SewSky #GarmentSewing #PatternDrafting #pants #pockets
#sew #sewing #sewist #SewSky #GarmentSewing #PatternDrafting #pants #pockets
February 8, 2025 at 10:27 PM
Modifying my pocket pattern so I automatically sew them closed the right amount instead of having to remember
#sew #sewing #sewist #SewSky #GarmentSewing #PatternDrafting #pants #pockets
#sew #sewing #sewist #SewSky #GarmentSewing #PatternDrafting #pants #pockets
Now that I'm following more BlueSky accounts than I can comfortably keep up with in a day, it's time to refine my lists so I can select what to keep up with and what to dip in to occasionally.
February 4, 2025 at 4:04 PM
Now that I'm following more BlueSky accounts than I can comfortably keep up with in a day, it's time to refine my lists so I can select what to keep up with and what to dip in to occasionally.
Frozen shows up well on camera but is camouflaged to the eye
February 4, 2025 at 3:05 PM
Frozen shows up well on camera but is camouflaged to the eye
Enough 1" no-roll elastic to make more than one pair of pants!
(My first notions order from Wawak)
#sew #sewing #sewist #sewsky #garmentsewing
(My first notions order from Wawak)
#sew #sewing #sewist #sewsky #garmentsewing
February 2, 2025 at 5:13 PM
Enough 1" no-roll elastic to make more than one pair of pants!
(My first notions order from Wawak)
#sew #sewing #sewist #sewsky #garmentsewing
(My first notions order from Wawak)
#sew #sewing #sewist #sewsky #garmentsewing
Sewing tip!
Cultivate a sense of how many layers of fabric there are and how many layers of fabric there should be.
#sew #sewing #sewist #SewSky #GarmentSewing #pants #FinishingEdges
Cultivate a sense of how many layers of fabric there are and how many layers of fabric there should be.
#sew #sewing #sewist #SewSky #GarmentSewing #pants #FinishingEdges
January 27, 2025 at 7:16 PM
Sewing tip!
Cultivate a sense of how many layers of fabric there are and how many layers of fabric there should be.
#sew #sewing #sewist #SewSky #GarmentSewing #pants #FinishingEdges
Cultivate a sense of how many layers of fabric there are and how many layers of fabric there should be.
#sew #sewing #sewist #SewSky #GarmentSewing #pants #FinishingEdges
For prints I love Spoonflower. Their fabric quality is top notch.
For solid color basics I have started making a spreadsheet against the day I have sewn down my stash enough to buy fabric again.
For solid color basics I have started making a spreadsheet against the day I have sewn down my stash enough to buy fabric again.
January 23, 2025 at 12:16 AM
For prints I love Spoonflower. Their fabric quality is top notch.
For solid color basics I have started making a spreadsheet against the day I have sewn down my stash enough to buy fabric again.
For solid color basics I have started making a spreadsheet against the day I have sewn down my stash enough to buy fabric again.
Sewing tip! The feed dogs are synchronized to move precisely with the needle and the bobbin.
Letting them do their work means managing the fabric that's far from the presser foot so it doesn't drag or pull the part of the fabric the feed dogs are working on.
#Sewing #Sew #Fabric
Letting them do their work means managing the fabric that's far from the presser foot so it doesn't drag or pull the part of the fabric the feed dogs are working on.
#Sewing #Sew #Fabric
January 21, 2025 at 6:15 PM