Im trying to put mesh doors in my actual doorways with lockable cat doors to control the dog and cats access to different rooms while still allowing them to see other areas. These are the plans im drawing up right now, gradually getting more specific on the details. Im currently working on the specifics of how to main door and cat door would latch together, any opinions or thoughts so far?
I have been given a beautiful opportunity to honor someone in the craft community. I responded to a Facebook post selling a bunch of crafting supplies. I saw stitch markers and yarn and immedietly reached out as I am a crocheter and wanted the stitch markers. The gentleman sold me several really nice project storage bags full of hooks, stitch markers, blocking pins, and other supplies for only $100. Its worth much more than that. When I got there to pick up the gentleman said he had only 1 request for me. He pulled out a small bag with 3 wip inside. He explained that his wife passed away and these were all her crafting supplies. His one request, is that I finish the projects she was making and gift them to someone who needs them and send him a picture when they're done. Even typing this out makes me want to cry, I think this is such a beautiful request and im greatful for this opportunity to honor his wife, so Im going to do the very best I can. But im a crocheter not a knitter. Ive started learning knitting, and I understand the very basics and can follow a tutorial.
Here's my ask of you, I need help understanding the projects she was working on and what I need to learn in order to finish them. For any complicated details like neckline and joining panels Ill be using crochet stitches as that's what im confident I can do well. But for the pieces she already started, I want to try and finish them the way she was making them. So I need:
A) ideas for what the overall project is supposed to be, what it should look like, and the intended structure
B) the names of the individual stitches
C) the pattern/order of the rows and help identifying them/counting them
D) help in understanding what stitch she was on/what row/and what repeat
C) help understanding how to catch the dropped loops and fix the last row
The pink and white item, the gentleman said he believes is supposed to be a scarf. I think the gray piece is obviously a sweater being done in panels. The purple item Im not sure. He said maybe its a beanie, I think it looks like a sleeve maybe. Like a frilly/puffy sleeve. Any ideas for it are welcome. I also dont have the right yarns so im going to try and match them as closely as possible to finish the items.
For clarity, Im labeling every image to make it easier for people to explain which photo or row they mean when explaining something.
A - scarf, side 1
B - scarf, side 2
C - sleeve? Worked in the round so I think this is the right/outer side?
D - sweater, side 1, based on the clean line between the two gray sections I think this is the right side.
E - sweater, side 2
Starting with the scarf:
The top pink section I think is stockinette as it has vertical V's on one side and rows of purl stitches on the other side. In contrast I think the bottom pink section where it changes to cream is garter? Because I see rows of purl with rows of v between them on both sides. See picture F.
I think that is generally right, but I am struggling to identify individual rows on the bottom of the scarf, and where it is garter stitch vs a different pattern of alternating knit and purl. Image G is a slightly stretched, zoomed in view of the bottom rows. Most crafters dont like when people post asking for help without looking anything up, so im trying my best to figure out what's going on, and posting welcoming any corrections please. G.2 shows both sides with the rows lined up as closely as I could get them.
I can't always tell which rows are the back side of which, so I drew lines across any that im sure of. Because of the color change im confident the loops of pink are the same row as the picture on the left, and the white loops are the bottom of the white row on the left. I dont know how you count rows on the back since they end up over/under each other.
Im confused about which side is the right side. Im actively working on deciphering the individual rows and columns and will update my post as I go, but want to give anybody who knows what they are looking at a chance to answer quickly 😅
First edit: ive singled out the orange section. It is made of several rows of a stitch that creates forward and backside rows/columns. In the comments ive added two pictures. One showing the forward and backward rows in red and blue. Then based on those rows, I identified where that repeat stops, and the next different one begins. The next section is the last two rows of orange and continues into the white. It is a pattern where I see a front row and a back row continue as their own stitch. Then a group where a front, back, front are combined into one stitch. Then a back and front. Then a back, front, back. And repeated. That's what ive colored in the second photo.
So every where you see advice that puppies need 18 or more hours of sleep, and that if your puppy is being insane and biting you no matter how much training or exercise you give them, that are probably actually over tired and you need to do enforced naps. Got it, we made it through that phase and have a solid kennel nap time routine. Pupper is now 8 months old. But he still gets bitey when tired or overstimulated. So as we move closer to adulthood (I know he wont be fully mature until 18-24 months) does this advice change any? Is there an age where he wont need enforced naps? Or is he always going to need enforced naps to not be a bitey menace?
Right now we can do about an hour in a public setting before he gets bitey and uncooperative. Then usually 2 hours chill time at home, some spent sleeping some quietly chewing his toys etc. Then at home play time for 1 hrs, repeat. He is in kennel from 9 or 10 pm to 7 or 8 am (just depends on when he tells me he needs to potty, I take him whenever he needs to go so sometimes bedtime is later or morning is earlier he's not locked in a kennel for 11 hrs) he very rarely needs to go between those hours only if he has an upset stomach or found water he shouldn't have right before bedtime.
For those of you with adult dogs what is their sleep schedule like? How many naps do they take during the day and how long, how many hours do they spend actively working, and how many hours do they have free time to chill or play with toys or whatever else they want to do unstructured, and how much sleep does they get at night? Does your dog naturally take naps as needed when they are older or do you still need enforced naps? For those of you who's dog naps on their own, did you have to train this behavior aka the off switch? Or did your dog just settle as they got older and comfortable with a routine?
For us rn at 8 months old he will not sleep at home on his own unless he is in kennel. Left out he will play until he turns bitey. Once or twice ive gotten him to take a nap out of kennel on the couch with me by laying down with a leash and keeping him there and trying to calm him as he bites at my clothes and pillows etc because he's tired and fighting sleep, but I managed to get him to take a 2 hr nap. Or in the car. If we are out and about running errands, after an hour or two depending on what activity we are doing and how much excitement he gets, he will choose to nap in the car pretty happily. Sometimes ill stay parked with the ac on for a while just because he's sleeping and I dont want him to wake up and get tired zoomed when we get inside.
Any advice about sleep schedules as my dog gets close to one year old welcome!
Here he is passed out in the car with us parked at home as im writing this. We've been out since 9 am running errands its now 2 pm. He's out. Gonna go right back to sleep when we get inside.
Ok please tell me if im being unreasonable here. I just moved into a new apartment. Im used to hearing noises above and next to me. But with this apartment the neighbor directly above me apparantly has a very creaky bed. Like squeaking metal sound. Not to be crass if this is a family appropriate sub, but its obvious when listening to the bed creak rhythmically for long stretches of time what the upstairs neighbor is doing. My question is about what noise level is reasonable? When its 3 pm or hell even 11 pm i dont care, ill just put headphones in, or go in my living room. But when its 3 am and I can't sleep until they're done making noise its really frustrating because I have work in the morning. I dont want to be rude/ make them uncomfortable by bringing this up, but I can very clearly hear the bed squeeke and can't sleep through it. It's daily or twice daily for sound issues but like I said I really dont care unless its between 11 pm and 6 am. The noise is directly above my bedroom. Would it be appropriate to leave a note? Or just bring it to apartment management to deal with? Im sure im not the quietest neighbor as I do some word working in the apartment which means power tools in the afternoon, and I have a dog who barks on occasion if he sees a bird or something else through the window. So I understand apartments wont always be quiet. Any advice in this situation?
My furniture arrives in a truck tomorrow and anything i can't reasonably fit has to go to storage or the trash. Here's my current plan, any suggestions? I measured all furniture to a scale of .5' = 1ft. I tried to maintain walking space of minimum 20 inches, and use furniture to section one room into 3. Living/ crochet/ boardgame/ TV area bottom right, school/ work bottom left, art top left. In each section the cabinets or drawers open in towards the rug. Im planning a 3rd rug for the desk area.
Id like to get into real woodworking and building furniture but I need money and supplies so Im repairing appliances and wood furniture for people to earn money. Right now im repairing a particle board and laminate cat cabinet that's soaked in urine and DANG this is taking a long time. I only have a few sheets of 220 grit sandpaper and this singular paint brush😂😂 but I have plenty of wood filler, wood glue, stain blocking primer, wood soap/polish, and white paint. So technically everything I need to repair furniture. But dang a clamp, 80 grit sandpaper, and a bigger paintbrush would be nice. Sorry if this isn't allowed here as idk if this counts as wood working. But I wanted to post my effort somewhere! And hopefully it turns out nice when im done!
The process im following:
(Disassemble and remove hardware)
Wash everything with a rag and warm soapy water
Wash everything with a urine enzyme cleaner
Sand down the swollen laminate/particle board from water damage
glue down any laminate flaps with wood glue
Glue together any broken or separated pieces (im trying to find a clamp)
Fill any cracks between boards in the original work with wood filler (shitty modern furniture is put together badly and there's visible seams everywhere)
Sandpaper the entire surface to dull
Paint everything with kilz all purpose sealer and stain blocking primer
Lightly resend
Second coat of primer over the worst stains
Sandpaper again
Paint with random interior wall/ceiling paint (white) I got for free, sand, 2nd coat paint.
Sealant/clear coat of some kind? Any advice? I have polyurethane
Reassemble
There's one part that's damaged badly enough I think i may need to replace the entire piece with particle board, idk if that's strong enough it needs to hold cats and litter boxes, im going to try and reinforce the bottom with pallet scrap wood. Any advice for this?
The doors are in various stages or repair. Ive sanded most damage off on all of them but one, you can see the original damage. Some look worse because I sanded off the damaged laminate but it feels smooth to the touch now, one I painted with primer but didn't fill cracks, im going to fill and redo that one, one even though it was sanded flat swelled a little after primer so I leveled that corner with wood filler and am going to sand and reprime it. The bottom of the cabinet is the badly damaged part.
Please let me know if im doing anything wrong, or if yu have advice, and thankyou!!
I've been tasking on task rabbit for exactly one week. I really need this money, as I have no other way to pay my rent. I have done three tasks so far.One with multiple sessions and had great reviews from all three people. My account details are all real.I've blacked out my name so that it's not associated with this reddit account.But my real legal name is on my account.And it shows that my identity was verified. This morning, I got these two emails, and now I can't message a client about an ongoing job that I was booked for. Is there something wrong with my profile that i'm not seeing? Does anyone know why this happened?Did a client like write something in this feedback or something?
Edit to add.I haven't been paid for the three jobs I completed yet. Is this temporary account suspension?Going to prevent me from getting paid?