u/lasserna

I bought a kh830+kr830 last year and as one of my first projects made a lace cardigan out of merino wool. Deep cleaned my machine, changed a bunch of needles and even then the lace carriage kept constantly dropping stitches. I had to stop between each row, on both front panels, back panel and both sleeves, and fix multiple stitches before they had the chance to unravel more. 80% of the project was spent feeling absolutely pissed off and wondering if there was something broken with my carriage. I even made a post here asking why my lace carriage get dropping stitches, as well as placing stitches onto the gate pegs.

After the cardigan was finished, I decided to just stay away from lace.

Until recently I got the inspiration for another lace cardigan. Did swatches and failed miserably with stitches getting constantly dropped. Until while reading the manual I've read a dozen times previously, I spotted a line I've somehow never come across before. "Waxing yarn is recommended for lace patterns."

Y'all I tried it with the wax today, and not a single dropped stitch. I've had a couple split stitches still, but those are more easily fixable and my current yarn is a more loosely plied bamboo-viscose mix. The machine is doing ten times better than before the wax. I'm absolutely amazed

My (22) cat (one year old, neutered male) ate one sourcream and onion potato chip, which he stole from the chip bag. I know garlic and onion are bad for cats. How likely it is that it will cause something harmful to him? What symptoms should I monitor for?

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We live in Finland. The potato chips contain potatos (60%), seed oil, salt, onion powder, sugar, parsley and white pepper.

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Vet is available and can afford, but not sure if necessary.

Edit: because of the salt content in the chips, I gave him some treat mixed with water to get some extra hydration in him

My cat is bit over one years old and has had this weird short and long coat. He's brownish with these long dark whispy hairs especially on his lower body. Does this type of fur have a name? Is he considered a medium hair? Also interested to learn his colour type. I'm assuming a tabby but would appreciate confirmation from people who are more knowledgeable!

Thank you so much in advance!

I think my nepenthes got transplant shock or otherwise just upset from repotting, so the pitchers are darkening and turning black. Should I snip them off now or let them fully darken before removing? I know with regular plants you want to wait for leaves to naturally die off until removing them, but I'm new to carnivorous plants, so I want to make sure what's better for the plant.

Thank you so much in advance!

Plant got repotted a week ago from nursery soil to a mixture of sphagnum moss and perlite. It gets around 14 hours of light per day from grow lights. Humidity around 50%, temperature around 24°C.

I have recently gotten four carnivorous plants, dionaea muscipula, drosera capensis, nepenthes and sarracenia. They're currently in their basic nursery soil, and I'm getting mixed advice looking up on google what kind of soil they need.

Depending on where I looked, it says to either use sphagnum moss, a mix of peat and sand, a mix of sphagnum moss or perlite, or a mix of peat and perlite. Where as some sites specifically said not to ever use perlite for especially the dionaea.

I'm also understanding that they need similar(ish) soils, but not exactly the same. So I'm just trying to figure out what the best options would be to go with.

Peat is only available to me in 50 liter (16 gallon or 25 lbs bags), so I am slightly apprehensive about buying a huge bag just for four plants. All my other houseplants prefer a more draining, no-peat soil. Sphagnum moss as well as perlite are both available. For sand I am confused on what type of sand, as it wasn't specified, except one site which said silica sand. Unfortunately silica sand is only sold here in 25 or 40 kg (55-90 lbs) bags, which would be way over what I need.

All help is greatly appreciated. I get that this might be one of those boring "help I'm a beginner!" posts haha, but I'm genuinely getting overwhelmed by the amount of different care instructions out there. With my other houseplants, the soil instructions have been a lot more clear, hence the confusion. Thank you so much in advance already!