u/mattamj

Hey I have an old 2025 calendar, still wrapped in plastic. Willing to ship and give away for free can't throw it out so I want to donate it forward. Hope this post is allowed.

Found in Midwest (Ohio) apartment complex in bathroom. Half of the body is missing (squished). Pest control ID this as a water bug/oriental cockroach "bc it has only four legs". Well bud, I told you have of the bug is gone. Anyway, I think it looks like a german cockroach nymph. The coloration of marks on the head l, plus body and antente say it all to me. This same pest control also misidentified a bed bug in years past. What does reddit think?

Hey all. I'm knitting up this very luscious throw/blanket as a gift for my MIL. Homespun cotton held with a baby soft cotton boucle (chefs kiss) however the pattern has me tripped up.

I'm 8 rows in and on to my first cable. I understand how cables work so no confusion there but my confusion is in how the pattern is written/stitch count.

So according to pattern, start the normal pattern as always, k1, p1 *4 for a total of 8 stitches. Then k4, then it says to cable slip 6 stitches on the cable, knit the next 6 stitches in pattern, and complete the 6 stitches held for the cable .

This makes my full cable section 12 stitches wide.

But then the pattern says "repeat from k4, slip 6, k1p1 (for a Total of 6), then k1p1 remaining able, repeat till end of row.

But because the pattern before the cable is:

K1,p1*4, (8 stitches), k4, k1p1*8 (16 stitches) when I go to do the cable row for the first cable there are 4 "extra" stitches after the cable before the next k4.

So I thought maybe the pattern was wrong and it meant to have the cable be 16 stitches wide instead of 12? That would make more sense but a 16 stich wide cable seems big and the pattern mentions the cable being 6 stitches on each side in multiple places.

Any help on what I could be missing?

Hey all,

First, this sub is amazing. Without it I would have been totally lost. Back in August I went to the Dermatologist with some strange marks, that kept appearing. She actually sent me down the Bed Bug rabbit hole.

Lesson 1 - Some people (my partner who shares my bed) do not show any reaction or signs of BB or BB bites.

I found this Bed Bug fully fed. Called my landlords and after much back and forth they sent over a Pest Control, who surprise surprise said "No signs of Bed Bugs" despite me showing him this dead bed bug.

Fast forward and we implement all the recommended tips.

1. Hot dry for 90+ mins every item of clothing or cloth from my room. Do not reintegrate. For the next 6 months we lived out of those totes.

2. Encase bed and pillow immediately.

3. Removed all clutter from floor/room and packed in black trash bags. Luckily is was hot as hell summer and we baked everything till a thermal gun showed over 110 degrees inside the bag.

4. Put our bed on risers and WEEKLY dusted the entire room and all baseboards with diatomaceous earth. This was so messy. Wed vacuumed it up and the end of the week and start again. Did this process for 3 months straight.

5. We kept our eyes out, set traps, looked everywhere with flashlights but never saw another BB. Waited as the pest control said "just call back if you see anything). Side note, I called the company owner and text them the photo and he said oh yeah that's a bed bug. Call back if you find more signs and want treatment.

6. Never found another bug, nest, etc. Did not find new bites after the fiat week (but let me tell you I documented everything. Bc I had more than one bugs worth of bites, over 1 week had at least a dozen "sets of three" bite trails.)

7. Two weeks ago we finally reintegrated everything back into our living room and are living "​normal"

8. And tje reason for this post. ​I went alone to some fireworks last night, lots of mosquitoes out etc. BUT I looked down on my leg and see bites this afternoon. My mind is freaking out. I took photos. I am imagining the worst case and trying to talk myself down, but we are too close to the BB for me to be able to let it go.

How can I stay "vigilant and diligent" looking for bed bugs or signs without going full out again? Is this PTSD eque response something y'all have experienced?

Btw, during the last ordeal I had a panic attack after the pest control tried to deny that it was a bed bug. I went to the ER as hooray that was my first ever panic attack.

Any advice from y'all? I know I'm likely not out of the woods yet but also the signs are only what could be mosquito bites :(

I am looking desperately for a pattern to create these sleeves. I've check ravelry and can't seem to find anything like these where they are just puffy arm warmers. Anyone have tips or recommendations for patterns? Maybe even a puffy sweater sleeve pattern and adjustments?

Something that would stop the sleeves from slipping down as they are disconnected etc.

I might be jumping the gun (it might have already been released) but I NEED a grey paint brush plushie now. NEED.