u/trueblue_ecru — reddlx

specifications - hyping yourself up and staying motivated

mid career here, but doing detailed design for the first time and v excited. I normally do feasibility studies/master planning, bench scale studies and pilot testing so this is all newish to me, but I'm enjoying it.

I'm putting together specs for the first time for a project and want to keep myself hyped up to do it. specs usually get a bad rap, and if I focus on that I'll lose motivation. I also have ADHD, but like my job and the implications enough to make it work, as long as I finesse a way to keep things exciting.

so here are my questions to discuss!!

what is your favorite part of doing spec works?

it feels like a marathon rather than a sprint - is that true and how do you stay on track?

why do specs get such a bad rap - is that accurate or just poorly planned projects??

what are the biggest parts of spec projects to avoid "catastrophes" later on when the deliverable goes in

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u/trueblue_ecru — 11 days ago

▲ 2 r/CrochetHelp

planning a cardigan - thoughts on dishie cotton yarn for garments?

so I have an obscene amount of worsted weight dishie (gauge of 4.5mm to 5.5 mm) because I adore the feel and colors and am fixated on cobalt blue

I sized down the hook to 2.5 mm and made this tote bag (By Molla Mills) and really adore the drape of this bag in double crochet but it took forever

now I want to make the bennett cardigan (picture attached - https://www.ravelry.com/patterns/library/bennett-4) that is mostly in single crochet

so I've made a few decently sized gauge swatches with a 5.5 mm hook and a 5 mm hook. my main questions are:

will the cotton yarn shrink a bit with wash and wear? I like the drape of the 5mm swatch and it feels perfect, but if it were to slightly shrink it'd be too tight. The 5.5 mm also has a good drape, and would be perfect if it shrunk slightly, but if it stretched with wear, it'd be way too big

I think my gut is to crochet with the 5mm because it's already just right, but if it shrinks once the full piece is made I'll be so bummed

has anyone made garments with dishie? I expect it will turn out bulky which is great, but was it too bulky? my vision is to have a nice bulky cardigan that feels a little weighted
for cotton yarn garments should I plan for it to crochet tightly and end up smaller and then stretch a bit?
does cotton yarn even block out reliably like wool?

u/trueblue_ecru — 2 months ago

▲ 22 r/Pokopia

Ice themed zoned???

is anyone else holding out hope that we will get an ice-themed zone in future DLC? frosslass, snorunt, and delibird are just too iconic to miss out on. which city would it mimic from the games?

I also just really need an obvious zone for articuno's temple. obviously moltres can be in rocky ridges and zapdos on bleak beach

edit - but I went to the Nintendo store recently and they had a ditto-alolan vulpix that is NOT in the game (yet🤞) so I'm convinced it's foreshadowing and I'm cautiously optimistic

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u/trueblue_ecru — 3 months ago

▲ 2 r/DCGaybros

gay bars in NW that regularly play world cup

does anyone know of gay bars on 14th/admo/northwest that regularly show world cup games?

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u/trueblue_ecru — 3 months ago