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Find all the details about my new book on the post below. If you have any questions, please ask on the linked post as I'm not on Twitter very often. Thanks for support!
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I might regret tweeting but... this.
My 2 abortions have not caused me trauma.
The sexual, physical & emotional abuse I've lived through as a woman HAVE caused me trauma. One of those abusive relationships led to one of my abortions & I have zero regrets or trauma.
@dchssravenwaves
@ellenabianchib
@FullAsMuchHeart
@TeriGeib
@Knitcase1
@MyDaughtersArmy
@WoollyWormhead
... is it always to avoid inconvenience? Or can it also be said that it's to avoid bringing a child into a family that can't properly take care of it?
Also... unless it scars them or was a very very hard decision, an abortion (more often than not) doesn't cause trauma.
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In case folks didn’t know, I had my own website selling patterns as PDFs before Ravelry existed. I've always maintained my own website and will continue to do do.
#RavelryAccessibility
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I've just read how my online classes have been of benefit to someone who's felt excluded from nearly all online knitting events and classes over the last year.
All because I looked at the camera when I spoke, & provided closed captions & transcripts.
#AccessibilityMatters
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so... we did a thing!
The Hand Knit Hat Academy is open & the first 3 classes are live!
All classes are segmented, planned & fully edited. Each video has full captioning. There's transcripts & eBooks to reinforce learning.
And I'm very, very nervous.
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My point is is that I'm not here because of Ravelry, Ravelry are here because of me. And because of you.
#RavelryAccessibility
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guess with Ravelry editor has incorrectly changed the name of one of my eBook sources?
why yes indeed, it's the same editor who incorrectly changed the name of my website source & screwed everything up TWICE.
which part of Fuck Off & Leave My Sources Alone do they not get?
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end of year accounts done!
My turnover is up 30% on my best ever year. My biz is now paying two of us.
No longer below the poverty line!
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on the blog: The True Cost of a Pattern, Revisited.
Nearly 4 years ago I wrote a lengthy, detailed blog post about what's involved in producing a pattern. Today I've looked back at those costs and updated everything.
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today's good news?
My new business has just paid me my first wage (and back paid!).
It's all in place now, I'm officially my own boss and officially have wage slips and stuff.
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I read that article at 4am.
I'm still fkn furious. The dismissiveness, the ableism.
I'm also petrified as I can't afford to pull my patterns from Ravelry, at least not yet.
The gaslighting is getting to me. I'm so done with them.
Love & solidarity,
#RavelyAccessibility
folks
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to the "but it's a FREE site" folks, I think the site being free to enter* makes accessibility even more important.
A broken path in a gated garden will cause less injuries than a broken path in a public space.
#RavelryAccessibility
*it's not free, even if it costs you $£€0.
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We've lost a good friend & I'm still without words.
The last 24hrs have been surreal, I keep checking her twitter feed just to be sure.
We've tried to contact as many people as possible privately, I'm so sorry if you're learning of the news via social media 💔
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One of the reasons I'm outspoken about my mental health & neurodivergences is 'cos I've lived a lifetime of being abused, misdiagnosed & being overlooked.
I won't allow myself to be erased anymore.
I'm really fkn tired of waking up crying.
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It looks like the Rav editor that likes to mess up sources is up to stuff again as they've marked the
@KnittingGoddess
source as offline and no longer accessible.
PSA 'cos FFS.
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I appreciate everyone's support. And honestly, I am totally ok. I'm at peace with my decisions. By having my abortions I've saved my life (twice) & that of my own family.
This is why I dont see anti-choice folks as pro-life; the only way to be fully pro-life is to be pro-choice.
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We've just learnt that Tom's mum, diabetic, & Tom's SIL, asthmatic, both have covid. They've both had their 1st of 2 jabs.
I'm done. Have nothing I'm willing to type left to say.
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wow - I had more unsubscribes from my recent newsletter because of my donation drive - and one person reported it as inappropriate (spam).
I get that in the current climate the politics can get a bit too much... but some of us don't have the luxury of ignoring it.
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I too have shut down all tabs for a few days while RavClassic is switched off forever.
I can't help but wonder tho' how many of us designers will have fkd up pattern or database entries if or when we return (assuming we can).
#RavelryAccessibility
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Being able to get an abortion private in the Netherlands for a couple of hundred euros with zero waiting time or judgement made what wasnt an easy but necessary decision so much more humane.
Both abortions were a choice. With so very different reasons. MY BODY, MY CHOICE.
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in other news, I'm now officially an Estonian publisher.
under Estonian publishing rules, all of me eBooks AND ePatterns should qualify for ISBNs.
and ISBNs in Estonia are *free*.
take that, VATmoss!
take that, HMRC!
reduced rates on 280 titles here I come.
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Pro-birthers ain't gonna get a response outta me. Fuck off already.
ABORTION IS A HUMAN RIGHT
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I don't know how I get up & function each day.
Folks fail to realise what it's like living with disabilities in your brain - e.g. cognitive disabilities, executive function disorders, mental illnesses - on a day to day basis let alone during difficult times or a pandemic.
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OMFG.
Our lost documents have just arrived.
Too late to get residency before EYF but you can bet we'll fucking be in there the second I get back.
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I know folks say that ageing is a privilege and for the most part, I can get behind that.
But what about when you look in the mirror and see your abuser staring back at you?
This is something that is never spoken about with/for childhood familial abuse survivors.
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I'm collecting all my Grown Up points this year... incorporating the biz; getting VAT registered; applying for new residency (permanence! FFS); filing copyright notices through court.
And that's just the stuff I'm allowed to talk about.
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This morning I'm thinking about how, when I'd stay at Liz’s & we'd sat up late drinking too much wine, she'd suddenly start tidying up the kitchen.
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So... wow! Thank you!
This book doesn't just feature my photos & my general style, it also features all of the original yarnies, including...
@ripplescrafts
@oldmaidenaunt
@meadowyarn
@fyberspates
@StolenStitches
@karida_nfc
@lornaslaces
@indigodragonfly
@lingy143
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Wherever you are now
@greensideknits
I hope there's a serious amount of books, yarn, cider & Springsteen on loop.
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thank you ALL for everyone's comments and support! I'm relieved, overwhelmed and mostly crying and hiding. Please know how much we appreciate having had you see us through this and have our backs.
We're out for dinner tonight and there will be prosecco. Shit loads of it x
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After much insistence from me, Tom finally fit a cat-flap to my studio today.
The Princess may be getting old but she don't miss a trick & she's happily letting herself in & out of the studio already, enjoying her favourite space.
Makes me mighty happy to see her so happy.
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this thread has been bought to you courtesy of the folks telling me how to run my business, telling me to be mindful of what I say, and considering me unprofessional for being disabled and human and calling out ableism.
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ND and MH twitter - you're the main reason I keep coming back. The ability to rant and lean and be understood goes such a long fkn way.
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I've learnt this evening that I've enough strength in my shoulders to manage the cork and open a bottle of prosecco unaided without it exploding everywhere.
#winning
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It looks like sources that have had their Ravelry stores closed due to accessibility concerns are being targeted.
I'd heard this from someone else and that looks to be the case here.
#RavelryAccessibility
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can I say again how much I value and appreciate my tech editors? they're bloody marvellous.
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The relief that residency is ours still keeps hitting me & catching me off guard.
I'm reminded of all the times I've had folks say to me "I've stopped keeping up with Brexit 'cos it's too painful" or "I'm so bored of Brexit" & quietly raged inside 'cos we dont get that luxury.
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I'm out of words, really. Can't express well. Still processing.
I'm mostly a hot ball of rage and emotions.
I am though felting the fuck out of a bunch of perfectly geometrical sideways knit circles made from oddments & they're keeping me from totally losing it.
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I'm muting all the pro-birthers coming into my feed to tell me I'm a murderer 🙄 Or those telling me to use contraceptives. To block would be too generous.
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Fuck you Brexit, we WILL have residency before the 29th.
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I can't even begin to process any of this less let alone articulate anything. I can't talk, mostly non-verbal.
I've closed replies because I can't respond. Or my only response might be "fuck off" 'cos all the other words are missing.
I wish I didn't have to explain even this.
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I'll add that my 2nd abortion wasnt traumatic either, albeit entirely different circumstances. It was harder emotionally (hey, sans abuse!) but not one I regret. Thankfully for the 2nd I was living in Holland at the time & didn't have to cross a picket line. The first was NHS.
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Now I'm thinking to ask everyone to send me their old VGA & scart leads or redundant PC, charging & printer cables, so I can weave them all together & create a large installation on site to comment on the inbuilt obsolescence & rapidly changing world of tech.
Hi brain.
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Knitting - needle arts in general - and activism have always been intrinsically linked.
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I just spent a couple of hours getting properly caught up on what's been happening with Rav &
#RavelryAccessibility
this week and.... wtf.
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I’ve been designing woolly Hats and creating & selling PDF patterns for nearly 16 years. I don’t have the largest social media follower counts or the turnover of those considered ‘big names’ yet I’m one of Ravely’s 0.5% & I’ve enough longevity to have earnt that big name status.
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I thought I'd made a group of friends *finally* in secondary school.
Turns out they'd started a "we hate X* club" behind my back; they made badges & everything, whilst still letting me believe they were friends with me.
*X = birth name.
Growing up and realising your friends might have actually been bullies + not your friends at all is also big autistic culture
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Weve reached the halfway point with the fundraiser, GoFundMe & PayPal donations combined 🖤🥺
This guarantees me treatment + a safe space for 6 months.
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New data deal on my Italian sim! Moved my number (not that anyone knows my IT number...), 50gb of data for €7 p/m, 4.5g network PAYG. Vodafone has good coverage locally (most networks don't)
My phone doesn't know what to do with all of this speed!
I've joined the 21st century!
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If you're ever in Santarcangelo di Romagna & fancy a cozy b&b that also serves award winning pizzas & superb GF pizzas, with the best possible hosts, please look up the La Cantina.
They'd appreciate your custom & reviews.
And tell them Tom sent you 🖤
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I don’t owe anyone my business or my success, this wonky brain gets the blame for that.
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GIF warning.
My phone made this today and... it's made me cry but I think I'm finally reaching a point where the fondness outweighs the grief.
There's still a Princess sized hole, but I can look into now.
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the site redesign, not being able to use it safely & the worry of losing income set off a whole cycle of CPTSD episodes. It's not the only reason, I'd received a major diagnosis a few months before that proper knocked me off my feet, but it was a big contributor.
I can't even.
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If you've patterns in Payhip, Etsy or elsewhere add a direct link to that listing within your pattern description - this means that even if your sources get removed or marked as inaccessible or unavailable, folks can still find a link to where they can buy your pattern.
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Blogged - Let's talk about being Brave
This wasn't an easy post to write, but they're thoughts that needed airing.
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It looks like this is sorted out now but here's a couple of things to the wider audience...
#RavelryAccessibility
It looks like the Rav editor that likes to mess up sources is up to stuff again as they've marked the
@KnittingGoddess
source as offline and no longer accessible.
PSA 'cos FFS.
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You know the week's off to a good start when your dog needs an emergency vet visit & your car needs an emergency mechanic visit.
Jaz is fine, she didn't need surgery to remove what had embedded itself in her paw.
But the car does need a new engine.
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On Ravelry I helped develop the shopping cart and pattern PDF delivery system; the currency feature came about because I started a thread and asked for multi-currency displays, knowing that a single currency store can be alienating.
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my MIL is very slowly improving.
She should have gone into hospital on friday but refused. BIL is keeping a very close eye on her. But she is seeing very slight improvements each day.
Her first vaccination jab was at least 6 weeks ago but she's high risk (diabetes).
#Covid19UK
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There’s how many of us still supporting our families from pattern sales alone after 16 years?
(can you tell I’ve had beer? It’s telling when one comes to twitter for a reprieve).
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We had a really good photoshoot this afternoon/evening. I'm sat reading & catching up & processing.
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And now I'm remembering that she won't ever get to come over so I can take her to the button museum. Or ever meet my cats.
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also...
all classes can be downloaded to do in your own time at your own pace, with no reliance on an internet connection or time zones.
I've added interest-free payment options on the premium classes.
there's no VAT added on top.
and there's a free taster class!
so... we did a thing!
The Hand Knit Hat Academy is open & the first 3 classes are live!
All classes are segmented, planned & fully edited. Each video has full captioning. There's transcripts & eBooks to reinforce learning.
And I'm very, very nervous.
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This donation has been made possible by
#WoollyHaturday
pattern sales - thank you!
I don't usually make personal connections with charities that we fundraise for but I did with
@ToucanDiversity
& I'm mighty appreciative of that. They're doing fantastic work.
We've had an amazing donation of £340 from Ruth
@WoollyWormhead
in remembrance of Paul Steinle who recently passed away. In 2019 Paul ran the Great South Run for us, we offer our heartfelt condolences to his family. This money gives further training for our new accredited trainer
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my PM's are full. I'm heading offline for a bit.
Thank you to everyone who's understood that maybe there's another perspective that they've missed.
And much love to everyone who feels seen. You're not alone <3
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I'm not here denying that Ravelry has benefitted my business, far from it, but at the same time, I don't think anyone should be expected to be loyal because it has.
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Yesterday was hell.
Ableist gaslighting from industry "leaders" in the morning.
Ableism & classism from the school in the afternoon.
News that our key worker family in London all have covid in the evening. My BIL has been a covid ICU nurse from day one.
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Similarly I've always sold on multiple platforms when they’ve been available – don’t ask how many I’ve seen come and go over the years.
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Form a cohesive sentence when trying to communicate? Brain says nope.
Random over-engineered knitted Hat designs? Brain insists.
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I will let this go BUT I am still processing that. Cos hey, brain disability.
But I'm getting better at sensing the tells even if I can't make out the exact expressions. Furthermore, my meltdown was short lived.
Taking my wins as they come.
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This.
Other words to avoid are:
"lazy"
"idiot"
"stupid"
"crazy"
"insane"
Please stop using ableist slurs to call out ableism. There's a lot more of them than you think & yup, those that reference intellectual ability or mental health are slurs too.
#RavelryAccessibility
I’m going to mention something I’m seeing with the
#RavelryAccessibility
discussion. Some of y’all need to check yourself when calling out ableism. You’re calling Ravelry ableist & often in the same sentence using an ableist slur. Words with “tard” are ableist. Period. Stop it.
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I don't have any details, I don't think anyone has yet.
Just that we've lost someone suddenly & unexpectedly.
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Woken before 5am by a putrid smell; the cat had shat in my knitting bag. Less than half a metre from my bed. On my new design project that I only cast-on last night.
I'd like to know what evil I have committed to deserve such a punishment.
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When a promising new and exclusive online industry event lands in your inbox, but it means you have to be awake in the middle of the night.
Time zones are a thing.
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I've just received a letter from HMRC stating that I submitted my reasons for not being eligible for self-assement & they agreed 🙄
They tell me they're cancelling the fines they levied & I won't need to submit a SA tax return for 20/21 or ever, unless circumstances change etc.
that thing when you keep shouting FUCK OFF at HMRC but they don't hear you.
That sound you hear? That'll be me punching walls 'cos HMRC just sent me a reminder to file my 20/21 self assessment.
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This hotel may be costing us an absolute fortune but boy oh boy is it so what we need! The overall space is bigger than our bus (it's a suite, Aran has his own space!) & being able to stand outside & smell the sea air...
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so anyway, apparently I'm tacky for genuinely asking someone whether they're basically saying "I hear you say that it hurts you but I still love it anyway" because I was unsure, but the comment I replied to wasn't considered tacky, given the post it was made on.
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I rarely see my MP's name mentioned, he usually toes the Tory line.
But tonight he's backed amendment B, the one in favour of No-Deal.
I'm so bloody glad we got our residency today. No more of Thurrock's pro-brexit xenophobic poison for us.
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I helped develop some of the early advertising features, the VATmoss integrations and much more - features that many folks & businesses use daily.
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I'm sure there are some photos somewhere of the book launch for Going Straight, my first book, back in 2007.
Held in the Islington pub where we used to go for knit nights. It was mostly me, Tom & a handful of friends, including Liz, & lots of booze.
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My school uniform was mostly from jumble sales or hand-made.
Making my own clothes was cool, I could flout the rules.
I'd knit this mohair jumper in school colours with a prohibited wide collar. I made the collar detachable so if they tried to discipline me I'd just take it off
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If you've previously sold patterns on Rav then closed your store due to accessibility concerns, if an editor changes the name of your source it can disconnect your patterns from the patterns in folks libraries, which can really screw things like updates & search functions up.
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my online classes include:
- full captioning
- transcripts
- detailed handouts covering everything the videos cover
- short segment videos
- clear course structure & labelling
- the ability to download
- lifetime ownership
- online support
I've just read how my online classes have been of benefit to someone who's felt excluded from nearly all online knitting events and classes over the last year.
All because I looked at the camera when I spoke, & provided closed captions & transcripts.
#AccessibilityMatters
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my step-nan died this morning.
thankfully my step mum and sister were in the Ukraine already, given that they knew was ill.
now if anyone even remotely in my circle could not die for a while, it'd be appreciated.
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I'm thinking that I might write a few blog posts about my experience of setting up a digital business in Estonia?
You don't have to sell digital products - it's relevant for freelancers, designers - anyone who doesn't sell tangibles.
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Had a weird night last night 'cos brain needed to work out how to make a brim to brim sideways Hat with a physical knot at the crown.
Now the idea is bugging me again & I'm wondering if I should have words with myself.
I mean, an actual knot for a crown on a Hat? Grafted, obvs.
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RSS feeds for your sources are available. Google alerts are also pretty effective. These save you or someone helping you logging in to check.
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I've been hit by a tonne of emotions that I can't put into words but thank you 🖤
Weve reached the halfway point with the fundraiser, GoFundMe & PayPal donations combined 🖤🥺
This guarantees me treatment + a safe space for 6 months.
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@indigodragonfly
@KnittingGoddess
Some have, increasingly so. Which sounds to me like they're watching certain designers or sources.
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Other thoughts: plastic surgery, permanent make-up etc are often ridiculed, the person having such treatment is invariably written off as vain or troubled etc. You know the score.
I can tell you right now that it's not that simple. It's not always about not wanting to grow old.
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I gotta apply for each ISBN manually but Elemental just got it's number in under 5 minutes.
now to apply for the first ePattern.
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we have though just had a great first photoshoot with Ninawa. He's mighty tall & it was amusing to see Tom standing on a stool to try & get shots...
...photo editing & cheap fizzy booze coming right up.
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@YarnDatabase
@wipinsanity
Would it be possible to include neurodivergent, disabled & LGBTQ+ in the considerations?
I know you don't necessarily have access to that info but I'm sure there's a way folks could provide it if they're comfortable to do so & know its an option?
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@LouiseTilbrook1
the changes were minor - grammar and formatting. Which were not at all necessary because they weren't wrong! So why change it other than it being their opinion?
It feels pretty petty from here...
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We're in our suite! With a balcony & sea views!
I don't care that the decor is dated or that we had to push two single beds together to make a double or that it's the priciest room yet.
We love it!
It's light & airy & spacious & we can walk outside & see the sights.
Bliss.
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Focus... I need my focus back. Else the ranting & flailing & falling apart starts all over again.
In other news, one pattern is written, 3 to go. (I stopped after the first & checked into Twitter - bad move)
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Heck, it'll do that even if your Rav store is open which is exactly how they messed things up for me.
So be mindful of an editor changing your primary source name.
If your primary source is your website & not named your Rav store that's totally legit - it shouldn't be changed.
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