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Kirjoja ja käsitöitä 📚🧶
Virkkausta, ompelua ja uutuutena neulominen!
Luennassa yleensä fantasia tai scifi.

Books and crafts 📚🧶
Crochet, sewing and learning to knit!
Usually reading fantasy or sci-fi.

Ask me about The Murderbot Diaries or Over the Garden Wall.

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2025-04-08 08:42:56

Aamulenkillä bongattua! En ollut koskaan nähnyt aiemmin ja luulin ensin, että joku on heitellyt muovia polunvarteen.
Puoliso osasi kertoa että on englantilaisittain Scarlet Elf cup, suomeksi punamaljakas.
https://luontoportti.com/t/3433/punamaljakas
#mosstodon
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2025-03-23 19:05:16

Minä neulosin jutun!
Ei ole mukava, on vähän liian pieni. Mut neulottu! Juttu! Hyvä minä.
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2025-03-15 13:59:43

TFW #TheFuckingLaundry is pretty. 😍
Got some second-hand fabrics in the last few weeks. No idea if they're too girly for me but I love them!
Now I just need to find the perfect patterns... Suggestions welcome. 😊
#sewing #ompelu #fabrichoarder #secondhandsewing
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2025-03-11 11:30:33

Some sort of opening for a Burda sewing magazine from February 1994.
"Someone needs to guide the child along the right path."
Apparently mothers are incapable of teaching their children morals and fathers only love their children if they're good enough.
A weird thing to read 30 years after it's publication, and what does it have to do with sewing?!
ALT TEXT (as it did not fit in the description box. There might be some errors as it was copied directly from the image with Google lens):
"At no other time in history could a newborn baby expect greater physical comfort, familial attention or material security than today. However, many of the children born in our times are deprived of one of their greatest needs, namely, the need to have a father as well as a mother. In the past 15 years the number of children born to single women has nearly doubled. This means that not only is the number of single mothers rising steadily, but the number of children growing up without a father is increasing as well. There are many reasons for this development. For example, in Germany there are roughly 6 million single women. Our liberal society today is more receptive to unmarried mothers than ever before. There's no reason why a single woman should not have a child on her own if she wants to.
Another vital factor is the financial independence of today's single young women. Successful professionals and women who have devoted their youthful years to building careers certainly have the financial means to provide adequately for their offspring. And, many people firmly believe that no father is better than a bad one. Of course, there is a certain element of truth to this theory. Children who are constantly confronted by fights and arguments between their parents are not getting a very positive impression of married life. There are plenty of people whose negative childhood experiences affect their relationships to their partners for the rest of their lives.
However, the question is, can a woman, no matter how loving and attentive, provide her child with some of the things only a father can give? Some single mothers are completely convinced their children are not missing out on anything. I believe such children do miss something. A mother loves her child unconditionally regardless of its age or situation. Fathers, however, put conditions on their love. A child who does not live up to its father's expectations may not get the love and attention it needs. This behavioural dichotomy is necessary for the child's development. The subject of children growing up without a father is one that has been extensively researched. Numerous books have been written on the matter, and all seem to reach the same conclusion: children need a father. Children without fathers start suffering the consequences at birth. Such children are less alert and aware of their environment than children surrounded by both parents. This is explained by the fact that they are denied the higher expectations and demands of their fathers. Fathers challenge their children simply by putting conditions on their relationship.
The father's role in promoting self-assurance and independence is also vital. Whereas mothers tend to be overprotective and limit the children's independence, fathers allow their children greater freedom of movement and experimentation which in turn helps children learn to make decisions and to fend for themselves. Children whose fathers take an active role in their upbringing usually get good grades at school. Children who have trouble with reading and maths often have fathers who are ambitious and abusive if the child does not perform to standard.
Though some fathers expect too much of their children and put too much pressure on them, children do need someone to challenge them and push to perform beyond the average. Moral values, ethical behaviour, high standards of achievement are all things that are not developed automatically as a child grows up. Someone needs to guide the child along the right path. Though there are situations when it's better for a child to grow up without a father, every child needs the love, attention and expectations only a father can provide."
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2025-02-22 12:46:19

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@nprofile…jpfa Kaupallisessa somessa on ehdottomasti myös omat kuplansa, mut ei sinne ihan kaikki tunnu mahtuvan.
Internet on siitä upea keksintö, että omanlaisiaan on helpompi löytää. 😊

2025-02-22 12:15:26

Mulla on ollut viime vuosina sellainen olo, et oon rajoittanut itseäni ja yrittänyt olla "normaali", vaikka sydän kaipaa älytöntä nörtteilyä. Lontoossa vietettyjen nörtteilyn kulta-aikojen jälkeen takaisin Suomeen muuttaminen oli yksinäistä ja luulen, että yritin pienentää itseäni että olisin helpommin lähestyttävä. Asiaa ei auttanut se, että masennusoireilun vuoksi en osannut etsiä itselleni uusia ystäviä, ja hain hyväksyntää ja seuraa lähinnä tinderin kautta. (Vaikka sieltäkin onnistuin löytämään lähinnä awkward geek -asteikon tyyppejä.)
Nykyisen puolisoni tapasin, koska juttelin hänen kanssaan kirjoista OkCupidissa, mutta en ole hänenkään kanssaan uskaltanut täysin heittäytyä nörtteilyn ytimeen.
Vasta viimeisen vuoden aikana on herännyt ajatus siitä, et voisin uskaltaa taas innostua asioista ja olla välittämättä siitä, että ne voivat olla jonkun mielestä typeriä ja lapsellisia. Jos puolisoni saa maalata ja rakentaa miniatyyreja ja leikkiä niillä sotaa ilman että kukaan vähättelee, niin enköhän minäkin jumalauta voi tehdä Wirt-asun ja pukea sen päälleni Tampere Kupliiseen. (Tai jotain, en minä tiedä.)
Ehkä hiusten leikkaaminen oli ensimmäinen askel siihen suuntaan, että voisin olla taas vähän enemmän oma itseni ja sekoilla menemään ilman huolia. Se tekisi mielenterveydellekin ihan hyvää.
Ihan oikeasti häiritsee se, että en näytä siltä miltä sisällä tuntuu. Kukaan ei tiedä että oon oikeasti ikuinen ernu koska en näytä siltä enää. 💔

2025-02-16 13:09:32

Taas menin ja luotin Suuri Käsityö -lehden ohjeistuksiin tarkistamatta niitä ensin, koska olen tyhmyri joka ei opi virheistään.
Taas puran tikkauksia joita ei tarvis purkaa jos olisin ensin tarkistanut.
Huoh.
#ompelu #kasityot #sewing #handmade
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2025-02-14 17:08:21

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@nprofile…jpfa Interesting that someone has made a book about this! I've been abstractly aware of this sort of behaviour especially on Instagram, which is mostly why I stopped engaging in convos over there...

2025-02-11 18:36:12

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@nprofile…jytp When I worked at a clothing store, about 12 years ago, I was shocked to find the hems of some trousers to have been turned just once and then sewn down with the serged seam visible. Because that's just not how you make a neat finish, and I had studied to be a dressmaker.
But outside of that I've never thought that having serged seams would be bad, I love (and hate) my serger myself. 😄 Actually I find serged seams to be better than a french seam, cause the former is a lot easier to adjust for fit! (Which is not a thing in today's fast fashion with the nonexistent seam allowances, but at least you can take things in...)

2025-02-08 15:25:50

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@nprofile…jpfa Mä oon ollut täällä vasta muutaman viikon ja jo aika alussa totesin et sä oot hieno tyyppi! Todellakin saat ottaa välillä rauhallisemmin, ja niin pitääkin tehdä. 😊
Vähän nyt alkoi kiinnostamaan tuo Pixelfed -maininta, jään kuulostelemaan et miten se etenee. :pika_eyes:

2025-01-24 16:45:28

Mulla on iskenyt hyperfokus tähän hommaan, eli pistän itseni viikonlopuksi jäähylle. Pitää ilmoittaa tälleen julkisesti että hävettäis edes vähän jos en osaakaan olla pois 🫣

2025-01-22 14:53:02

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@nprofile…8t0c I was loving the biblically accurate angel and then saw the.... sock? 😂😂

2025-01-22 05:02:31

Täällä vaikuttaa olevan harmillisen vähän #kasityo kontenttia! Tietäjät, vinkatkaa miten voin parantaa oman feedini tilannetta? Vai onko tämä kenties kokonaan väärä paikka? Seurannassa jo tagit #crafts #sewing #knitting #crochet #ompelu ja #neulonta sekä tuo #kasityo
Ilmianna itsesi jos jaat kässäjuttuja!
There seems to be a lack of crafting content! Anyone able to tell me how I could improve on the contents of my feed? Or is this the wrong place altogether? I'm following the tags mentioned above!
Let yourself be known if you share crafty things!
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2025-01-22 05:02:31

2025-01-21 19:40:48

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@nprofile…jpfa Kiitos! 😊