#makeshitmonday

#MakeShitMonday, #Sugru edition... I got a new pair of sport sunglasses, and the yellow rubberized part at the end of the temples catches on my hair, and when I have it up in a ponytail, that's a PIA. I used some black Sugru (moldable silicon rubber) to mold around the end with the catchy bits. Now the temple tips slide smoothly over my hair when putting the sunglasses on or taking them off. (I was in a rush getting it done last night, so I didn't take any pictures of the process, but here's a picture of the result.) cc: @cannibal@infosec.exchange

RE: https://infosec.exchange/@cannibal/117018545771078794 It's #MakeShitMonday! Lets see your project progress or things you've made. Anything goes! I got a sling bag together for my goon team Show me what you got!

#makeShitMonday, in which I pivot and tally another FO! My sister's birthday is coming up next week, so I put the problematic cowl on hold and focused on finishing the Totoro amigurumi for her... This pattern is pretty light on detail - basically just stitch counts for each row of each component, with, no guidance on assembly. Fortunately, I had the original Totoro I made for @mbroome@infosec.exchange a couple years ago, as a guide! I'd made all the little pieces at Convention, and the body went pretty quickly. Attaching the appendages isn't difficult, just tedious... I cranked up the My Neighbor Toronto soundtrack for the last bits, and that helped me stay focused. Amazingly, I even found the leftover felt and button-eyes from the first round in my disaster of a craft room, so I didn't have to go re-source them! 🎉 (Apparently I totally failed to document how I added whiskers the first time, so I re-invented that wheel with some waxed-cotton cord, and I think it worked out well...) This one ended up just a bit smaller than the first one - it's made with the same size hook, but I used one of my nicer crochet hooks and my tension must have been tighter. Good to remember for next time - and I took copious notes on all the other fiddly bits, too. 😊 @cannibal@infosec.exchange @crafters@fedigroups.social

It's #MakeShitMonday! Lets see your project progress or things you've made. Anything goes! Got the embroidery machine functional and making some stuff for con next week. Project panic is in full effect Show me what you got!

#MakeShitMonday, in which I have planned poorly... We're at the annual National Speleological Society convention this week, so I have *five days* of presentations to attend. Prime #crochet opportunity! And did I bring enough keep-hands-busy material? No, I did not. 🙄 I just finished a beanie and a matching cowl, and I thought they would be one skein apiece, but they're significantly less. I'd love to make another set, but I don't have a scale, so I can't weigh the consumed yarn vs the remaining yarn to decide whether to make both, or just another cowl. So that project is on hold 'til I get home... I knew that wouldn't last me through the week, so I also threw in the yarn to make a Totoro for my sister... but I didn't bring stuffing. Or the felt and safety eyes for the head/body. Which I didn't realize until I was in the car. So I may just make the ears, arms, feet, and tail, then break the yarn on the hat and start a cowl with the hat-skein remnant, and hope I have enough yarn on the cowl-skein remnant for another hat. Who knew #crochet could be so complicated? (What, me, overthinking this? Never.) @cannibal@infosec.exchange @crafters@fedigroups.social

#MakeShitMonday, in which I cannot catch a break. My initial plan of making a second #crochet cowl worked, to the extent that I had enough yarn left on the hat-skein to get a good start on a second cowl for @mbroome@infosec.exchange, which I started more loosely (foundation double-crochet, rather than double-crocheting into a foundation chain) so it would fit over his bigger head. At which point it became obvious that the Malabrigo single-skein-dye-lots gotcha was going to bite me in the ass. Because the cowl I made from the second skein was distinctly brighter - and of course a better match for the hue of the hat - than the original cowl. And nobody but me would know... But I *would* know. So I thought, no problem, I'll just give him the cowl I made for me... But the foundation chain was too tight for him to get it on comfortably. So I thought, no problem, I'll just rip out the foundation chain and re-chain the first row with a looser approach... But after multiple laborious hours, when I finally got it re-chained, it was looser - but still not loose enough. I had an idea for how to rip and re-do the foundation chain *again*, but as @mbroome@infosec.exchange and I were on our afternoon walk and I was bemoaning my plight, he observed that I didn't seem to be having fun anymore. Which, frankly, I'm not. So I think I'm going to cut my losses and just frog the damn thing and re-do it with the foundation double-crochet... 🤷🏻‍♀️ Also, everyone's a comedian - @mbroome@infosec.exchange: "I'm sorry this is turning into such a hassle!" Me: "It's okay, I'm just being stubborn about it." @mbroome@infosec.exchange: "Hm. And it keeps changing shape. So I guess that makes it... Cowl's Moving Hassle!" Me: *punches him in the arm* @cannibal@infosec.exchange @crafters@fedigroups.social

It's #MakeShitMonday! Lets see your project progress or things you've made. Anything goes! I made a sticker for summer camp and fixed a chip in the windshield. Banana for scale with the sticker. Show me what you got!

@cannibal@infosec.exchange @defcon@defcon.social it’s been a busy week, so just some biscuits and gardening. #makeshitmonday

t's #MakeShitMonday! Lets see your project progress or things you've made. Anything goes! Working on a project to have done in time for @defcon@defcon.social, it's going to be close. Also 201-2 with a walking foot is a beast! Show me what you got!

#MakeShitMonday, mobile radio edition... I finally got around to adding a mag mount antenna to my car in the last few hours before a big road trip. It's an old, unbranded¹ whip that I got as part of a mixed lot of radio gear at an estate sale last year. The integrated coax cable was long enough to go in through the back hatch, around the back seat, and up next to the driver's seat. I had previously tested the antenna on VHF (2m) and UHF (70cm) using the main radio in my shack so I knew it worked. While on the road, I successfully used the antenna connected to my Baofeng HT to join a local weekly net in Indiana! ¹ The antenna has a label that says "Mobile Antennas & Access, Burlington, NC". I don't find any references online, so I assume they went out of business and probably never had an online presence. Has anyone heard of them? #AmateurRadio #HamRadio #antenna cc: @cannibal@infosec.exchange