Welcome to Litsy!

I took am intro embroidery class this morning and I enjoyed it very much!

#LitsyLoveBingo for November is helping me meet new friends. Watch for some mail @Deifio

I decided that I should own more of the women‘s studies books that I am reading so I can *gasp* write in them.

But I‘m going to return “who‘s afraid of gender” because I think I can find it used and I‘ll feel better writing in a preloved copy.

Could you ever write in a book?

#WickedWhispers #Lantern This DK book is loaded with self sufficient skills that people like my grandparents were familiar with. That is why they saved everything, you might be able to fix it or use it as parts to make something else. I swear Grandpa could fix almost anything with duct tape and baling wire !

Just harvested my first attempt at chard. It actually worked! #gardening

Happy Birthday, Andrew @TieDyeDude ! 🎈🎈🎈 I hope your day is grand! 🎂

In honor of your birthday, I made a donation to this Tie Dye project at a low-income elementary school (through the Donors Choose website - one of my favorite charities.) 🎉

#AKbirthday #LitsyLove

#wondrouswednesday @eggs
1. My original Litsy handle was some kind of library pun, but I felt like a fraud after I left my library job, but I couldn't think of a good alternative, so I just went with TieDyeDude 😄
2. Well I don't LIKE doing chores (dishes, mowing, laundry, etc), but that's normally when I have time. Sometimes I'll find time in the morning or during my lunch break to sneak in a half hour.
3. Last audio book is Mrs. Calliban

I may return to this at some point since I bought it on Libro.FM, but for now I‘m bailing at 32%. Unfortunately it‘s very dry and academic and not holding my interest. I wanted more info about how silk fabrics evolved around the world, but so far it‘s mostly about silk moths, where they may have originated and where humans transported them as we spread. Which could have been interesting, but isn‘t presented in a format I‘m absorbing. Oh well.

3.5/5⭐ I love the very detailed step-by-step diagrams that clearly indicate things like which side should be facing where. The book is for experienced sewists. The projects are organized into 10 collections of 2 complementary projects each (e.g. a bag and clutch, a bag and a book cover). Several projects seem to be just variations on a tote bag, so there isn't a huge amount of variety.

I‘m posting one of this at the beginning and one when I‘m done for motivation. It‘s taking me forever to get to 😫. #embroidery