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Sonja Richter @rajnos.bsky.social · 29/03/2025

I made some floss drops tonight 😊 #crossstitch

100 paper circular floss drops on a binder ring. They are in 4 different patterns of mid-century modern style and the colors are muted blues, pinks, and green

The 4 different patterns played out as well as the back of them which are in neutral colors. The patterns in front are in 4 different patterns of mid-century modern style and the colors are muted blues, pinks, and green

Sonja Richter @rajnos.bsky.social · 21/03/2025

If you are stitching the background, I would pick bottom right. If you are not stitching the background then the top left

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Sonja Richter @rajnos.bsky.social · 05/03/2025

That's next level! I find myself having to put on headphones and listen to something (podcast, audiobook) to be able to complete tasks around the house

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Amanda Whitmire @thalassalib.bsky.social · 03/03/2025

The 3D printed knitting machine is finished & operational. I wouldn't choose to use this over our commercial machines, but this is a *fantastic* example of what you can do with/for open source. 🤖 Youtube video with links to GitHub repo: youtu.be/eFesPhYR8KI?... 🧶 #DHmakes

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Sonja Richter @rajnos.bsky.social · 01/03/2025

Thank you for the information. That's interesting. They even have the codes for the colors. I'm in the US and haven't seen this before

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Sonja Richter @rajnos.bsky.social · 01/03/2025

The colors are funky. I like them! How does a rare disease have colors? That's interesting

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Sonja Richter @rajnos.bsky.social · 24/02/2025

I've done 3 and just starting the 4th! And I normally don't like knitting the same thing over and over again

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Sonja Richter @rajnos.bsky.social · 23/02/2025

Very nice! The stitches are really even 😲

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Sonja Richter @rajnos.bsky.social · 22/02/2025

I don't read horror very often but maybe I should. This book was brilliant. Combination of female friendship, mid-life crisis... and vampires! Fast paced, entertaining, and surprisingly relatable! 📚💙 #ebook #horror #SoThirsty #RachelHarrison #booksky

Book cover of So Thirsty by Rachel Harrison. It has a black background with a cocktail glass filled with blood and a spooky stirrer

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Sonja Richter @rajnos.bsky.social · 22/02/2025

It is stitched with called-for DMC threads including metallics on 16 count Dark Pink by Vintage Needle Arts. #crossstitch #SatsumaStreet #HolidayGlow #Finish #CrossStitchFinish #Aida #ChristmasDecor #ValentinesDecor #TurtleDoves #Birds

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Sonja Richter @rajnos.bsky.social · 22/02/2025

Jody at Satsuma Street is brilliant at making Christmas pieces in unusual colors, and I'm there for it. My new favorite Christmas color is pink! 😳

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Sonja Richter @rajnos.bsky.social · 22/02/2025

This is so stinking cute 😍 I started it (Holiday Glow) last February and finished it today (Feb 22nd). It's a Christmas design by Satsuma Street, but I think it can double as a Valentine piece too.

It's a finished cross stitch piece on a dusty pink fabric showing two birds nestled in flowers and shrubbery with 3 glowing lit candles in the background. The piece is accented by metallic silver and gold

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Sonja Richter @rajnos.bsky.social · 21/02/2025

Thank you! I'm enamored by Missus Sedas Silk. She has so many beautiful colors 😍

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Sonja Richter @rajnos.bsky.social · 21/02/2025

20% on Tap Dancers by Long Dog Samplers. #crossStitch #LongDogSamplers #TapDancers Stitched with Missus Sedas Silks on 32 count Vintage Stormy Nights Lugana

Cross stitch piece in progress
It's a sampler with orange pipe, blue motifs and black animal motifes.

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Sonja Richter @rajnos.bsky.social · 19/02/2025

I'm just reading a book with a necromancer in it. Bookshops & Bonedust 😁

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Sonja Richter @rajnos.bsky.social · 18/02/2025

Thank you! It's called Dark Pink from Vintage Needle Arts on Etsy. I used 16 count aida

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Sonja Richter @rajnos.bsky.social · 18/02/2025

Getting close to being done with this one. Holiday Glow by Satsuma street

A cross stitch piece in progress. It shows two white birds nestled in flowers. Two (out of three) candles are behind them. It's stitched on dusty pink Aida.

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Sonja Richter @rajnos.bsky.social · 10/02/2025

Cool! but that's not lopi. It's léttlopi which is more like worsted weight whereas lopi is bulky. Although Icelanders do tend to call all yarn lopi so that might be what you meant 😂

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Sonja Richter @rajnos.bsky.social · 09/02/2025

I thought I would share a snapshot of my Spotify On Repeat playlist that they curate. I love how all over it is. It hasn't yet caught on how I've been listening to Turandot lately, lol.

A screenshot of my Spotify On Repeat playlist showing 6 songs from artists such as Depeche Mode, Bad Bunny, Snow Patrol, Laufey, and Dusty Springfield

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Sonja Richter @rajnos.bsky.social · 09/02/2025

Beautiful! I've never done a vintage travel poster but I've been intrigued by them for a while. Congratulations on your finish!

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Sonja Richter @rajnos.bsky.social · 06/02/2025

I tried that once and it does offer great opportunity in arranging patterns and colors but the technique is really involved. Not mindless at all!

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Sonja Richter @rajnos.bsky.social · 06/02/2025

Were you on the TGV? I lived in Bordeaux once and that's how I would go to Paris

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Sonja Richter @rajnos.bsky.social · 04/02/2025

Amazing fabric! Great finish

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Sonja Richter @rajnos.bsky.social · 04/02/2025

Almost 13% of my cross stitch piece Tap Dancers by Long Dogs Samplers #restart #LongDogLeapDaySAL

Cross stitch sampler in progress showing pipes, decorative valves, animal motifs, and other motifs (such as champagne bottle, dancer and flowers). The fabric is mottled gray and the colors are black, blue and orange

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Sonja Richter @rajnos.bsky.social · 01/02/2025

Working on my TBR pile with the help of Libby. One as an ebook and the other an audio book. I added my Storytell TBR list as holds in Libby. Why didn't I think of this earlier! 💙📚

Screenshot of a book cover in the Libby audio app. The book is Little Thieves by Margaret Owen and shows a red silhouette of a young woman with a pearl. Behind her are two grey silhouettes of women with their backs to each other and there is a ghostly stag in the background

A screenshot from the Libby app of a book cover showing So Thirsty by Rachel Harrison. The cover has a black background with a cocktail glass full of red liquid (presumably blood)

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Sonja Richter @rajnos.bsky.social · 31/01/2025

I ended up transferring to Markup

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Sonja Richter @rajnos.bsky.social · 31/01/2025

10% done on Tap Dancers by Long Dig Samplers. Stitched on 32 count lugana, 2 over 2 Missus Sedas Silk #LongDogSamplers #LongDog #LongDogLeapDaySAL

Cross stitch sampler in progress showing motifs in orange, blue, and black. They include pipes, animals, a bottle and a dancer

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Sonja Richter @rajnos.bsky.social · 31/01/2025

Are you doing #LongDogLeapDaySAL? I am with mine but I had to restart it. I'm at 10% but was aiming for 25% before the end of February

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Sonja Richter @rajnos.bsky.social · 24/01/2025

Last night I discovered that this pattern was off in Pattern Keeper. There is one vertical line missing. You can see it on the squirrel at the bottom. The squirrel above him is missing a stitch in his ear and a line of stitches in his tail and the seahorse is missing stitches too.

A cross stitch work in progress from designer Long Dog Sampler. It is the upper left hand corner of the design showing a thin black border with blue motifs, black animals and orange pipe. It's about 8% done

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Sonja Richter @rajnos.bsky.social · 24/01/2025

Gorgeous! What an interesting construction too. I'll have to look this pattern up

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Sonja Richter @rajnos.bsky.social · 24/01/2025

🙋🏻‍♀️ I'm south of San Antonio

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Sonja Richter @rajnos.bsky.social · 23/01/2025

Save it up for leftover projects

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Sonja Richter @rajnos.bsky.social · 22/01/2025

Yeah. I used to use it for work for a specific project. You might be able to get it if you put in a request

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Sonja Richter @rajnos.bsky.social · 22/01/2025

That is so cool. There used to be so much weather data online in the US but it disappeared as soon as Trump took office the first time 😭

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Sonja Richter @rajnos.bsky.social · 21/01/2025

I remember this being a thing some years ago. Maybe there was some haute couture designer that was trying to be original and then the fast fashion brand copied 🤷🏻

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Sonja Richter @rajnos.bsky.social · 21/01/2025

So you have an hourly resolution in your temperature data? 🤯How are you getting all that data?

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Sonja Richter @rajnos.bsky.social · 20/01/2025

It's been 5-6 years since I knit those so I don't remember exactly what I did, but I would think that it was knit on the right side 🤷🏻

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Sonja Richter @rajnos.bsky.social · 20/01/2025

I need to finish the finishing! Luckily I took a lot of notes during the class

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