🦇Mina!🦇

They/She

[stars-on-my-bedroom-ceiling]

[hxneyfarm]

Happy pride month specifically to folks on the asexual and aromantic spectrum who oftentimes feel isolated and left out of the conversation. You belong here as much as the rest of us and I hope that you are all loved in a way that is comforting to you.

[invisible-goats]

In honour of having it for tea two days in a row due to weather

Fellow brits: what do you call a meal that is made up of various bits and bobs such as might be found in a picnic?

Bitsa

Picky bits

Indoor picnic

Buffet

Nibbles

British tapas

Beige dinner

Something else

Voting ended onMay 29

God it's hard to phrase this question in a non-biasing way. Also I promise I've encountered all of these phrases irl

if something else please tell me what!

ok now that you've voted i call it bitsa (short for bitsa this and bitsa that) because that's what my mum calls it and if you call it picky bits i assume you shop at m&s and use phrases like holibobs and hubby

[invisible-goats]

i think some people are misunderstanding my use of tea here based on the people saying high tea/afternoon tea. this is as a main meal

[wifegideonnav]

“bits to use in everyday conversations”

[thepiperatthegatesofdawn1967]

at least the colour green exists

[waspsinyouryard]

admittedly i know little of the subject but one would think, at 45 years of age, he would be a ryan goose by now

[scavengedluxury]

A decade of Ed Balls.

[bob-belcher]

[centaurself]

in celebration of april 13, i present all four known photos of neil, who banged out the tunes 19 years ago today

source: theagilerat.com (click right to see all four photos!)

[starberry-cupcake]

[stealingpotatoes]

happy neil banging out the tunes day to everyone who celebrates

[mollybeenoel]

[theprofessional-amateur]

Oh hey, do you know what time it is? It is highly specific resource time!

Today we have the Royal School of Needlework Stitch Bank! There are HUNDREDS of stitch types in the RSN Stitch Bank.

And more added regularly, let’s look at a recent addition

I picked the first one in the 25 recently added Elizabethan stitches, the Elizabethan French Stitch

The stitch bank provides written and photo tutorials as well as a video option to learn to do it yourself. There are examples of the stitch in use, resources, references, everything but a needle and thread!

RSN Stitchbank

rsnstitchbank.org

[vincentbriggs]

I looked at some of the tutorials last night and holy shit I'm so impressed! They're SO thorough! Not only do they have written and video instructions, but there are photo and illustration options for each image AND a "flip view" button so that left handed people can see all the images in reverse!

[theprofessional-amateur]

I am going to jump in and add, as you said they are very detailed in their directions, something that takes a lot of time and money.

If anyone who has enjoyed this resource has the means, I encourage you to adopt or sponsor a stitch to help keep this free to access. I know not everyone has the means to (fair, been there) but if you can, check out their sponsor options

RSN Stitch Bank Progress

And one other resource I have shared before, The Lady's Magazine. Embroidery patterns from 1770-1819. In case anyone wants some historic ideas for using all these new embroidery stitches

The Lady's Magazine: Patterns of Perfection

[brickylittle]

oh my god I just realized this is the year people will stop being born and stop aging and stop dying

[trippin-on-apple]

What football will look like in the future

Something is terribly wrong. Something is terribly wrong. Something is terribly wrong. Something is terribly wrong.

[heydrangeas]

one of the Artemis II crew just described how they can see both the moon and earth right now out of different windows and the ground contact said “Amaze. Amaze. Amaze.”

[handweavers]

having institutional access never stops feeling sort of crazy to me because you can literally type in any country and time period and find at least a handful of peer reviewed articles somewhere that discuss a specific aspect of people's lives in depth and at length like "what was considered pop culture in late imperial russia" or "how did the textile trade work in northern mali in the 1600s" or "children's toys in pre-colonial philippines" and it's just sitting there but the majority of people on planet earth aren't allowed to read any of it

[elven-child]

[gayteensupreme]

would you still love me if i was a worm? ❌️

would you still love me if my name wasn't ernest? ✅️