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woolandflax

This one’s for the tumblrinas

clarisliadon

lets make cookies guys!

Sugar

Butter

Eggs

Flour

Salt

Baking powder

Vanilla extract

Chocolate chips

Remaining time: 6 days 14 hours

pointless-achievements

Achievement Available:

C'Mon, You Know You Wanna...

Do it. Click that button. You know which one.

vincentbriggs

For the second time in 2 years I've been given a gunky old treadle. This one's a Bernina KL 105, which I hadn't heard of, and it's very interesting! It's a rotary machine with backstitch and drop feed, which is much more modern than any treadle I'd ever encountered before.

The model was first introduced in 1932, but this particular one was sold in 1945 to someone named Karl Seebacher, as can be seen in the manual which it still has! It was made in Switzerland and evidently sold there, as all the writing is in German and the markings are Metric. I'm very happy about the Metric markings! Someone must have moved to Canada with it somewhere along the line. I've read that these machines are more common in Europe than they are over here.

There are several different feet, and It came with a fantastic little hoop for darning socks, which I'm quite excited to try.

The machine itself is quite gunky, and has some rust spots, so I'll disassemble and clean as much as I reasonably can. I think it'll be alright. The wheel was turning very stiffly and jerkily when it arrived, and oiling everything didn't help much, but after it sat there for a couple weeks the new oil seems to have soaked in and softened things up and it's spinning quite smoothly now.

It came with two new drive belts that someone appears to have bought fairly recently, and as far as I can tell the only thing that's missing is the pair of set screws that hold the machine head to the hinges. Very odd, I can't imagine them ever falling out by themselves. Hopefully I can find replacements, but for now it's sitting in place well enough without them.

The cabinet needs a lot of work, but once the machine head is cleaned up it should be useable even before doing anything to the cabinet.

This does bring my current machine total up to 7 (5 electric, 2 treadles) but it was free and the poor thing had nowhere else to go so it's not my fault! It needed me! (Thank you @leegoguen for driving it to my place and helping me carry it upstairs!)

skogsskratti

The warranty paper actually says that it was sold by the provider (Lieferant) Karl Seebacher in Appenzell, and it was sold to Frau (Mrs. /Ms.) Dr. Hardegger. The word after that I'm not sure about. Could be "Sanat." (Sanatorium, i.e. working in a specialized hospital) but could also be "Saisal" or "Saisont" or whatever, maybe a placename, maybe a first name or other note written in warranty, idk. The "Fr. Dr." could either mean she was the wife of a doctor or that she was a doctor herself. In fact there is a nonzero chance this was the sewing machine of Dr. Bertha Hardegger, a famous Swiss missionary doctor in Africa. She might have ordered it with other supplies from Africa, since it would definitely have been hard to find a good sewing machine there and there were other missionaries there who later worked in Canada, so this could well be the way this machine took.

vincentbriggs

Oh dang, thank you for correcting my mistake! That's fascinating!

My brain desperately wants to take the Vampire Lestat theme and mash it up with A Little Bit Alexis.

#look I'm tired and it's being weird #iwtv #tvl #how are we tagging this?#iwtv:tvl #iwtv2 electric boogaloo

academic-vampire

𝔯𝔢𝔴𝔦𝔫𝔡 𝔱𝔬 𝔰𝔬𝔪𝔢𝔱𝔥𝔦𝔫𝔤 𝔰𝔴𝔢𝔢𝔱𝔢𝔯

cherryhatter-deactivated2015072

KICK THE CAN!

Let’s play the biggest game of kick the can on the internet.

To kick the can, reblog it. I wanna see how long this can go on for.

visibun

the oldest reblogs for this post that i can find are from january 2nd of 2013. this can has been getting kicked around tumblr for almost 13½ years now

daydreamers-choir

Kick that can!

wordfather

idk if this is an usamerican thing or not but it always blows my mind as a small european country resident that yall have many names and types of apples???? what do you mean its not just red yellow or green??? why is it so complicated??? who is granny smith????

wordfather

'whats your favorite apple' 'red' 'no i mean like what type' '??????' actual conversatiom i've had with a mutual from usa

wordfather

THIRTY TWO??????

phillyphillyphilly

Listen that doesn’t even account for all the weird shit local farmers are getting up to.

May I present the best apple:

wordfather

the world is so big and beautiful

#so cortlands are my favorite all rounder because I like my eating apples a little tart but they're still good for baking #northern spies are excellent for pies #honeycrisps are solid but a little overrated imo #although the fine folks at beak and skiff do make a lovely vodka with them #apples

reckless-glitch

ramblingandpie

[Video description: Gritty is turning the crank on a flagpole to raise the Progress Pride Flag. He gesticulates angrily that the flag is not blowing in the wind, then gestures offscreen. The flag begins blowing. As Gritty begins raising the flag more, the camera pans out to show a man in a suit and sunglasses, looking like a stern Secret Service agent, is holding a leafblower that points at the flag. End description.]

aubrey-plaza

PHONE BOOTHS IN FILM

FIGHT CLUB (1999) THREE DAYS OF THE CONDOR (1975) THE BLUES BROTHERS (1980) RAIN MAN (1988) ONE NIGHT IN MIAMI… (2020) GOODFELLAS (1990) THE GODFATHER (1972) WARGAMES (1983) PHONE BOOTH (2002) THE BIRDS (1963)

PART 2

transgenderization

hope tumblr lasts another 20 years so i can liveblog my midlife crisis

#it's honestly kinda nice ngl

fox-bright

Swarovski can continue to fuck off.

In 2021, Swarovski (the company that makes the very sparkly crystals you see in certain jewelry, on figure-skaters' twinkliest outfits, on red carpet dresses), decided they didn't want the grubby fingers of small-time jewelers, clothing designers and costumers and crafters on their shiny beads and rhinestones anymore. They decided to limit their sales to "luxury" and couture creators, not girls who sell stuff on Etsy. The tenor of their press release on the subject was snide and insulting. Resellers (like your favorite bead shop) would no longer be allowed to carry their product; the average Jane on the street would not be able to purchase them. You could only get them if you had an authorized business agreement that bound you to very strict brand behavior. And those of us who still had good stock of the crystals would no longer be "permitted" to use the brand's name in our listings for sale.

Every bead shop and craft supply place and many, many small clothing makers--wedding shops, prom and dancing dress suppliers, the sort of salt of the Earth mom and pop time machines of shops that are the backbone of the field--scrambled to find something that could replace them. The last of the stock dwindled quickly, all of us grabbing what we could get while there was any chance of it, and then it was gone and we no longer had any access.

I was Big Pissed about it at the time. It was just so goddamn stuck-up, when wholesalers and indie jewelers had made them so much money, when some people I knew--when *I!*--had been brand-loyal for decades. But with no recourse, everyone pivoted fairly quickly, most of us to Preciosa Crystals. Those are Czech, quite sparkly, and considerably less expensive than Swarovski. The faceting method they use is different, but not worse; any differences are hardly noticeable when you're seeing them as a hundred pinpoints of light.

Well, out of nowhere, Swarovski just dropped this: https://www.harmanbeads.com/swarovski-brand-policy-update

"Effective June 1, 2026, Swarovski updated the distribution and brand usage policies introduced in 2021. Businesses may now purchase Swarovski Crystals without signing a Brand Control Agreement, and Authorized Distribution Partners may once again sell Swarovski Crystals to resellers, including bead stores and online retailers. Businesses may also use the Swarovski brand name when following Swarovski’s Proper Use Guidelines. Designers, manufacturers, artists, brands, retailers, and resellers are now eligible to purchase Swarovski Crystals through authorized distribution channels."

They want us back. A lot of the companies who could have kept a brand relationship with them also have swapped to Preciosa, over the last half-decade, in solidarity with indie creators and out of a sour awareness that it could be them, next. And it doesn't hurt that Preciosa was able to expand their line quite a bit now that everyone who wanted sparkle had no choice but to go to them.

And I'm not seeing nearly anyone who intends to return. The feeling is, "Y'all told us to fuck off! Off we fucked! And now, that's what you can do, too!" I'm seeing a lot of "How many of us did you stab in the back?" comments from the people whose money they're hoping to attract.

And personally I'm sitting over here all rubby hands, mean snickering, because they really thought they were going to be able to outclimb the people who actually provided all their profits, and now here they are, hat in hand.