#broken needles

[rbssns]

Ouch

I already broke two and I mean TWO leather needs. Both in my hand between my fingers as I was seeing a book holder. Now I have to try and find more leather/yarn needles to fix it.

[rageknitter]

Anyone know how to fix a broken needle?

"Sturdy" my ass, I'm sticking to aluminum from now on, they may bend, but this wooden one didn't last three socks before breaking!

[sevenswansons-blog]

I just want to tell you all about Hari-Kuyo

In the long string of divine coincidences that make up my life, here's this little anecdote: I bought that dictionary of untranslatable words because I learned the word "kugen" (an awareness and awe of the universe that leads to emotions too deep and mysterious feelings that you can't put into words). It came in yesterday, and I'm going through it, highlighting and annotating (as one does on a Saturday night), and I came across Hari-Kuyo, which the editor described as "a shrine to broken needles". I loved it, because it really meant "to honor the work of the past year and to commit oneself to improving in the next". Today, I had a meeting with my museum design group and we are planning an exhibit called The Needle's Spirit, which explores embroidery in non-western cultures. Halfway through the meeting, I remembered this and looked it up to tell them more about it. Turns out, it's less of a shrine and more of a festival that Japanese women celebrate each year. Guess what day it's celebrated on. Actually don't guess, I'm going to tell you- February 8th. My heart is so full right now. I'm examining the work I've done in this past year and honoring my growth as an artist and a stitcher and a manipulator of fabrics and looking forward to pushing and improving myself. Because if I can come this far, I can go so much farther. Does anyone have stories about work you're proud of that you've done this year? Please share them with me!

[artssake]

8th of February sees the Japanese festival of broken needles Hari-Kuyo

A memorial to needles broken in the past year, thanks is given for their service throughout the past year, and to pray for improved needle work skills in the future!

HAPPY HARI-KUYO!

[brainstormsbelovedbriefcase]

Broken Needles, conclusion thread, Least It Gaze Back.

Brainstorm came online slowly, carefully cycling up his systems one at a time. No trace of the mnemosurgery, of course, but there was a new hardware alert, and the firmware update to go with it. That's when he realized exactly what was different about his hud, everything was in blue. Not the usual constant orange, not the good day yellow, not even the unthinkable green he'd once achieven when Thundercracker volunteered as his heat sink. Blue. The perfect blue he hadn't seen in this frame since...ever. "Woah."

[brainstormsbelovedbriefcase]

Broken Needles, Part One, On the Edge

Brainstorm developed most of the mnemosurgical instruments for the institute. Of course, to develop those tools, he had to understand how they would be used, and what improvements could be made on existing tools, or if they were beyond improving and should just be scrapped. To say Brainstorm knew the basics of mnemosurgery would be insulting- he had working knowledge. Could Brainstorm teach Shockwave mnemosurgery? Absolutely, he was Brainstorm after all.

In a box on a high shelf, were all the datapads he had on mnemosurgery. The topics covered everything from the early history in cult induction ceremonies, to The Institute's art, to The New Institute's science, detailing every step and why it was believed to work. It was a healthy stack by the time he pulled them all down, passing them to the collider who studded the title screens.

“These will get you started.” the smaller scientist said, sliding down the ladder rather than using the rungs.

Shockwaves lips were pursed thin, optics not narrowed but focusing on the small library. He had spent decades researching it after his first brush with the institute- his knowledge was enough that he ran circles around the invaders in his mind the second time he was dragged off. Did he need most of this information? No, it was a review before a test.

What he couldn't stop processing, was the fact that he was going to defile one of the most sacred part of a mech. Whatever happened, he was going to change the mind of another. This time, he was the invader. But was it an invasion if he was invited? Semantics. This was necessary, and Brainstorm was willing. He watched the powder blue flier on the other side of the lab, pulling various materials from the shelves, and settled down at his own lab table to read up. It wouldn't take long.

A transformers brain module is partitioned off into several sections. Of course these sections had junctions to communicate with each other, and it was these sections mnemosurgeons sought out when operating. The more access to various parts of the brain, the more control the surgeon had over the subject. The thing about the needles though, a surgeon had to be careful. There were firewalls to prevent the patient from going into the surgeons mind, but they were light, and more of a warning for the surgeon to get out of the others mind while they had the chance. Of course, a skilled hacker could bypass them without taking them down.

But he wouldn't be resisting Shockwave in this, so he'd skip the firewalls in this set of servos- they slowed down the surgeon too anyways. Each needle had a line in it that went direct... Wait, why make them servos? The servos used the same connection as a hardline, just the needles provided easier access to the brain. No servos then, just needles that adapted into a port. Save the time and resources of building a new servo, and no need to change Shockwave's physiology. He'd be done far faster than he expected.

[stashbustingandpatterntesting]

My SO just said that knitting on broken needles is hardcore. I got a good one. ;)

[stashbustingandpatterntesting]

Nooooo my knitting needles broke! :( Two ends of my Knit Picks size 2 circulars broke (and of course both of these ends were from different circs, so I can't magic loop it and fix the needles later). 

Now they're getting glued back together with tape holding it in place to dry, hopefully going to be fixed soon. :[