Finally got that colour Ritza! RM is the only one I could find to get it. $20 to Canada but I ordered a bunch more to make up for that lol. Got some new tools and more thread colours. 💪
As long as it’s related to leather craft and credited to the maker, sure. I see it as inspiration.
You might want to connect with them on Mastodon. I found them super helpful with a couple of questions I had.
I have. I like most of it. I think there is a ton to learn and she gives plenty of options and solutions for issues. I haven’t hit most of them yet but I bet I will. It’s definitely more for athletes and especially endurance athletes but enough for normal women in there.
Did you go in the Omnivore plugin settings to point it to a folder? I just created a folder called “Omnivore” and it drops all into that folder.
Oh Omnivore for sure!!! It’s a reader app so you send it there. Read, highlight and it sends the highlights to Obsidian. It can also handle newsletters and RSS feeds. Did I mention it’s free?
Next Level by Stacy Sims
Has anybody read it yet? I am about halfway through. And wow. I learned a ton so far.
Did they drop all episodes yesterday? I only want to pay one month of Netflix.
Just got their email. That was it for me. I had kept my account to make sure they aren’t bringing back my deleted posts. Time to get rid of the account and tell them they suck.
France isn’t exactly timely here. It’s on the market for 3 years?! Now they ban it?
Sunscreen, Niacinamide and Thayers Witchhazel toner
Amazing new Jamie-Ray HIIT
So much fun. Such a good burn. He is truly the best entertRainer! link to workout
That might be because they can’t ship Canada post. “Hazardous” good. Tandy states: “Due to the government regulations on the Transportation of Dangerous Good, these items incur an additional shipping charge and can only be shipped in limited quantities. Please contact your local store for more details and if you would like to place an order for these items.”
Canadians - heads up!
Fiebings Pro dye and Barge won’t be sold in Canada any longer. Law change starting 2024 banning both products in Canada because of VOCs.
Don’t get me wrong The Bear is great but it’s so far from comedy it’s not even drama/comedy. I seriously don’t understand how it can be in that category.
Cold and longer fermentation as it was already noted below. However, I would also like to add another idea: whole grain flours. Even smaller percentages are giving you a fuller flavour. Especially fresh milled is very interesting.
Agree with that. That’s my plan as well and I am also expecting them to tie us down for several months at a time in the near future (2024?).
That’s amazing. I am a year behind you. ~800 workouts and on my 13 consecutive months of all rings (500/30/12) closed.
I had a watch long before but didn’t care for the rings. Last spring I got a new watch and with that came 3 month free AF+. Life changing as you said!! I was blown away from the beginning and since last summer I haven’t missed a day working out. If I really can’t I at least go for a 30 minutes walk! That’s invaluable and I credit AF+ 100% with that.
Gregg‘s consistency and variety totally hit home and I really live by it now.
I would rank mine as follows:
Core - I always do core as warm up. I don’t start anything else until I have at least 10 minutes core completed. I have done all of Kyle, Gregg and Amir‘s at least once now. I do other trainers too but these three are my fav.
HIIT - Jamie-Ray is incredible. I would have never though I like it let alone be able to do HIIT but boy do I love it. Unless he does burpees 😳 I just completed all his workouts yesterday. I have done several multiple times. He is fun! Kickboxing I like too but I am so uncoordinated that it’s less of a workout. Same with Dance. If I do dance it’s Jhon only. Love his vibe.
Strength - definitely Gregg and Kyle. Jenn I agree is more cardio. I prefer the two guys for sure. Gregg is super motivating and Kyle is fun. Love, love, love it.
Yoga - Dice only. And all of his. I never got into yoga even with in person classes until Dice showed up. He is different and I can’t explain it but big fan!
Rowing - love Josh! I still struggle a lot with rowing, it’s super exhausting but Josh is great. Slowly working my way up to come rowing power. I hope.
Pilates - Darryl only. Love him but I don’t do it often. I should now that I am truly through all the core ones. I could use it as warm up.
Overall the biggest (or maybe most important) change for me is mentally. I can’t go a day without some proper activity.
Of course I am also fitter, stronger, lost weight and gained muscle but the mental change is surprising to me. I would have never thought I could get there. Totally sedentary life style before AF+ and overweight and now this!!! Incredibly thankful that they started this service and for that price sign me up for a lifetime!
That’s impressive! I feel like the challenges are really well balanced and definitely based on my prior month. Not sure if I saw a real change with the OS update last fall.
What’s your go to category on AF+? And your fav trainers?
Software for pattern design
If you like to design your own patterns check out Affinity Designer. Blows my mind!
Quick to learn how to draw patterns, easy to resize and so so much more.
Here is a great example from today: I tried to figure out how to get the length of the one side of an odd shaped part of my pattern. I know the measuring tool in Affinity but it seemed to only do straight lines, distance between objects or area.
Quick search and I learned I can break the curve points and then it shows me the length of the different sides and the area 🤯
Extremely handy especially when working with zippers in a certain size.
I also can export as svg or pdf. Print and cut your patterns (pdf) or if you have a Cricut or Silhouette (svg), cut the patterns with that! Or even the leather if not too thick.
I am considering selling some patterns in the future and I can even toss in the afdesign file for people so they can adjust what they want.
Affinity Designer btw is super affordable especially compared to Adobe Illustrator and such. If I remember correctly there is free 30 day trial.
Anybody else using Affinity Designer?
Do I see all comments?
I am moderating this sub and it shows 4 comments. I only see 3?! https://lemmy.ca/post/1528939 Does anybody else see 4? I am a bit concerned if there are 4 and I can see only 3 (2 are mine). As a moderator that would be no good.
Repairs
I recently watched this video by Corter and it was a bit of an aha moment.
Whether it’s repair, changing the thread colour or in my case fixing some mistakes … I love how leather products can be opened up and redone. Not everything of course but the stitch line is fairly simple to revamp, billets are quickly replaced and even edges can be re-burnished.
I love the 2nd bag that I ever made a lot but it was my second bag. I had missed a whole and one corner was therefore off, I attached the buckle upside down (it works but looks off) and a seam was opening up. Burnished edges weren’t good yet.
So I sat down today and fixed it all. It was easier than I thought and it’s a nice upgrade! I wish I had taken before and after pics.
Data request vs deleted posts/comments
I had deleted all my content before the subs went dark. Some (very few) came back and I deleted again. But for a couple of weeks now my account is clear of all content. I decided to request my data from Reddit to see what they would send. They sent me my whole (deleted!) content. Like every comment and post ever submitted to the site. Is there anyway to request them to delete?!
Version 1 (Mac) and iPad app would that work?
I am still on version 1 but I want to add the iPad app. Are the files compatible or will I run into the version issue?! They have a sale on right now so I am looking at $125 (universal upgrade) vs iPad only ($18). It’s a huge difference. I don’t need the full suite of software really just the designer.
Old Mac mini as NAS server
I am looking for a good tutorial that explains how I can turn my older Mac mini into a NAS. I need something that’s easy to understand -ELI5 kind of style please. Long time Apple user but that seems daunting. Any ideas where to find some info?!
Supplier list
Hi everybody,
I thought I would start a pinned thread to list suppliers here. Feel free to comment your favourites please. Incl. country, and what you like buying there and I’ll start adding here.
USA
Rocky Mountain Leather Supply (ships internationally as well) https://www.rmleathersupply.com
Weaver Leather Supply (ships internationally as well) https://www.weaverleathersupply.com The Ohio Travel Bag https://ohiotravelbag.com/
The Leather Guy https://theleatherguy.org/
Hide House https://www.hidehouse.com/
Springfield Leather https://www.springfieldleather.com/
Brettuns Village https://brettunsvillage.com/
Zack White https://www.zackwhite.com/
Buckle Guy https://www.buckleguy.com/ Hardware
Canada
OA Leather Supply (ships internationally as well) https://www.oaleathersupply.com
Buckskin Leather http://buckskinleather.com/
Lonsdale Leather https://lonsdaleleather.com/
Hand & Sew https://leathertools.ca/
Zipperloft (also ships to the US!) http://zipperloft.ca/ Great YKK zipper collection, lots of colours and styles. They also can do custom.
Emmaline Bags https://emmalinebags.com/ Selling lots of bag hardware, Giardini edge paint etc.
New travel collection
This is great! Apple added a collection of (existing) workouts for travelling. Here is the link. Three different sections:
-No equipment, small space
-Use the hotel gym
-Stretch and Destress anywhere
Nice one!
International Day of Yoga
It’s on June 21st. You can get a special award for at least 10 minutes of yoga.
And I hear that there is a special (fun) yoga workout with Jonelle coming out tomorrow.
Upgrade to my home gym
I got my “hustle” sign installed! It switches on when I start a AF+ workout and off when I am done. Can’t wait for the stack feature to see if it stays on during consecutive workouts. For now it triggers on and off with each which is fine too.
!a brick wall with a neon pink light up sign saying “hustle”
More issues with my focus triggered shortcut.
I now have sometimes (!) the issue that it triggers the outlet (Meross brand) on and then right away off again. So odd! It’s supposed to go on when fitness focus comes on and off when fitness focus is disabled.
Could it be that it’s a Meross plug issues?