Wed, 20 Sep 2023

Has the new family member been problematic? Mayyyybe a little bit.

It's downright impossible to get the stabilizer in the big hoop taut, because closing the opposing-corner latches distorts the rectangle. I finally threw up my hands in despair and ordered a Snap Hoop Monster from my FLQS.

And then while I was waiting for it to arrive, I rage-unpacked a bunch more boxes. The good news: some of the gorgeous velvets are back out, and I am once again inspired to work on the big poseable dragons. The bad news: the clothing rack I hung them on collapsed (thanks, Lowe's) but also I have half-unpacked boxes all over my workspace, and cutting the stabilizer and fabric blanks for the big hoop requires a lot of cleared real estate.

But I've gotten some other things accomplished. The Kawaii Bat design works in the 8x8 hoop, as well as a 6x10 hoop for rectangular-hoop people - Dollar Tree has snap bracelets larger than WalMart's (and larger than a 5x7 hoop, unfortunately).

I've also been working on the Ko-Fi and Patreon tiers: somewhat reluctantly, I've got a Discord linked to them. At least, I think I do: if you're one of my Ko-Fi subscribers and you have your Discord linked to Ko-Fi, can you check to make sure you have access? Nobody's shown up yet, and there's a freebie for joining.