#MakeShitMonday, #crochet edition...
Got the shrug mostly done! Tried it on for size and it's about right, so I just need to finish the sleeve ends, block it, and then seam it and add the decorative edging around the middle. Hopefully I'll have enough yarn left for all those #$&%! picots...
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I learned how to make the hat I usually wear. I need to adjust the shape of the next one but I learned a lot.
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#makeShitMonday, #meshtastic edition, in which we made #mesh #radio connections... in a #cave!!
@mbroome and I just completed a weeklong vertical cave rescue certification course, complete with a full-day simulated rescue scenario at the end. Standard comms for cave rescue is over wired field phones - but for this one, we had mesh radios all the way down to one of the main caverns that needed vertical rigging for the rescue.
I was Entrance Control (tracks who goes in / out of the cave, relays comms from the cave to Incident Command on the surface) and had my new MeshPocket on their dark mesh, based on [Vangelis]( https://github.com/semper-ad-fundum/vangelis). @mbroome was on comms *in* the cave - and also had my little Muzi R1 mesh radio.
It's definitely not ready to be primary comms - the radios struggle with low-airspace passages and corkscrews - but it's pretty darn close! Need to add some wired bridges like [the Flamingo project](https://github.com/rbreesems/flamingo) - that project has a really [neat video](https://youtu.be/R3LtLcnrpAk) from a test in Tumbling Rock...
Mesh radio is definitely a new paradigm for cave rescue, and I think doing it in parallel with existing field-phone tech will need separate operators. I had a pretty comfy setup with a field phone to the cave in one ear and an FRS radio to Incident Command on the surface in the other - which was fine, they're both auditory processing and push-to-talk so the only challenge was making sure I pushed the right button each time. 😁 Taking notes was additional cognitive load, and adding mesh comms (visual processing / type to talk) pushed it well beyond anything I could have tracked in a real emergency!
Which is great to know in advance, and I really do think that when this tech matures, it will make a solid replacement for the field phones and comms wire that's been used for the past several decades...
@cannibal Kind of a slow week. Wrote a bunch of code, cooked a stew with dumplings, and got a bike ready to ride.
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Rigged up a projector in the garage to display templates and am using a 24x32 cutting mat for calibration. It works a treat and will be really useful for future projects
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@cannibal jumping the gun for #makeshitmonday. When are you coming over for dinner?
#makeShitMonday , #crochet edition, in which I am leveraging my balls...
I've made great progress on this shrug - one side is basically done, but I realized I can't really tell how long I want the sleeves from just one sleeve! Fortunately, I have multiple yarn balls to employ...
This pattern is worked outward on both sides from the center back, so I worked the first side to where I *think* is right, tied in a separate yarn ball, and am going to work the second side to match and pin it temporarily to see what I think. (It's cashmere yarn, so I don't intend to block it for size, just for symmetry.)
It's lovely, and an absolute joy to make, but a bit heavier than I anticipated. So I think I'm going to consider this a winter warmer - the color will be great at Christmas! - and make another in Malabrigo Silkpaca lace weight for three-season use... 😇
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I rebuilt a motor for a sewing machine this weekend.
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