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Antonius Marie ⚧@ashleyspencer @actuallyautistic ooh, so, so many different fun stuff.
I'd say the ones that stick around the most are
1) "arts & crafts" (yes that is one interest. Fight me ;))
2) norse mythology and history, especially seen out of a different perspective than the common anglo-saxian one
3) humanity and what makes people tick
@melindrea @actuallyautistic what kind of arts and crafts?
One of my hobbies is weaving bracelets with embroidery floss.
@ashleyspencer Currently it's a combination of clay, crochet and some weird mix of macramé and paracord (which is just macramé for men who don't know macramé was originally by sailors and think macramé is feminine <.< >.>)
@ashleyspencer (no, that's in fact not quite correct--there's not just macramé in paracord crafting, but also weaving and such ... but I still said what I said <.<)
@melindrea Awesome! That makes sense that it’s the same thing. Didn’t know that.
@ashleyspencer What's even more interesting is that a lot of the traditional knotted types of friendship bracelets are *also* using macramé knots. Just that it's named differently (and occasionally tied enough differently that it's hard to see the pattern if one's not looking for it).
The square knot in friendship bracelet is the same square knot that's, for instance, in macramé (though generally macramé ties it over a core, which I don't think is as common in friendship bracelets).
And in paracord bracelets? That's what's called the solomon knot or the cobra knot. Or, two solomon/cobras using opposite starting strands creates one square knot.
Paracord starts bracelets with a "cow's hitch" ... or, as macramé calls it: "larks head knot". Etc =)
@melindrea The friendship bracelet knot is called a square knot? Interesting. Those are the type I’m making. The simplest styles though. Not advanced enough for the fancier designs. Weaving them is very soothing and feels like stimming. Motions are very relaxing.
I never knew there were so many ways to tie a knot. Super cool
@ashleyspencer Yeah, I did not either, until I fell into macramé. I really love how cool it is to knot =)