Katy TransWomenAreWomen Ereira

@maccath@phpc.social
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Geeky, gothy, witchy software engineer and international tech conference speaker from the #UK.

Loves #Programming with #PHP, and #Refactoring #LegacyCode.

๐Ÿ’• #VideoGames #BoardGames #Gardening #Tarot #ๆ—ฅๆœฌ #Travel

๐ŸŒถ๏ธ #Neurospicy - #ADHD variety.

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Katy TransWomenAreWomen EreiraJun 15
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๐Ÿชฑ Animal #685 ๐ŸซŽ
I figured it out in 12 guesses!
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๐Ÿ”ฅ 3 | Avg. Guesses: 9

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Katy TransWomenAreWomen EreiraJun 14
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๐Ÿฆ˜ Animal #684 ๐Ÿ•ท๏ธ
I figured it out in 5 guesses!
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๐Ÿ”ฅ 2 | Avg. Guesses: 7.5

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Katy TransWomenAreWomen EreiraJun 13

OK I'm not so hot at this.

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๐Ÿฆ˜ Animal #683 ๐Ÿฆก
I figured it out in 10 guesses!
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Katy TransWomenAreWomen EreiraJun 8
I was just assaulted by some twelve year old wannabe roadman with a sour patch kid. He pelted it at me because I said I didn't want to eat it, thanks. I was like "well that was a waste" whilst his friend apologised on his behalf. ๐Ÿคฃ
Show threadKaty TransWomenAreWomen EreiraJun 5
I think I made a few extremely bold decisions (you want _what_?) that most people would shy away from. They're the kind of things that are really difficult to envision altogether as part of an end product. They could have ended up looking and feeling completely wrong. But they didn't, and holy shit it paid off.
Katy TransWomenAreWomen EreiraJun 5

So I paid some people an extortionate-for-me amount of money to completely rebuild our bathroom in a design of my own conception (with a focus on accessibility).

I asked for things that the fitters have never come across before in decades of bathroom fitting, but they managed it all very well.

Everyone has been gobsmacked by the end result. I have to admit, I'm shocked myself. I didn't imagine it would come together to resemble something out of a billionaire's mansion. ๐Ÿคฃ

Katy TransWomenAreWomen EreiraMay 26
Clay RiversMay 26

๐Ÿ’› โ€œItโ€™s Not About You. It Was Never About You.โ€
The right way for white people to pay homage in Black spaces.
By Erik Deckers

https://www.ohfweekly.org/the-right-way-for-white-people/

Itโ€™s Not About You. It Was Never About You.

When White People to Pay Homage in Black Spaces

OHF WEEKLY
Katy TransWomenAreWomen EreiraMay 23
Bruce Lawson โœ… (quiet time)May 22
At the weekend, a group of trans women protested topless at the Scottish Parliament about the recent Supreme Court ruling that the Equality Act defines women as "biological women". The police couldn't arrest them, because to arrest them for showing their breasts would be to define them as women (it's not illegal for men to be topless). And, of course, the right-wing press that reported on it censored their breasts, thereby making their point for them.
Katy TransWomenAreWomen EreiraMay 17
Sara GolemonMay 17

"""Checking whether an array is empty with a strict comparison against the empty array is a common pattern in PHP. A GitHub search for "=== []" language:PHP reveals 44k hits. From the set of !$a, count($a) === 0, empty($a) and $a === [] it however is also the slowest option."""

https://github.com/php/php-src/pull/18571

This is a great example of how you should write whatever you find most readable and maintainable, and let us worry about efficiency. Wtih this PR, the "slow" approach becomes a "fast" one.

zend_vm: Add OPcode specialization for `=== []` by TimWolla ยท Pull Request #18571 ยท php/php-src

Checking whether an array is empty with a strict comparison against the empty array is a common pattern in PHP. A GitHub search for "=== []" language:PHP reveals 44k hits. From the set of...

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Katy TransWomenAreWomen EreiraMay 16
SobtanianMay 15

Folks, a while ago I discovered a clever form of #knitting called illusion or shadow knitting.

Itโ€™s where a pattern is formed by stitches that only appear when viewed at a certain angle. It sounds complicated, but itโ€™s just a combination of basic knit and purl stitches.

Anyway, I thought Iโ€™d do a quick test and I made this maple leaf and I must admit, I love how it turned out!

I think I might have a go at making a larger piece that can be viewed from the side, so I can hang it somewhere in the house.

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SobtanianMay 15

Folks, a while ago I discovered a clever form of #knitting called illusion or shadow knitting.

Itโ€™s where a pattern is formed by stitches that only appear when viewed at a certain angle. It sounds complicated, but itโ€™s just a combination of basic knit and purl stitches.

Anyway, I thought Iโ€™d do a quick test and I made this maple leaf and I must admit, I love how it turned out!

I think I might have a go at making a larger piece that can be viewed from the side, so I can hang it somewhere in the house.

Show threadSobtanianMay 15

For patterns and more info, check here:

http://www.illusionknitting.woollythoughts.com/information.html

#knitting

Information

Introduction to illlusion knitting

Show threadร…sa Maria Hedberg - artistMay 17
@Sobtanian Thank you!!
Show threadDuane Johnson May 15
@Sobtanian This is so cool! It's like a permanent form of the "velvet drawing" or "sequin drawing" that I used to enjoy as a kid with a couch pillow :D
Show threadSobtanianMay 15

@canadaduane I know what you mean and I agree!

Maybe my next one should be a big penis haha.

Show threadDavid - Forking MadMay 15
@Sobtanian very clever. ๐Ÿ˜
Show threadAllan ChowMay 15
@Sobtanian redrum
Show threadSobtanianMay 16
@grumpasaurus Good idea. Might make that my next one.
Show threadSecCatHerderMay 15
@Sobtanian That's so cool
Show threadvoided warrantyMay 16
@Sobtanian Not sure if anyone has suggested it, but it would be interesting to also incorporate perspective skew so that it โ€œlooks correctโ€ when viewed at the revealing angle.
Show threadSobtanianMay 16
@voided Not sure what you mean, I think it looks correct as is ๐Ÿ˜…
Show threadvoided warrantyMay 16
@Sobtanian like how forced perspective art works
Show threadSobtanianMay 16

@voided Yes I was wondering if this what you meant.

Iโ€™m not sure it would work, the knitting illusion works by having bumps that arenโ€™t visible until you look from an angle, creating a silhouette of the art (in this case a leaf), so those bumps might mess with the perspective warp.

However: any picture can be turned into an illusion knitting pattern so maybe Iโ€™ll try finding a simple forced perspective piece and knitting it, to test our theory.

Show threadvoided warrantyMay 16
@Sobtanian I did think that the resolution of the knitting pattern may be a limiting factor. Though could work for simple shapes.
Show threadClersevMay 16
@Sobtanian ๐Ÿคฉ
Show threadAlerta! Alerta!May 16
@Sobtanian This is sooo cool!!!!
Show threadCiaraMay 16
@Sobtanian This is so cool and so well done
Show threadSobtanianMay 16
@CiaraNi Thanks!
Show threadAdmiral MemoMay 16
@Sobtanian Secret Canada!
Show threaddasgrueneblattMay 16
@Sobtanian ๐Ÿคฉ
Show threadAlex KourvoMay 16
@Sobtanian That's so cool!
Show threadeivindmorkMay 16
@Sobtanian This is very cool! My wife gave me a scarf a few years ago with Tux, the Linux mascot, using the same technique.
Show threadSobtanianMay 16

@eivindmork Perfect!

Opposite for me, I knit for my wife haha. Was thinking of making her a jumper with hidden art in it using this method.

Have you played Alan Wake 2 at all?

Show threadAntimonyMay 16

@Sobtanian @lowrah

May I? (This is from way back before, when all pirates still kicked arse.) The motive on the back was straight inlay, the sleeves have secret skulls.

Show threadSobtanianMay 16

@Antimony @lowrah beautiful.

I was thinking of knitting a jumper for my wife with a hidden motif in it, like these sleeves.

Show threadAntimonyMay 16
@Sobtanian @lowrah Really works best with sleeves because arms are so movable :D
Show threadLaura ๐Ÿดโ€โ˜ ๏ธ๐Ÿณ๏ธโ€๐ŸŒˆMay 16
@Antimony @Sobtanian Secret skulls!! That's so cool!
Show threadSponge Of Density๐Ÿณ๏ธโ€๐ŸŒˆMay 16
@Sobtanian That's amazing! ๐Ÿ‡จ๐Ÿ‡ฆ๐Ÿ
Show threadUrzlMay 16
@Sobtanian I really like this technique. It's crazy subtle in the first photo.
Show threadSobtanianMay 16
@gooba42 Yes, once you know what the illusion is you can kinda see it but very faintly.
Show threadLucy SmithMay 16
@Sobtanian wow, that's cool
Show threadAnarchy HowMay 16
@Sobtanian that is cool as hell
Show threadSobtanianMay 16

@Anarchy_How Whatโ€™s cool as hell is that you teach religious studies yet say cool as hell!

Thanks, I really like how simple it is yet effective.

Show threadCeleste Ryder ๐Ÿพ ๐Ÿ€๐Ÿณ๏ธโ€๐ŸŒˆMay 16
@Sobtanian illusion knitting is so fun! I did a colourwork blanket using it a few years ago!
Show threadSobtanianMay 17
@bougiewonderland It really is!
Show threadWhichOne'sPink ๐Ÿ‡ซ๐Ÿ‡ฎMay 17
@Sobtanian That's awesome.
Show threadFjord In ProgressMay 17
@Sobtanian @FrazzledBrynn Iโ€™m imagining a quilt made from squares that use this effect. Looks great on the bed. Confuses the heck out of people otherwise.
Show threadAllisonMay 17
@Sobtanian AWESOME!
Show threadJo-chin up, elbows up.May 30
@Sobtanian thatโ€™s so cool!!!
Show threadGinevraCatJun 8
@Sobtanian Yes! I also only saw this recently. SO clever. Your maple leaf is fantastic!
Show threadSobtanianJun 8

@GinevraCat thanks! The pattern is free (Iโ€™ve linked to it in a comment to the original post) and I just followed it.

I then went on to create my own pattern entirely from scratch. It was quite a challenge but the results were worth it.

https://mstdn.games/@Sobtanian/114607302114112013

Sobtanian (@Sobtanian@mstdn.games)

Attached: 3 images I wanted to have a go at making my own illusion #knitting pattern completely from scratch, to make something I could hang on the wall. So, I decided to try and convert Jarreโ€™s Concerts in China cover to an illusion knitting chart. It wasnโ€™t easy, in fact it was harder than knitting the damn thing ๐Ÿ˜… But I managed it in the end and I think the results are quite good, especially for a first attempt ๐Ÿ˜Š My wife is gonna frame it for me soon then itโ€™ll go on the Jarre wall. Yes, I have a Jarre wall. BITE ME.

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