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See you in Milwaukee!! 💚💚💚

But did the car beep all the way home? 😝

I second the wool suggestion, or maybe needles that have more grip on the slippy yarn? I also might try grabbing a DPN for working the bobble and sticking a stopper on the other (inactive) needle. Sending good vibes!

Agreed, plus the exhaustion from navigating a complex world. When I try to discuss alternatives, it usually comes off as proselytizing for a moral position, but I really wish I had a convincing way to demonstrate that disconnecting from “convenience” helped me beat apathy, dissociation, emptiness.

Following in case some good ones come in

My easy veggie helpful tip: last summer, I learned about eating sweet potato leaves from a farmer’s market vendor who grows a lot of veg that’s popular for Hmong dishes. The leaves are delicious in most settings where I would use spinach or kale and those things grow a ton!