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programmer. knitter. collage poet. violinist. home cook.

website: https://emmajuettner.com

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Emma

@emma@social.emmajuettner.com

I probably won't manage to make anything new for #goblinWeek this year but I will take the opportunity to share the collage poem I made last year, since it is still one of my favorite things I've made

#collage #poem

Collaged text on lined paper which reads: goblin time It's time to talk about goblins. You know, a little wild, a little green, kind of like Muppets? Well, they need your help. Goblins in our community are suffering, exhausted by the internet, and want to snuggle in for their holiday hibernation. Your support is crucial in helping provide them with year-round access to their daily needs: Cuppa joe weird radish Waffle a cedarwood candle Please donate today. All gifts are tax deductible to the extent allowed by law. $15 can help feed and vaccinate a goblin $25 can purchase them a cozy flannel nightie $50 can help them receive a lot of weird new bugs Any amount helps! Wrap a bit of cash in brown paper and place it in ANY garden on a crisp morning... we'll find it.

Emma

@emma@social.emmajuettner.com

New #collage #poem, about climate change and planting seeds.

This is the second poem I've made by collaging together bits of text from an old econ workbook. (I'm planning to put them all together in a zine when I've completed a few more.)

The first poem, A Bad Dream, can be found here: https://emmajuettner.com/posts/a-bad-dream/

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Collaged text on lined notebook paper reads: The Logic of Individual Choice. Suppose you are a novice gardener. The television reports pictures of melting ice and flooded areas. Warm weather arrives and Southern California experiences unusually high temperatures. A small city located by a lake has been dumping its raw sewage into the lake. You plant one seed in a flower pot and watch it grow. Your friend says, "Why are you wasting your time? You can't provide the world's supply of wheat berries in your little pot." You cannot produce 100 tons of wheat per day. However, you do produce a stalk of wheat with plump wheat berries. If the weather gets very hot, what will most likely happen? In the long run, what will happen? The next year, you plant two seeds in that pot.

Emma

@emma@social.emmajuettner.com

New #introduction now that I've set up my own server— hello, I'm Emma! (previously @emmajuettner@mastodon.art; I'll be migrating my follows over to this new account shortly)

I tend to post about knitting, making collage poems, cooking, creating generative art, mending clothing, tinkering with HTML & CSS, and reading sci-fi stories.

Emma shared 16 hours ago

Jenniferplusplus

@jenniferplusplus@hachyderm.io

in reply to this object

Like, I really don't get why so many of you are so eager to have statistical models write code for you.

I've been arguing for literally my whole career that the actual writing isn't the hard part of software development. But wow, did everyone take that in the wrong direction recently.

Understanding the system is the hard and valuable part. And I genuinely don't know how you think you're going to do that if you never get to do any of the safe and easy interactions with the system.

Emma shared a day ago

Clair

@merialc@mstdn.social

A desperate plea into the world: does anyone have a single ball (or part ball) of Woolcraft Harvest Chunky in the green (444) colourway?

Mum has finally knit a sweater after years of convincing her that she can... and she's hit yarn chicken before finishing the neckband, and the yarn is now out of stock everywhere. If I could purchase from someone's stash I would be eternally grateful.

UPDATE: we’ve found it! Thanks to @vulgalour for finding a shop still listing some in stock.

A ball of Harvest Chunky yarn in pale green and blue tones.

Emma shared a day ago

Sini Tuulia

@sinituulia@eldritch.cafe

Picked from my light reading today, here's some #VisibleMending tips fresh from 1879!

I feel like the bird's eye darning would look rather nice on a lot of things if done with contrasting and/or harmonising thread.
(The written explanation is honestly a bit scarce, but I've done my best to summarise it in the alt text.)

A scanned page spread of an old yellowed book. On the two pages there are two drawn diagrams to illustrate two darning techniques. Wave darning produces a fun zigzag across the mend, bird's eye darning is visually reminiscent of decorative smocking, the stitches making a little lattice.
Both of them are formed when instead of the usual darning method of weaving a new bit of fabric by making new weft and warp threads, going over and under each other repeatedly... You skip threads, like in a satin weave, in a diagonal pattern. Varying the pattern you make the lattice design appear on the right side.

Emma shared a day ago

Ramsey Nasser

@nasser@merveilles.town

realizing I never shared this prototype. I'm working on a game? a toy? a thing based on polishing objects. trying to capture the calm I feel while doing dishes or vacuuming, or maybe make a digital ADHD stim widget.

https://x.nas.sr/shiny/

click and drag the background to rotate, scrub the object to polish. best on mobile.

Emma

@emma@social.emmajuettner.com

Life imitates art

#cats #Caturday

a grey cat sleeps curled up in a circle, next to a needlepoint pillow depicting a white cat curled up asleep

Emma shared 2 days ago

sound warrior

@soundwarrior20@ravenation.club

Hi everyone :-) I'm a totally blind electronic musician looking for collaborators. I make, and would like to make with someone, #ElectronicMusic #InstrumentleGrime #Grime #Jungle #Techno #Dubstep to make my music I use #Reaper and #Hardware #Modular if you'd like to make some tunes with me, or know someone who would like to, please feel free to reach out. :-) please boost if you can everyone :-)

Emma shared 4 days ago

Chris Cooke

@CreativeChris@tweesecake.social

Yesterday, while I was sitting at lunch, I decided to open the Apple news app and see what was going on in the world. Mostly I wanted to find out what was going on with open AI and all the chaos there. But, as I scrolled my way down the screen I found crossword puzzles in the Apple news app. I thought, I'm sure it's not accessible but hey, I'm doing nothing anyway so I should check it out. it couldn't be as accessible as the app called Four Down, which is a very nice crossword puzzle app that I purchased several years ago. You can buy packs of puzzles, but once they're solved, that's it. So, I opened up the easy puzzle and started to work. What do you know! It tells me what the clue is how many blanks there are and then I can just start typing what I think it is. Then, I can hit the options button and turn on the puzzle checker and see if my answers are correct. I'm still fiddling with it, but I'm very, very excited that it is out of the box accessible, so to speak. There is usually one shorter puzzle and one longer one that's a bit harder. If anybody else has Apple news, feel free to let me know if you've tried out the crossword puzzle section.

Emma shared 4 days ago

Brian Bilston

@brianbilston@mastodon.online

Here are a couple of poetry special offers for you on Black Friday.

Poetry Books Special Offer

Here’s an offer
on Romantic poetry
that won’t cost you the earth:

BYRON GET ONE FREE
if you want
your Wordsworth.

Brian Bilston

Emma shared 5 days ago

Lia Pas

@lia_pas@vis.social

#WIPwednesday • I finished the trigeminal nerve and am now working on the masseteric and mandibular nerves. Still all in single strand chain stitch. #SciArt #embroidery #VagusNerve

An embroidery of a head and neck stitched in blue thread on sulky material over green cloth. The brain is stitched in back stitch and the vagus nerves in the neck are stitched in chain stitch in perlé thread. The facial nerves are being stitched in single strand chain stitch and back stitch. A needle minder in the shape of an hourglass that reads, "This is taking forever," sits near the stitches holding a needle.

Emma shared 6 days ago

Red and the Wolf Designs

@RedandtheWolfDesigns@mastodon.art

Did I mention yet?

My Fire Dragon shawl, as well as a lot of my other patterns can now be found on Etsy as well:

https://www.etsy.com/shop/RedandtheWolfDesigns

Of course all my patterns are still on Payhip and Ravelry, if you prefer to shop there

#knitting @knitting @fiberarts

A hand knit half circle shawl in an orange to dark red gradient is spread out behind a woman wearing black clothes with bright red hair. The shawl has a dragon scale lace pattern and garter ridges and a pointy edging.

Emma shared 6 days ago

mastodon quixote

@valrus@icosahedron.website

ME (to my friend, at the transit station): aw man. i hate busking.
MY FRIEND: aw c'mon, you know how hard it is to make a living in music anymore
ME: no, bus*kers* are fine, I h—
BUS KING: HAIL AND WELL MET, LOYAL SUBJECTS

Emma shared 6 days ago

KarinWanderer

@KarinWanderer@mastodon.art

#FolktaleWeek #Found

Strega Nona has been one of my favorite #KidLit characters since I was small. She lives with Bambolona & Big Anthony. Everyone assumes they are Strega Nona’s kids, but they meet & form a family over many books. I love this example of a Family of Choice, aka Found Family

#mastoArt #Bookstodon #FolktaleWeekFound2023 #Ink #Watercolor #Watercolour #Art #Painting #FolktaleWeek2023 #FairyTale #Folktale #FairyTales #FolktaleWeekFound #TomiedePaola #StregaNona #KidLitArt #FanArt

Watercolor of Strega Nona standing happily with Bambolona & Big Anthony.

Emma shared 8 days ago

Blue

@blue@bigshoulders.city

🎭 I'm producing a new works series for #transgender and #nonbinary playwrights in the #chicago area!

Completed drafts of plays 45 minutes and longer are being accepted for consideration for our winter reading now through Dec 15: https://www.genderfucked.org/new-works-series

Please help spread the word!

Emma shared 8 days ago

Ashe Dryden

@ashedryden@scholar.social

US pals: as of this morning you can order 4 more COVID tests for free from the government. Get them now before you need them! https://www.covid.gov/tests