Practice: I would consider myself a researcher who practices, mostly because I enjoy doing research a lot.
Favorite tool: My favorite tool remains to be scissors, mostly because it is very versatile, and something I always forget to carry.
Knitting: For this week I wanted to try making an amigurumi, or knitted plushes. I followed these tutorials (1, 2, 3, 4) to make a knitted square and then followed this tutorial to attempt the bunny. I didn’t have any filling, which might have contributed to why my bunny looks a bit awkward. I used more yarn to make the filling.
I really enjoyed the mindless work involved behind knitting. If I were to become more crafty with my hands (I felt that I was knitting at very awkward angled with my fingers), I would definitely do this as I am thinking or doing other things.
Though it was enjoyable, a frustration I encountered was that while I was looking for other things to knit, many of the tutorials I found online were written in rather complex languages. The explanations for the patterns were very hard to understand, so I was only able to follow whatever was available in video form. Also, knitting required a lot of patience. I can finally understand that being a knitting grandma is not as relaxing as it seems.
A tip I would give to beginners is to be more patient and start slow.
ATTiny:
For the circuit, I had to make it twice as the first time did not work as expected. I believe this was due to the bad soldering. I ended up creating another circuit in the breadboard.
