This evening, in the #friterie, I overheard a fascinating conversation about #ironing. Apparently, the younger #generation mostly uses #steamironing these days.
😅 But, um, me—well, us, I mean—honestly, we hardly iron at all. Maybe twice a year? It might be less. It seems like something from the past, though I was surprised to hear it's still quite common and a small talk subject...
The perfect topic to test Mastodon's polling features.
So, Mastodon community, how do you iron?
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Thinking of moving my #sewing machine and #ironing board out to the garage and setting up a workspace there, since I don't use them every day but do want to make #repairing and #alterations a weekly or fortnightly habit.
However, the garage gets pretty hot in summer. Last summer the outdoors alone got as hot as 30°C IIRC. Would that be damaging to my equipment to live out there at that temp or higher?
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A Simon Bailly cartoon
#simonbailly #cartoon #comic #humor #humoir #funny #illustrator #ironing
#speed-#modulated #ironing
utilizes a dual-nozzle 3D printer.
The first nozzle deposits a heat-responsive filament and the second nozzle passes over the printed material to activate certain responses, such as changes in opacity or coarseness, using heat.
By controlling the speed of the second nozzle, the researchers can heat the material to specific temperatures,
finely tuning the color, shade, and roughness of the heat-responsive filaments.
Importantly, this method does not require any hardware modifications.
The researchers developed a model that predicts the amount of heat the “ironing” nozzle will transfer to the material based on its speed.
They used this model as the foundation for a user interface that automatically generates printing instructions which achieve color, shade, and texture specifications.
One could use speed-modulated ironing to create artistic effects by varying the color on a printed object.
The technique could also produce textured handles that would be easier to grasp for individuals with weakness in their hands.
https://news.mit.edu/2024/new-3d-printing-technique-creates-unique-objects-using-less-waste-1010
Adriana Lestido, photograph from the Teenage Mothers’ series (“Madres adolescentes”), 1988-1989 ★ Argentina ★ http://www.adrianalestido.com.ar/es/madres_adolescentes.php ⦾ via https://xcancel.com/PhotoArchiveOn/status/1801490246787600868 #AdrianaLestido #contemporaryart #feministart #contemporaryphotography #socialphotography #blackandwhitephotography #ironing #everydayscenes #cosmoking #motherhood #queervibes #Argentinephotographers #1980s @PhotoArchiveOn@twitter.com
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okay, I tried listing this thing on #freecycle in January. I got one interested email and then never heard back from them. Might as well try it here.
Free to a good home: Metal #ironing board with heat reflective cloth cover. Unfolds to 35 inches high. Board is 53 inches long by 14 inches wide. Board has been in use for decades and never given me problems, I just needed a taller one for sewing work.
#Boston area, #northshore specifically. Will happily donate if appropriate charity wants it.
(ETA: I bought an iron! Hopefully it is good. It will be delivered on Monday.)
Welp, it looks like my steam iron is now a leaky iron. 💦 I can certainly go on using it with a spray bottle for 'steam', but any recs for a new one? I'm mostly using it for sewing, not for ironing clothing.
Things I want: pointy tip to get into tight corners and around buttons, can be used as a vertical steamer too, auto-shutoff but not too quickly because that's annoying, heats up reasonably quickly, doesn't spit or leak, obvs.
Ideally it'd be under $50 (or even less!); I don't need the fanciest thing out there. I don't care if it has a retractable cord, a lava-infused soleplate, or if it demands distilled water; my tap water is so hard that I'd use distilled anyway.
I just want it to be an iron and make fabric flat.
Today I used my new iron for the first time. It's big and unwieldy and inconvenient BUT it's cordless, does steam, and has a detachable ceramic plate with brushes and a foam pad thing so it can be used on velvet and upholstery.
I've been flattening out where the boiled wool lining meets the velvet inner lapel and facings. #sewing #ironing
Zum Vergleich eine geglättete Version.
Hier kann man die Rillen kaum noch mit bloßem Auge erkennen.
All throughout my childhood, cartoons and other media convinced me that if I left an iron still for even a second, it would burn a hole clean through the fabric. 🔥 I still have to actively remind myself that it's okay to leave it there, just a little bit.
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#pockettoku #inprogress #sewing #ironing #pressing #fabric #interfacing
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Mattes PLA und #ironing ich bin Fan. #3dprinting
@SinclairLewis
I'm not ironing anymore, but one of my fond memories is being allowed to use my mom's rotary ironer (like a mangle) to iron the sheets while watching (black&white) TV. She didn't trust me with shirts, due to collars, sleeves etc. Hot pressed cotton smells unbelievably good ...
#housework #ironing #nostalgia
The terrifying enemy of all creatives.
