introduction

[dame_grise]

Name: I use Sam online, though I am planning to legally change my first name to Samina
Age: early 50's
Pronouns: She/her/hers
Identities: bi/pansexual leaning toward female-attracted, a bit genderfluid but mostly comfortable as cis female, neurodivergent (ADHD, depression, borderline personality disorder), have physical disabilities but not disabled, sexual assault survivor, working with being asexual but not aromantic
Other accounts: just my rp accounts, which aren't active
My interests: cooking, gardening, tiny homes, eating properly, writing writing writing, playing video games (mostly Skyrim, Age of Empires, or TheSims lately), tabletop roleplaying, reading, science fiction and fantasy, weird passions for history or historical people, sewing and crafting, learning how to be queer properly, finding a non-sexual life partner

Comments

[satsuma]

Hey welcome!

What kind of things do you like to cook? I cook as well :)

[dame_grise]

I like making tacos, playing with different kinds of things and flavors to put between tortillas. I really want to learn to make corn tortillas from scratch. I haven't been cooking as much lately, because (1) cooking for one is no fun and (2) my teeny kitchen is such a mess lately.

I've tried a lot of different things in the past. I'm just lazy lately.

[satsuma]

masa tortillas aren't too hard to make! Only two ingredients and the dough is very easy to work with (though you do have to get ahold of some masa first, which might be difficult in some places)

cooking for one is definitely less fun than cooking for/with others, but it can have it's own joys as well

[dame_grise]

Maybe I should try. I think I have the masa (not sure since I did have to throw a big bag away when I didn't use it in a reasonable amount of time). It wouldn't cost much even if it messed up, I guess.

That and I want to make a sourdough starter. Everything I've read lately says that the pickle jar I really wanted to use is probably too big.

[satsuma]

It takes a bit of practice to learn to roll them out right, but the slightly too thick/thin ones are still pretty decent, and the basic dough is just 'take some masa, add water a bit at a time until it's wet enough to stick to itself but not your hands'. If you end up making them, let me know how they come out!

Not sure how large your pickles jar is but we've always kept our starter in a pint sized canning jar (~450 g) which has worked just fine

[readera]

Hello! I like crafting but I'm just starting out sewing!

[dame_grise]

Congrats on getting started sewing. It's kind of soothing.

I can't really use a sewing machine, although I have one. I like hand-sewing, and I hate cutting from patterns. I made a shift I used as a renaissance underdress and nightgown for more than 10 years. I cried when it finally fell apart. I haven't had the focus to make a new one.

[readera]

I am just hand sewing as I don't have a machine. I have only made masks so far & I just measured the fabric directly. No paper pattern just a blog to follow.

[dame_grise]

If I can afford to clean my material (it got bugged in an old apartment), I'll probably make a few masks, too. I donated my only package of elastic at the beginning of the pandemic to a group that was making them for essential workers, but there are other ways to tie.

[readera]

I didnt have elastic so I just used scrap cloth to make ties. Not the best looking but they work.

[soc_puppet]

Hello, welcome to Queerly Beloved!

[dame_grise]

Thank you for the welcome.

[mommy]

Welcome! What kinds of crafting do you do? I'm primarily a knitter.

[dame_grise]

I keep having to relearn knitting. I made a lovely scarf once.

I like trying to re-purpose old things, although my projects are not always successful. Other than that, I've been known to do wood-burning and making jewelry boxes. Right now, I'm trying to figure out how to economically rebuild a cat tree.