Tools I use

AI statement: I do not use AI. No AI has ever been used on this site, in the creation of this site, or in anything else I do.

Digital

I use Affinity Photo for image editing and write and code up everything you read here in Sublime Text. To compress my website’s images and reduce load times, I use JPEGMinify.

For podcast editing I use Hindenburg Pro.

I have purchased full licenses for all of these tools, as they’re all tried-and-tested by me for years, and increasingly important, they are non-subscription. Thank you to the developers of these fantastic tools - their work is very much worth supporting.

Sewing

I use a Janome 11574, a beginner machine that I picked up on overstock (dot com!) for $75 as a refurb in 2009. I’ve used it consistently since then and thrown a lot at it, and had zero problems. My understanding is it is actually a Kenmore 18221 that Janome slapped their label on. In either case, big fan of this machine.

here it is

Knitting and crochet

I am so lucky that I inherited just about all my knitting needles and crochet hooks from my yiayia Maria shortly after she died some years ago. Some are noticably old - and great! - and could be from the late 1950s, but I imagine many are from the 70s through the 90s.