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💧🌏 Greg Cocks<p>Himalayan Snow Lines On The Rise<br>--<br><a href="https://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/images/153945/himalayan-snow-lines-on-the-rise" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">earthobservatory.nasa.gov/imag</span><span class="invisible">es/153945/himalayan-snow-lines-on-the-rise</span></a> &lt;-- shared NASA technical article<br>--<br><a href="https://www.icimod.org/press-release/snow-update-report-2024-water-shortages-feared-as-hindu-kush-himalaya-sees-extraordinary-below-normal-snow-year-second-lowest-snow-persistence-on-record/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">icimod.org/press-release/snow-</span><span class="invisible">update-report-2024-water-shortages-feared-as-hindu-kush-himalaya-sees-extraordinary-below-normal-snow-year-second-lowest-snow-persistence-on-record/</span></a> &lt;-- shared technical article on Himalaya snow persistence changes<br>--<br><a href="https://techhub.social/tags/GIS" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>GIS</span></a> <a href="https://techhub.social/tags/spatial" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>spatial</span></a> <a href="https://techhub.social/tags/mapping" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>mapping</span></a> <a href="https://techhub.social/tags/Nepal" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Nepal</span></a> <a href="https://techhub.social/tags/India" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>India</span></a> <a href="https://techhub.social/tags/Himalayas" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Himalayas</span></a> <a href="https://techhub.social/tags/Himalayan" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Himalayan</span></a> <a href="https://techhub.social/tags/mountains" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>mountains</span></a> <a href="https://techhub.social/tags/climatechange" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>climatechange</span></a> <a href="https://techhub.social/tags/snowpersistence" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>snowpersistence</span></a> <a href="https://techhub.social/tags/remotesensing" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>remotesensing</span></a> <a href="https://techhub.social/tags/earthobservation" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>earthobservation</span></a> <a href="https://techhub.social/tags/glacier" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>glacier</span></a> <a href="https://techhub.social/tags/glacial" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>glacial</span></a> <a href="https://techhub.social/tags/melting" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>melting</span></a> <a href="https://techhub.social/tags/MountEverest" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>MountEverest</span></a> <a href="https://techhub.social/tags/water" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>water</span></a> <a href="https://techhub.social/tags/hydrology" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>hydrology</span></a> <a href="https://techhub.social/tags/cryology" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>cryology</span></a> <a href="https://techhub.social/tags/snow" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>snow</span></a> <a href="https://techhub.social/tags/ice" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ice</span></a> <a href="https://techhub.social/tags/waterresources" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>waterresources</span></a> <a href="https://techhub.social/tags/watersecurity" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>watersecurity</span></a> <a href="https://techhub.social/tags/waterresources" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>waterresources</span></a> <a href="https://techhub.social/tags/fire" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>fire</span></a> <a href="https://techhub.social/tags/risk" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>risk</span></a> <a href="https://techhub.social/tags/hazard" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>hazard</span></a> <a href="https://techhub.social/tags/OLI2" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>OLI2</span></a> <a href="https://techhub.social/tags/Landsat" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Landsat</span></a> <a href="https://techhub.social/tags/meteorology" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>meteorology</span></a> <a href="https://techhub.social/tags/weather" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>weather</span></a> <a href="https://techhub.social/tags/annual" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>annual</span></a> <a href="https://techhub.social/tags/precipitation" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>precipitation</span></a> <a href="https://techhub.social/tags/monsoon" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>monsoon</span></a> <a href="https://techhub.social/tags/sublimation" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>sublimation</span></a> <a href="https://techhub.social/tags/temperature" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>temperature</span></a> <a href="https://techhub.social/tags/wind" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>wind</span></a> <a href="https://techhub.social/tags/humidity" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>humidity</span></a> <a href="https://techhub.social/tags/extremeweather" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>extremeweather</span></a> <a href="https://techhub.social/tags/wildfire" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>wildfire</span></a> <a href="https://techhub.social/tags/humanimpacts" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>humanimpacts</span></a> <a href="https://techhub.social/tags/snowline" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>snowline</span></a> <a href="https://techhub.social/tags/newnormal" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>newnormal</span></a> <a href="https://techhub.social/tags/agriculture" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>agriculture</span></a> <a href="https://techhub.social/tags/foodsecurity" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>foodsecurity</span></a> <a href="https://techhub.social/tags/drought" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>drought</span></a></p>
Greg Fewer<p>Three poems of mine - ‘festive lights blinking’, ‘fog swirling’, and ‘icy wind and snow’ - have been published in <a href="https://me.dm/tags/Sublimation" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Sublimation</span></a> 2.1 (January/February 2025)! My thanks to editor <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://mastodon.berlin/@tssfulk" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>tssfulk</span></a></span> for publishing them! Copies of the magazine may be purchased from here: <a href="https://www.amazon.co.uk/Sublimation-January-February-Magazine-Speculative/dp/B0DXB7PQD7/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">amazon.co.uk/Sublimation-Janua</span><span class="invisible">ry-February-Magazine-Speculative/dp/B0DXB7PQD7/</span></a>. <a href="https://me.dm/tags/poetry" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>poetry</span></a> <a href="https://me.dm/tags/horror" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>horror</span></a></p>
Dr Rockstar ♫ ㉆<p>Remember when people would go to a <a href="https://social.vivaldi.net/tags/Drivein" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Drivein</span></a> <a href="https://social.vivaldi.net/tags/theatre" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>theatre</span></a> and <a href="https://social.vivaldi.net/tags/PeterGriffin" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>PeterGriffin</span></a> would work for <a href="https://social.vivaldi.net/tags/BigTobacco" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>BigTobacco</span></a> and his commercial about <a href="https://social.vivaldi.net/tags/smoking" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>smoking</span></a> was a <a href="https://social.vivaldi.net/tags/subliminalmessage" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>subliminalmessage</span></a> </p><p>Then you heard that same <a href="https://social.vivaldi.net/tags/AImusic" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>AImusic</span></a> again. <br>Remember <a href="https://social.vivaldi.net/tags/mkultra" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>mkultra</span></a> and the patterns of sounds and images you've been taught. </p><p>Then you heard that same <a href="https://social.vivaldi.net/tags/AIvoice" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>AIvoice</span></a> again, employing<br><a href="https://social.vivaldi.net/tags/linguistic_analysis" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>linguistic_analysis</span></a> of the sounds it knows from the device you carry with you constantly. </p><p>Then you saw that word at the top of the screen again, like the last time you used it. </p><p><a href="https://youtu.be/JRtp9NUNIrU?si=4lFq1b2O9f2nNLKa" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">youtu.be/JRtp9NUNIrU?si=4lFq1b</span><span class="invisible">2O9f2nNLKa</span></a></p><p>Just like that tic-toc tic-toc in the background. </p><p>Do you? <br>Do you remember when... </p><p><span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://social.vivaldi.net/@zombiewarrior" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>zombiewarrior</span></a></span> <br><span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://fosstodon.org/@AceArsenault" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>AceArsenault</span></a></span> <br><span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://mastodon.social/@bluemix" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>bluemix</span></a></span><br><span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://mstdn.social/@alexskolnick" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>alexskolnick</span></a></span> <br><span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://tech.lgbt/@ipstenu" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>ipstenu</span></a></span> <br><span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://social.lol/@chrispederick" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>chrispederick</span></a></span> <br><span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://mastodon.social/@ChessNord" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>ChessNord</span></a></span> </p><p><a href="https://social.vivaldi.net/tags/sublimation" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>sublimation</span></a></p>
Kenneth<p><span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://universeodon.com/@UncleDuke1969" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>UncleDuke1969</span></a></span> <br>It's not fur-lined where's your Freud.</p><p><a href="https://social.linux.pizza/tags/Freud" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Freud</span></a> <br><a href="https://social.linux.pizza/tags/Psychology" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Psychology</span></a> <br><a href="https://social.linux.pizza/tags/Sublimation" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Sublimation</span></a></p>
Diligence Jones<p>While I'm decluttering and dealing with dad's lump, I also decided to re-up my Duolingo. Owlie was looking beat down.</p><p>So yeah. <br>Now I know how to ask for 'a tea with milk' in Italian.</p><p><a href="https://sfba.social/tags/Sublimation" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Sublimation</span></a></p>
hugovangalen 🤖 🕹️ 😼<p>So we recently got a new transfer press but we didn't have a chance to test it out yet.</p><p>I'm very happy with the result!</p><p>The 1st image is a composite of the same part of the design; the left was made with a "manual" press (basically just a large iron, which you need to press onto the material using your own weight), and on the right is the one with the new clamshell type press (that more evenly spreads pressure).</p><p>The 2nd image is the full design how it looks as a vinyl sticker.</p><p><a href="https://mastodon.nl/tags/Sublimation" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Sublimation</span></a></p>
Ithanul<p>First set of sublimation coasters done for a commission request.</p><p><a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/DIY" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>DIY</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/Art" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Art</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/Procreate" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Procreate</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/Sublimation" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Sublimation</span></a></p>
hugovangalen 🤖 🕹️ 😼<p>Oh yeah! First version of my sticker design.</p><p>The <a href="https://mastodon.nl/tags/sublimation" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>sublimation</span></a> transfer didn't go well, but still good enough for a first attempt. First time messing with <a href="https://mastodon.nl/tags/vinyl" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>vinyl</span></a> so still figuring out the right pressure, temperature and time.</p><p>The <a href="https://mastodon.nl/tags/Cricut" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Cricut</span></a> my partner bought ages ago is really useful to cut the outline. (We had the machine for years only to discover a few weeks ago that it can actually scan markers on your print and detect where to exactly cut 😅)</p>
LeeRayl<p><a href="https://infosec.exchange/tags/update" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>update</span></a> on sublimation printing without silhouette </p><p>After a few days of playing around here is what I have found.</p><p>I am running an Epson F-170 Sublimation printer. Most current drivers and MacOS utilities.</p><p>MBA M1 for those who need to know.</p><p>Open the SVG in Inkscape, set panel for letter, edit svg and dupe a page for transfers, export as png or jpg. Open in preview print to printer.</p><p>You could also export your cutter files with a save as. I had been meaning to learn a bit of Inkscape but this got my toes wet.</p><p><a href="https://infosec.exchange/tags/makers" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>makers</span></a> <a href="https://infosec.exchange/tags/sublimation" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>sublimation</span></a> <a href="https://infosec.exchange/tags/printing" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>printing</span></a></p>
LeeRayl<p>This is a Mastodon long shot but hoping to find an alternative to print to my Sublimation printer.</p><p>Almost all my sources for craft/maker stuff points to the silhouette suite of tools. I have a Cameo and the software but it’s horrible. I use it for cutting but it’s a pain.</p><p>If any <a href="https://infosec.exchange/tags/makers" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>makers</span></a> have a better tool that is open source Linux/MacOS compatible or a not Adobe product for sublimation printing, I would appreciate any recommendations.<br><a href="https://infosec.exchange/tags/sublimation" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>sublimation</span></a> <a href="https://infosec.exchange/tags/printing" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>printing</span></a> </p><p>🚀’s appreciated</p>
hugovangalen 🤖 🕹️ 😼<p>So this transfer kinda failed but I still think it's cool.</p><p><a href="https://mastodon.nl/tags/Sublimation" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Sublimation</span></a></p>
hugovangalen 🤖 🕹️ 😼<p>Today I will scan some old <a href="https://mastodon.nl/tags/Amiga" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Amiga</span></a> demo diskettes to print out on <a href="https://mastodon.nl/tags/sublimation" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>sublimation</span></a> transfer paper to make some fun <a href="https://mastodon.nl/tags/coasters" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>coasters</span></a>. 😀 </p><p>I should also have some SoundBlaster install disks somewhere which could also be fun.</p><p>Too bad I no longer have those <a href="https://mastodon.nl/tags/AOL" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>AOL</span></a> or <a href="https://mastodon.nl/tags/CompuServe" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>CompuServe</span></a> things! 🤓</p><p><a href="https://mastodon.nl/tags/RetroVibes" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>RetroVibes</span></a></p>
VeijoRyhanen<p><span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://regenerate.social/@compost" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>compost</span></a></span> <a href="https://suomi.social/tags/Charcoalpowder" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Charcoalpowder</span></a> converts more snow directly to water steam (ie. increase <a href="https://suomi.social/tags/sublimation" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>sublimation</span></a>), which in turn decrease nutrition losses in soil.</p>
Ithanul<p>Got this shirt done up for my Mom.</p><p>Of the anteater drinking tea that I did earlier last year.</p><p><a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/Art" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Art</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/MastoArt" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>MastoArt</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/Craft" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Craft</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/Sublimation" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Sublimation</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/Drawing" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Drawing</span></a></p>
hambach18<p><span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://chaos.social/@metaphil" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>metaphil</span></a></span> oder verduften wie Schnee in der Sonne, je nach Situation.</p><p>(<a href="https://kanoa.de/tags/Sublimation" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Sublimation</span></a>)</p>
Laux Myth (aka Martin)<p>Commenting on Edmonton's lack of snow pack and how this is drawing down soil moisture for the spring and somebody said it matters not as all the melt in the spring is what matters. I thought of mentioning sublimation but doubted they knew the word.</p><p>If the soil is dry in fine structure, we need snow for a slow melt to hope to rebuild and nothing yet. (I would estimate, there is about 1 cm of standing snow right now.)</p><p><a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/ClimateEmergency" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ClimateEmergency</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/Sublimation" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Sublimation</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/YEGwx" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>YEGwx</span></a></p>
Andy Piper<p>Any <a href="https://macaw.social/tags/craft" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>craft</span></a> <a href="https://macaw.social/tags/maker" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>maker</span></a> folks - curious to know if you have a go-to <a href="https://macaw.social/tags/sublimation" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>sublimation</span></a> printer (not a conversion from regular inkjet, an actual supported sublimation-native model) - soliciting recommendations and comments for a friend 😊</p>
Trish 🇨🇦<p><a href="https://mstdn.ca/tags/Niagara" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Niagara</span></a> born, <a href="https://mstdn.ca/tags/Toronto" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Toronto</span></a> transplant. <a href="https://mstdn.ca/tags/Controller" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Controller</span></a> at a large CPG branding/design firm. Rediscovering my love of HTML/CSS &amp; SQL since moving to <a href="https://mstdn.ca/tags/NetSuite" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>NetSuite</span></a>.</p><p>3 🐾 (Bruiser/14) &amp; 2 <a href="https://mstdn.ca/tags/pugs" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>pugs</span></a> (Presley-Bum &amp; Maximum/1.5) who are my life. ❤️ crafting (<a href="https://mstdn.ca/tags/knitting" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>knitting</span></a>, <a href="https://mstdn.ca/tags/crochet" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>crochet</span></a>, pottery, <a href="https://mstdn.ca/tags/sublimation" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>sublimation</span></a>, resin, everything), Beat Saber (VR) &amp; lazy days.</p><p>I believe ❤️is❤️, <a href="https://mstdn.ca/tags/COVID" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>COVID</span></a> is real &amp; 💉/😷 are important , Indigenous/BIPOC lives matter, Dougie has got to go, PeePee will never be PM &amp; PMJT is my PM and <a href="https://mstdn.ca/tags/slavaukraini" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>slavaukraini</span></a> 🇺🇦</p>
Silver Seams<p><strong>Flowspooner</strong></p><p>Spoonflower’s got short-pile minky but no mochi, so I’ve been contemplating the possibility of sublimation on mochi for quite awhile. It’s polyester (generally 94-96%, the elastane being the remaining percent) so I figured it should take sublimation well. But a sublimation printer is a pretty big investment in both cash and space, so I wanted to try it out with pre-made transfer sheets. So here we go!</p><p>I tried two different fabrics: upholstery velvet (actually the unprinted area of some Celosia Velvet from Spoonflower, since I couldn’t find the white Royal Velvet… all polyester, so mostly a good test). I ran a sheet of Cricut brand “Infusible Ink” through the Silhouette, and cut a scaly belly for a mochi dragon, thinking I’d do a white-with-scales version of the pink-hearts-with-white-foiled version that I, uh, haven’t finished yet.</p><p>Anyway, I took some of the scraps and tried them out on the velvet and the mochi. I cranked the heat press up to 400, preheated the fabric for 10 seconds, then pressed the fabric plus ink sheet for 30 seconds, with mostly good results. The velvet showed a little creasing around the edges of the press. It’s a little hard to make out, but it’s pretty definite in person.</p><p>So I might dial things down a little. Another thing that happened on both the velvet and the mochi is a lot of scattered fibers seem to have picked up pigment somehow – that’s why the velvet above looks “dirty.” I probably need to actually read the directions.</p><p>Then I tried the main piece of mochi: preheated it for 10 seconds, put down my pattern piece to get the alignment correct… and the mochi was too short. I was 99% sure I hadn’t mis-measured, so I tried again: cut a 7.5 x 7.5 piece of mochi, and preheated it for 10 seconds and yep, it stays 7.5″ wide but shrank down by almost half an inch in height.</p><p>Huh.</p><p>The elastane seems fine, it still stretches and springs back very well, so I went ahead in the name of science and re-preheated it, placed the ink sheet, pressed it for 30 seconds… and now it’s about 6.75″ tall, so about 10% shrinkage. That will be something to take into account, and I’ll definitely want to fully pre-shrink it before sublimation so the design doesn’t get distorted. (I should note that JoAnn’s care instructions are wash cold, tumble dry low, do not iron. I read those directions, I just ignored them.)</p><p>Other than that, the mochi handles the press just fine. I need to try out a true black transfer to see if the 6% elastane (which won’t absorb the ink) makes a visible difference.</p><p>And, most importantly, I need to align the scales right-side up next time. 🤦</p><p><a rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" class="u-tag u-category" href="https://silverseams.com/tag/infusible-ink/" target="_blank">#infusible-ink</a> <a rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" class="u-tag u-category" href="https://silverseams.com/tag/mochi-fabric/" target="_blank">#mochi-fabric</a> <a rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" class="u-tag u-category" href="https://silverseams.com/tag/sublimation/" target="_blank">#sublimation</a></p><p><a href="https://silverseams.com/?p=3896" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">https://silverseams.com/?p=3896</a></p>