pacman -S gptfdisk

Turn on dhcp:

# systemctl enable dhcpcd@enp2s1.service

pacman -S ipw2200-fw

Or, if you won’t be using the wireless interface, add to /etc/modprobe.d/modprobe.conf

blacklist ipw2200

to get rid of the boot message about failing to install the firmware.

CONNECTION='ethernet'
DESCRIPTION='A basic static ethernet connection using iproute'
INTERFACE='eth0'
IP='static'
ADDR='192.168.1.3'
GATEWAY='192.168.1.1'
DNS=('76.14.0.8' '76.14.0.9' '76.14.96.14')

# systemctl rescue
# mount -o ro,remount /
# fdisk /dev/mmcblk0

Delete the second partition /dev/mmcblk0p2.

d
2

Create a new primary partition and use default sizes prompted. This will then create a partiton that fills the disk.

n
p
2
enter
enter

Save and exit fdisk:

w

Reboot, go single user, and run resize2fs:

# shutdown -r now
# systemctl rescue
# resize2fs /dev/mmcblk0p2

Your main / partition should be the full size of the disk now. Don’t remount the root partition read-only before you run resize2fs; resize2fs fails if it’s mounted read-only.

After running resize2fs reboot, go to single user, remount root read-only, run e2fsck, then reboot to bring the system back up multi-user:

# shutdown -r now
# systemctl rescue
# mount -o ro,remount /
# e2fsck /dev/mmcblk0p2
# shutdown -r now

Doesn’t work on the laptop; complains that the filesystem is busy.

It will be interesting to see how they look after a run through the washer and dryer.

It’s fairly light and fluffy; I could see using it for a scarf. Although the yarn would probably snag on everything since it’s so loose.

I’m going to try it again on #7 needles.

I used the first one, A. The square brackets delineate what to repeat.

Fishermen’s rib A

Cast on a multiple of 2 stitches, plus 1

Foundation row: knit

1. slip 1, [[ knit 1 below, purl 1 ]]
2. slip 1, [[ purl 1, knit 1 below ]], purl 1, knit 1

Fishermen’s rib B

Cast on a multiple of 2 stitches, plus 1

Foundation row: knit

1. slip 1, [[ knit 1 below, knit 1 ]]
2. slip 1, [[ knit 1, knit 1 below ]], knit 2

Fishermen’s rib C

Cast on a multiple of 3 stitches, plus 1

1. slip 1, [[ knit 2 together, yarn over, slip 1 purlwise ]], knit 2 together, knit 1
2. slip 1, [[ yarn over, slip 1 purlwise, knit 2 together (the yarn over and the slip 1 of the previous row) ]], yarn over, slip 1 purlwise, knit 1

Since it’s cotton I can just toss it in the washing machine. I’m hoping that the first wash will help even out the unevenness of my knitting.

See if you can find the flub in the lower left corner!

For one thing, for ease of slicing I’ve decided/realized that I need to use more water.

For another, I’ve always been sort of suspicious that this atta flour I’m using has an off flavor. The grocery store has 3 different brands, all 20 pound bags, priced from $8 to $13. Being the pinch penny that I am I bought the $8 bag. Even though I have lots of it left I decided to try getting the middle $11 bag to see how it works. So far I’m thinking that I like this one better, but I’ve changed other variables so I really can’t say for sure. I need to bake two loaves of bread with just flour, salt, and water and compare their flavors, not that I’m likely to do that.

And because I have this new flour my latest experiments have been with only atta flour; no rye flour. I need to simplify; it’s too easy for me to complicate things.

One batch I made (recipe to appear later) with just bran, atta flour, salt, and water came out nicely. Then I did a batch with about 1/4 cup of instant potato flakes. That made it easier to slice but the dried slices were a bit too tough so I should redo that one with about half of the instant potato.

I’m currently trying a batch made with sweet potato. I bought a sweet potato, diced it, put it in a metal bowl and cooked it for 7 minutes in the pressure cooker bain marie, then pureed it, then used half of that which was about half a cup. The 7 minutes may have been too long; I’ll try 5 minutes next time. Those slices are currently drying.

Standard procedure for making the rusks.