#71: World Cup

Migiwa Natsuko and Go Chigusa. Takarazuka Revue, 1970s, Japan . The Takarazuka Revue is a Japanese all-female musical theater troupe based in Takarazuka, Hyōgo Prefecture, Japan. Women play all roles in lavish productions.

It's my birthday today! 🎉 I've been enjoying black/gold art lately. A little share today of some of them would be cool. c:

Today is our first wedding #anniversary! This was my #weddingbouquet, roses I made from free/cheap #comicbooks and an old, used copy of #JurassicPark (yes, I mentally struggled with cutting it up). Flowers have since been dispersed to vases about the house and my office.

Children’s picture book character Pandorobou (the Bread Thief) is a a mouse who disguises himself as a loaf of bread to sneak into bakeries and steal fresh bread.

We have once again reached the solstice, celebrating the longest / shortest day 🌅 🌃. You’re invited to show 2 pics, interpreting LIGHT 💡 and DARK 🕶️ Light: Autumnal mitts (free pattern) Dark: Dead of Night jumper ( @dearingenue.bsky.social ) #ShowMeYourKnits 🧶

Light & Dark for this week's #ShowMeYourKnits 🧶 Light - is this a smart colour for gloves? That remains to be seen but I do love the way they look, and they are warm 🤍 Dark(-ish) - second time I knitted the Sophie Hood, took me ages, not a fan 🖤 Happy solstice! 🌞❄️

Hello, I have finished my large raven son. Me for scale hahahaha 🧶 #crochet #sciart

So Ant cafe is in Bangkok, here is a video with subtitles about it. Hope you are ready for some beautiful, incredibly contained ant footage

New personal painting. Inspired by the scene in Fantasia that I feel like I’ve built my entire art style and personality around.

I just finished this knitted custom order of my 'Octopus in the Shallows Beanie' and really like how it turned out with a green top instead of blue. She wanted seaweed added with the octopus and I like that too. The pattern is available on Ravelry. 🧶🦑

Okay, it's time for a Moist Owlette™ timeline cleanse. Today's moist owlette is "Owlfredo" at the Stone Zoo in Stoneham, Massachusetts. She's an Eastern screech owl (Megascops asio) & Animal Ambassador with a big personality. (📷: @zoonewengland.bsky.social via IG)

Just in time for Pride, we have news about the notorious "pink planet," a billion year-old gas supergiant that's 57 light years from Earth. Turns out that this old, pink planet is extremely salty, which feels relatable. news.northwestern.edu/stories/2026...

Progress on my snake lace (snace) I’m about halfway done

A garment from "Wafrica", an avant-garde aesthetic project founded by the Cameroonian designer Serge Mouangue. Based in Japan, Mouangue established Wafrica to spark a creative dialogue between the deep-rooted, sophisticated traditions of West African textiles and classical Japanese dress history.

My latest Berlin woolwork pattern ➡️ cross stitch project is COMPLETE! It came out so amazing on the black Aida 🤩

Just filled out my @romancingthevote.com donation form for one of the most dazzling things I’ve ever made out of glass beads and 24k gold and crystal!

I recommend to anyone interested in vintage and antique knitting and crochet to check out the Internet Archive because there are so many books available on there for free!

still thinking about the time my brother made my food-allergic nephew a birthday dino-cake out of watermelon. 10/10 no notes.

#BlueSkyArtShow today’s theme is #sharp and boy are these tools of the trade #sharp I have skewered my fingers on many occasions!All in the name of #Art #needlefelt #badger #chickens#hare

Thanks, It's Got POCKETS!

Happy Worldwide Knit in Public Day 🧶, friends! That’s the theme for today’s #ShowMeYourKnits! Perfect for showing off your travel knits, game-watching, coffee-having! I’ll go out later (prob for more coffee), but here’s last year’s in-progress i-cord for a Talitha beanie…and the FO. #WKIP2026

Dress, Nebraska USA, 1902 I'm light on details here - can't even tell the fabric! A simultaneously muted and extravagant dress. Extraordinary decorative detailing, but its just so dark! In bright sunlight I reckon it would be a sight to behold. #fashionsky #dresshistory #fashionhistory #TheMet

Octo-Pride 🐙🏳️‍🌈 #PrideMonth #octopus #rainbow #SciArt

Yay, finished making my crochet crop top! 💜🌞

It's World Swift Day! ❤️ Swifts raise their chicks high in eaves or nestboxes, returning to the same site year after year. When the young fledge, they launch into open air... & just keep going! They’ll remain airborne for the next two or three years, until it’s time to breed themselves.

It's stripes week at #ShowMeYourKnits Also, it's time for #rainbow and #pride knits Here's a joyful #emotionalsupportchicken and a Gull shawl made with rainbow #handspunyarn #MenWhoKnit #queerknitters #knitsky

Good morning knitters ☀️! Thick, thin, zigzag, bright, muted…week 97, show me your STRIPES! 🦓🐅 I got very excited about Jaywalker socks for self-striping yarn earlier this year. Valentine’s pair for me & bday pair for husband 🧦. They look so fancy 💅! #ShowMeYourKnits 🧶

This week’s #FOFriday is my first baby make: a baby yoda hat! (or a grogu hat or whatever, I haven’t watched it. It’s cute either way) 🧶 #Knitting

Through a meticulous process of cutting and scoring paper, Marisa Aragón Ware creates delicate curves to imitate the volume of leaves or bones and defines feathers, insect wings, and petals with precise veins and edges. www.thisiscolossal.com/2026/06/mari...

Dior’s 1955 dress ‘Fête au Village’ is a celebration of florals, rows of pink puds stitched around and around the gown with sprays of lush green leaves. Cocktail length or ballgown? #NGVMelbourne #FashionHistory 🗃️🪡

Giant rainbow geode is a go! #crochet #beading

A lot of attention is paid to craft traditions in Western Europe and North America, such as handsewn Hermes leather goods and bespoke Savile Row suits. But the uneven focus leads some to believe that things made outside of these places are low quality. This is not true. 🧵

Happy Pride Month! Pauline Trigère’s c1970 evening dress is a welcoming rainbow, expansive and generous in construction for every shade and combination #museumatFIT #FashionHistory 🗃️🪡 #Pride2026

With the targeting of specifically trans and to a lesser extent queer people in several countries, I'd like to try sth on #knitsky Inspired by #showmeyourknits, show us your trans and queer euphoria knits! Tag them #prideknits so we know how to find them. Cis/straight/endo* people,

Happy Pride Month everyone!

There are no “legitimate concerns” about trans people. There aren’t any about women’s safety or fairness in sports or kids being kids or fucking toilets. If there were you’d have heard of them before 2018. I am a cis white woman so you have to listen to me or I’ll cry.

If you don’t mind watching a video and me talking for 2:45, I’ve just recorded screen capture for you showing you how to get rid of the Discover feed and use the Following feed. I hope it makes your experience better!

Thank you so much to @samantha-west.bsky.social for hosting the #LightItUpMAL! It’s been a lot of fun seeing everyone’s progress over the month and now I have a top that I didn’t have last month. I chose the Liminality Cowl for my bonus prize, for a future autumn project 👍 looks fun for handspun!

And the #lightitupMAL is officially over! What an amazing experience it has been, more than 30 people finished items during this month and close to 40 participated! Thank you all so much, this far surpassed my expectations! 🧶✨ Now for the prizes which I will announce in the comments ☺️

Week 96, almost a year later and we have come around to BLANKETS again…I haven’t knit any new ones & it’s too hot right now in England for them 🙃 My only two ever, Paramus Patchwork and Chevron Baby blankets, using up some misjudged Scheepjes Chunky Monkey 🧶 #ShowMeYourKnits

This is the "I love cat" Nagoya Obi designed by the Japanese brand Highcalory Otome. The clever design is inspired by the CHOKO Nekomimi (cat ear) folding style. When tied correctly, the folds of the knot form the realistic ears of a large black cat face resting across the back.

I have fallen off the #MeMadeMay bandwagon but! to make up for it here is my latest FO for the #LightItUpMAL! I was intending to make a Tshirt but it really wanted to be a tank top so who am I to argue? 🧶 #Knitting #FOFriday

⛩️⛩️🦊TEN THOUSAND GATES🦊⛩️⛩️ faces of devils faces of foxes... spring breeze 鬼の面狐の面や春の風 -Kobayashi Issa (小林一茶 1763-1828). Trans. David Lanoue. An afternoon hike amongst the foxes of Fushimi Inari (伏見稲荷大社). Kitsune (狐) are familiars to the 'rice god' Inari Ōkami (稲荷大神). #Kyoto #京都

What journeys in a single gown. The path to its creation is one of thousands of miles. The silk was imported from China in the 1770s & in France was made into this striking robe à la française before somehow making its way to Philadelphia. Stories, stories @philamuseum.bsky.social #FashipnHistory 🗃️🪡

#knitsky!! Did you know about this!?!

A Glorious 25th of May to those who observe it. "Truth, Justice, Freedom, Reasonably-Priced Love, and a Hard-Boiled Egg!" #GNUTerryPratchett #NightWatch #Glorious25thOfMay #Discworld

Just thought I would mention, I will not post or knowingly repost anything generated by AI, and if I see a so-called "fashion history" account posting AI imagery, I will block it FasterThanThat. We don't need garbage fraudulent history in our feeds. 🗃️🪡 #FashionHistory

Today’s random #MeMadeMay items is the triangles bucket hat! The base pattern is by Mood Sewciety and I decorated it with pin loom triangles made from waste from other projects. It has been extremely useful the past few days! worn 30 times 🧶 #GarmentSewing #PinLoomWeaving #Weaving

I had to go into town to have an eye test so to reward myself I checked out the charity shops and picked up these vintage knitting patterns: a couple of classy 60s, two extremely 80s tops and a baby set so I can be a good aunt. 🧶 #Knitting