The last(?) piece of gift #knitting this year, a stripey cowl for my mom. I had picked up an Egbertine cowl kit of Juniper Moon Farm Herriot in 2023 and lost steam shortly after starting. The purples and reds aren't my jam, but my mom will love it. #xmasknitting #lunchtimeknitting #egbertinecowl

No yarn, knitting, or fiber advent calendar here. After trying a few in past years I realized that I am not a fan of expensive surprises or mini skeins! But no shade to you who love them. This box of Andy Anand chocolate is GF and has 24 pieces, so good enough for me! 😆🧶 #xmascountdown #yuletide

It's been a few months since I #knit on my Darkwater pullover. Just needed to remind myself about ladder back jacquard with a quick YT video. I did think I had left it further along, though. Oh well. I also forgot just how soft Fibre Co Cumbria yarn is. SO nice! 🧶 #strandedknitting #handknit

The fleece is mostly dry, so I'm picking out locks for combing. And finding many more second cuts. Not short cuts that I can card. Its pieces half inch or shorter. 6oz total of second cuts so far, and I'm barely through 1# of this 8# corriedale. 1/2 🧶 #fiberprep #handspinning #fleece

Put up the tree today! Didn't even last 6 hours until the boy cat climbed half way up. So much for putting the breakable ornaments on the top half! #cats #christmastree

Fleece washing today! The Power Scour and Fibre Rinse is working much better than the free & clear detergent that I tried on my first fleece. It was a good investment. Trying to get as much of this 8# fleece washed today as possible. #handspinning #fiberprep #wool 🧶

Took the day off to prep for Thanksgiving. Got the stuffing made and the bird stuffed. Made apple, pumpkin, and pecan pies with gluten free crust. About to collapse in a chair, put my feet up and do some knitting. 🥧🧶

Tuesday night vibes. Half way through #knitting the button band on this cardigan, and then the longest sewn tubular bind off ever because it must match the sleeves and tubular cast on. Looking forward to knitting something different soon. 😆🧶

Watching the playback of last night's @AEW Full Gear, while finishing knitting up this sleeve. This audience is hilarious, chanting BALD PEOPLE to the tune of Hurt Syndicate's entrance theme at the first 4 entries in the Casino Gauntlet, and then HE'S NOT BALD when Danny Garcia shows up. 😆 🧶

Looked over half of my 8# Corriedale fleece from NYSW 2025, to bag up to wash on Black Friday. Compared to the Romney cross from a month ago, this has lots of short/2nd cuts, 4oz so far. Some locks were partly full length and partly short cut. Maybe a new shearer? 🤔 🧶 #handspinning #yarn #handspun

HAHA, sweet. Buh bye, Fred! 👋🏻🌊

Hell is a pile of "finished" knitting that just needs ends woven in. There's 5 pairs of hand knit socks that have been languishing on my desk for 2 YEARS, just needing ends woven in. Today is the day! Send thoughts and prayers. 🧶🧦

I never heard of Zuca bags until I started looking at what people were using to transport their EEW6. Thought it might be overrated. Found one new SUPER cheap on Mercari, and yeah it's perfect. 😆🧶 My first spin on the EEW6.1, no plan, just vibes. I think I'll call her Clotho. #handspinning #handspun

There's a church down the street from my house that regularly plays Christian rock music on Sundays loud enough for me to hear. Tonight, there's a party at the church. They are screaming along to Journey's Don't Stop Believing. The song about two teenagers running away from home. K then. 😂

Recovery day today after a fun filled weekend at NY Sheep and Wool. I mostly picked up fiber for spinning, including 2 fleeces! I also snagged a gently used Brother drum carder on eBay a week before, so perfect timing on that.

I may have pre-gamed my NY Sheep&Wool trip 🫣🧶. My justification being I didn't see either of these vendors on the vendor list. The green sample is the same Cormo silk blend that I ordered from @hipstrings.bsky.social . I LOVE this green, I need more of it! #handspinning #fiberarts

What lovely news to start a Friday! Live Updates: María Corina Machado Is Awarded the Nobel Peace Prize. www.nytimes.com/live/2025/10...

These mittens are lovely. The pattern designer is raising money for Gaza humanitarian aid via pattern sales. 🧶🇵🇸 www.reddit.com/r/knitting/s...

The second skein was also very kinky and curly, but not as much as the first. A soak in hot water seems to have made a huge difference! Drying out in the sun this morning. Definitely taking a break from merino for a while, I think I'll try some Polwarth next. 🧶 #handspun #handspinning

🧶 Adventures in plying continue. It looked like I had done a better job on this one than on my previous skein. At least it did on the bobbin, and the niddy noddy. Took it off the niddy noddy and damn, what the hell happened? I still have 4oz more in singles of this to ply a second bobbin. #handspun

It's only going up to 69F today, and I LOVE IT. I have recently threatened to move to Canada just to escape the 85+F heat. GIVE ME AUTUMN!! It's also Hocus Pocus season, so it's time for the usual October coffee mug at work.

That's my cowboy. Fuck ICE. Really is refreshing when an entertainer (or musician, or author, etc) you like turns out to be a decent person. And I love that AEW lets their talent express their views like this.

This MF'er. The tax dollars used to gather all this military brass in one room could have fed a couple thousand school children. If you don't recognize the blatant threat in his words, you are part of the problem. youtu.be/v-7bB_UHmRc?...

"Mornings are for coffee and contemplation." - Ron Swanson

Plied up some singles last night. It's...ok? Not over spun like my last project, but it's like too much twist came out in plying? IDK. Still needs to be washed. This was 4oz of merino top from my LYS. I think after I ply the rest of the merino singles I have I will try some BFL. 🤔🧶 #handspinning

One pair of Halloween socks off the needles for #FOFriday, and another Halloween pair cast on. The finished pair is in Desert Vista Dyeworks, probably my longest WIP. Started them in 2020, kept forgetting about them. The new pair is in Crochet Cove yarn from 2021. 😆🧶🧦 My stash likes to marinate.

Picked up an EEW6.1 and some accessories for my Ashford last month. Spent some time getting to know the EEW this week. There were hiccups when I forgot to put the back end bearing on, but it's good now. I guess I officially have a "flock" of wheels now. 🧶

Never will I ever take medical advice from this fascist orange clown or RFK.

Do you guys have any idea how involved a process it is to sculpt and then cast something? The This isn't a couple minutes of Banksy spray paint, it's HOURS of labor. And whoever this is, is doing it to piss off the orange clown. I love the dedication here. #art www.badchoices.us/p/bronze-sta...

My antifa great grandfather sunk Nazi subs. And I got a whole slew of Irish and Polish antifa great uncles who also fought fascism.

UGH, mattress stitch. I love you and I hate you. 🧶 The body of the cardigan is done, working on seaming the shoulders tonight, then it's just sleeves and the button band.

We really should be teaching higher levels of history, science, and civics in high school. College isn't for everyone (trade schools are valid and necessary), but a high school education sure is! Laura Loomer is trash.

Tim Walz: "I've been telling people since January it's going to get worse before it gets better, but it is going to come to an end. History is not going to be kind to these people. History is going to remember them for what they're trying to do. It's not what they're going to get done."

They cry “free speech” when it’s hate, violence, and lies. But the second we tell the truth or call them out, suddenly we’ve gone too far. That, my friends, is what you call selective outrage.

Open critique of our government is freedom of speech. To suggest otherwise is authoritarian. To just stand by while dangerous decisions are made is not patriotism, it is to be a sheep.

When all protest is terrorism

Eww.

Fuck this current Supreme court.

This is a very thoughtful reaction video by Kristen Vike about that pretty condescending SciShow video on knitting and physics. 🧶🔬 youtu.be/wx1orbc-7MQ?...

So cool that I got to witness this moment for Taz in person last night. #aewdynamite #taz #hardcore #2300arena #phillywrestling #aew youtu.be/WlveLlqk7Vc?...

Spinning people, I have a bobbin problem. My second-hand Ashford Traditional came with 4 bobbins, but the bushings on one of them narrower and it won't go on the flyer. There is nothing inside blocking it, lazy Kate wires go through. Can this be fixed? 🤔🧶 Wasteful to just toss it.

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WHOO, Cowboy shit! #aew #aewdynamite #2300arena

Gotta hand it to the artist.

After the U.S. government loaded children onto planes overnight to be sent back to their native Guatemala, a federal judge temporarily blocked the flights as their attorneys said authorities were violating U.S. laws and sending vulnerable kids into potential peril. https://to.pbs.org/3HZi4cA

1/2 📚 I was talking to my husband about how long RR Martin is taking to finish the last book, how people are pushing him to give his series to Brandon Sanderson to finish. Got into how a lot of authors slow down during a big series, lots of lore to manage, etc. Can't rush quality writing.

This second bag of merino is giving early 2000s Hardy Boyz. 😆💚💜. Second guessing plying these two together... It could be interesting, it could be terrible. I might want that green and purple all by itself 🤔. We'll see what happens when I'm finished with the 4th bobbin. 🧶

Ooh, bobbin number two is much better than the first. Next up, two more bobbins of a similar color and it all gets plied together in a two ply. 🧶 My second spinning project all by myself. 😁