Petri dish photoshoot this morning! Big thanks to Iolo Penri for being patient & taking lots of photos of many Petri dishes! This means I can now properly make progress with my planned series of themed booklets about pathogens. #SciArt #crochetmicrobiology

I know I haven't posted anything here for a while, but I've been a bit busy writing a book about poisons and Agatha Christie. V is for Venom should be out next year.

Throwback to my anatomy-meets-art piece: 'Heart of the Sea' 🌊❤️. A larger wall hanging heart, it's decorated in barnacles, wrapped in tentacles and even features a little starfish. Made in the summer two years ago (and has since sold), it seems appropriate to share on this sunny day! #SciArt

🎉1st of June will be the launch day for the Anatomical Heart patterns (physical booklets and online PDFs to download) + kits! I've been busy this week winding yarn & putting the kits together ready for Sunday...❤️💙

These Welsh locations are the happiest places to live in Wales according to new research

#SciArt #ScienceMeetsArt

I'm working away on two exciting new projects at the moment: the anatomical heart pattern & kit (launching in June!), the other is a themed microbiology one, still very much in progress but hopefully will be launched in July 🤞. #SciArt #sciencemeetsart

Last chance to visit the Agored/Open art exhibition at Oriel Brondanw (Gwynedd, N. Wales) which runs until this Sunday (4th May). My 'Otherworldly Mycelium Network' piece is at the top of the stairs 🍄. It's a lovely exhibition in a beautiful place. Open today until Sunday, 10.30am-4pm.

Happy Easter! Petri dish featuring a special colony of microbes: 'Minima ovavirus (Mini eggs virus)'. Seasonally sweeping across the UK, causing fierce chocolate cravings. No vaccination available, but uniquely in the history of disease, those afflicted report high levels of joy & satisfaction. 😆🧫

Just In Time For Earth Day, Crochet a World Map Wall Hanging by Marina Nikolaidou: 👉 buff.ly/nRWjvH3 #crochet #handmade #earthday 🌏

It's a weird world at the moment so maybe it's important to state that Lost In The Wood has & always will stand for inclusion, tolerance and respect for all people. The narrative that we should feel threatened & angry about small /vulnerable groups in society is cruel, inaccurate & deeply divisive.

Upcoming events: I'm really looking forward to having a stall at the North Wales Contemporary Craft Fair in Oriel Mostyn (Landudno) on 12th July & 8th November 2025 ☺️🙌. Hope to see you there! Lots of other fab artists will be at the six events throughout the year.

Three minutes from me on why the Trump tariff “Brexit dividend” idea is the weirdest take of the year. www.youtube.com/watch?v=c98A...

I'll be teaching a needle felting course for Siop iard in Caernarfon, North Wales on 20/9/25 ☺️🍄. 10-1.30pm, £45. Book online- www.siopiard.com/products/cre...

Now in Siop Mostyn (Landudno): Framed & Labelled Human Cell + Human Cell Brooches. If like me, you are fascinated with biology/medicine, these make ideal and quirky gifts (to yourself or others!). #SciArt

Its @britsocimm.bsky.social Vaccine Engagement Day today which seems an apt time to reflect on the successes of vaccines, the unprecedented drop in vaccine uptake + rise in hesitancy that threatens the health of us and our loved ones in my latest substack 🧪🧵 #Immunosky @lydiabeckeriii.bsky.social

In progress: pattern & kits for the life sized Anatomical Heart are in development! I just need to take lots of in progress pics, tweak some things, then hand everything over to the fab person who has agreed to be my 1st pattern tester. Further updates when I have them... ❤️💙 #SciArt

NEW! Human Cell Brooch. I've uploaded this into my online shop & postage is free until the end of March! If like me, you are fascinated with biology/medicine, this makes an ideal and quirky brooch. #SciArt lostinthewood.co.uk/products/hum...

I made a willow basket today! Such a lovely course with renowned basket maker Mandy Coates for Siop iard, Caernarfon . It was fascinating learning about all the different making stages and seeing this pretty robust form emerge. Delighted with my basket & the fact I got to use a 'bodkin'!

🌊A reminder that you can see my 'What's In The Water?' piece in the Storiel Open Art Exhib. (Bangor)until 29th March💧🦠. The UK is one of the worst countries in Europe for water quality, with the deliberate discharging of raw sewage into our rivers and seas by water companies... #SciArt

For #InternationalWomensDay here's a fierce fighter of women's rights, Emmeline Pankhurst, doing her thing in Manchester. Celebrate women every day but on this day recognise we need to keep angrily demanding and pushing for change, to improve the lives of women (all women).✊

I'm delighted that my 'Otherwordly Mycelium Network' will be part of the Agored/Open art exhibition at Oriel Brondanw (Gwynedd, N. Wales) which opens this Saturday 8th March 🙌🍄🌟. Launch is at 3pm all welcome. #textileart

🚨I promised I'd say more on the Royal Society and Elon Musk, so here it is. 🚨 I've resigned my position as Associate Editor at Royal Society's journal Open Science in protest at their lack of action over Elon Musk. My op-ed in @theguardian.com www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...

One of Norway's largest fuel companies just announced that they will no longer refuel US Navy vessels after Trump’s treatment of Zelenskyy. “It made us sick... We encourage all Norwegians and Europeans to follow our example.”

I can't stand bullies. President Zelensky is now trying to stand up against two of them. We should have his back. #SlavaUkraïni

People need to understand that we are in an entirely new paradigm. It is now Russia the US against Ukraine and Europe. This is not a shift in US policy, it is a transformation of what kind of country the United States is in the world

One is a TV star-turned-hero of the free world. One is a Putin-appeasing orange shitclown who should be in prison. #TeamZelensky

What happened in the Oval Office today was horrifying - but, as this piece says, there is now no denying the truth of Trump’s alignment with Russia. Everyone who values freedom, democracy and peace must stand full square with Zelensky and Ukraine. www.theatlantic.com/politics/arc...

"People will die... but we will never know." That's quite a chilling sentence when you think about it.

Without warning Trump administration has CANCELLED the meeting to discuss plans for development of autumn winter flu vaccine. It takes ~6months to develop a vax. This move seriously jeopardises flu vax campaign. Flu killed 86 children & 19,000 adults in US this year.

"The Left are competing over who can be the victim. It's 𝘴𝘰 corrosive to solidarity: It stops people being able to work together." Ash Sarkar on how identity politics has fractured the Left against its opponents.

NEW: In November, I wrote a Guardian column headlined 'How to Survive the Broligarchy'. Pretty much everything predicted has now come true. What I'm launching today is part handbook, how to protect ourselves? And part manifesto, how to fight back? Please join me. 1/ open.substack.com/pub/broligar...

Exciting news! For the first ever time I'm planning to sell the pattern, and a complete kit option, of my life sized(ish) crochet Anatomical Heart ❤️💙. It's going to take me a few weeks to tweak the pattern for others to understand, test it, & design the kits, more news to follow soonish! #SciArt

Starting the day crocheting in bed with this tiger 😻.

🧵1/7: What is Immunological Amnesia? Immunological amnesia refers to the immune system’s loss of memory to previously encountered pathogens. This phenomenon is notably triggered by measles infection, which can erase immune protection against other diseases.

Trump could have pushed for an end to the war in Ukraine without becoming actively hostile to Ukraine. Instead, he has imbibed Putin’s lies. Have written about the emergence of a new US/Russia axis, where it comes from and the staggering implications for Europe. open.substack.com/pub/goodalla...

Ted says it's a really good read (see previous post about my Simply Crochet magazine article) ☺️🐶...

Yay! I'm delighted to have a lovely article about my work in Simply Crochet magazine (No.159, out today). Huge thanks to writer Janine Sterland for contacting me and creating the feature, and to Simply Crochet magazine for publishing me on their pages 🙌☺️. #SciArt #sciencemeetsart #textileartist

Have written about JD Vance’s Munich speech. In what may prove to be the biggest week for European security since 1991, it’s time Europe listened to what Trump and his Vice President are telling us. open.substack.com/pub/goodalla...

In progress: a new exhibition piece that will hopefully make it into a show this year 🤞. There's a theme to these microbes, I'll reveal more when I can, but for now I'm really enjoying working on it 🦠🧫🔬. #SciArt #sciencemeetsart #crochetmicrobiology

Happy Valentine's Day to all who are celebrating 💘. Here's a anatomical heart + a collection of woolly STIs as a reminder to enjoy yourselves but stay safe! Pictured are HIV, herpes, hepatitis, syphilis, gonorrhoea, chlamydia and HPV 🦠. #sciart #sciencemeetsart

On his second day in office, Trump summarily fired every member of the Aviation Security Advisory Committee as part of dismembering the Department of Homeland Security. Maybe it was just more convenient to blame DEI without any evidence.

"The buck stops here"- Harry Truman "I don't take any responsibility at all."- DJT

🌊Exciting news: my piece 'What's In The Water?' will be exhibited in the Open Art Exhibition at Storiel, Bangor, N. Wales, from this Saturday 1st Feb-29th March 🙌💧🦠. It's a comment on the fact that the UK is currently one of the worst countries in Europe for water quality... #SciArt #sciencemeetsart

Hello! I've decided to give this place a try at the recommendation of many excellent sci-art friends. I make textile art, about science, in hopes of educating people through pretty pictures. Thank you for taking a look!

In pardoning all of the J6th insurrectionists, with barely a whimper of opposition, Trump has signalled a new age of acquiescence in American politics. He's trying to control not just the present but the past. In effect, he was pardoning himself. New from me. open.substack.com/pub/goodalla...

New! Influenza virus (Flu)🦠🧫. Winter & spring outbreaks of 'seasonal' flu have been recorded for the last 500 yrs & global pandemics like the lethal 1918-1919 'Spanish flu'(which actually started on a US navel base!) have been devastating. Now, various avian & swine flu outbreaks are v concerning.

I'm excited to share with you my interview about my new book ALT REICH on the hit podcast Pod Save the UK with @MrNishKumar and @cocobyname podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/f... where I break down bizarre ties btwn Trump, Musk, Farage, Putin, Nazi eugenics, tech platforms, free market extremism

This matters. Not because I think Trump is capable of mercy or empathy towards these vulnerable groups. But because it is a public act of defiance. Contrast that with all these other powerful people in this country signaling nothing but appeasement and obedience.

And, look! More joy here; bsky.app/profile/pale...