I’m just home from the Northwest Tea Festival, which I’ve wanted to go to for years. I tasted so many teas!!! Here’s what I came home with - mostly oolongs and Japanese green tea.

The latest Material Girls podcast episode has the perfect description of our times: “I feel like everybody I know and love is being ground to a fine powder by late capitalism and none of us can imagine a respite from it except working ourselves to death.” (accompanied by grim/uproarious laughter)

Took a photo for #WIPwednesday and I think it’s a bit out of hand? I need to finish some projects! Neat ripple afghan (service project), Otra yoke cardigan in need of buttons & finishing, Starry starry night sock, Deschain top, and Secession shawl. 🧶 #knitting #knitSky

Proud to announce the project I've been working on 🏳️‍⚧️🧬 Had hoped to have more ready, but the events of the last week stressed the importance of speaking up against fascism NOW I'd appreciate your support in spreading the word, esp if you work in life sciences research, healthcare, or biotech

40% of Republicans think the COVID vaccine killed more people than the COVID virus. One in four believe that QAnon is real. No matter how far they radicalize, we are told over and over again that the people being rude to them are the problem.

Yes, I did have a nice holiday weekend, thank you for asking. This is the third steeked project I’ve done and it’s still a little terrifying. 🧶 #knitSky #knitting

My favorite knit sweater, for #showMeYourKnits sweater week. One of my first extremely successful sweater knits, and I’m so proud of the seaming. Made in 2022. Pattern: Na Craga by Alice Starmore Yarn: Hebridean 3 ply in “selkie” 🧶 #knitSky

We just had a big surprise, a huge gift from our friends at @makersmercantile - a knitwear auction to benefit Loose Ends was scheduled to start on September 2, but it has started today! Bidding is open! @makersmercantile.bsky.social airauctioneer.com/makers-merca...

Here’s my current knitting project (late for #WIPwednesday), a summer top with lace panels on the sleeves. Started in April and it’s taking FOREVER. I finished ~3 inches during Worldcon panels and Hugo awards ceremony. Pattern: Linnea tee by Asita Krebs Yarn: Purl Soho Cattail Silk in Cerulean

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Introduce yourself with the last five concerts you attended: Gary West, Eilidh Shaw, & Ross Martin Jocelyn Petit & Ellen Gira Blitzen Trapper The Byrne Brothers Dawes

#Worldcon air quality report: Wed Aug 13. Bad in the Terrace Suite/Martha Wells crowd, moderate in room 431-432, and great in the front row of the Ballroom during opening ceremonies. Also bad in my own car on the way home.

The new Knitty First Fall issue has just gone live for THE WHOLE WORLD! Find it here: knitty.com and tell all your yarny friends! A magazine with high-quality tech edited patterns that are free. FREE, I tell you! 🧶 #shareandenjoy #gladtobeofservice

For this week’s #showMeYourKnits BLANKET theme, I have 3 baby blankets (1 knit and 2 crochet). * Garter rib baby blanket from Orange flower yarn, in KnitPicks Comfy * Neat ripple from Attic24 in Wool & the gang cotton * Neat ripple (again) in KnitPicks Brava 🧶 #knitting #crochet

I finished the plain stockinette body on my Otra Yoke cardigan and thought I’d start on the ribbing tonight, but it’s too long 😞 It’s going in time out for a few days before I rip it back 2 inches. I hate ripping back, but sometimes it’s the only way. 🧶 #knitting

Terrible morning traffic today, but at least I’m knitting (as a passenger). Nearing the end of the body of my Otra Yoke cardigan. 🧶 #knitting

Morning plans: matcha latte and sock knitting. 🧶 #knitSky #knitting #sockKnitting

Which FDA-approved vaccines had randomized, placebo-controlled trials? ALL OF THEM. Polio? Measles, mumps, rubella? Haemophilus influenzae B? Diphtheria, tetanus, pertussis? Meningococcus? Varicella? Pneumococcus? Rotavirus? RSV? Hepatitis B? Influenza? HPV? COVID-19? Shingles? YEP. A thread🧵 1/

Wrote a political satire bc sometimes all you can do is laugh. Here it is: **When Trump Definitely Totally Won the Space Alien Invasion** On Mon morning around 3am Eastern Time, the space aliens showed up in their bright hovering ships and began transmitting a message in their own language. 1/17

I’ve been working on this sock for the past 9 days while I’m on a road trip in the southwest. Progress is slow while there’s so much beautiful scenery to see. 🧶 #knitting #sockKnitting

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April 2nd is the last day to purchase a ticket for the Next Level Knitting Conference, put on by TKGA. 35 classes, social events and presentations, prizes, and much more -- plus all sessions are recorded and you will have access to rewatch for 6 months. #knitting 🧶 tkga.org/conference/

Good daylight and fresh laundry have finally aligned for me to get a photo of all my hand knit socks and, um, I think I might have enough now 😅 🧶 #knitting #knitSky #sockKnitting

I finished this cardigan from 14-year-old stash in just 24 days. It turned out well, but it would have done me more good 10 years ago when I didn’t have many sweaters yet. * Leaflet from @knitty.com by Cecily Glowik MacDonald * Mission Falls 1824 wool in “surf” 🧶 #knitting #knitSky #FOFriday

Dems see Republicans as their coworkers, not their adversaries. They go to work with these people every day, eat lunch together, use the same bathrooms, go to the same social events and restaurants. Some of them are friends. They don't want their cushy lives to be upended by starting a civil war.

#WIPwednesday projects: - Soccer mitts - Hedgehog Fibers sock yarn - Socks - Northwoods Fiber hemlock DK - Otra yoke cardigan - Harrisville flyWHEEL (very pale blue with dark purple contrast, despite bad photo colors) - Rosebud cardigan - KnitPicks wool of the Andes #crochet 🧶 #knitting #knitSky

Knitting during my morning commute. I’m about to finish the heel flap on this 3x2 ribbed sock made with a beautiful DK sock set from Northwoods Fibers. 🧶 #knitting #sockKnitting #placesYouCanKnit

My final contribution to this week’s #showMeYourKnits cables prompt is all garments. Na Craga sweater - Virtual Yarns Hebridean 3 ply Alpenglühen cardigan - Studio Donegal soft Donegal Cloudesley tee - Bumblebirch wellspring Bodie tee - Kelbourne Woolens Mojave 🧶 #knitting #knitSky

Perfect stitch count after 18 raglan increase rounds and no intermediate checks! 🎉 This can only lead to future overconfidence. 🧶 #knitting

Some more of my older cable knit projects for #showMeYourKnits. Viper pilots socks - KnitPicks stroll glimmer (2015) Zigzagular socks - ONline supersocke (2018) Climbing cables hat - Cascade 220 sport (2014) DROPS 115-13b gloves with cables - KnitPicks swish DK (2016) 🧶 #knitting

Anyone else love textured knitting? It sometimes makes a yarn really pop. Here's the front & back of a textured pattern I'm working on. I'm thinking of doing our upcoming #knitchat on Feb. 2 #BlueskyKnitters on Textured Knitting using only knit-purl combos. Are you game? Reply with a 🧶

Sharing some of my earliest cable projects here for #showMeYourKnits! Cables are what got me excited about knitting. Kittiwake hat - KnitPicks swish dk DNA scarf - Berroco ultra alpaca Maeva socks - KnitPicks stroll Emma’s mittens - Biscotte & Cie mama mia 🧶 #knitting

Are you ready for Finish it February (or Fix it February)? What items are you going to Finish, Fix, or Mend? I put two sweaters in time out last summer, knowing I would pull them out in February to deal with them. (Both were "finished" but I didn't like how they turned out.) 🧶 #FiF2025

Lets do it! A Knitalong to get the community going here on @bsky.app! Start something new (or pick up an old project) using blue yarn, any shade and use the #SkyKAL hashtag to post progress or finished projects. We will let it roll until the end of February. To keep things simple. See comments…

I recently finished this hat and sent it off to a friend in the NE. I don’t exactly want to wish the region a long winter, but I hope he’ll get lots of use out of it this season. Wavy way hat by Chit Chat Knits in Malabrigo Rios (nimbus gray) 🧶 #knitting #knitSky

I have an unusually small number of WIPs right now: 1. Leaflet cardigan from an old @knitty.com, Mission Falls 1824 wool (also old) 2. #crochet Rosebud cardigan by Janine Myska, KnitPicks Wool of the Andes worsted 3. Soccer Mitts by Erica Lueder, Hedgehog Fibers Sock #WIPwednesday #knitting 🧶

I feel like test knitters should be treated like advanced readers in the publishing industry. It’s a great to get some advance reviews out there and people are often happy to do it, but you’re not relying on those readers to edit the dang book.

For the #showMeYourKnits sweater prompt, here's a favorite project, finished Feb 2023. Turns out the merino + mohair trend isn't all hype. Pattern: Fairy Bouquet by Joanna Ang Yarn: Neighborhood Fiber Co Loft + Studio Sock held together, both in color "Hollins market" 🧶 #knitting #knitSky

#knitting #knittinghowto #knittingtechnique #politicalknitting Banner knitting: techniques to efficiently knit words & letters. Christmas stockings is one use. Expressing your views in a world of fire and turmoil is a better. Get it off (or on?) your chest. techknitting.blogspot.com/2025/01/knit...

#KnitChat is tomorrow here at 12:00 Noon PT. Just follow & post the #KnitChat hashtag to join. We're talking about comfor knitting & the healing benefits of knitting & crocheting. What are your favorite patterns or calming habits? See u there.

I’m using a group charity project as an excuse to pull out my Schact cricket loom and get some practice weaving. The yarn is 3 colors of KnitPicks Swish DK. 🧶

I finished my first project of the year! I’ve been wearing it today and it fits perfectly and is extremely cozy. Pattern: Marklee by Elizabeth Doherty Yarn: Temporum MCN sock weight in a OOAK color by Seattle Sky Dyeworks 🧶 #knitting #knitSky

I've got a drawer full of shawls for today's #showMeYourKnits prompt (photo 4), but the one I'm most proud of is this lace circle (Lucca by Jared Flood made with This is Knit's Townhouse Yarns Chatham Lace).

This week’s #showMeYourKnits prompt is pink. Here are my favorite past pink knits. 1. Willow cowl (Amelia Lyon) in Tanis Fiber Arts Blue Label 2. Strokkur (Ysolda Teague) in New Lanark Aran 3. Pebble Beach Shawl (Helen Stewart) in Dream in Color Jilly Cashmere 🧶 #knitting #knitSky

Another, super benign example: I love knitting. I love knitting things that require skills I don't have yet. I call it knitting above my weight. In general, if I'm not cussing at my project now and again, I'm probably not having enough fun. Perfectly fine way to engage with the hobby. /11

I just want to point out that fascisim is, among other things, weaponized nostalgia. Which means that if you have any hobby that has a nostalgic aspect, be aware that you probably have some fascists hanging about. Knitting, sewing, fountain pens, history buffs, gaming? Yep, all them.

Here are some highlights from my 2024 annual knitting data analysis. First up, an overview of all my projects and the time I spent on each. * For anyone avoiding Ravelry screenshots, you can skip photo 2 (screenshot of my 2024 projects). 🧶 #knitting #knitSky #RStats #knittingData

My favorite #knitting project of 2024 for the latest #ShowMeYourKnits prompt is this gray-to-aqua fade sweater. It’s extremely cozy, has worn exceptionally well for merino, and is my personal ideal color scheme. It makes me feel great to wear it. 🧶

Following some recent discussions, you can now find the most recent #ShowMeYourKnits prompt as my pinned post. A weekly game to show off your #knitting & connect with other knitters. Adding the hashtag and 🧶 emoji helps us find it. New prompts on Saturday morning, UK time (-ish).