Hi, I did a lot already and don't want to also make dinner... 🫠

While I'm hot #knittingtips, if you're doing short row shaping for the first time, be mindful when counting your stitches! First time I did short rows, I counted both loops of my double-stitch, rather than counting as a single stitch - don't do what I did bc you'll panic for nothing! #knitsky 🧶

Finished my short row section, and on to the raglan increases of my #TumbleTee! 🧶✨ I've also switched to a longer cable and needles, and have my row-counter ready to go. I have a few of these row counters, and I manage them by tying a bit of the corresponding yarn on to the lower loop.

Getting back to the #TumbleTee I started in late summer and then abandoned... I ripped back to the twisted rib and have restarted my short-row shaping. Will I be able to finish in time for birthday season?! It's the perfect color for this Aries bb ❤️‍🔥 😬

My (ex) boss, a soil scientist, throws plastic bottles in the garbage where they belong, because recycled plastic is even worse than virgin plastic + the whole shipping it off to other countries thing... but even local, its bbaaaaaadddds 😬

Anyone else been using #Bandcamp? Reminds me of listening to my local indie radio on the way home from late nights at community college in the aughts ✨✨✨

Lots of spring cleaning to do today... wish me and the ADHD brain some luck ✨🫠✨

I have a feeling some Chiagoos would make me feel better about this magic loop situation - the joins on this fixed circular are causing a bit too much friction. But the colors are super joyful on this dark morning 💖🧶🧦

Doing magic loop for little kid socks and I desperately need some better needles for this process. 🧶🧦

Gonna graft this toe after a bite to eat for me and the kiddo. Almost there! 🧶🧦

Anyone else feel like daylight savings on Int Womens Day is some kind of weird punishment? "Happy Womens Day! Enjoy the massive sleep disruption to you and your child, who will absolutely struggle for three+ weeks while you struggle to stay regulated for it from further lack of rest!!"

Finally finished the heel flap, heel turn, and picked up the gusset - we're on our way to sock 2 finishing up! 🧶🧦

I guess this is my potato chips pattern... 🧶 I took my knitting out and did not have all that I needed to make my chevrons, so I made another one of these instead. I promise I'm not a one-trick pony, I just need something easy and comforting right now I guess 🥲

Update: Took me less than 2hrs as a seasoned continental knitter 🧶 I just need someone to remind me that I should *not* knit these for kiddo's winter fair donation! I have a tendency to over-commit. However, do make me head of a craft-along at the school and I'll lead the parents in making them!✨

No new jobs online, so I got myself a native blackberry bush to plant in the yard, took a mental health walk, and dropped off the care package for my neighbor. Gonna bake for my sweetie before heading to their place, and then knit to my hearts content. We require joy and hope ✨

Making another washcloth 🧶 this time as part of a care package for a neighbor. I need to start timing how long these take...

I'm over here wondering why I'm so worn out in this moment, and realizing that everything has escalated faster than I thought it would pretty steadily for the past decade+

BREAKING: Republicans break from Trump and vote to subpoena Pam Bondi in Epstein investigation. Trump tried to prosecute Joe Biden for using the autopen but failed. Kurds launch ground invasion into Iran. Trump admits Iran strikes is a “war” as taxpayers pay $1 billion per day to fund it.

Went out to touch grass today and saw these pretty mushrooms ✨🍄✨

I applied for two jobs today! Two things that would not be soul-crushing to do AND pay a living wage. If you haven’t been in/on the market for a bit, be grateful - it’s not pretty out here and I am losing faith in humanity with the majority of these job postings 🫠

I did do one fun thing... student requested a video on how to wind a center-pull ball of yarn from a hank with no equipment 🧶 I prefer throw pillows, but bedroom pillows and chair backs also work.

Have to apply for more jobs today so wish me luck bc the full moon is always rude to my cancer moon sign as if applying for jobs wasn't already emo enough... 😬🤞🏻🥲

Added a loop when I was finishing this up at lunch time 🧶 #knitsky

A bit of progress 🧶 Not much better than a quiet evening knitting in a freshly cleaned house next to someone you love 💖

Quick break for a bite and starting the washcloth for the mini human 🧶 Pink Dishie, as requested 💖

Sorting yarn 🧶 and notions ✂️post-knitting course and my autism and adhd are in an epic battle 🫠 Will everything have a perfect home today or will I there be patial order and a chaos basket(s) that will sit for months?! We shall see!!

We are engaging in an illegal war to distract from the fact that we're governed by pedophiles. We are killing humans on the other side of the world so that spineless yes-men can have an excuse not to enforce whatever amount of good our "justice" system could do. Red or Blue, they're doing nothing.

For every well-meaning white person saying "this isn't America," I need you to grab a history book for grown ups, one written by someone in the BIPOC community. I love the vision you have for us, but we can't get to good without a hard look at how evil our system is, for wealthy white male benefit.

I get the last of the honey out of the jar by pouring my freshly brewed tea in there. Use one of my knitted tumbler cozies to keep from burning my fingers 🧶 😬 Great for my steel tumblers AND for honey jars!

I have to frog my tumble tee and start over, but I'm looking forward to doing it in one go! I've also got an Alex scarf to finish up, a heel flap on this second sock, and the little one has demanded a pink washcloth. The bigger to-do is a Sundae Swirl tank, with new-to-me construction... 🧶 #knitsky

Someone made my washcloth pattern on Ravelry🧶 and rated it and everything 🥹

Reminder to all parents not to join those group story things that ask you to post a photo of your child with their sensitive birth data... creeps abound and our kids are not safe on the internet. Not to mention, Meta AI is using everything you post to train itself and build lasting face print data

Grateful for the leg of these vanilla socks 🧶🧦 because my other knits are all at a transition point and I'm not in a place to be counting rows or shaping anything lol 😅 #knitsky

Here to say this took around 7hrs to make (w/ 3 of 7 hrs being chatty/social) Yarn: Plymouth Encore Worsted 🧶 Needles: US10/6mm Pattern: Totally Triangular Scarf 🧣 #workingyarns #knitting #knitsky

Using this pattern for a quick mutual-aid knit... only needs 100g of dk to aran weight yarn. I made myself one in worsted ages ago and wear it a lot! 🧶🧣 www.ravelry.com/patterns/lib...

Student-made bunnies 🥹

I grabbed my knitting and DPNs a bit too quickly rushing to kiddo's dance class, and I'm short a needle and no will to use my shortie as the 4th 😬 OOPS 🧶

I published that YouTube tutorial and then realized I've been using "cast off" to mean "bind off" for who knows how long, which isn't a huge deal except that I'm trying to teach things 😅 Anyway, if you want to hear me mix up all kinds of words, you can watch the tutorial lol #knittingtutorial 🧶

I really want to add chapters to my knitting tutorial and also I really don't want to spend 45min listening to my own voice 😬 🧶

My favorite knitting tool that you don't *need* is my scale. I love weighing out fiber, knowing how much I used for a project, how much I've got left, etc. 🧶 I use the same scale I use for baking, and set everything to grams for extra precision. #knitting #knittingtools #knitsky

And, it's up! A * very * simple washcloth, perfect for first-time increase and decrease stitches. I've recorded a tutorial for my students, and if it's not terrible I may publish that, too (currently all my YT videos are unlisted). www.ravelry.com/patterns/lib...

Sometimes resistance is winding 100g balls of yarn into four 25g balls of yarn, many times, so that your knitting students at the free school all have free materials to learn with. Knitting in community is the best way to knit, and I'm so grateful that I get to share the craft with rad people 💗🧶

I've got the students working on bunnies from garter stitch squares, and next week they'll learn increase and decrease stitches with the aforementioned washcloth pattern. I may be having a better time than they are, because learning to knit can be rough! #knitting #learntoknit #beginnerknitting

Hello! Scrap Along 2026 begins today, February 14, and runs 30 days through the Ides of March (March 15). Just make something from leftover yarn and post it on social media with the tag #ScrapAlong2026

Never thought the first knitting pattern I'd be writing would just be an easy dishcloth to fit the needs of my knitting students, but here I am, writing and *hopefully* publishing it in the next 24hrs! 🫠 and yes I did aggressively search Ravelry 🧶 #knitting #beginnerknits