Picking up speed on my Dear Elizabeth Tee test! (Of course inspired by Jane Austen) Not the most portable project but I did work on it by the sea for worldwide knit in public day yesterday #ShowMeYourKnits #knitting 🧶

What if the most influential organisms on Earth are the ones we rarely see? Parasite Tales at the Dead Zoo Lab uncovers the hidden world of parasitic worms-revealing their role in biodiversity, evolution & health. Discover the science of the unseen: www.museum.ie/en-IE/Museum...

A five-legged frog? Wildlife Biology student Keisha-Paige Plant explores a rare specimen from the Natural History collections- and how parasites can disrupt limb development. Discover what it reveals about #biodiversity: www.museum.ie/en-IE/Collec... #MuseumBlog #NaturalHistory #RegistrationCorner

A milestone. For the first time ever, we have surpassed 2 million books on our website. That is 2 million books available to you through an independent, online bookshop. With competitive shipping prices. Shop local. www.kennys.ie

Wish I could be there!

Thesis update: submitted

🦇 New research sheds light on how artificial lighting impacts long-tailed bat activity. From the teams at Waikato Uni, DOC, Auckland Uni, and Bioeconomy Science Institute—helping us better protect pekapeka as our nights get brighter. 🔦➡️🦇 #Pekapeka #NZBats link.springer.com/article/10.1...

How I wear my solstice spencer for #ShowMeYourKnits (pardon the annoyed face, someone swiped the library knitting book I was going to borrow)

Happy Bat Appreciation Day from your friends at BCI! 🦇

Thesis update 💡🦇🔦: So my plots have not been showing much of anything to support my hypothesis- but it's starting to look like the numbers do! It would be great to be able to reject the null hypothesis. It would be even better if I can somehow get my graphs to reflect that 😅

Broke: I am scared that bats will get in my hair. Woke: I know that bats are highly sensitive flyers who actively avoid getting in people’s hair. Bespoke: I want bats to lift up my hair in braids and fly me through the air. 🦇 🦇 🦇 🦇

🦇 www.theguardian.com/environment/...

The Knight of the Flowers, by Georges Rochegrosse (1894)

I just think they’re neat 💁‍♀️ #bats #🦇

WIP Wednesday/ what's on my needles for #ShowMeYourKnits

Thesis progress: Monday Filled the last few gaps in my weather data which means my model finally ran! Plan for today: 1. Actually interpret the model 2. Send some emails to try and get more environmental data

My current WIP is perfect for #ShowMeYourKnits lace week! 🧶 Solstice spencer by Mandy Julie

Slightly late for #ShowMeYourKnitting but I have plenty for animals! 🧶

Time to see what the hype is about! (Found on vinted 😮) #knitting 🧶

Making quick progress on my Solstice Spencer by Mandy Julie 😍🧶

Feels like forever since I started these but they are finally all done! Whale's Greeting Mittens by Claire Burnett 🐋🧶 #knitting

Quote this post with a knit that starts with the next letter of the alphabet #ShowMeYourKnits 🧶 O: Owl nouveau cowl - by Mary P. Hunt

a very warm welcome to haolong dongi, a fascinating hadrosauroid from the early cretaceous yixian formation described by huang et al. 🎉 the near-complete holotype preserves highly unique integumentary structures unknown in other dinosaurs www.nature.com/articles/s41 (art by fabio manucci)

Thesis progress Tuesday: - Bit of editing - Meeting with supervisor - Got my data! - Played around with said data in R and GIS

Thesis update: - 2 meetings - paperwork done so I can get my data - just about hit my daily word goal Definitely sounds more productive written down!

Still not allowed to knit due to wrist strain but I will always happily show off my Wool & Honey, perfect for this week's #ShowMeYourKnitting garter stitch 🧶

Thesis progress: Wrote 300 words today through a combination of dictation software and using only my non-dominant hand to type as my left wrist slowly recovers Total now 800 words and a chance I can reach 1,000 words tomorrow out of my 2k- 2,500 w goal for the introduction, with 3 weeks remaining

#ShowMeYourKnits WIPS - a pair of whale mittens I'm not able to work on right now due to wrist pain 💔

Introduce yourself with 5 animals you've seen in the wild: 🦇 Soprano pippistrelle 🦇 Leisler's bat 🦇 Daubenton's bat 🦇 Common pippistrelle 🐬 Risso's dolphin

🦇 #BatsInArt #PreciousBats #FineJewellery #ArtNouveau #GeorgKleemann #German Georg Kleemann (1863 - 1932) FLYING BAT PENDANT (ca. 1900) Sterling silver, plique-à-jour enamel, crystal past stones, rubies, freshwater pearl

WIP Wednesday- Reed by Anna Johanna and Ardently Socks by The Kitchen Sink Shop 🧶 #knitsky

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A bit of floof (Fingerless Mittens by Iris H) plus a second pair of Ardently socks (Kitchen Sink Shop) currently gracing my needles for #ShowMeYourKnits First time knitting with floofy yarn! 🧶 #knitsky

Eep I need to get on this!

My first FO of 2025 for #ShowMeYourKnits - I like it but there's something about the fit that feels off to me still 😅

Hoping to finish knitting a second pair of socks for #Socktober - am about to start the heel of the second Ardently Sock by the Kitchen Sink Shop (yes, it's inspired by Pride and Prejudice) 🧶 #knitsky

Jane Austen's 250th birthday is coming up in December and I hope you'll celebrate by taking a turn about the room, acquiring a passion for dead leaves & closet shelves, and taking a fancy to the last person you could ever be prevailed upon to marry.

I unfortunately do have something for #ShowMeYourKnitting horror stories- see this beautiful jumper? I washed my bedsheets, took them out of the dryer, and out came some of the prettiest felt in the world. Only got to wear it two or three times 😭

What is a roost? Here are some bat roost facts: 🪹 Bats do not make nests, but choose various places throughout the year to shelter, live and sleep in. 🦇 Where bats choose to roost varies between species and the time of the year. 📍 They don't stay in the same roost the whole year.

Does it have bats... why yes, yes it absolutely does 🦇

This week's #ShowMeYourKnitting and conveniently today's museum knitting is socks! It's fun to do bright colours for gift knits because I never really wear them myself #knitsky 🧶

Difference between undergrad and postgrad: I actually read the methods and references sections!

#wipwednesday #knitsky #showmeyourknits Working on my 2nd Halloween theme project this month. I’m Batty for Halloween socks by Charlotte Stone Picked a yarn to look like a sunset when the bats fly out of my bat house ❤️🦇 Now onto the mate..

Little pumpkin thief 🎃

Wish I could make it 😭

Feeling this one again! 😀🦇 We need to do a tally of our outreach events & numbers of people reached for 2025! It has been busy!

Current knitting WIP #knitsky 🧶 Affric sweater by The Creabea (in testing)

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