My first attempt at using circular needles, aggghh here goes! 🫣🧶 #knitting #knitsky

Saoirse don Phalaistín 🇮🇪🇵🇸

Having a newbies panic, I dropped a stitch but didn't notice until I finished the row and saw the little hole. I thought I'd be able to frog the row + redo it, that was 5 rows of stockinette ago! I'm pretty sure there must be a hack to do this, it's a definite learning moment! 🫣🧶 #knitsky #knitting

My next read is a random borrow from the library. #Booksky #Booksky💙📚

I thought I was being clever buying some needles on Vinted, turns out they are shorty little children's needles! 😂🧶 #Knitsky #Knitting

#InsulinforAll 💙🙏🏻

I've been teaching myself how to knit and am thoroughly enjoying it. My very first hat...full of holes and a wonky, uneven brim but I made it and I love it! 🧶 #knitting #showmeyourknits

Sunday afternoon activated! A new book and a cupán tae. #Booksky #Booksky💙📚

A friend of mine gave me this last year and I'm only picking it up now. I usually like books written from different characters pov so let's see how this goes . #Booksky #Booksky💙📚

No matter what combination of blankets and duvet I use to regulate my temperature, it's the one leg in one leg out method that always hits the spot ! 😆

Pine Trees against a Red Sky with Setting Sun https://botfrens.com/collections/46/contents/14618

Trees, trees, trees. A day out in Powerscourt was so invigorating.🌳🌿🌳🌿 Long live the Ents!

January was a real mix of reads, but a very satisfying month all the same! @thestorygraph.com is brilliant for the stats and graphs, I love it! #Booksky #Booksky💙📚

Just finished listening to this and enjoyed it more than I thought I would, a really easy listen thanks to great narration. It makes all the difference. #Booksky #Booksky💙📚

Yes, @thestorygraph.com is fantastic! 📚

Definitely the right decision 💕 #Booksky #Booksky💙📚

What to read next??? I'm very tempted to re-read something comforting and familiar but I also have so many new worlds to explore since the Christmas and birthday book bonanzas. ☺️ A most pleasant dilemma! #Booksky #Booksky💙📚

Big milestone today as I had last chemo session, still a bit to travel on the treatment road but today was a great day to get under the belt. I probably won't feel like it's properly done and dusted until I get over the next few weeks post chemo but I'm smiling all the same. 💚😊

Happy Birthday Queen Dolly Parton! 💕

I'm starting the week with wonderful Jane. The last two books I read were heavy on the misogyny 🤮 so I really need her now. I'm only a few pages in and her witty , sarcastic description of Walter Elliott is already cleansing my reading palette. 💚 #Booksky #Booksky💙📚

Be swept away by books! What a beautiful #booksky friendly mural at the Poolbeg Lighthouse, Dublin 🇮🇪 #Booksky💙📚

A beautiful day in Dublin, Northside & Southside! First a visit to Bull Island as Phil was looking for a Snow Bunting, which he found. Such a gorgeous spot, it's easy to forget how close to the city you are here. 1/2.

Nope, that was painful. I enjoyed one section , where they flew to Antarctica, but again the pacing was so off it just left me confused and mostly annoyed. #Booksky #Booksky💙📚

Struggling with this big time but I'm almost done so I'll stick it out. Very odd pacing and unlikeable characters with zero growth so far. Pity because I thought I'd love it, maybe the last 100 pages will change my opinion!? 🤷🏻‍♀️ #Booksky #Booksky💙📚

This craven piece of reporting will be held up in years to come as an example of what happens when cowered corporate media outlets try to curry favour with fascist juntas. A shameful exercise that should have been spiked at the idea stage.

Imagine a world without Dracula or the Picture of Dorian Gray, Orlando, Cabaret**, Rubyfruit Jungle, Oranges are Not the Only Fruit, the Line of Beauty, On Earth We’re Briefly Gorgeous, Ain’t I a Woman: Black Women & Feminism; And the Band Played On; & Howl & Other Poems*. A stolen world:

So, we can completely miss our climate targets but continue to build these energy sucking monstrosities. This needs to be stopped. Little to no employment, massive quantities of land and ridiculous damage to our air, water and habitats. #SpeirGorm

I'm not sure how I feel about this yet, a lot to digest. I think I need to wait until I've finished it to draw any conclusions. 🤔 I think I'll check out the @backlisted.bsky.social episode as well. #Booksky #Booksky💙📚

The Christmas pressie book voucher order has come!!! 📚❤️☕ 🎉 Speedy delivery as always from the amazing Chapters, Irish bookshop of the year! @chaptersbookstore.bsky.social #Booksky #Booksky💙📚

I've been holding off until the right time of year for this one! ❄️☕🧣 #Booksky #Booksky💙📚 #Moominland

My word. (Again.) Media Minister Patrick O'Donovan: "At the end of the day, it's the choice of a person to make these images... technology is moving so fast... even if the law is changed there's no doubt about... the advances are far faster than law is able to respond..."

Well said 👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻 @newschambers.bsky.social , it's just sickening. There is no 'good side' to this.

I'm nearly halfway through and this Philip lad is doing my head in, he can't go five minutes without telling us how awful he thinks women are?! 😂 Daphne du Maurier, you are setting me up for some kind of twisty gothic shock, I can just feel it! 👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻 #Booksky #Booksky💙📚

Actually I think every Christmas should be for women

Happy Nollaig na mBan to all the great women, feminists, activists, historians, family, friends and colleagues in my life #nollaignamban #speirgorm

About to get started on My Cousin Rachel! Note the massive bare space in the background where 🎄 Christmas tree was, boooo! I think a Baileys coffee is the only option to induce further cosiness. #Booksky #Booksky💙📚

Ebooks are reading. Audiobooks are reading. Graphic novels are reading. Pulp reading is reading. Adults reading YA is reading. It's all good, my friends. Don't let anyone tell you different.

Very grateful to have this beautiful beach within a 10 min walk of our apartment. Happy New Day all. 🌄❤️

First steps and kms done, home for a lie down now! 🚶🏻‍♀️💕 fundraising.breastcancerireland.com/fundraiser/J...

First read of 2026. ✨⚡ #Booksky #Booksky 💙📚

Nighty night all, I'm calling it a night now! Here's to bright new day tomorrow, one day at a time x 💚🌄 #HNY

I’ve spent this morning morbidly watching the MTV channels close down and the final songs played were: MTV Music - Video Killed the Radio Star (Buggles) Club MTV - Don’t Stop the Music (Rihanna) MTV 90s - Goodbye (Spice Girls) MTV 80s - Together in Electric Dreams (Oakey and Moroder)

I spontaneously (steroids induced?!) bought a walking treadmill yesterday so I thought I'd use it to do this challenge, will get me moving again, 6 mths post diagnosis. It's hard to admit 2km a day will be hard for me here goes. 💕💪🏻 #cancer fundraising.breastcancerireland.com/fundraiser/J...

Rather than a fixed number of books for a 2026 reading goal, I'm going to focus on things like using the library more and sharing and swapping books w friends. I do have some vouchers to spend and can't promise I won't buy bk's at all but I'll be using local library a lot more for sure! 📚💚 #Booksky

I love this, at first glance I thought the body was made of books. I'm seeing potential bookshelves everywhere! 🥰📚

I've spent last hr,NOT winding down to go to bed,but furiously looking for the book I've decided to read next. I can't for the life of me find it! I've even checked back on emails to make sure I did buy it and I deffo did. If you were Graham Greene's The Quiet American,where would you be? #Booksky

A few favourite reads from 2025. I never expected to have so much time on my hands this year but getting back into a serious reading groove was a huge silver lining that I'm very grateful for. ❤️🙏🏻 #Booksky #Booksky💙📚