Well yes I do have many WIPs, but have you considered that the cats who are staying with us don’t have a whimsical embroidered portal to the fascinating space behind the sofa?

Sorry I keep annoyingly looking away from the camera in this, was in a teeny bit of a rush and not my usual/ideal set up.

Having a doodle in Teneriffe Lace (the lace has 2 ‘f’s). It’s a form of needle lace that you really shouldn’t look at closely if it’s a persons’s first go. Or so I read. Work in progress still. I made the cushion as well ages ago but it’s only now I’m well enough to have a go. The cat is helping.

Women, if you don't want to be harassed in the loos, please stand with your trans sisters, and with non-binary and intersex folk, and with over 100,000 other women, and sign the Not In Our Name - NION Women petition. notinourname.org.uk

🚨 BREAKING | Labour is set to impose a sweeping ban on trans people using any "single-sex space". In EHRC guidance that Labour is set to approve, trans people will be barred from accessing toilets, gyms and changing rooms that match their gender. (Source: @TheTimes)

I made my mum a basket for her sock making things: I’m rather pleased with it!

We have some new lodgers! Belonging to Eldest & Fiancé.

The inevitable outcome of Labour's hostile anti-asylum policies, including halting family reunification, is that it is children who suffer. This puts them at far more risk of human trafficking, abuse and starvation, among other things. Labour was warned of this. www.theguardian.com/politics/202...

Thread: The BBC is an international laughing-stock. Northern Ireland had a slow motion civil war. The Good Friday Agreement made peace possible & is guaranteed by the EU & ECHR. BBC reports on this peace treaty from its obsession with trans ppl! BONKERS! [1].

It is very nice to spin again. I can’t do it for long but still

Stay hydrated… youtu.be/YD_3fEsZNyk?...

I honestly think banning MPs' second jobs is the single most powerful immediate thing the Govt could do to dent Reform support. It's the right thing to do. It would be a strong move (and message) in cleaning up politics. And it would shine a light on the person hit hardest: Nigel Farage.

I really wish medical types wouldn’t say ‘listen to your body’, ‘you know yourself better than anyone’, when what they mean is ‘follow the secret timetable of activities as you recover’. Probably an autism thing.

I'm reluctant to speak up on trans topics these days because it's often not worth the pain caused, so I'm probably going to regret this, but disappointingly a lot of people need to hear this. Accusing trans women of "male socialization" is an astonishingly cruel, callous, and spiteful thing to say.

💿🐎 Put simply: trans women are not "socialised male" - they are socialised specifically as trans girls and then trans women. There is a very specific form of gendered discipline which occurs (transmisogyny). Is a continuing, lifelong, dialectical process between self-concept and social structures.

Reminder: if things are awful, socially & politically, in your country, you are legally entitled to: stone steps plunging into a canal & a gondola & gondolier to whisk you away or a tor overlooking a range of foggy mountains or a garden pavilion with a discarded music box that plays Für Elise.

GOD. DAMN. This Louisiana man fucking COOKED like I’ve seen very few people cook before.

Trying a swatch of warp knitting Is very interesting. Weaving meets knitting… 🧶 #warpKnitting

Knock Knock — who’s there? Streeting — Streeting who? ‘s treating Number 10 like a drive through… I’ll show myself out

Turned down for some Arts Council funding today, and we're at a loss as to where to turn now, so if there's any multi-millionaire who has got bored of trying to manipulate the political landscape and would quite like to see a musical about grief with a singing tiger in it pls get in touch

British political journos: "Starmer may have been fatally wounded by the Mandelson affair". Also British political journos (breathlessly): "Young Mandelson protege Streeting might be the UK's next PM!"

Oh for fuck's sake

I’m going down a rabbit hole, I may be some time… I KNEW there must be some crazy stuff going on with knitting looms. This is some kind of mad knitting/kumihimo mash-up. … warp knitting! It even sounds sci-fi www.instructables.com/Warp-Knittin... 🧦 🧶

A fellow Labour Party member once described Wes Streeting to me as Zippy from Rainbow if he'd been radicalized by Mumsnet. which is a very specific set of references but also disturbingly accurate.

I am adding the loom to my knitting skills to give my hands some alternative motion (also I suspect crazy things are possible with a non-linear tool..!) Not my first sock but I think the first I’ll be happy with… I do enjoy the funny way the sock extrudes from under the loom! 🧦 🧶 #loomKnitting

Stop bullying trans people

1/2 Some symptoms to watch & track & speak to your doc about: - Menstrual cramps (so bad they wake you &/or have to change plans - Nausea &/or vomiting during ovulation &/or period - Painful ovulation - Severe low back, hip & leg pain (may appear or be worse during ovulation &/or period)

You know, the thing you really should bear in mind, as Labour implodes with back stabbing and MPs clawing their way over each others corpses, is this is what our politicians and media smashed a middling socdem movement for.

Labour MPs calling for an orderly transition but unfortunately their government needs to be at least 18 years old with four doctors to sign off first

Wes Streeting is already facing growing calls to stand down as PM

Pelvic pain is not normal. I had a total laparoscopic hysterectomy +BSO 4 days ago. Major abdominal surgery. My pain now makes me OUTRAGED at the dismissal of period pain. I used to *go to school* feeling like this. I want 30 years worth of apologies. #endometriosis #adenomyosis #hysterectomy

Hello please look at this animal called a Mountain Bongo and also LOOK AT HIS EARS

Under The Olive Tree Sock Yarn Club May- colours inspired by photo of Izzy the doggo on her trip to the garden centre in her purple bandana. Pattern also Izzy inspired: rib pattern to evoke some sort of trellis and the purple flowers the bandana. Flowers are worked when the purple arrives. 🧶 🧦

The NHS effectively doesn't prescribe hormones for under 18s already - but once this is rolled out, they've effectively destroyed CYP medical care altogether. This also maps the arguments they will use with respect to hormones for over 18s - same team have already launched a review.

Surely they've suffered enough?

Little nudge please to vote or share with anyone else who might. Our work continues, but this will hopefully highlight it later this year. Thanks again to the women who have signed our letter, supported our campaign and shown there is so much love for the trans+ community 💜 tinyurl.com/NION-Vote

Need to practice this more lately #knitsky

The sublimely batty entrelac socks. Happy with them, learned a lot, would adjust design next time. I put a lot of effort into the entrelac triangle the foot and it works fine but I wouldn’t bother next time. 🧶 🧦 Yarn is April’s sock club from Under The Olive Tree Knits: Buenos Aries Buzz.

“In Westminster, “adult” is a conman’s compliment. It sounds a judgment of character, when it is really a definition of ideology. One proves political maturity by not banging on about injustice, by not troubling too much the rich and powerful.” www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...

🚨 More than 2,000 of you have taken part in our campaign to protect inclusive spaces like Parkrun from anti-trans lawfare. Join us here: protectparkrun.uk As we come up to new EHRC guidance: engaging your MP in a way that hits home, however you do it, is vital. diva-magazine.com/2026/05/06/p...

🚨🏳️‍⚧️ New Campaign! 🩺 At Good Law Project, we're sick of 'trans broken arm syndrome'. People are being denied access to healthcare which has nothing to do with their gender identity - simply because they're trans. We plan to challenge this. First off: we're writing to the NHS. Will you join us? 👇

If you are one of these women, and you haven't already, please consider signing @nionwomen.bsky.social It's quick & an easy way to show support to trans women.

I’ve finally finished the crazy entrelac socks (took AGES, will take a photo once blocked) and I’ve started these. Own design. The flowers are knit in at the same time, when I get to the deeper purple. 🧦 🧶

Endometriosis: The Great Masquerader Endometriosis is a disease that affects at least 10% of women worldwide, yet it usually takes about 7-10 years to diagnose. Learn why on this week’s episode of The House of Pod. Links: tinyurl.com/tncvkycu

This is so beautiful

I adore Anne Hathaway. AND she's a massive Arsenal fan, like right there traumatised with the rest of us.

Name your top 15 TV shows, no overthinking The Wire The Sopranos Phineas and Ferb The Time Traveller’s Wife House 2012 / W1A The Wheel Of Time Early Game Of Thrones Man Stroke Woman Black Books* American Gods* Shetland Black Mirror The League Of Gentlemen Red Dwarf *yeah, crap