Happy NATURE #ValentinesDay to #bugsky! I made you this collage of insects and flowers that have natural heart shapes. (All photos taken by me in Ohio.) See alt text for species common names. #nature #insects #heart #bugdork #bugpics #dragonfly #bleedingheart

Ugh, I'm on standby for jury duty this week, so took a break from assembling the Miss BB cardigan to start a smaller portable project for sitting around waiting in the courthouse. Making the Thula Mitts by Erica Heusser. #WIP #knitsky #handknit #knitting 🧶

The date for the next No Kings Day is set. But this is a save the date, not a “sit back and wait.” 🧵

Great article about how YOU can help Minnesota #resist fascism right now. 💙🇺🇸💪

A while back I shared pictures of my latest version of Kiyo, a pattern that was my bestseller before I closed my business. I've made it FREE on Ravelry now, along with a few of my other popular patterns. Enjoy, and share your pictures if you make them! ravel.me/kiyo #knitsky 🧶 #knitting

I'm really looking forward to the knitting history forum! I can't believe I've never heard of this event before. You must buy a ticket in advance if you want to watch the recordings afterward. #fiberarts #knitsky 🧶 www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/knitting-h...

One of my WIPs for #showmeyourknits this week is the first of what I expect to be *many* Musselburgh hats. Only a couple more inches until the final decrease rounds! 🧶 #knitsky #knitting #charityknitting

Two firsts for this week's #showmeyourknits! My first Musselburgh hat and first time doing Emily Ocker's circular cast on. Took a few tries to get it going, but now I'm off and running. #knitsky #knitting Yarn has been in my stash for 20 years.

Ahh, the joy of Friday night knitting. I've got a nice cup of matcha and am working with a luscious discontinued yarn that's been in my stash for decades -- Debbie Bliss Alpaca Silk. Making my first charity hat of 2026, using my own pattern called Cupid's Arrow. #knitsky #tea 🧶 #fiberarts

Tonight's episode of Pluribus has some awesome knitted sweaters, #knitsky! Great inspiration for color schemes or even trying to recreate these designs. My creative mind is buzzing...but I sure don't need another new project right now. 🤪🧶#knitting So pretty and cozy!

"Creating in a time of destruction and chaos, that is resistance in and of itself." Great article about #craftivism here. #knitsky #knitting www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...

Talking to a Gen Z clerk at Best buy today and made a reference to something "jumping the shark." Instantly realized he wouldn't know what it meant so I explained. He'd never heard of Happy Days...or Fonzie, and... #ImOld. 🤪🦈 #Boomer

I'm so tired of living in a real-life twilight zone where every day brings yet another dose of stupidity and corruption. 🤬 So I'm escaping to my own much-less-scary Twilight Zone marathon. Grateful for my public library! #tv #scifi

I took a bag of hand-knitted hats & scarves to my LYS today & was thrilled to see that they have collected 100s of items for unhoused charities. Definitely feels good to contribute like this! (Spun in Ann Arbor, MI) 🧶♥️ #knitsky #charity (I also spent way too much $$$ there today!)

I dreamed about this yarn last night, after blocking my Panorama stole, and that sealed my decision to splurge on a sweater quantity at my LYS this week. Yarn is Acadia by Fiber Co., a luscious blend of wool, alpaca & silk. Hoping tonight's snow storm won't delay my trip to Ann Arbor. #knitsky 🧶

Hey #knitsky, need help finding a DK weight wool for a cardigan. I've searched online and every time I think I've found a good one, almost all of the Ravelry comments on the yarns are negative. Do you have any faves to suggest? Needs to be available in the US. #yarn #knitting

It's turkey day 🦃 but I'm playing yarn chicken! 🐔 Figured out a brilliant solution, to weigh the remaining yarn after each row to be more confident that I'll have enough to finish the last few rows of the scarf. Feeling smart, #knitsky! #knitting #wip Details in alt text.

As you’re preparing for your Thanksgiving meal, remember the skilled work it took to get that food to your grocery store. Tell us your favorite Thanksgiving dish, and we can share some of what we know about the work behind the ingredients.

Just saw "Rental Family" and found it heartwarming and thought-provoking. And it was great to see all the scenes of Tokyo again. I spent 5 years there in my twenties, (long ago) and consider Japan a second home. I miss it a lot. Such a fascinating culture. 🇯🇵⛩️🗾🍱 #movies apnews.com/article/rent...

Dagna Cardi blocking! I made a couple near-disastrous decisions with my steek, but managed to pull it off. Details in alt text. #knitsky #cardigan #knitting #colorwork #strandedknitting

Just watched "Train Dreams" on Netflix and have to say that I haven't enjoyed a movie this much in a VERY long time. What a beautiful story about life, love, and our place in the world. Savor this one. #movies youtu.be/HyRdazbYKgY?...

Sophie is oblivious to the fact that it's #Caturday. Here she's napping on her heated pad on a cold day. #catnap #cat #catsky #sleepingcat

For this week's WIP theme for #showmeyourknits, I'm finally into the colorwork yoke of my Dagna Cardigan! It's always fun to see the pattern emerge one row at a time. 🧶💚 #knitsky #knitting #strandedknitting

Just finished my 3rd version of the "Close to You" scarf and this is the first time I noticed it called for a picot bind off. 🤪 The 2nd picture is one I took this morning in NW Ohio, our first snow of the season. I'm calling it "The Joy of Overlapping Seasons." Boo on soggy leaves. 😢 #knitsky #snow

#caturday Sophie taking fast advantage of a moment when I had taken the top off of the ottoman. Such a cozy little nest for her! #feline #catnap #cats

Cancelled my Spotify premium because they're running ads for ICE, which means they're supporting the horrific illegal attacks on Americans. Took me less than 2 minutes to cancel AND transfer all of my playlists to Tidal. Easy peasy and felt great. Should have done it a long time ago. #cancelspotify

I donated to my local food bank and I hope you'll consider it too When SNAP benefits are cut off next week, millions of our neighbors are going to struggle to feed their families. This should never happen in America and we should pull together to help them. 😢

Trump is throwing 15 million Americans off health care. He's doubling premiums for 20 million Americans. Now, he's refusing to use a $5 billion emergency SNAP fund to keep 16 million kids from going hungry. But the 1% keep $1 trillion in tax breaks. Oligarchy in action.

If I were running the DNC, there would be Democratic Party sponsored food relief banks across the country right now that specifically welcomed anyone regardless of party affiliation. Along with the food, there could be voter registration and links to runforsomething.net

“We don’t have illegal aliens… the legal term for my people were slaves….” 🚨This is what leadership looks and sounds like in 2025.✊🏼

As SNAP benefits are cut, this should be something we demand of state governors to do with their states national guard. Food banks & other forms of community aid will feel the stress caused by these cuts. There will undoubtedly be understaffing and shortages, this is one way we can prepare for this

I obtained ~dozens of hours~ of previously unreported recordings of Russ Vought's briefings from 2021 to 2024. Want to hear the recordings yourself? Watch @propublica.org's new mini-documentary about Vought 👇 THE SHADOW PRESIDENT www.youtube.com/watch?v=w1Lu...

This week's #showmeyourknits inspired me to start making hats for charity, something I haven't done for quite a few years. These are the two I made so far this week, modeled by my Vermont teddy bear whose head is too small. These will go to the unhoused in southeast Michigan next month. ♥️ #knitsky

Even my mail is pissing me off these days. 🤬 What was @aarpfoundation.bsky.social thinking, putting Stallone on the cover as an "American icon" ? 🤮 He's as M@GA as they come, and I had to block out his face before I could even consider reading this issue. Still might not.... #boohiss #aarp

Why is Vought’s role as Trump’s budget director so key to the president’s plans? “Every goddam thing in the executive branch goes through OMB,” a former official explained. The agency is the choke point for $7 trillion in federal spending.

I offer you a much-needed kitty timeline cleanse of Sophie getting a great face and neck massage. She's getting old and is often anxious because of reduced hearing and vision, so I try to comfort her as much as I can these days. Such a sweetheart! #catsky #pets

This is heartbreaking and surely not legal to do this without congressional approval. This is OUR house, damn it. #whitehouse

Our confirmed count stands at 8.1 million participants worldwide for yesterday’s No Kings protest. Thank you to everyone who helped verify the numbers through our submission website. While some MAGAs attempted to submit false or misleading data (such as reporting “one person” for major cities)

#showmeyourknits theme this week is #hats. I haven't knitted hats for a while, but now I'm motivated to start doing some for charity. Here are a few from my Ravelry projects over the years. #knitting #knitsky

After a week of ridiculous Republican smears and Trump claiming that “very few people are going to be there,” you just made history. #NoKings

Toledo, Ohio, is LIT!! #NoKings This is definitely our biggest and most visible protest so far this year. We lined both sides of a main thoroughfare for 2 miles today. 🇺🇸💙💪 Thank you Toledo for showing up for democracy! #indivisible

Levin: I did not pay one dime to any Republican to publicize the No Kings protest. They’re talking about it all by themselves because they’re scared—scared of mass, peaceful people power. They can smear us all they want—these are our First Amendment rights, and we’re showing up.

The world is with us today! Have a safe and fun #NoKings day, America!

“Courage is contagious and it’s spreading all over the country right now.” @ezralevin.bsky.social and @chrislhayes.bsky.social discuss the growing backlash to Trump’s authoritarian agenda. We will see you in the streets again on Saturday to say NO KINGS: www.nokings.org?SQF_SOURCE=i... #NoKings

I was traveling last week and now she won't let me out of her sight. She's nearly 15 and has dementia, so gets more stressed by changes. I love my sweet baby but she sure is making it hard to settle in for some #knitting in my new recliner! #knitsky #cats #petsky 🧶💚

You need to see this: “The show of force is the point. They want these images to be out…The Department of Homeland Security is walking around Chicago with a film crew.” @jacobsoboroff.bsky.social

Okay, who sees the rabbit and the dog smoking a cigar? #clouds #landscapephotography #naturephotography #rocks #michigan #cloudart #sunset