If I don't twist this first row, it'll be a minor miracle. This cord is driving me mad (fortunately, a 9mm fixed circular & not an interchangeable cord). Should have warmed it up before casting on but I was impatient...

Super cute!

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And it's finished! My first completed knitting project in 39 years, first ever on circular needles. It's not perfect but I'm really happy with it 😊

Binding this off has turned into an absolute nightmare but I think I'm doing a fair job of correcting where it went horribly wrong...

#ArtistFave15 15. Gretchen Peters, 5 minutes youtu.be/r0f6xvLfW0Y

1.30.26 Bao Bao (Smithsonian National Zoo) update - omg Pinky doing great well taking care of her twins girls, the panda base says she is a meticulous caretaker of her babies and a wonderful mother~it does not seem like the official names of her cubs have been revealed yet 🎀

Never mind the jobs you had, tell me five classes you took in college: 1. Human Rights Law 2. The Law of Medical Ethics 3. Criminology 4. Discrimination Law 5. Social Security Law Who went to university in the UK? This girl

Also note that he's stolen my knitting chair and he knows he's stolen it

"Where you been?"

New needle toppers from @lawgeek.bsky.social to go with the yarn she got me for Xmas Of course Layla is not impressed

One grumpy little eye showing after Layla's big haircut

Length-wise I could go to the garter now but pattern wise, I don't want that enormous stripe of purple at the top so I'm going to have to make it a bit longer! Fortunately, it's going back to my favourite colour, which is the orange & green mix next

"Given," though. It's tax. Also, if a pair of bookies are paying the most tax in the UK, we should take gambling way more seriously than we do.

#LookAndSee Rural Alberta Advantage, 3 Sisters Under the eyes of 3 Sisters We were young, only for a little while youtu.be/8z7TatJJ9eU

X is hiring a creative writing specialist at $40 an hour to make Grok better at writing and a true LOL at the qualifications

This is where the constant emphasis on "balance," which is not at all balanced, ends.

Accidentally knocked one of the cats' water bowls over but from the way Edgar is carrying on, you'd think I murdered his little brother in front of him

Progress on my cowl vs the two I wear most often. I'm going to split the difference, I think & do 7cm more knit then 3 of garter.

Finished binding off! Looking at the mess of this little practice piece, it's amazing how far I've come in a few short weeks 😊

Press Gazette’s investigation which uncovered 1,000 articles in the British press attributed to 50 fake, non-existent and AI-enhanced experts has spurred PR trade bodies into action pressgazette.co.uk/news/pr-bodi...

Took a break to work on the cowl & a load of stitches got lost because the new needle slipped out but it's a pretty fast process now I've got the hang of it

Got the new cushions I need to support my pathetic back when knitting & they're lovely. Very very well made

Oisín is without question the least neurotic cat I've ever had. Loudly breaking up polystyrene? No problem. Shaking out a new bin liner? Mildly irritated face. That's it.

Attempting to bind off on my cottage cheese practice piece. Given the stupid number of stitches on the needles, I certainly ought to have nailed it by the end 😏

Threads seems to be entirely made up of cat people on the one hand & anti UK fascists on the other

Fucking google AI

"Why? Why are you watching an Instagram video of a man giggling wildly while playing with his cat when you could be playing with me?"

She's used to rejection and soft things, though, so she'll be fine www.mirror.co.uk/news/uk-news...

If he's a mod & he's talking like that, I shudder to think what the forum is.

But I'll bet he isn't half way through knitting his first cowl in under a week, though. Sleeplessness & stress have their advantages 😏

Half way, or thereabouts. Depends if I want to make it a bit longer than my other cowls

This isn't a weird camera angle. The ball of yarn is actually bigger than the Oisín

GoFundMe is allowing people to raise money for Renee Good's killer, even though it goes against their own guidelines. One campaign has raised nearly $800,000. They need to take down all fundraisers for Jonathan Ross and ban all campaigns supporting ICE killers. app.sosha.ai/s/pzXE8AVg

It is literally false that the Jews being hunted by Nazis were citizens, because the first step toward genocide was stripping them of citizenship and making them stateless. As Arendt reminds us, citizenship is a legal category created to facilitate a machinery of exclusion of the out-group.

People magazine not backing down one inch

In cats are more sensible than toddlers news, I once propped my favourite toy (panda, obviously) against a heater before my bath. I'm lucky he was only severely singed. My parents are lucky I didn't burn the house down 😏

Serious for a minute: learning a new skill is hugely helping with the stress of being in the world we live in because it gives me a tiny measure of control when the world is completely out of control. Knitting, furniture painting, whatever. It helps.

Edgar watched this (photo) & then got up, ran around wildly & pounced on the actual balls of yarn before skittering away and outside 🙄

Me: knit knit knit Oisín: nom nom nom

Are you really a cat owner if you don't occasionally have a conversation that goes: - oh my God! What are you doing! - put me down this instant before I smite you!

This is why you need a lap mat! craftysharp.etsy.com/listing/4360...

Completely misses the entire rationale of SEND funding which is to support children to fulfill their potential and thrive in adulthood! For instance. Effective ADHD support in childhood REDUCES the both the personal and societal costs of ADHD!

Misunderstood* the pattern & I'm supposed to be increasing by 20 by the end of the ribbing...just checked & my fumbling efforts have added 5 anyway so that's a start! 😏 *didn't read forward enough

Front of hat brim vs back of hat brim 😬😂

WC, watching me knit on circular needles: that's not knitting! Me: uhh, it is now....

So, last night Edgar decided to pull over the fireguard & investigate the chimney. It *has* to stop raining before Edgar destroys my whole house....

Happiest of happy birthdays to @palestragirl.bsky.social!!!

Each time all typos are successfully edited from a book, the entire universe is immediately replaced with a new universe containing a version of the book that has at least one typo.

My ravelry user is LawGeekUK, btw, if you're a knitter 😊🧶