You can head over to www.fastenoffyal.com/search.html to search and shop - there are lots of search filters, including (but not limited to) whether products are discount-eligible, and where a designer lives, if you want to buy local. Thank you!

🧶SUPPORT SMALL BUSINESSES ON CYBER MONDAY! There's a trend now to counter the consumption/consumerist culture, and if you'd like to get in on that - or even if you just like supporting small businesses generally - the #FastenOffYAL is here to help! #crochet #knitting #WeAintBuyingIt #SmallBusiness

We all need quick gift projects at this time of year. Here are some of my most festive and quick projects for knitted gifts. And they are 25% off on PayHip during the Fasten Off Yarnalong!! Join @fastenoffyal.bsky.social to get discount codes for my designs and many other designers!

There are no clothing machines. All garments are handmade. ALL of them. There is no T-shirt machine. Every $5 shirt I’ve ever purchased was sewn together by a human being who is an expert sewist. Just thought I’d mention that before tomorrow.

If you're planning on shopping during black Friday or cyber Monday, why not consider supporting artists, writers, creators? Buy a book, purchase an indie video game, commission an art piece, gift someone a Patreon. Your support means everything.

I'm old. If you're not, listen to this. Get a guitar or some drums, or a trumpet. Pick up a brush, a pencil, some clay or a welder. Just make shit. It doesn't have to be good (eventually it will be) just make music, art or write or whatever. It's literally never been more important.

AI 👏 is 👏 fundamentally 👏 and 👏 inescapably 👏 dehumanizing

Whether you land on the decorating-after-Halloween or the decorating-just-before end of the winter holidays spectrum, the Mistletoe pattern by Taylor Rutledge of Needle Fox Arts @needlefoxarts.bsky.social works for you! It knits up quickly, it can be reused, and it's not poisonous to pets!

Don't forget to browse www.fastenoffyal.com and use the event discount code FO2025 to get 25% off a selection of patterns from our participating designers like @needlefoxarts.bsky.social ! #knitting #yarn #knitsky

Some options from my PayHip shop for the @fastenoffyal.bsky.social ... And this isn't all of them! Just a selection. Link to my shop in the first comment.

Ready, set, go!! If I am doing time zones right, this is starting now-ish. Maybe talented designers. Discounts on patterns. Games to play. Go to @fastenoffyal.bsky.social for all your questions and sign up needs and come yarn along!

You can find out more about how the yarnalong works at www.fastenoffyal.com #crochet #knitting #TunisianCrochet #stitchalong #yarnalong #inclusiveYarnCommunity #meetTheDesigners #WeAintBuyingIt #SmallBusiness #ShopLocal

🧶 ARE YOU READY? IT'S ALMOST HERE! The 2025 #FastenOffYAL starts at 9pmET today! While you're waiting, we want to know what questions YOU have of our designers, and what topics YOU would like to hear them discuss. Submit your questions and topics at www.fastenoffyal.com/ask-designers

🧶I'm so excited to be a designer in the Fasten Off Yarn Along. There are lots of designers involved, lots of pattern options, and it is going to be a lot of fun. More information over at @fastenoffyal.bsky.social for all your questions and sign up needs. 🧶

New post in which I steek my sweater. needlefoxarts.substack.com/p/all-about-...

It turns out that the folks at Anthropic used two of my books to train their Large Language Models. I've gone and submitted my claim via the class action settlement. If you're an author whose work has been stolen, you should too

I'm participating as a designer in the Fasten Off Yarnalong this year. I'm so excited to see what this new adventure brings. Have you ever participated before? There are some excellent designers, pattern discounts, events... #fastenoffyal #fastenoffyal2025 @fastenoffyal.bsky.social

I'm one of the designers in the Fasten Off Yarnalong!

🧶 I had so much fun at Sacred Sheep! The people. The gorgeous knitwear everyone was wearing. The yarn. The vibes. It was just lovely and I totally forgot to take photos.

If you are at Sacred Sheep tomorrow (Saturday) come find me and get a card with a discount code for the Both Sides Now Cowl! I've got a pocket full of codes and I want to share! Even better, both recommended yarns are available at Sacred Sheep.

Thanks to you all buying patterns last month, I was able to send a donation to the CLDC today. It's not much, but I know that every donation helps.

The average SNAP benefit per month is $177 a person. The average ACA benefit per month is up to $550 a person. People want us to hold the line for a reason. This is not a matter of appealing to a base. It’s about people’s lives. And working people want leaders whose word means something to them.

the urgent, and–in too many cases–dire challenges people are facing in our country. I will not let up in this fight. I will vote no.

No health care, no deal.

New post up on Substack! needlefoxarts.substack.com/p/pattern-re...

It’s here! The Both Sides Now Cowl is up on both Ravelry & Payhip and ready for you to cast on. Designed to use one skein of Spincycle Dream State and one skein of Woolfolk TovDK, it’s a knit that has a lot of personality and interest, but easy enough for social knitting. Links in comments.

You may not agree, but I think it’s time for Dems from coast to coast to run on Medicare for all. We do NOT need health insurance companies at all. Period. They serve no valuable societal purpose other than to add cost to healthcare and drive people crazy.

The Both Sides Now Cowl comes out tomorrow! I'm so excited to share this one and tell you more about it... But I have to go clean the kitchen now. So check back tomorrow and see what's up with this design.

There's nothing for my little corner of the world to vote on today and that kind of bums me out. I love voting. If you are lucky enough to live somewhere you get to vote today, go take advantage of that privilege!

What is the purpose of government if it is not to take care of the people?

🧶 Working up another sample of my Both Sides Now Cowl, coming out next Friday. Will I finish it by Friday? I don't know. Will I have enough yarn? It's stash leftovers, so we will see how long this cowl ends up. More photos and details coming soon, but you can mark your calendars for next Friday!

Republicans are taking away people's food because Democrats won't vote to take away healthcare. The cruelty is the point.

I've been busy playing with mosaic knitting. Next Friday, November 7th, I'll release the Both Sides Now Cowl pattern. It's a fun and quick pattern knit flat and grafted. Easy to memorize and my test knitters have given it high marks. Shown here with Spincycle Dream State and Woolfolk TovDK.

Nobody deserves a billion dollars. Everyone deserves food. The end.

Speaker Johnson should be removed for violating the Constitutional rights of AZ-2, and by extension the rights of all Americans by keeping the House adjourned. The People have business to attend to! Administrate the oath and let all go on record on releasing the Epstein files!

He orders extrajudicial killings. He sent troops into our cities. He terrorizes citizens with ICE raids. He raised taxes without congressional approval. He has ruined American farmers and ranchers. He plans to starve the vulnerable. He demolished our house. Remove him from office.

🧶 I have just over 500 followers on Instagram. I have just over 100 followers here. I like it here better, but I can't just leave that many followers for my business. 🧶 I'm a knitwear designer & knitting teacher. Sometimes I need test knitters. #needlefoxarts #knitweardesigner #knittingpatterns

My beautiful friend in my pattern.

Well said. Thank you.

It's raining, heavy and loud. My tea is warm, my knitting is cozy, and it's going to be a lovely weekend.

Reading with my 7th grader today. We are reading Little Women and today we learned all about scarlet fever. That generated a great conversation about vaccines, public health, and its importance. Read to your kids.

If you're represented by a Republican, tell them it's time for Mike Johnson to swear in Representative-elect Adelita Grijalva. No more excuses or delays. app.sosha.ai/s/PUOfkNb0

It fits the bill.

🧶New Substack article!🧶 open.substack.com/pub/needlefo...

Elect POS leaders, and you’ll get this crap.

I am keeping my eye on Senator Merkley today and feeling very proud to be his constituent. I hope more Senators make this a trend.