To help everyone get going on their holiday knits, I am running my annual holiday knitting pattern sale until midnight on Dec 14th! You can get 15% off one purchase on #Ravelry or my website (links in bio) using coupon code VBMholiday25. #knitsky #holidayknitting #verybusymonkeydesigns

Last day of #ShowMeYourKnits indie week and I couldn't let it lapse without shouting out @verybusymonkey.bsky.social! Here are some of their amazing patterns I've knitted. I just finished Indivisible, and I'm currently working on my third pair of Little Leafy Socks. #SockKnitting 🧦 🧶

Ahead of Veterans Day, I was honored to welcome a flight of veterans and their families as they arrived in DC.

Paragon Socks by @verybusymonkey.bsky.social

Mandevilla Socks by @verybusymonkey.bsky.social

Congratulations to all the Democratic candidates who won tonight. It’s a reminder that when we come together around strong, forward-looking leaders who care about the issues that matter, we can win. We’ve still got plenty of work to do, but the future looks a little bit brighter.

If nothing else, the last nine months should have made it clear that elections matter. But what’s remarkable about America is that we have the power, as citizens, to change this country by voting. Go to IWillVote.com.

Let's get this done, California. Vote YES on Prop 50.

LAST DAY of #socktober! And the last day for my sock design sale using any/all of the following codes: ❤ 2025vbmsocks10 for 10% off VBM sock purchases (no min) ❤ 2025vbmsocks20 for 20% off VBM sock purchases over $20 ❤ 2025vbmsocks30 for 30% off VBM sock purchases over $30 #knitsky #verybusymonkey

California – this Election Day, vote yes on Prop 50. California’s Prop 50 says that if Republicans are going to abuse the system to try and hang onto power, we’re going to counteract that abuse and create a level playing field in the midterm elections. Make a plan to vote yes on Prop 50.

I voted YES on Prop 50 because we cannot let anyone silence the will of the people. California is fighting fire with fire and standing up for democracy everywhere. Vote yes on Prop 50 by mail or in person on Election Day, this Tuesday, November 4.

To finish off #socktober ... here are my Mandevilla Socks! This design features a twisting, lace pattern that flows down the length of the sock. The top-down pattern includes written and charted instructions for two sizes. Socktober Sale details in the reply below. #verybusymonkeydesigns #knitsky

This one will be released tomorrow! I know many people have been waiting. 🥰 And just in time to take advantage of the last days of the #socktober sale! #knitsky #sockknitting

🚨 MARYLAND: Your local leaders must hear from you ASAP. The only way Trump’s redistricting coup works is if blue states sit back and do nothing. Demand that your elected officials move forward to unrig the midterm maps and level the playing field before it’s too late: indivisible.org/resource/red...

Election Day is a week from tomorrow, and millions of Americans have a chance to elect important local leaders — judges, council members, school boards, and more — crucial to defending and rebuilding democracy. If you haven’t already, make a plan to cast your vote.

#socktober is nearly over, which means so is the sock pattern sale! Here are my Coriander Socks from July 2025! To get my sock designs on sale all for #socktober2025 using any/all of the following codes in the reply below. #knitsky #sockknitting #verybusymonkeydesigns

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

Got a #Socktober sock on the needles for husband. 🧦 Pattern is Chequer Socks by @verybusymonkey.bsky.social 🧶 Yarn is West Yorkshire Spinners Signature sparkle 4-ply in Mulled Wine. Pattern 5 of 5 stars: interesting enough but not super complicated, good car or social knitting

What I am working on while snuggled up on the couch with my kitty on this #caturday 🧶 The past couple of weekends have been busy, so I am grateful for a some (hopefully) quiet, restful days. I wanted something a bit more geometric to work on, so I designed this one a week or so ago. #knitsky

Continuing with #socktober - here are my Trifolium Socks from April 2025! All of my sock designs are on sale all month for #socktober2025 using the codes below. #verybusymonkey #verybusymonkeydesigns #knitsky

Voters should pick their representatives, not the other way around. Glad to get the chance to talk to some of the volunteers and organizers doing the hard work to make sure Prop 50 passes. This vote will have critical implications, not just for California, but for our entire country.

Next up for #socktober are my Indivisible Socks from March 2025. These are quite special, with 20% of pattern sales going to @democracyforward.org for their tremendous work fighting for our democracy. (Coupon codes and links below) #knitsky #sockknitting #craftivism #verybusymonkey

A passionate plea that completely resonates with me. "...Don’t you dare call me unpatriotic for refusing to worship corruption. Don’t you dare tell me that loving this country enough to fight for it makes me the enemy. That isn’t patriotism. That’s rot. That’s decay..."

Yesterday, 7 million people gathered to make it clear: America has no kings. 🇺🇸

This is what solidarity looks like. Together, we will win.

Wow! Love your creativity Ocean Beach (San Francisco)!

I urge our nation to use this weekend's No Kings marches as a declaration of independence against the tyranny and lawlessness currently running this country. Use your voice. ACT PEACEFULLY. Protect yourself and your community. THERE ARE NO KINGS IN THE UNITED STATES.

California, this November 4th, the whole country is counting on you. Prop 50 puts our elections back on a level playing field, preserves independent redistricting over the long term, and lets the people decide. So return your ballot today. Vote yes on 50.

BREAKING: President Obama comes out in favor of Prop 50 in California. California, help protect democracy and return your ballots today!

Saturday is going to be huge, boisterous and joyful: “It doesn’t matter if you’ve never protested before. This is a place for you if you believe we don’t do kings in this country.” - @ezralevin.bsky.social to @maddow.msnbc.com Please join us on No Kings Day: www.nokings.org?SQF_SOURCE=i... #NoKings

Next up for #socktober are my Abstraction Socks from 2/2025! Remember, all sock designs are on sale all using the codes below. ❤ 2025vbmsocks10 = 10% off sock patterns (no min) ❤ 2025vbmsocks20 = 20% off sock patterns over $20 ❤ 2025vbmsocks30 = 30% off any sock patterns over $30 #knitsky #socks

Finished my knitting project :) Pattern is Geology Shawl by @verybusymonkey.bsky.social

Congratulations to new Nobel Peace Prize laureate María Corina Machado for her courageous struggle to bring democracy to Venezuela.

#socktober means revisiting the year's sock designs AND all sock designs are on sale all using the codes below. ❤ 2025vbmsocks10 = 10% off sock patterns (no min) ❤ 2025vbmsocks20 = 20% off sock patterns over $20 ❤ 2025vbmsocks30 = 30% off any sock patterns over $30 #knitsky #socktober2025 #socks

Today marks the first day in public media’s history without federal funding. And we’re not going anywhere. Listeners like you keep our mission alive. Protect one of the last places where America comes together to hear itself. Stand with us today. Donate at this link: n.pr/46wamAj

🧶 #knit #knitsky

Let’s be clear: Donald Trump and Congressional Republicans forced a government shutdown tonight. Rather than address the health care crisis that they created just earlier this year, they refuse to come to the table and do their jobs. What happened to the art of the deal?

Trump’s regime knows they can’t silence us all through investigations, prosecutions or the deployment of brutal secret police. They can only try to silence dissent through fear. As long as we choose not to give into fear, we can’t be silenced. Join us to say NO KINGS: www.nokings.org?SQF_SOURCE=i...

Finally getting around to sharing a #flashbackfriday pattern! My Integral Socks from Nov 2021 are on sale now through Sept 25 using coupon code FBFintegral. #knitsky #sockknitting #verybusymonkeydesigns #knitting #socks #fbf verybusymonkeydesigns.com/products/int... www.ravelry.com/patterns/lib...

Our democracy is not self-executing. It depends on us all as citizens, regardless of our political affiliations, to stand up and fight for the core values that have made this country the envy of the world.

9 CDC Directors going back to 1977 speak out. What RFK Jr has done to our nation’s public health system "should alarm every American." It "is unlike anything we have ever seen at the agency, and unlike anything our country has ever experienced." www.nytimes.com/2025/09/01/o...

Hundreds of employees and supporters of the CDC lined the sidewalks outside the agency’s Atlanta headquarters for a “clap out” rally to honor three senior leaders who resigned a day earlier. Read more here: www.msnbc.com/top-stories/...

Republicans are trying to redraw congressional district lines to keep their grip on Congress in the midterms and beyond.  Voters should pick their politicians, not the other way around. Get involved with the @democraticredistricting.com as they fight back: bit.ly/3HJ1ayW

AMERICAN PATRIOTS! #FEMA36 and #EPA150

What real leadership looks like. Thank you, President Barack Obama, for standing strong with California, defending our rights, and fighting for the people of this nation.

California has walked the walk on independent redistricting at the state level for 15 years. But we cannot unilaterally disarm while other states throw out the rules to gain power. With one vote, Californians can punch back and also demand nationwide independent redistricting.

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LIVE NOW: Governor Newsom, state leaders make major announcement countering Donald Trump’s gerrymandering scheme. www.youtube.com/live/io2Hutl...