Restitution is a book about family, the past, history and how the present relates to all these things and more. #netgalley #booksky #reading

Elephants! #badtiemonday

I just finished spinning some lovely merino silk. decided to three ply for a change. I blogged about it here. sharondoubleknit.blogspot.com/2025/09/fo-f... #craftsky #handspinning

Did you know that Chocolat has a prequel, that gives Vianne's backstory? I've just finished it, and now I'm going to listen to Chocolat, because I haven't listened to it since it first came out, and that was a long time ago! 📖 #booksky #netgalley #audiobook.

I wanted something bright and happy to cheer up this Monday. I think this tie was homemade, it's quite a light fabric and no interfacing was used. I feel like it looks a bit like something a clown would wear. 👔 #badtiemonday #workwear #bright

I seem to be going through a phase of reading books about women in quarter life crisis, and Very Impressive For Her Age nails the assignment. Thoughtful, well written and relatable. This book publishes tomorrow and I recommend it ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ #netgalley #booksky 📚

Finished a jumper spin. Washed, dried and ready to go. 🧶 #handspinning #craftsky #yarn

The Fame Game is a rather wholesome romance about going for what you didn't know you needed. #booksky #netgalley #lesbianromance

Pretty flowers that look they were left in the sun too long. 👔 #badtiemonday #ties #flowers

I just finished The Burial Tide by @unshavedmouse.bsky.social and its ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐. Atmospheric horror set on an Irish island, this was both creepy and sort of fun. #netgalley #booksky

Reposting this to say happy pub day @rachaelherron.bsky.social. For everyone else, go buy this book, it's so good. #booksky 📖

As a follow up to last week's small diseased Paisley, I have some large Paisley, possibly also diseased. I love Paisley. #badtiemonday #fashion #ties 👔

I live in St Kilda, a very urban area and it makes me so happy that sulphur crested cockatoos sometimes come and play on my balcony and power lines. 🕊️ #birds #citylife #australia

As a follow up to yesterday's post about Willow helping me with my finished spinning project here she is, continuing to be the most helpful cat while helping me block a knitted top. 🧶 #handmade #knitsky #craftsky

Cami Sitting Shiva is a fabulous coming of age story of family, friendship and working out what matters. I listened to the audiobook, which was perfectly read for this New Jersey story (at least I think it was, I'm Australian). #netgalley #audiobook #booksky

I put all my freshly skeined yarns into this bag prior to washing. One of them seems underplyed. 🧶 #cat #handspinning #handpun

Today's tie is what happens when Paisley meets diseased. 👔 #badtiemonday

Sometimes I want #badtiemonday to be pretty, but I don't always get what I want! #workwear #monday #tie

I finished The Seven Miracles of Beatrix Holland by @rachaelherron.bsky.social . It's so good! Witchy found family, high emotional stakes and also cosy. I hope there will be more set in that world, because I was sad to leave. #booksky #netgalley #magic

One of my favourite kinds of bad ties are the type that looks fine from a distance, and then you take a closer look and think "what is that?". In this case, are those tiny teeth? #badtiemonday #womeninties #workwear

This afternoon I'm going to sit at my wheel, spin and keep listening to The Seven Miracles of Beatrix Holland by @rachaelherron.bsky.social a witchy, family drama, magic story, which I am loving. 🧶📖🎧 #booksy #netgalley #audiobook

Last weekend I had a great time at the Australian Sheep and Wool show, and now I'm back and wearing a tie made of silk, but woven with sheep #badtiemonday 🧶

I like the way the little canoe things seem to move when you look at this from different angles. #badtiemonday 👔

This week's tie looks ok, until you realise the fabric is sideways. As a bonus, here's a tie that's not so bad, but why is it so wrinkled? #badtiemonday 👔

If you got a Kindle, I got a freebie for you. Some sex, some violence, zero dollarydoos this week. The Girl Who Came in From the Cold.

Stripes, but in two directions and also fading boxes. #badtiemonday 👔

I just wear it for the articles #badtiemonday

#showmeyourknits is garter stitch. My most recent finish was Andrea Mowry's Wool and Honey. Theoretically knit in the round, but I knit it flat because I'm not a masochist. 🧶 #knitsky #craftsky

Moldy toast.

Just like last week, this week's #badtiemonday features uneven stripes. I particularly like / loath the black wiggles in the widest stripe. 🎀👔

Turns out I rarely knit with yellow, which meant for this week's #showmeyourknits I had to go back to (shudders) March 2020, to find this lovely Joji Locatelli Japan Sleeves. You can't actually see the lace sleeves in this picture, but you can see the yellow! #knitting #memories 🧶

The stripes on this make me feel slightly I'll. We can talk about the width later.

Nearly finished the audiobook of Pearly Gates and I don't want it to end. Lovely, wholesome, cosy fantasy. A book that centres friendship and community. Perfectly narrated by the author. So good. #booksky #netgalley #audiobook 📖

#showmeyourknits is cowls - I don't wear a lot of cowls, but I knit this one, based on Kate Davies goats of Inversnaid hat. I wear it camping. When we hiked the West Highland Way in Scotland we saw the goats of Inversnaid and they were huge! #knitsky #colourwork #stranded 🧶

We all love spinning beautiful hand dyed fibre, but this natural tweed from Bendigo Woollen Mills was so satisfying to spin and so lovely now it's done that I'm going to embark on spinning a sweater quantity. #handspinning #craftsky 🧶

Moonlight and Dust is a fantastic (in both senses of the word) story about a group of teenagers who gain access to magic potions. It's about belonging, friendship, culture and family, but most of all it's a great read. Thanks #netgalley for the eArc.

This tie is made of such thin, slippery polyester that is was so difficult to get a decent knot in it. #badtiemonday #workwear #fashion

This week's #showmeyourknits is blankets. Blankets are the one thing I don't knit much of, but here's Rams and Ewes by Kate Davies, a steeked, colourwork blanket. This picture is after it was attacked by moths.😤🦋💔

Solomon's Seal by @skyladawn.ca is a glorious romp of an adventure novel. Loved it. Bonus, it's on Kobo Plus! #booksky #amreading #kobo+

I'm loving the audiobook of The South by Tash Aw. Perfect narrator, thoughtful writing, very atmospheric story and families and belonging, or not. #netgalley #booksky #amreading

Tiny camels with - weird humps? Riders? Kangaroos on their backs? Who knows, but it's definitely bad. #badtiemonday

Finished spinning the polworth. Now it's yarn! 800 meters for 200 grams in a 2 ply. I'm pleased.🧶 #handspun #fo #craftsky

Plying is such a delight. 🧶 #handspun #majacraft #wip

When the cost of living goes up, the width of ties comes down. NZ must be really proud of this one #badtiemonday

This week's #showmeyourknits is purple. Even though I love the colour, I rarely knit with it. Here's Kate Davies Electric Villiage, an absolute confection of a shawl. 💜 🧶

This feels like the designer's manager said "make a tie with stripes" and the designer thought 'I hate my job'. #badtiemonday #stripes #fashion

Finished the singles, and I'm very much looking forward to seeing how this looks plied. 🧶 #spinning #majacraft #wip

#showmeyourknits is cardigans, and I love a cardigan. So practical over a dress. I happened to be wearing @dreareneeknits.bsky.social Winters Beach Cardi when I took this week's #badtiemonday photo, so here it is again.

I'm pleased to say we saw elephants in Sri Lanka, but they were not wearing clothes or being ridden. Riding elephants is bad, and so is this tie. #badtiemonday