I Carry A Torch For You*

Hey Everyone! Two Things! Reminder: Accepting submissions until Jan 31st! Still lots of time! Correction: Nobody noticed the email was wrong on the CFP!🥴 I apologize deeply for the error, and if your email went awry, please resubmit to swaanproject[at]gmail.com or j.connellstryker[at]gmail.com

“Thinking about the last time you were served fish here, are you very satisfied, somewhat satisfied, somewhat dissatisfied, very dissatisfied…”

Fusible interfacing, man. I dunno

MacCrivens the warrior otter (and perky assistant) battle King Pike.

I am both excited and nervous to announce a new series called ‘Band of Misfits’ -a cast of characters that will be be released over the next 5 months. Each month you’ll meet a new member of the misfits and hear a bit of their story.

Reading @tkingfisher.com The Twisted Ones and I think this deserves to be embroidered & hung on the wall: “You don’t let your neighbors get et by monsters alone.”

Meow

Tara Roberts is a Black Woman Scuba Diver who works for National Geographic that goes deep into the ocean in search of lost slave ships.

Just tucking away the phrase “ET HIC DEFUNCTUS EST” for no reason at all

This is an important life lesson. When at a loss, try a cheese toastie (with a little chutney tucked under the cheese.)

I forget to keep up with the open access articles from Textile History. There are lots of great articles available right now. Two that stood out to me are the reconstruction of the mock velvet doublet and reproduction and analysis of Italian bobbin lace edgings #DressHistory

Of course as soon as I try, I can’t think of anything specific, though I can recall being amused at many instances of pseudo knitting

What more could a person possibly ask for?

Your brain needs a little break

Played a short game of furniture chess this morning, because for some reason my brain refuses to believe that adding a 22" 8 shaft jack loom to the living room results in less available space. Net results: I moved the cat tree and a coffee table 🙄

Sometimes you just gotta laugh

I’m giving my RSIs a little break from knitting until 12th Night and this is a hard day not to disappear into a little #StressKnitting So I’m just *thinking* about casting on a couple of hundred stitches

Victor is here to help with an #EmergencyCatPhoto for #Caturday

Damn. #grickledoodle #puns #seal #penguins #ocean #cartoon #art #drawing #funny

Seriously

A cartoon from @altajournal.bsky.social

I understand hiding shoes in houses but golly these shoes are nightmarish to look at

First art of 2026. Setting the tone.

Okay everybody, I’m burning this bayberry candle down to the socket for good luck for us all in 2026. Can’t hurt, might help.

If the crows and the wekas ever form an alliance we’re done for

Socialists (and even communists) can care about fashion. A lot in fact. But somehow, it is always socialists who get the blame for wearing nice clothes...This story is as old as time, ask Clara Lemlich, she knows.

Nice demonstration of how agile the rats are in very small spaces

I like the contrast between the baker on his bicycle with the couple on the right, the man having just doffed his hat in such a theatrical way

Happy New Year!

it’s all i’ve got

Goreyphilia. landisblair.substack.com/p/goreyphilia

Sitting a stewing in frustration isn't nearly as cathartic as just designing a poster. Let's see how often I remember that in 2026.

**Top Ten Images of the Year · #5 of 10** ✨ One of my favourite windows — a lovely 15th-century depiction of a wren hunting a spider in the Zouche Chapel at York Minster.

The perfect new yorker comic does not exis-------

Oh you have a local burger joint you think is swell? But do they put truffle aioli on their mushroom cheeseburgers? Do they? 🍔

Yeah, he looks innocent enough NOW, but as soon as I try to get up he'll unsheathe the grappling hooks and sink them into my leg.

1-page comic

Per the Costume Institute, this is silk, dates to the 1st quarter of the 19th c. and originates in the U.S. I would love to know more about the head cloth designation (I don't doubt it, I just want to know more) #DressHistory

Landis Blair @landisblair.bsky.social

The 2nd edition of the Nottingham Gingerbread Tiles 😊 I'm trying a different colour and taste. Black treacle instead of honey — taste is more intense, bittersweet, like rye bread. Glazing — yes or no? #alphabet #tile #lombardic #medieval #veraevstafieva #uk #baking #gingerbread #typography

Oh golly!

Finally time for mittens. I searched for several years for a yarn that would allow me to replicate a pair of pink mittens from my childhood 🧶

A date for your diary!* On Thursday 19th February I'm giving a talk at St Margaret's, Westminster Abbey. I'll focus on two of our most famous paintings - the Wilton Diptych and Holbein's Ambassadors - proposing new interpretations based on their settings within the Abbey. 1/2

Well here's an incredibly niche product - a reproduction French artist's smock. #DressHistory

The Custom Oregon Plate ABYSS was previously assigned, but is now available for reservation. https://dmv2u.oregon.gov/eServices/?link=custom #Oregon #LicensePlate #VanityPlate #OregonPlates #CustomPlate #ABYSS

Today is Victor’s Gotcha Day, 2022. He eventually grew into those enormous ears 😆#Caturday