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When you knit a tiny pumpkin, you make your cat wear it as a hat, of course. Pattern is Teeny Tiny Pumpkins by Anna Tracy, available on Ravelry, yarn is Jamieson & Smith 2 Ply Jumper Weight, cat is Amos. 🧶 🎃

It's also a really lovely day for a mildly moody walk through the woods, just fyi.

I am trying again to make friends with a drop spindle, and I think I have to accept that my 33g Turkish just can't do thin singles. Which is fine, because this Shaniko Tweed from 316 Dye Studios (in the appropriately named Lite-Brite color) will look pretty good as a DK/worsted 2-ply. #handspun 🧶

Can’t decide what to buy on Prime Day? Try: absolutely nothing, and then go support indie bookstores instead 📚

Very lucky to have a husband who can print more bobbins when I run out! My current project has filled 4 of my 6 bobbins with no end in sight, so I may yet end up needing a few more, but not for a few weeks. #handspinning 🧶

Amélie is more of a detective movie than any Batman movie has ever been.

Spinning wool with a Saxony wheel, c1930s (location unknown) [source: Highland Life Collection, Edinburgh Central Library]

Desperately trying to will sweater weather into existence with a new cast on. This is The Botanist by @theacolman.bsky.social in @purlsoho.bsky.social Hedgerow, a merino Donegal tweed with a smidge of cashmere and silk. #knitting 🧶

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Taking lunch in my car and knitting while parked outside a cemetery seems super appropriate for September. The Musselburgh hat seems never ending - this is only half a hat - but that was kind of the point, a project that is super easy to pick up and put down and will keep me busy for a while. 🧶

What an exhausting time to be able to read

Time for another round of ‘What’s on Your Needles?’ 🧶Week 58 of #ShowMeYourKnits; let’s see WIPs 🚧, TBFs 🪡, & even the Naughty Basket™️. I’ll have a lot to say this week as I need to have honest look 👀 at some things… Bit of a sock graveyard 🪦 at mine right now; trying new things & not loving them…

It’s Week 1, Day 1 of #FinishOrFrogAlong! We're kicking off with lintros! Tell us about yourself. What should we know about you? What are your crafts of choice? Why are you interested in the Finish or Frog Along? #knitting #crochet #CrossStitch #LeatherCraft #sewing #quilting #fiberarts #crafting

Marianne Stokes (1855-1927), Austrian painter who settled in England, considered one of the leading women artists of her time #womensart

Steeking and blocking done, all that's left to do is sew a few buttons! #knitting #handspinning 🧶

Our camping trip was..not ideal (dog got injured at the sitters, car broke down two states away from home, and it was so cold and rainy that we left a day early), but we're having a nice do-over with hot dogs, s'mores and knitting by the fire pit in our own backyard. #knitting #handspinning 🧶

My handspun sweater is trucking along! I have a hard deadline to finish because I preemptively entered it in the Big E, and entry drop off is on 9/2. That's cutting it a bit close for me, but I have grand knitting plans for my upcoming vacation week. #spinning #handspinning #knitting 🧶

I went to bed with the best intentions to work hard and get everything off my desk before vacation, but of course now that I'm here I'm totally checked out... Anyway, less work, more yarn. Here's a cute Louise Pullover Kids from Northside Knits in Knit Picks Heatherly that I made for a coworker. 🧶

Saw someone upbraiding someone else for having a hobby while the world is on fire, and, my friends: 1. The world is ever on fire, this is today's conflagration; 2. If you don't find time for rest and joy the fire will consume you; 3. Don't let people shame you for being an entire human.

I needed a break from socks so I started a Musselburgh hat by @ysoldaknits.bsky.social for my new travel project. Perfect for knitting on the deck until it got too dark to see! 🧶

Swatching for gauge (Trump method). 1. Knit swatch 4 inches square. 2. Claim swatch is 6 inches square. 3. Do not block swatch. Blocking is woke. 4. Measure gauge. 5. If gauge is off, smash ruler. 6. Claim ruler was made by Biden. 7. Gauge is now correct. 8. Continue to not release Epstein files.

I fell off the #tourdefleece wagon so hard. My travel project for my work trip was no good - short staple wool that I wanted to spin thin for socks does not go with a heavy spindle - and I was swamped with homework when I got back. Still, I finished my handspun socks on the plane! #knitting 🧶

Days 7 and 8 of #tourdefleece! I finished spinning the last of my dyed Romney last night, and decided to dye some more today. I took no measurements or notes for any of this - pure vibe dyeing! Not sure yet if any actual spinning will take place today... #handspinning #handdyeing 🧶

Remember tonight: reactormag.com/read-a-new-m...

Days 3-6 of #tourdefleece! Work and homework are seriously interfering with my spinning schedule, but I managed to finish another bobbin and start my travel project. I'm also now half way through Dungeon Crawler Carl 4, which I coincidentally started on day 1 of the tour. #handspinning 🧶

Day 2 of #tourdefleece! I only spun for a half hour, and that might be it because it is unpleasantly hot and humid and I have homework due today. Still, I finished this bobbin of singles and weighed my remaining fiber. I'll do a bit more carding later to be ready for tomorrow. #handspinning 🧶

Indie decided to join me for the #tourdefleece kick off. My goals are to spin every day, spin all of this Romney fleece, and get my new (to me) Country Craftsman wheel up and running. If I finish the Romney, I also have a pound of merino to dye and blend with sari silk. #handspinning #handspun 🧶

Fucking Weirdo Really Good At Something That She Not Trying To Capitalize On theonion.com/fucking...

I imagined the Chatsubo in 1984. 41 years later I opened its door. Neuromancer is in production.

Practicing core spinning onto fairy lights! USB lights are much brighter than battery lights, and while I'm very pleased I can plug them into a timer and not worry about batteries, the brightness overpowers the color of the fiber a bit. #handspinning #handspunyarn #artyarn 🧶

I wanted to talk to a human right now about as much as I wanted to lose a couple of limbs and have a conversation about my feelings.

My first (successful, not-immediately-on-the-verge-of-disintegration) handspun sock! The opposing ply yarn really feels amazing and squishy, yet dense and sturdy. I do not usually suffer from second sock syndrome, but #tourdefleece starts soon... #sockcuterie #handspinning #knitsky #yarn 🧶

#sockcuterie has commenced! I'm knitting Rose City Rollers in yarn I dyed and spun. Most of this knitting has sadly been without snacks, but it was fun to put together a pretty board to accompany the cast on. Is anyone else knitting socks this month? #knitting #knitsky #handspun #handspunyarn 🧶

I need everyone on Normal People internet to know that American Girl Doll Instagram is doing doll protests today. There are tiny t-shirts and signs. AND THEN I realized it's a joint protest with the Barbie ppl, where there are EVEN TINIER SIGNS.

When Viggo Mortensen kicked that Orc helmet and screamed out in anguish at the deaths of Merry and Pippin, ICE didn't exist yet. Literally no ICE agents knew he actually broke his toe, because there was no such thing as ICE. We can go back, not to save his toe, but to that life

It’s nice to be thanked.

Spinning workshops are my happy place 🥰 Today, Emily of @bricolagestudios.bsky.social taught the Nutmeg Spinners fiber blending and core spinning on wire, including spinning onto a fairy light core. This might be the coolest thing I have ever made! #handspinning #wool #silk #yarn 🧶

Well, shit.

Getting ready for #sockcuterie! This is #handspun superwash merino/nylon, 99g, 346y. I dyed the fiber myself and spun into an opposing ply. This is my first time using an opposing ply structure so I'm leaning towards plain vanilla ankle socks. Now to swatch! #knitting #knitsky #handspinning 🧶

For Murderbot Eve/Day (depending on when you watch it) I wanted to post a few more photos. #murderbot

The FB marketplace gods have been kind to me lately! We just got back from picking up this Pat Green carder and I'm already putting her to work. My first batt is from a silver Romney fleece that I threw into a pot of random purple and turquoise dye on a whim. #handspinning #handspunyarn 🧶

Who wants to eat snacks and knit socks? (That was rhetorical, obviously everyone always wants to eat snacks and knit socks.). Inspired by a friend's project that oddly resembled salami, I'm declaring June the month of #sockcuterie, in which one enjoys cured meats and cheese and knits socks. 🧶 🧦

Starting off a long weekend with coffee in one of my favorite mugs, peanut butter cookies, and knitting! I only have about an inch and a half to go on this sock, then I'm super excited to cast on a hand spun pair. #knitting #knitsky 🧶

I’ve moved on from two colors to drafting three colors together. I like the subtler interactions. #yarn #handspunyarn #handspinning #fiberarts

The sigil was drawn in salt and ash, the candles lit at the pentagram points, the incantation declaimed. There was a shimmer - a demon appeared. "Curious. What ritual is this?" "I got it from ChatGPT. I included all protections in my prompt!" "I see," the demon said and stepped out of the sigil.

It is 2002. I am 18 years old. We are in a once-in-a-generation economic crisis. It is 2008. I am 24 years old. We are in a once-in-a-generation economic crisis. It is 2020. I am 36 years old. We are in a once-in-a-generation economic crisis. It is 2025. I am 41 years old. We are in a—

Lots of lacrosse means lots of sock knitting. Saturday alone, we had tiny tots in the early morning, high school in the late morning, and a youth tournament afternoon into evening, all of which got me through this gusset and heel turn. #knitting #knitsky 🧶

Steampunk dragon by US artist Sue Beatrice who creates steampunk sculptures and jewellery by recycling old watch parts #WomensArt

You know the media is good when you don't even pick up your knitting for two whole episodes. All my expectations have been surpassed and I'll be watching again tonight - this time with knitting (and teenagers)! #murderbot @marthawells.com