I love the #showmeyourknits theme this week: what tools and notions make your knitting better, easier, and more fun? My favorite is this little moon-bound astronaut yarn bowl from @amyraehill.bsky.social

This is Comet Leonard during its approach to the Sun, imaged by Gerald Rhemann on Christmas Day 2021. The comet had been discovered earlier that year, and broke apart in 2022. This photo won the overall prize for Rhemann of the Royal Observatory Greenwich's Astronomy Photographer of the Year 2022.

Better late than never to #ShowMeYourKnits texture week! 🧶 All of these are done in the same wool yarn, Purl Soho Wigeon, so you can see what a difference a stitch pattern makes to the finished fabric.

Woke up to AQI nearing 1200 this morning in Duluth. Highest in the US again. Air quality all around the Great Lakes is awful this morning.

Jesus, the AQI in Duluth might be the worst I’ve ever seen. It got so bad so fast.

What's hilarious about the rural discourse is that actual robust research shows that when we invest in rural communities, they attract more people, become better educated, and become less conservative.

Two core elements of my belief structure that constantly get reinforced: 1. Cruises are bad 2. Lettuce is a useless food and we don’t have to eat it

Good news/bad news time 🧶 Good news: I finished my first knitting project of 2026 after a long slump! Bad news: I hate the fit 😞

Second of my recent test knits, the Flowers and Lace Tee by Annie Lupton. I modified this one to make it longer, so check out my ravelry page for details (linked below). Great lightweight summer top! #knitsky

Solar eclipse hanging planter. A good test of glazing skill ✨

More #showmeyourknits #WIP progress. So close to done, maybe 10-15 more rows until I bind off. I’ll for sure get it on the blocking mats today! 🧶

IT'S HAPPENING Early interests: -Peri Peri Bowl -Pickle Pie -Apple Donut Ham Grinder

I appreciate them specifically calling out that climate change directly led to this decision. Distance runners need to be loud about how climate change hazards (heat, wildfire smoke, storm patterns) are affecting our sport.

If you read just a few comments on any article about Graham Platner it should become crystal clear why victims don’t come forward earlier. The level of cruelty people direct at victims is gutting

Back to work the morning, so progress will be slower, but I probably only have about 80 rows to go before I can cast off! 🧶 I think that’s doable by Thursday, but I’ll set myself a stretch goal of Wednesday for some extra motivation.

10 hours, ready to join the front and back to work the body in the round. But first, pizza!

About 8 hours in, ready to start the back armhole increases. 🧶 But first, a run break. Also, I make the ugliest short rows I’ve ever done and I’m desperately hoping they’ll block out. I forgot how unforgiving cotton yarn is.

I didn’t have an opinion about the T&T wedding, but I just learned that the extremely MAGA older sister of a guy I went to high school with was there and now I have THOUGHTS

I got conned into being social yesterday, so I’m still only about 5 hours into this. But today I only have to do laundry and watch sports, so I should be able to get a lot done. Finishing up the front armhole increases, then I can start on the back. I’m going to add some short rows, I think.

#showmeyourknits: what’s on your needles? 🧶 I’m doing a speed knit challenge like @livrunsfast.bsky.social so I can try to finish my first project of the year! Only about 3.5 hours in, but here’s my progress while I catch up on the Silverstone sprint race.

Taking inspiration from @livrunsfast.bsky.social, let’s see if I can get a knitting project done before the end of the weekend. Mine is far less elaborate than hers 😅 I have a trip to Paris coming up in a couple of weeks and I need a summer top. Here’s SABAI Top No. 2s progress as of 4pm today 🧶

Trump's Supreme Court is only interested in giving more power to the powerful, regardless of whose rights get trampled. This whole term, they've undermined our rights - from overturning the Voting Rights Act to attacking our 2SLGBTQ+ community. 🧵:

I can criticize Governor Walz on a lot of issues, but he has been steadfast on this one and that deserves recognition

Wow holy shit www.them.us/story/daught...

I'm going to learn Danish cord weaving Seriously, look how gorgeous www.sheepdoggoods.com/shop/p/briar...

Perfect creature (I need a real camera)

#showmeyourknits week 100(!): blues It’s fair planning season, so I’m interpreting this as blue ribbon winners to help me ✨manifest✨ this year’s success

#knitsky #knitfit Community concert band show tonight so linen skirt and handknit cardigan made of recycled wool free yarn. Cardigan:campfire Yarn:Berroco remix light

Restock coming Thursday July 2nd, 12pm PT! Listing previews coming soon. For now here is a jar with a tiny astronaut 👩‍🚀

A really special recent commission project - a custom blue whale sculpture which was given as a paper anniversary gift! 🥂💕 Handmade entirely from paper mache and painted with acrylics. Congrats & many more happy years to Tom and Lona :)

One year later I am yet again Knitting! At the (Marathon) Expo 🧶

We did it, Joe. We found the worst cybertruck.

It is a weird thing to need to say regularly, but I'm a result of the special education system in California. I got the support I needed from kindergarten through.. well, graduating high school. And, I received job training from the state after graduation. (they trained me to be a physicist).

Neopets and I’m being so for real.

may we remember speaker hortman every time a kid in Minnesota eats their free lunch. every time a trans person moves to mn for safety. when an undocumented person gets their driver’s license or a returning citizen gets to vote. when we have clean energy and electric school buses and warm homes.

New paper alert! tl;dr: parts of what we thought were the oldest rocks on Venus might in fact be among the youngest. This story involves the "tessera" on Venus, which is some of the weirdest stuff in the Solar System. A thread:

Marigold says Happy Pride, no quarter for TERFS 🏳️‍🌈🏳️‍⚧️🐂🏳️‍⚧️🏳️‍🌈

YES!!!

It's #FOFriday ☺️ The first of my knits dedicated to South African Flora and Fauna is finished, and features the stunning Emperor Swallowtail Butterfly! 🦋 This is my own design which will hopefully be available with the rest of the series a bit later in the year! #knitting #knitsky 🧶

I hope Elon celebrates his win as the first trillionaire by remembering how lonely he is and how much everyone hates him.

If you picked 2.5 flats of strawberries, what would you do with them? I always do jam (3x county fair blue ribbon winner, thanks very much), shortcake, and strawberry rhubarb crisp, but I need some fresh ideas.

Twin Cities fiber artists, this is an incredible opportunity to work at the intersection of art and disability empowerment! 🧶 jobs.minnesotanonprofits.org/job/visual-a...

A couple of years ago I decided to try to cultivate a more analog life and boy howdy does that choice get reinforced every damn day

Happy Pride 🌈🐑🌈 Zoom in for maximum frolicking

On two separate occasions today, a man has received accolades for presenting ideas he stole from me and it’s almost charming that Sexism’s Greatest Hits are still getting play.

This spread is unbelievable! 🧵

Look at this construction! 🧶

Everyone please watch this baby condor try to get in its box like a miniature drunk person in a chicken costume.

the characters all sit down and watch Toy Story 3 together

Earresistible content ahead ⚠️