I am genuinely embarrassed for this man.

Introducing the first book we ever printed: @kateatherley.bsky.social's CUSTOM-FIT HATS! It's a unique and infinitely customizable recipe for knitting hats in any yarn, at any gauge, for any head size. Learn more about it and find buy buttons at ninetenpublications.ca/books/custom...!

For a Monday in January, the Swedish mitten museum digitaltmuseum.se/search?descn... You're welcome.

I have been known to refer to Godzilla as @normwilner.bsky.social's "scaly friend"

Next up as we introduce each of our books: MATH FOR KNITTERS, by @kateatherley.bsky.social. It's a bestseller both in the it-made-the-Globe-bestseller-list way and also because it is, far and away, our best selling book to date ❤️

We have a water glass with the Letterkenny logo on it. I've always avoided using that one when I'm teaching online classes, it seemed a bit silly. However, I think it's suddenly become my favourite. #iykyk

I don't know, I just don't feel like it should be this easy to dismantle a country

These look fantastic!

I don't mean to make anyone worry, but my trifle was under-custarded.

This is what passed for fun in 1970s Britain apparently. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lemon_pig

Lemon Pigs. Lady Hollyhock and her friends. 1906. archive.org/details/lady...

A last holiday treat for me: Knit Mitts by the incredible @kateatherley.bsky.social - I can't wait to start some mittens in the new year! The multiple pages of stitch counts for various sizes and gauges makes the book worth the money even before you get to the patterns!

RIP 2025 2025-2025

PSA: You don’t owe anyone an explanation about the health reasons why you are wearing a mask. Badgering others about the tools they need to survive is stigmatizing and ableist, and should have no place in decent society.

Forever and always.

He's wrong. Salt and malt vinegar.

I like coming in at the end of a cycle to tell people what's what, so here's my list of the best movies of 2025 at SHINY THINGS.

This is good advice.

Toronto friends: looking for a recommendation for a really good egg roll, ideally downtown east/east-end. No, not spring rolls. Egg rolls. They are surprisingly hard to find these days, other than mall food courts apparently. Ideas gratefully received! Thank you!

It's time. #NoCheesesForUsMeeces

Is it even Christmas if you haven't a text from a friend who is worried that the cookies they decorated for this evening's gathering "look deranged"

Kate will never admit RED OCTOBER is her favorite movie, but then things like this happen.

... and now we have to watch THE HUNT FOR RED OCTOBER again. That movie works like the Tom Holland Umbrella video in this house. Any mention of it instantly means a rewatch is required.

Someone is being a jerk and it's making me mad.

Not knowing if it's recycling week because I recycled this year's calendar when next year's arrived...

Ten words would fit perfectly on a hoodie, I think...

There's a song called "Zombie Christmas" how could we not love it? Seriously though it's my favourite Christmas album.

Every Christmas since 2020 I have specifically made a trifle to be eaten for breakfast. (No jelly, we don't roll that way, but yes with the booze. It's Christmas after all.)

It's a banger, innit

For the custard-at-breakfast refuseniks, this is brilliantly Nigella.

😂😂😂

This thread is magnificent

This dog is clearly a beagle.

This is neat!

Not in a box. Not with a fox. I do not want it, Sam Am I. I do not want your gen AI.

Between this and my risk of osteoporosis... Well, let's just say that my lunches are improving.

This is how you could tell if I had won the lottery.

Bonhomme is Canada's Godzilla, rising from the wintry depths to repel any threats to the nation. Where it came from, how it can be stopped, we can never know. (Okay, it's a Michelin Man mutated by secret Arctic bomb testing. Don't tell anyone.)

The Canadian Healthcare system is amazing and wonderful. #HappyCustomer

Today on Modern Daily Knitting: When you just have to rip out your knitting. Tips for making it a bit easier and safer. www.moderndailyknitting.com/community/sk... 🧶

Ok so no food after midnight means I can eat an entire Deep 'n' Delicious cake at 11:45pm, yeah? #surgeryprep

we can kill them all if we just work together and ✨believe💫

Toronto and environs! I'll be going on CBC's Here and Now at 5:50pm ET to talk about Rob Reiner's movies, why people still gather to see them in theaters and that PRINCESS BRIDE screening last year. 99.1 FM, or listen live right here!

Today in small joys: this recipe is excellent and very easy. Didn't have the stuff for her suggested icing, just made a glaze with icing sugar with a bit of lemon juice and (cheap) brandy. sallysbakingaddiction.com/gingerbread-...

Ok so the Kissy Hockey Boys Show really is all that, eh?

Molasses on my Elbow: A Christmas baking story.

if you want even more geometry sicko time on a closely related topic, search for "curves of constant width" there goes somebody's Saturday, you're welcome

Watched a reel on Ig just now ... It was described it as "hack" for seaming knits. It's a really good video, nice and clear, but I am not sure it qualifies as a hack if you are doing it in the standard (and not at all convoluted or difficult) manner. 😂