Victor Frankenstein is such a whiny little asshole, I love him so much.
29.09.2025 15:50 β π 0 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0@gremlinmakes.bsky.social
I make things and have opinions. You're likely to see knitting, embroidery, sewing, reading, writing, baking, whatever I feel like trying next.
Victor Frankenstein is such a whiny little asshole, I love him so much.
29.09.2025 15:50 β π 0 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0Dog Days! Fantastic illustrations of the Canis Major constellation appear in these two @bodleian.ox.ac.uk medieval astronomical texts to celebrate #InternationalDogDay! πΆβοΈ
26.08.2025 10:11 β π 59 π 22 π¬ 1 π 0A page of Latin text from a medieval manuscript. Two columns of closely written words are decorated with small illuminations; rubrics, small pictures of birds and other animals, and floral details. In the central column, a small dog leaps playfully over a gilded initial in Ms Bodl 264 fol 8r.
A dog with a rabbit in its mouth runs away from a disgruntled looking owner along the lower left margin of this highly decorated manuscriptβ highly relatable to modern dog owners, weβre sure. MS Bodl 264 fol 52r.
A dog riding a deer, jousts against a monkey on goatback in this very elaborately decorated 12th Century Psalter. Lots of colour, illustration and gilding throughout this manuscript. An illuminated initial immediately above the jousting animals shows a man being knighted. Shelfmark: Bodleian MS Douce 131 fol 32r.
A beloved pooch faithfully waits at their ailing mistressesβ bedside in a two panel illustration. The mistress lies on her bed with her head on her hands, while a small white dog is on the floor next to her. This manuscript belonged to Louise of Savoy, 1476β1531, whose son became King Francis I of France. Shelfmark: Bodleian Library MS. Douce 195 fol. 1r.
Our medieval offerings for #InternationalDogDay:
1. Dog leaps over an initial in Ms Bodl 264.
2.'Drop it!': a dog with a rabbit in its mouth runs away from its owner. MS Bodl 264.
3. Dog jousts a monkey MS Douce 131.
4. Lapdog sits by their ailing mistress MS. Douce 195.
Iβd forgotten about that one, I LOVED it as a kid!
05.08.2025 12:06 β π 1 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0Lots of indie book shops are online, so buy from them instead of 4m4zon! You can also shop at bookshop.org and designate your fav local bookseller to get a little spiff when you make a purchase.
#booksky #bookish
All done! This has been waiting since November for less than an hourβs worth of sewing.
02.03.2025 23:01 β π 1 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0Forgot to put my jeans in the laundry before starting it and the idea of doing a second load has finally motivated me to mend my other pair.
02.03.2025 21:37 β π 1 π 0 π¬ 0 π 1Read it all! There's a lot of good things going on.
23.02.2025 11:59 β π 1 π 1 π¬ 0 π 0Torbie cat with her mouth extra wide open in a yawn, her tongue pink and curled a little at the end. It looks like she's screaming.
Yes, Zoey, a lot of us are screaming.
21.02.2025 01:18 β π 27 π 3 π¬ 1 π 0Sounds tasty!
20.02.2025 01:17 β π 1 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0JalapeΓ±o cheddar!
18.02.2025 19:41 β π 1 π 0 π¬ 1 π 0A loaf of jalapeΓ±o cheddar bread cooling on a wire rack, tragically still too hot to cut.
The worst part a baking bread is the bit in between taking it out of the oven and it being cool enough to eat.
18.02.2025 00:09 β π 5 π 0 π¬ 1 π 0Will people finally stand up when there's no food?
26.01.2025 02:50 β π 1 π 1 π¬ 1 π 0lol, good to know itβs not just me
29.12.2024 14:40 β π 1 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0An embroidery of two skaters on a pond in a snowy landscape. It has just been taken out of the hoop and is still wrinkled.
Finished stitching my sisterβs Xmas gift! Three days after she unwrapped it. π¬
28.12.2024 21:26 β π 18 π 1 π¬ 2 π 0A painting showing a figure wearing a very skimpy robe, barely held together with a belt
When you've just got home from visiting family, and there's no clean laundry so you make do πποΈπ #MuseumBums
The Combat of Horatii and Curiatii at the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston. Thanks @e_brubacher for sharing π
You may DEPEND on being cured.
28.12.2024 18:05 β π 1 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0βThis quibbling over the number of people desperate for food seems a politicized diversion from the fact that the Israeli government is blocking virtually all food from getting inβ-Kenneth Roth
βFEWS said in its report that its famine assessment holds even if as few as 10,000 people remain.β
Sitting on the bathroom floor scrolling my feed because if I breathe wrong thereβll be hair dye everywhere. This is why I always put off doing this
28.12.2024 17:56 β π 0 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0That yarn's so fun!
15.12.2024 21:20 β π 1 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0Oh ouch! Hope it heals up quick and isnβt too sore in the meantime!
07.12.2024 15:23 β π 0 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0Thatβs very cool Iβm definitely going to keep an eye on that
04.12.2024 22:52 β π 1 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0I took my laundry down to the machine and then thought you know itβs not THAT cold I can just run out and get the mail without a coat. And that was the devil speaking.
04.12.2024 22:49 β π 0 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0Do they stream all their concerts??
04.12.2024 03:20 β π 0 π 0 π¬ 1 π 0Photo of a yellow parrotlet sitting in the palm of my hand. He is round, fluffy, and full of mischief.
Decided to change my handle to better fit my current attitude towards life. Still named in honor of this guy, who Iβm sure you can tell is a horrid little gremlin.
04.12.2024 03:14 β π 17 π 1 π¬ 1 π 0Ugh, I remember those ads from the 90s. I was in elementary school and a picky eater who did NOT need to be told to eat less.
01.12.2024 15:39 β π 1 π 0 π¬ 1 π 0An embroidery hoop with white and blue fabric sewn together to form the basic background of a sky, snowy landscape, and pond. Traced on top are details to be embroidered, including skaters, trees, and houses.
Today I finally put together the background and traced the pattern for my sister's xmas present. At least I can say I didn't leave it until december?
01.12.2024 00:41 β π 1 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0#StandingStoneSunday!
A late #neolithic statue-menhir found at Rottenburg-Lindele, dating 3250-3000 BC. It is considered one of the oldest anthropomorphic stone sculptures from southern Germany and was reused as a cover for a grave in the 8th/7th century BC.
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does everybody know about my favorite website, the embroidery tips page that forgot to close its <h3> tags
25.10.2024 15:39 β π 8091 π 3501 π¬ 348 π 428Annual morbidity in the 20th century, before and after vaccines:
Measles:
Before: 530,000, After: 47
Mumps:
Before: 160,000, After: 429
Rubella:
Before: 50,000, After: 3
Diphtheria:
Before: 20,000, After: 2
Smallpox:
Before: 30,000, After: 0
Polio:
Before: 16,000, After: 0