Everyone has their favorite #janeausten illustrations, and mine are those by Philip Gough, done for a British edition of her novels by Macdonald and Company in the 1940s and 50s. #booksky π
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she/her knitting & nonsense π§Άπ§¦ recovering academic Jane Austen is my co-pilot
Everyone has their favorite #janeausten illustrations, and mine are those by Philip Gough, done for a British edition of her novels by Macdonald and Company in the 1940s and 50s. #booksky π
08.09.2025 22:55 β π 4 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0When I took a class on #janeausten from Juliette Wells, I didn't realize that I was embarking on a basic rethinking of both myself as a reader & fan & of the entire body of responses to & reworkings of Austen. Her book Everybody's Jane: Austen in the Popular Imagination, is a turning point #booksky
06.07.2025 22:24 β π 4 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0Ok, I think I have settled on my choices for #janeaustenjuly If #janeausten #booksky
30.06.2025 21:26 β π 5 π 1 π¬ 1 π 0Finished my #pridemonth Fields of Brioche Shawl by Jonatan Tollow. I used @uplandfiberco.bsky.social Cor Fingering. It's a relaxing brioche project that creates a subtle yet striking effect. π§Ά #justknitting #showmeyourknits
30.06.2025 21:24 β π 10 π 0 π¬ 1 π 0Janet Groff writes about the ambitious complexity of Mansfield Park #janeausten : Jane Austenβs Boldest Novel Is Also Her Least Understood www.nytimes.com/2025/06/27/b...
29.06.2025 23:38 β π 1 π 1 π¬ 0 π 0A year ago today we asked volunteers to help transcribe Jane Austenβs older brother Frank's Memoir. The transcription is now complete and available to read online! Thank you to all the volunteers who helped us to share Frankβs story.
π Read the Memoir: tinyurl.com/2hpp39n6
My #wip for #pridemonth is the Fields of Brioche Shawl by Jonatan Tollow, using @uplandfiberco.bsky.social Cor Fingering. A friend calls this my "gray scale rainbow" but the point to me is to support lgbtq makers #knitting #showmeyourknits π§Ά
29.06.2025 20:33 β π 40 π 1 π¬ 1 π 0If you want to start to understand Stonewall and the larger struggle for lgbtq rights you can't do better than listen to the @makinggayhistory.bsky.social podcast. #pridemonth
29.06.2025 20:27 β π 4 π 2 π¬ 0 π 0Finally blocked my 2 color version of Coastal Highway by Lisa Ross. Tried a lot of colors with the Magpie Fibers Swanky Sock Castaway but figured out it has a bluish undertone, so I ended up using Emma's Yarn Practically Perfect Sock in Orbit. π§Ά #justknitting #showmeyourknits
29.05.2025 22:05 β π 21 π 0 π¬ 2 π 0I definitely need one of these
29.05.2025 21:57 β π 1 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0Wish we could see it in the USA π
29.05.2025 21:55 β π 1 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0Finished a baby blanket for my cousin. This is the Camilla Blanket by Carrie Bostick Hoge for Brooklyn Tweed. I used Cascade 220 in Aran weight. π§Ά ##justknitting #showmeyourknits
13.05.2025 20:40 β π 52 π 0 π¬ 3 π 0Whenever I can I try to #shoplocal and two of my faves are Mount Royal Soaps, based in the Remington neighborhood of Baltimore and @zekescoffeedc.bsky.social
10.05.2025 17:42 β π 3 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0I've been listening to so many wonderful programs from @npr.org for decades. Just donated because there's never been a more urgent time to show support.
10.05.2025 17:04 β π 1 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0Sun Shower Happy Hour Wrap by Laura Dobratz using Emma's Yarn Super Silky, one of my faves π§Ά #justknitting #showmeyourknits
07.05.2025 22:58 β π 41 π 0 π¬ 0 π 1Another cousin having a baby means another #babyblanket This is the Camilla Blanket by Carrie Bostick Hoge for Brooklyn Tweed. I'm using Cascade 220 Superwash Aran. π§Ά #showmeyourknitting #knitting
22.04.2025 18:22 β π 40 π 0 π¬ 2 π 0Saturday #reading and #knitting the Sunflower Dreams Shawl by Sarah Schira using one of my fave cashmere yarns, Anzula Luxury Fibers ππ§Ά #booksky #shawlknitting #janeausten #justknitting
15.03.2025 20:45 β π 13 π 0 π¬ 1 π 0Been awhile since I left my book comfort zone, but Indian Burial Ground by Nick Medina got my English major juices bubbling again. It's a fascinating genre-buster. Listening to it for the second time and looking forward to checking out his first novel. #booksky #books #reading
13.03.2025 20:03 β π 0 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0Profoundly disgusted and ashamed of the U.S. government's treatment of Ukrainian President Zelensky. Ukraines's security is our security. We must relentlessly oppose Russian aggression against Europe.
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Finished my Snark-o-Meter by Casapinka. Made it about 18 incheslonger by repeatingsome sections in different color combos. π§Ά #justknitting #knitting
28.02.2025 00:16 β π 24 π 0 π¬ 5 π 0Assuaging the distress of the news with a Travelling Cables Hat by @purlsoho.bsky.social with Anzula For Better or Worsted in Charcoal #knitting #yarn #showmeyourknits #showmeyourknitting #yarn π§Ά
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22.01.2025 16:11 β π 10 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0Great map from Ben Noll showing how much snow fell from the southern storm. Record snows in New Orleans, Lafayette, Mobile and Pensacola.
More info: www.washingtonpost.com/weather/2025...
A white piece of card stock sits atop a knitted shawl. The paper has the following written on it in pointed pen calligraphy: Knit on, with confidence and hope, through all crises. - Elizabeth Zimmerman. The shawl is a lovely mint green with thin stripes in a light pink that contain bobbles of the same colour. Itβs squishy and soft and oh so warm.
This resonates more than ever now π§Ά Hereβs to finding solace and self care in our #knitting .
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Only took me three years to start the Snark-o-Meter by Casapinka. I'm using Emma's Yarn Super Silky, one of my fave yarns. #shawlknitting #knitting π§Ά
22.01.2025 15:50 β π 29 π 0 π¬ 3 π 1In her National Cathedral inauguration day sermon Bishop Mariann Edgar Budde called for mercy, but you can't squeeze blood from hearts of stone www.nytimes.com/2025/01/21/u...
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