2 cats hang out next to me on the sofa while I knit. Both cats are black with white markings. One has a yellow cushion cone around his neck, and is sleeping on the sofa. The other is a cozy loaf on the nearby footstool.

The project supervisors approve of my progress. #knitsky🧶 #cats

Spokane Knitters: Meet me under a shade tree by the Red Wagon during the protest. 🧶

The upside is this experience will help inform which vacuum we will choose as a replacement. It was super helpful to test out a cordless upright vacuum, as it's the one we reach for first. So we know it will be worth it to invest in a higher quality version, and worth it to pay for future repairs.

My husband and I are both technicians- we own many tools. My collection specializes in small repair tools. And yet I would have to acquire an additional item just to SEE IF the battery can even be replaced.

#SustainabilityIsHard example 7. Even if I have the skillset to repair an item, it is built in a way that makes repairs so difficult it's not worth my effort. Such as the pictured vacuum that needs a new battery, but there is not a single screw driver in this house that can reach all the screws.

Library 39: Carpenter-Carse Library (Hinesburg) Don't go into the library.

At Library 39 I learned why libraries are dangerous:

“The library is dangerous, full
Of answers. If you go inside,
You may not come out
The same person who went in.”
-Alberto Ríos

#publiclibraries #vermont #knittinginlibraries #knitsky #booksky #libraries

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Breathtaking work. Any plans for this exhibition to tour in Europe? @brooklynbotanic.bsky.social @rbgkew.bsky.social #knitsky
#womensart #flowerknitting

Dear #knittersofbluesky in an effort to find more joy in this dystopian hellscape I am asking you to link me to your favorite fiber arts vlogs/youtube channels so I can expand my YT feed. My current top 3 are Finnish Knitting Stories, Stockinettebitch, and Emtothethird
#knitsky #fiberarts #knitting

March reading wrapup. Heavenly Tyrant by Xiran Jay Zhao. The Searcher by Tana French - local book club pick. Wild Dark Shore by Charlotte McConaghy. Our Lady of the Artilects by Andrew Gillsmith. Kushiel's Dart by Jaqueline Carey. To Shape a Dragon's Beath by Moniquill Blackgoose- monthly favorite.

March new books. My owned TBR- The Djinn Waits a Hundred Years by Shubnum Khan, The Bandit Queens by Parini Shroff, The City in Glass by Nghi Vo. From my library- The Searcher by Tana French, To Shape a Dragon's Breath by Monoquill Blackgoose.

Oops! I made my March wrapup graphics and then forgot to post them. Just in time to have to make my April wrapup 😂

Lovely yarn color. And that accessories case is so cool! Where did you find it?

2 skeins of hand-dyed fine pink yarn and three books with pink tones in the covers sit in front of a tote bag with an illustration of a ram in a colorful knit sweater with surrounding text that reads "Yarn is my Happy Place". Books are Moonbound by Robin Sloan, A Blade So Black by L.L. McKinney, and Robopocalypse by Daniel H. Wilson.

Pink joy when Indie Bookstore Day and Local Yarn Store Day land on the same weekend.
#indiebookstoreday
#localyarnstoreday
#booksky💙📚
@watermarkbooks.bsky.social @pelicanbaybooks.bsky.social @fidalgoyarns

HUUGE SEATTLE TURNOUT
People are still streaming in

Seattle Hands Off!
Panorama photo. Click thru.
#HandsOff

Pattern: ‘Come All Ye Bold Canadians’ by Lanja Khon-Engheim Yarn: @briggslittle Sport (Canadian Mill) Added: ‘ELBOWS UP !’ #elbowsup #canadianknitters #briggsandlittle
🧶 knitting

Double #knitting

…and since I mentioned double knitting yesterday, here’s a video showing how to do it 🎥🧶

Knit a stitch on the front layer with one colour and purl a stitch on the back layer with the other. For colourwork, switch colours. Make sure the strands stay between the two layers.

Yay!
@nijocamus.bsky.social

🧶 Knitting is radical—it defies haste, values skill, and honors tradition in a world that craves the disposable. Every stitch is an act of care, every row a quiet defiance against the rush. Craft with purpose, create with intention. ✨ #UplandFiberCo #LGBTQCrafters #MenKnitToo #MindfulMaking

Post Box Topper - International Women's Day 9th March 2025 - Malala Yousafzai - creator: Naomi Green and friend, Moseley Birmingham UK

Post Box Topper - International Women's Day 9th March 2025 - Knitted figure of Elizabeth II - creator: Naomi Green & friend, Moseley Birmingham UK

Post Box Topper - International Women's Day 9th March 2025 - Knitted figure of Rosa Parks - creator: Naomi Green & friend, Moseley, Birmingham UK

Post Box Topper - International Women's Day 9th March 2025 - knitted figure of Emmeline Pankhurst - creator: Naomi Green & friend, Moseley, Birmingham UK

@folklorepod.bsky.social - Celebrating #InternationalWomensDay 8th March in stitch!
Knitted figures: Malala Yousafrzai, Elizabeth II, Rosa Parks & Emmeline Pankhurst
Creator: Naomi Green (and friend)
Can be found - Moseley, Birmingham, UK
#PostBoxToppers #Knitting #Craftwork #FolkArt #Folklore

Remarkably Bright Creatures by Shelby Van Pelt. The Empty Grave by Jonathan Stroud. How to Bare Your Neck and Save a Wreck by D.N. Bryn. Bloodmarked by Tracey Deon- February group read for the LadyLovestead discord. Exhalation: Stories by Ted Chiang. The Past is Red by Catherine M. Valentine- February pick for my neighborhood book club, and my favorite read of the month.

February New books: unread- Wild Dark Shore by Charlotte McConaghy. Solo Agers by Myron Ward. Read- Bloodmarked by Tracey Deon. The Hollow Boy and The Whispering Skull by Jonathan Stroud.

February reading wrapup! Significantly less books than last month because I fell down a knitting youtube hyperfixation which cut into my audiobook time. But I found a new favorite with the novella The Past Is Red.
#booksky💙📚 #ReadingWrapup #FebrurayWrapup

Non Cooperation Brick pattern by Hannah Roderick Do you find yourself increasingly frustrated with the state of the world by have no outlet for your nihilistic tendencies without breaking something in your home? Are you tired after a long day of pro...

How Knitters process their feelings: www.ravelry.com/patterns/lib...

Economic Blackout, Feb. 28th. Don’t Spend Money!

January '25 Wrapup. The World We Make by N. K. Jemisin. Saga Volume 3 by Brian K Vaughan and Fiona Staples. Legendborn by Tracey Deon- Monthly favorite, and the group read for the LadyLovestead discord. Lockwood & Co: The Whispering Skull by Jonathan Stoud. Secondhand: travels in the new global garage sale by Adam Minter. Sisters Under the Rising Sun by Heather Morris- neighborhood book club pick. The Wave and the Flame by M. Bradley Kellogg. Lockwood & Co: The Hollow Boy by Jonathan Stroud. One Last Stop by Casey McQuiston. Lockwood & Co: The Creeping Shadow by Jonathan Stroud.

January New Books. Owned TBR: The Serviceberry by Robin Wall Kimmerer. Freedom is a Constant Struggle by Angela Davis. Never Whistle at Night: an Indigenous Dark Fiction Anthology, edited by Shane Hawk and Theodore C Van Alst Jr. How to Bare Your Neck and Save a Wreck by D N Bryn. How to Sell Your Blood and Fall in Love by D N Bryn. This is Your Mind on Plants by Michael Pollan. No Logo by Naomi Klein. Feeding Ghosts by Tessa Hulls. The Hundred Thousand Kingdoms by N K Jemisin. Reign of Fire by M. Bradley Kellogg. Library Loans: Sisters Under the Rising Sun by Heather Morris. The Hollow Boy by Jonathan Stroud. The Creeping Shadow by Jonathan Stroud.

January 2025 Reading Wrapup. Better late than never.
#Booksky 💙📚
#ReadingWrapup
#MonthlyWrapup
#JanuaryWrapup
#NewBooks

YouTube video by melodysheep Symphony of Science - 'We Are All Connected' (ft. Sagan, Feynman, deGrasse Tyson & Bill Nye)

I woke up with such a strong nostalgia for this video and thought I would share.

🎵"The cosmos is also within us, we're made of star stuff"

#SymphonyOfScience #mashup #nostalgia #musicsampling #science #cosmos

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East of Eden, by John Steinbeck

Book 20/20
Choose 20 books that have stayed with you or influenced you. One book per day for 20 days, in no particular order. No explanations, no reviews, just covers.

#Books
#Booksky 💙📚
#BookChallenge

Foundryside, by Robert Jackson Bennett

Book 19/20
Choose 20 books that have stayed with you or influenced you. One book per day for 20 days, in no particular order. No explanations, no reviews, just covers.

#Books
#Booksky 💙📚
#BookChallenge

Fearlessly Different: An Autistic actor's journey to Broadway's biggest stage. By Mickey Rowe.

Book 18/20
Choose 20 books that have stayed with you or influenced you. One book per day for 20 days, in no particular order. No explanations, no reviews, just covers.

#Books
#Booksky 💙📚
#BookChallenge

But small decisions add up, and in a Capitalist economy, your purchasing decisions are not benign. And I dislike when our fear, our hope, and our genuine desire to do good is exploited for personal gain by someone who is not fighting alongside us.

I recognize that corporate retailers may be the most accessible, or only option for some people. And I respect the labor that goes into creating curatedlists and responding to community input, and I know that affiliate links are a low-barrier way for that labor to receive compensation.

If we do need to buy something, we should be prioritizing small businesses and secondhand options. In the case of books, we should also prioritize public libraries, or borrowing the book from friends and neighbors. And FYI, Bookshop. org and LibroFM both have affiliate link programs.

The book list in question rubbed me the wrong way because it was not disclosed that the creator might make money from those links, and it felt counterproductive to direct ppl to buy these books from Amazon. We cannot shop our way out of any crisis.