OfDragonflies's Avatar

OfDragonflies

@abitofearth.bsky.social

Mom, knitter, nature lover, murderer of invasive plants. Happiest in a chaotic garden.

1,216 Followers  |  646 Following  |  1,864 Posts  |  Joined: 12.09.2023
Posts Following

Posts by OfDragonflies (@abitofearth.bsky.social)

That yarn is LOVELY

01.03.2026 19:50 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

Never mind! It is a feed now πŸ˜†

So just up at the top where you see the feed babes you should be able to swipe left and right to change which feed you are looking at :) put your thumb over β€œcrochet and knitting” and swipe it to the left, should put you on the smyk feed.

01.03.2026 18:34 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
Post image

They should be up the top, under the butterfly when you’re on your Home Screen. :)

01.03.2026 04:26 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

your screen left or right.

The setup is great because if news and current events is stressing me out too much I can just stay in the crafting or gardening feeds.

01.03.2026 04:24 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

Which feed did you pin? I’m not sure you can do that with the hashtag, but for knitting, the two I have pinned are β€œcraftiverse” and β€œcrochet and knit”. Once they’re pinned you should see them up at the top of your screen, you can move between β€œhome” β€œfor you” and your custom feeds by swiping…

01.03.2026 04:24 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 2    πŸ“Œ 0

β€œOh if only I had a tool to summarize the three lines my mom sent me about summer picnic food choices my life would be so much easier!!!”

I swear every day the aggressive push to force us into using this shit makes me want to live in a swamp hovel even more.

01.03.2026 04:16 β€” πŸ‘ 3    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Because I’m not observant I only just noticed that when I open my emails, there’s an ai thing at the top I can click to β€œsummarize this email”

Who asked for this? Is it really so hard to just… read the email? Were people really out there going β€œoh my god it’s so hard to read emails!!!”?

01.03.2026 04:16 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

Great timing as I’m on the hunt for a good lace pattern and seeing so many! For #showmeyourknits this week I don’t have anything new, but these make me happy :)

🧢 #knitting

01.03.2026 02:25 β€” πŸ‘ 25    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

Oh those are cute! I’ve been trying to decide on a mitt pattern, too. My new office space is freezing :)

01.03.2026 02:11 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

I’ve never met such a friendly cat. I also can’t have a third cat. I keep getting messages from my β€œfound cat” posts to get better pictures but he wants love too much.

I also really do not like cats being outdoors so why are all the outdoors cats coming here?

28.02.2026 02:31 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
A very out of focus brown tabby cat rubbing his face and neck against the grate door of a kennel.

A very out of focus brown tabby cat rubbing his face and neck against the grate door of a kennel.

There’s a cat in this photo but it’s all just a blur.

There’s a cat in this photo but it’s all just a blur.

So I put him in an old dog kennel. Thought I could get a picture through the gate. Instead, he decided he needs to make out with the gate. All the photos look like this.

28.02.2026 02:31 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0
A skinny brown tabby cat enjoys some pets

A skinny brown tabby cat enjoys some pets

A skinny brown tabby cat rubbing on a jeans-clad leg.  Everything is out of focus.

A skinny brown tabby cat rubbing on a jeans-clad leg. Everything is out of focus.

Cats keep showing up at my house.

Tonight one shows up that is definitely not semi feral like the others. He seems to think he’s home and we’re his people.

I can’t even get good photos to post him because he keeps trying to make out with my phone.

28.02.2026 02:31 β€” πŸ‘ 4    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 2    πŸ“Œ 0

That is looking like a good option right now. Plus their fundraiser food is better.

27.02.2026 21:51 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

I have a lot of trust in our local leadership, and am in fact a parent volunteer, but just really grappling with continued financial support of the larger organization.

27.02.2026 21:36 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

I had some misgivings about joining at first due to the organization’s history, but it really seemed like they were moving in the right direction and becoming something we could enjoy.

I’d just like one good thing in our lives that doesn’t have these assholes ruining it.

27.02.2026 18:05 β€” πŸ‘ 85    πŸ” 4    πŸ’¬ 4    πŸ“Œ 0

Scouting parent here, and I’m so freaking angry at this. My daughter loves cub scouts. And we have great parent leaders who absolutely won’t care about this policy and will stand up for the kids, but I’m just so freaking exhausted by all the rolling over for this idiocy.

27.02.2026 18:05 β€” πŸ‘ 127    πŸ” 5    πŸ’¬ 4    πŸ“Œ 0

This situation is absolutely disgusting to me. I just pray I’m wrong about it and it doesn’t end in catastrophic injury and agony.

I can’t wrap my head around it at all though.

24.02.2026 21:18 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Gosh I remember when she moved to my area to train. we used to go to that rink for open skate nights.

I remember her getting into a DUI accident nearby when she was still a teenager. I think she ended up having quite a rough road :(

22.02.2026 16:31 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

Oh I have fairy bouquet on my list… yours is so pretty!

20.02.2026 12:24 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

Incredible! Also I think that would take me years to complete. You’re amazing!

19.02.2026 23:20 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

I think it probably gets easier and faster with practice :) I just added one to a cardigan I’m making and it wasn’t much more time than doing a bind off, but it was only one color (and not a contrasting color), that probably makes a huge difference.

Yours is very pretty :)

19.02.2026 15:53 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

That’s the way of law enforcement everywhere. Property over people.

19.02.2026 12:37 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

That’s ac really nice edge. :)

(Is the every other row twisted part of the pattern here? Gives some pretty texture!!)

17.02.2026 03:27 β€” πŸ‘ 3    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0
A deep, textured green sweater in the process of being knitted. Featured is a sleeve, about 3/4 done, showing the lace panel that runs along the shoulder and length of the sleeve.  It is resting on a tan and cream patterned blanket. 

Yarn- fiber optics Kashmir in β€œKelly” 
Pattern -Gaja cardigan

A deep, textured green sweater in the process of being knitted. Featured is a sleeve, about 3/4 done, showing the lace panel that runs along the shoulder and length of the sleeve. It is resting on a tan and cream patterned blanket. Yarn- fiber optics Kashmir in β€œKelly” Pattern -Gaja cardigan

This sleeve would be done a lot faster if I could do more than one round without stopping to shop for yarn for my next project. πŸ˜†

It’s so weird, it’s a really pretty pattern, but I’ve been having trouble engaging with it the whole way through.

🧢 #knitting

16.02.2026 20:40 β€” πŸ‘ 32    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 3    πŸ“Œ 0

Oh that looks so cozy.

16.02.2026 20:34 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Very nice!

16.02.2026 11:42 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

Early lunch trip to the yarn store?

13.02.2026 13:48 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Visionary arts museum :)

13.02.2026 03:28 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Of course the people who really need to read this probably won’t. Sigh.

12.02.2026 11:08 β€” πŸ‘ 3    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

This DHS hearing is about the most frustrating thing I’ve ever heard.

10.02.2026 17:34 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0