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@spinsterbat.bsky.social

Knitter, social worker, quite concerned about this dystopian reality

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🧡 πŸ‘‹ I'm a political scientist who wrote a book about the recent collapse of two democracies (Egypt & Tunisia).

Given the anxieties of today, let me present a 🧡 with thoughts & resources for:

WHAT TO DO IF YOUR DEMOCRACY COLLAPSES:

20.01.2025 14:58 β€” πŸ‘ 5935    πŸ” 1425    πŸ’¬ 211    πŸ“Œ 182
Photo of woman from the neck down wearing a blue sweater

Photo of woman from the neck down wearing a blue sweater

Stairwell selfie at work. The feeling of getting a compliment on a handknit and getting to say that you made it. (pattern is Thermal from knitty, yarn is knitpicks gloss, finished in 2007).

#knitsky 🧢

05.02.2025 18:09 β€” πŸ‘ 14    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0
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Making progress on my Heather Sweater #knitsky 🧢

02.02.2025 21:25 β€” πŸ‘ 27    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
Cropped photo of woman in blue sweater with white stripes

Cropped photo of woman in blue sweater with white stripes

#showmeyourknits
For the amount of stripes I wear (a lot!), I really haven’t knit very many. I should work on that.

Here is the Oolon sweater, which I completed in 2020, and wore to work this week. #knitsky 🧢

01.02.2025 15:10 β€” πŸ‘ 32    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0
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Knotty Gloves pattern by Julia Mueller Available in

Sorry, the pattern is knotty gloves (www.ravelry.com/patterns/lib... ) the yarn is Tanis Fiber Arts in stormy. I made these in 2008, which does not feel like it was possibly 17 years ago!

27.01.2025 05:05 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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#showmeyourknits cabled gloves are a good time. Not super useful where I live but they were fun to make!

26.01.2025 17:22 β€” πŸ‘ 37    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 4    πŸ“Œ 0

And you inspired me to put on an audiobook!

26.01.2025 16:30 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

The boyfriend just told me to go back to bed. I brought my knitting. It’s a good start over here

26.01.2025 16:24 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0
The start of a green sweater at the beach

The start of a green sweater at the beach

I spent some time knitting at the beach, trying to stay present in the storm of the inauguration

#knitsky 🧢 #wipwednesday

23.01.2025 04:34 β€” πŸ‘ 32    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

We’ll get to be twins!

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#showmeyourknits
My favorite sweater is a tie between Poetria by Sari Nordlund and Riverlands by Jessica MacDonald. Poetria is Sandnesgarn Duo and Riverlands is Cascade Anchor Bay

20.01.2025 16:01 β€” πŸ‘ 19    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 2    πŸ“Œ 0

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