I was with it till the mayo. 🤢

I am glad I read this book, but oh gosh it made me angry!

A blue and white horizontally-striped knit tank top is displayed on a grey couch cushion. The white stripes alternate thick and thin. The tank top is a v-neck with icord straps.

I need to block the Simple Knit Tank by Briana Holdstein, but then I will have successfully finished my first adult-sized clothing item!!

Blue yarn is cotton; white is baby alpaca.

If a sea otter is separated from its mom (she’s hit by a boat, for example), the baby will not survive. Their fur isn’t yet ready for cold ocean temps and they can’t feed themselves. Without human intervention they will die. This could be a video of a rescued sea otter pup.

That yellow is gorgeous!

Those are adorable buttons! Toggles would also be cute on this sweater and then the absence of buttonholes is a feature

Halfway through Careless People and, damn, they’re way more careless than I imagined

#booksky

Thanks for the rec! I want to host more and this was a good reminder why I want to host: connection with people.
I often get stuck because I want to host “perfectly,” with a level of effort that is honestly exhausting.

Is the idea that the craters we can see weren’t there yet? Or did people back then believe the craters weren’t topographical?

Treating myself to an iced latte and a burrito today

Our postpartum doula saved us. Laundry, dishes, holding/caring for the baby so we got an hour-long nap—it was essential, especially because we don’t have family close by

I just started Careless People today!

Jane Chord for Open Throat by Henry Hoke: I hear.

This works. The protagonist, a puma living outside of LA, hears humanity. I can’t review it more clearly without spoilers, but GO READ THIS BOOK. Holy hell. Five stars.

#booksky #janechord #henryhoke

A “first year” parenting reference book just made my average book reading time jump from 8 to 15 days.
🙃
Yeah, I could delete it off my StoryGraph, but I’d rather see if I can get that average down the hard way: read more, faster!

#booksky #storygraph #readingproblems

Question for #booktok: when you refer to your TBR, what do you mean?
The books you plan on reading this month? Year? Your lifetime?
The ones you prioritize?

My TBR is over 600 books. I started the list in college. I doubt it will ever shrink significantly! It’s a lifetime list for me.

Wow! That is so much time, money, and love spent knitting that many sweaters!

I picked up Careless People at the library! Finally! I was 834th in line when I requested it.

Will it be worth the wait? I hope so!

#booksky #library #books

I was on food stamps briefly and it radicalized me into supporting them. I didn’t realize how much it took to be approved and how much it would improve my life.

OMG 😧

Thanks for the rec! I’ve added it to my TBR

Wow! I have exceeded mine, too. It was 20; I have currently read 43.

A pair of size 11 circular needles hold about six inches of blue and white stripes in straight stitch.

#WIPWednesday

Knitting a tank top for the first time!

Simple Knit Tank pattern free on Etsy by Briana Holdstein

I frogged it once already to fix the striping. Yarn was on clearance and I don’t remember what it is! Cotton and mohair, maybe?

EXACTLY!!

This is beautiful!

@cadencev7bvi.bsky.social these remind me of your queen royal socks!

I need to knit socks and hide a snail on them.

Adorable! The buttons are a wonderful detail

I love love love this book

I have no items checked out from the library and I might be panicking.

#booksky #libraries

(This post is a deflection from serious current events)

(It is also still true)

I need to take pics of mine!

I just finished this today and I’m ruined