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Leslie @50000stitches.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

This looks great! The pin really makes the look.

Leslie @50000stitches.bsky.social · 07/09/2026

Many people don’t get the bitter taste at all and it could be related to bitter taste receptor genetics. Just some reading I did while nearly crying from the foul taste. www.science.org/content/arti...

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Why does Paxlovid make things taste bitter?

The COVID-19 remedy’s unpleasant side effect—known as “Paxlovid mouth”—comes from its effects on the tongue’s taste receptors

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Leslie @50000stitches.bsky.social · 30/04/2026

A modern Mr. Collins, especially “…though I sometimes amuse myself with suggesting and arranging such little elegant compliments as may be adapted to ordinary occasions, I always wish to give them as unstudied an air as possible.”

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Leslie @50000stitches.bsky.social · 19/04/2026

You could make more subtle color transitions by marling two yarns together. Cecelia Campochiaro is the expert on marling and I thinks she talks about it in a Fruity Knitting video on YouTube.

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WisCon on Bluesky @wiscon.bsky.social · 16/04/2026

A little birdy told us that Premee Mohamed and Darcie Little Badger are going to be speaking at a feminist science fiction and fantasy convention...The bird is us! WisCon is the convention. Memorial Day Weekend, May 21-25 2026. Online. Exciting! @littlebadger.bsky.social @premeemohamed.com #WisCon

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Dr. Jey McCreight 🏳️‍⚧️🧬 @jeymccreight.bsky.social · 17/04/2026

Who's ready to find out if my chest is more or less powerful after top surgery? 🏳️‍⚧️ 🧬✨

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Leslie @50000stitches.bsky.social · 22/03/2026

Yes, absolutely. I always swatch for sweaters.

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Leslie @50000stitches.bsky.social · 19/03/2026

I've got two shawls in progress that I'm excited about for #showMeYourKnits. * Stephen West's Dotted Rays in a gradient called "grumpyxsunshine" from Weird Sisters. * verybusymonkey's Darwin Shawl in vintage Dragonfly Fibers Dragon Sock "captain Nemo" 🧶 #knitting #knitSky

Photo of the beginning of a knitted garter stitch asymmetric crescent shaped shawl in semi-solid gray. Lines of large yarn-over style holes radiate out from the center of the shawl. The cake of yarn next to the shawl project shows that the gradient color will transition to blue, purple, pink, orange, and finally yellow. The project bag (upside down) features a quote from Jane Austen's Persuasion: "She taught me to knit, which has been a great amusement."

Photo of the beginning of a knitted lace shawl made of variegated yarn in teal, blue, and emerald green. The shawl is so scrunched up on the circular needle in it that there's no discernible pattern, but that's part of the magic of lace. A project bag next to the shawl features scenes from The Lorax wherein the Onceler knits thneeds, with a trim featuring the truffula trees.

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Leslie @50000stitches.bsky.social · 19/03/2026

I'm still working away on the Eye Dazzler sweater. Getting close to the end of this long yoke! Yarn is Spincycle Dream State "on the low" and Moondrake Corriedale DK "electric berry". Heavily modified for gauge and avoiding the swoncho. 🧶 #knitting #knitSky #showMeYourKnits #WIPwednesday

Photo of a laid-flat stranded colorwork yoke sweater-in-progress with a hot pink background and a pattern of zigzagging lines radiating out from the neck in colors shifting from aqua to teal to purple and back to aqua. The top-down yoke is split at the armholes and the sleeve stitches are on barber cords. The body has a set of copper circular needles in it. The two active cakes of yarn are in the upper right corner of the photo on top of a flattened project bag featuring Freddie Mercury in a few iconic poses wearing the yellow military jacket from the 1986 concert at Wembley.

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Leslie @50000stitches.bsky.social · 01/03/2026

I’ll do a mid-project blocking anytime I’m worried about sizing or stitch tidiness. It’s a great way to make sure it’s turning out right.

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Leslie @50000stitches.bsky.social · 01/03/2026

The last #fiberuaryChallenge theme "gratitude" is especially difficult today, but I am happy with my current project, the Eye Dazzler sweater. I blocked the top-down yoke on the needles and the stranding is tidy and the size is coming out as expected. Photos before and after. 🧶 #knitting #knitSky

Photo of a top-down stranded colorwork yoke laid flat on a gray flannel sheet on top of a yellow ruler measuring the diameter at 13 inches. The yoke is hot pink with a pattern of zig zagging lines that shift from blue to purple. The corrugated rib neckline is standing up so that the ribbing is barely visible.

Photo of the same pink and blue stranded colorwork yoke in the same position but after blocking. the diameter is now 14.25 inches and the corrugated ribbing is lying flat, the colorwork puckering is geon, and the stitches are more even.

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Dr. Jey McCreight 🏳️‍⚧️🧬 @jeymccreight.bsky.social · 27/02/2026

Major thanks to @melodyschreiber.com for interviewing me about what biology actually says about sex & gender Unscientific attacks on trans rights are fueled by fascism, not science, and harm all of us - cis or trans Excellent reporting 🧬🏳️‍⚧️ www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026...

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Science of sex and gender being misrepresented by Trump officials, experts warn

Scientists say crackdown on gender-affirming care could have impact on healthcare of all Americans

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Leslie @50000stitches.bsky.social · 01/03/2026

I hate that this topic is necessary right now, but it’s great to see you consulted for your expertise here!

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Leslie @50000stitches.bsky.social · 28/02/2026

Second, this pair of the Outfoxed Mitts by Erica Heusser, made with Brooklyn Tweed Loft in "camper" and "woodsmoke". More contrast would have been better, but this is yarn I already had. 🧶 #knitting #knitSky #showMeYourKnits

Photo of a pair of hand knit fingerless mitts laying flat on a counter. the mitts are tan with a muted tomato red stranded colorwork pattern on the back of the hand showing a fox hiding in the tall grass with one paw up and its face turned to look behind. Ribbing at the cuff is red and at the finger and thumb ribbing is tan.

Photo of the same pair of fingerless mitts, now shown worn on my hands, with the palms facing up. The palm pattern is vertical stripes of red with plant motifs at the top, echoing the tall grass that the fox is hiding in.

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Leslie @50000stitches.bsky.social · 28/02/2026

My favorite #showMeYourKnits so far, ANIMALS! First, a pair of the Herding Cats socks from Charlotte Stone, made with a kit from the delightful Dye Mad Yarns. Notice the blocked vs. unblocked difference. 🧶 #knitting #knitSky

Photo of a pair of hand knit socks lying flat on the floor. The socks are pale aqua and have 6 bands of stranded colorwork cats, each in a different color and facing the opposite way. From the toe up: black cats walking left, brown cats walking right, gray cats walking left, calico cats walking right, orange cats walking left, and gray tabby cats walking right. One sock is flat and even and the stitches look uniform. The other sock (unblocked) is lumpy and the fabric puckers between the cat motifs.

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Leslie @50000stitches.bsky.social · 28/02/2026

#fiberuaryChallenge "looking forward": This weekend I'm looking forward to knitting with my first handspun yarn! ~170 yds of DK corriedale spun and plied on an Ashford 2.75 oz spindle that I now realize is almost comically large. Last photo shows my practice attempts. 🧶 #knitting #knitSky

Photo of a brilliant turquoise skein of slightly fluffy 2-ply yarn held in my left hand with a kitchen floor and door in the background. The yarn is *mostly* consistent, with some thicker and thinner spots here and there, and some over- and under-twisted spots here and there.

Photo of a large Ashford drop spindle with the same turquoise 2-ply yarn wound around it on a gray flannel sheet. This was just after I finished plying.

Photo of a shoebox plying set up shown from the top. The shoebox has two takeout chopsticks suspended in the middle of the box, stuck through holes punched in the box's long sides. On each chopstick is a cardboard toilet paper tube with brilliant turquoise singles wound around it. Plying hasn't begun, but is ready to start.

Photo of 4 mini skeins of undyed white and brown handspun wool yarn of (arguably) increasing quality. Each skein is labeled with a number 1 - 4 and the date it was spun and plied. From left to right:
#1 2024-03-02 Thick and think with many thick lumps of underspun wool.
#2 2024-03-02 - 2024-03-03 Better, but still some thick slubs.
#3 2024-03-03 Spun too tightly, with too much twist.
#4 2024-? (not visible in the tag) More consistent, somewhat thick and fluffy, but consistently so. Looks like a rustic worsted weight yarn and not a spindle malfunction.

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Leslie @50000stitches.bsky.social · 27/02/2026

#fiberuaryChallenge "where in the world": A favorite photo I took when I stopped to knit socks alongside the path to Dún Aonghasa on Inis Mór, during a long ago trip to Ireland. Pattern is Maeva from @knitty.com, made with KnitPicks stroll. Finished the socks some months later. 🧶 #knitting #knitSky

Photo of a younger me wearing sunglasses, dangly earrings, and a fox-colored tee over gray long sleeves. I'm bent over a green sock knitting project on the side of a dirt path that stretches off into the distance on a beautiful sunny day. Low stone walls stretch off to either side and a few small white houses are barely visible in the far distance before a rocky coast along blue water.

Photo of a black project bag with the toes of green toe-up two-at-a-time magic loop socks. The project sits on my lap as I'm riding on the bus from Dublin to Cork, or perhaps Cork to Galway.

Photo of the variegated green socks completed. My feet are stretched out in front of me with my toes curled up over a window ledge. The socks are k5 seed st 2 rib with a latice of traveling twisted stitches wrapping around the sides of the feet and coming to a point before the toes.

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Leslie @50000stitches.bsky.social · 26/02/2026

Beautiful! Such nice and even reverse stockinette for the cable background.

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Leslie @50000stitches.bsky.social · 26/02/2026

#fiberuaryChallenge "style": my style is best described as "I made this thing and it's teal or purple," but every once in a while I accidentally make something stylish, like this Marklee sweater. Yarn is MCN from Seattle Sky Dyeworks (now Wool for the People). 🧶 #knitting #knitSky

Close up photo of a hand knit sweater worn by me. The sweater is sock weight yarn in pale aqua with bright aqua and gray variegation. The silhouette is drop shoulder with a mild scoop neck, a faux seam of slip stitches slanting forward to the hem from the underarm, and a split hem with a deep broken rib.

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Leslie @50000stitches.bsky.social · 25/02/2026

For #fiberuaryChallenge "sweater weather", this is the hand knit cardigan I wore today on my sunny & cold afternoon walk. Photo taken after the sun went away 😕 The pattern is Otra Yoke Cardigan by Skeindeer Knits, and the yarn is Harrisville flyWHEEL in nelson and birch bark. 🧶 #knitting #knitSky

Photo of a pale gray cardigan with purple buttons and purple stranded colorwork at the yoke and above the ribbed cuffs. I'm wearing the cardigan over a navy blue tee and jeans and the cardigan takes up most of the photo.

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Leslie @50000stitches.bsky.social · 23/02/2026

For #fiberuaryChallenge "giving back", here are a few charity projects I’ve made: * ZickZack scarf, KP Swish DK hollyberry & serrano * Neat ripple afghan, KP Brava worsted white, red & celestial * Patternless hat, KP Brava worsted eggplant & fairy tale 🧶 #knitting #knitSky

Close up photo of a cherry red and burgundy garter chevron striped skinny scarf around my neck over a gray shirt.

Photo of a crochet ripple afghan in wide red and blue stripes separated by narrow white stripes. The afghan is folded in half lengthwise and hung over a towel rack.

Close up photo of a knit hat with wide color stripes of fuchsia and eggplant purple and texture stripes of plain stockinette and 1x1 rib. The hat is laid flat on a counter.

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Leslie @50000stitches.bsky.social · 23/02/2026

Tea Republik. They have so many delicious teas and tea lattes.

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Leslie @50000stitches.bsky.social · 22/02/2026

#fiberuaryChallenge "sip & knit": Here's me knitting with a friend at my favorite tea cafe a few months ago - a vanilla sock for me and a Musselburgh hat for her. 🧶 #knitting #knitSky

Photo of a table set with two individual tea pots and cups. In the background is a magic loop knitting project in variegated greens and white with a project bag featuring sheep in hats and scarves. In the foreground is a purple self-patterning toe-up sock project on magic loop with a few stitch markers attached.

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Leslie @50000stitches.bsky.social · 21/02/2026

For today's #fiberuaryChallenge theme "finished it", here's the shawl I just finished on Wednesday and wore today. Secession by Kristina Vilimaite in merino bellini yarn from Magliamania in Bern, Switzerland (2017 vacation). I'd never done beaded knitting before. 🧶 #knitting #knitSky

Photo of me holding a petrol green handknit shawl in front of me over my right arm. The shawl has a garter stitch section at the top with a larger section of 3p x 1k twisted rib with the twisted knit lines ending in leaves to make a fancy border. The bases of the twisted knit lines each have 3 turquoise beads on.

Close up photo of the petrol green shawl artfully wrapped around my neck. The beads make a line around my neck suggesting a necklace and the leafy edges of the shawl are draped over my shoulders.

Photo of the entire shawl laid flat on a white table to show the asymmetric crescent shape. The left side has a single leaf at the end of each twisted knit line. The right side ends in two rows of alternating leaves. An arc across the middle of the shawl has the base of each twisted knit line with 3 turquoise beads.

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Leslie @50000stitches.bsky.social · 21/02/2026

Thank you! I hope you get to make one, it was a very fun knit.

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Leslie @50000stitches.bsky.social · 20/02/2026

The #fiberuaryChallenge "color crush" theme is so easy for me. Turquoise, teal, aqua, blue-green - I love them all. Rambouillet + silk fiber; Joni tee, Juniper Moon Farm damask; Multnomah shawl, Tosh merino light; Fairy bouquet sweater, Neighborhood Fiber Co studio sock + loft 🧶 #knitting #knitSky

Close up photo of combed top fiber for spinning, in a tonal aqua and turquoise palette with some gray and darker blue mixed in. There's a lustrous sheen from the silk content.

Close of photo of me wearing a cyan hand knit tee with cap sleeves. A rectangular lace panel makes a beautiful statement on the front, over a background of stockinette with purled stripes every ~1 inch.

Photo of a variegated teal and hint of brown crescent shaped shawl displayed on the edge of a couch seat. The shawl has a garter stitch base with increases down a center garter spine and an old shale pattern making a wavy lace edging.

Side on photo of me wearing a teal hand knit sweater with a shiny mohair halo. The right sleeve is in the front and center of the photo, featuring a twisted rib and wrapped stitches pattern that is meant to evoke butterflies (or fairies) flying down the sleeve.

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Leslie @50000stitches.bsky.social · 20/02/2026

So beautiful! The math is almost always worth it.

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Leslie @50000stitches.bsky.social · 19/02/2026

For #fiberuaryChallenge "wear it Wednesday" and #showMeYourKnits "pinks," here's the sweater I wore today: Strokkur by Ysolda Teague. The yarn is New Lanark Wool & Textiles Aran in Heather, Natural, and Pebble, purchased when I was in Edinburgh a few years ago. 🧶 #knitting #knitSky

Photo of me, a brown-haired white woman, from the chin down, standing next to an open doorway wearing a hand knit sweater over a blue collared shirt and jeans. The sweater is rose pink with an Icelandic style stranded colorwork yoke pattern with an oatmeal colored background and gray interlocking vertical loops.

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Leslie @50000stitches.bsky.social · 18/02/2026

I tried to buy a second one, but the angle is different now, so I’ll only ever have the one ☹️

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Leslie @50000stitches.bsky.social · 18/02/2026

I missed a few days of #fiberuaryChallenge and I'm not going to try to catch up. I was having too much fun at Red Alder fiber arts retreat, where I took excellent classes - spindle spinning with Devin Hellman and Portuguese stranded knitting with Ana Campos - and met so many amazing fiber artists.

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Leslie @50000stitches.bsky.social · 18/02/2026

Today's #fiberuaryChallenge theme is "project bag contents" so here are the items from my notions bag that I used tonight: my best needle for weaving in ends, a needle threader, Portuguese knitting pins & necklace, and scissors I shamelessly took from my mother when I moved. 🧶 #knitting #knitSky

Photo of some knitting notions on top of a silver background. On the left a small tin containing a collection of tapestry and sewing needles and two needle threaders. On the right, a silver wire pendant on a black cord with two hooks at the bottom; two pins with springs and hooks on the end; and a small, sharp pair of scissors with mauve handles.

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Leslie @50000stitches.bsky.social · 14/02/2026

Today's #fiberuaryChallenge theme is "fiber friends," so here are some photos of the fiber-producing friends I met at Rhinebeck when I went in 2024. 🧶 #knitting #knitSky

Photo of a mocha brown alpaca with a white face and dark brown ears lying down in a barn stall. Its legs are folded up underneath just like a cat loafing and it has turned its face to the side to stare at me directly with its right eye.

Close up photo from the right side of a goat with shiny white fur and a long white beard. It's ears are mottled gray and flopped down to the sides. The right ear has a pale yellow tag through it. Two pale brown horns rise smoothly out of the goat's forehead and twist slightly to the sides. The horns are covered in silver glitter.

Side on photo of a small brown Shetland (I think) sheep facing left in a barn stall. In the background is a poster titled "Markings of Shetland sheep". Another sheep's rear end is, unfortunately, photobombing the bottom right corner.

Close up photo of a dark, dark brown sheep, breed unknown, poking its face out above the door of a barn stall. The sheep has a nearly-black face with some gray chin hairs and a small white splotch above the nose. Its brown eyes are looking directly at the camera. It has two impressive horns curling back from its head, down, and back up below the ears.

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LaShawn M. Wanak @tbonejenkins.bsky.social · 02/09/2025

If you enjoyed my short story, "Deconstruction in the Form of a Cat God", @uncannymagazine.bsky.social just published my essay about my faith journey complete with cats, figuring out my faith, and a bonus rumination on what following love looks like when horrible stuff happens unexpectedly.

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Cat Physics, Deconstruction, and the Shape of Love - Uncanny Magazine

When cats fall from a great height, they twist their bodies, searching to reorient themselves, using their tails to rotate their bodies to an upright position before bracing for impact. This requires ...

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Leslie @50000stitches.bsky.social · 14/02/2026

I just finished reading this essay and enjoyed it so much!

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Leslie @50000stitches.bsky.social · 13/02/2026

Yes, the colors are amazing! And this sock yarn is a BFL base, which feels so nice and is very durable. I've got another skein to use eventually.

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Leslie @50000stitches.bsky.social · 13/02/2026

Quote this post with a knit that starts with the next letter of the alphabet for this week's #showMeYourKnits 🧶 I finished this Dappled Sunlight wrap (pattern by Jennifer Weissman) in 2024. The yarn is Dye Mad Yarns Chester Sock in the color "Lake Michigan". A fun, satisfying, and wearable pattern!

Photo of me, a white woman with fluffy brown hair, standing in front of my back yard fence and some shrubbery holding my arms outstretched to display a large blue garter knit wrap in the shape of an isosceles trapezoid. In the center is triangle defined by a wide mesh lace stripe. The edges of the short sides are also bordered by the same wide mesh lace stripe. Sunlight filters through the lacy patterns in the wrap.

Photo of me from the back displaying the blue wrap over my back and shoulders. The center mesh lace triangle contrasts with the pale gray shirt I'm wearing and the ends of the wrap ripple gracefully to either side. My hair is twisted up and held int a large claw clip.

Photo of me from the right side with the blue garter knit wrap wrapped around my shoulders. The mesh lace point is draping artfully over my right wrist. One side of the center mesh lace triangle runs across my back from my right shoulder down to my left underarm.

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Leslie @50000stitches.bsky.social · 13/02/2026

For today's #fiberuaryChallenge theme of "favorite place", my (non-knitting-related) favorite place to visit is the zoo. I especially love Seattle's Woodland Park Zoo, which has a history of innovation for animal enclosure design and a strong research and conservation program.

Photo of an Asian small clawed otter, water beading off of its back, clutching two small balls (one white, one blue) in its right paw while running along some rocks in water. It's not 100% in focus, but these otters move so fast I had trouble getting a great photo.

Photo of a Malayan tiger striding purposefully across the grass in the back of a zoo enclosure, with a portion of black chain link fence in the background. The tiger's mouth is slightly open as if it's huffing and its ears are pointed backwards as if listening for noises from behind.

Photo of a snow leopard sitting up on its haunches in an artificial rock cave with piles of fluffy grass or straw bedding surrounding it. The leopard's tongue is out and curled upward to lick its nose.

Side-on photo of two Grant's gazelles grazing next to some dead wood. The gazelle in the background has two long straight black horns and is leaning over to eat part of a jack-o-lantern pumpkin. The gazelle in the foreground has two small nubs where its horns will be and is turned to look towards the camera with its black tongue sticking out.

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Leslie @50000stitches.bsky.social · 12/02/2026

The hand knits I wore today for #fiberuaryChallenge "wear it Wednesday": * Little child's sock, Nancy Bush Knitting Vintage Socks, Leading Men Spotlight yarn, color "Into the woods" * Marklee sweater, Elizabeth Doherty, Seattle Sky Dyeworks Temporum MCN yarn, color "almost" 🧶 #knitting #knitSky

A close up photo of my feet wearing handknit socks. The color is a semisolid olive green. The cuffs are 2x2 rib. The instep and lower half of the calf has a knit-purl checkerboard pattern that comes to a point before the toe.

A photo of me in an aqua blue, speckled grey, sock weight, drop shoulder, stockinette sweater with a wide crew neck. I'm wearing jeans and have my hands in the pockets. My face is out of frame.

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Sasha Senderovich 🌻 @returnstosender.bsky.social · 11/02/2026

Today the Seattle area celebrates its Up-to-a-Million-People-Trying-to-Travel-Downtown-All-at-Once-Causing-the-Entire-Region’s-Transit-Nightmare Day a.k.a a local football team parade that for some reason has to be held not on a weekend. And yes, I offered my students to reschedule their midterm.

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Leslie @50000stitches.bsky.social · 11/02/2026

Glad you found it on Rav already. They are the Starry Starry Night socks by Suzanne Bryan.

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Leslie @50000stitches.bsky.social · 11/02/2026

For #fiberuaryChallenge "texture", here are photos of the DNA scarf I knit many years ago. The pattern is by June Oshiro and it was challenging to knit. I used the lovely Berroco Ultra Alpaca, but it turned out to be too scratchy for my neck. 🧶 #knitting #knitSky

Photo of a younger me from the neck down wearing a purple tee shirt and a heathered teal scarf with DNA double helix cable down there center and a seed stitch border.

A closeup photo of the DNA scarf showing the 2-row welts making up the base pairs.

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Leslie @50000stitches.bsky.social · 10/02/2026

I finished these socks over the weekend and I’m sharing them today for #fiberuaryChallenge “motivation”. I started these socks last June and stayed motivated to finish them despite frogging and reknitting many times. So glad I got to wear them today! 🧶 #knitting

Closeup photo of my feet wearing hand knit stranded colorwork socks in white with blue starbursts. The right foot is flat on the floor while the left is turned out to the side so you can see the blue and white striped gusset triangle on the inner ankle. The cuff is corrugated rib with blue border rows on top and bottom.

Another closeup photo of the same socks on my feet, but now the right foot is flat on the floor while the right is tipped up so you can see the stripes and arch shaping on the sole of the foot.

Closeup photo of my feet wearing my new blue and white stranded color work socks with blue grey jeans and dusty blue leather Mary Jane style shoes. The blue starbursts show on the top of my feet through the shoes.

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Becky Hammer @beckyhammer.bsky.social · 09/02/2026

First shot: sugarcane The backbone of Puerto Rico's agricultural economy since colonial times Still used to make rum of course!

A musician playing a guitar in sugarcane that is somehow in the middle of a football field

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Leslie @50000stitches.bsky.social · 09/02/2026

Today’s #fiberuaryChallenge theme is “reading or watching,” and I’ve spent the day doing both. Listened to the audiobook Three Bags Full by Leonie Swann all afternoon and now I’m finishing off the day rewatching Bridgerton and knitting on the Secession shawl. 🧶 #knitting #knitSky

Photo of my view from the couch. A deep teal garter stitch shawl with turquoise beads and an edging of leaves is laid out on the couch to my right. The TV is showing a scene of Simon and Daphne from season 1 of Bridgerton.

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Alyssa Long @measuredandslow.bsky.social · 09/02/2026

Anyway textile arts and feminine-coded arts have a VERY long history of both resistance and also people being really shitty about it and idk I invite you to think about why that may be.

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Leslie @50000stitches.bsky.social · 08/02/2026

For today’s #fiberuaryChallenge “self care” theme, here are some photos from the knitting retreat I went to in California last fall. In times like these, anything you can do to focus on a hobby that brings you joy is time well spent. 🧶 #knitting #knitSky

A photo of the ocean. A white and gray pelican is floating in the upper right corner. Near the center, a harbor seal is surfacing with a splash, only its head (and possibly tail?) above the water.

A selfie photo of me, a white woman in a bike helmet and large sunglasses. I’m smiling as I stand in front of a coastal cliff with the ocean at my back and the sun shining off of the water. A tree is partially in the frame behind me.

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Leslie @50000stitches.bsky.social · 08/02/2026

Her Kinnear story is such a classic 😂

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