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Katt Hawthorne (She/Her) @fiber-cryptid.bsky.social · 3h

Yes hello I have no idea how the week's theme for #ShowMeYourKnits is announced, but here's a tiny beginning for #WIPWednesday.

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Katt Hawthorne (She/Her) @fiber-cryptid.bsky.social · 15/09/2026

#D&D last night was *insane*. A planned heist went tits up before the party even set foot inside the door. Wouldn'ta had it any other way ^_^

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Katt Hawthorne (She/Her) @fiber-cryptid.bsky.social · 14/09/2026

Due to health concerns, we have had to train all of our cats on bowls that read their RFID chips. The Voids, whom we adopted at the same time (but are from different litters), are currently trying to repeat their accustomed dance of trading food bowls partway through grazing. This is not working.

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Katt Hawthorne (She/Her) @fiber-cryptid.bsky.social · 22/07/2026

Poor little Vanta is Very Done™️ with being at the vet. (We're home now, and she's hiding somewhere comfy until she feels better.)

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Katt Hawthorne (She/Her) @fiber-cryptid.bsky.social · 06/07/2026

Enough with the fucking fireworks already.

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Katt Hawthorne (She/Her) @fiber-cryptid.bsky.social · 15/06/2026

Hot take: If your yarn/belt/other textile is vegan, that means it's made out of plastic. Polyester is a type of plastic. Check your clothing labels, you will be surprised how ubiquitous it is. [1/3]

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Katt Hawthorne (She/Her) @fiber-cryptid.bsky.social · 21/05/2026

Blocked, off the mats, finished, folded, and stowed away. This pattern was a nightmare. #KnitSky #FiberArts #knitting

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Katt Hawthorne (She/Her) @fiber-cryptid.bsky.social · 14/05/2026

Helium balloons are such a weird, archaic thing to me. Sure, let's use a limited and rapidly running out resource to temporarily inflate an object humans are known to be irresponsible with in terms of ecosystem protection. Sounds fun and worthwhile.

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Warspitefella 🇬🇧🇺🇦 @warspitefella.bsky.social · 14/05/2026

A knitting pattern? No. These are the attack routes of approximately 1,600 Russian drones and missiles within a 24-hour period. For over 4 years, Ukraine has been defending Europe— alone —against the Russian murderers. As per @juergennauditt.bsky.social

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Katt Hawthorne (She/Her) @fiber-cryptid.bsky.social · 14/05/2026

Pride Month is coming. Anybody need a brick? And anyway, if you're going to engage with rainbow capitalism, it might as well be with an Actual Gay™️. #PrideMonth #RainbowCapitalism #BlueskyWhyDoYourHashtagsWorkLikeTheyDo

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Katt Hawthorne (She/Her) @fiber-cryptid.bsky.social · 12/05/2026

Off to get yet another colposcopy. Hooray -_-

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Katt Hawthorne (She/Her) @fiber-cryptid.bsky.social · 05/05/2026

Obligatory civic duty photo. If you're in the US and today is a voting day for you, please vote if you can. #IVoted #DontLetTheBastardsGrindYouDown

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joe is afraid @crimson2877.bsky.social · 30/04/2026

learning about fabric and weaving is so interesting, particularly in regards to denim. denim is like, very mythologized (at least in america), where like it's best if you get it raw (unwashed so it fades in the cowboy way i guess) and you should wash it infrequently and yadda yadda, but

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Kitchener Witch @kitchenerwitch.bsky.social · 25/04/2026

#knittinghottake While I don't think pattern designers are necessary anymore in most cases, if you give a bad rating because of a skill issue, we have a problem. Patterns are not educational. If the pattern calls for a twisted German cast on, it doesn't have to explain how to do it.

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Katt Hawthorne (She/Her) @fiber-cryptid.bsky.social · 23/04/2026

I have been shopping for components to make fine jewelry day collars, and now all of my site algorithms are ✨interesting✨ 🖤

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From the Feywild @fromthefeywild.bsky.social · 18/04/2026

I made a TikTok account today! Which I will probably never use! But if you found me over there and that's how you found me here, hi, it's the same person, and I am terribad at social media. I'm better at making shinies.

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Katt Hawthorne (She/Her) @fiber-cryptid.bsky.social · 14/04/2026

Getting ready for an event this Saturday, held by Central Indiana Pagan Pride. New stitch markers, earrings, and necklaces will be on offer ^_^

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Katt Hawthorne (She/Her) @fiber-cryptid.bsky.social · 14/04/2026

Elements of this evening have been emotionally difficult. To add insult to injury, our AC is still broken.

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Katt Hawthorne (She/Her) @fiber-cryptid.bsky.social · 13/04/2026

Me when I'm knitting: "Man, I love that I chose to pursue knitting professionally." Me when I'm blocking: <regrets life choices> So anyway, this is on my blocking mats overnight.

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Katt Hawthorne (She/Her) @fiber-cryptid.bsky.social · 09/04/2026

A client just picked up this gift set they commissioned to enter into a raffle. I'm super happy with how these pretties turned out ^_^

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S.J.💙🩵💙🦋🦓 @glimmers2.bsky.social · 28/03/2026

@womanwalkingawire.bsky.social has offered a fabulous- and free!-crocet pattern for resistors who crochet pdf-inline.ravelrycache.com/womanwalking...

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Katt Hawthorne (She/Her) @fiber-cryptid.bsky.social · 23/03/2026

Sunday ❤️ With the best co-baker in the world.

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Katt Hawthorne (She/Her) @fiber-cryptid.bsky.social · 21/03/2026

For today's horror show, I give you: Some small business owner's idea for labeling yarn. AKA, packing tape, *directly on the single ply*. Why would anyone treat yarn this way. Get a goddamn rubber band. Or - here's a thought - THE YARN IS MADE OF STRING.

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Katt Hawthorne (She/Her) @fiber-cryptid.bsky.social · 20/03/2026

Recent customs, sent off to their homes ❤️

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Katt Hawthorne (She/Her) @fiber-cryptid.bsky.social · 20/03/2026

Pattern author: Add 1 st per Front so you'll have added a total of 26 new st by the time you reach the end of Chart A Also pattern author: Doesn't note this anywhere in the chart Me: Spends many hours and lots of RSI* finishing Chart A and only JUST notices this omission * Repeated Stress Injury

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Katt Hawthorne (She/Her) @fiber-cryptid.bsky.social · 20/03/2026

Didn't realize that buying expensive carbon fiber knitting needles would mean protecting my fingertips from carbon fiber shards as I'm working, but here we are, I guess. Thanks, KnitPro?

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Katt Hawthorne (She/Her) @fiber-cryptid.bsky.social · 18/03/2026

God fucking dammit, HPV, fuck off already.

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Katt Hawthorne (She/Her) @fiber-cryptid.bsky.social · 18/03/2026

I've been nearsighted since 8th grade (00 - 01) and just had to take my glasses off to see up close. Guess it's a good thing I've already booked an eye exam, I might be nearing the time of bifocals 🫠

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Katt Hawthorne (She/Her) @fiber-cryptid.bsky.social · 17/03/2026

If I had to pay you money for your pattern, but then I have to reach out to a master knitter to parse said pattern, you needed more pattern testing. And by more, I mean "any", since I'd be very surprised if this was tested *at all*, and you didn't just decide to sell your personal notes.

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Katt Hawthorne (She/Her) @fiber-cryptid.bsky.social · 17/03/2026

It's possible that I should have waited until at least 2028/2029 to re-read @seananmcguire.bsky.social (as Mira Grant)'s "Newsflesh" trilogy. Too many of the elements of these books are hitting too close to home given <gestures vaguely at everything>

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StudentEternal @studentet-eternal.bsky.social · 10/03/2026

It's always awkward to self promote, but im a trans woman and make pretty yarn! Www.ravenswool.com so if you need some yarn orn other fiber arts and want to help me become independent of my corporatr job its appreciated. 💜

ravenswool.com

Ravenswool

Ravenswool creates hand dyed yarn and fiber. Based out of the Ravenswood district of Chicago.

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Katt Hawthorne (She/Her) @fiber-cryptid.bsky.social · 08/03/2026

And now, as is the annual tradition, allow me to say: Fuck Daylight Saving Time.

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Katt Hawthorne (She/Her) @fiber-cryptid.bsky.social · 07/03/2026

I swear, knitting charts are the bane of my fucking existence. Thanks be to every pattern author who's ever included a text translation of their chart alongside said chart.

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Katt Hawthorne (She/Her) @fiber-cryptid.bsky.social · 05/03/2026

tmw you have two tubes of seed beads you want to use for a project, you know you'll need a third tube, but JOANN FUCKING CLOSED LAST SUMMER and you can't find them online anywhere other than the wholesaler's website 🙃

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Katt Hawthorne (She/Her) @fiber-cryptid.bsky.social · 03/03/2026

Two pieces of formal knitting ready for blocking ^_^ Really quite chuffed with how they've worked up. Photos when I have them on the mats, probably, as lacework looks best imo when it's properly opened up.

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Beca Dreadful 🖤🌙 @becadreads.bsky.social · 26/02/2026

I don't want to read a book written by AI. I don't want to read a book half written by AI. I don't want to read a book narrated by AI. I don't want to read a book with an AI cover. I don't want to read a book written by somebody who supports AI.

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