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Hunter Hammersen @hunterhammersen.bsky.social · 19/08/2025

Found this on the side of the road. Almost left it, but then saw that the top opened. So of course I brought it home, cleaned it up, oiled it, and replaced the knobs. And now it (briefly) looks like this. Its real use for me will be as a plant stand, but we needed the rainbow thread pic!

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Hunter Hammersen @hunterhammersen.bsky.social · 21/01/2025

Series of thoughts, more or less in order: 1: Ohhhh, pretty! 2: God fucking dammit...oh wait, there's another one on the other side...do I even actually know how to knit? 3: Hold on, I can fix it... 4: I shall now be smugly satisfied that at least my mistakes teach me to be good at fixing things.

Lovely little brioche hat...with a sneaky error

zoomed in version of the previous pic with the error circled to draw attention to it

in progress pic of the other error i noticed being fixed (because apparently i was too cranky while fixing the first one to take a pic of it, but did manage to take a pic while fixing the second one)

After the fix, not yet blocked, but once it is, the error will all but disappear!

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Hunter Hammersen @hunterhammersen.bsky.social · 20/01/2025

My country is inaugurating a fascist rapist today. Again. Instead of a competent woman. Again. And that's doing a number on my brain, so I'm going to spend the day working on the next iteration of this.

Photo of a wall hanging made from one giant sheet of white paper, folded up into several rows of pockets, with various bits of pretty papers tucked in the pockets. It's laying on my dining room table and you can see my bookcases in the background. The other pictures in the thread are more pictures of the same thing from other angles.

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Hunter Hammersen @hunterhammersen.bsky.social · 14/07/2024

Oh this is beautiful!!! And I want a story of that border guard's thoughts!

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Hunter Hammersen @hunterhammersen.bsky.social · 20/05/2024

Libraries are so damn cool! My local library is doing a four week embroidery class, and it's been so fun. First two weeks turned out this, and you can totally come join for the next two weeks if you're so inclined! 🧶 www.librarycamden.org/event/healin...

Photo of embroidery. The embroidery is on gray felt using pink, yellow, and white silk embroidery thread. The design is a circle with the same design repeated on eight points to make sort of a snowflake/kaleidoscope/round stained glass window sort of vibe.

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Hunter Hammersen @hunterhammersen.bsky.social · 15/05/2024

I'm trying out tiktok. Which I realize this is hilariously bad timing, what with the ban. But whatever, that's what being a small business is like! So, if you're on there come find me: www.tiktok.com/@HunterHamme... I don't know what I'm doing, so there may be amusing mistakes! 🧶

screenshot of me setting up a new tiktok account

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Hunter Hammersen @hunterhammersen.bsky.social · 15/05/2024

I thought I was done knitting urchins. I really did. But then you see I found myself somewhere that sold beads. And I was quickly overcome. As so often happens. So now there must be at least a few more urchins. I'm sure you understand. 🧶

Photo of two knitted sea urchin shells, three real sea urchin shells, and a small tube of glass beads. All piled together on some rocks and driftwood.

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Hunter Hammersen @hunterhammersen.bsky.social · 14/05/2024

Remember those pinchy pinch purses your grandma had in her bag? The ones where you pretended they were monster mouths when you opened them? How about a knitted version? Going 'chomp chomp chomp' is optional, but encouraged! 🧶 rav: www.ravelry.com/patterns/lib... payhip: payhip.com/b/plj4H

photo of three knitted pouches of different sizes and designs, arranged on a gray table, with various small knitting notions scattered about. there are also some pretty yellow flowers for good spring vibes.

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Hunter Hammersen @hunterhammersen.bsky.social · 06/05/2024

Help the folks doing good work in states with bad laws. They really need it.

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Hunter Hammersen @hunterhammersen.bsky.social · 02/05/2024

I possess: 1) an eye-searingly bright pink sweater with substandard buttons (& bonus kitten guardian) 2) three options for slightly better buttons 3) plans spend tomorrow evening at one of the rare events at which this sweater would be appropriate 4) crippling indecision Help me pick! 🧶

photo of a solid black cat, sitting in loaf position atop a BRIGHT pink sweater, which is resting on my black desk

photo of the same sweater with three different button options

close up on the three button options. one is a large white shell button, one is a small pewter button with a floral pattern, one is a glass button with a geometric design

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Hunter Hammersen @hunterhammersen.bsky.social · 01/05/2024

Well this looks like a good thing to do when I sit down at my computer this morning!

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Hunter Hammersen @hunterhammersen.bsky.social · 30/04/2024

This is fine. This is a reasonable thing to do with both my time and yarn. Totally fine. Absolutely normal. No need for alarm. 🧶

A photo of some sea urchin shells, two real, and three knitted, atop a piece of driftwood.

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Hunter Hammersen @hunterhammersen.bsky.social · 22/04/2024

I have successfully done a bookshelf purge. I have 3 tall bookcases in the dining room, and between them I was able to locate 20 books that are ready to go live happier lives somewhere else. This, plus a little rearranging, led to the creation of One Empty Shelf, which I shall fill with plants.

Photo of the 20 books destined for the used book store. I am intentionally only showing the bottoms of the books because I don't want anybody to see their book in that pile and have a bad feeling, so please no one ask for the titles of the books.

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Hunter Hammersen @hunterhammersen.bsky.social · 24/03/2024

All of this. Plus amazon's new return policy is traaaaash. I have to take anything I want to return to Staples, which is more than an hour of driving for me. They require this even if the item is damaged/defective. They charge for other options. This policy has cut my orders by at least 75%.

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Hunter Hammersen @hunterhammersen.bsky.social · 23/03/2024

The plant I thought was dying has made a bunch of new leaves. This is one of the five good feelings. Others include "happy cat on me," "excellent leftovers in the fridge for lunch," "fresh sheets," and "ooooh, I forgot I'd already done that bit, now I'm ahead of schedule."

Photo of my plant showing several new leaves

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Erin Biba @erinbiba.bsky.social · 19/03/2024

What’s the emoji for no fucking shit you reap what you sow that’s what comes from being a bunch of selfish assholes disabled people fucking told you this would happen our system wasn’t set up to handle all the chronically ill we already had now we’re gonna all fucking suffer for it we are in hell

theguardian.com

‘Alarming’ rise in Americans with long Covid symptoms

CDC data shows nearly 18m people could be living with long Covid even as health agency relaxes isolation recommendations

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Hunter Hammersen @hunterhammersen.bsky.social · 16/03/2024

We're voting over here: patreon.com/posts/which-... and whichever one wins will come out later this month! 🧶

photo of the hat with the embroidery worked on it

photo of three hats with the embroidery worked on them

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Hunter Hammersen @hunterhammersen.bsky.social · 16/03/2024

I've got...expansion packs for both of these patterns that talk about how you do all that nifty embroidery. They came out as exclusives for members last year, but now it's time to make them available more generally. And we need to pick which one!⁠ 🧶

photo of a sampler of embroidery stitches on knitting

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Keezy Young🌼 @keezyyoung.bsky.social · 07/03/2024

okay just because i know you all are tired of all of us with adhd complaining about the drug shortages, i'm leaving this here. please leave a comment! even if you don't have adhd! this is impacting you negatively by having to hear about it constantly lmfao

regulations.gov

Regulations.gov

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Hunter Hammersen @hunterhammersen.bsky.social · 27/02/2024

I've been doing this on the blog/patreon/instagram for a while, but I want to do it here too. Every month I do a post saying “abortions are good” and send a donation to AidAccess.org (where you can order abortion pills online, even if you live somewhere with a ban, even if you’re not pregnant).

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Hunter Hammersen @hunterhammersen.bsky.social · 24/02/2024

I have PURGED THE YARN CLOSET. I did, of course, completely fail to take a before picture. But that will not stop me from reveling! The built in shelf & the white shelf used to be full of stuff, the bins themselves used to be bursting at the seams, & there had been yarn shoved between/on the bins.

Photo of my yarn closet after a big purge. It's a small bedroom closet with bifold doors, one built in shelf up top, and a white wire shelving unit with four shelves sitting inside. On the wire shelves are plastic bins full of yarn. On the built in shelf are felt bins full of photo props. It is uncharacteristically tidy, this state will not last.

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Thomas Zimmer @thomaszimmer.bsky.social · 22/02/2024

Conservatives say “Project 2025” is their “Promise to America.” But from the perspective of multiracial, pluralistic democracy, it is more aptly described as an aggressive threat. A thread, based on my new piece: 🧵1/

thomaszimmer.substack.com

“Project 2025” Promises Revenge, Oppression, and Autocratic Rule

The Right’s plans for a return to power are driven by a radicalizing siege mentality and a desperate desire to restore dominance

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Hunter Hammersen @hunterhammersen.bsky.social · 23/02/2024

I wish to be eating mac & cheese. Please encourage me in this goal. The cheese bucket in the fridge has too many random nubbins anyway, so it's practically the responsible thing to do, right? Say yes.

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Blopeep (doing the Time Warp) @blopeep.bsky.social · 23/02/2024

this is the debate. Full stop. I hope that white women finally WAKE THE FUCK UP and realize that until we say NO, this shit will continue. Our power is limitless if we choose to stand firm. Women of color have known this for years and they are showing us the way. This is the year. #VoteBlue

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Hunter Hammersen @hunterhammersen.bsky.social · 23/02/2024

It's all bodily autonomy. If anyone is trying to take that away from any group, you can just assume they'll be coming for yours at some point too.

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Hunter Hammersen @hunterhammersen.bsky.social · 23/02/2024

This is one of the things that feels really catastrophic these days. These are changes that don't change back easily, if ever.

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Hunter Hammersen @hunterhammersen.bsky.social · 22/02/2024

I am going to be snarky for a sec. Every time a pattern for a little thing gets popular, I get comments like this. I get enough that I have a standard response. And they used to bug the crap out of me, but now I mostly see them as a chance to do a little outreach & education. So let's do that.

Screenshot of a comment complaining about my pattern pricing, and the first part of my response.

The response is too long to fit in the alt text here, but you can find it on my site https://tinynonsense.com/2024/02/22/every-time/

Screenshot of the second part of my response.

The response is too long to fit in the alt text here, but you can find it on my site https://tinynonsense.com/2024/02/22/every-time/

Screenshot of another comment about the price of my pattern, and the start of my reply (which is the exact same reply as to the previous comment, as I said, I've got a standard reply for this nonsense at this point).

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Hunter Hammersen @hunterhammersen.bsky.social · 14/02/2024

Have just requested the audiobook from the library and will be delighted when it comes up in a week or two!

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rahaeli @rahaeli.bsky.social · 13/02/2024

for no particular reason today it just seems like a really good time to repost that post I made rounding up the research that says the MCAS antihistamine protocol appear to help for both COVID prevention and for avoiding long COVID if you get it synecdochic.dreamwidth.org/805203.html

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Nate Wolff @natewolff.bsky.social · 09/02/2024

❌ I’m in a slough of despond ✅ I’m in a freshwater marsh of sadness

a chart advising that we "avoid using anti-wetland language"

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Hunter Hammersen @hunterhammersen.bsky.social · 05/02/2024

I told you this was what I wanted to do anyway! Wee bits of cheerful sparkle! The instructions for the...confetti? glitter? there is not a name for this and there needs to be...are up over here: www.patreon.com/posts/loved-... And there's a discount code in there for the knitted bits too! 🧶

Photo of a pile of colorful, heart-shaped bits of good cheer

Photo of the same bits of heart-shaped cheer from the previous photo, this time tucked into tiny bottles and spilling out of a little knitted envelope and mixed in among knitted hearts

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Hunter Hammersen @hunterhammersen.bsky.social · 31/01/2024

This is, of course, inevitable for every bossy know it all. The (likely misguided) notion that you should solicit questions about your special interest then infodump all over anyone who will listen comes upon us all at some point. You were warned. www.patreon.com/posts/questi...

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Hunter Hammersen @hunterhammersen.bsky.social · 30/01/2024

What I meant to do: Take photos of the hearts for seasonal promotion because selling patterns is my job What I did instead: Make piles of Teeny Tiny Heart Glitter/Confetti Hybrid What I want to do: Find an excuse to write up instructions for said bits of glee Your task: Give me that excuse 🧶

Photo of a whole bunch of hearts. There are fuzzy knitted ones in the background, all blurry. And then in the foreground, there are pieces of teeny tiny heart-shaped bits of...detritus. Something between glitter and confetti. Sparkly and pretty and useless and cheerful and full of colors and good feelings.

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Hunter Hammersen @hunterhammersen.bsky.social · 26/01/2024

Abortion and trans rights are two sides of the same coin. It's all bodily autonomy. If they can take one form of autonomy away from you, they will take others. They're not anywhere near done.

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Hunter Hammersen @hunterhammersen.bsky.social · 23/01/2024

I succumbed to my baser tendencies. Preserved is out, & you, too, can find yourself in possession of a pile of tiny, perfect knitted strawberries. 🍓🧶🍓 rav: www.ravelry.com/patterns/lib... ph: payhip.com/b/D5Z2u Alas, I can't tell you if you want red or pink, I was scandalously unable to decide.

Photo of knitted strawberrries, mixed in with their real counterparts, tumbling out of a ceramic berry basket.

Photo of knitted strawberrries, mixed in with their real counterparts, tumbling out of a white bowl.

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Molly Knight @mollyknight.bsky.social · 23/01/2024

Alright besties: we’ve got another union walkout tomorrow, timed with the Oscar noms announcement. Don’t click on any links from Vanity Fair, Vogue, Bon Appetit, GQ, Glamour, Self, Allure, Teen Vogue, Condé Nast Traveler, etc: ✊ www.hollywoodreporter.com/business/bus...

hollywoodreporter.com

Condé Nast Union Members Launch 24-Hour Walkout Amid Layoff Talks

More than 400 workers at Vanity Fair, Vogue, Condé Nast Entertainment, Bon Appétit and other brands are walking out on Tuesday to protest bargaining practices the union alleges are unlawful.

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Hunter Hammersen @hunterhammersen.bsky.social · 22/01/2024

Yes to ALL OF THIS. The folks stuck in states where abortion has been made illegal are still doing really good work and need our help.

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Frankie Huang 黄碧赤 @ourobororoboruo.bsky.social · 21/01/2024

Crowdsource: I’ve been having some trouble reaching pre-modern and modern historians who can comment on negative stereotypes assigned to the diets of lower class folks. Recommendations or, better yet, self recommendations welcome!

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Hunter Hammersen @hunterhammersen.bsky.social · 14/01/2024

In case you don't know (I didn't know at first either!), uline are absolute garbage humans and are actively dangerous and harmful. Avoid using them whenever you can. Encourage others to do the same. Links to just how shitty they are in the thread.

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Ana Marie Cox @anamariecox.com · 13/01/2024

It is about to drop 40 degrees in 12 hours here in central Texas. Bring in your pets. Turn off and wrap outdoor faucets. Fill up your cars. Charge external batteries. Fill up water bottles. Do the dishes/have paper plates. Get enough pet food and human food for a few days. TAKE A SHOWER (pro tip).

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