Jo Paoletti @jbpaoletti.bsky.social · 10/09/2026Just sitting at the bar, finishing one mitt and ready to cast on the other. 130
Jo Paoletti @jbpaoletti.bsky.social · 10/09/2026jopaoletti.substack.com/p/nebraska-h...jopaoletti.substack.comNebraska Homecoming, Part 2Preparing for the journey 000
Jo Paoletti @jbpaoletti.bsky.social · 28/08/2026Done and ready to block. Buckthorn cowl by Jen Lucas. The yarn is an unlabeled mystery ball from a friend. A favorite to make and wear! #knitsky 1160
Jo Paoletti @jbpaoletti.bsky.social · 25/08/2026jopaoletti.substack.com/p/monetizing...jopaoletti.substack.comMonetizing the Apocalypse, Plan #1“If we aren’t dead, we’ll be billionaires.” 000
Jo Paoletti @jbpaoletti.bsky.social · 20/08/2026Is it true you can’t go home again? jopaoletti.substack.com/p/nebraska-h...jopaoletti.substack.comNebraska HomecomingWho would I be if we’d stayed? 000
Jo Paoletti @jbpaoletti.bsky.social · 20/08/2026Using up some bits and pieces. Thumbs coming tomorrow. #knitsky #wipwednesday 1130
Jo Paoletti @jbpaoletti.bsky.social · 05/08/2026#WIPWednesday The phone camera doesn’t do it justice. 010
Jo Paoletti @jbpaoletti.bsky.social · 05/08/2026#knitsky 15 weeks to go until our community craft bazaar. So far, I have made 13 earwarmers, 10 pairs of mitts/mittens, 6 hats and just 3 items of neckwear. This year I focused on things to mix and match. 0260
Jo Paoletti @jbpaoletti.bsky.social · 04/08/202615 weeks to go until our community craft bazaar. So far, I have made 13 earwarmers, 10 pairs of mitts/mittens, 6 hats and just 3 items of neckwear. This year I focused on things to mix and match. 020
Jo Paoletti @jbpaoletti.bsky.social · 02/08/2026#showmeyourknits Shawls! I love to make ‘em, love to wear’em! 1311
Jo Paoletti @jbpaoletti.bsky.social · 31/07/2026#knitting #knitsky I love how people are sharing patterns they’ve used more than once. I love this Ann Norling pattern, and have lost count of the hats it’s inspired. 060
Jo Paoletti @jbpaoletti.bsky.social · 23/07/2026Mitt #2 on the needles, taking breaks to switch to a little patch I am embroidering. #Knitting #needlework #embroidery 050
Jo Paoletti @jbpaoletti.bsky.social · 22/07/2026I got some Ewetopia variegated yarn to go with a skein of an odd green and decided to do a bunch of mix and match items. Voilà! #showmeyourknitting #knitting 3250
Jo Paoletti @jbpaoletti.bsky.social · 17/07/2026Look, Mom! I’m a trendsetter! open.substack.com/pub/jopaolet...open.substack.comLook, Mom! I’m a trendsetter!Whats the word for the feeling you have when the cool kids discover something you’ve been doing for decades? 011
Jo Paoletti @jbpaoletti.bsky.social · 27/05/2026Just sitting here in a coffee shop eavesdropping on two people talking excitedly about textiles and art. Resisting the urge to chime in. I have such great self-control. 020
Jo Paoletti @jbpaoletti.bsky.social · 06/05/2026open.substack.com/pub/gendermy...open.substack.comSomeone else's dissertationOn realizing just how retired I am 000
Jo Paoletti @jbpaoletti.bsky.social · 20/04/2026open.substack.com/pub/sterling... An essential reading listopen.substack.comTrans HistoryA reading list 010
Jo Paoletti @jbpaoletti.bsky.social · 07/04/2026I have 27 minutes before my drawing class starts. Should I spend it reading about the looming apocalypse or take a walk in the sunshine? Never mind, I think I figured it out. 010
Jo Paoletti @jbpaoletti.bsky.social · 04/04/2026The Revolution will be Litigated - Part 3 open.substack.com/pub/gendermy...open.substack.comThe Revolution will be Litigated - Part 3Dress codes and civil rights 010
Reposted by Jo PaolettiThe Met: Costume Institute @metcostume.bsky.social · 24/03/2026Waistcoat botfrens.com/collections/223/conten… 15213
Jo Paoletti @jbpaoletti.bsky.social · 13/02/2026open.substack.com/pub/jopaolet...open.substack.comSecrets to tellI have the weirdest dreams right before sunrise. #poetry 000
Jo Paoletti @jbpaoletti.bsky.social · 11/02/2026The Revolution will be Litigated - Part 2 open.substack.com/pub/gendermy... #fashionhistory #genderopen.substack.comThe Revolution will be Litigated - Part 2Who wears the pants? The horror of women in trousers. 000
Jo Paoletti @jbpaoletti.bsky.social · 06/02/2026open.substack.com/pub/gendermy... #fashionhistory #genderopen.substack.comJust a reminder'twasn’t always so 000
Jo Paoletti @jbpaoletti.bsky.social · 28/01/2026open.substack.com/pub/susanstr... An absolutely beautiful read. Knitting knowledge not necessary. But if you knit, you will love it.open.substack.comThe Knitting Tote BagPart three of why knitting mattered in my university teaching life. 020
Jo Paoletti @jbpaoletti.bsky.social · 27/01/2026Hans Mansson Goes to a Bar Mitzvah open.substack.com/pub/jopaolet... A little fun thing I wrote.open.substack.comHans Mansson Goes to a Bar MitzvahA tale with a dash of truth 010
Jo Paoletti @jbpaoletti.bsky.social · 17/01/2026The Revolution Will Be Litigated, Part 1 open.substack.com/pub/gendermy...open.substack.comThe Revolution Will Be Litigated, Part 1Longhairs in American courts 010
Reposted by Jo PaolettiAnne Fausto-Sterling @birdlady.bsky.social · 14/01/2026www.nature.com/articles/d41... “A lot of people have long regarded same-sex behaviour as an accident, or rare, or only in zoo animals,” says co-author Vincent Savolainen, an evolutionary biologist at Imperial College London. But “it’s part of the normal social life of primates”.nature.comClient Challenge 093
Jo Paoletti @jbpaoletti.bsky.social · 29/12/2025Maybe it’s time for me to pull together an FAQ about pink and blue on my Substack. Post or DM me your questions and I’ll get started. Can we set a deadline of January 4? #FashionHistory 021
Jo Paoletti @jbpaoletti.bsky.social · 26/12/2025Future plans for my Substack “notebook".open.substack.comNow what, you may well askKnitting, tinking and what comes after 210
Reposted by Jo PaolettiYour Internet Friend Tom Tomorrow @tomtomorrow.bsky.social · 23/12/2025I firmly believe we're going to survive this era -- broken, hobbled, with decades of rebuilding that will not be finished in my lifetime -- but we are going to survive and every asshole who collaborated in the effort to destroy this country will forever wear the stain of it. 492038287
Jo Paoletti @jbpaoletti.bsky.social · 23/12/2025 Today, this version of Spiral Notebook slips into the Substack Archives. You still can find the entries for every day there, by searching on the Month and Day. Beginning January 1, Spiral Notebook will be my portfolio of storytelling (prose, poetry) and art. Happy New Year, whatever comes.open.substack.comDecember 23 - 31The shortest days, the longest nights. And so this project ends. 010
Jo Paoletti @jbpaoletti.bsky.social · 19/12/2025Work in progress open.substack.com/pub/jopaolet...open.substack.comWork in progressMy week in the playground 000
Jo Paoletti @jbpaoletti.bsky.social · 18/12/2025open.substack.com/pub/jopaolet...open.substack.comJust like starfishJust like starfish 010
Jo Paoletti @jbpaoletti.bsky.social · 18/12/2025On the other hand, the Colin Firth Pride and Prejudice is on Kanopy for free. Next up: the wet shirt scene. 020
Jo Paoletti @jbpaoletti.bsky.social · 13/12/2025What doesn’t make it into our diaries, again open.substack.com/pub/jopaolet...open.substack.comWhat doesn’t make it into our diaries, againUntold stories of December 13ths past 010
Jo Paoletti @jbpaoletti.bsky.social · 12/12/2025open.substack.com/pub/gendermy... The girl rules and boy rules, that is.open.substack.comLearning the RulesManners, etiquette and gender 020
Reposted by Jo PaolettiAcyn @acyn.bsky.social · 11/12/2025Magaziner: How many US military veterans have you deported? Noem: We have not deported military veterans. Magaziner: We are joined on zoom by a gentleman who is an army combat veteran who was shot twice while serving our country. You deported him to Korea. 705168755401
Jo Paoletti @jbpaoletti.bsky.social · 08/12/2025Apparently there is a Fog of War cocktail, which involves a raw egg. I am more interested in Artillery Brewing’s Fog of War hazy IPA. 010
Jo Paoletti @jbpaoletti.bsky.social · 04/12/2025Dear Mick open.substack.com/pub/jopaolet... Today’s visitor from poetryland. I don’t write them, I just write them down.open.substack.comDear MickA poetic query 010
Jo Paoletti @jbpaoletti.bsky.social · 04/12/2025Today's chuckle. Lane Bryant maternity clothes, 1936. 2131
Reposted by Jo PaolettiBrittany Wong @brittanywong.bsky.social · 03/12/2025My story today on a pink Fair Isle knit from J. Crew that’s getting under some people’s skin. I interviewed fashion historians about pink’s history and how class influences our expressions of masculinity. TW: Tucker Carlson's bow tie period is referenced www.huffpost.com/entry/j-crew...huffpost.comCan A Sweater Style Be Liberal? Some Conservatives Think So.“Is that part of the Gavin Newsom collection?” one user joked of the California governor. 0133
Jo Paoletti @jbpaoletti.bsky.social · 02/12/2025A wet chilly morning. Here’s a warm winter blessing for spinners, weavers, knitters and crocheters - - and all the wearers, too! youtu.be/8Gh8Xye_ZX0youtu.beWinter Charm of Lasting Life, a traditional Scottish folk song performed by ZambraYouTube video by Zambra 000
Reposted by Jo PaolettiAnne Fausto-Sterling @birdlady.bsky.social · 30/11/2025"Although science faculty can return to their labs , others will be subjected to increased scrutiny of their teaching & scholarship. The real danger-- the threat it poses to the core purpose of higher education—preparing future generations for the public good.." www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...science.orgThe Columbia deal is a tragic wake-up callLast month, Columbia University entered an agreement with the US government to restore federal funding for research in exchange for actions by the university to address complaints by the Trump adminis... 0111
Reposted by Jo PaolettiEliot Higgins @eliothiggins.bsky.social · 30/11/20254/4 AI video slop is everywhere, take our quiz to try and spot it www.kpbs.org/news/science...kpbs.orgAI video slop is everywhere, take our quiz to try and spot itThere's no one way to be absolutely sure about a video's authenticity, but experts say there are some simple clues that can help. 913942
Jo Paoletti @jbpaoletti.bsky.social · 29/11/2025Behold, our Thanksgiving leftovers. Yes, brisket beans and fried plantains. 120
Jo Paoletti @jbpaoletti.bsky.social · 27/11/2025open.substack.com/pub/parkerjp... From one of my never-met mentors.open.substack.comWith GratitudeA deep bow to those who reach into the darkness to rekindle other people's lights... 000
Jo Paoletti @jbpaoletti.bsky.social · 27/11/202530 years to write it, 12 years in print! iupress.org/978025300985...iupress.orgPink and BlueJo B. Paoletti's journey through the history of children's clothing began when she posed the question, "When did we start dressing girls in pink and boys in ... 0296