Lior 🇺🇦 | knitting design+garment mods @jolior.bsky.social · 2h(Oh, just looked it up. German public insurance *never* supports lasering eyes for astigmatism, no matter how bad, bc you can use glasses. They *also* don't support glasses with more than 8-10%, unless you're basically blind and I wouldn't count on it even then. I hate this country.) 000
Lior 🇺🇦 | knitting design+garment mods @jolior.bsky.social · 2hI wonder what it's like, waking up and not having astigmatism anymore. If it upsets your balance for a while, like when you get new glasses and have to get used to them. (My astigmatism is rather harsh, but probably not enough for shitty German eyesight insurance policies) 010
Reposted by Lior 🇺🇦 | knitting design+garment modsThe Backlist Book 🇨🇦 🍁 @thebacklistbook.bsky.social · 2h#crochet #knitting #knitsky #crochetsky any advice on lens types? 131
Lior 🇺🇦 | knitting design+garment mods @jolior.bsky.social · 2hThat's true ^^ I'm dreaming of a place like this, too. My enbyfriend got to help out in the Vosges on a sheep farm. I was very envious 😅 000
Lior 🇺🇦 | knitting design+garment mods @jolior.bsky.social · 2hYou're welcome. Hm. I can't go on vacation. And I certainly can't afford one of these damn retreats, cruises etc. 110
Reposted by Lior 🇺🇦 | knitting design+garment modsMeg a tron @touchcrafts.bsky.social · 13hFinished hat, slightly felted to keep the floats locked in place. Love felting projects because i have s habit of knitting loose. If anyone has good non super wash yarn brands let me know please. Spindrift is my go to but is there anything more like malibrigo but not superwash? #knitsky 1111
Lior 🇺🇦 | knitting design+garment mods @jolior.bsky.social · 4hI got introduced to sock yarn that works without nylon through her site and also hooked on spinning with her starter kit ^^ And AFAIK none of them use AI slop. There is a Spanish company, but well, they recently did a heavy dive into the slop, so no rec from me (wooldreamers) 120
Lior 🇺🇦 | knitting design+garment mods @jolior.bsky.social · 4hwww.ballyhourafibers.com is a Woman of Color Irish indie dyer who also dyes on NSW yarn, her colors are inspired by the nature on the British Isles. Sadly only in Germany now (bc of bs EU regulations) is www.frauwoellfchen.de a spinner and yarn dyer who knows a LOT about yarn construction/typesballyhourafibers.com 110
Lior 🇺🇦 | knitting design+garment mods @jolior.bsky.social · 4hwww.theweeyarncompany.com is in the NL, trans indie dyer who has specialized in NSW yarn of all weights. He's a fiber nerd and always interested in lesser known sheep. Rather pricet, though. But combining a handdyed lace with a commercial heavier yarn is a good budget compromise. Queer colors ;-)theweeyarncompany.comThe Wee Yarn CompanyScottish yarn dyer, based in Nijmegen. The Wee Yarn Company makes and sells hand-dyed yarns for your favourite knitting and crocheting projects. Our hand-dyed yarns are available in a wide range of co... 110
Lior 🇺🇦 | knitting design+garment mods @jolior.bsky.social · 4hDK/worsted: Filcolana Peruvian, multiply, great stitch def, quite soft, comparable to Cascade 220 DK from the US, which is also NSW, both have a very wide range of colors, though Peruvian has less forest greens. Both very good and affordable. I think they have resumed shipping to the US Handdyed 110
Lior 🇺🇦 | knitting design+garment mods @jolior.bsky.social · 4hOK ^^ here they come: for commercial nsw yarn, I can recommend Holst, both their "supersoft"(2ply light fingering woolen spun wool, but not soft) and their coast (45/55 cotton and woollen spun wool). Tides was also great but is recently discontinued. Huge color range, very affordable. 110
Lior 🇺🇦 | knitting design+garment mods @jolior.bsky.social · 6hSomeone: hey you can ask me anytime if you need help with a spinning problem Me: I have this problem, but this solution sounds sensible, not sure whether I'm thinking in the right direction? S.o: oh, you got an old wheel. Well, buy these brands used for only 250€ 🤦...thank you, I like my wheel 120
Lior 🇺🇦 | knitting design+garment mods @jolior.bsky.social · 8hSame question here :-/ fingers crossed 010
Reposted by Lior 🇺🇦 | knitting design+garment modsmeerbuschknitter.bsky.social @meerbuschknitter.bsky.social · 14hIt's coming up to spooky season! Time to bring out my Danse Macabre sweater! 🦴💀🧶🎃 Actually it's not just good for halloween - my doctor loves it and so does my physio! 🤣 #knitting #bskyknits #knitsky www.ravelry.com/patterns/lib... 41267
Reposted by Lior 🇺🇦 | knitting design+garment modsGaylyn Young 🇨🇦 🧶 🥾 🌾 @gynottoday.bsky.social · 13hThese are as spooky as I get for #showmeyourknits 🧶 Scandinavian Sugar Skulls 🧶 Cat Nouveau Mitt 🧶 Eat the Rich #Spooky #Halloween #KnitSky 6552
Lior 🇺🇦 | knitting design+garment mods @jolior.bsky.social · 8hWhere are you located? I know a few in Europe, though some only ship within one country now. And to clarify, by more like Malabrigo you mean handdyed? Or just a wide color range? 110
Reposted by Lior 🇺🇦 | knitting design+garment modsDonna Williams More @dmariewms.bsky.social · 16hContrasts. Norfolk Botanical Gardens 7/29/2011 #photography #plant 0111
Reposted by Lior 🇺🇦 | knitting design+garment modsC. L. Polk @clpolk.com · 11hThis is a masterclass in what to expect from a short story magazine. Don't compromise on this. 06529
Lior 🇺🇦 | knitting design+garment mods @jolior.bsky.social · 8hThanks! For the sliding, I'm currently using the traditional cello player provisory: a bit of string tied around its legs and slung around the chair legs 😁 works fine 000
Lior 🇺🇦 | knitting design+garment mods @jolior.bsky.social · 10hXD I think, if you're interested, I can send you my second one, it's the same build. May have to check a few things so it's usable. But I got the other one bc I thought I could use it for parts, and then it turned out they were different in tiny measurements. But yes, that's an important question🤣 000
Lior 🇺🇦 | knitting design+garment mods @jolior.bsky.social · 10hAnd your nail polish matches the beautiful color of the yarn!! 010
Reposted by Lior 🇺🇦 | knitting design+garment modsDeborah @debalex.bsky.social · 10/10/2026Man, fellow white folks, do a bit of reading. Many lynchings were government-approved killings based upon the mere whiff of anything. I thought I understood. After reading Caste, the image of white folks treating lynchings like Sunday afternoon's picnicking entertainment haunts me. 09612
Lior 🇺🇦 | knitting design+garment mods @jolior.bsky.social · 10/10/2026Completely understandable. Gaslights on a mega scale. 000
Lior 🇺🇦 | knitting design+garment mods @jolior.bsky.social · 10/10/2026That's such a hard and lonely dream 😢 religious trauma has such a specific mind warping nastiness to it (from what I've seen in others). I hope you can transform your dream some day 000
Lior 🇺🇦 | knitting design+garment mods @jolior.bsky.social · 10/10/2026I agree. That sounds like someone determined to take the ship down before she/he changes his mind. 010
Lior 🇺🇦 | knitting design+garment mods @jolior.bsky.social · 10/10/2026where I didn't like the colors a lot. In the past I've overdyed several DK skeins, might do it again. But the most recent purchase was in February, I think, and nothing for a long time before that. I had gotten sour on them bc their German newsletter is unbearably spießig (like garden gnome owners) 000
Lior 🇺🇦 | knitting design+garment mods @jolior.bsky.social · 10/10/2026😢 I'm absolutely keeping mine and knitting the heck out of it. I will not, however, mark it in my Ravelry projects. I have done that with other companies for ethical reasons, and maybe it's petty, but I don't want to advertise people like that. I've also sold a few skeins/put them up for sale 110
Lior 🇺🇦 | knitting design+garment mods @jolior.bsky.social · 10/10/2026winding a thread really tight around the whorl, so it gains a few extra mm. Difference like day and night, or "this is exhausting am I that bad?" and "hm, not smooth, but it's yarn and practice will do" And problem solving on a spinning wheel is so much more fun than in an electric circuit 😁 020
Lior 🇺🇦 | knitting design+garment mods @jolior.bsky.social · 10/10/2026New get rich quick scheme unlocked: Ach wie gut dass niemand weiß... 🤣 Blue Faced Leister, NSW Third attempt at #handspinning on a wheel I solved a problem(?), where the diameter of the flyer whorl was too similar to that of the spindle. www.scforum.spinnradclub.de/viewtopic.ph... suggested 160
Lior 🇺🇦 | knitting design+garment mods @jolior.bsky.social · 10/10/2026I had to move my wheel to my bedroom since our neighbors apparently have theirs below our living room. We had a friendly conversation about it, it's fine. But with insomnia etc I can't keep spinning to daylight hours and this is so cramped :-/ Ooth @felixaguilar.bsky.social this is how small it is🤣 130
Lior 🇺🇦 | knitting design+garment mods @jolior.bsky.social · 10/10/2026#spinnersofBluesky, what do you use to protect your poor neighbors from the sound of your wheels? Other than carpet (allergy)? Blocking mats? One of those things that you put under washing machines? ...? our floors are very resonant, my bedframe vibrates when my wife walks through the living room 230
Lior 🇺🇦 | knitting design+garment mods @jolior.bsky.social · 10/10/2026The pooling is awesome, it looks like an optical effect! 110
Reposted by Lior 🇺🇦 | knitting design+garment modsStreetcat @streetcat-stan.bsky.social · 09/10/2026I have been SO excited about this book ever since it was announced 🧶 I'm glad I preordered because it's already sold out once 1171
Lior 🇺🇦 | knitting design+garment mods @jolior.bsky.social · 09/10/2026🤣🤣 like their underwear and swimsuits 😁 020
Lior 🇺🇦 | knitting design+garment mods @jolior.bsky.social · 09/10/2026I do suspect the brand (or rather, the supplier, since she is an indie dyer) 010
Lior 🇺🇦 | knitting design+garment mods @jolior.bsky.social · 09/10/2026Twin/pure 26.50 Lace 55 Advent 150 undyed 5 Birdie 6minis 37.20 670 234.50 150 275 477 116.6 25 167.5 = 2115.6€ (Omg. I had a decent income back then 😵 no way I could afford that. And the prices were lower) 120
Lior 🇺🇦 | knitting design+garment mods @jolior.bsky.social · 09/10/2026(20 DK skeins) 1 Advent (25 minis) 1 1.50m diameter blanket (7 DK) 5 skeins of lace yarn at least 18 skeins of sock yarn 3 six skein birdie sets 10 skeins of single ply undyed a handful of extra DK skeins in 6ys. With the current prices: DK 33.50 (😳 almost doubled since 2019!) 110
Lior 🇺🇦 | knitting design+garment mods @jolior.bsky.social · 09/10/2026Yeah, me too on both 😭😭😭 And I tried reasoning with them, but they just deleted my comments, switched off new ones and doubled down on the AI. 🤦🤦🤦😖 Maybe we should send them letters detailing the amount of yarn we purchased and what it means as a financial loss for them. For me 3 sweaters/tunics 210
Reposted by Lior 🇺🇦 | knitting design+garment modsBecca (she/her) @gilahermit.bsky.social · 09/10/2026I have two pairs of mitts for #FOFriday because when I had almost finished the 2nd mitt of the first pair, I realized it was significantly shorter than the first mitt. Solution? Knit another pair! 🧶 Yarn: Dream in Color Smooshy in Cabaret Pattern: Soccer Mitts by Erica Hauser #knitsky #knitting 1263
Lior 🇺🇦 | knitting design+garment mods @jolior.bsky.social · 09/10/2026After spending a lot of time on drawing my own cable designs I can appreciate the brain knots and energy this must have involved 😁 I'm wondering, is this maybe a fabric made of lateral braids? What confuses me is the term "Jersey stitch". This is just plain stockinette? Maybe the textile industry 240
Reposted by Lior 🇺🇦 | knitting design+garment modsSlava Greenberg 🩼🏳️⚧️✡️🇺🇦🧶 in 🇳🇱 for 🍉 @slavagreenberg.bsky.social · 09/10/2026Our keynote roundtable from the 2nd International Trans Studies Conference in 2024 on "The Trans Tipping Point Ten Years Later was published in QED! @laurah.bsky.social @caelkeegan.bsky.social @jbcole-kurz.bsky.social If you want to find out why we think it's BS, read this doi.org/10.14321/qed...scholarlypublishingcollective.orgThe Transgender Tipping Point Ten Years Later: A Roundtable DiscussionAbstract. A decade ago, for the June 2014 issue, Laverne Cox graced the cover of Time magazine with the words splashed across it: “The Transgender Tipping Point: America's next civil rights frontier.”... 041
Lior 🇺🇦 | knitting design+garment mods @jolior.bsky.social · 09/10/2026other classic sock yarn bc most of what I used was from one dyer. Another thing I can't really recommend from my experience is holding alpaca with Holst coast or tides, bc that will also pill like crazy. I guess the softer (thinner) the fiber, the less appropriate for socks 000
Lior 🇺🇦 | knitting design+garment mods @jolior.bsky.social · 09/10/2026Snowdonia and Polwarth and also Wollmeise looking almost pristine. (Wollmeise is now going full AI though, which is very frustrating bc they made very good, sturdy and soft yarn). So my preliminary verdict is I may prefer NSW yarn without nylon and maybe not soft merino, but I'm open to trying 210
Lior 🇺🇦 | knitting design+garment mods @jolior.bsky.social · 09/10/2026NSW fingering, and two where I mixed the Snowdonia with an NSW fingering Merino. The ones that look the worst are the Merino SW fingering held double, both the four ply with nylon and the single ply without. They haven't worn through yet, but they pill a LOT. All the others are good, with both 200
Lior 🇺🇦 | knitting design+garment mods @jolior.bsky.social · 09/10/2026Yeah, I've seen that. So my socks get quite some heavy wear bc I'm using them around the house without shoes and I don't have extremely many (yet 🤣). I have a few in DK nsw unspecified wool from @ancaitinbeag.bsky.social 's yarn advent last year, a few in fingering Merino SW held double, Polwarth 100
Lior 🇺🇦 | knitting design+garment mods @jolior.bsky.social · 09/10/2026Cool! I went to a Catholic school and I was so lost with a lot of assumed knowledge, but a bit has rubbed off on me ^^ 010