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Kim Smith @kimshere.bsky.social · 27/09/2026

Just copy the article link into archive.ph to get past any paywall.

Kim Smith @kimshere.bsky.social · 12/09/2026

For #showmeyourknits scarf week. This is called a shawl, but I'll wear it as a scarf. Rosewater by Janina Kallio. www.ravelry.com/patterns/lib... 🧶 #knitsky Yarn is hand-dyed by my LYS, Behind the Pines. It's Emma in colorway 'Oil Painting' -- these colors make me smile! #FallColors #yarn

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Kim Smith @kimshere.bsky.social · 11/09/2026

You guys are my new favorite people! #FightThePower 💪

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Kim Smith @kimshere.bsky.social · 11/09/2026

Yeah, it's nice. I can't believe nobody else has knitted this yet! (At least on Ravelry)

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Kim Smith @kimshere.bsky.social · 11/09/2026

For this week's #showmeyourknits, here's what's on my needles. The pattern is Robin, written as a pullover but I've added a steek for a cardigan version. And I'm the first person on Ravelry to make this! 🧶 #knitsky www.ravelry.com/patterns/lib... Yarn is the scrumptious Acadia from The Fiber Co.

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Kim Smith @kimshere.bsky.social · 07/09/2026

♥️🐛🐛🐛🐛♥️🤣🤣🤣

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Kim Smith @kimshere.bsky.social · 05/09/2026

Unfortunately I don't have the original anymore but you're welcome to do a screen recording and share it that way if you want.

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Kim Smith @kimshere.bsky.social · 01/09/2026

Yes, me too. Millions of us have been protesting but media doesn't report it. Americans are suffering shame and economic hardship too, and it's really painful to hear other countries lumping us together like this. Besides voting, what else are we supposed to do? Our representatives have betrayed us!

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Kim Smith @kimshere.bsky.social · 31/08/2026

Ah, it's good to remember Steve Irwin --a good guy gone far too soon. This was funny, thanks!

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Kim Smith @kimshere.bsky.social · 28/08/2026

I hate this too, and I'm convinced they've normalized hia behavior because they're so afraid of losing access if they piss him off. Everything comes down to money.

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Kim Smith @kimshere.bsky.social · 28/08/2026

Wow, that's a lot of stress! So sorry for the loss of your beloved dog. Best of luck with the move, and I'm glad you have knitting to help you cope. 🧶

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Kim Smith @kimshere.bsky.social · 26/08/2026

OMG, thanks for the Evel Knievel nostalgia I didn't know I needed today!

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Kim Smith @kimshere.bsky.social · 26/08/2026

Dolly Parton was a role model for us, a good and kind person who spread love everywhere she went. Rest in peace, Dolly.

Image of Dolly Parton with one of her quotes which reads: Find out who you are, and do it on purpose.

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Kim Smith @kimshere.bsky.social · 26/08/2026

Has. And they are exhausted. 🙃

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Kim Smith @kimshere.bsky.social · 25/08/2026

A tattoo instead of a necklace or shirt.... #hmm

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Kim Smith @kimshere.bsky.social · 22/08/2026

That makes me so happy too!

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Kim Smith @kimshere.bsky.social · 21/08/2026

I complimented a woman's "I ♥️ grammar" shirt in Halifax the other day. Turned out to be the "Grammar Table" star from this great documentary. 🤩 I loved chatting with Ellen Jovin and Brandt Johnson before the screening last night. Such a FUN film! @grammartable.bsky.social

rebelwithaclause.com

Rebel with a Clause documentary film by Brandt Johnson starring Ellen Jovin

A grammar guru takes her pop-up grammar advice stand on a road trip across all 50 states to show that comma fights can bring us closer together in a divided time.

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Kim Smith @kimshere.bsky.social · 19/08/2026

As an American vacationing in Nova Scotia this week, I'm doing what I can to help 🇨🇦 cope with the brutality of the U. S. President's actions. (P.S.: Can I please stay here?)

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Kim Smith @kimshere.bsky.social · 14/08/2026

OMG, I just searched and found tons of them on Tidal. I love this for us! 🎉

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Kim Smith @kimshere.bsky.social · 09/08/2026

May the fleas of a thousand camels infest their crotch.

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Kim Smith @kimshere.bsky.social · 03/08/2026

Yes, me too! I can feel my body relaxing the moment I have yarn and needles in my hand. My brain slows down too, which feels fantastic.

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Kim Smith @kimshere.bsky.social · 03/08/2026

These are really lovely. Well done, you.

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Kim Smith @kimshere.bsky.social · 26/07/2026

Exactly, and when you get in the zone it's hard to make yourself stop even when you're tired. I just forced myself to put my project down for tonight.

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Kim Smith @kimshere.bsky.social · 25/07/2026

Thanks! I'd love to make another one.

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Kim Smith @kimshere.bsky.social · 25/07/2026

Started a project late at night and knitted until I was too tired. In the morning I had to rip out the German short short rows and redo them. Late night knitting is risky. But I'm loving this Poppy Tee in Berroco Modern Cotton. 🧶 #knitsky #WIP #knitting www.ravelry.com/patterns/lib...

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Kim Smith @kimshere.bsky.social · 22/07/2026

I think this still qualifies for #WIPWednesday since it's on the blocking mat. I absolutely love this Diane summer top with a lace design across the shoulders and neck. Yarn is Pandamonium (that's how they spell it), a cotton and bamboo blend that's very soft. #knitsky 🧶

A hand-knitted shirt in a light brown yarn, laid out on gray blocking mats on the grass. Beside the blocking mats is an Adirondack chair painted sky blue with a matching table beside it.

My Diane tee, laid out flat on a honey-colored hardwood floor.

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Kim Smith @kimshere.bsky.social · 22/07/2026

Clarification: 77 million people voted for him out of a population of 342 million. That's only 22% of our population overall. I have to keep reminding myself of that so I don't hate half of the people around me everyday.

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Kim Smith @kimshere.bsky.social · 19/07/2026

If you haven't yet blocked those swatches, do that and see if your gauge changes. I always block the swatches to get an accurate gauge for the finished garment.

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Kim Smith @kimshere.bsky.social · 17/07/2026

Curious about why I kept finding one of these clubbed Mydas flies in a large mulched area of my garden, I discovered that it's where they lay their eggs! They're huge and easily mistaken for wasps. #TIL #bugsky #diptera #insect #nature #Toledo #Ohio 🪲 #natureismytherapy

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Kim Smith @kimshere.bsky.social · 17/07/2026

Ah, you just brought back a wonderful childhood memory for me. I did the same thing, just took my book to the porch and read there. And the neighbor girl who was 4 years younger than me started coming over to read beside me, and her mother forever credited me with turning her daughter into a reader.

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Kim Smith @kimshere.bsky.social · 17/07/2026

When I was about 10 or 12, I had a friend who spent time reading the dictionary just for fun. I thought that was so cool!

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Kim Smith @kimshere.bsky.social · 16/07/2026

Wow, that's a gorgeous design! I just purchased it with your discount (thanks!), and I already see many more of your shawls that I want to make. 😍

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Kim Smith @kimshere.bsky.social · 16/07/2026

Another beauty from our latest moth night at Irwin Prairie State Nature Preserve. Meet the small-eyed sphinx (Paonias myops), an uncommon species here in NW Ohio, and a lifer for me! #moths #insects #lepidoptera #InsectsofOhio #bugsky #entomology #nature #insectphotography #toledo #Ohio 🪲

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Kim Smith @kimshere.bsky.social · 16/07/2026

Meanwhile, I'm running an air purifier in my house and wearing a mask just to go into the garage for 30 seconds. 🤷‍♀️

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Kim Smith @kimshere.bsky.social · 15/07/2026

This gorgeous giant leopard moth (Hypercompe scribonia) is the first I've found in my home county in NW Ohio. More to come from our latest moth night at Irwin Prairie State Nature Preserve. #moths #insects #lepidoptera #InsectsofOhio #bugsky #entomology #nature #insectphotography #toledo #Ohio 🪲

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Kim Smith @kimshere.bsky.social · 14/07/2026

This movie is one of my all-time favorite feel-good films.

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Kim Smith @kimshere.bsky.social · 14/07/2026

Saddened to hear of Sam Neill's untimely passing. I loved him in every movie I ever saw him in, but I especially loved him in "The Hunt for the Wilderpeople." He made me laugh and cry in this one and I've watched it three times so far. Rest in peace, Sam.

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Kim Smith @kimshere.bsky.social · 13/07/2026

Sobbing as my neighbor is having a beautiful healthy American linden tree (aka basswood, Tilia Americana) removed this morning. For the past decade I've enjoyed the intoxicating fragrance of its flowers. I can't imagine what she's thinking in doing this. I'm heartbroken. #tree #nativetree #Ohio 😭😭😭

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Kim Smith @kimshere.bsky.social · 13/07/2026

I love my partridge peas!! When I work at our native plant sale, I tell people about the extrafloral nectaries and how much fun It is to watch the ants feeding from them. I think I've spread the partridge pea love far and wide in NW Ohio. 💚

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Kim Smith @kimshere.bsky.social · 06/07/2026

Uh oh! I'm a knitter venturing into #handspinning with my new drop spindle and a bit of Corriedale fiber (BD gift to myself!) Nervous and excited! 🧶 #knitsky #makingyarn

A small bag of purple fleece in a wooden bowl on a tabletop. Beside it is a mahogany finish drop spindle with a how-to guide from the manufacturer, Kromski. Beside both is a flat, flower-shaped piece of yellow pottery imprinted with a bumblebee image.

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Kim Smith @kimshere.bsky.social · 04/07/2026

I'm a white woman and this makes me nauseous. I can only imagine the horror this black woman felt in that moment. These "men" are vile. Until my dying day I'll never understand their hatred. I wish I'd been there with her for support. USA, we still have a long way to go. 📸:Cheney Orr, Reuters

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Kim Smith @kimshere.bsky.social · 01/07/2026

And he'll read this as a huge compliment to his intelligence and business acumen. 🤦‍♀️

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Kim Smith @kimshere.bsky.social · 01/07/2026

#Knitsky, many of you will relate to this quote from the book I'm reading: [Dot] packed a skein of wool but no needles ("My hands aren't steady enough to knit these days, but it's nice to have the yarn"). 🧶💚😍 (Enormous Wings by Laurie Frankel) #reading #booksky 📚 #yarnlove Loving this book, BTW.

Screenshot of the book cover for "Enormous Wings" by Laurie Frankel

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Kim Smith @kimshere.bsky.social · 30/06/2026

Oh, I didn't notice that. Oops. I just did a broader pattern search for doll sweaters on Rav and there are tons of them. Maybe you can find one that would work for your troll.

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