Sign in

Laura Abrahamsen

@labrahamsen.bsky.social
719 followers 1.1K following 68 posts

Libraries, the ancient Mediterranean world, and fiber arts.

PostsRepliesMedia
Laura Abrahamsen @labrahamsen.bsky.social · 11/10/2025
Not mad being the #SaturdayLibrarian today.
A blue, orange, turquoise, and red hot air balloon rises in a cloudless blue sky over Main St in Quechee VT. White clapboard library is on the left
061
Laura Abrahamsen @labrahamsen.bsky.social · 05/10/2025
Gilligan had his first play date with Frankie. #rescuedog #pugs
A pug and an Australian cattle dog in close proximity looking at the camera.
051
Laura Abrahamsen @labrahamsen.bsky.social · 28/09/2025
Welcome Gilligan, our new rescue pug. He’s from Texas, but he enjoyed a hike in the New England woods. #dogs
Picture of a man, a woman, and s pug in a forest. All are grinning; the pug’s tongue is prominent.
0222
Laura Abrahamsen @labrahamsen.bsky.social · 01/08/2025
#showmeyourknits knitter’s choice. Found my copy of EZ’s The Opinionated Knitter and finished a #babysurprisejacket and booties in record time; #tomtenjacket on the needles.
knitted baby booties in purple, pink, yellow, and green hand-dyed yarn.Elizabeth Zimmermann’s Baby Surprise Jacket knitted in purple, pink, yellow, and green hand-dyed yarn.
1290
Laura Abrahamsen @labrahamsen.bsky.social · 11/05/2025
Here’s my #Kallias cardigan by @isabellkraemer.bsky.social for this week’s #showmeyourknits. Such a fun knit!
Woman standing outdoors wearing a handknit cardigan color blocked in black, light grey and medium grey on body and sleeves.
0220
Laura Abrahamsen @labrahamsen.bsky.social · 27/04/2025
Fraternal twins🧶
Feet wearing a pair of hand knitted socks. Stripes do not line up identically.
0750
Laura Abrahamsen @labrahamsen.bsky.social · 07/04/2025
Coptic socks, 4th-6th c CE (Common Era), not knit, but some kind of stretchy fabric formed with stacked loops. In the Museo Archaeologico Nazionale di Firenze.
Pair of docks, mostly natural color, but with blue, red, and yellow bands.
061
Laura Abrahamsen @labrahamsen.bsky.social · 21/02/2025
Fighting against misinformation one bathroom door at a time. #library #librarian #librarylife
2025 Immunization schedule for birth -age 6 posted on inside of bathroom door in a public library
060
Laura Abrahamsen @labrahamsen.bsky.social · 02/02/2025
#ShowYourKnits WIP: @ambahobrien.bsky.social’s Euphorbia Wrap.
chevron striped knitted shawl starting from a narrow point and widening then decreasing again—maybe 45% completed
2301
Laura Abrahamsen @labrahamsen.bsky.social · 27/12/2024
This is a perfect last week of the year activity. Ask me how I know ;)
Messy room with bins of yarn spilling over.
130
Laura Abrahamsen @labrahamsen.bsky.social · 09/12/2024
Another day in December, another #hat. Won my game of #yarnchicken. Pattern: Deco Beanie by @benjamin_matthews_designs. Yarn: @berrocoyarn Elements, from deep stash. 🧶
Silver knitted hat with architectural ribbed brim.
0151
Laura Abrahamsen @labrahamsen.bsky.social · 07/12/2024
Two #GatheringHat completed in less than 24 hours? Now that’s a perfect December pattern! Thanks to Kate Salomon and Green Mountain Spinnery (neither here, yet). 🧶
Two knitted hats in a deep green, with ribbed brims and diamond shapes formed by crown decreases.
0171
Laura Abrahamsen @labrahamsen.bsky.social · 01/12/2024
Today’s #kitchen storage project. Someday, the window on the left (now looks into a fully-enclosed breezeway) will be gone.
Three IKEA bars  on a wall from which a variety of pots and pans hang.
010
Laura Abrahamsen @labrahamsen.bsky.social · 27/11/2024
I’m enchanted by the serifs on the “C. M. Locke 1866” carved into this granite wall through which my local rail trail runs. #typeface #localhistory
Granite slab with carved inscriptions, mostly names and dates; earliest 1866, latest easily visible 1902.
070
Laura Abrahamsen @labrahamsen.bsky.social · 19/11/2024
Tomtar! Haven’t lived near an IKEA in years, and couldn’t resist.
Image of two plush gnomes: on left, green pointed cap and beard; on right, red pointed cap with embroidery, hair in braids
040
Laura Abrahamsen @labrahamsen.bsky.social · 09/11/2024
Hi! Doing an #intro Interested in 🧶 and #fiberarts #books #libraries #gardening #slowfood and #ancientmediterraneanworld Sweater in pic is #Otte by Jared Flood (Brooklyn Tweed) in De Rerum Natura Gilliatt
090