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LGBTQReads @lgbtqreads.bsky.social · 28/05/2025

I love this news and will also remind you that you can find a great nonbinary "Twelfth Night" take by Mark Oshiro in THAT WAY MADNESS LIES amzn.to/3SVGANz

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Maria McGerty 🏳️‍🌈🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 @mariageek.bsky.social · 20/05/2025

Crocheted squares motifs using the recently handspun pink and mixed coloured wool. #crochet ##crochetwip #crochetproject

Two handspun pink crochet motifs. The motifs are crocheted in two different granny square patterns. All set against a black background.

Eight pink handspun crochet motifs set on a black background

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Maria McGerty 🏳️‍🌈🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 @mariageek.bsky.social · 14/05/2025

My spinning project over the last 2 weeks has been spinning up 700g of pink fibre ready for another crochet project. I bought this fibre at Wonderwool Wales this year, at the John Arbon stall. #spinning ##spinningwip

A hank of mostly pink fibre, there is also white, yellow, and green fibre shot through the pink, set against a cream background.

A bobbin full of mainly pink handspun fibre shown still on the spinning wheel flyer. The pink spun fibre has blue, yellow and white shot though it. The background behind the wheel is an orange carpet.

Nine skeins of the handspun pink mix yarn set against a black background

Close up of the pink coloured mix handspun skeins

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Maria McGerty 🏳️‍🌈🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 @mariageek.bsky.social · 14/05/2025

I am working on the alpaca fleece. I have one fleece carded and put in paper bags. I have started carding the second of the brown fleeces. Now I have 4 bags ready to use. I have test spun a bit. I am overspending it a bit but it is nice to spin, just dusty, even after washing. #spinning #alpaca

Four paper bags filled with carded brown fleece set against an orange carpet

One bobbin with some brown handspun alpaca on it set against a black background. The handspun brown yarn looks a little dusty.

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Maria McGerty 🏳️‍🌈🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 @mariageek.bsky.social · 14/05/2025

New crochet project using yarn from @mothyandthesquid.bsky.social . The name of this colourway is Chaffinch from the British birds collection. The yarn is a 75% Bluefaced Leicester 25% nylon mix.

Two skeins of pink, white, grey and black coloured yarn. In the picture, one skein is loosely skeined and one skein is tightly skeined in a plait type of effect.

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Maria McGerty 🏳️‍🌈🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 @mariageek.bsky.social · 27/04/2025

I have been carding and spinning some cream Hill Radnor wool and some dark brown Black Welsh Mountain wool this week. Part of an ongoing project that was put on hold while more wool came available. Now to get some work done on the piece. #spinning #crochet #handspun #hillradnor #blackwelshmountain

One 100g hank of unpun cream coloured Hill Radnor wool and one 100g hank of unspun dark brown Black Welsh Mountain wool, all set against a black background

Two handspun skeins of mixed cream Hill Radnor wool and dark brown Black Welsh Mountain wool, set against a black background

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Maria McGerty 🏳️‍🌈🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 @mariageek.bsky.social · 27/04/2025

I might have gone to a wool show today and bought a lot of fibres to spin. Well, it would be rude not to 😆 Great day out at Wonderwool Wales in Builth Wells, lots of lovely fibres, hand dyed yarns, lovely people and many other things 😊 #spinning #wonderwoolwales #unspunfibre

A selection of different coloured unspun fibres in various colours spread out on a black blanket and one wooden pick up stick, two small wooden weaving sticks and a booklet about the wool show

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Rhianna Pratchett @rhi.bsky.social · 22/04/2025

More news! Rob is offering up 3 signed copies of Terry Pratchett: A Life with Footnotes (the official biography of my dad) for the Genre Creators for Trans Rights in the U.K. and SA auction www.32auctions.com/organization...

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George Takei @georgetakei.bsky.social · 21/04/2025

Spot on.

Three-panel meme of an older woman talking to a younger man at a kitchen table. In the first panel, she says, “JK Rowling is just Andrew Tate for women.” In the second, she sips from a teacup. In the third, she looks on calmly, suggesting a mic-drop moment.

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What The Trans?! 🏳️‍⚧️ @whatthetrans.com · 22/04/2025

Next up is an open letter that has been put together by TransActual and FGEN that you can sign! bsky.app/profile/park...

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Dr Robert Bohan @robertbohan.bsky.social · 21/04/2025

Art.

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Maria McGerty 🏳️‍🌈🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 @mariageek.bsky.social · 20/04/2025

Gallstones suck 😕. Finally, I finished this piece. A friend asked me to make this top and supplied the yarn. The pattern is from Doris Chan's book Convertable Crochet. The colour of the top is more of a rich forest green colour. The photographs don't show the colour well. #crochet

Green crochet top on a model dummy. The dummy is wearing a black top and skirt under the green crochet top. All set against a dusky pink curtain.

Green crochet top set against a black background

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Maria McGerty 🏳️‍🌈🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 @mariageek.bsky.social · 11/04/2025

Been a busy week, I have managed to pick the best bits of the alpaca fleeces. I have scoured & dried two outside in the sun. I am combing the first one & picking through the third atm. This fleece is so glorious. #alpaca #fleece

Unwashed brown alpaca fleece in my hand. The fleece is in a brown box

Washed white alpaca fleece drying in the sun on an old white curtain in the garden

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Debbie T Knits 🧶 @debbietknits.bsky.social · 09/04/2025

Love this 🧶 #knit

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Maria McGerty 🏳️‍🌈🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 @mariageek.bsky.social · 06/04/2025

Yesterday I was very lucky to be given 3 big bags of alpaca fleece. All unwashed, so today I washed the first of the fleeces, thankfully it was a lovely day #alpacafleece #spinning

A box of brown unwashed alpaca wool and a grey teug of creamy white unwashed alpaca wool against a pink coloured tiles floor

A shot of brown alpaca washed fibre drying on tables in the garden on a blue sky day

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Maria McGerty 🏳️‍🌈🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 @mariageek.bsky.social · 06/04/2025

I've been making rolags of Black Welsh Mountain wool & Hill Radnor wool to spin. I bought this wool late last year to finish a project from earlier in the year. I have been waiting for the availability of this wool & for building work at the house to be finished so that I can resume this project.

One bundle of hill Radnor wool (the white fibre) a bundle of Black Welsh Mountain wool (the brown fibre) and a bag with mixed white and brown wool rolags spilling out. All set on a black background

A bobbin of mixed Black Welsh Mountain wool and Hill Radnor wool (showing a strippy dark brown and white wool). The bobbin is on the spinning wheel flyer. The background is mixed orange carpet and cream brown leopard print blanket.

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Maria McGerty 🏳️‍🌈🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 @mariageek.bsky.social · 06/04/2025

Been a while, I have done a few things this week. I made another blue bunny hat for a friend's granddaughter. I also made a hat and gloves from a double-stranded variegated yarn

A pair of fingerless mittens and a hat made from a purple variegated yarn, all set against a black background

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Maria McGerty 🏳️‍🌈🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 @mariageek.bsky.social · 30/03/2025

Finished the handspun Earth colourway project. A hooded granny square jumper for those colder nights #handspun #spinning #crochet #crochetproject #crochetwip

Front view of a hundspun crocheted granny square jumper. The jumper shown on a mannequin wearing a black skirt against a pink curtain background is a mix of yellow, purple and green yarn.

Back view of a hundspun crocheted granny square jumper. The jumper shown on a mannequin wearing a black skirt against a pink curtain background is a mix of yellow, purple and green yarn.

Side view of a hundspun crocheted granny square jumper. The jumper shown on a mannequin wearing a black skirt against a pink curtain background is a mix of yellow, purple and green yarn.

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Maria McGerty 🏳️‍🌈🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 @mariageek.bsky.social · 22/03/2025

My daughter-in-law asked me to make my grandson a bonnet type hat with bunny ears. I think it worked out well 😊. The pattern is available on the leftinknots website. #crochet #crochetwip #crochetproject

Picture of man holding baby, the baby is wearing a light blue crocheted bunny ears hat.
The faces of the man and baby are replaced with a smiley emoji.

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Maria McGerty 🏳️‍🌈🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 @mariageek.bsky.social · 22/03/2025

It's been another week of stuff going on in the background 🤦‍♀️. I did get a little bit of spinning and plying done on my Earth colourway project #spinning #handspun

A bundle of purple green and yellow striped fibre, 4 big skeins and one ball of purple green and yellow handspun and plied yarn all set against a black background

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Maria McGerty 🏳️‍🌈🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 @mariageek.bsky.social · 18/03/2025

I have more Earth colourway fibre from worldofwoolteam. I have already spun, plied and skeined up my first two hanks of yarn. #handspun #spinning

Two skeins of handspun plied yellow, green, purple wool and a bundle of unspun yellow, purple and green fibre all against a black background

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Maria McGerty 🏳️‍🌈🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 @mariageek.bsky.social · 18/03/2025

Been a busy few days. During which time I finished this piece. The pattern is called Zodiac tunic by Doris Chan in the book Convertible Crochet. #crochet #crochetwip #crochetpattern

The front view of a handmade pink and cream coloured crocheted top layered over a black top and skirt set against a blue and colourful curtain.

The rear view of a handmade pink and cream coloured crocheted top layered over a black top and skirt set against a blue and colourful curtain.

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Maria McGerty 🏳️‍🌈🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 @mariageek.bsky.social · 13/03/2025

All the motifs are joined, next job connecting the front to the back. Oh, and weaving in dozens of tails 🤦‍♀️ A hand washing and blocking and this piece will be finished 😁 #crochet #crochetwip

Cream and pinky white crochet motifs sewn together to make a rectilinear shape with a circular cut out in the centre. All set against a black background.

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Maria McGerty 🏳️‍🌈🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 @mariageek.bsky.social · 11/03/2025

Some of the Earth colourway fibre came yesterday and so I spun it today. Still more fibre needed 😁. Actually, I always need fibre 🤣🤣🤣 #handspun #handspinning #handspunproject

A 100g yellow,purple and green wrapped ball of fibre set against a black background

Two bobbins with handspun singles of yellow green and purple fibre, set against a black background

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Maria McGerty 🏳️‍🌈🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 @mariageek.bsky.social · 10/03/2025

A quick update on the crochet project. I have made more motifs. Another five and then the joining starts. #crochet #crochetwip #crochetproject

13 crochet motifs arranged in a square type pattern on a black background. Nine of the motifs are pink and white in colour. Two of the motifs are cream in colour and two of the motifs have a cream centre and a pink and white edge.

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Maria McGerty 🏳️‍🌈🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 @mariageek.bsky.social · 09/03/2025

From the bobbin on my wheel today, handspun bamboo fibre skein.

A small hank of lilac, purple and black handspun bamboo fibre set on a black background

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Maria McGerty 🏳️‍🌈🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 @mariageek.bsky.social · 09/03/2025

A bad thing happened half way through spinning my bamboo fibre. My break band broke 🤦‍♀️. Luckily, my partner knows me and had bought me an Ashford spinning wheel maintenance kit. Phew 😁 #handspun #ashfordspinningwheel

A picture split into two images, the first shows a broken brake band and metal spring and a wooden turning know sat against a black background.
The second image shows a clear plastic bag with an Ashford spinning wheel maintenance kit, containing is a red oil pen, a leather strap, some string, some metal hooks and springs. On top of the bag is a wooden turning knob and a metal spring, all set against a black background.

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Maria McGerty 🏳️‍🌈🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 @mariageek.bsky.social · 08/03/2025

I have the first lot of handspun bamboo off my bobbin. I am going to keep this as singles for weaving. I have an idea 🤫😉. #handspun #bamboo

A skein of handspun bamboo fibre in Aqua, light green, orange and red on a black background.

A dark wood niddy noddy wrapped with handspun Aqua, red, orange and light green bamboo fibre, all set against a black background

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Papa Woof und Krampus und Bleaken @papawoof.bsky.social · 08/03/2025

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Maria McGerty 🏳️‍🌈🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 @mariageek.bsky.social · 08/03/2025

While I wait for fibre for one project and I spin bamboo fibre for another, I may have started another crochet project 😁. Whooopsie 🤣. The cream wool is soy/merino from an earlier project and the pink/white flecked ball is one of 5 cotton 50g balls gifted to me. #crochet #crochetwip #crochetproject

Two handspun cream coloured crocheted motifs and three pink and white flecked crochet motifs set against a black background. Also in the picture are a white and green crochet hook, a small ball of handspun cream wool and a 50g ball of pink and white flecked wool.

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Maria McGerty 🏳️‍🌈🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 @mariageek.bsky.social · 06/03/2025

It may not be perfect and smooth, and it may even be a bit thin in places... nevertheless, I am doing a thing 😁 Here is my slowly filling bobbin of handspun bamboo fibre. I am not sure whether to keep it as singles. Also, I'm not sure whether to crochet it or weave with it... decisions, decisions 😁

A bobbin with red, dark orange and orange handspun bamboo fibre on a dark wood spinning wheel shown against an orange background

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Maria McGerty 🏳️‍🌈🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 @mariageek.bsky.social · 04/03/2025

Learning to spin a new fibre, this is bamboo. It is so slippery and takes so much patience. It is going to take me a while to learn how to do this. Slowly, slowly, I will learn 😊 #handspun #bamboofibre #spinning

A bobbin of mostly teal blue handspun bamboo fibre on a spinning wheel flyer set against an orange colour background.

A small oval light blue plastic basket filled with small tops, bundles of bamboo fibre. The bamboo fibre is orange, light green, purple, red, teal and black. All set against an orange background.

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Maria McGerty 🏳️‍🌈🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 @mariageek.bsky.social · 04/03/2025

A bit more of the handspun granny square Earth colourway put together. More fibre needed. More work to be done. #handspun #crochet #grannysquare #crochetwip

Picture of an unfinished jumper made with granny squares handspun from purple, yellow green wool. All set on a black background.

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Maria McGerty 🏳️‍🌈🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 @mariageek.bsky.social · 28/02/2025

In a busy week, I managed to squeeze a bit of time to spin some of my Earth coloured fibre and crochet some squares for my ongoing project. I will definitely need more floofy fibre 😁. #handspun #spinning #crochet #crochetwip #crochetproject

The image shows a top made from a number of purple, yellow, green mix colour crochet squares against a black background

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BiDotOrg @bidotorg.bsky.social · 04/02/2025

"It doesn't matter if you're married or not [...] if you're sexually attracted to both sexes, you're bisexual." - Alan Cumming 💜 Read and Subscribe! 💜

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Caroline Lucas @carolinelucas.bsky.social · 26/02/2025

With #BP announcing that they’ll slash investment in renewables, today feels like a particularly good day to sign @chrisgpackham.bsky.social petition to end fossil fuel greenwash👇

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Bergere @bergere.bsky.social · 24/02/2025

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Maria McGerty 🏳️‍🌈🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 @mariageek.bsky.social · 23/02/2025

Start of the granny squares. I need loads and I think I will need to buy more fibre. This crochet idea is eating my handspun fibre. #crochet #handspun #crochetwip ##crochetproject

One small wool cake and 2 big granny squares and one small granny squares of handspun green,yellow and purple, 2ply wool, all set against a black background.

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Maria McGerty 🏳️‍🌈🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 @mariageek.bsky.social · 22/02/2025

First fours skeins off the niddy noddy. There are approximately 570 metres (about 623 yards). This is the ongoing wip with the Earth colourway fibre. #handspun #spinning #spinningwip

Four large skeins of handspun, 2 ply, yellow, purple, green mixed colour fibre. Set against a black background.

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Maria McGerty 🏳️‍🌈🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 @mariageek.bsky.social · 20/02/2025

Four bobbins of singles of the Earth colour. Plying next, 2 ply like the yarn made last year, then onto the crochet part of the project. #crochet #handspun #spinwip #crochetwip #spinproject

Four bobbins of single yarn in yellow, green, purple blended wool sitting horizontally one above the other on a lazy kate. All set against a black background.

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Maria McGerty 🏳️‍🌈🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 @mariageek.bsky.social · 19/02/2025

The reason I can move forward with the project that got stalled last year. I have recently received 500g of the Earth colored fibre. May the project recommence 😄 #handspun #woolfibre #spinwip

A large rolled up hank of green, yellow and purple striped wool on a black background

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Maria McGerty 🏳️‍🌈🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 @mariageek.bsky.social · 19/02/2025

Last year, I started a project. I was handspinning a yellow green and purple wool fibre, into floof noodles for a crochet idea i had in my head. Life got in the way and it had to be put on hold..... not for very much longer 😁 #handspun #crochetproject #crochet #crochetwip

The image is split into 3 pictures. Top left, is a square panel of mixed yellow, purple and green crochet granny squares on a black background. Top right is five handspun skeins of the yellow, purple, green mix wool set on a black background. Bottom image is of a bobbin full of singles spun yellow, green, purple fibre and a swatch of the fibre before spinning set on a black background

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