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Nele N @nelefinn.bsky.social · 12/09/2026

Things I was frightened of as a child Dogs Wasps Ground crumbling away under my feet Green algae The ox at the attick The pedo who lived above daycare Groke, Hattifatteners and Lady of the Cold Acid rain Economic depression

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Uuden ajan alun tutkimuksen verkosto @uudenajanalku.bsky.social · 09/09/2026

Suomen Historiallinen Seura ottaa kantaa Kansallisarkiston ajamiin muutoksiin, toimipisteiden lakkauttamiseen ja puutteisiin aineistojen saatavuudessa. SHS vetoaa tiede- ja kulttuuriministeriin sekä että opetus- ja kulttuuriministeriöön asian korjaamiseksi. agricolaverkko.fi/tietosanomat...

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Nina Willburger @drnwillburger.bsky.social · 24/07/2026

2,500-year-old gold torque stolen in daylight museum raid! Thieves raided a museum in Châtillon-sur-Seine in broad daylight Friday, making off with a 2,500-year-old gold torque of the 'Lady of Vix'. 👉 www.lefigaro.fr/culture/patr...

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Nele N @nelefinn.bsky.social · 02/03/2026

Crafter vs. AI. Last fall we saw the whirl wind of AI "written" nalbinding books, with generative AI hallucinated covers, with projects that were not presenting as nalbound.

A green nalbound hat with green, white and red spiral at the centre.

A screen shot from Amazon of a AI written book "Nalbinding For Beginners" by Eddaz C. Fenris, with crochted looking yellow hat, grey pouch, brown draw string pouch and white pair of possibly wrist warmers, two balls of yarn, a huge eyed wooden presenting needle, another needle which might or might not have yellow yarn through the possible eye and a pair of scissors. The by-line is: Master Ancient Wool Craft with Step-By-Step Stitch Tutorials and Easy Projects For Beginners, Crafters, And Fiber Artists.

Please note, this book is written by AI and I don't recomend you to buy it.

I do not claim copyright of credit for the book cover.

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Nele N @nelefinn.bsky.social · 16/06/2026

Hidden secrets on crafting projects are the best kind of secrets. "May the road rise to meet you May the wind be ever at your back May the Sun shine warm upon your face and the rain fall soft upon your Fields And until we meet again, may God hold you at the palm of His hand." (Irish blessing) 🧶

A back of an embroidery project, where vaguely you can see the hand written words of the Irish blessing underneath of supportive stitches to secure the edges of the embroidery fabric around the cardbord. White fabric and two shades of green thread. The key for the pre-print embroidery can be seen at the bottom and on the left, there is Ukrainian text in Slavic alphabet on the right.

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purr.in.ink @purrinink.bsky.social · 07/06/2026

Open thread and then scroll until you find yourself (in cat form) 🐾🤍 #Cat #Mood #Relatable

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Nele N @nelefinn.bsky.social · 05/05/2026

Do I know anyone, who knows somebody who has seen the Medieval blue and white knitted socks in MET, DIA, Smithsonian or Washington textile museum in person and would like to share notes and possibly few photos? #textiles

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Nele N @nelefinn.bsky.social · 04/05/2026

My beloved Puddle Jumper has passed the road acceptance test for another great year of shared adventures. Age is starting to show on her, but she is still in "suprisingly good condition for her age". Here is for yet another 100 000km! 🥂

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jdr1992.bsky.social @jdr1992.bsky.social · 20/04/2026

“Books with pictures make reading faster.” You’ve obviously never read a book on art written by a museum.

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Nele N @nelefinn.bsky.social · 01/04/2026

The #MiniNeuleMaraton2026 begins in about 15 minutes: ✅ Pattern bought (Marled Magic Blanket by Stephen West) ✅ Yarns sorted (6-ply leftovers from 2006 onwards) ✅ Podcast track sorted (Museokeskus Vapriikki) ✅ Needles ready (7mm) Welcome to see how far I get during the long weekend! 🧶

Large-ish (7mm), empty circular knitting needles (Knit Pro Spectra Clear with Knit Pro purple cable) on gray fabric.

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Nele N @nelefinn.bsky.social · 28/03/2026

I have a "Name that technique" -game for you as a weekend brain teaser. 10 mittens, 10 techniques or versions of techniques. How many can you name? I'm right handed, and all mittens are worked as right handed would, the technical front is visible and the technical back is folded up in cuff.

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Nele N @nelefinn.bsky.social · 09/03/2026

I think it is important to talk about making and fixing mistakes in crafting. Earlier today I went to movies, and as I didn't have any simple projects on the go, I casted on a K2/P2-scarf. About 15 minutes before the movie ended, I figured out there was an issue.

1) A yellow scarf with about 5 rows of very mistaken rib, with majority of the scarf worked in knit 2, purl 2 ribbing, and few spots of purls within knitted columns. Scarf is on Knit Pro Spectra Clear interchangeable circulars with green cable. The scarf is laying on purple fabric.

2) The dropped stitch is picked up to a Clover crocheting hook.

3) The mistaken rib is frogged off, and one knitted stitch has been ran down to a purled stitch in the knit column, and the live stitch has been picked up to a Clover crocheting hook. One additional purl stitch at knit column is visible in the next knit column.

4) Mistakes fixed, yellow scarf in knit 2, purl 2 ribbing is ready to be continued where it was left of, when the mistaken rib was observed.

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Alice Stollmeyer @stollmeyer.eurosky.social · 08/03/2026

"Never forget that a political, economical or religious crisis is enough to cast doubt on women's rights. These rights will never be vested. You have to stay vigilant your whole life." Simone de Beauvoir, 1949 #WomensDay #IWD2026 #8M

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Nele N @nelefinn.bsky.social · 02/03/2026

Crafter vs. AI. Last fall we saw the whirl wind of AI "written" nalbinding books, with generative AI hallucinated covers, with projects that were not presenting as nalbound.

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Laura @tricksyliesmith.bsky.social · 10/02/2026

a horror story in three words: new improved recipe!

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Karie Bookish @kariebookish.bsky.social · 08/02/2026

Ariana Grande said something to the effect of "people who have the ability are not also the ones who can manage the spotlight." Thinking of that as I see a call for more plus-size designers and I know just how raw & vulnerable it feels to put your plus-size body on display for a knitting pattern.

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Nele N @nelefinn.bsky.social · 28/01/2026

We have exchanged hostages with the Monster under the Couch. I was returned a ball of yarn I need to finish a project from '21 and the hook end of loop & hook closure has been remeened a worthy trade. I was also able to retrieve one of the needle tightening tools, so it wasn't a bad trade...

A small, dusty ball of yarn on palm of a white hand.

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Nele N @nelefinn.bsky.social · 26/01/2026

Now, did I learn from the first time? As you are reading this, safe to say no... 🤦‍♀️🤦‍♀️🤦‍♀️🤦‍♀️

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Steph Halmhofer @cultarchaeo.bsky.social · 24/01/2026

It's really not that hard to draw a line from brushing off memeified social media Nazi content as "hahaha it's just a joke, lighten up, nobody takes this seriously," to murdering people in the street.

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Nele N @nelefinn.bsky.social · 22/01/2026

Apparently I'm in need of a website and a domain name. I have zero thoughts on simple domain name, which would work with relative ease in English and Finnish (it will be .fi-domain). Any thoughts around looped textiles?

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Nele N @nelefinn.bsky.social · 18/01/2026

My Christmas Cactus (Schlumbergera × buckleyi, I assume) has buds! All 3 of them.

A seasonal cactus leaf with small light green bud at the end, photographed over a hand.

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Nele N @nelefinn.bsky.social · 17/01/2026

The year long thread for finished objects.

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Robert Picardo @robertpicardo.bsky.social · 11/01/2026

Long before the term existed, Star Trek's heart was "woke" & even though that word has been hijacked & made a cudgel to insult, to ridicule & - at the toxic extremes of social media - to justify prejudice & racism, Star Trek's heart is strong & still beating for those listening

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Halley E. Froehlich @dochfroehlich.bsky.social · 03/01/2026

You know what doesn’t cause wars? Women and renewable energy.

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Bo Bolander @bbolander.bsky.social · 03/01/2026

i don't want to wake up to any news bigger than "raccoon breaks into a liquor store, gets drunk" anymore

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Nele N @nelefinn.bsky.social · 30/12/2025

In 2025 I finished 42 projects using 14 different techniques to 17 different people. I used 4445g of yarn, spun 1340g new yarn and bought 700g new yarn. 🧶

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Outi Länsman @outilansman.bsky.social · 06/12/2025

"Kenen maa, kenen ääni? on ensimmäinen kokonaisesitys Suomen saamelaisten historiasta. Hajallaan olevaa tietoa on saatettu yhteen, ja tuloksena on vähemmän tunnettu luku Suomen historiaa."

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Nele N @nelefinn.bsky.social · 04/12/2025

I don't know if this is the stuff of nightmares or a miracle of evolutionally design, or possibly both, but looking at the structure of spider silk makes the collection machines of spider silk to make more sense.

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Nele N @nelefinn.bsky.social · 28/11/2025

Sometimes research requires buying tools to use as example why theory doesn't work as many assume it to work (the size of the i-cord is based on the distance of the nubbins, NOT on the size of the hole). Locally 3D printed Roman dodecahedrons. #TextileResearch 🧶🏺⚱️

Nele is holding three different sizes of 3D printed Roman dodecahedrons on her hand.

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Nele N @nelefinn.bsky.social · 23/11/2025

The III 7400 at the @museumderkulturen.bsky.social is very interesting knitted item, onced owned by young child. Did the toddler do toddlery things and kicked and squarmed out of their sock, or is there a Medieval toddler spending their Eternity with cold foot? #Medieval #Knitting #Socks #Cotton

A knitted light blue baby/toddler knee high sock with emerald green colourwork bands on the foot, ankle and knee, with two coloured bind off. The colourwork bands hade dull diamond motive on them. The sock has tiniest short row heel and moderate increases.
Schachenmayr Catania (light blue) and Scheepjes Catona (emerald green), 2,25mm needles.

Screenshot of the database entry for the sock III 7400

https://onlinecollection.mkb.ch/#/query/970fee05-cf3b-4c73-a58f-97082ae042aa
CC BY 4.0 "Museum der Kulturen Basel"

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Anne Marie Decker @sigkit.bsky.social · 07/11/2025

If you are interested in the early blue & white knitted socks found in Egypt, the Museum der Kulturen Basel has put their collection online. As the search engine is a bit tricky as yet, I put together a blog post that includes them and a few from other institutions: nalbound.com/2025/11/04/b...

nalbound.com

Blue and white knit stockings

Nalbinding isn’t the only corpus that is spread out across many institutions. Recently a number of museums have added to their online collection databases and we are now able to see quite a f…

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Nele N @nelefinn.bsky.social · 05/10/2025

Two weeks ago I got to meet her! I was very envious when so many of you were posting about the #Neanderthalerin exhibition earlier in the year, but two weeks ago I happened to be close enough to drop in for a quick look! And it was deffinetly worth the walk! neanderthal.de/en/our-museu...

Nele, a white woman with brown hair and glasses, wearing black long sleeved t, a dark green pinafore and purpple mask. Next to her is a wax model of gray haired, light skinned Neanderthal woman wearing loin cloth and winged cape and she is covering her breasts with arms crossed over her chest.

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Tomas Sjöblom @tomassjoblom.bsky.social · 30/09/2025

Tämä ei ole hyvän mielen postaus, mutta ehkä syksyn tärkein postaukseni. Suosittelen kaikille tutkijoille ja tutkimusryhmille: käsitelkää törkyriskejä ja suunnitelkaa toimenpiteitä etukäteen yhdessä. Lähiaikoina on tiettävästi odotettavissa törkyä tiedeyhteisöä kohtaan. Ketjusta muutama pikavinkki.

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Nele N @nelefinn.bsky.social · 07/09/2025

I frogged a dormant project today. It was casted on on a whim to be knitted with my knitting machine. After 10 years of owning a knitting machine, I have come to the conclusion, that I don't like knitting with the machine and I don't think the sock blank-hype came to stay. It's time to say farewell.

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Nele N @nelefinn.bsky.social · 16/08/2025

Have you seen this sock (?) "Current location unknown"

I black and white photo of knitted sock fragment with 8 colour work stripes.

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Nele N @nelefinn.bsky.social · 13/08/2025

If you were a #TextileNerd and had a day in #Berlin (Germany), what would you go and see? Destinations, say within an hour~ish, with bus/regional train are also considered.

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Nele N @nelefinn.bsky.social · 18/05/2025

Althought crafts are very much part of the material world, crafting in the other hand is very strongly immaterial. What aspects of the immateriality are the important factors for you in crafting? 🧶 #KnitSky #YarnCrafts #CraftingScience #MaterialCulture #SlowFashion

Two ends of Karelian ritual cloth, embroidered with red yarn, with a goddess, birds on her arms and trees of life growing off her skirt. White Aida, with small crocheted lace at the bottom.

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Nele N @nelefinn.bsky.social · 18/05/2025

Reading a pattern is a rather crucial skill to obtain... 🤦‍♀️ And being able to estimate how much 2,5m is might help too... 🧶 #Frivolite #LaceMaking #YarnCrafts

A partially made item in tatting with seven rings and three chains.

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Nele N @nelefinn.bsky.social · 14/05/2025

How about some knee-high colourwork socks? (collections-gwu.zetcom.net/en/collectio... ) 10 stitches and 15 rows, knitted with 1,5mm needles, in cotton-silk blend with 800m/100g. #CraftingScience #ArchaeologicalTextiles #YarnCrafts #KnitSky 🧶

A hand is holding a knitted white tube with very fine metallic needles.

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Nele N @nelefinn.bsky.social · 08/05/2025

Have you seen this sock? It has been at the collection of the German hosiery online museum, which has been closed down. Do you know which museum the physical object might be?

A black and white photo of a colour work sock the diamond shape with partial crosses on each corner and possibly Arabic scribt at the foot and leg.

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Nele N @nelefinn.bsky.social · 06/05/2025

This is one of those occasions where @bsky.app would need more emotions to respond with! I'm not saying I'm always perfect at collecting trash, but this is devastating, think about the bird with not one, but two bottle caps in their stomach!

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Nele N @nelefinn.bsky.social · 05/05/2025

Does anyone know if any of the Fatimid/Mamluk knitted socks have been DNA typed for the cotton type or isotope analysed for the area of growth? #TextileArchaeology #Egyptology 🏺

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