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Ainsworth & Prin Plump Sock DK 🤝🏻 Laid Edges socks 🧦🧶 I've been wanting to make these for a while now and got too impatient to wait until I'd finished my Broken Seed stitch socks, happy #Socktober 🥰 #ShowMeYourKnits

The beginnings of a Laid Edge sock in Ainsworth & Prin Plump DK, colourway doodle

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Joanne Harris @joannechocolat.bsky.social · 22/09/2026

Much as we love bookshops, they need more than love to keep going. A bookshop can be the centre of a whole community. Bookshops support authors; organize events. A thriving bookshop teaches the next generation that literacy matters. So don't just love your bookshop: actually buy books there.

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Zoë @readabilitea.bsky.social · 13/09/2026

It's official: gift knitting season has commenced! I've been itching to cast on another Clova vest since finishing my first iteration, and my sister said she would love one and I knew immediately I wanted to use this wonderful Heylor colourway of WYS The Croft yarn 🧶

4 skeins of West Yorkshire Spinners The Croft Aran in the colourway Heylor on a grey carpeted floor, with a warm-toned kilim carpet in the top left corner

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Dan Sinykin @dan-sinnamon.bsky.social · 13/09/2026

buying books is a perverse act of hope. that i might find time to read yet another.

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Zoë @readabilitea.bsky.social · 06/09/2026

Taking a break from sock knitting to make some progress with my second Musselburgh hat 🧶 Plan is to have 2 contrast rims in some scrap yarn I have, with this beautifully soft Sysleriget Sock as the main body #ShowMeYourKnits #WIP

An in-progress Musselburgh hat knit in Sysleriget Sock, 5 speckles colourway

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Zoë @readabilitea.bsky.social · 03/09/2026

2nd sock finished! For now, a coordinating pair, but my plan is to knit another two with the other half of the Gusto Echoes yarn so that I have 2 pairs of matching socks 🧦

2 broken seed stitch socks next to each other. The one on the left progresses from black to royal blue, the one on the right progresses from royal blue to orange

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Zoë @readabilitea.bsky.social · 03/09/2026

Couldn't resist a visit to Criminally Good Books in York yesterday, and came away with some excellent-sounding books recommended by Megan 💙📚⚡️

A white hand holds a copy of Seven Reasons to Murder Your Dinner Guests by K J Whittle and a copy of The Pie & Mash Detective Agency by J. D. Brinkworth in front of a monster plant

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Zoë @readabilitea.bsky.social · 02/09/2026

Train reading for a trip to York 📚💙

My white hand holds a copy of Taiwan Travelogue by Yáng Shuāng-Zi, translated by Lin King and published by And Other Stories

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Zoë @readabilitea.bsky.social · 30/08/2026

These broken seed socks have tested me a lot more than I thought they would, but now I'm onto the second sock I've reached a flow state and I'm really liking how this Gusto Echoes yarn is peeping through 🧶

A half-knit sock, using the Broken Seed Stitch sock recipe on Ravelry. Contrast cuff in milk bottle West Yorkshire Spinners 4ply Signature sock yarn, with variegated Gusto Echoes yarn used as the main colour (colourway 1512)

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EMILY WILSON @emilyrcwilson.bsky.social · 02/08/2026

If you want a big spectacular book-adaptation American movie about a reluctant clever hero on an impossible journey through weird places (which I do), Project Hail Mary is great.

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EMILY WILSON @emilyrcwilson.bsky.social · 23/07/2026

There is a lot to say about the Nolan Odyssey movie. But one point that I think has not been emphasized enough is: this is a film about living in LA, as Nolan, my erstwhile British compatriot and age mate, has done for years. I gather it’s a strange place.

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Zoë @readabilitea.bsky.social · 23/07/2026

I went to see The Odyssey at the weekend, do you think you can tell based on my currently reading pile? 💙📚

A stack of books containing Crossing the Wine-Dark Sea by Emily Wilson, A Thousand Ships by Natalie Haynes, Of Woman Born by Adrienne Rich, The Iliad (translated by Emily Wilson), American Hagwon by Min Jin Lee, and A History of Booksellers and the Bookshop by Jean-Yves Mollier. The stack is on a brown wooden table with a pothos vine and bookshelves in the background

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Zoë @readabilitea.bsky.social · 09/07/2026

Hot Greek Summer/July Hopefuls/the books that made it into my bag before I left for the journey South. I'm clearly in a bit of a phase.. 📚💙

A copy of Crossing the Wine-Dark Sea by Emily Wilson and Emily Wilson's translation of the Iliad on a train table

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king's co-op bookstore @kingsbookstore.bsky.social · 09/07/2026

less looksmaxxing more booksmaxxing

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Atlas Shvitzed @therafischwartz.bsky.social · 08/07/2026

Unfortunately, a stunned Paris is how they all got into this whole mess to begin with

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Bert’s Books @bertsbooks.bsky.social · 23/06/2026

I've been listening to How Queer Bookshops Changed the World. It's fascinating. A very interesting section about a feminist bookshop in Minneapolis called the Amazon Bookshop Collective which ended up in a legal battle with Jeff. Jeff's lawyers were basically homophobic during the case. Nice.

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Marie Le Conte @youngvulgarian.marieleconte.com · 08/05/2026

waking up and reading about the results of the locals and feeling very

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Zoë @readabilitea.bsky.social · 05/04/2026

It's socks week for #ShowMeYourKnits 🧶🧦 I've not made a pair of socks since tackling the kilt socks, and it's been even longer since I made a pair for myself. It's finally time to use the skein of yarn I bought the day before I left the Netherlands (nearly 3 years ago!)

The calf part of my first Slip It Simple sock, using Undercover Otter Squirm 4ply

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yaoi gagarin @mel.bzky.team · 25/03/2026

just for the record "death of the author" means "the author doesnt have total control over the meaning of their own art" not "its okay to give money to hitler if you liked his paintings as a child"

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Lauren Groff @legroff.bsky.social · 04/03/2026

A man asked me last night what publishing needs to do for literary fiction to begin appealing to men again. I said, as nicely as I could, that, with over 2,000 books published every Tuesday, of which many would appeal to men, it’s not a publishing problem, it’s a men problem.

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Zoë @readabilitea.bsky.social · 18/02/2026

I have had an absolutely rotten day but I've just remembered past me pre-ordered 52 Weeks of Sweaters and I get to pick it up tomorrow ❤️🧶

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Women's Prize @womensprize.bsky.social · 11/02/2026

The 2026 #WomensPrize for Non-Fiction longlist is here💜 Which book will you be picking up first? #WomensPrizeforNonFiction

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Zoë @readabilitea.bsky.social · 01/02/2026

Thrilled with this brioche blanket I've knit for my friend! I used the Purl Soho Pocketful of Posy pattern with Cascade 220 worsted yarn and it is brilliantly squishy and cosy. Hopefully the recipient likes it when I give it to her later today! 🧶

A Purl Soho Pocketful of Posy brioche blanket knit in cascade 220 worsted yarn in cabernet, light pink, hot pink, blue quartz heather, gold, and butter with the colour natural as the main contrast colour. It is draped over a chair in front of bookshelves.

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Zoë @readabilitea.bsky.social · 31/01/2026

Oo my current WIP makes for a perfect post for #ShowMeYourKnits 🧶 I'm working on my first ever garment for myself! A See My Vest knitted with chunky yarn leftover from previous projects. I chose the greyscale colour scheme out of necessity, but I'm actually really liking how it's coming together 😊

An in progress top down vest, with stripes of black, grey, then 1 strand of grey held together with 1 strand of white.

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Marie Le Conte @youngvulgarian.marieleconte.com · 11/01/2026

essentially repeating @jamesdaustin.bsky.social's point that people say they want a nice high street and yet aren't using their high street, in order to add: people need to also actively choose to spend more in brick and mortar shops than they would online, even if it feels unfair!

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Mara Wilson @marawilson.bsky.social · 05/01/2026

Yeah, I’m a romance reader, and I like romance because it’s a bit like being on a roller coaster: you know where it’s going, but you’re gonna have fun on the ride.

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Jay Hulme @jayhulmepoet.bsky.social · 02/01/2026

I say this often but it bears repeating: if you make your money from creating art then you NEED to find an art or craft where you just do it for fun and don't try to be perfect or make any money from it, and when anyone tells you to monetise it you say 'No', because otherwise your soul will die.

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Zoë @readabilitea.bsky.social · 27/12/2025

Very excited for the £70 order of Bird and Blend tea I've just placed to arrive 😋

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Zoë @readabilitea.bsky.social · 26/12/2025

I am of the opinion that all Boxing Day meals should include tomato chutney

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Zoë @readabilitea.bsky.social · 26/12/2025

We have designated today a day of reading I've gone around the house and collected a small pile of books I think I could reasonably finish before 2026 and would like to finish one of them, and N is committing himself to reading the entirety of This Way Up, having started it this morning 📚💙

A small stack of books is on a coffee table: How to Live: A Life of Montaigne in one question and twenty attempts at an answer by Sarah Bakewell, The Parenthood Dilemma by Gina Rushton, and The Illegals by Shaun Walker. Next to the stack is a white and blue striped mug and in the foreground a bowl of chocolate coins and Dutch kruidnoten

A hand holds up a copy of This Way Uo by Mark Cooper-Jones and Jay Foreman with a small Christmas tree and some bookshelves in the background

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Zoë @readabilitea.bsky.social · 25/12/2025

Onto the 4th colour of the Pocketful of Posy blanket by Purl Soho that I'm making for a friend 🥰🎄🧶

My WIP which is the Purl Soho Pocketful of Posy brioche blanket which I'm knitting in Cascade 220 worsted yarn. The side on show is hot pink changing into baby blue.

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Zoë @readabilitea.bsky.social · 23/12/2025

To my fellow booksellers also working the Christmas Eve shift tomorrow: may your Gardners arrive early and your card machines never fail 🫡

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Tom Gauld @tomgauld.bsky.social · 21/12/2025

“The last-minute christmas rush at the bookshop.” - my latest cartoon for @theguardian.com books

Title: The last-minute christmas rush at the bookshop.

Image: diagram of a small bookshop packed with coloured dots representing people. The various colours represent the following groups:

Contentedly browsing customer,
Frazzled staff member,
Can't find the book they want,
Can't remember what they came for,
Complete decision paralysis,
In the queue to pay,
Thinks they're in the queue but aren't,
Dozed off in a comfy chair,
Waiting to pounce on the comfy chair,
Crying child,
Crying adult,
Vortex of discombobulated shoppers.

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Zoë @readabilitea.bsky.social · 13/12/2025

So far this morning I have woken up 30 minutes late, broken the bottle of my favourite perfume, and spilt my entire mug of tea on the bus 😭

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Argonaut Books @argonautbooks.bsky.social · 08/12/2025

Thank you all, the update than we can barely believe we get to make. To everyone who supported us through this last month, we couldn’t have even come close to this outcome without you all. Have a peaceful festive period, we’ll see you in the bookshop soon 🧡

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Zoë @readabilitea.bsky.social · 08/12/2025

Now that the kilt socks are out of the way, my only #WIP is this brioche blanket for my friend. I've never done brioche before and tension is testing my patience, but I am loving the squishy fabric it's making! 🧶

The beginnings of the Purl Soho Pocketful of Posy brioche blanket, knit with Cascade 220 yarn. The colour at the top is Cabernet, the colour on the bottom Soft Pink.

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Zoë @readabilitea.bsky.social · 07/12/2025

Folks I did it! I completed the kilt socks! If I were to make then again (which I will not be doing) I would definitely do things a little differently, but mainly I'm just proud of them. And my partner loves them! 🧶

A pair of kilt socks knit in New Lanark DK wool in Ecru, pattern is Patons UK kilt sock

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Zoë @readabilitea.bsky.social · 30/11/2025

My sister's Christmas #MusselburghHat is finished, blocked, and ready to wrap! So happy with how this turned out, and will definitely be casting on one for myself 🧶

An Ysolda Musselburgh hat knit in Ginger Twist Studio's Masham Mayhem yarn in the Voyager colourway

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violet allen @blipstress.bsky.social · 24/11/2025

Bookselling is like the most "people go to the store and buy what looks cool to them without a particular agenda" type business left, and your purchases have a huge influence on what is ordered, what is displayed, and what is recommended.

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Dr Chiara Bullen @chiarab.bsky.social · 20/11/2025

Idk I think it's fine if people work back from popular culture to learn more about folklore roots, culture, heritage, etc. People have to start somewhere.

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The Reading Agency @readingagency.bsky.social · 06/11/2025

77% of people who don’t call themselves readers read every week. Britain doesn’t have a shortage of readers. We have a shortage of people who feel like readers. It’s time to #RedefineReading. 👉 Explore the new State of the Nation report here: bit.ly/46ItklZ

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Athena Kugblenu @athenakugblenu.bsky.social · 01/11/2025

If you want kids to read: -Reopen the closed libraries -Give them free books -Sponsor author visits in schools with high % pupil premium or FSM students -Work on adult literacy Then Y8s will have a chance of passing this test www.theguardian.com/politics/202...

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Bridget Phillipson ‘ready to take on unions’ over year 8 reading tests

Education secretary says mandatory test needed to tackle ‘shocking outcomes’ for many working-class children

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Zoë @readabilitea.bsky.social · 29/10/2025

#WIPWednesday and it's Musselburgh hat time 🧶 Approaching the halfway point I reckon, and still loving this Ginger Twist hand dyed Masham Mayham yarn 🥰

An in progress Musselburgh Hat (Ysolda Patterns) in Gingrr Twist studio Masham Mayhem 4ply yarn in the Voyager colourway, with my hand holding a mug of chai latte next to it

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Greg Jenner (Historian) @gregjenner.bsky.social · 20/10/2025

Arguably, one company should not be responsible for 33% of online services

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king's co-op bookstore @kingsbookstore.bsky.social · 20/10/2025

PSA: don’t do that weird thumb licky page turn thing in a bookstore

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Zoë @readabilitea.bsky.social · 17/10/2025

I am seeing so many announcements of crime books by celebrities and can't help but feel that, just as with children's fiction, publishers are showing a huge disregard for the genre

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Zoë @readabilitea.bsky.social · 16/10/2025

Because we all know tests are what make kids really enjoy subjects 🙄

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Zoë @readabilitea.bsky.social · 15/10/2025

I've only got eyes for one #Socktober project at the moment 🧶 The kilt sock chronicles continue; calf shaping almost done! #WIPWednesday

My in progress Patons Kilt Sock lies across my leg with my project bag in the top left corner. Yarn is New Lanark DK on ecru

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Zoë @readabilitea.bsky.social · 09/10/2025

Frogging was definitely the right choice, I managed to close up those ladders! 🧶

A Musselburgh Hat by Ysolda patterns in Masham Mayhem by Ginger Twist (Voyager colourway), this time with less obvious ladders where the increases are!

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