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Sarah-Beth 🦇 @sarahbatbradley.bsky.social · 11/09/2026

#ShowMeYourKnits on the needles 🧶 Currently working on my Discworld inspired socks - background colour is Great A'Tuin by Giddy Yarns, turtles and cuff are Christmas Tree by Dye Candy, and turtle charts are from @pacificknitco.bsky.social Ocean doodles 2 #knitsky

A knitted sock WIP with emerald green cuff and turtle motifs on a pale speckled green main colour yarn.

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Dr. G @drlauraguertin.bsky.social · 09/09/2026

There's ALOT going on with science right now. For all the stitchers out there (knitters, crocheters, weavers, felters, quilters, etc.) of any age/skill level, join our virtual celebration (and in-person at #AGU26) on Why Science? Details online: sites.google.com/view/stitchs... #QuiltSky #KnitSky 🧪🧶

Stitch Your Science 2026 - why is science important to you?

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Sarah-Beth 🦇 @sarahbatbradley.bsky.social · 02/09/2026

One of my two active WIPs for #WIPWednesday Sweetheart bag for the Jane Austen festival in a few weeks! #knitsky 🧶

A knitted bag WIP. The background colour of the bag is dark green with complex botanical colour work in a brighter lime green.

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Sarah-Beth 🦇 @sarahbatbradley.bsky.social · 16/08/2026

Microstripe socks for #ShowMeYourKnits stripe week - these are two different yarns that matched so well I had to combine them!

1.5 knitted socks. They have a green-leaning teal main colour with a multicoloured contrast colour that has shades of blue-green, yellow, and pink. The socks have a 3:1 stripe ratio.

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Kim @klremus.bsky.social · 15/08/2026

I finally finished knitting my starling inspired sweater and I’m pretty pleased with how it came out. (Details in alt text) 🧶 #knitting #knitsky #birdsky #starling

Split screen showing woman wearing a black hand knit sweater with cream and tan Vs in the yoke and the starling birds that inspired it.

More details:
After watching the starlings outside my window, I was inspired to make a sweater mimicking their plumage. I looked for a bottom up, round yoke pattern so the tan “V”s would be the correct direction. Ringle was it! - this means I used the pattern for basic shape but omitted the stripes of the original pattern. I just sort of winged it (pun intended 🐦‍⬛) when deciding where to put the Vs

Pattern- Ringle by Kate Davies Designs

Yarn- Quince & Co. Lark (colorways Crow, Canvas, Camel)

Back view of a black hand knit sweater with cream and tan Vs decorating the yoke

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Sarah-Beth 🦇 @sarahbatbradley.bsky.social · 05/07/2026

Currently on my needles - my Lileya tee #ShowMeYourKnits Knitting purposely off-gauge to create a smaller size. Hopefully a nice quick and project before I move onto the Stego sweater! #knitting #knitsky 🧶

Mirror selfie of SB trying on a knitting WIP - a rust coloured t-shirt that is knitted from the top down and is mid-torso in length .

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Sarah-Beth 🦇 @sarahbatbradley.bsky.social · 27/06/2026

A rare sewing project from me - made a regency inspired dress over the last few days! It has pockets! I got an olive green ribbon to go around the waist which gives the illusion of a higher waist, making it look a little more regency

A green botanical patterned dress on a mannequin. It has a fitted bodice and gathered skirt with a high waist and small puff sleeves.

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Sarah-Beth 🦇 @sarahbatbradley.bsky.social · 26/06/2026

So happy with my most recent test knit! Dear Elizabeth Tee by @greyowlknits.bsky.social, releasing today. It also fits in with the #ShowMeYourKnits theme of light and dark, and #FOFriday 💙🧶

SB stands in front of full bookshelves facing the camera and wearing a blue and grey knitted t-shirt. The top half is a solid blue, while the bottom half has blue motifs on a lighter grey background. These motifs left to right show Mr. Darcy, a bouquet of flowers, and Elizabeth Bennet. She is also wearing a gold coloured necklace shaped like a fountain pen nib with a black ink drop.

SB stands facing the camera wearing the same a knitted t-shirt and necklace, and holding an open copy of Pride and Prejudice to cover her face.

SB stands facing away the camera wearing a blue and grey knitted t-shirt. The motifs on the back of the t-shirt show the initials E & D in the centre, with a stack of books on each side.

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Sarah-Beth 🦇 @sarahbatbradley.bsky.social · 14/06/2026

Picking up speed on my Dear Elizabeth Tee test! (Of course inspired by Jane Austen) Not the most portable project but I did work on it by the sea for worldwide knit in public day yesterday #ShowMeYourKnits #knitting 🧶

Half finished knitting project with teal Mr. Darcy, a bouquet of flowers, and Elizabeth Bennet motifs on a grey background. These motifs will become the lower half of a knitted t-shirt.

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National Museum of Ireland @nmireland.bsky.social · 09/06/2026

What if the most influential organisms on Earth are the ones we rarely see? Parasite Tales at the Dead Zoo Lab uncovers the hidden world of parasitic worms-revealing their role in biodiversity, evolution & health. Discover the science of the unseen: www.museum.ie/en-IE/Museum...

Feather lice from a kingfisher Alcedo spp. that crashed into a building in the University College Cork. Photo credit: Paddy Sleeman, University College Cork

Roundworm Heligmosomoides polygyrus (Dujardin, 1845) Boulenger, 1922 taken from the wood mouse, Apodemus sylvaticus (Linnaeus, 1758). Photo credit: Peter Stuart, Munster Technological University

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National Museum of Ireland @nmireland.bsky.social · 29/05/2026

A five-legged frog? Wildlife Biology student Keisha-Paige Plant explores a rare specimen from the Natural History collections- and how parasites can disrupt limb development. Discover what it reveals about #biodiversity: www.museum.ie/en-IE/Collec... #MuseumBlog #NaturalHistory #RegistrationCorner

A laboratory workspace showing a person in a white lab coat wearing teal gloves examining preserved animal specimens. Numerous glass jars filled with preserved amphibians and other small creatures are arranged closely together on shelves and a work surface. The jars contain specimens suspended in liquid, with visible labels and dark green lids. The setting appears to be a museum or research storage area with neutral-colored walls and shelving in the background.

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Kennys Bookshop & Art Gallery @kennysbookshop.bsky.social · 23/05/2026

A milestone. For the first time ever, we have surpassed 2 million books on our website. That is 2 million books available to you through an independent, online bookshop. With competitive shipping prices. Shop local. www.kennys.ie

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Ben Paris @nzbatman.bsky.social · 13/05/2026

🦇 New research sheds light on how artificial lighting impacts long-tailed bat activity. From the teams at Waikato Uni, DOC, Auckland Uni, and Bioeconomy Science Institute—helping us better protect pekapeka as our nights get brighter. 🔦➡️🦇 #Pekapeka #NZBats link.springer.com/article/10.1...

New research: Amber light affects long-tailed bats’ activity less than cool white light, but more than darkness.

We found
- Most activity in dark.
- Least activity in cool white light.
- Amber was in between.

Management solution
- Keep dark places dark
- Use amber light (<< 2700K) if light is needed

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Sarah-Beth 🦇 @sarahbatbradley.bsky.social · 02/05/2026

How I wear my solstice spencer for #ShowMeYourKnits (pardon the annoyed face, someone swiped the library knitting book I was going to borrow)

Mirror selfie SB wearing a knitted vest over a white shirt with the sleeves rolled up. She is also wearing light jeans and a brown belt, as well as a silver bat-shaped brooch and matching earrings.

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Bat Conservation International 🦇 @batcon.org · 17/04/2026

Happy Bat Appreciation Day from your friends at BCI! 🦇

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Sarah-Beth 🦇 @sarahbatbradley.bsky.social · 14/04/2026

Thesis update 💡🦇🔦: So my plots have not been showing much of anything to support my hypothesis- but it's starting to look like the numbers do! It would be great to be able to reject the null hypothesis. It would be even better if I can somehow get my graphs to reflect that 😅

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Dr Andrew McInnes @drbeard79.bsky.social · 04/04/2026

Broke: I am scared that bats will get in my hair. Woke: I know that bats are highly sensitive flyers who actively avoid getting in people’s hair. Bespoke: I want bats to lift up my hair in braids and fly me through the air. 🦇 🦇 🦇 🦇

Full disclosure: I stole this image from my discover feed from a user who had quote posting turned off but who had also not included a description of the image in her otherwise informative alt text.

The image is a woman with her arms raised in a gothicky black dress with red tights and black shoes being lifted up by 4 bats carrying her by her black braids. The ground is Green with greenish rocks strewn about the background is orange-red.

The original alt info was: The painting is described as part of a series depicting women with magical powers, connected to vampires, witches, and other powerful creatures.
Dora Abodi merges Gothic illustration with baroque futurism in these portraits.
The set designs for her recent campaigns emerged organically from these paintings.

Original poster was an ivy with bluesky name of askylitocean

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pmamtraveller.bsky.social @pmamtraveller.bsky.social · 24/03/2026

The Knight of the Flowers, by Georges Rochegrosse (1894)

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🦇Little Wing Bat Haven @littlewingbathaven.bsky.social · 24/03/2026

I just think they’re neat 💁‍♀️ #bats #🦇

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Sarah-Beth 🦇 @sarahbatbradley.bsky.social · 10/03/2026

Thesis progress: Monday Filled the last few gaps in my weather data which means my model finally ran! Plan for today: 1. Actually interpret the model 2. Send some emails to try and get more environmental data

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Sarah-Beth 🦇 @sarahbatbradley.bsky.social · 06/03/2026

My current WIP is perfect for #ShowMeYourKnits lace week! 🧶 Solstice spencer by Mandy Julie

The almost-completed front half of a slipover. It is teal and has a vertical lace pattern

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Sarah-Beth 🦇 @sarahbatbradley.bsky.social · 28/02/2026

Slightly late for #ShowMeYourKnitting but I have plenty for animals! 🧶

A pair of hand knit socks with a beige background colour and brown bats all over. The toes and cuffs are also brown.

A pair of knitted mittens with a whale breaching on the back of the mitten, and a school of fish on the palm side. There are stars under a latvian braid on the cuff of each mitten. The background colour of the mittens is blue with yellow for the details.

A knitted cowl showing an owl with art nouveau style framing. It has a white background colour and a burgundy contrasting colour.

SB wearing a black knitted jumper with bats on a white band around the yoke

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Sarah-Beth 🦇 @sarahbatbradley.bsky.social · 21/02/2026

Time to see what the hype is about! (Found on vinted 😮) #knitting 🧶

Five balls of petroleum green Knitting for Olive merino yarn, fingering weight

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Sarah-Beth 🦇 @sarahbatbradley.bsky.social · 21/02/2026

Making quick progress on my Solstice Spencer by Mandy Julie 😍🧶

A kingfisher blue panel of knitting with lace. It is approximately 17cm long from bottom to top

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Sarah-Beth 🦇 @sarahbatbradley.bsky.social · 17/02/2026

Feels like forever since I started these but they are finally all done! Whale's Greeting Mittens by Claire Burnett 🐋🧶 #knitting

A pair of handknit mittens. The background colour is dark blue and the contrast colour is yellow. The palm side is facing up on the left side mitten, which shows fish swimming up the mitten and a star on the outer thumb. The back is facing up on the right mitten showing a whale breaching surrounded by water splashes.
Both sides have stars around the wrist below a latvian braid

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Sarah-Beth 🦇 @sarahbatbradley.bsky.social · 08/02/2026

Quote this post with a knit that starts with the next letter of the alphabet #ShowMeYourKnits 🧶 O: Owl nouveau cowl - by Mary P. Hunt

A knitted cowl with a white background and maroon details including an owl, feathers, and the phases of the moon

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Claude ✡️🦖🦕 @cascoclauda.bsky.social · 06/02/2026

a very warm welcome to haolong dongi, a fascinating hadrosauroid from the early cretaceous yixian formation described by huang et al. 🎉 the near-complete holotype preserves highly unique integumentary structures unknown in other dinosaurs www.nature.com/articles/s41 (art by fabio manucci)

art depicting two haolong individuals, depicted with the unique spikey integument preserved with the holotype

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Sarah-Beth 🦇 @sarahbatbradley.bsky.social · 03/02/2026

Thesis progress Tuesday: - Bit of editing - Meeting with supervisor - Got my data! - Played around with said data in R and GIS

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Sarah-Beth 🦇 @sarahbatbradley.bsky.social · 26/01/2026

Thesis update: - 2 meetings - paperwork done so I can get my data - just about hit my daily word goal Definitely sounds more productive written down!

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Sarah-Beth 🦇 @sarahbatbradley.bsky.social · 24/01/2026

Still not allowed to knit due to wrist strain but I will always happily show off my Wool & Honey, perfect for this week's #ShowMeYourKnitting garter stitch 🧶

Mirror selfie of SB wearing a goldenrod colour hand knit jumper. It is knit in garter stitch with a honeycomb texture pattern across the chest and shoulders.

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Sarah-Beth 🦇 @sarahbatbradley.bsky.social · 22/01/2026

Thesis progress: Wrote 300 words today through a combination of dictation software and using only my non-dominant hand to type as my left wrist slowly recovers Total now 800 words and a chance I can reach 1,000 words tomorrow out of my 2k- 2,500 w goal for the introduction, with 3 weeks remaining

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Sarah-Beth 🦇 @sarahbatbradley.bsky.social · 16/01/2026

#ShowMeYourKnits WIPS - a pair of whale mittens I'm not able to work on right now due to wrist pain 💔

An in progress mitten with a navy main colour and bright yellow contrast colour. There are starfish on the wrist, a latvian braid above, and the beginnings of a whale breaching on the main hand section.

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Sarah-Beth 🦇 @sarahbatbradley.bsky.social · 29/11/2025

Introduce yourself with 5 animals you've seen in the wild: 🦇 Soprano pippistrelle 🦇 Leisler's bat 🦇 Daubenton's bat 🦇 Common pippistrelle 🐬 Risso's dolphin

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Dr. Sabine Metzger 🦇 @drsabinemetzger.bsky.social · 28/11/2025

🦇 #BatsInArt #PreciousBats #FineJewellery #ArtNouveau #GeorgKleemann #German Georg Kleemann (1863 - 1932) FLYING BAT PENDANT (ca. 1900) Sterling silver, plique-à-jour enamel, crystal past stones, rubies, freshwater pearl

https://www.incollect.com/listings/jewelry/necklaces-pendants/flying-bat-georg-kleeman-pendant-plique-a-jour-sterling-silver-263093

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Sarah-Beth 🦇 @sarahbatbradley.bsky.social · 26/11/2025

WIP Wednesday- Reed by Anna Johanna and Ardently Socks by The Kitchen Sink Shop 🧶 #knitsky

A knitted sock in progress. It is blue with tonal variegation and has a lace motif running down the left side. The leg and heel of the sock are complete.

A knitted jumper yoke in progress with dark orange and grey colourwork

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Sarah-Beth 🦇 @sarahbatbradley.bsky.social · 16/11/2025

A bit of floof (Fingerless Mittens by Iris H) plus a second pair of Ardently socks (Kitchen Sink Shop) currently gracing my needles for #ShowMeYourKnits First time knitting with floofy yarn! 🧶 #knitsky

A pair of fingerless mittens knitted in a tweedy maroon yarn held together with pink and purple mohair. There is also a petrol blue sock WIP on a pair of circular knitting needles.

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Sarah-Beth 🦇 @sarahbatbradley.bsky.social · 03/11/2025

My first FO of 2025 for #ShowMeYourKnits - I like it but there's something about the fit that feels off to me still 😅

A dark brown cable knit jumper laid on a wood floor. There is a brooch shaped like a leaf of Lòrien on the chest, and the right side arm is folded over a copy of Sense and Sensibility by Jane Austen

Close up of the body and sleeve of a dark brown knitted jumper with cables. The sleeve is folded over a copy of Sense and Sensibility by Jane Austen with similar brown tones.

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Sarah-Beth 🦇 @sarahbatbradley.bsky.social · 28/10/2025

Hoping to finish knitting a second pair of socks for #Socktober - am about to start the heel of the second Ardently Sock by the Kitchen Sink Shop (yes, it's inspired by Pride and Prejudice) 🧶 #knitsky

A hand knit ankle sock. It is turquoise and has a lace motif running from cuff to toe.

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Boze Herrington, Library Owl @sketchesbyboze.bsky.social · 26/10/2025

Jane Austen's 250th birthday is coming up in December and I hope you'll celebrate by taking a turn about the room, acquiring a passion for dead leaves & closet shelves, and taking a fancy to the last person you could ever be prevailed upon to marry.

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Sarah-Beth 🦇 @sarahbatbradley.bsky.social · 25/10/2025

I unfortunately do have something for #ShowMeYourKnitting horror stories- see this beautiful jumper? I washed my bedsheets, took them out of the dryer, and out came some of the prettiest felt in the world. Only got to wear it two or three times 😭

SB wearing a very fine and detailed hand knit jumper. It is dark green and light brown with fairisle colourwork everywhere but the sleeves

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Bat Conservation Trust @batconservation.bsky.social · 19/10/2025

What is a roost? Here are some bat roost facts: 🪹 Bats do not make nests, but choose various places throughout the year to shelter, live and sleep in. 🦇 Where bats choose to roost varies between species and the time of the year. 📍 They don't stay in the same roost the whole year.

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