iiinova — where your digital self keeps evolving

you and @erikaishii.bsky.social both, true mango enthusiasts

just popped by your website to preorder the new Becky Chambers - spouse loves her books and the new one comes out on our anniversary!

011

Vae @vae.bsky.social · 2h

what utter rotters! I wish your staff a very joyful and community-affirming weekend.

110

Reposted by Vae

Bat Conservation Trust @batconservation.bsky.social · 3h

It's a freepost weekend at Teemill , which means free UK shipping on all orders placed from now until midnight, Sunday (4 October). Explore our store and the range of designs here: buff.ly/W1NkNqE . The best bit is that part of your sales will be donated to our to help bats.

044

Vae @vae.bsky.social · 3h

hmm so either stranded colourwork or a variegated yarn (which is possible considering the reported dyeing incident) with a lace pattern for the lines or slipped stitches?

000

Vae @vae.bsky.social · 3h

this is glorious, and I'm so glad there's a record of this demolition. Anglia Square's not a beautiful place, but I lived near there for three years and it always had so much life to it.

000

Vae @vae.bsky.social · 16h

oh AMAZING, I'm so glad you've enjoyed them!

100

Vae @vae.bsky.social · 18h

I must re-read Paladin's Grace to check on the details of the socks Stephen knitted for Grace

100

Vae @vae.bsky.social · 19h

Istvhan gets the colourwork ones?

110

Vae @vae.bsky.social · 23h

still thinking about this. A sock design for each paladin could be fun.

100

Vae @vae.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

whee October has landed!

010

Vae @vae.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

yesss I also need these sock patterns

000

Vae @vae.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

Catching up on last night's Bake Off and gosh it's such a relief to hear Nigella say "I don't approve of talking about food as naughty". YES. Finally. #gbbo

1130

Vae @vae.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

the University of Leicester also has an archive - you might be able to get them interested if the choir was originally associated with their unit le.ac.uk/library/spec...

le.ac.uk

Enhance our collections | Archives and Special Collections | University of Leicester

Our collections are growing all the time. Please get in touch if you have material that you would like to offer us.

3181

Vae @vae.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

De Montfort University has a media specialist department, I'd start by reaching out to them. They also have an archive who are likely to have the equipment available to at least access what's on the tapes and see if the recording has survived library.dmu.ac.uk/specialcolle...

library.dmu.ac.uk

LibGuides: Special Collections - archives and rare books: Contact Us & Feedback

2200

Vae @vae.bsky.social · 25/09/2026

Doyden Castle sidles nervously into the debate

000

Vae @vae.bsky.social · 25/09/2026

is your Kindle old enough that you can USB connect it to a laptop/Mac and get your files off it?

100

Vae @vae.bsky.social · 24/09/2026

I have stuff I should catch up on watching, and stuff I should write, and stuff I should read, but I am feeling stressed and anxious and so I might curl up and rewatch my favourite Lorna Doone movie adaptation. Yes, the one with Clive Owen and Polly Walker and Sean Bean.

021

Vae @vae.bsky.social · 24/09/2026

I love their drape in shawls, and they hold a lace block beautifully!

020

Vae @vae.bsky.social · 23/09/2026

I love that book *so much*

040

Vae @vae.bsky.social · 23/09/2026

I am so glad that I'm not allergic to cats. Love being able to snurgle my face into soft fur.

070

Reposted by Vae

Danie Ware @danacea.bsky.social · 22/09/2026

For #Hobbit day: 'If most of us valued food and cheer and song above hoarded gold, it would be a merrier world.'

18238

Vae @vae.bsky.social · 21/09/2026

The thing about having been away and come home again is that it makes it very hard to turf the affectionate cat off me so I can get up. But I must eventually get up.

070

Vae @vae.bsky.social · 19/09/2026

did see your books in @portalbookshop.bsky.social today, though, which was lovely

030

Vae @vae.bsky.social · 17/09/2026

I had to click through a long way to get to the actual prices, but £16 isn't a high price for a yarn festival these days

100

Vae @vae.bsky.social · 17/09/2026

I may have to go back to Lush and beg for advice. (Yes, I know, The Ordinary etc, but we don't have a local store and I don't want to need to know that much about chemistry and skin care, I want easy buying of simple things that work)

010

Vae @vae.bsky.social · 17/09/2026

thanks, but I'm in the UK and can't afford the import fees!

000

Vae @vae.bsky.social · 17/09/2026

I stopped using their hair care when they changed formula because the new formula didn't work for me, but I'd kept their skin stuff until now

010

Vae @vae.bsky.social · 17/09/2026

anyone have suggestions for idiot-proof replacements for sensitive dry skin, cruelty free and preferably vegan?

240

Vae @vae.bsky.social · 17/09/2026

Well, I'm going to have to find a new skincare range. Aveda's discontinuing the stuff I've been using without issue for years, and their new range is too scented for my sensitive skin, and mostly aimed at normal/oily skin types, not dry.

110

Vae @vae.bsky.social · 17/09/2026

I suggest adding "mosquito bite between the toes", too

010

Vae @vae.bsky.social · 17/09/2026

Both. Though mostly horrified at the idea of impending disability.

000

Vae @vae.bsky.social · 15/09/2026

I have been Brave and set all my old cross stitch supplies aside to go to creative reuse, because if I ever do pick it up again (it's been 20+ years) all the colour shade numbers of floss have changed multiple times. Otherwise I'd be doing that. As it is, I have cake that I know is made with sugar!

010

Vae @vae.bsky.social · 15/09/2026

update: I did have orange zest in the freezer, and that is now in cream cheese frosting. I also had 300g of grated carrots in the freezer, and that is now in cake.

1100

Vae @vae.bsky.social · 15/09/2026

if you're wondering how work is going this week, I'm about to go and bake for the second time in a week. I may be stressed but I will be stressed with carrot cake. I think I still have some orange zest in the freezer.

190

Vae @vae.bsky.social · 15/09/2026

I do not need this many sets of headphones or earbuds! one of the sets I am dropping into electrical waste has never been used in twenty years!

030

Vae @vae.bsky.social · 15/09/2026

Slowly trying to clear things out to make more space and some of the things are very small but very baffling. I have just chucked out three pairs of headphones/earphones and have two more pairs waiting for spouse to tell me which is his and which is mine. I still have three pairs.

130

Vae @vae.bsky.social · 14/09/2026

welcome back here! It's a beautiful day, the sun is shining, it's not overly hot, it's a good day to do some sock knitting while in meetings.

100

Vae @vae.bsky.social · 13/09/2026

the IPA would make a nice carbonnade of beef, you don't have to have a dark beer for that!

000

Vae @vae.bsky.social · 12/09/2026

broadband availability; mobile signal coverage; electrical safety certificate; age of oven and any other built in appliances

020

Vae @vae.bsky.social · 12/09/2026

age of boiler and whether it has a documented service record; age of the roof; water heating system (immersion tank/heat pump/combi boiler); evidence of damp proof course; insulation in roof and walls; wall construction (solid or cavity, solid without added insulation leaks heat in winter)

110

Vae @vae.bsky.social · 11/09/2026

oh it's stunning! your colourwork tension is amazing

111

Vae @vae.bsky.social · 11/09/2026

I love that you're finding the organising that works for you!

020

Vae @vae.bsky.social · 10/09/2026

maybe it's a word the author favours? but it's usually a strong tell that the narrator's USian, even if they're USian doing an English accent

000