A few autumnal knits for #ShowMeYourKnits. Nothing very fancy 🧶
Anne Hole
@annehole.bsky.social
Brighton born Hove resident. Retired from Sussex Uni. Cat parent/servant. 😻 Keen knitter. 🧶
Join us on Wednesday, 16th September at 8:00pm BST for #LTHEchat with guests Alyson Lewis @alysonklewis.bsky.social) & Heather Pennington @heatherpennington.bsky.social to discuss ‘Entering into Transnational Education (TNE) partnerships lthechat.com/2026/09/13/l...
LTHEChat 372: Entering into Transnational Education (TNE) partnerships potentially means new ways of thinking, being and doing… or does it?
Join us on Wednesday, 16th September at 8:00pm (BST) with our guest contributors, Alyson Lewis (@alysonklewis.bsky.social) and Heather Pennington (@heatherpennington.bsky.social) for a though…
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Exciting news (well we think so)! We are looking for new people to regularly contribute to our archive! We accept applications from anyone based in the UK who has an interest in sending us their thoughts and opinions about life in the UK. #Skystorians massobs.org.uk/write-for-th...
Write for the archive - Mass Observation Archive
Writing for Mass Observation You can apply to write for the archive here. Current Observers If you are one of our current Observers you may find our handbook for new Observers helpful. This has all th...
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If you feel like donating to the RNLI, here’s a link. I just have. Their minimum donation is £2: I think it might be nice for them to receive a lot of donations this week, even if they’re mostly very modest. Just so they know a lot of people out here appreciate their work. rnli.org/support-us/g...
Donate to the RNLI and help save lives at sea
Your donations really make a difference. We depend on your generosity to educate people to stay safe and prevent tragedies on and offshore. Donate here.
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Book clubs, knitting circles, #CommunityGroups – meet new people at your local #Library. Friendly faces, regular space, actual conversation. 🫶 Find a group near you: eastsussex.gov.uk/YourLibrary #EastSussex
4/4 With careful breeding and pre-release management, they have produced kittens that have been successfully released into the wild 🌄 Find out more ➡️ savingwildcats.org.uk/conservation-breeding 📸 Ben Nicholas
UK conservation breeding programme for wildcats
Wildcats are clinging on by a claw and Scotland is their last refuge from extinction in Britain. Thankfully, over 30 zoos, wildlife parks and private collections have come together as members of a bre...
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Too hot to work? ☀️🌡️ Climate change is making heatwaves more frequent and severe. We’re calling for stronger laws to protect you from excessive heat at work. Write to your MP ⬇️ unison.org.uk/news/2026/08...
Shawls week on #ShowMeYourKnits and a cooler day yesterday inspired me to start the 'May I Borrow This Please' shawl using the Malabrigo Rios 🧶 I bought while on holiday earlier this year. The pattern is interesting without being too difficult and it's looking good. www.ravelry.com/patterns/lib...
Shawls for #ShowMeYourKnits. Three favourite patterns that I've knitted multiple times.
I work at a public library. People who want to use AI seem to have no trouble doing so. People who don't want to use AI have a harder time. I crowdsourced and then finalized this document "How to disable or avoid intrusive AI" and then gave it a short URL: notoai.org Please pass along if it's useful
Knitted twice or more for #ShowMeYourKnits. 1. Basic beanie for oddments (x100?). 2. A sweater (x20+). 3. Twice for this vest, but I'll do it again! 4. Bed socks (6+). 5. Simple circular cowl for knitting in the car (x20+). 6. Only one photo but knitted at least twice as the recipient grew 🥰
Little mews and the pitter-patter of tiny paws are bringing new life into the conservation breeding for release centre, based at Highland Wildlife Park 🐾 Three healthy kittens have been born to experienced mum, Morag, and dad, Fergus.
After much consideration, I've decided that my ideal summer day would be a high of 21°C, an overnight low of 12°C and a heavy shower at midnight to water the garden, lull me to sleep and curtail any late-running barbecues and outdoor gatherings.
I recently found the solution for knitting cardigans in self-patterning yarn. I'm a bottom up flat knitter and hated that pattern stripes on the back were half as deep as the fronts. I finally realised that using 2 balls in a 2 row stripe on the back matches the fronts perfectly! 🧶
“It is not just that people trust wrong #AI answers. It is that the mere availability of AI suppresses the cognitive habit of recognising what you do not know.” #GenAI #LLMs thenextweb.com/news/ai-advi...
AI advice made people three times less accurate but twice as confident, researchers found
A study found that access to AI advice collapsed people's willingness to say "I don't know" from 44% to 3%, while accuracy dropped from 27% to 9%.
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My favourite knitting accessories for #ShowMeYourKnits. Project bag for knitting on the go. Stitch markers & cute tins to store them. Flat makeup bags for circulars, fun needle stoppers, a yarn bowl and a men's toiletries bag I found to be the perfect thing for knitting tools.
BBC News - www.bbc.co.uk/news/live/ck... Firefighters battle major wildfire burning across Cairngorms National Park - BBC News. Hoping this won't impact the Wildcats @saveourwildcats.bsky.social
Firefighters battle major wildfire burning across Cairngorms National Park
Villagers and campsites have been evacuated as fire crews tackle the two-mile-wide blaze in the Highlands
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Getting a little bit fed up with knitting simple hats, but they're the only things I can manage in this heatwave. Small and uncomplicated. What is everyone else on #Knitsky in the UK knitting? 🥵
Texture for #ShowMeYourKnits. An oddments 'Lollycake' shawl, a Fisherman's rib hat, a cabled baby sweater and a kid's sweater using my favourite broken rib stitch. Don't know what it's called but it's 1 row knit, 1 row purl, 2 rows 1x1 rib. Easy but squishy and warm.
In touch with their European roots 🇪🇺 Margaret and Oscar were greeting one another with a kiss on each cheek during the breeding season. Be part of their journey as they hope to welcome kittens this summer ➡️ savingwildcats.org.uk/sponsor
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Climate.us launches independent website for trusted climate information
Built by members of the team behind NOAA’s Climate.gov, the new nonprofit resource is supported in part by more than 2,500 small donations from people who want reliable climate science information to ...
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It's 'What's on your needles' week on #ShowMeYourKnits. I have 7 WIPs on my needles but here are the ones I have pics of.
The DEC has launched an appeal following the devastating earthquakes in #Venezuela. The earthquakes struck within seconds of each other. The scale of destruction is huge. Survivors urgently need shelter, food, water, and medical care. Donate: donation.dec.org.uk/venezuela-earthquake-appeal
For the 100th #ShowMeYourKnits the theme is blue. Here are some of my favourites. If I ever work out how to hide faces I have more photos of lovely blue things I've knitted for my great-nephew 🙂
Red extreme heat warning – temperatures could reach 40C in parts of UK
Red extreme heat warning – temperatures could reach 40C in parts of UK
For only the second time ever, the Met Office has issued a 'red extreme heat warning'.
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It's 'light and dark' for #ShowMeYourKnits this week. Almost all my knitting falls in the middle, but I managed to find one of each. 🧶
