🍁 The leaves are starting to change colors and #ShowMeYourKnits is showcasing golds and ambers to celebrate the Equinox. 🍁 This is Beeswax Hat (designed by @baroquepurls.bsky.social). 🧶 in Malabrigo Rios in Frank Ochre.
Amy van de Laar
@baroquepurls.bsky.social
Kiwi knitting designer & music nerd living in Melbourne, Australia they/them 🏳️🌈🏳️⚧️ Finding joy in art & nature, transforming it into stitches ✨ www.baroquepurls.com/links
Who fought for the environment, for LGBTQIA rights, for unions and protecting workers, for Indigenous rights You can be a national treasure and have emotions, be a big softie, love animals, and be unafraid to use your privilege and status to fight for progressive causes
Thinking about Sam Neill and reflecting on how some of the grief is for the epitome of the modern New Zealand Man Both a typical Southern Bloke, but also cried when asked about his parents, about being in Hunt for the Wilderpeople, who cuddled ducks, and laughed at his own expense Manosphere, who?
At the turning of the millennium there were 769 satellites in space, 2026 there are 14,500 satellites. I spent 7mins photographing the Milky Way rising above Poatiri Mt Charles Hoopers Inlet, on Muaupoko (Otago Peninsula) this evening. Ōtepoti Dunedin, NZ #Photography
I just sent in my submission on NZ First’s ridiculous bill. 💪🏼 There are 8 days left if you still need to send in your own, and Qtopia’s guide on writing a submission is clear and helpful: qtopia.org.nz/news/submiss... #nzpol
Submission Guide: Legislation (Definition of Woman & Man) Amendment Bill — Qtopia NZ
Submissions are open for the Legislation (Definitions of Woman and Man) Amendment Bill. This is a guide produced by a collective of transgender people and their allies, to help others who are also opp...
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happy pride, shoutout as always to the 1978 gilbert baker pride flag which had pink and turquoise stripes for SEX AND MAGIC AND ART, and in this house we support gay sex and gay magic and gay art
NZ First wrote their definitions bill after anti-trans hate group SUFW showed them a petition demanding such a bill. They gathered 2,245 signatures in 4 months This petition *against* the bill just surpassed that in less than 4 hours ❤️ Please stand with us our.actionstation.org.nz/petitions/e-...
E Tū E Kī: They Don’t Speak for Us - Block the Definition of Woman Bill
The Government is progressing a Bill through Parliament that aims to limit the rights of transgender, non-binary, and intersex New Zealanders in the name of cis women, by defining “man” and “woman” (a...
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Tldr: I went to the famous Oxford Union Debate to hold Empire accountable. Against 3 older power laden men pimping for colonisation. No biggie. I shat myself. It was terrifying. I won by just agreeing to do it, and telling my story anyway. But the win of 163-86 was a bonus. youtu.be/SlZE8BT_fio?...
Green Party Co-leader Marama Davidson: The sun must set on the British Empire (Full Oxford Debate)
YouTube video by NZ Green Party
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One of the great things about knitting is how it's made me love math. Let me introduce you to abundant numbers. share.google/kRETedJiuQZ7...
Abundant number - Wikipedia
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I knit this cowl for my MIL’s birthday recently, and the cable and eyelet patterns were so satisfying to knit! The pattern is Bay Road Cowl by Bonnie Sennott @bluepeninsula.bsky.social and I highly recommend it if you’d like some intricate knitting to sink your teeth into. #ShowMeYourKnits
It's Trans Day of Visibility today. If you're trans and are raising money for something (I don't care what it is), reply to this thread and I will boost you. If you are a cis person, take a look and find someone to support if you can. Everyone give this a share after.
MAKE AN EMERGENCY DONATION to Trans Continental Pipeline right now. They are a Colorado based org that helps trans people relocate there and they are overwhelmed with requests. CO borders KS, and TCP has the infrastructure to help get people out. GO DONATE. tcpipeline.org
Trans Continental Pipeline
Queer Relocation Nonprofit in Denver, Colorado
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If you are outraged about what Kansas is doing to trans people— criminalizing their very right to exist, seizing drivers licenses overnight and saying if they drive thereafter it’s a crime, which puts them into the PIC under their gender assigned at birth where rape is routine—I BEG YOU
Photo shows 5 Greenlandic women in their national dress with beaded yokes. In the late 1920s Norway sought to possess East Greenland. Norwegian knitting designer Annichen Sibbern Bøhn designed a sweater which mimicked the Greenlandic beaded yoke. And that's how yoked sweaters became a thing. 🧵
Mr. Scarenheit@mrfahrenheit.bsky.social · 9mo agoIndigenous Inuit (Kalaallit) native Greenlanders.
The stars of my balcony garden right now are these pretty little violas. They’re especially lovely in the early evening sunlight. #SmallJoys
This one’s important e hoa mā - a few of our orgs are collaborating on this fund to ensure that no trans young person in Aotearoa misses out on lifesaving care. Alternative treatment pathways exist but are expensive and we need your help. givealittle.co.nz/cause/we-got...
Support Rangatahi and Whānau Affected by the Ban on Puberty Blockers
Raising funds to support rangatahi directly affected by the New Zealand Government’s decision to ban new prescriptions of puberty blockers.
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It’s gorgeous Samantha! 💛
Samantha West@samantha-west.bsky.social · 11mo agoP is for Parterre! A parterre is a part of a formal garden, something I thought was perfect for my #knittingthealphabet challenge as the detailed cables remind me of a decorative trellis. Pattern by @baroquepurls.bsky.social knitted in Elle Merino DK in taupe. #knit #knitsky #justknitting 🧶
All right, crafty folks. I need everyone who sees this to keep a look out for the following shawls. They were lost by FedEx on the way to Barcelona Knits, and have been declared "unrecoverable". 🧶 This is thoussands of euros of work & materials, not to mention their value at Trunk Shows & Workshops.
And in case you'd like to knit a VOTE hat of your own, I've got it up on Ravelry or on my website! www.ravelry.com/patterns/lib... vote.louisehutt.com
Democracy Hat pattern by Louise Hutt
Kia ora! My name is Louise, I’m a knitter, sewist, and a city councillor for the fourth largest city in Aotearoa New Zealand - Kirikiriroa Hamilton.
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Louise Hutt@saycheeselouise.bsky.social · last yr.A few little snaps from the exhibition - I talked about how 200 years ago, I wouldn't have been able to vote, let alone be elected to city council, how we value "women's work" (both in the age of pay equity being cancelled and crafts as art), and how many women fought to be able to vote
I’m spending some time on sewing this long weekend, and I decided to start with something small - a new wrist-mounted pin cushion to replace the one I made several years ago using the same pattern (its elastic strap is now a bit small). I went with a velcro strap for the new one for adjustability.
My Bereket sweater is coming along! It’s been my weekend few-rows-here-and-there project for the last couple of months, and I’m very nearly done with the second textured section. I’m hoping to have it finished before winter rolls around, and I think my chances are looking good. 🤞🏼 #knitsky
#fiberuarychallenge Day 17 - Monochromatic For this prompt I automatically thought of my Orfeo Cowl knitted in two shades of green! The pattern is by @baroquepurls.bsky.social #knitting #knitsky
Thanks so much for your wonderful comments and love for my two latest designs! I appreciate it so much. 💜 The Parterre Hat and Parterre Scarf are available on Ravelry and Payhip. Samples shown in Tweedy by Hedgehog Fibres in ‘Lullaby’ and ‘Amethyst’.
And my second stripy sweater FO of 2024, a scrappy Bubble Cardigan by Stephen West, which is like a big comfortable coccoon. #ShowMeYourKnits
