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Amanda Saville

@acsaville.bsky.social

Writer of SFF, knitter, experimenter in baking and other food-type adventures. My fiction has appeared in Mermaids Monthly, Translunar Travelers Lounge, and Worlds of Possibility. During the day I do science! She/her

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Amanda Saville@acsaville.bsky.social · 2d ago

My story about knitting and hope is out in the world! I wrote this in a moment of frustration and feeling powerless, and it was my way of staring my despair in the face and saying "No." I hope it's a reminder that creating, resisting, connecting, they may feel like small acts, but they mean so much.

Small Wonders@smallwondersmag.com · 2d ago

Making something, anything, is an act of defiance. Today we offer you "Ragescarf: A Knitting Pattern for a World Unraveling" by Amanda Saville Try it out. When things are coming apart, knitting things together can feel so satisfying...

Amanda Saville@acsaville.bsky.social · 3w ago

One of the wins of summer for me: Finding a source of fresh figs in sufficient quantities that I can make fig jam. My local farm stand had figs! I have made jam! I am feeling victorious! (...I may have also eaten a bunch of figs in the process of chopping them. I have no regrets.)

RiffTrax@rifftrax.com · 6mo ago

A reunion decades in the making! Back in December, Kevin, Bill, Beez and Patrick got together to adjust and calibrate the bots we used for the Kickstarter video. Support all future bot repairs on our Kickstarter: rifftraxmakesmst3k.com

David J Bradley@davidjbradley.bsky.social · 6mo ago

What's so amazing about Jim Henson as a puppeteer is that he could literally be explaining that Kermit is made out of felt and ping pong balls and yet Kermit still feels alive the whole time he's doing it

Amanda Saville@acsaville.bsky.social · 8mo ago

I'm so happy this story found a home with TTL! I'm proud of how it turned out, especially that I somehow managed to thread that needle between humor and sadness, which is something I'm still working on mastering (my secondary proudness is wiggling knitting into a story mwahaha).

Translunar Travelers Lounge@translunartl.bsky.social · 8mo ago

It's day 15 of our re-read of TTL's 2025 stories and it's time for Yarn As Warm s Dragon's Breath by @acsaville.bsky.social a story of living with grief, and living with a dragon - and also a story of knitting.

Amanda Saville@acsaville.bsky.social · 10mo ago

Well. It's not gonna win any awards, but I've made my first shirt. It's not great. The seams are rough and the collar is all twisted, but it is technically wearable. In my defense, I did accidentally choose hard mode by picking a stretchy knit and deciding to use my Featherweight with a zigzagger.

A pale green three quarter sleeve shirt lying on a carpet. The shirt is very very obviously handmade, between the wonky seams and the twisted collar (it's a design element now shut up).
Amanda Saville@acsaville.bsky.social · 11mo ago

UGH, FINALLY done with this shawl. It shouldn't have taken this long, but I kept missing on the halfway point (note to self: weigh the yarn next time). I had to rip back to the middle so many times you'd think I was trying to stave off rude houseguests. But it's done and I'm freeeee!

A triangular shawl with a ruffled edge laid out on blocking squares. It's done in simple garter stitch, and it's primarily a muted green, but widely speckled with red, yellow, blue, and brown.
Amanda Saville@acsaville.bsky.social · 11mo ago

Dessert mode: ACTIVATE! Best Pie: Blackberry Best Ice Cream: Salted caramel Best Doughnut: Boston cream Best Bar: Mint and dark chocolate Best Cake: Chocolate truffle cheesecake Best Other: Chocolate pasticiotti

John Wiswell@wiswell.bsky.social · 11mo ago

Dessert mode: ACTIVATE! Best pie: Dutch Apple Best Ice Cream: Stewart's Chocolate Caramel Tornado Best Doughnut: Marble Frosted Best Bar: A package of Reese's Best Cake: Ice Cream Cake Best Other: Black and White Cookie

Amanda Saville@acsaville.bsky.social · last yr.

Whew, finally finished this silken monstrosity! It's quite well traveled, having gone with me to MN and Ireland before I realized it was getting too unwieldy to travel and needed to be finished at home. I'm pretty pleased with how it turned out!

A knitted shawl against a very dull green background. The shawl itself is in sections of bright green, pink, purple, and blue, each with different designs and different colors, including stripes, dots, basket-weaves, and chevrons.