Kathleen Sperling 🇨🇦 (she/her)
@kathleensperling.bsky.social
I knit. Lots. And design knitting patterns. Obsessed, really. (Also: genealogy, linguistics, SCA, and other general geekery. Plus, I'm a Muppet in human form.) https://wipinfinity.blogspot.com
I think I might have pulled something laughing so hard at this, so now I have to share it with all of you.
Magnificent showing by Cabo Verde! That was terrific.
🧶NEW #KNITTING PATTERN! (Ending a four-year drought of pattern releases for me. 🙄) Meet the Hazel Tam. This is a #fairIsle beret pattern which uses seven different colours, so it's an awesome stashbuster for leftover sock yarn. Find out more: wipinfinity.blogspot.com/p/pattern-ha...
Pattern: Hazel Tam
Chronicles of a knitting pattern designer who doesn't believe in limiting yourself. Knit something fabulous!
wipinfinity.blogspot.com
Am I the only one feeling like the ominous vibes are similar between America 250 and the Romanov Dynasty 300th anniversary? Just me or nah?
Artemis II has been a deeply needed reminder that the news doesn't have to be all horrible. I was beginning to believe that was the case!
In honor of Black History Month, here's a thread with one book recommendation a day.
Man who wouldn’t wear mask to protect people fine wearing mask to shoot them
Man who wouldn't wear mask to protect people fine wearing mask to shoot them
MINNEAPOLIS, MN – A man who refused to wear a mask to protect other people in 2020 has declared he has no problem wearing one while shooting them.
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After such a heinous weekend, here is some visual gorgeousness, in an attempt to lift your day in a very tiny way.
Kate Strasdin@katestrasdin.bsky.social · 9mo agoThis is such a sleek gown, Emile Pingat taking inspiration from elaborate 18th century menswear and creating an #1880s reception gown, complete with embroidered waistcoat effect and cut away jacket in rich reds and creams @shelburnemuseum.bsky.social #FashionHistory 🗃️🪡
Reading Rainbow… is back! 🥹 This LeVar Burton/Reading Rainbow raised human is feeling all of the library joy. We hope your kids believe they belong in books, just like you ✨ Take a look, it’s in a book 📚🌈🦋🌌 youtu.be/gHAIjSkmnYI?...
No Cats In The Library 🐱📚 | Reading Rainbow 📖 🌈 | Full Episode | @Kidzuko
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The Fasten Off Yarnalong is an online stitchalong that takes place over about six weeks at the end of each year. We aim to promote indie #knitting and #crochet designers, and give the community a fun time! 🧶 And right now we're in our volunteer signup period - details below: #FastenOffYAL
Fasten Off Yarnalong@fastenoffyal.bsky.social · 11mo ago🧶 CALLING ALL VOLUNTEERS! Our volunteer signup period has begun! The signups we get until October 23 determine which activities, games, and platforms we can support. Sign-up form: docs.google.com/forms/d/1ue5... Thank you!!! #FastenOffYAL #knitting #crocheting #loomKnitting #TunisianCrochet
I am IN.
Nine Ten Publications@ninetenpub.bsky.social · last yr.The Kickstarter for A USER'S GUIDE TO YARN, by @spindleprincess.bsky.social, just launched! Help make this super nerdy book and follow the publishing journey! 🙏🧶📚 We have an exclusive reward of book + signed book plate just for our fans who use this link! www.kickstarter.com/projects/nin...
@mark-carney.bsky.social Mr. Carney, I entreat you to learn the lessons of history, and to be Churchill, not Chamberlain: Any agreement we enter into with Trump is not worth the paper it's printed on. Lying, cheating, and breaking agreements is what he DOES; has done for decades.
What gets me is that after COUNTLESS shower/rinse/repeat cycles of Trump 1) saying someone's awesome, 2) giving them a job, 3) falling out with them (or they fail out), and finally 4) complaining about their incompetence...that he and his followers CONTINUE TO THINK that he's amazing at staff picks.
🧶Yarn fans ( #knitsky, #crochetsky): I'm plotting a knitted gift for a twins-expecting co-worker and am looking for sport/DK weight, machine washable, cotton content, not US-made ( #elbowsUp) with good colour options. Sandnes Garn Duo seems good, but, is it BABY soft? Other suggestions welcome. TIA!
Happy June, everybody. Up with rainbows. Pride is a protest.
🧶 Finished knitting project! These are the "Lingerie" socks from @knitty.com by Maria Näslund. They will be a birthday present later this month for my eldest, shhh. :) Yarn is Bamboo Socks from Pro Lana.
I've seen misinformation about this three times in just the last few days, so am reposting this to spread accuracy. If you see anything on your socials related to how a Canadian mental health/suicide support hotline has opened its arms to serve the US, be immediately suspicious and read this first!
Trans Lifeline@translifeline.org · last yr.Please help us correct misinformation! Our hotline is being incorrectly shared as "Canada's national suicide hotline open toll free for Americans". We are not a general crisis hotline, we exist exclusively to support the trans community. Find out more @ translifeline.org
For those who are interested: How ballots are counted in a Canadian federal election youtu.be/AlI5_Tmy6Ok?... #canpoli
How We Count Ballots in a Federal Election | Elections Canada
YouTube video by Élections Canada | Elections Canada
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🧶What a stroke of luck that this week's #showMeYourKnits theme is grey, because that's exactly what I'm knitting! This is a little vest which will be a first birthday present for my cousin's baby. 50/50 acrylic/bamboo blend. Here it is before blocking and finishing. So cute. #WIPwednesday
🧶 A total of about 120 ends woven in later, and here we are. #sheIsTotallyWorthIt (She thinks her knitted birthday gift from me is gonna be socks. Hyuk.)
Is it just me, or has AC/DC always sounded like Elmo singing heavy metal and I didn't notice until today?
🧶 Kill me now. I've been weaving in ends for about two hours already. Fair isle knitting is a cruel mistress. #sheIsTotallyWorthIt
🧶 Now blocking: legwarmers which are to be my 18th birthday gift to my darling middlest. If I can tough out getting all the ends woven in, that is. #knitsky #showMeYourKnits
The Prime Minister of the Heard / McDonald Islands Speaks on Trump’s Tariffs