Pixies

Pet Shop Boys

Are they made from real Quakers?

The "when I was a kid" equivalent of "we had to walk 20 miles in the snow, uphill both ways to school and back"

But it does still give one a glimmer of hope that the magic might keep working (so send him to meet any other dictators and oligarchs)

Four skeins of blue and purple merino and nettle yarn from Ancient Arts fibres

Four large skeins of pink and purple mohair and nine smaller mini skeins of the same base in a rainbow of colours from Ontario based producer Les Belles Bouclettes

Lots of colourful yarn from Koigu

Also: this

An assortment of yarns of different weights, colours and fibres

Three skeins of pink and purple yarn with neon neps

A number of alpaca based yarns of different weights and fibre content

An assortment of jewel toned wool from animals bred, processed and dyed in Canada

So...this happened #knitcitytoronto

An embarrassingly large assortment of yarn laid out on a table, the result of a single day of purchases at a yarn convention

Me too

An embarrassingly large assortment of yarn laid out on a table, the result of a single day of purchases for a non-commercial knitter

Psh....(Would you believe this is still less than what I got at the 2024 show?)

It's definitely weirder than the US one

A colourful handknit hoodie on a green background

A colourful handknit hoodie on a green background

I tried. I REALLY tried to have this done in time for knit city today. I got just over halfway around the hood.

I read this as giraffes

I think it's a part of a sweater

An enormous collection of colourful balls of wool on a brown wood parquet floor

An embarrassing amount of yarn stuffed into bags, boxes and storage containers in a halway

Caught my eye because

She meant "doll hairs"

John Cena and Kal Penn have the same birthday as John Oliver, so that makes me older than them too. And Ye. And Shakira. And Milo Ventimiglia, Tom Hardy, Tom Brady, Michael Fassbender, Jaime Pressly, Fiona Apple, Ludacris, Colin Hanks and Liv Tyler.

He also looks like he's about 80 years old in that picture. Hard to imagine he's just a few years older than me but then again, hard to imagine that John Oliver and Alex Horne are the same age as me too (actually, I'm a little bit older)

Looked her up on rav and now I have a dozen new patterns in my wishlist!

Woman wearing a light purple and rainbow speckled handknit sweater

Finished knitting and blocking this sweater test for Natural Knits. Many thanks to @byautumn.com for introducing me to this great local designer!

I have seen it a Groundhog's Day amount of times and am always surprised when I see him and am like, "that's Michael Shannon!" And my kids look at me because a) it's not the first time I've mentioned it and b) they don't know who he is

@usw1998.bsky.social

UofT: you are not allowed to work remote full time because we are an in person institution
Also UofT: campus is closed but you have to work remotely

I used to think I wanted money and then I wanted stuff and now I just want to be able to eat like a teenager with no consequences

A green sweater with leaf shaped cable motifs around the yoke

Finally finished my #sculpt sweater by @unwind-knitwear.bsky.social Took 6 months and multiple adjustments but it's on the blocking mats

Purim costumes are supposed to match the day. Kids traditionally dressed up as Esther, Antiochus and Haman

"down with socialism???" Fuck off. I got a text from a PC bot last month and replied to the question "can we count on your support" with "suck my dick, fascists"

Handknit white and red wool hat with a cozy house motif and giant pompom

A handknit wool hat with rainbow speckles on a white background and dark purple leaf motif

A yellow green handknit cotton balaclava with triangle eye holes on a floral background

I also finished some hats. The green one was for an alien Halloween costume

A pink and black handwoven scarf in a houndstooth pattern on a white background

A hand knit baby cardigan made from blue, brown and grey scrap yarn on a white background

A blue and white striped hand knit baby cardigan with blue buttons on a white background

A pale blue and purple handknit tshirt with hot pink stripes and edges on a light grey background

I haven't finished many projects this year. I did some Sunnyside baby cardigans and a Rock It Tee designed by Tanis Lavalee, and I wove a houndstooth scarf that took me all day to warp and it's too skinny, I wish I had made it 20 more strands wide.

Still one of my favourites