Every aspect of our food system is besieged and weakened by the Trump administration - from help for those who hunger to services for those who grow our food. And all ecological concerns about agriculture out the window. I despair.
Bandana cowl in garter stitch and textured stitch in wine colored wool.
Before cowls were such a thing I made several that were lightweight and very long so they could be scrunched down or pulled over the head. Now it's mostly these bandana style riffs. #ShowMeYourKnits
Diamond shaped shawl in stripes of sage, white, rose, lilac, and yellow green, framed by dull purple.
Finally Finished Friday. This sat for a couple of years needing a wash and soft block because I wasn't sure I liked it. Pattern from Kate Davies' Haps book. Colors mine with sport weight alpaca. Center back 30" depth.
Team smoke Heather, which auto correct is convinced is your name. Not too dark and subtly complex. Would go with anything.
It's been a while since I did any serious cabling. Posting this detail from a 20 year old cotton vest to remind myself to design something with a lace cable stitch. #ShowMeYourKnits
It's too creative and attractive to be named after DJT.
I'm so old I had to look up incel. Now I know, I say get over yourselves, find an interesting hobby, and give us back our beans.
Except most of that corn is for feedlots, ethanol, high fructose corn syrup, and other food additives, not corn, corn meal, or popcorn we would recognize as food.
Yarn made from bamboo is usually viscose process, I think, which is to say rayon. And it doesn't wear well, but is good for drape.
Tam, stranded knit in sage green, lilac, and white on navy blue.
Not doing much color work these days, but here is a recent first attempt at using some ladderback jacquard. Helene Magnussen pattern with colors more springy than the original tundra-y ones.#ShowMeYourKnits
No, not Shida. Published in Japan 25 years ago or so. I can't tell you the title because I can't translate Japanese, but I can say most of the 300 stitches seem traditional. I would never share a copyright pattern. In any medium.
Hmm. Found this on a post-it in a stitch dictionary: "We are not helpless. We can sing the truth and name the liars." Salman Rushdie. Thinking about No Kings and practicing "Exsultet!"
Not the best photo. It's a repeat of 14 stitches and 16 rows.
No. I chose the lace patterns. I think it was from an older book I bought at a Japanese bookstore of 300 lace stitches. Just charts, no English text. I'll check later. If I find it I will snap a photo of the chart.
Detail of small and medium scale lace patterns in sport weight grayed green wool.
Every other thing I knit is green. Here's an oldie, Irish diamond shawl. Cheryl Oberle recipe, my choice of lace patterns. It's four triangles, 23" deep by 46" wide at base. 30" deep center back. Definitely an outer garment, not an accessory. #showmeyourknits
"Redirecting even a fraction [of subsidies] toward agroecological transition, renewable energy on farms, and local food infrastructure would reshape the landscape,” writes author, filmmaker, and research professor Raj Patel in an op-ed.
I don't know. These were a close out from a retailer in Seattle. I do know that Canadian yarns are scarcer in the US due to the tariff mess.
Skeins of lightweight yarns in pastel browns and greens, dark blue, blue and golds, pastel blue and green.
Works in progress, big and wooly, abandoned due to 90F weather. Odd skeins of wool-tencel I bought for bandana cowls are inspiring me. Where to begin? #showmeyourknits.
Hmm. Two fifths of California is north of the Bay Area and at least as beautiful as the rest of it.
So it's International Women's Day and the Gospel reading was Jesus and the Samaritan woman at the well. If I were preaching?
Long-sleeved pullover with simple open work yoke, green aqua white heather.
Here's a nice transitional sweater, a simple Drops pattern in alpaca-cotton. But not today. Unseasonably warm and dry here in wine country. #showmeyourknits
This. Exactly this.
The idea that humans sit atop an evolutionary hierarchy dates back to 1866, when a scientist drew the first tree of life with "Man" at the top. This inaccurate view still shapes how we think of the animal world, despite decades of genomic evidence proving evolution has no hierarchy.
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Nationally renowned chef Sean Sherman is circulating a letter for food businesses, restaurant owners, chefs, and allies to sign and plans to deliver it to senators in Washington, D.C., today.
Stranded krit mittens in navy and grey dk.
For hands week. My last two attempts at mittens haven't been my best work. Feeling a bit jinxed. Time to try again? #ShowMeYourKnits
There are no penguins north of the equator.
#Caturday. By the patio door, warm sun on a cool morning.
I don't know how to describe this color. It looks grey purply blue, but is a heather with lots of red and green. Discontinued color of Vintage. Simple lace rib texture.
What's on your needles? Last Word by Baby cocktails. Started a few days after Christmas, but on hold for a week while I mess with some little projects. It's an easy sweater vest.