Grandstand

I adore this deck. It’s my daily deck and guides me so well.

This is a wondrous thing 😁

I love the design of every single card you’ve shared. What deck is this?

You’re the first person I’ve seen who knits just like me! I’ve found my knit twin 🙌🧶

Lovely quiet morning so I decided to pick up my pins.
#knitting #showmeyourknits

Excellent visualization of the true distance between the Earth and our moon: #artemis #AGoodPlace

Source: www.reddit.com/r/BeAmazed/s...

A windowsill of plants with a dark green, glossy Gollum finger succulent in the centre.

That sucks - here’s a pic of one of my plants in response

Because I’m a librarian I’m going to take the question of “what do I read if not Harry Potter” seriously. I used to love HP, so I do get the urge to want to revisit a beloved world. BUT supporting said world means supporting someone who uses the money they make from it to harm people, so instead try

I adore that border - so delicate 😍

I have a knitting question for you!

This is a lovely idea, you sign up to finish pieces in your specific craft, knitting , sewing etc, and you receive a piece that someone couldn’t finish, either they died or became too sick, so their loved ones have their final piece. I just volunteered my services.

looseends.org/finisher

Enjoy 😁

What a unique way to create artworks.

Sydney Swisher is a self-taught painter who uses oil paint on thrifted fabrics, transforming them into layered, textured compositions.

She paints on patterned textiles, and also stitch motifs and elements on the fabric thereafter.

Artist: @sydswisher

#art

Thrilled that my first published story is nearly available 🤓

Also coming in March, debut story from @danlockton.com

Paired with @danlockton.com next month, In Splendid Isolation, a debut story by RL Doughty.

WOMEN👏DON’T👏WANT👏CHOCOLATES 👏FOR 👏VALENTINE’S 👏DAY 👏THEY 👏WANT 👏MERRIAM-WEBSTER’S 👏COLLEGIATE 👏DICTIONARY 👏TWELFTH 👏EDITION 👏

All of this is amazing but that magpie is magnificent 😍

Title: A personalised Valentine's card for bibliophiles Image: A cartoon heart with arms, legs and a smiling face. With an empty speech bubble above. Five options for text to cut out and put in the bubble: I love you more than my books! I love you as much as my books! I love you almost as much as my books! I love you! No more questions! I love books!

A valentine's card for bibliophiles.
For @theguardian.com books.
Download a printable version here:
www.tomgauld.com/valentine

How to knit: video 8. Let’s learn to identify some mistakes!

Tomorrow!

Lino cut image of the pub sign - the traditional leafy image of the Green Man.

It's Friday and it's almost five.
Time for an early doors drink at the Green Man.
Come down if you're free.
willerby.substack.com/p/the-green-...

Can't make it to Glasgow this year? Online tickets are now available to access livestream/recordings of a portion of the panels, interviews etc. happening over the course of the weekend
britishfantasysociety.org/events-calen...

The question of ‘what did you learn?’, followed by ‘and how will you apply that learning next time?’ are key for me.

How can anyone improve their craft if they don’t know the answers to those questions.

The votes are in, the ball gown is back from the dry cleaners and the technical tests all went well at The FT.

Not long now to the @procartoonists.bsky.social
Cartoon Awards 2025. AKA The Splats.🏆🍾

#cartoons #cartoonists #cartoonawards #awards

Stop Sex Matters infiltrating the Council of Europe In just one week, the Council of Europe will be voting to ban conversion therapy. This would be an incredibly important step to stop the rollback in the rights of LGBTQ+ people. But Sex Matters is inf...

Help protect people from conversion therapy by using Good Law Project's tool to email MPs on the Council of Europe. I’ve just done it - you should too. The more they hear from us, the harder it’ll be for them to ignore us. goodlaw.social/9f10d1

My favorite drawing from 2025, I call her Claudia.

I love Whittlesey museum, and the straw bear. I’ll miss it this year but I’ll be back again next year!