This library started with a story of a bay’s first steps in the library and ended with a spontaneous trip to Dog Mountain. There was crying. It was great. #knittinginlibraries #knitting #knitsky #booksky #publiclibraries #vermont #stephenhuneck #dogmountain #dogchapel
Where I cried in an apse.
#knittinginlibraries #knitting #booksky #queerpride #gaypride #mooncrushtank #publiclibraries #academiclibraries
Library 179 on my quest to knit in every library in Vermont, I read “A Library” by Nikki Giovanni. She prompts: “A library is…”
Post 179 is an ode to libraries and queer joy. May they get us through.
#knittinginlibraries #knitting #heatedrivalry #publiclibraries #vermont
Library 178 in my quest to knit in all of Vermont’s public libraries included a round of “The Vermont Game” where Vermonters exchange local knowledge to figure out how they are connected.
Spoiler alert: we found Heidi.
#vermont #knittinginlibraries #bensonvt #publib #knitting #booksky #knitsky
In stop 177 on my quest to knit in very public library in Vermont (37 left!) I spontaneously gave the librarian a hug on the way out.
Not sure what came over me.
Oh, it was that the library was awesome.
#artteachers #knitting #knittinginlibraries #publiclibraries #booksky #knitsky #vermont
Library 174! This library has a mascot, Booker T. Bat, which you can spot around the library reminding you to do things like wash your hands. I also learned about the best and worst ways to make a sock heel here. Spoiler: afterthought is the worst.
#knittinginlibraries #knitsky #publiclibrary
173 down, 42 to go! If you’ve ever wondered what the back of an original Faith Ringgold looks like, this is a good library to find out.
#publiclibraries #knittinginlibraries #knitting #vermont #brattleboro
My wife kindly made a 4-minute video showing the *quantity* of libraries I have visited in my quest to knit in every public and academic library in the state so far: 174 down, 40 to go. I have a year left. Wish me luck!
#publib #libraries #vermont #knitting #knittinginlibraries #knitsky #booksky
Library 171: the book sale was intense.
#knitsky #booksky #knittinginlibraries #vermont #publiclibraries #booksale #newfanevt
Library 168: Guildford Free Library. In this library I saw my first library puffer fish, drank tea, and ate raspberries.
#knittinginlibraries #knitting #knitsky #publiclibrary #vermont #guilfordvt #voevest
Library 167 on my question to knit in every library in Vermont: Pettee Memorial Library (Wilmington)
Where I heard a tragic story of yarn floating down a river.
#publib #publiclibraries #knitting #knittinginlibraries #wilmingtonvt #vermont #vermontlibraries #bannedbookweek #shetlandwool
In library 165, I asked librarians Gail & Kale for a juicy story about the library I could put on the internet. They did not disappoint! You'll never look at your board the same way again.
#knittinginlibraries #knitsky #knitting #publiclibraries #booksky #chestervt #vermont #gentlemanburglar
In library 160 there was a “shushbooth” where patrons can go to release muffled primal screams. It’s also handy for conversations about taxes and other private things, or quiet reading on a day when the library has a party.
#booksky #libraries #publiclibraries #knittinginlibraries #knitsky
Library 157 has an incinerating toilet! We nearly didn’t make it inside, but Joanie saved the day by abandoning a battle with hornets in her kitchen to come down and open it for us. One of the quaintest so far. And hornet free. #publiclibraries #knittinginlibraries #vermont #knitsky
This library has an incinerating toilet! My first. Library director Holly said they don’t usually incinerate when patrons are there on account of not everyone enjoying the smell of burning shit. Librarians: they know their community.
#knittinginlibraries #vermont #publiclibraries #knitsky #booksky
In this library I learned why the mourning cloak should be the official butterfly of Vermont instead of the monarch. Please spread the word.
#vermont #booksky #knitsky #monarch #mourningcloak #knittinginlibraries
While knitting at this library I mostly stared at a Jaws poster and thought about the end of the world. Carnegie libraries are a nice place to do that.
Also I made friends with two crocheters! Score.
#knittinginlibraries #knitsky #booksky #publiclibraries #carnegielibraries #vermont #knitting
In the darkest of times, a chipper librarian is a great remedy.
#publiclibraries #knittinginlibraries #knitting #booksky #knitsky #vermont #shoreham🧶🐑
This was my first conference for librarians, which is different from conferences for academics, which I usually attend.
The difference: librarians are nice.
#academia #knittinginlibraries #knitting #booksky #libraries #publiclibraries #vermont #librarians
Library 142 is home to two internet-famous pugs named Anouk and Toby. There was a giant Falkor head in the loft. It was queer. There was a bus of enthusiastic retirees. Also a yoyo. It was hard to leave.
#knittinginlibraries #knitsky #booksky #vermont #falkor
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In this library (140th on my quest to knit in every library in Vermont) I learned that time capsules are not always buried underground, and that the fries from the fundraiser were just ok. A celebration of daily ephemera.
#knittinginlibraries #knitsky #knitting #publiclibraries #timecapsules
In the 139th stop on my quest to knit in every library in Vermont, I read a list of old rules for libraries & offer unsolicited assessment of their relevance today. I like: libraries are for everyone. I dislike: only necessary conversation. #knittinginlibraries #knitting #publiclibraries #knitsky
In the 138th library on my quest to knit in every library in Vermont, I read a box of letters from librarians after the 1927 flood, which ruined the collections from Waterbury, Montpelier, Johnson, & West Hartford (which was entirely swept away).
#publiclibraries #knittinginlibraries #knitting
Library 137! Vermont has four Carnegie libraries in operation and this is one of them. The librarian, Mary, used to stand under the the dome as a child and tap dance. Libraries last a lifetime. Let’s keep it that way.
#knittinginlibraries #teachereducation #carnegielibraries #knitting 🧶
Here is the story of my day at the @sterlingcollegevt.bsky.social library. I read a lot of zines, mostly queer. open.substack.com/pub/knitting...
Free knowledge: how punk.
#knittinginlibraries #knitting 🧶 #knitdemocracy #zines #academiclibraries #knitsky #booksky #publiclibraries
At library 134 I met Noni. She held my emotional support chicken and told me fragments of true stories of a life in Hancock, Vermont while I knit a sweater and listened.
#knittinginlibraries #knitsky #booksky #publiclibraries #vermont #knitting #libraries
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Hello library my old friend.
I’ve come to knit with you again.
Finally, a new library.
133 down. 77 to go.
#knitting #knitsky #booksky #knittinginlibraries #vermont #brandonvt #publiclibraries #forourlibraries
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Librarians: please bring your fiber arts to lunch. On my death bed, I will tell my queer family that one of the best days of my life was the day I gave a keynote to 250 librarians who were both knitting & eating at the same time.
#vermont #publiclibraries #knittinginlibraries #dreams #booksky
At Library 39 I learned why libraries are dangerous:
“The library is dangerous, full
Of answers. If you go inside,
You may not come out
The same person who went in.”
-Alberto Ríos
#publiclibraries #vermont #knittinginlibraries #knitsky #booksky #libraries
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The #fiberuarychallenge day 12 prompt is “unfinished business.” This map of Vermont shows libraries I have knit in, and libraries still on the list. So much library joy in my future. 132 down, 78 to go!
#knittinginlibraries #fiberuary #fiberuary2025 #knitting #libraries #vermont #libraryjoy 🧶
