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Really hard to overstate the extent to which opposition to the current administration is the default position of normal people. They’re handing out kazoos. There’s bubble machines

submitted 13 days ago • 24 comments

The knitted gnomes brought equal parts joy and rage to their protest today. I was not physically able to attend an event, so we had one here at home. Love and solidarity to all of you who march and rally and make your voices heard in a thousand different ways. You are beautiful.

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I am not physically able to attend a protest tomorrow, but my knitted gnomes are getting ready. For all of you who will be out there tomorrow: you have my profound thanks and solidarity! be safe and defend our democracy!

submitted 14 days ago • 1 comment

it's #wipwednesday! what in the world is on my needles, you ask? Why, it's a triple-pointed gnome hat, of course! I can't stop knitting gnomes.

submitted 65 days ago • 1 comment

#showmeyourknits gift knits I give away a lot of my knitting output, so it was hard to choose. But these matching sweaters for my nephew and his wife--both public school music teachers and the cutest couple ever--make a great pic. Pattern is Riddari. Yarn is Malabrigo Rios.

submitted 69 days ago • 1 comment

Splurged on a lot of nice new dpns! I see plenty of gnome knitting, along with other fiddly little stuffed things, in my future.

submitted 74 days ago • 1 comment

I've been knitting gnomes! No one is more surprised than I am, but the fiddly little details are quite absorbing...and addictive. These are both from patterns by Sarah Schira, the queen of gnome design.

submitted 74 days ago • 1 comment

This week's #showmeyourknits is Gray. My knitting preferences run to the brightest colors possible, so I have just two items to show. Here we have the breathtaking Hanami Stole, by Melanie Gibbons, and Oban Hat, by Thea Coleman. I've knit both patterns twice; both highly recommended!

submitted 77 days ago • 2 comments

SPRINGTIME A spirited white lamb leaps joyfully into the air. These playful jumps, called "stotting," demonstrate happiness while strengthening muscles. 📹 mille_lieux_nature

submitted 80 days ago • 4 comments

I ruined his plant-loving life with this $%#@! sneeze guard! He was mad at me for three days.

submitted 81 days ago • 2 comments

#showmeyourknits WIP! This is a Gentle Rain tee, by Stephanie Lotven. A truly delightful pattern. The yarn is all Wollmeise DK.

submitted 81 days ago • 0 comments

I care less about the specifics of everyone's funny signs and more about the fact that these protests seem to be everywhere. Huge cities, small towns, liberal strongholds, deep read counties, large and small but everywhere.

submitted 83 days ago • 0 comments

I just called my reps with @5calls.org about the disastrous and fantastical Trump tariffs, you should too: 5calls.org This is not the first time I've made calls--I do it all the time--but it is the first time I used 5calls, and it was really helpful! Give it a try!

submitted 85 days ago • 0 comments

oh, look, our real president.

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Knitting, knitting, knitting. I finished this pullover in ten days! Wool is my refuge. Pattern is Kurt by Junko Okamoto. The unusual construction makes for such entertaining knitting; I could not put it down! Lots of notes on my Ravelry project page ravel.me/KimDenise/k2

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submitted 87 days ago • 65 comments

💥🇭🇺 Police have given up guarding Budapest’s Liberty Bridge as anti-government protesters shut down traffic on four major bridges, rallying against Viktor Orbán’s new law curbing freedom of assembly and banning the Pride march. They vow to escalate with a 24-hour shutdown next week.

submitted 87 days ago • 102 comments

…So let me get this straight: New Jersey is represented by legendary badass CORY BOOKER. While New York is stuck with Chuck “obey in advance” Schumer, and Pennsylvania has John “next Kyrsten Sinema” Fetterman. As regional rivalries go, that has really gotta sting.

submitted 87 days ago • 26 comments

Booker finally yields after more than 25 hours of speaking 👏👏👏

submitted 87 days ago • 617 comments

#showmeyourknits Baby! This baby blanket, the Bear Claw Blanket by Veronik Avery, was a LOT of work. The subdued color palette matched the the recipients' nursery. Not my usual! I was pleasantly surprised by how much I enjoyed knitting these subtle semisolids. Loved the modular construction too.

submitted 89 days ago • 0 comments

#showmeyourknits Baby Items! I became enamored of these reindeer from Mary Jane Mucklestone's book _Scandinavian Motifs_ and ended up making cardigans for three little friends of mine. The cardigan pattern is Åsa Tricosa's Child Ziggurat.

submitted 89 days ago • 2 comments

JUST BECAUSE THE CLOWN CAR GOES VERY FAST DOES NOT MEAN IT ISN’T FULL OF CLOWNS

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Virginia Governor @GlennYoungkin (R) hearing it from the people

submitted 96 days ago • 678 comments

#showmeyourknits Colorwork! I made this cardigan for a young flamingo-loving friend of mine who wore it for years. He has long outgrown it, but he still loves the pink birds (although, sadly, he no longer calls them "flingingos"). Not the strongest design work, lol, but lots of flingos.

submitted 98 days ago • 5 comments

I’m not an efficiency expert but for our space program I think the best thing would be to shut down the federal program that successfully implemented history’s first moon landing and turn it all over to a white supremacist con man who glues his trucks together.

submitted 98 days ago • 22 comments

Progress shot of my Kurt-in-progress. That's Kurt by Junko Okamoto. I love Junko's patterns, and this one may be the most fun yet! #knitting Lots of details on my Ravelry progress page. ravel.me/KimDenise/k2

submitted 98 days ago • 0 comments

Protestors reciting Pledge of Allegiance over and over until they shut down a House subcommittee about to consider bill requiring immigration checks by Tennessee banks on international wire transfers. Video: John Partipilo.

submitted 100 days ago • 22 comments

Savor the beauty of the moment. ko-fi.com/sophielabell...

submitted 101 days ago • 478 comments

I didn't think I'd have the energy to block this and sew the buttons on in time for #showmeyourknits GREEN, but I did! My energy did not extend to getting dressed, so pajamas and bedhead will have to do. This is Dunes Cardigan by Caidree.

submitted 101 days ago • 5 comments