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paddyholtz.bsky.social • 42 days ago

Avoiding the News, and knitting like a mofo.
#knitting #knitsky

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skyebelew.bsky.social•41 days ago

I have to learn or start embroidering again (something I haven't done in 30 years) because I started an online solitaire game, even before the election, that takes real cash and I've NEVER been a gambler, but here I am trying to keep my hands and brain busy...and going broke. 🤣😅

iowakathy.bsky.social•40 days ago

Same

heidiclaire.bsky.social•41 days ago

Me too

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vickiiniowa123.bsky.social•41 days ago

Hahahaha I’m doing puzzles and listening to music, lots and lots of music. I got sassy on fb and trumpers reprimanded me. Ugh

paddyholtz.bsky.social•41 days ago

I deleted FB and Instagram and all Oligarch-owned social media, since they are manipulating the algorithms to favor Fascism over Democracy. 🤷🏻‍♂️

feedmass.com•41 days ago

😂👍🧶 thats a good thread

xianluvows.bsky.social•41 days ago

Knitting prayer shawls for my community, blankets for dogs in shelters. Reading. Watching films. And feeding feral cats and birds.

redragdolly.bsky.social•41 days ago

I have taken all news apps , fakebook and instasham off my phone, now its just this app... so sick of the news already! #deletedapps #nonews #mentalhealth

paddyholtz.bsky.social•41 days ago

Ditto!

amomanous.bsky.social•41 days ago

“knitting like a mofo” is a hardcore flex.

lulucaliente.bsky.social•41 days ago

The news is very bad, it’s worse than we imagined

knitting-ninja.bsky.social•38 days ago

Right there with you

aljensen.bsky.social•41 days ago

Madame Thérèse Defarge is a fictional character and the main antagonist of the 1859 novel A Tale of Two Cities by Charles Dickens. She is a ringleader of the tricoteuses, a tireless worker for the French Revolution, memorably knitting beside the guillotine during executions.
Thanks Wikipedia!

justsomeliberaldem.bsky.social•41 days ago

NIIICE! 😆

mary801.bsky.social•41 days ago

Same, but crochet 🧶 learning mosaic #crochet #distraction

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paddyholtz.bsky.social•41 days ago

Love it!

freebyrd79.bsky.social•41 days ago

Gorgeous!!

cyndirmyluv.bsky.social•40 days ago

I take up drawing or reading. Then there are always the cartoons.

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paddyholtz.bsky.social•40 days ago

Whatever keeps you mindful! Cheers!

justsomeliberaldem.bsky.social•41 days ago

I really want to pick up Knitting again. My grandma taught me in the 70's and I loved it. Crochet is not my thing.

I just need to relearn how to do it again. 😕

paddyholtz.bsky.social•41 days ago

I recommend YouTube, and search for “continental knitting” as it is much easier than the way my Mom did it, with the “throwing” and all. Continental knitting is much more ergonomic (less movement required). YouTube is how I learned to knit at age 55.

mslulu.bsky.social•41 days ago

What’s the specific knitters elbow that’s caused by knitting so much because you’re trying to avoid the News?

paddyholtz.bsky.social•41 days ago

Never heard of knitters elbow. I have a callous on the thumb side of my left index finger that is knitting related, but that’s all.

tsgirlknits.bsky.social•41 days ago

That's my strategy as well.

madyrmyr.bsky.social•41 days ago

Show us 👏

idahoeliberal.bsky.social•41 days ago

Me too, gonna have to order more yarn 😭 #crochet

kelseywonderlin.bsky.social•39 days ago

Wait because same 🧶

dyedinthewoolyarns.bsky.social•42 days ago

Doing the same! 😞

cajunblue.bsky.social•41 days ago

I love this! I need to pull one of my crocheting projects out tomorrow. :)

ameliasprout.bsky.social•41 days ago

Yup. Good time for a polar vortex, I’m equipped.