Teri Hinds

Ditto, but for me it was pork. My dad would cook thin cut chops to dry, tough, husks. The first time I had a properly cooked thick chop (because my then-fiance's dad made them for Christmas dinner and I didn't think I could refuse) I was *so* surprised. Turns out, I love pork!

A man's hand holding a metal cup with bright pink Cream Soda pouring from a can with just the barest hints of pink showing at the edge of the photo.

So..huh. In Canada, Cream Soda is *shockingly* neon bubble gum pink.

Dear goddesses, how I love @tkingfisher.com when she goes on for a bit about chickens in books! I started listening to Hemlock & Silver and the part about the roosters nearly caused me to cause an accident laughing! #booksky

Reminder that the ICE surge in Chicago - a city five times bigger than Minneapolis - was 300 agents. So this is still unprecedented.

I did it! And still more gusset decreases to go, but every row is one closer to finished.

It's KnitPick's Luminance mulberry silk. :)

The tail end of a wound ball of teal silk yarn on the left and a piled partially knit stocking from the same yarn on the right. Two pair of red corded circular needles are attached to the stocking. All is laying atop a purple blanket on the lap of the knitter.

Tonight's goal is to finish the first skein, which might get me through the gusset decreases. There's always more in those last winds than I think there is. 🧶

*yoink*! <3

Ding-dong! The Dutch Fish Doorbell needs you to help migrating fish A Dutch lock is closed for the spring, and its employees want you to tell them when migrating fish come knocking by ringing a digital doorbell

Well, in more pleasant news, the Fish Doorbell is back... 🧪

heeheehee, my book goblin says

Answer me these riddles 3 & I might grant a BATH to thee

What crosses swamps & meadows too, so none a car be flecked with goo

What must we house & leave to chill, for let them loose & they will kill

The rains will come upon thy city, install these to keep it pretty

They have been phenomenal in helping me get the needles! I wish I could claim them as my LYS! <3

Super thankful to Crafty Llama (www.etsy.com/shop/CraftyL...) for being willing to ship Hiyahiya knitting needles to the US. I ordered extras in two lengths (16 & 24 inches, because the needle on the 24 inch is substantially longer) in both US 4-0 (1.2 mm) & 5-0 (1.0 mm) in case I break one. 🧶

I was skeptical about Leigh Bardugo's The Familiar when I started listening to it - the writing didn't seem complex enough to evoke the richness and depth of the world building behind the Grishaverse as I'd seen it come to life (I've not read the books yet). I couldn't have been more wrong. #booksky

A call script for elected representatives: U.S. attack on Iran: YOU: Hi, my name is [NAME]. I’m a constituent from [ZIP CODE]. YOU: I’m calling to demand [MOC/SENATOR] take urgent action after the United States joined Israel in launching strikes on Iran today. YOU: The Trump administration has again taken military action without any specific Congressional authorization. President Trump has also confirmed that the U.S. has undertaken “major operations” in Iran and has also said “U.S. lives might be lost.” YOU: I am calling on [MOC/SENATOR] to call for the following actions immediately: - Public clarification on the scope of U.S. involvement - Call for and support support the Khanna–Massie War Powers Resolution in the House. - Oppose ANY funding for military escalation without Congressional authorization. YOU: Are we or are we not at war with Iran? Congress needs to answer this question, and do it quickly. YOU: [OPTIONAL COMMENTS – e.g. Clarify you’d like a written response]

Do it now.

Yes, you can leave a message. Yes, call the DC offices.

Script here again.

Call your reps about this. Every time a book ban has been overturned or shut down, it's because the vast majority of people who believe in the freedom to read spoke up.
Find your reps' info at reps.fyi.

*sigh* s/gabbed/grabbed.

I've yet to read anything by @lilithsaintcrow.com that hasn't gabbed me with both hands & refused to let go. Just finished Rattlesnake Wind, but only because I forced myself not to stay up until blue this morning to finish it. Dark, mysterious, tenderly beautiful reimagining of Russian folk stories.

The U.S. is a country that is unable to handle death but is awash in it. A country with people who often can't process grief. These are terrible things.

I came back to see if they'd answered yet because I'd love to know!

Interesting! But far too bulky for my tastes, unfortunately.

The leg of a teal knit silk stocking. The stocking has a back seam pattern, visible at the bottom edge and a side detail, but you can also see a slight indent in the fabric where the stitch marker was placed to mark where decreasing stops. The indent is caused by the slight extra gap between the stitches caused by the stitch marker and should block out when the stocking is washed.

For the Eleanora pair, though, I'll try that - even my smallest stitch markers will be too big at that gauge. Even in these you can see in the stockinette where the markers were, which I expect to even out when washed and blocked, but I can't risk accidentally adding a stitch-width on those.

I worried about that, but also figured on a heel it's less likely to be noticed once they're washed and blocked? The weight isn't much - the chain is only ever on the needle and each individual marker is pretty light. I guess I'll see on these and learn from it either way, though!

The most punk heel flap ever! A knit heel flap in teal silk with small single loop safety pin style stitch markers in the center of the heel flap marking every fourth row. The remaining markers needed to count the total rows for the heel flap are hanging from a separate stitch marker. The markers are color-coded in groups of 5 (20 rows).

I've been seeing photos of folks using stitch markers as row counters (or that's what they seem like at least) and since I hate row counting for heel flaps (especially 68 row heels flaps in small gauge) I decided to try it. I'm not sure I'm sold, but I do like not having to try to count the rows! 🧶

That's amazing! If you inspire me to document mine, I'll let you know so you can go shopping!

In my day dreams, this would be why I'd put my stash on Ravelry and try to do trades with people who have things in *their* stash that I want, but .. my stash is definitely not in Ravelry, so..

Best wishes for finding some way to live things up!

This is Gus. He really likes helping bring in the groceries. Makes him feel super strong and super proud of himself. 13/10 we're proud of you too, Gus (TT: angieee677)

I'm listening to a podcast and one of the guests has a background helping companies navigate mergers and acquisitions and I keep hearing him talk about a lot of "murders" and acquisitions which.. I mean, might be figuratively accurate?!?

I mean, that really does for the bill!

I recently re-read a lot of Elfquest and this doesn't ring bells, though it has elements of a few of the storylines. There's one with a pair of humans that run off and get encased in Preservers webs, for instance, that has a few similarities.

I hope you rediscover it no matter where it originated!

Seven by Prince