📚Heather📚@CraftLit podcast🫘
@hordover.bsky.social
Caster of Pods, Mother of Lads, Lover of Andrew, Knitter of Socks, Painter of Postcards, Enjoyer of Nature…not necessarily in that order. (she/her) linktr.ee/craftlitchannel CURRENT 'CAST: Cranford by Elizabeth Gaskell craftlit.com/cranford
Looking for butterfly tatting patterns, I found this from 2007: yarnplayertats.blogspot.com/2007/04/butt... but then I found this from 11 years later needlework.craftgossip.com/tatting-patt.... Am I wrong, or is the second one taking content from earlier bloggers and repurposing it as their own?
Butterfly bookmarks
Simple and quick! I took the pink butterfly and some of my other tatted bookmarks and jewelry to the consignment boutique where I sell s...
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December 2, 2025 at 7:27 PM
Looking for butterfly tatting patterns, I found this from 2007: yarnplayertats.blogspot.com/2007/04/butt... but then I found this from 11 years later needlework.craftgossip.com/tatting-patt.... Am I wrong, or is the second one taking content from earlier bloggers and repurposing it as their own?
Reader, I married him.
(and only partly because he’s a lovely writer)
open.substack.com/pub/brokenha...
(and only partly because he’s a lovely writer)
open.substack.com/pub/brokenha...
Books Make the Best Gifts!
It's getting colder: time to curl up by the fire with a good read.
open.substack.com
November 7, 2025 at 1:14 PM
Reader, I married him.
(and only partly because he’s a lovely writer)
open.substack.com/pub/brokenha...
(and only partly because he’s a lovely writer)
open.substack.com/pub/brokenha...
@nytimes.com Headlines I hope to see above the fold: “Taxpayer dollars spent since January 20th on unnecessary demolition of government property…” or “Taxpayer dollars spent (wasted?) since January 20th on Unnecessary deployment of troops/National Guard…” please share your hoped-for headline.
October 23, 2025 at 10:25 PM
@nytimes.com Headlines I hope to see above the fold: “Taxpayer dollars spent since January 20th on unnecessary demolition of government property…” or “Taxpayer dollars spent (wasted?) since January 20th on Unnecessary deployment of troops/National Guard…” please share your hoped-for headline.
@marcelias.bsky.social — do you know if anyone is legally representing the workers who were fired for following store protocol? nypost.com/2025/09/13/u...
Office Depot fires employee for refusing to print Charlie Kirk posters, calling them ‘propaganda’
Office Depot has fired an employee from one of its Michigan locations after the heartless worker was caught on camera refusing to fulfill an order of posters to honor Charlie Kirk.
nypost.com
September 15, 2025 at 8:37 PM
@marcelias.bsky.social — do you know if anyone is legally representing the workers who were fired for following store protocol? nypost.com/2025/09/13/u...
Free on Audible right now. Narrated by the OG Arthur Dent, this is the oddest-Evelyn Waugh-esque Agatha Christie I’ve encountered to date. There are several free mysteries now—most read by Richard Armitage 🥰 www.audible.com/pd/B08YKG7BT...
Oh. It was written in 1925–with all that goes with that 🤦♀️.
Oh. It was written in 1925–with all that goes with that 🤦♀️.
The Secret of Chimneys
Check out this great listen on Audible.com. A bit of adventure and quick cash is all that good-natured drifter Anthony Cade is looking for when he accepts a messenger job from an old friend. It sounds...
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August 26, 2025 at 9:40 PM
Free on Audible right now. Narrated by the OG Arthur Dent, this is the oddest-Evelyn Waugh-esque Agatha Christie I’ve encountered to date. There are several free mysteries now—most read by Richard Armitage 🥰 www.audible.com/pd/B08YKG7BT...
Oh. It was written in 1925–with all that goes with that 🤦♀️.
Oh. It was written in 1925–with all that goes with that 🤦♀️.
Crabapples? Eastern PA, apple tree in our neighborhood but no one has been here long enough to remember what kind of apple. I peeled one and tasted a bit—not super sour. Anyone know what kind of dinky apple this might be?
August 7, 2025 at 9:50 PM
Crabapples? Eastern PA, apple tree in our neighborhood but no one has been here long enough to remember what kind of apple. I peeled one and tasted a bit—not super sour. Anyone know what kind of dinky apple this might be?
Reposted by 📚Heather📚@CraftLit podcast🫘
The number of Americans receiving unemployment benefits for at least a week rose to the highest level since late 2021, according to Labor Department data.
Nearly 2 million Americans on unemployment, highest since pandemic era
Continuing unemployment claims jumped to 1.97 million in late July, according to a Labor Department report, highlighting a weakening labor market.
www.washingtonpost.com
August 7, 2025 at 4:44 PM
The number of Americans receiving unemployment benefits for at least a week rose to the highest level since late 2021, according to Labor Department data.
I’m a bit chuffed about my latest non-book video youtube.com/watch?v=u9PI...
If you missed it, here’s the link to the full interview that @jordanklepper.bsky.social did in 2022. Excellent discussion!
youtu.be/kvtf2TYmuw8?... Love me some @thedailyshow.com
If you missed it, here’s the link to the full interview that @jordanklepper.bsky.social did in 2022. Excellent discussion!
youtu.be/kvtf2TYmuw8?... Love me some @thedailyshow.com
Epstein, Adrenochrome, and the Power of Narrative
YouTube video by CraftLit — the Annotated Audiobook Podcast
youtube.com
July 27, 2025 at 2:03 AM
I’m a bit chuffed about my latest non-book video youtube.com/watch?v=u9PI...
If you missed it, here’s the link to the full interview that @jordanklepper.bsky.social did in 2022. Excellent discussion!
youtu.be/kvtf2TYmuw8?... Love me some @thedailyshow.com
If you missed it, here’s the link to the full interview that @jordanklepper.bsky.social did in 2022. Excellent discussion!
youtu.be/kvtf2TYmuw8?... Love me some @thedailyshow.com
open.substack.com/pub/brokenha...
Reader, I married him.
(I hope this post makes manifest my decision 30 years ago…I feel pretty damn good about it!)
Reader, I married him.
(I hope this post makes manifest my decision 30 years ago…I feel pretty damn good about it!)
The Takers
Trump and Epstein are not anomalies. Accountability is.
open.substack.com
July 19, 2025 at 8:09 PM
open.substack.com/pub/brokenha...
Reader, I married him.
(I hope this post makes manifest my decision 30 years ago…I feel pretty damn good about it!)
Reader, I married him.
(I hope this post makes manifest my decision 30 years ago…I feel pretty damn good about it!)
Is this destruction truly being spun as a ‘compassionate’ thing —b/c the IUDs were nearing their expiration date?!?
And people BELIEVE this?!?
We’ve cut Bush’s AIDS program, now this?
So now we’re explicit? USA wants raped->pregnant->dead women and babies?
youtube.com/shorts/Mf43l...
And people BELIEVE this?!?
We’ve cut Bush’s AIDS program, now this?
So now we’re explicit? USA wants raped->pregnant->dead women and babies?
youtube.com/shorts/Mf43l...
NEWS: Trump orders destruction of products meant for women in crisis zones.
YouTube video by Aaron Parnas
youtube.com
July 19, 2025 at 2:01 PM
Is this destruction truly being spun as a ‘compassionate’ thing —b/c the IUDs were nearing their expiration date?!?
And people BELIEVE this?!?
We’ve cut Bush’s AIDS program, now this?
So now we’re explicit? USA wants raped->pregnant->dead women and babies?
youtube.com/shorts/Mf43l...
And people BELIEVE this?!?
We’ve cut Bush’s AIDS program, now this?
So now we’re explicit? USA wants raped->pregnant->dead women and babies?
youtube.com/shorts/Mf43l...
If you’re GenX and wondered what those noises were, here you go: youtube.com/shorts/dEXAg...
Why dial up sounds like that #90skids #internet #funfacts
YouTube video by John Castillo
youtube.com
July 10, 2025 at 1:24 AM
If you’re GenX and wondered what those noises were, here you go: youtube.com/shorts/dEXAg...
I hope Alaska benefits significantly from Murkowski's craven vote, b/c if it's the only functioning state in the country, I imagine there will be a slew of new Alaskans—*almost like an invasion!*
(Oh wait, no. I forgot. She sold her state out for short-term peanuts.) www.salon.com/2025/07/02/s...
(Oh wait, no. I forgot. She sold her state out for short-term peanuts.) www.salon.com/2025/07/02/s...
"Special treatment": How Republicans bought Lisa Murkowski’s vote - Salon.com
The GOP budget passed by the Senate on Tuesday is filled with special carve-outs for Alaska
www.salon.com
July 3, 2025 at 7:16 PM
I hope Alaska benefits significantly from Murkowski's craven vote, b/c if it's the only functioning state in the country, I imagine there will be a slew of new Alaskans—*almost like an invasion!*
(Oh wait, no. I forgot. She sold her state out for short-term peanuts.) www.salon.com/2025/07/02/s...
(Oh wait, no. I forgot. She sold her state out for short-term peanuts.) www.salon.com/2025/07/02/s...
3:17 just think—if you’re a MAGA Rep and vote no on the BBB, you will have 71% of the Country LOVE YOU (at least for a little bit).
July 2, 2025 at 10:55 PM
3:17 just think—if you’re a MAGA Rep and vote no on the BBB, you will have 71% of the Country LOVE YOU (at least for a little bit).
Reposted by 📚Heather📚@CraftLit podcast🫘
I need this book! Lol 😅🤣😂
July 2, 2025 at 9:51 PM
I need this book! Lol 😅🤣😂
Srously
July 2, 2025 at 10:49 PM
Srously
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July 2, 2025 at 10:49 PM
🤦♀️
Hope the DNC is gearing up to post billboards in EVERY RED DISTRICT w/countdown timers for “Date When Trump Steals Your Medicare” & a ticker for “How much more ICE agents make now than a teacher…a fireman…a CPS wrkr”
I’m sure the @democrats.org are TOTALLY going to keep this top of mind.🤣🤣🥹🥹😒😒😤😤😭😭
I’m sure the @democrats.org are TOTALLY going to keep this top of mind.🤣🤣🥹🥹😒😒😤😤😭😭
July 2, 2025 at 10:49 PM
Hope the DNC is gearing up to post billboards in EVERY RED DISTRICT w/countdown timers for “Date When Trump Steals Your Medicare” & a ticker for “How much more ICE agents make now than a teacher…a fireman…a CPS wrkr”
I’m sure the @democrats.org are TOTALLY going to keep this top of mind.🤣🤣🥹🥹😒😒😤😤😭😭
I’m sure the @democrats.org are TOTALLY going to keep this top of mind.🤣🤣🥹🥹😒😒😤😤😭😭
Reposted by 📚Heather📚@CraftLit podcast🫘
I got permission to share this, and I'm extremely grateful for that.
The Onion got this letter from one of our subscribers in Alaska. She works with dementia patients and decided to leave a copy in the car for each one.
This email made my year. Read it and you'll see what I mean. People are good.
The Onion got this letter from one of our subscribers in Alaska. She works with dementia patients and decided to leave a copy in the car for each one.
This email made my year. Read it and you'll see what I mean. People are good.
July 1, 2025 at 6:46 PM
I got permission to share this, and I'm extremely grateful for that.
The Onion got this letter from one of our subscribers in Alaska. She works with dementia patients and decided to leave a copy in the car for each one.
This email made my year. Read it and you'll see what I mean. People are good.
The Onion got this letter from one of our subscribers in Alaska. She works with dementia patients and decided to leave a copy in the car for each one.
This email made my year. Read it and you'll see what I mean. People are good.
Please share—widely.
What's legal for ICE agents to do. wapo.st/44r4A0r
What is and isn’t legal when ICE officers make an immigration arrest
Videos showing masked officers whisking people into unmarked cars have sparked outcry. A look at ICE’s powers as Congress prepares to give the agency a giant infusion of cash.
wapo.st
July 2, 2025 at 9:08 PM
Please share—widely.
@theauthorguy.bsky.social “Anima Rising” is a joy (for obvious reasons it was lovely to be wrapped in your words for the last 2 days). As if that weren’t gift enough, you also put MaryJane Wells into the package. Where did You find this glorious reader?! She brings sound to your text SO beautifully.
July 2, 2025 at 9:06 PM
@theauthorguy.bsky.social “Anima Rising” is a joy (for obvious reasons it was lovely to be wrapped in your words for the last 2 days). As if that weren’t gift enough, you also put MaryJane Wells into the package. Where did You find this glorious reader?! She brings sound to your text SO beautifully.
Well
Senator Murkowski, you’re sure no John McCain.
I hope you’re comfortable owning the deciding vote ushering in an era of unnecessary deaths & making millions of children go hungry - because their fates sit squarely on your head due to your vote.
What a repulsive hive of cruelty.
#justsayno
Senator Murkowski, you’re sure no John McCain.
I hope you’re comfortable owning the deciding vote ushering in an era of unnecessary deaths & making millions of children go hungry - because their fates sit squarely on your head due to your vote.
What a repulsive hive of cruelty.
#justsayno
July 1, 2025 at 9:38 PM
Well
Senator Murkowski, you’re sure no John McCain.
I hope you’re comfortable owning the deciding vote ushering in an era of unnecessary deaths & making millions of children go hungry - because their fates sit squarely on your head due to your vote.
What a repulsive hive of cruelty.
#justsayno
Senator Murkowski, you’re sure no John McCain.
I hope you’re comfortable owning the deciding vote ushering in an era of unnecessary deaths & making millions of children go hungry - because their fates sit squarely on your head due to your vote.
What a repulsive hive of cruelty.
#justsayno
Time to make some phone calls!
Unlike many things—logging/drilling/mining on lands WE OWN AND PROTECT is not reversible in the lifetimes of anyone alive now.
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Unlike many things—logging/drilling/mining on lands WE OWN AND PROTECT is not reversible in the lifetimes of anyone alive now.
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💬 52 🔁 19428 ❤️ 12509 · THE ENTIRE WEST IS BEING PUT UP FOR SALE AND I AM BEGGING YOU TO CALL YOUR SENATORS · Trump’s budget bill has many, many things in it, but buried amongst it is the MILLION…
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June 19, 2025 at 3:37 PM
Time to make some phone calls!
Unlike many things—logging/drilling/mining on lands WE OWN AND PROTECT is not reversible in the lifetimes of anyone alive now.
www.tumblr.com/official-nat...
Unlike many things—logging/drilling/mining on lands WE OWN AND PROTECT is not reversible in the lifetimes of anyone alive now.
www.tumblr.com/official-nat...
More of this.
Please.
Please.
I have chills
RCV is a structure to build durable coalitions
Think how much healthier this is for the local party, for the city, for the actual final outcome
Sorkin-sentimental fantasy to imagine a politics like this
RCV is a structure to build durable coalitions
Think how much healthier this is for the local party, for the city, for the actual final outcome
Sorkin-sentimental fantasy to imagine a politics like this
June 14, 2025 at 10:24 PM
More of this.
Please.
Please.
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I love helpful people! 🤣
He hasn’t posted here in a while but this is @filmthepolicela.bsky.social helping out LAPD with some riot control tonight. Pretty funny.
June 14, 2025 at 5:50 PM
I love helpful people! 🤣