Karie Bookish
@kariebookish.bsky.social
I do things with wool & words. She/her. Tired. 🏴🇩🇰🏳️🌈
These are all my personal views and do not represent anyone else. Find my stuff at kariebookish.net
These are all my personal views and do not represent anyone else. Find my stuff at kariebookish.net
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Hello! Quite a few new followers. I'm Karie, a Danish woman living in Glasgow, Scotland. I've written a knitting book about Early Modern printing, teach psychogeographical craft workshops, stamp books, make my own jeans, and married someone from Clan Fraser before it was cool.
Okay, I don't think I can improve on this. Link to colour match game in quoted post x
February 17, 2026 at 9:36 PM
Okay, I don't think I can improve on this. Link to colour match game in quoted post x
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Words & phrases that inspire immediate trepidation
“House-made ketchup”
“I’m an empath”
“Oh, I’m not political”
“Public-private partnership”
“Females” (referring to human women)
“House-made ketchup”
“I’m an empath”
“Oh, I’m not political”
“Public-private partnership”
“Females” (referring to human women)
February 17, 2026 at 8:50 PM
Words & phrases that inspire immediate trepidation
“House-made ketchup”
“I’m an empath”
“Oh, I’m not political”
“Public-private partnership”
“Females” (referring to human women)
“House-made ketchup”
“I’m an empath”
“Oh, I’m not political”
“Public-private partnership”
“Females” (referring to human women)
I've seen evidence. It is bad.
the answer to this is that there’s a yarn supplier/medievalist that a lot of people start engaging with because she’s Black and does (important!) work around anti-racism but also she went off the deep end of antisemitism several years ago and I guess some people followed her down the rabbit hole
That's horrible, and I totally get it - it feels like you've been tricked, and they've just done a horrible, horrible 'ta-da!' reveal.
Though the mind boggles how one would move from knitting to Nazi views. But then, as a dyspraxic crocheter, the ability to use 2 needles seems like dark magic....
Though the mind boggles how one would move from knitting to Nazi views. But then, as a dyspraxic crocheter, the ability to use 2 needles seems like dark magic....
February 17, 2026 at 8:49 PM
I've seen evidence. It is bad.
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One of the lessons I hope people take away from Jesse Jackson’s life and the outpouring of remembrances small and large is that progress is made and measured in every act and utterance against oppression and not measured solely in legislative or electoral victories.
February 17, 2026 at 3:22 PM
One of the lessons I hope people take away from Jesse Jackson’s life and the outpouring of remembrances small and large is that progress is made and measured in every act and utterance against oppression and not measured solely in legislative or electoral victories.
Earlier today I was talking to a filmmaker about the constraints of form/structure, and just how freeing that can feel as a creative. When you have to tell your story in twelve panels, five minutes, in one room, or over 64 stitches: that's where the magic lives.
February 17, 2026 at 4:04 PM
Earlier today I was talking to a filmmaker about the constraints of form/structure, and just how freeing that can feel as a creative. When you have to tell your story in twelve panels, five minutes, in one room, or over 64 stitches: that's where the magic lives.
Did I ever show you how well I managed to match my knitting to my scarf?
Mitt is still unblocked and ends not woven in. I'm working on the second mitt, don't worry.
Mitt is still unblocked and ends not woven in. I'm working on the second mitt, don't worry.
February 17, 2026 at 3:21 PM
Did I ever show you how well I managed to match my knitting to my scarf?
Mitt is still unblocked and ends not woven in. I'm working on the second mitt, don't worry.
Mitt is still unblocked and ends not woven in. I'm working on the second mitt, don't worry.
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www.ft.com/content/93a0... Once reviled, now celebrated, London’s Southbank Centre is a genuine civic wonder.
Once reviled, now celebrated, London’s Southbank Centre is a genuine civic wonder
The cultural complex’s national importance has belatedly been recognised
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February 15, 2026 at 11:32 AM
www.ft.com/content/93a0... Once reviled, now celebrated, London’s Southbank Centre is a genuine civic wonder.
I cannot stress enough that automatic translation into English will flatten your world. We need the delicious friction of different languages; we need to celebrate diversity.
Discovered today that Instagram had turned on (without my opt-in) automatic AUDIO translation of any reel that shows up in my feed not in English USING AI TO MIMIC THE SPEAKER’S VOICE and WOW it was creepy and upsetting.
You can turn it off in “Language & Translations” in Settings. 🙅🏻♀️
You can turn it off in “Language & Translations” in Settings. 🙅🏻♀️
February 17, 2026 at 7:38 AM
I cannot stress enough that automatic translation into English will flatten your world. We need the delicious friction of different languages; we need to celebrate diversity.
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REMEMBER: All the "Don't use em-dashes" "don't use rule of three" advice because it makes your writing "look like AI" is because they stole actual writers work, and their "predict the next thing" stuff just simulates what WE FUCKING DO. Keep writing well. Use every style and trick you have. Fuck AI.
July 3, 2025 at 7:43 PM
REMEMBER: All the "Don't use em-dashes" "don't use rule of three" advice because it makes your writing "look like AI" is because they stole actual writers work, and their "predict the next thing" stuff just simulates what WE FUCKING DO. Keep writing well. Use every style and trick you have. Fuck AI.
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An exhibition at the London Transport Museum is celebrating 100 years of the Underground’s Art Deco design heritage.
www.artfund.org/explore/get-...
www.artfund.org/explore/get-...
February 16, 2026 at 6:23 PM
An exhibition at the London Transport Museum is celebrating 100 years of the Underground’s Art Deco design heritage.
www.artfund.org/explore/get-...
www.artfund.org/explore/get-...
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Kim Novak by Leonard McCombe, 1956
“She did not conceal the fact that she had been drawn into a world capable of exploiting her. Filming seemed an ordeal for her; it was as if the camera hurt her.”
- David Thomson
“She did not conceal the fact that she had been drawn into a world capable of exploiting her. Filming seemed an ordeal for her; it was as if the camera hurt her.”
- David Thomson
February 13, 2025 at 8:39 PM
Kim Novak by Leonard McCombe, 1956
“She did not conceal the fact that she had been drawn into a world capable of exploiting her. Filming seemed an ordeal for her; it was as if the camera hurt her.”
- David Thomson
“She did not conceal the fact that she had been drawn into a world capable of exploiting her. Filming seemed an ordeal for her; it was as if the camera hurt her.”
- David Thomson
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Billy Steinberg RIP
You may not immediately know the name but by jingo you've heard Like A Virgin, Alone, So Emotional, True Colors, I Touch Myself, I Drove All Night, I'll Stand By You and Eternal Flame.
You may not immediately know the name but by jingo you've heard Like A Virgin, Alone, So Emotional, True Colors, I Touch Myself, I Drove All Night, I'll Stand By You and Eternal Flame.
February 16, 2026 at 10:10 PM
Billy Steinberg RIP
You may not immediately know the name but by jingo you've heard Like A Virgin, Alone, So Emotional, True Colors, I Touch Myself, I Drove All Night, I'll Stand By You and Eternal Flame.
You may not immediately know the name but by jingo you've heard Like A Virgin, Alone, So Emotional, True Colors, I Touch Myself, I Drove All Night, I'll Stand By You and Eternal Flame.
Have fun, kids. My score below.
February 16, 2026 at 11:26 PM
Have fun, kids. My score below.
Finished second at quiz. Never fear, my knowledge of men's tennis 1992-2002 is here.
February 16, 2026 at 11:13 PM
Finished second at quiz. Never fear, my knowledge of men's tennis 1992-2002 is here.
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That time Willow dusted a vampire with a pencil.
As Le Guin reminds us, knives, saucepans, fire, spectacles, pens, chairs & doors are technologies.
But you can't dust a vamp or set up a barricade using genAI.
As Le Guin reminds us, knives, saucepans, fire, spectacles, pens, chairs & doors are technologies.
But you can't dust a vamp or set up a barricade using genAI.
Can you think of examples where people use technologies differently from what the developers intended, whether unintentionally or as an act of resistance?
February 16, 2026 at 12:47 PM
That time Willow dusted a vampire with a pencil.
As Le Guin reminds us, knives, saucepans, fire, spectacles, pens, chairs & doors are technologies.
But you can't dust a vamp or set up a barricade using genAI.
As Le Guin reminds us, knives, saucepans, fire, spectacles, pens, chairs & doors are technologies.
But you can't dust a vamp or set up a barricade using genAI.
This morning I woke up with a very specific scene and imagery in my head. I now have to find space for it in the last 15K of my first draft.
Which .. is not a bad thing?
Which .. is not a bad thing?
February 16, 2026 at 7:23 PM
This morning I woke up with a very specific scene and imagery in my head. I now have to find space for it in the last 15K of my first draft.
Which .. is not a bad thing?
Which .. is not a bad thing?
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If you think about it, the very best books are really just extremely long spells that turn you into a different person for the rest of your life
February 16, 2026 at 6:21 PM
If you think about it, the very best books are really just extremely long spells that turn you into a different person for the rest of your life
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mom they’re roasting the US economy on mastodon again
February 16, 2026 at 7:37 AM
mom they’re roasting the US economy on mastodon again
One of the comments points out that you hear three languages (French, English, and Russian) within the first 20 minutes.
A plurality of Being is baked into this show from the very start.
(the post itself is also worth unpacking)
A plurality of Being is baked into this show from the very start.
(the post itself is also worth unpacking)
I regret to inform you one of the most on point takes I've seen about Heated Rivalry is on LinkedIn www.linkedin.com/pulse/heated...
Heated Rivalry and the Rejection of Romanticised Harm
Why audiences are craving intensity without entitlement and what that shift reveals about masculinity, safety, and control I didn’t expect a hockey romance to get under my skin. I certainly didn’t exp...
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February 16, 2026 at 7:32 AM
One of the comments points out that you hear three languages (French, English, and Russian) within the first 20 minutes.
A plurality of Being is baked into this show from the very start.
(the post itself is also worth unpacking)
A plurality of Being is baked into this show from the very start.
(the post itself is also worth unpacking)
A three-word horror story: "skip the swatches"
Just watched an ad for a crochet thing that began with "skip the swatches" and I could feel from hundreds of miles away, @katriddell.bsky.social screaming in rage
February 15, 2026 at 9:35 PM
A three-word horror story: "skip the swatches"
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Dismissed because of jurisdictional confusion, it should be stressed, rather than any new revelation that would discredit the survivors of sexual assault who have come forward.
Federal judges have dismissed three lawsuits accusing British author Neil Gaiman of sexually assaulting his children's nanny in New Zealand.
US judges dismiss lawsuits accusing fantasy author Neil Gaiman of sexual assault in New Zealand
Federal judges have dismissed three lawsuits accusing British author Neil Gaiman of sexually assaulting his children's nanny in New Zealand.
bit.ly
February 10, 2026 at 2:20 PM
Dismissed because of jurisdictional confusion, it should be stressed, rather than any new revelation that would discredit the survivors of sexual assault who have come forward.
This is it! Fabric quality has declined massively. I own a few 100 percent cotton long-sleeved tees from fast fashion chain Primark - going back to 2006(!) - and they are still good to wear as base layers.
As a maker, it's increasingly hard to find good fabric (denim should not contain lycra)
As a maker, it's increasingly hard to find good fabric (denim should not contain lycra)
I am delighted to still be wearing clothes from more than a decade ago - some hand-made, some not.
I mean, have you FELT denim from 20y ago? The sheer weight of it!
I mean, have you FELT denim from 20y ago? The sheer weight of it!
February 15, 2026 at 6:12 PM
This is it! Fabric quality has declined massively. I own a few 100 percent cotton long-sleeved tees from fast fashion chain Primark - going back to 2006(!) - and they are still good to wear as base layers.
As a maker, it's increasingly hard to find good fabric (denim should not contain lycra)
As a maker, it's increasingly hard to find good fabric (denim should not contain lycra)
TIL that wearing something for 18 months is considered "a long time" in fashion thinking, and that sustainability thinking revolves around 24 to 30 months.
I knitted a garment in 2008 in Icelandic lopi yarn, and I still wear it. It looks lovely.
A handmade wardrobe isn't for everyone but yeah.
I knitted a garment in 2008 in Icelandic lopi yarn, and I still wear it. It looks lovely.
A handmade wardrobe isn't for everyone but yeah.
February 15, 2026 at 6:05 PM
TIL that wearing something for 18 months is considered "a long time" in fashion thinking, and that sustainability thinking revolves around 24 to 30 months.
I knitted a garment in 2008 in Icelandic lopi yarn, and I still wear it. It looks lovely.
A handmade wardrobe isn't for everyone but yeah.
I knitted a garment in 2008 in Icelandic lopi yarn, and I still wear it. It looks lovely.
A handmade wardrobe isn't for everyone but yeah.
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The cool thing isn’t not to care about anything, it’s not to care about the bullshit that tries to interfere with the shit you ought to care about.
February 15, 2026 at 4:50 PM
The cool thing isn’t not to care about anything, it’s not to care about the bullshit that tries to interfere with the shit you ought to care about.
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book beek!!!
TIL that in Old English the goose/geese tooth/teeth foot/feet alternation for plural nouns also applied to "book", so singular boc became plural bec! I am charmed.
Bring back beek!
Bring back beek!
February 15, 2026 at 5:24 PM
book beek!!!