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Nele N
@nelefinn.bsky.social
(She/her) Crafter, looped textiles researcher, textile nerd, Pokemon go trainer, feminist, herstory enthusiast.
https://nelesthoughtlets.blogspot.com/
All is well in the world when the President is reading children's books in national TV live stream.
January 30, 2026 at 5:18 PM
We have exchanged hostages with the Monster under the Couch. I was returned a ball of yarn I need to finish a project from '21 and the hook end of loop & hook closure has been remeened a worthy trade. I was also able to retrieve one of the needle tightening tools, so it wasn't a bad trade...
January 28, 2026 at 2:27 PM
Now, did I learn from the first time?

As you are reading this, safe to say no... 🤦‍♀️🤦‍♀️🤦‍♀️🤦‍♀️
When you make up a stitch and then leave the piece to hibrenate for about 6 weeks for some X-mas knitting and such, maybe make some notes or take a photo with needle in the stitch before you let go of it? Please?
#Nalbinding #YarnCrafts #CraftSky 🧶
January 26, 2026 at 7:44 PM
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It's really not that hard to draw a line from brushing off memeified social media Nazi content as "hahaha it's just a joke, lighten up, nobody takes this seriously," to murdering people in the street.
This is a good article about how pseudoarchaeological & pseudohistorical content can soften & spread extremist viewpoints. Extremists know how to weaponize & exploit this point:
"Even if a viewer doesn’t understand the underlying ideology, the memes can lead to more, and more overt, neo-Nazi dreck."
Wrote about how the teens are sharing Nazi occult memes w/ @willgottsegen.com This isn’t an exaggeration. Lots of them are doing this www.theatlantic.com/politics/202...
January 24, 2026 at 5:18 PM
Apparently I'm in need of a website and a domain name. I have zero thoughts on simple domain name, which would work with relative ease in English and Finnish (it will be .fi-domain). Any thoughts around looped textiles?
January 22, 2026 at 4:44 PM
My Christmas Cactus (Schlumbergera × buckleyi, I assume) has buds! All 3 of them.
January 18, 2026 at 6:37 PM
The year long thread for finished objects.
January 17, 2026 at 12:26 AM
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Long before the term existed, Star Trek's heart was "woke" & even though that word has been hijacked & made a cudgel to insult, to ridicule & - at the toxic extremes of social media - to justify prejudice & racism, Star Trek's heart is strong & still beating for those listening
January 11, 2026 at 5:20 PM
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You know what doesn’t cause wars? Women and renewable energy.
January 3, 2026 at 8:23 PM
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i don't want to wake up to any news bigger than "raccoon breaks into a liquor store, gets drunk" anymore
January 3, 2026 at 3:31 PM
In 2025 I finished 42 projects using 14 different techniques to 17 different people. I used 4445g of yarn, spun 1340g new yarn and bought 700g new yarn.
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December 30, 2025 at 3:35 PM
youtu.be/vjlUE23ofsM?...

I mean, I have (male) millenial friends who are shocked that I own power tools and know how to use them... I don't do tiktok though...
Gen-Z try DIY
YouTube video by Foil Arms and Hog
youtu.be
December 13, 2025 at 9:59 PM
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"Kenen maa, kenen ääni? on ensimmäinen kokonaisesitys Suomen saamelaisten historiasta.

Hajallaan olevaa tietoa on saatettu yhteen, ja tuloksena on vähemmän tunnettu luku Suomen historiaa."
Arvio: Suomen saamelaisten historiasta syntyi hieno teos – joka on äärimmäisen ajankohtainen
Arvio: Suomen saamelaisten historiasta syntyi hieno teos – joka on äärimmäisen ajankohtainen
suomenkuvalehti.fi
December 6, 2025 at 9:40 AM
I don't know if this is the stuff of nightmares or a miracle of evolutionally design, or possibly both, but looking at the structure of spider silk makes the collection machines of spider silk to make more sense.
We're excited to announce the finalists of the #RSPPhotoComp 2025! 🎉 Starting with #microimaging and overall winner, 'Mesmerizing spider threads' by Dr Martin Ramirez, capturing two exceptional silk threads of the Australian net-caster spider (sample obtained by Dr Jonas Wolff @evoimec.bsky.social).
December 4, 2025 at 11:58 PM
Sometimes research requires buying tools to use as example why theory doesn't work as many assume it to work (the size of the i-cord is based on the distance of the nubbins, NOT on the size of the hole).

Locally 3D printed Roman dodecahedrons.

#TextileResearch 🧶🏺⚱️
November 28, 2025 at 12:04 PM
The III 7400 at the @museumderkulturen.bsky.social is very interesting knitted item, onced owned by young child.
Did the toddler do toddlery things and kicked and squarmed out of their sock, or is there a Medieval toddler spending their Eternity with cold foot?
#Medieval #Knitting #Socks #Cotton
November 23, 2025 at 1:30 AM
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If you are interested in the early blue & white knitted socks found in Egypt, the Museum der Kulturen Basel has put their collection online.
As the search engine is a bit tricky as yet, I put together a blog post that includes them and a few from other institutions: nalbound.com/2025/11/04/b...
Blue and white knit stockings
Nalbinding isn’t the only corpus that is spread out across many institutions. Recently a number of museums have added to their online collection databases and we are now able to see quite a f…
nalbound.com
November 7, 2025 at 2:23 AM
I'm looking for book recomendations:
- Strong female characters
- Not gory, not crime, not just spice
- Writen in Finnish, Swedish or English
- No black leather for every Viking
Books I have enjoyed: 7 Sisters, Outlander, Anne of Green Gables
Books I haven't enjoyed: LotR, SoIaF
#Books #ReadingTips
November 3, 2025 at 11:51 PM
Two weeks ago I got to meet her!

I was very envious when so many of you were posting about the #Neanderthalerin exhibition earlier in the year, but two weeks ago I happened to be close enough to drop in for a quick look! And it was deffinetly worth the walk!

neanderthal.de/en/our-museu...
October 5, 2025 at 7:27 PM
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Tämä ei ole hyvän mielen postaus, mutta ehkä syksyn tärkein postaukseni. Suosittelen kaikille tutkijoille ja tutkimusryhmille: käsitelkää törkyriskejä ja suunnitelkaa toimenpiteitä etukäteen yhdessä.

Lähiaikoina on tiettävästi odotettavissa törkyä tiedeyhteisöä kohtaan. Ketjusta muutama pikavinkki.
September 30, 2025 at 6:59 AM
I frogged a dormant project today. It was casted on on a whim to be knitted with my knitting machine. After 10 years of owning a knitting machine, I have come to the conclusion, that I don't like knitting with the machine and I don't think the sock blank-hype came to stay. It's time to say farewell.
September 7, 2025 at 6:14 PM
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Löytyyköhän täältä ketään, joka osaisi avata disability studies -alan käypää suomenkielistä termistöä? Kamppailen käännöskysymysten kanssa.
September 4, 2025 at 11:41 AM
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August 27, 2025 at 8:10 PM
Ask and you shall be given.
📸 Dad
#YarnCrafts #AncientCrafts #SprangLoom 🧶
August 25, 2025 at 4:28 PM
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The Gaza Famine is the world’s famine. A preventable, predictable famine.

Enough. Ceasefire. Open all crossings, north and south. Let us get food in, unimpeded and at massive scale.
August 22, 2025 at 12:52 PM