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Windy McHindenburg
@oldtrout.bsky.social
Old. Gassy. Community Knitter. Pro-democracy.
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This, I say as a long-time student of history and economics who holds an MBA, is correct:
November 13, 2025 at 10:39 PM
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I'm sorry I didn't answer my phone when you called. I don't use it for that
October 29, 2025 at 3:14 PM
These baby sweaters and vests will be going to Jordan an Lebanon for Syrian refugees, through Salaam Cultural Museum:
#knitting
#communityknitting
#knitsky
October 29, 2025 at 2:53 PM
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"No Kings" illustrates the uncomfortable truth about US politics: That the > 50% of white US people that want to turn the US into a white ethnostate (their words) is a lot of people. But the > 40% of white US people that don't want this, plus > 50% of brown people and > 90% of Black people, is more.
October 19, 2025 at 8:21 AM
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YES!
October 13, 2025 at 1:37 PM
Spooky socks for this week's #showmeyourknits! I made this pair for my son 12 years ago, using motifs from the "Deathflake Mittens" pattern: www.ravelry.com/patterns/lib...
#knitting
#strandedcolorwork
October 12, 2025 at 3:34 AM
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"The price good men pay for indifference to public affairs is to be ruled by evil men."
- Plato
October 6, 2025 at 2:50 PM
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October 2, 2025 at 9:59 PM
I don't know what these are. The edges are more gold in real life than in the photos.
#fungi
#pnw
#HarstineIsland
October 1, 2025 at 1:11 AM
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Wishing everyone a great Fall.
September 22, 2025 at 1:16 PM
I just finished this brown, orange, and gold sweater for a little kid, and it's in Fall colors!
#ShowMeYourKnits
#knitting
#knitsky
#strandedcolorwork
September 20, 2025 at 3:00 PM
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My sister sent me this
September 5, 2025 at 12:35 AM
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The “problem” with vaccines? They so effective at preventing deaths that they create generations of people that question whether disease was a problem in the first place because they have never experienced the horrors of a world without vaccines.
September 4, 2025 at 7:44 PM
Something blue for this week's #showmeyourknits - Starnkeeker by @katedaviesdesigns.com, modified to fit a child:
#knitting
#knitsky
#strandedcolorwork
July 14, 2025 at 5:23 AM
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Happy Disability Pride Month! It costs 0$ to Repost a Black disabled queer small business! It could lead to my next sale.

I sell pins, knee braces, compression gloves, artist gloves, binders, wrist braces, compression socks, cute bags & more!

Store details below!
July 5, 2025 at 10:26 PM
A toddler vest using garter stitch intarsia:
#showmeyourknits
#knitting
#knitsky
#communityknitting
June 29, 2025 at 2:15 AM
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June 24, 2025 at 12:45 AM
I knitted up three teddy bears and dressed them in flag scarves; they will be donated to organizations that help refugees from Ukraine and Palestine:
#knitting
#knitsky
#HappyPrideMonth
#communityknitting
June 10, 2025 at 5:22 PM
A rainbow of proud little bears for charity:
#knitting
#HappyPrideMonth
#Pride
June 8, 2025 at 5:59 PM
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HAPPY PRIDE MONTH 🏳️‍🌈🏳️‍⚧️
June 1, 2025 at 11:44 PM
For a 3-year-old, this will be sent to Lifting Hands Int'l. The transition motif is from Winter's Morning Hat, www.ravelry.com/patterns/lib...
The sweater is a Nalgar, by Elizabeth Zimmermann, and the mittens are Panda Man's Paw Warmers,
www.ravelry.com/patterns/lib...
#knitting #knitsky
May 30, 2025 at 5:54 PM
An elephant in purple boxer shorts that I made a few years ago:
#showmeyourknits
#knitting
May 18, 2025 at 3:06 PM
Here's a hat and mitt set that's headed for Lifting Hands International, made in DROPS Alaska and DROPS Nepal yarns:
#knitting
#strandedcolorwork
#FairIsle
#communityknitting
May 11, 2025 at 4:12 PM
My third version of this pattern, the 2025 Shetland Wool Week hat, www.ravelry.com/patterns/lib.... This one is done in Faux Isle, using Knit Picks Chroma fingering in a solid (black) and a self-striping colorway.
#knitting
#ShetlandWoolWeekHat2025
#ShetlandWoolWeek
#strandedcolorwork
April 24, 2025 at 5:05 PM