Alisa K Beer | KnitSpinQuilt
@alisakbeer.bsky.social
https://knitspinquilt.etsy.com for my project bags & notions for crafters. #KSQshop for shop posts.
Long COVID migraineuse & fiber arts multi-crafter. Medieval historian, former rare books cataloger, collector of c21 SFF(H).
Long COVID migraineuse & fiber arts multi-crafter. Medieval historian, former rare books cataloger, collector of c21 SFF(H).
Pinned
knitspinquilt.etsy.com
I’m a rare books librarian (IUB), former rare books cataloger (libraries & booksellers) with an MA and MPhil in medieval history from Fordham.
At the moment that’s on hold while I adjust to long COVID.
I knit, spin, quilt, sew, & bake a lot.
Find my handmade project bags & stitch markers on Etsy:
At the moment that’s on hold while I adjust to long COVID.
I knit, spin, quilt, sew, & bake a lot.
Find my handmade project bags & stitch markers on Etsy:
Good: appointment for a neuro consult has finally been made!
Bad: several meds refills are delayed (possibly until after Thanksgiving).
Ugly: insurance company still can’t decide if I’m allowed to have one of my maintenance meds or not, so I’m limping along without.
Bad: several meds refills are delayed (possibly until after Thanksgiving).
Ugly: insurance company still can’t decide if I’m allowed to have one of my maintenance meds or not, so I’m limping along without.
November 25, 2025 at 4:24 PM
Good: appointment for a neuro consult has finally been made!
Bad: several meds refills are delayed (possibly until after Thanksgiving).
Ugly: insurance company still can’t decide if I’m allowed to have one of my maintenance meds or not, so I’m limping along without.
Bad: several meds refills are delayed (possibly until after Thanksgiving).
Ugly: insurance company still can’t decide if I’m allowed to have one of my maintenance meds or not, so I’m limping along without.
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An excellent April Fools that has aged well!
Rummaging around for something (as one does), and stumbled on this 2012 story about a 1977 April Fools joke still infamous among the typesetting crowd. Interesting to think how long the half-lives of jokes are. I'll bet more people know font names now than in '77. www.theguardian.com/gnmeducation...
April fool - San Serriffe: teaching resource of the month from the GNM Archive, April 2012
Each month we provide resource material that can be used in the classroom. This month we are looking at the Guardian’s most successful April Fool’s joke, San Serriffe
www.theguardian.com
November 23, 2025 at 8:38 PM
An excellent April Fools that has aged well!
Vending today at Eastworks for the Hyphae Community fundraiser market!
Here until 2pm.
Next market: December 13, also at Eastworks!
#KSQShop
Here until 2pm.
Next market: December 13, also at Eastworks!
#KSQShop
November 23, 2025 at 5:15 PM
Vending today at Eastworks for the Hyphae Community fundraiser market!
Here until 2pm.
Next market: December 13, also at Eastworks!
#KSQShop
Here until 2pm.
Next market: December 13, also at Eastworks!
#KSQShop
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When I'm wounded by publishing/the internet/news, I seek solace in the work. Writing has always been my oasis-- my sanctuary-- and when it's just me and the page, everything else falls away. And if you can't write just now, the art is always there. Crochet, painting, baking. Creation is rebellion.
November 20, 2025 at 3:31 PM
When I'm wounded by publishing/the internet/news, I seek solace in the work. Writing has always been my oasis-- my sanctuary-- and when it's just me and the page, everything else falls away. And if you can't write just now, the art is always there. Crochet, painting, baking. Creation is rebellion.
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Art is an act of hope. Writing is an act of rebellion. The world will always need more stories--from real human beings, not bullshit plagiarism machines. Every book is a love story from the author, and every reader is fighting the war against cruelty, ignorance, and hopelessness. We are fighting.
November 20, 2025 at 3:26 PM
Art is an act of hope. Writing is an act of rebellion. The world will always need more stories--from real human beings, not bullshit plagiarism machines. Every book is a love story from the author, and every reader is fighting the war against cruelty, ignorance, and hopelessness. We are fighting.
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A thread to read on a Friday, whether your art is writing or any other kind of creating. #DHmakes
This is why you have to love the work. When publishing and fortune kick you in the face, the page will still be there for you. When all you get are nos, the story will be your yes. You can't count on sales or marketing money, but you can count on the feeling of flow, of creation, the joy of art.
November 21, 2025 at 6:08 PM
A thread to read on a Friday, whether your art is writing or any other kind of creating. #DHmakes
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It's not often I have the haunted woods stones in larger sizes, but look at those vertical bands - like trees in a midnight forest.
oishiny.etsy.com/listing/4404...
#HandmadeGifts #ShopIndie
oishiny.etsy.com/listing/4404...
#HandmadeGifts #ShopIndie
November 21, 2025 at 1:37 AM
It's not often I have the haunted woods stones in larger sizes, but look at those vertical bands - like trees in a midnight forest.
oishiny.etsy.com/listing/4404...
#HandmadeGifts #ShopIndie
oishiny.etsy.com/listing/4404...
#HandmadeGifts #ShopIndie
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For the Disability community, losing Alice Wong is like losing Ursula Le Guin or Octavia Butler. She was a powerhouse, a pioneer, and a mentor to many. She taught me so much. And always reminded me what we were fighting towards, as well as against. I miss her clarity, bravery, and joy.
Alice Wong
Alice Wong had an outsized impact on Disability justice. As a community organiser, activist, mentor, and co-conspirator, as writer, editor, and friend, she is irreplaceable.
nicolagriffith.com
November 16, 2025 at 7:59 PM
For the Disability community, losing Alice Wong is like losing Ursula Le Guin or Octavia Butler. She was a powerhouse, a pioneer, and a mentor to many. She taught me so much. And always reminded me what we were fighting towards, as well as against. I miss her clarity, bravery, and joy.
I’m Alisa, disabled former librarian and academic. Now I make stitch markers and project bags for knitters, and sell at craft fairs in New England.
You can peruse things at knitspinquilt.etsy.com
You can peruse things at knitspinquilt.etsy.com
November 21, 2025 at 12:31 AM
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There is no such thing as unskilled labor, only devalued labor.
“Ale" works in the carrot harvest in CA. She earns $3.05 for every box of carrots she packs. One box has 24 bunches of 7 carrots each. To earn $100 she has to pack 34 boxes or 816 bunches which represents over 5000 carrots picked in a day. #WeFeedYou
November 16, 2025 at 7:40 PM
There is no such thing as unskilled labor, only devalued labor.
Today’s pop up market, at Eastworks, is organized by the Yet Another Queer Pop Up Market organizers as a fundraiser for Hyphae, a makers market and skills studio that’s being started here at Eastworks!
We’re here 10-2 today and I’ll be here 10-2 on the 23rd as well!
#KSQShop
We’re here 10-2 today and I’ll be here 10-2 on the 23rd as well!
#KSQShop
November 16, 2025 at 4:43 PM
Today’s pop up market, at Eastworks, is organized by the Yet Another Queer Pop Up Market organizers as a fundraiser for Hyphae, a makers market and skills studio that’s being started here at Eastworks!
We’re here 10-2 today and I’ll be here 10-2 on the 23rd as well!
#KSQShop
We’re here 10-2 today and I’ll be here 10-2 on the 23rd as well!
#KSQShop
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When people say that Wuthering Heights doesn't have anything to do with race or that no film has engaged with race, what they mean is that for them Romani people do not count and they also haven't been paying attention. I'm going to share a little material from a recent talk. Content note: racism 1/
November 14, 2025 at 1:31 AM
When people say that Wuthering Heights doesn't have anything to do with race or that no film has engaged with race, what they mean is that for them Romani people do not count and they also haven't been paying attention. I'm going to share a little material from a recent talk. Content note: racism 1/
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hey did you all know that estrogen levels affect serotonin and dopamine uptake and that’s why adhd goes fucking buck wild at the end of your cycle
thank you it’s day 2 the adhd is insane
November 11, 2025 at 9:49 PM
hey did you all know that estrogen levels affect serotonin and dopamine uptake and that’s why adhd goes fucking buck wild at the end of your cycle
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okay I feel like I should add one important bit of context here for people unfamiliar with London: it’s bigger than you think. like that’s about a 30 mile stretch as the crow flies. The explosion will fuck over the area in blue but not like, London London
November 11, 2025 at 9:23 PM
okay I feel like I should add one important bit of context here for people unfamiliar with London: it’s bigger than you think. like that’s about a 30 mile stretch as the crow flies. The explosion will fuck over the area in blue but not like, London London
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so many reasons to love indie book stores.
To Help SNAP Recipients, Bookstores Set Up as Food Banks
www.nytimes.com
November 11, 2025 at 10:13 PM
so many reasons to love indie book stores.
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how did i go so long not knowing we were literally teaching people to read wrong. i knew something wasn't right but jesus christ www.apmreports.org/episode/2019...
How a flawed idea is teaching millions of kids to be poor readers
For decades, schools have taught children the strategies of struggling readers, using a theory about reading that cognitive scientists have repeatedly debunked. And many teachers and parents don't kno...
www.apmreports.org
November 11, 2025 at 6:18 PM
how did i go so long not knowing we were literally teaching people to read wrong. i knew something wasn't right but jesus christ www.apmreports.org/episode/2019...
After a wonderful long weekend in NYC I am currently halfway home — in Union Station (New Haven) waiting for the Valley Flyer Amtrak to tell me which track it’s going to be on.
And ofc the tannoy is playing the Carol of the Bells at far too high a volume. It’s not even Thanksgiving yet!!!!
And ofc the tannoy is playing the Carol of the Bells at far too high a volume. It’s not even Thanksgiving yet!!!!
November 10, 2025 at 7:30 PM
After a wonderful long weekend in NYC I am currently halfway home — in Union Station (New Haven) waiting for the Valley Flyer Amtrak to tell me which track it’s going to be on.
And ofc the tannoy is playing the Carol of the Bells at far too high a volume. It’s not even Thanksgiving yet!!!!
And ofc the tannoy is playing the Carol of the Bells at far too high a volume. It’s not even Thanksgiving yet!!!!
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Do this! I just spent my morning filing away almost 300 pages of excellent materials on undergrad and postgrad teaching and skills, curriculum development & assessment design for reference... Horrifying to think all that expertise and effort will all just end up in a digital graveyard.
Edinburgh University is closing the Institute for Academic Development. Download these student resources while you can. Making notes, reading strategies, time management, dissertations and so on.
CC licenses. Pdf and text only versions. #HE 🗃️
institute-academic-development.ed.ac.uk/study-hub/le...
CC licenses. Pdf and text only versions. #HE 🗃️
institute-academic-development.ed.ac.uk/study-hub/le...
November 9, 2025 at 12:49 AM
Do this! I just spent my morning filing away almost 300 pages of excellent materials on undergrad and postgrad teaching and skills, curriculum development & assessment design for reference... Horrifying to think all that expertise and effort will all just end up in a digital graveyard.
Trunk show setup at Knitty City in NYC, 12-6pm today!
#KSQShop
I’m having such a good (and busy) time here that I’ve only managed to post now!
Knitty City has built such a wonderful community of yarn crafters, and just re-yarnbombed the tree out front!
#KSQShop
I’m having such a good (and busy) time here that I’ve only managed to post now!
Knitty City has built such a wonderful community of yarn crafters, and just re-yarnbombed the tree out front!
November 8, 2025 at 8:29 PM
Trunk show setup at Knitty City in NYC, 12-6pm today!
#KSQShop
I’m having such a good (and busy) time here that I’ve only managed to post now!
Knitty City has built such a wonderful community of yarn crafters, and just re-yarnbombed the tree out front!
#KSQShop
I’m having such a good (and busy) time here that I’ve only managed to post now!
Knitty City has built such a wonderful community of yarn crafters, and just re-yarnbombed the tree out front!
Hello, NYC, I am in you!
I will be at Knitty City tomorrow, Saturday the 8th, from 12-6pm. I’m so delighted to be doing a trunk show!!
#KSQShop
Knitty City is one of my favorite yarn stores anywhere—an amazing variety of yarns 🧶, and a helpful and knowledgeable staff!
I will be at Knitty City tomorrow, Saturday the 8th, from 12-6pm. I’m so delighted to be doing a trunk show!!
#KSQShop
Knitty City is one of my favorite yarn stores anywhere—an amazing variety of yarns 🧶, and a helpful and knowledgeable staff!
November 8, 2025 at 1:25 PM
Hello, NYC, I am in you!
I will be at Knitty City tomorrow, Saturday the 8th, from 12-6pm. I’m so delighted to be doing a trunk show!!
#KSQShop
Knitty City is one of my favorite yarn stores anywhere—an amazing variety of yarns 🧶, and a helpful and knowledgeable staff!
I will be at Knitty City tomorrow, Saturday the 8th, from 12-6pm. I’m so delighted to be doing a trunk show!!
#KSQShop
Knitty City is one of my favorite yarn stores anywhere—an amazing variety of yarns 🧶, and a helpful and knowledgeable staff!
November 7, 2025 at 8:18 PM
Hello, NYC, I am in you!
I will be at Knitty City tomorrow, Saturday the 8th, from 12-6pm. I’m so delighted to be doing a trunk show!!
#KSQShop
Knitty City is one of my favorite yarn stores anywhere—an amazing variety of yarns 🧶, and a helpful and knowledgeable staff!
I will be at Knitty City tomorrow, Saturday the 8th, from 12-6pm. I’m so delighted to be doing a trunk show!!
#KSQShop
Knitty City is one of my favorite yarn stores anywhere—an amazing variety of yarns 🧶, and a helpful and knowledgeable staff!
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This may be one of the funniest moments shaping intellectual history, OMG.
(Please feel welcome to share other great ones below)
(Please feel welcome to share other great ones below)
good morning specifically to the FBI agent who introduced Mamdani’s dad to Marx
November 5, 2025 at 2:39 PM
This may be one of the funniest moments shaping intellectual history, OMG.
(Please feel welcome to share other great ones below)
(Please feel welcome to share other great ones below)
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It was one of the lesser-talked about proposals on the NYC ballot this year, but no less important!
Congrats to NYC on starting down the road to a unified streets map. Took only 125+ yrs after consolidation 😉
Scanning each borough’s paper maps will be (mostly) easy, actually digitizing all the metadata would be really really hard. Here’s a close-up of what one of these paper maps looks like.
Scanning each borough’s paper maps will be (mostly) easy, actually digitizing all the metadata would be really really hard. Here’s a close-up of what one of these paper maps looks like.
November 5, 2025 at 3:06 PM
It was one of the lesser-talked about proposals on the NYC ballot this year, but no less important!
Love it
Hoping this helps our colleagues across the industry
November 5, 2025 at 4:01 PM
Love it
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Republicans running anti-trans hatefests lost and Zohran Mamdani is a hugely vocal supporter of trans and other LGBTQ rights.
That is MASSIVELY important to look at and run on.
Roll around in all this & soak it in. This is the good shit, & it should be celebrated.
And then it should be Built on.
That is MASSIVELY important to look at and run on.
Roll around in all this & soak it in. This is the good shit, & it should be celebrated.
And then it should be Built on.
November 5, 2025 at 3:32 PM
Republicans running anti-trans hatefests lost and Zohran Mamdani is a hugely vocal supporter of trans and other LGBTQ rights.
That is MASSIVELY important to look at and run on.
Roll around in all this & soak it in. This is the good shit, & it should be celebrated.
And then it should be Built on.
That is MASSIVELY important to look at and run on.
Roll around in all this & soak it in. This is the good shit, & it should be celebrated.
And then it should be Built on.