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Allie
@allie-oop-stitches.bsky.social
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Homeschooling parent in a neurodivergent family, cross stitcher, bibliophile
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unquixoticq.bsky.social
Pride may be over, but we're proud all year.
An embroidery hoop on a wooden background. The hoop has black fabric and the cross stitched cartoon character 'Gromit' from Wallace and Gromit. Gromit is holding knitting needles with knit fabric in the trans colors hanging from them.
July 2, 2025 at 5:22 PM
allie-oop-stitches.bsky.social
Finished one of my current cross stitch projects last week, and finally got a photo in good light!
Carolyn Manning's Valkyrie, Shooting Star Collection 🪡
13 5/8 inches square, 3 strands DMC on 14 count aida
Full coverage cross stitch on bright orange aida. The colors are primarily golds, greens, and browns, with purples for accent. The pattern uses diamonds and triangles to form a geometric quilt pattern or kaleidoscope pattern effect.
June 23, 2025 at 8:21 PM
allie-oop-stitches.bsky.social
Weekend book haul, and some photos from Ha Ha Tonka. It was a great weekend!
Stack of new books, featuring Parable of the Sower, Erasing History, Being Jewish After the Destruction of Gaza, Weyward, James, and I Cheerfully Refuse Interesting rock formation, looking like a big boulder atop a smaller boulder on the edge of a cliff. Rocks are surrounded by greenery from tree branches Columbine in a dappled clearing surrounded by greenery. Flowers are cone shaped and coral colored for most of the cone, ending in a yellow flare. A view from the cliff. We are looking down a bit and out, looking at the side of the cliff, which is full of greenery, and down on the lake, which is reflecting the blue sky and white clouds
May 13, 2025 at 12:46 PM
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thistleflat.bsky.social
Thursday thoughts...Seems difficult for some people to grasp

#craftivism #crossstitch
Completed cross stitch without frame with the words 'You are not being oppressed when another group gains rights you've always had'
May 8, 2025 at 10:10 AM
allie-oop-stitches.bsky.social
Finished cross stitching the pterosaur from @bobblingoblin.bsky.social ! 🪡
A cross stitched plushie pterosaur with bright green body and a purple belly and wing membrane. It is flying above mountains, evergreens, and a body of water with an orange sea serpent. The sky behind the pterosaur is sunset colors fading from yellow at the horizon to a deep purple at the top, with small pale pink clouds.
May 4, 2025 at 1:47 AM
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katymontgomerie.com
This statement about the transphobic Supreme Court ruling by the UK's Crab Museum (yes a museum about crabs) is better than 99% of the statements I've seen on the topic

www.crabmuseum.org/visit

🦀🦀🦀🦀🦀🦀🦀🦀
April 22, 2025 at 9:16 PM
allie-oop-stitches.bsky.social
Reached 20%! I've been needing an easy relaxing cross stitch lately
🪡 Valkyrie by Carolyn Manning
The first few completed rows of a full coverage cross stitch. The pattern is diamonds and triangles making a pattern reminiscent of a kaleidoscope or patchwork quilt. The stitched shapes are in shades of browns, gold, and greens with pops of pale lavender on aida that is traffic cone orange (it looks nicer than that makes it sound, I promise).
April 2, 2025 at 1:04 AM
allie-oop-stitches.bsky.social
Cross stitching cute little friends is saving my sanity right now
Design by @bobblingoblin.bsky.social 🪡
Cross stitched bee with soft blue honeycomb pattern wings and blue gem eyes on mottled mauve linen
March 17, 2025 at 8:38 PM
allie-oop-stitches.bsky.social
Hollow Knight cross stitch finish for the teen! 🪡
Pattern by @sirithre.bsky.social
Cross stitch on a mid-tone blue gray linen featuring the Hollow Knight sitting on a blue carved stone with green and teal foliage surrounding
March 13, 2025 at 2:08 PM
allie-oop-stitches.bsky.social
Another small cross stitch finish! 🪡
Pattern by @bobblingoblin.bsky.social
Cross stitch of cute baby Mothman holding a sucker and smiling, with a pink heart patterned background. Text reads Mothman My Beloved
March 9, 2025 at 6:18 AM
allie-oop-stitches.bsky.social
Another cross stitch finish! 🪡
It was very satisfying to stitch! Just need to find a good frame for it now.
Design by The Craft Room Maven
Cross stitch reading "Nolite te bastards carborundorum" in dark blue with a floral border in red-orange, green, and gold
March 5, 2025 at 1:04 AM
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johngreensbluesky.bsky.social
This is a gut-wrenching, beautifully written essay. A doctor must watch helplessly as children die because USAID's freeze on aid has limited access to nutritional supplements. time.com/7258248/us-f...
What Gutting USAID Means for My Young Patients in Burundi
“To my patients and their mothers, I offered apologies from the American people,” writes Dr. Jennifer Furin.
time.com
February 25, 2025 at 12:56 PM
allie-oop-stitches.bsky.social
One of the bits of winter that lifts my spirits! The water under the ice is beautiful. Sound on for gentle creek sounds! 🌿
February 18, 2025 at 3:52 PM
allie-oop-stitches.bsky.social
Another cross stitch finish! Pattern by @bobblingoblin.bsky.social -- y'all should check out his shop, he has a lot of cute patterns!
Cross stitch of a cute purple dragon sleeping on an open book, with a flying dragon silhouette and a tower in a night sky background
February 8, 2025 at 11:30 PM
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aliensunset.bsky.social
there's a Google doc going around - "Some Actions That Are Not Protesting or Voting"

& I saw some people complain about having to use Google to access it.
so I made a mirror* on my blog:
alien-sunset.neocities.org/blog/2025/01...

*(slightly edited to remove trackers & note google links)

enjoy!
Some Actions That Are Not Protesting or Voting
alien-sunset.neocities.org
January 23, 2025 at 2:15 AM
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ocasio-cortez.house.gov
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KNOW YOUR RIGHTS.

With mass deportations starting today across the country, it is vitally important - for both citizens and non-citizens - to know your rights.

You have the right to remain silent. Assert it. You have the right to a lawyer. Ask for one.

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January 22, 2025 at 2:19 AM
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loosethreadstitch.bsky.social
Completed in 2021, posting today for everyone who refuses to be frightened at the will of others. #crossstitch
January 21, 2025 at 12:06 AM
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heartsonoursleeves.bsky.social
Hugely enjoyed this essay about historical and current contexts of #craftivism 💚 💜 We're already planning to visit some of the works detailed 🧶🪡 #womensactivism aeon.co/essays/when-...
When women’s needlework becomes an act of subversive protest | Aeon Essays
Knitting and embroidery are laden with stereotypes of domestic femininity – and the subversive potential for protest
aeon.co
January 16, 2025 at 7:33 AM
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veronicabane.bsky.social
Did your child lose their book collection in the Los Angeles fires? Are you a teacher at a school that lost its library or your classroom library? Whether you need one book or a whole library, we can replace your books. 📚

Everyone else, please boost this post so we can connect with those in need. 🙏
January 16, 2025 at 3:35 PM
allie-oop-stitches.bsky.social
Cross stitch finish! Pattern by @bobblingoblin.bsky.social and fabric from @craftigurumi.bsky.social
Cross stitched version of a plushie teal T-Rex with red stripes and a purple belly, seated by a campfire with stars in the night sky
January 14, 2025 at 11:34 PM
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everylibrary.bsky.social
There seem to be a number of Americans who don’t know what to do if they find a book they don’t like at the library.

For them, we wrote this handy step-by-step guide.

action.everylibrary.org/what_do_i_do...
What do I do if I don't like a book at the library?
A handy step-by-step guide.
action.everylibrary.org
December 5, 2024 at 8:04 PM
allie-oop-stitches.bsky.social
First wipgo month completed for one board! These are the fall minis from @craftigurumi.bsky.social and part of the faerie Quaker ball from Sirithre (www.etsy.com/shop/sirithre)
Miniature fall themed cross stitch on white plastic canvas. Items include a sleeping fox, an acorn, a maple leaf, a scarecrow, a caramel apple, and a squirrel. Four small floral motifs, each in a square backstitched frame. Flowers are stitched over 2 threads on a pale pinkish tan evenweave fabric.
January 10, 2025 at 2:54 PM
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brianamillslmft.bsky.social
Just a reminder that most disabled people aren’t thought of in natural disaster situations. If you know of a disabled person who is in need of help during evacuations, please check in on them. Many of us are left to fend for ourselves and we’re often the most in need of support.
January 8, 2025 at 5:15 PM
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measuredandslow.bsky.social
Okay I don’t want to hijack anyone’s post so I’m gonna do a thread re: “trans healthcare is experimental” because I have experience with actual factual experimental medication that I went on when I was 15. 🧵
December 12, 2024 at 6:38 AM
allie-oop-stitches.bsky.social
Cross stitch finish! 🪡 Plants and Petrichor SAL from Fine Frog Stitching. I really enjoyed this one, it was relaxing
A cross stitched cozy room scene on a stormy blue fabric, featuring a window with raindrops in the center. On the left side are two shelves with candles, frames, a bust of a woman, and potted plants. The pothos is trailing across the window. To the right side are a still life painting and two shelves with an incense burner, books, a cactus, and some rooting jars. Under the window is a bench with blankets, a pillow, and a black cat. A steaming mug and a stack of books sit in the windowsill.
November 16, 2024 at 12:09 AM