Jessica Spiegel 🍉
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Jessica Spiegel 🍉
@andiamo.bsky.social
Writer & Knitter & Family Care Partner

Feminist | Pro-abortion | BLM | Anti-fascist
❤ Italy, Sazeracs, pho, gin, road trips, cats, opossums, altruism

✨P.S. Everything is political.

IG: @insomniaknitting @jessicatravels

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@andymurdock.bsky.social relevant to your interests.
November 3, 2025 at 10:49 PM
🐸👀❌👑
October 18, 2025 at 7:49 PM
Stayed up way too late last night to finish 🐸👀 for the fam’s #nokings needs. Our event is later this eve, so maybe I’ll have time for a nap? 😆

Before that, tho, we attach ‘em to some headwear and add some sparkle. 🤩

pattern: FCK ICE FROG MOD by @leedoesstuff.bsky.social, free on Rav & Payhip
October 18, 2025 at 5:52 PM
I got through an eye and a half tonight; I’m hoping to make a few pairs by Saturday… 🐸👀

It’s a fun pattern, quick to make, and uses a tiny bit of yarn. 🥳

Pattern by: @leedoesstuff.bsky.social

#knitters #knitting #nokings
October 17, 2025 at 7:51 AM
Getting a COVID vaccine in Oregon doesn’t need to be this complicated, @tinakotek.bsky.social.

(a rant, a call to action, and some practical info)

1/x
September 15, 2025 at 9:49 PM
Somehow I missed this before. What the actual fuck, @tinakotek.bsky.social?

apps.oregon.gov/oregon-newsr...
September 13, 2025 at 5:15 PM
If I tell you a critter came to the Back Porch Bistro in the wee hours this morning to challenge a skunk, I’ll wager this is not what you’d expect to see.
August 29, 2025 at 3:26 PM
i had a magical sunday evening and i forgot to tell you.
August 26, 2025 at 11:40 PM
see also: getting a second hand cat.
August 20, 2025 at 5:29 PM
I don’t often get baked goods worthy of glamour shots, but this one’s lovely.

Plum rosemary buttermilk upside-down cake 🍰
August 4, 2025 at 7:00 AM
Just finished reading "The Second Coming of the KKK" by Linda Gordon and this quote really jumped out at me because reasons.
July 7, 2025 at 10:18 PM
I haven't done a test knit in ages, but I'm so glad I got to test the #StapleTank for @perfectlyknotted.bsky.social! It'll be out in June, I think, & it's easily the best-fitting top I've ever made. The design is detailed, thoughtful, & the result is a perfect fit.

👩‍🍳💋
April 29, 2025 at 8:42 PM
Protest-ready.
April 5, 2025 at 6:15 PM
Well, that was spectacular.

📍InterStellar BBQ, Austin
March 7, 2025 at 8:02 PM
WE’RE SO CLOSE.

📍InterStellar BBQ, Austin
March 7, 2025 at 6:35 PM
When you hear that the line is about 1-1.5 hours from the door, you’re very glad you’re a knitter.

📍InterStellar BBQ, Austin
March 7, 2025 at 6:00 PM
I take notes directly into my TripDoc app while watching shows like Somebody Feed Phil. This is why we started the day at LeRoy and Lewis in Austin.

Thank you, @feedphil.bsky.social. We got the burger, too.
March 6, 2025 at 6:30 PM
Welcome to Texas, where banana pudding is the vegetable. 😍

📍Cooper’s Old Time Pit BBQ, downtown Austin
March 5, 2025 at 2:42 AM
There’s an easy way to train yourself to add alt-text to all images: Make Bluesky force you to!

1. Tap hamburger menu thing in left corner of app.
2. Tap Settings.
3. Tap Accessibility.
4. Turn on the “require alt text before posting” toggle switch.

Ta da! 🥳

#accessibility #alttext
March 2, 2025 at 10:46 PM
I am barely into this brioche #knitting swatch and I am already extremely HUBBA HUBBA about these colors together. 😍 Oh my wow.
February 28, 2025 at 7:55 AM
Blocking this beast. I could stretch it more, but I’m out of room. 🤣

#knitting
February 16, 2025 at 11:04 PM
Facing an I-cord bind-off on an enormous shawl (I have no idea how many stitches, but it is A LOT) is less of a chore with a Cordsmith @byautumn.com

It’ll still take an age, mind you, but I might be able to get to bed before 4am this way. 😆
February 15, 2025 at 6:53 AM
I didn’t really get into the bread baking part of the apocalypse, but maybe I’ll really get into the hummus from dried garbanzos part of the apocalypse. (It’s so much better than my usual bastardized version. Plus, it’s still warm. 🥰)
February 14, 2025 at 11:29 PM
I do… not like snow. I’ve had my fill after many childhood years in New England, TYVM. That rain we usually get in a PNW winter? It thoughtfully shovels itself.

And I will also never tire of the way it never gets fully dark outside when it’s snowy. This is a 1:15am snapshot, no filters.
February 14, 2025 at 9:36 AM
This shawl has become a monster; I am NOT going to count stitches, I’d be here all night, but I DID time myself and one row takes 20 minutes at this point.

And I’m not done yet. 😂

#knitting
February 14, 2025 at 6:45 AM