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archane.bsky.social
Archane
@archane.bsky.social
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Queer, Autistic, multiply disabled, crafter, activist, advocate, SF/F lover, feline owned, all around nerd.
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archane.bsky.social
Happy Caturday! Today, the Void Child is learning how to enjoy knitting without attacking on the yarn!
A black cat sits on a yellow comforter. A skein of yarn is partially under her shoulder. The hand holds the working yarn coming from the skin preventing the cat from chewing on it. The cat is partially looking away. In the foreground is a work in progress with knitting needles sticking out the top. A black cat lives on a yellow comforter, her head resting on a skein of yarn as she naps. In the foreground hands hold a knitting work in progress. The working yarn comes from the skein on interrupted by the cat.
November 22, 2025 at 10:57 PM
archane.bsky.social
Day 1 proof of knit:
rows 96-98
At urgent care because I have developed bad hives down the line of my sciatica after starting steroids to bring down inflammation.

I'm knitting every day in November to raise money for the American Cancer Society. You can pledge at the qr code
A hand holding a knit black shawl over the carpet of an urgent care waiting room A hand holding a knit black shawl over the floor of an urgent care exam room Qr code
November 1, 2025 at 8:21 PM
archane.bsky.social
Y'all, I'm knitting every day in November to raise money for American Cancer Society. You can pledge to support me via Facebook, directly via ACS' website, or by snail mail!
#KnitNovember #FuckCancer

www.facebook.com/share/p/1Aix...
November Knit to fight cancer starting point - black shawl, row 94 of 200
November 1, 2025 at 4:56 AM
archane.bsky.social
Twins?
An orange tabby cat looking sleepy and content
October 7, 2025 at 6:28 AM
archane.bsky.social
Turns out I'm done knitting for now
A black cat lays on a skein of blue yarn. Her claws are set into a skirted thigh such that both the working yarn and the circular needles run between her toes. On top of the thigh sits about 6 inches of cabled blue scarf.
October 6, 2025 at 10:31 PM
archane.bsky.social
Orange bois gonna orange 🤣
An orange tabby cat sleeping with his head and front paws in a small bag.
September 24, 2025 at 10:44 PM
archane.bsky.social
To brighten your embodiment just a bit, I give you two cats laying next to each other calmly for perhaps the 2nd time in their lives.
A black cat and an orange cat lounge side by side. They are actually touching and not fighting.
September 22, 2025 at 6:16 AM
archane.bsky.social
What a perfect way to say goodbye to Summer
Maiden fire in a fire pit, bright and burning merrily. Mother fire in a fire pit, with a strong and sustaining heart Crone fire in a fire pit, with a soft and warm embrace.
September 22, 2025 at 4:27 AM
archane.bsky.social
Y'all watching this storm south of us was wild! All of this lightning, and the video doesn't even show the most dense part of it, but we couldn't hear any thunder!
September 22, 2025 at 3:19 AM
archane.bsky.social
Until today I had never heard a raccoon growl. I have given them a board in the hopes that they will be able to rescue themselves.
Two raccoons, one standing on top of the other, trying to get out of a nearly empty dumpster
September 19, 2025 at 7:56 PM
archane.bsky.social
A large brown and white spider with a dotted cross shape down its back.
September 13, 2025 at 8:40 PM
archane.bsky.social
No new pics, where are you at mentally
Statue of a woman's naked body, from feet to neck. She has neither head nor arms, and she is displayed on a short pedestal. I call her "Woman Without Agency."
September 11, 2025 at 5:22 AM
archane.bsky.social
Did y'all know that there's an even more painful mammogram foot available?

Today is just a treat from end to end, y'all.
A mammogram machine, tilted to 45 degrees. Above the plate is a 3 inch clear plastic foot.
September 8, 2025 at 6:19 PM
archane.bsky.social
Y'all, I hate to ask. Our cat stopped eating over the weekend. So far we're into vet bills today for $700 just for diagnostics & we still don't know what's wrong. Spouse & I both have our own medical bills. If canhelp, it would be much appreciated.
PayPal is kdmenninga@gmail.com
Venmo is @ archane
An expensive orange tabby cat lays on a yellow comforter, looking over an open book
September 8, 2025 at 3:15 PM
archane.bsky.social
Today at the vet, we had to ask, "what happens when the void stares into the void?"
A black cat in a soft-sided cat carrier. Her head is resting on part of the zipper.
September 2, 2025 at 8:14 PM
archane.bsky.social
There's a preying mantis in my house! I don't know where it came from or how to keep it alive, but there's a mantis in my house! ❤️
A black preying mantis on a white wall A black preying mantis on a white wall
July 8, 2025 at 3:36 AM
archane.bsky.social
Mostly same, except I'm just less interested in eating, generally.
A circular diagram indicating how much I want to eat foods, divided by class. They are mostly the same, except lower class is notably less, and lower middle class is slightly more.
July 1, 2025 at 6:27 AM
archane.bsky.social
It's #WIPWednesday! 🧶 If it looks like I haven't made much progress on the blanket, it's been in the 80s and 90s - a little too hot to work on a thick project. I have been making good progress on the shawl, but it's hard to tell since the outside edge I'm working has over 600 stitches.
A square overlay crochet blanket with a round center in fall colors A knit lace circular shawl that moves from a charcoal gray center, to white, to pink and back to charcoal gray again on the outside edge.
June 25, 2025 at 10:58 PM
archane.bsky.social
It's Finished Object Friday!

I'm a couple of weeks late on this, but here is the finished triangular shawl. It can be worn as a large, lightweight shawl, or a shorter, heavier shawl when folded in half.

#FOFriday 🧶
a crochet triangular shawl in rainbow colors. it's draped over a dress form and nearly touches the ground. a crochet triangular shawl in rainbow colors. it's folded on half & draped over a dress form.
June 21, 2025 at 1:05 AM
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I missed last week's #WIPWednesday 🧶. I was so busy with the local #NoKings protest & so tired from our local Pride 🏳️‍🌈, that I forgot. But I'm back this week & with a different project.

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a circular shawl in progress is arranged on a dress form. the center of the shawl is dark grey, fading to white, then pink, then back to grey as it goes outward. An overlay crochet blanket in fall colors. In the upper right corner is a cat.
June 18, 2025 at 6:42 PM
archane.bsky.social
TFW you get a box addressed to the former homeowner

... but you can't send it back because it's a box of fresh vegetables.
An unopened box from Hello Fresh
June 17, 2025 at 7:02 PM
archane.bsky.social
Folks in the Southern lower peninsula Michigan area!
A poster reading: NO GEO NO FOR-PROFIT DETENTION CENTER IN BALDWIN, MI The GEO Group, a for-profit prison corporation, is opening the largest immigrant detention facility in the Midwest near Baldwin, MI. We will be there to raise public awareness of GEO's record of violating human rights, denounce ICE, and support our immigrant neighbors and the Baldwin community. Please bring signs and banners and stand with other caring humans against the cruelty of the Trump administration. 21st JUNE 10 am - noon WEBBER TOWNSHIP COMMUNITY PARK Park on M-37 north of Baldwin. Scan [the QR code] for more details
June 15, 2025 at 9:12 PM
archane.bsky.social
Holy crap did folks show up! Thank you #Muskegon!
#NoKings
A panoramic photo of 1500+ people at a No Kings political rally
June 14, 2025 at 10:32 PM
archane.bsky.social
Fun fact: my new shawl is big enough that I had to pin it back up on itself so it doesn't drag on the ground. 💜🏳️‍🌈
A triangle rainbow shawl pinned to a clothesline. The bottom point is folded back up and pinned.
June 7, 2025 at 1:56 AM
archane.bsky.social
I will!

I will even scritch my friend's chonk Castiel!
A very large black cat sleeping on a black chair.
June 3, 2025 at 11:44 PM