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Twiss she/her
@balsamknits.bsky.social
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Gate Breaker, Embroidery Reader, Maker Persuader, Textile Admirer, Clothing Designer, R&B Appreciator, and Irateanatorarator.

I recognise that my family and I reside on the Unceded Territory of the Anishinaabeg on Turtle Island and I am grateful for it.
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I received Math For Knitters, by Kate Atherley, published by 9/10 Publications. It's a wonderful read and extremely helpful for knitters of all experiences! I love my collection of @kateatherley.bsky.social 's & @ninetenpub.bsky.social books & I encourage you to support this quality Canadian product
I'm taking the photo and you see my hand holding a small paperback book, MATH FOR KNITTERS, by Kate Atherley. To the right, is a black cat with white chest and paws sitting on the top of a blue velvet couch, and on the left, a teenager in a blue long sleeved thermal knit in the background.
November 2, 2025 at 12:49 AM
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Happy Hallowe'en from the 6...1...3...
October 31, 2025 at 10:22 PM
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I had to film this to see the sparkle. It's of one upper bust cup on a bridal gown that I hand-stitched, erm, adorned, with clear beads and sequins. From lace to WOW SPARKLE! I love customising special pieces for my clientele.
October 25, 2025 at 3:47 PM
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Courtesy of the Ronald Regan Presidential Library
October 25, 2025 at 3:23 PM
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I love it when I am gifted beautiful things. I am lucky.
Several 1960s styled commercial sewing patterns
September 26, 2025 at 4:09 PM
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September 2, 2025 at 9:38 PM
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This time last week, I took this photo of a portion of Chutes provincial park a calm part of the Aux Sables River, a few glacier made boulders cresting with green flora around them and sparse pine trees along the perimeter .

The place is a favourite of mine
A view of Chutes provincial park on a cloudy day, a calm part of the Aux Sables River, a few glacier made boulders cresting with green flora around them and sparse pine trees along the perimeter .
September 2, 2025 at 2:44 AM
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July 31, 2025 at 12:30 PM
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Taco Tariff 🤭
A silly illustration of me juggling/eating several tacos and limes.
May 30, 2025 at 6:51 PM
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I've 2cm to go on this "A Girl's Best Friend" by Isabell Kraemer! And, I'm looking forward to blocking it
May 20, 2025 at 9:06 PM
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Here's my payment
Frank, tuxedo cat, shows his love for lace and padding as he rests his weary head in my work space.
May 9, 2025 at 8:54 PM
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May 9, 2025 at 8:52 PM
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MONDAY MONDAY!

Eventually, the rodent ran into an empty clog. I stuffed a sock in it and then released the McGiver-y-humane trap outside.
The cats are still hunting.
A mouse poised vertically on a rolled up exercise mat, head down, waiting for the paw's next move. There is a cat's white paw tucked under the door which is slightly open.
April 14, 2025 at 1:03 PM
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I couldn't tell where Frank's head was, so I woke him...

Scroll to the next photo:
That makes sense.
Cat tucked in a grey basket on a cat tree, with whiskers sticking out on the left, tail trailing out on the right, and all you are is fur. Cat in a grey basket looking sleepily at me with his tail curling over the basket on the right
March 26, 2025 at 6:22 PM
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I love that position! My guy does the same!
March 21, 2025 at 1:18 AM
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Caught Frank, just hanging out while waiting for me to come to bed. Weirdo.
A Tuxedo cat, named Frank, with large golden eyes, lounges on the stairs, with his back legs splayed.
March 21, 2025 at 1:14 AM
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That perspective was confirmed when I read Loretta Napoleoni's, The Power of Knitting: Stitching Together Our Lives in Fractured World
Napoleoni's shocking pink book with the title scripted across the front with a circle of yarn, perhaps a blue planet, unravels from it twisted around a set of knitting needles held in a fist.
March 12, 2025 at 4:11 PM
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The morning sun reveals layers of all kinds of stitches. Lace work, fine crochet, tatting, embroidery, crewel work, and hand stitches.

From the outside, the lamp lights reveal a different pattern.

This curtain took Thousands Of Hours to make.

#WomensWork #UpCycle #Sewing #ReUse #Home
A neutral coloured curtain, Thousands of Hours, comprises tea trowels, napkins, doilies, and handkerchiefs. The sun shines through revealing shapes, lines, curves, embroideries, all made by women's stitches. Several plants are stuffed in front. There is a lamp and yarn winder to the left... It's a well used space
March 12, 2025 at 12:55 PM
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Ontario, what a disappointment that 54.6% chose NOT not to vote.
Data from Election Ontario states that 99.3% of polls reported. 11,065,813 electors were registered. There was a 45.4% voter turnout. Last updated on Feb 28, 2025 at 12:49 AM.
February 28, 2025 at 12:59 PM
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Receiving mail from a friend is a lovely gift. Receiving a postcard from France with notes of particular interest is super special. Thank you, @jlfraser.bsky.social

#Bordeaux #LaPoste
#RepubliqueFrançaise #FontaineDesTroisGrâces
In my lap, I'm holding a watercolour-print postcard of the Fountain of the Three Graces, in the city of Bordeaux, with a pair of cats blurred in the background.
February 19, 2025 at 1:26 PM
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It's black box garbage-eve and I'm going through a box of old letters, diaries and ticket stubs and found physical evidence that I was once cool.
Three torn concert ticket stubs: 1) David Bowie, with Duran Duran opening, $29.50 August 29, 1987 at SUPER EX GRANDSTAND '87 2) Spirit of the west, $12.00 at Carleton University Student Association, October 5, 1990 3) The Tragically Hip, $37.75, COREL CENTRE, November 29, 1996
February 14, 2025 at 12:13 AM
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No matter how I try to photograph these handknit St. Valentine's socks (adapted from the Socks Elemental pattern) and even in a natural light, I cannot capture the soft-brightness of the colours. Maybe tomorrow I'll get a photo of them on my Valentine.
A pair of bright pink, with contrast turquoise, socks are folded on a washed-out quilt of similar colours.
February 13, 2025 at 3:34 PM
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I crocheted these PvZ characters for my kid. They were a hit🌵🧟🥔
February 13, 2025 at 3:07 AM
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For knitters, benders, and yarn sniffers. Check it!
The model cuddles up in a gold damask upholstered chair with wood trim and studs. They wear tan cords which reveal lacey rust-coloured sock with contrast stripes and solid toe. A curious black and white cat sniffs at the toes. These socks are called Earth. Taupe-pink solid sock with contrasting stripes, toe, and heel in shocking pink. The model sits on a navy velvet stool, wears a knee-length denim skirt, the socks, and tan leather strappy shoes with wooden heels. This style is called Water. A photo of the model wearing short socks in pink and purple variegated yarn folds up the cuff of their jeans. They stand on a tan wood bench in front of a white stucko wall. The sock design is Air. The model wears tan cords and pulls up their lacy robins' egg blue socks against a white stucko'd wall. The design is called Fire.
February 12, 2025 at 10:58 PM
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Socks Elemental: Four Socks in One Pattern

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February 12, 2025 at 10:24 PM