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Cate
@cateknit.bsky.social
Birthright citizen as of October 1945. NonChristian Golden Rule practitioner. 🇺🇦Living in the 💙 bubble of Richmond VA. Knitter. If you only repost, I will not follow back.
I never reply to DMs 🧶 #blue #knitter #KnitSky 🏳️‍🌈🏳️‍⚧️ #BLM #Reparations
#WIP #KnitSky Poncho begun when I realized I hate knitting sleeves. Knit Picks Stroll Tweed fingering. Lavender Field Heather.
November 15, 2025 at 3:27 AM
My sister suffered throughout her life. Kind, funny, a reader, talented artist who truly saw animals. The past 4 years dialysis 3 times a week, in pain, at last spending all day snuggled in bed with her beloved Whippets. Last week she chose to enter hospice. Not much time left to say farewell.
November 12, 2025 at 1:50 AM
November 2016. Little did I know this was my last optimistic day contemplating the future of my country. #RVA #TK4VA #Vote
November 4, 2025 at 3:36 PM
Feeling sentimental and remembering Millie. My Japanese Chin rescued from hoarder/puppy mill at 13. She learned how to be a dog, barked after 2 years, lived to 17, so many health problems she was by far the most expensive dog I ever owned.
#Rescue #JapaneseChin #Love
November 4, 2025 at 1:08 AM
Frustrated bird watcher here. Despite my expensive new glasses, I do not see well enough to identify the many birds visiting the trees and sky outside my window. Are there binoculars for a nearsighted astigmatic? Please advise.
#Birds #Binoculars #RVA #BirdSky #Hawks #Woodpeckers #Wrens #BlueJays
October 25, 2025 at 3:35 PM
This is the finished sweater(car coat length) Original design. Natural Moorit color. Steeked.
October 23, 2025 at 2:25 AM
This is 100% merino yarn from a Virginia farm. Stitch definition also depends on how it is spun.
October 21, 2025 at 1:21 PM
A gathering of my tiny Fitt family for my 80th birthday. Celebratory lunch at #Amuse at #VMFA It has been many years since we were all together and the only gift I requested.
October 14, 2025 at 10:03 PM
Fell yesterday & broke my red frame glasses. My new blue glasses were ready today. A friend once advised me that interesting frames distract from wrinkles. My brothers kindly contributed to the expense.
#Kindness #Style #Carytown #RVA
September 30, 2025 at 9:01 PM
September 30, 2025 at 12:00 PM
Voted absentee first day. Straight D of course.
#RVA #Hashmi #BlueVA
September 20, 2025 at 12:13 PM
I was worried about my SNAP benefit but they have been raised by a whole dollar from $23 to $24 due to increasing expenses. Not sure how I will spend my new riches.
September 14, 2025 at 12:21 AM
Even in Virginia.
September 14, 2025 at 12:08 AM
Absolutely my energy.
September 4, 2025 at 9:33 PM
Got the flu and second shingles vaccine this week. They didn’t have the covid shot yet.
September 4, 2025 at 4:13 PM
I buy one or two balls at a time and use it for stripes.
August 29, 2025 at 11:46 AM
A friend made this drawing of her. It was triple her actual size. When I got her, she had been recovering for 2 months and was still a mess. Completely shut down. We expected her to live a few months. Died at 17 after becoming a happy dog.
August 17, 2025 at 12:00 PM
Adopted Millie at 13 after she was rescued. Took 2 years before she barked.
August 16, 2025 at 3:17 PM
Here you go.
August 9, 2025 at 12:51 AM
Fillmore East, August 3, 1968. Janis, Janis, Janis. I did not appreciate the Staple Singers at the time. My memories of that year are a blend of nostalgia, horror, and sorrow.
#Music #Boomer
August 2, 2025 at 1:59 PM
This evening’s summer storm. My mother taught me to love them. I have happy memories of putting on rubber boots, wading in gutters, clothes and hair soaking wet. #Weather #Summer #Rain #RVA #Memories
July 27, 2025 at 10:39 PM
Today’s visible mending. Fixing for donation to #FurbishThrift.
#RVA #Mending #Thrift
July 20, 2025 at 9:04 PM
#ShowMeYourKnits Blue Week. Considering how much blue is in my wardrobe, I don’t have many blue knits. This is my first successful lace ca. 2000. Pictures after washing and re-blocking.
#KnitSky #Lace #Shawl
July 20, 2025 at 10:34 AM
Today there is a flood of new people following me. What happened?
July 16, 2025 at 12:34 AM
It was finally cool enough yesterday to do a fast slash through my overflowing garden, cutting away encroachments over the sidewalk and hiding my front steps. #BloomSky #RVA #Flowers
June 28, 2025 at 6:49 PM