Cathy Byland Weeks
@cathybylandweeks.bsky.social
Writer and knitter. I love coffee, books (scifi, historical fiction, romance), movies, ice cream, and homemade tortillas. Oh, and that's my grandpa's French resistance armband in my profile (2nd Battalion, 4th Company of Drôme FFI, June-September 1944).
🍏 Green apple newborn hat. 🍏
April 6, 2025 at 5:26 PM
🍏 Green apple newborn hat. 🍏
This one is my design, inspired by the Yukidama pattern.  I named it Khione, after the Greek goddess of snow. Khione’s father was Boreas, the North Wind.
March 28, 2025 at 3:30 PM
This one is my design, inspired by the Yukidama pattern.  I named it Khione, after the Greek goddess of snow. Khione’s father was Boreas, the North Wind.
A neighbor texted me a heads-up about wolves in the area, so Chris set up a game camera, and after a week of waiting, one obligingly posed for a picture near our barn.
March 13, 2025 at 6:52 PM
A neighbor texted me a heads-up about wolves in the area, so Chris set up a game camera, and after a week of waiting, one obligingly posed for a picture near our barn.
60 homemade tamales made with fresh masa. Yum.
March 12, 2025 at 10:34 PM
60 homemade tamales made with fresh masa. Yum.
I thought these yarns would go well together, and while it’s kind of striking, it’s also kind of muddy. Next time I’m going for more contrast.
March 12, 2025 at 10:32 PM
I thought these yarns would go well together, and while it’s kind of striking, it’s also kind of muddy. Next time I’m going for more contrast.
I bought these really sweet custom-made felt boots from an Etsy seller named JurgaFeltLife. Highly recommended. Next winter I will stay warm. :-)
March 12, 2025 at 10:31 PM
I bought these really sweet custom-made felt boots from an Etsy seller named JurgaFeltLife. Highly recommended. Next winter I will stay warm. :-)
The matching hats, modeled by the recipients. ❤️
February 23, 2025 at 4:10 PM
The matching hats, modeled by the recipients. ❤️
I made a matching hat for my granddaughter’s doll. ❤️
February 16, 2025 at 11:12 PM
I made a matching hat for my granddaughter’s doll. ❤️
46th photo at Jay Cooke SP. Cold and dreary but with a spectacular cloud cover. 13F/-11C.
February 10, 2025 at 12:50 AM
46th photo at Jay Cooke SP. Cold and dreary but with a spectacular cloud cover. 13F/-11C.
I love what the designer did with colors in this hat, and I love how much I've improved my stranded knitting skills. But stranded knitting can be tricky, and I'm not a fan of how wonky my tension was in the hearts - I didn't really get the hang of it until zig-zags at the top.
February 8, 2025 at 9:17 PM
I love what the designer did with colors in this hat, and I love how much I've improved my stranded knitting skills. But stranded knitting can be tricky, and I'm not a fan of how wonky my tension was in the hearts - I didn't really get the hang of it until zig-zags at the top.
Nixtamatic video. It laughed in the face of grinding whole corn and finished half a pound in less than a minute.
February 8, 2025 at 5:14 PM
Nixtamatic video. It laughed in the face of grinding whole corn and finished half a pound in less than a minute.
Well this arrived. It only took two days to get from Mexico City to Northern Minnesota. It’s a beast. It weighs about 31 pounds. I’ve been using a hand crank mill for 6 years now, and this puppy grinds a kilo of corn in about 1 min (as opposed to 40 minutes of cranking by hand with the Victoria).
February 8, 2025 at 2:19 AM
Well this arrived. It only took two days to get from Mexico City to Northern Minnesota. It’s a beast. It weighs about 31 pounds. I’ve been using a hand crank mill for 6 years now, and this puppy grinds a kilo of corn in about 1 min (as opposed to 40 minutes of cranking by hand with the Victoria).
He’s a middle-aged dude with the impulse control of a teenager. I would find it a lot easier to forgive if he were 16, and not in his 30s or 40s.
But …I don’t believe he deserves to be mistreated by strangers. He was punished with his banishment, and further actions won’t help anything.
But …I don’t believe he deserves to be mistreated by strangers. He was punished with his banishment, and further actions won’t help anything.
February 7, 2025 at 11:15 PM
He’s a middle-aged dude with the impulse control of a teenager. I would find it a lot easier to forgive if he were 16, and not in his 30s or 40s.
But …I don’t believe he deserves to be mistreated by strangers. He was punished with his banishment, and further actions won’t help anything.
But …I don’t believe he deserves to be mistreated by strangers. He was punished with his banishment, and further actions won’t help anything.
My cat Nuka has a cute way of getting a drink. :-)
February 7, 2025 at 10:50 PM
My cat Nuka has a cute way of getting a drink. :-)
Hey - to the humans who used AI to generate this promo image - you really should know something about the game (or at least read the outside of the box). It's a TWO-player game.
January 27, 2025 at 10:07 PM
Hey - to the humans who used AI to generate this promo image - you really should know something about the game (or at least read the outside of the box). It's a TWO-player game.
Given their husbands’ anti-immigrant beliefs, this is a rather lovely photo.
January 22, 2025 at 10:44 PM
Given their husbands’ anti-immigrant beliefs, this is a rather lovely photo.
I normally consider the FLOTUS to be irrelevant, but it seems almost like she’s sending us a message. 🙂 :-)
January 22, 2025 at 10:38 PM
I normally consider the FLOTUS to be irrelevant, but it seems almost like she’s sending us a message. 🙂 :-)
I am a little grumpy. I apparently knocked that white filter holder off the shelf above when I was brewing coffee and everything just exploded into a hot mess. And yes I have first-degree burns on my chest. Not a great way to start the day.
January 22, 2025 at 4:06 PM
I am a little grumpy. I apparently knocked that white filter holder off the shelf above when I was brewing coffee and everything just exploded into a hot mess. And yes I have first-degree burns on my chest. Not a great way to start the day.
When we are cooking when it’s cold out, the vent hood over our stove produces great clouds of steam on our front porch where the exhaust vent is, which happens to be right over the kitchen window. When it’s this cold (-22F/-30C), the steam and humidity actually turns to snow.
January 22, 2025 at 4:05 PM
When we are cooking when it’s cold out, the vent hood over our stove produces great clouds of steam on our front porch where the exhaust vent is, which happens to be right over the kitchen window. When it’s this cold (-22F/-30C), the steam and humidity actually turns to snow.
Running water at -22F (-30C) with approximately -40F/C windchill. That surprised me. It’s been below zero for several days. Also included a photo of the sunrise, just because it’s pretty. 🙂 
January 21, 2025 at 2:25 PM
Running water at -22F (-30C) with approximately -40F/C windchill. That surprised me. It’s been below zero for several days. Also included a photo of the sunrise, just because it’s pretty. 🙂 
43. Bitter, bitter cold. Just after sunrise. We made a special trip over to Jay Cook State Park on the coldest morning of the winter, in the hopes that we would get a fully frozen river for the photo. Alas there is still running water. -22F/-30C
January 21, 2025 at 2:24 PM
43. Bitter, bitter cold. Just after sunrise. We made a special trip over to Jay Cook State Park on the coldest morning of the winter, in the hopes that we would get a fully frozen river for the photo. Alas there is still running water. -22F/-30C
This is my 42nd picture taken at Jay Cooke State Park. Very cold, about 3F/-16C
January 18, 2025 at 5:40 PM
This is my 42nd picture taken at Jay Cooke State Park. Very cold, about 3F/-16C