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elyknits.bsky.social
EDS Em
@elyknits.bsky.social
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Machine Knitting Fiber Artist and Permaculture-loving Gardener with hEDS/POTS/MCAS/Hashimoto’s/GI/Inflammatory Arthritis blend from hell

Earth Care. People Care. Fair Share.
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elyknits.bsky.social
When your dosage increase finally shows promise … #chronicillness #eds #dynamicdisability
Meme of a frustrated American opossum grimacing and trapped in a cage with the lyrics from Mr. Brightside by The Killers “Coming out of my cage/and I’ve been doing just fine”
November 24, 2025 at 5:20 PM
elyknits.bsky.social
New low score 😵‍💫😫🥲🫠
#EDS #POTS #chronicillness
May 12, 2025 at 4:57 PM
elyknits.bsky.social
Forgotten Iris on Concrete

I ain’t thrivin’, but I’m still here….

#gardening #chronicilness 🌱 #flareday #arthritis #eds
seven bright green leaves of a cemetery iris growing on a cracked concrete patio with wind-blown dirt and debris caught in its tuber and own dead leaves
April 21, 2025 at 3:54 PM
elyknits.bsky.social
Good ol’ Wichita Falls coming through with a pain forecast! Where was this when I lived in Texas? Not that Oklahoma is any better 😅 … #EDS #chronicpain #chronicillness #chronicbuticonic
March 14, 2025 at 4:03 PM
elyknits.bsky.social
When you have a favorite shovel and need to brag about taking down an invasive white mulberry tree, you make a silly graphic about it. #linecamera
#gardening
a red and black shovel with a narrow head and saw-blade edges on the sides surrounded by manga-style black and white emphasis lines and metal rock band style red text stating the name of the shovel, “root slayer”
March 3, 2025 at 9:22 PM
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If you need to summon me, just use this…
The trick is naming all of my Ehlers-Danlos comorbidities correctly.
A pentacle symbol jokingly presented as a summons for the poster, who is a “Pentad” patient with Ehlers-Danlos Syndrome
February 17, 2025 at 4:47 PM
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I found a copy of Wooly Wormhead’s Short-Row Colorwork Knitting at a local yarn shop and had to snatch it up!

I love short-rows in hand knitting, but they’re especially fun on the knitting machine. 🧶✨
A cropped view of the front cover of Short-Row Colorwork Knitting by Wooly Wormhead
February 5, 2025 at 2:20 PM