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Emily the knitter
@emilyknits.bsky.social
Knitter, quilter, social worker, researcher, writer, educator, immigrant, race traitor. Cat person. Queer. AuDHD. Married GenX parent of a GenZ. #sts133 NASATweetup alum.

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Ka8enesgo (Amherst Island) and Tkaronto.
Saw this little guy in Paris years ago and I still think about him all the time. He understands.
November 22, 2025 at 11:17 PM
One of Leonard’s standard poses. My friend Johanna says that he is the feline version of Stanley Tucci.
#caturday
November 22, 2025 at 5:07 PM
I think about this all the time.
This is especially true when those people are neurodivergent.
November 18, 2025 at 7:26 PM
Realizing that I am autistic, reframing my entire life with this new understanding, has made my autistic traits do this. (Apparently this is a thing. I am not enjoying it.)
November 18, 2025 at 1:28 AM
November 15, 2025 at 1:02 AM
Harriet and Leonard. (Leo is the one with The Ears.) Siblings, born under a back porch on Mother’s Day 2022. Far too smart for anyone’s good. We love them so much.
November 14, 2025 at 12:31 AM
A visual representation of autism from u/Nyx_light on Reddit. I have never felt so seen. One big raw nerve, trying to hide.
November 12, 2025 at 9:01 PM
I liked this iris so much last summer that I finally got myself off the couch to propagate it. Perfect weather to work outside today as long as the sun is out.
November 4, 2025 at 7:57 PM
Today we finally planted the potted blue spruce that we got as a Christmas tree at least seven years ago. (2nd pic is 2020.) It lived on our city balcony for years. It took root in the wrong place here because we took so long to plant it. But now it never has to move again. Live long, faithful tree.
November 2, 2025 at 10:33 PM
We put out chickadee-specific birdseed and now our house is Chickadee Central.

Related: both cats are riveted to the porch door.
October 31, 2025 at 6:20 PM
I turned two of the tomatoes from our yard into enchilada sauce. Filling: roasted poblanos and shredded cheese. Next year I want to grow the poblanos too.
October 29, 2025 at 9:15 PM
I’M ON A BOAT
October 28, 2025 at 6:43 PM
Happy #Caturday from Harriet.
October 25, 2025 at 5:31 PM
We often ask our cats, “What’s it like to not be self-aware?” They never answer.
#CatsOfBlueSky
October 24, 2025 at 2:44 AM
Please enjoy my favourite picture of Leonard as a kitten.
October 21, 2025 at 6:10 PM
Leonard and Harriet went to the vet this morning. Leo has had digestive issues for his whole life, and his stinky farts (honestly they can just about peel paint) are about to cost us a lot of money for a specialist. Rotten beast. Rotten, beloved beast.
October 20, 2025 at 5:09 PM
Harriet contemplates another #Caturday.
September 27, 2025 at 3:50 PM
Harriet’s bowl is the best thing we’ve ever bought.
#CatsOfBluesky
September 21, 2025 at 7:25 PM
Listening to the Klangphonics and hand stitching a big quilt that a dear friend helped me put on the frame. Better for my mental health than doomscrolling.
September 20, 2025 at 6:25 PM
Harriet and her belly wish you a happy #Caturday.
September 6, 2025 at 8:39 PM
Happy #Caturday from Leonard and Harriet.
August 30, 2025 at 10:40 PM
I have finished the quilt top whose colours prompted me to repaint the bedroom.
August 28, 2025 at 3:00 AM
Pinning the last seam of a new quilt top. The help through the whole process has been indispensable.
August 28, 2025 at 1:48 AM
Want to work on a quilt? Harriet Hazel(nut) Noodle(s) is THERE.
August 15, 2025 at 4:42 PM
I will never get tired of seeing my handknits on TV.

Diamond Fantasy shawl on Murdoch Mysteries. Pattern by Sivia Harding. Yarn is Handmaiden Sea Silk in the Straw colourway.
#knitting #knitsky
August 10, 2025 at 7:03 PM