Another #weeklyvomit from pakake 🦭

Found close to this wee male on a sunny Ōtepoti beach - and full of kahawai!

Check out how far the stones/gastroliths were spread. Must have been quite a spew 😳

#marinemammals #stemresearch #nzsealion

This weeks prompt for #showmeyourknits had me thrown back to when I stopped the car in the middle of the road, and ran way up a hill to dig my fingers in snow.

Pretty sure my partner, who I had just started dating, questioned my sanity...

But I hadn't seen snow in nearly three years!!

#knitsky 🧶

One of my favourite creations is the Rita Sweater from Not Perfect Knit 🤗

Pretty special when Rita and her granddaughter who made the pattern, Rikke, are friends of our family!

Extra special when knitted in leftover DK yarn, from three sweaters I made for my partner ❤️

#knitsky #showmeyourknits 🧶

Wrapped up a year-long field season yesterday and already feeling nostalgic!

So have decided to overdose my bsky in the coming months with a #weeklyvomit from pakake/NZ sea lions 🦭

This one features a prime example of Jack Mackerel 🐟

#marinemammals #pinniped #fieldwork

A Beachcomber Sweater made of indie dyed "Beach Glass Treasure" yarn.
Knitting on it in between sperm whale surveys in the beautiful Kaikōura 🐋

Perfect for this weeks #showmeyourknits #knitsky 🧶

Granny came across the world to visit us a few years ago, so had an Estuary Shawl ready for her as we spent a lot of time exploring estuaries!

Nothing better than gifts for the ones who have made homeknits for me throughout life ❤️
#showmeyourknits 🧶

Another field trip turned into #wildliferescue yesterday.

Heartbreaking to find a pup caught in discarded fencing!

Incredibly lucky we were onsite and able to coordinate with local residents+authorities to get it off her asap.

📸 @nzsealiontrust.bsky.social

#marinescience #stem 🧪 #fieldwork

World's smallest #dolphin zoomies for #worlddolphinday

🔊 on for some extra effects...

Don't have heaps of grey creations for this weeks #showmeyourknits but do have this lovely Oslo Hat, which was the very first thing I made for Tom (made sure to weave my hair into it...). He wore it on his first visit to the Skandi lands and is still his favourite go-to beanie ❤️
#knitsky 🧶

Some of the most meaningful WIPs: the two sweaters we will wear for our midwinter civil union ceremony 🥰
#showmeyourknits #knitting 🧶

Any detectives out there??
We found this in a NZ sea lion vomit and don't know what it is.
Looks like part of an exoskeleton, maybe crustacean 🧐
#marinescience #stemresearch 🧪 #taongaspecies

Just a reminder to please call local #wildliferescue when you see stuff like this!
Was able to remove most on site and the hook was thankfully gone when we went back with veterinarians the following day. Second time we've seen this in a few months 🙄
#fieldwork #research #marinemammal 🧪

On a deadline for two projects and not allowing myself to knit on others in the meantime... so dreaming back to picking this one up again - a dotted sweater with yarn inspired by nudibranch species! 🧶
#knitting #marinescience #fibreart #deadlinesarenotit

Little snippet of duskies from Kaikōura!
#fieldwork #marinemammals

Bliss is drinking coffee while watching stingrays foraging

📍Akaroa Harbour