Istezada
istezada.bsky.social
Istezada
@istezada.bsky.social
Our Lady of Toilet Paper, Oracle of the Yarn Cupcake, Queen of Socks, and Mistress of Pie: She Who Survived The Mountain (she/her)
Introducing Bear, a piece of sanity (and zoomies) in this world.
September 18, 2025 at 11:54 AM
Thank you!!! I'm very pleased with it! And very pleased that it's finished...

Bear agrees, mostly because it means that my lap is currently empty.
June 19, 2025 at 1:30 AM
IT'S FINISHED!!!! (Other than weaving in about a dozen ends...) AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA @ephraelinhats.bsky.social
June 18, 2025 at 10:31 PM
My dopamine hits yesterday were the trailers for season 2 of Andor and season 3 of Leverage: Redemption. And I got 12 rows done on a ridiculously complicated knitting project I'm slogging through.
March 12, 2025 at 12:04 PM
February 9, 2025 at 11:51 PM
On a related note, Bear has acquiesced to sleeping NEXT to me today, instead of requiring full-time cuddles.
February 7, 2025 at 12:18 AM
@ephraelinhats.bsky.social BEHOLD THE CAT QUILT
February 6, 2025 at 10:00 PM
This is so cool!

I decided (a couple months ago) that I was crazy enough to try a ring shawl, so I'm in the beginning stages of that right now. Shapes are starting to emerge!
November 16, 2024 at 1:41 PM
This is my handsome lil man, Bear. 🥰
October 21, 2024 at 12:17 AM
Behold! The summer pose.
May 30, 2024 at 1:43 AM
March 19, 2024 at 11:09 PM
March 19, 2024 at 11:04 PM
First key lime pie of the season! 🤤
March 17, 2024 at 9:27 PM
Bro1's cat (named Cat) has graced me with purrs this evening.

He looks remarkably like Bear, but is about 2/3 the size of Bear. 😆
March 9, 2024 at 12:55 AM
The prior picture really sells the contrast. The above is Longboi With Many Bones. This one is Smolboi With No Bones.

Taken with about 45 minutes of each other
March 9, 2024 at 12:27 AM
March 8, 2024 at 11:54 PM
Bear suggests an hour or two wrapped up in cozy things to recalibrate.
February 8, 2024 at 12:39 PM
Hey @jayhulmepoet.bsky.social, look what showed up in my mail today! I'm so excited!
November 14, 2023 at 8:01 PM
Also... tasty food is tasty
November 6, 2023 at 11:23 PM
In my defense, I was petting him and he did that to himself...
November 1, 2023 at 12:47 AM
I'm Izzie (or Ruth)! I'm from the southeastern US and I knit... a lot. (Just to be different! Y'all who do two dimensional art with nothing but colors and images impress me so much.)
October 21, 2023 at 8:40 PM
October 4, 2023 at 12:43 AM
Pertinent info: This mostly filled my 20 quart stock pot before the tomatoes started stewing down. I ended up with ~19 pints and ran out of jars. Original recipe just water baths instead of pressure canning, but the flour made me nervous so...
September 30, 2023 at 3:09 AM
@ripeteeth.bsky.social apropos of last night...
September 18, 2023 at 1:35 PM
In today's multicultural cuisine (aka My Lunch), we have Indian fried okra and Mediterranean soup! Mmmm tasty!
September 13, 2023 at 3:40 PM