@jkmfrog.bsky.social
Just a frog trying to make it in this concrete world. Gardens, thrifts, creates. Lover of crochet, slow fashion, beginning knitter, various fandoms, SPN Family, GISHWHES for life
Hee we are again with the squares. I started up a few weeks ago to practice various cable knits in anticipation of a cable project, which has turned out to be fairly easy so I might look at some cable pattern socks or a sweater in the future...
November 29, 2025 at 1:00 AM
Hee we are again with the squares. I started up a few weeks ago to practice various cable knits in anticipation of a cable project, which has turned out to be fairly easy so I might look at some cable pattern socks or a sweater in the future...
Haven't you updated on the knitting in a while: sweater vest is done! Despite testing the gauge beforehand, it's wildly off and more oversized than I planned, but I am very proud of everything I learned. Next projects are on a smaller scale: hat, socks, leg warmers.
November 20, 2025 at 12:30 AM
Haven't you updated on the knitting in a while: sweater vest is done! Despite testing the gauge beforehand, it's wildly off and more oversized than I planned, but I am very proud of everything I learned. Next projects are on a smaller scale: hat, socks, leg warmers.
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For our friends across the country asking how you can help, this one's for you. 🧵
freedcproject.org/allies
freedcproject.org/allies
August 12, 2025 at 8:03 PM
For our friends across the country asking how you can help, this one's for you. 🧵
freedcproject.org/allies
freedcproject.org/allies
The best is coming along well but I'm going to *b#@&h* a bit about patterns labeled as beginner that don't explain things that beginners don't know. This section of ribbing says to do 21 rows (this is 18). The photo incuded in the pattern shows a vest that clearly has maybe 12-14 rows, not 21? 🧵1/3
July 28, 2025 at 2:00 PM
The best is coming along well but I'm going to *b#@&h* a bit about patterns labeled as beginner that don't explain things that beginners don't know. This section of ribbing says to do 21 rows (this is 18). The photo incuded in the pattern shows a vest that clearly has maybe 12-14 rows, not 21? 🧵1/3
I took a break from yarn for a bit but now am back working on this sweater vest. The process is going much smoother than the dozen starts it took to get to this point. #beginningknitter #learningtoknit
July 19, 2025 at 9:29 PM
I took a break from yarn for a bit but now am back working on this sweater vest. The process is going much smoother than the dozen starts it took to get to this point. #beginningknitter #learningtoknit
I took a knitting break for a bit due to having to restart/recast/frog the hem and ribbing of the sweater vest I'm working on no less than 15 times. In the meantime here is a cotton #crochet beret I finally got around to finishing and blocking.
July 3, 2025 at 5:52 PM
I took a knitting break for a bit due to having to restart/recast/frog the hem and ribbing of the sweater vest I'm working on no less than 15 times. In the meantime here is a cotton #crochet beret I finally got around to finishing and blocking.
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as someone who lives nextdoor to both supportive housing and public housing, i need people to understand that the best locations for both are going to be the central neighborhoods in a metropolitan area, where there is easy and reliable access to services and jobs.
May 12, 2025 at 3:51 PM
as someone who lives nextdoor to both supportive housing and public housing, i need people to understand that the best locations for both are going to be the central neighborhoods in a metropolitan area, where there is easy and reliable access to services and jobs.
Finished with the cable sample and this is my last knit square for a while. I am almost out of all the cotton yarn I have and I need to get started on the wool sweater vest I bought yarn for last year. 😁 #learningtoknit #beginningknitter
May 6, 2025 at 12:05 PM
Finished with the cable sample and this is my last knit square for a while. I am almost out of all the cotton yarn I have and I need to get started on the wool sweater vest I bought yarn for last year. 😁 #learningtoknit #beginningknitter
Finished that diamond pattern and have moved on to my first traditional cable. I'm running out of this soft cotton yarn, so that last one got finished with scraps. 😁. These are probably going to get used in a funky sweater vest, so I'm not too worried about mistakes, off color mixes. #learningtoknit
May 3, 2025 at 10:17 PM
Finished that diamond pattern and have moved on to my first traditional cable. I'm running out of this soft cotton yarn, so that last one got finished with scraps. 😁. These are probably going to get used in a funky sweater vest, so I'm not too worried about mistakes, off color mixes. #learningtoknit
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They want to imprison anyone for burning down a Tesla.
For 20 years.
How much for burning down the stock market?
For 20 years.
How much for burning down the stock market?
April 4, 2025 at 2:48 PM
They want to imprison anyone for burning down a Tesla.
For 20 years.
How much for burning down the stock market?
For 20 years.
How much for burning down the stock market?
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Senator Jim Banks (R) isn’t sorry he told a fired federal worker “he probably deserved it”.
He went on to say the worker was “complaining about losing a left-wing woke job in the federal government that should have never been a job to begin with”.
The job was helping people with disabilities.
He went on to say the worker was “complaining about losing a left-wing woke job in the federal government that should have never been a job to begin with”.
The job was helping people with disabilities.
April 4, 2025 at 6:29 PM
Senator Jim Banks (R) isn’t sorry he told a fired federal worker “he probably deserved it”.
He went on to say the worker was “complaining about losing a left-wing woke job in the federal government that should have never been a job to begin with”.
The job was helping people with disabilities.
He went on to say the worker was “complaining about losing a left-wing woke job in the federal government that should have never been a job to begin with”.
The job was helping people with disabilities.
My knit squares have moved on to twist stitches and the start of learning to cable. I'm more appreciative of the stitch chart on these tricky patterns - the wrong side stitches really require following the charted layout. I've had to make a little cheat sheet for myself for left and right twists. 😁
March 31, 2025 at 12:32 AM
My knit squares have moved on to twist stitches and the start of learning to cable. I'm more appreciative of the stitch chart on these tricky patterns - the wrong side stitches really require following the charted layout. I've had to make a little cheat sheet for myself for left and right twists. 😁
Determined dangerous and deported based on tattoos... (checks list) of autism awareness ribbon, hummingbird, and coconut tree. 🤬
NEW: @motherjones.com reports that one of the men renditioned to El Salvador is Neri Alvarado, who was working in Dallas as a baker. An ICE agent told him they were questioning all men with tattoos.
Neri has an AUTISM AWARENESS TATTOO in honor of his 15-year-old brother with autism.
Neri has an AUTISM AWARENESS TATTOO in honor of his 15-year-old brother with autism.
March 27, 2025 at 1:57 PM
Determined dangerous and deported based on tattoos... (checks list) of autism awareness ribbon, hummingbird, and coconut tree. 🤬
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Not getting much attention, but the Senate GOP is about to start voting - to make sure banks can charge higher overdraft fees. Seriously.
Good time to let your Senators know what you think of that.
Good time to let your Senators know what you think of that.
March 27, 2025 at 12:36 AM
Not getting much attention, but the Senate GOP is about to start voting - to make sure banks can charge higher overdraft fees. Seriously.
Good time to let your Senators know what you think of that.
Good time to let your Senators know what you think of that.
I tossed in a few euros! Looking forward to the Android version. 😁
🤖 Android here we come!
Spread the word! Share this far and wide—yell it from rooftops, tell your rich uncle about it, slip it into casual conversation at the grocery store.
Spread the word! Share this far and wide—yell it from rooftops, tell your rich uncle about it, slip it into casual conversation at the grocery store.
Donate to Help Bring Flashes for Bluesky to Android!, organised by Sebastian Vogelsang
Hi everyone! I’m Sebastian, the developer behind Flashes for Bluesky - … Sebastian Vogelsang needs your support for Help Bring Flashes for Bluesky to Android!
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March 22, 2025 at 1:18 PM
I tossed in a few euros! Looking forward to the Android version. 😁
This square starts cable knitting lessons using a cable needle to slip and twist stitches making raised diagonal pattern. A couple of minor mistakes I left in, but overall an easy repeated pattern. #beginingknitter #knittinglessons #knitsquares
March 16, 2025 at 7:47 PM
This square starts cable knitting lessons using a cable needle to slip and twist stitches making raised diagonal pattern. A couple of minor mistakes I left in, but overall an easy repeated pattern. #beginingknitter #knittinglessons #knitsquares
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if you find yourself reluctant to support the guy at Columbia because you find some of the politics he espoused distasteful or even abhorrent, you should know that this is exactly the reaction that they hoped for in choosing him as a target for unlawful detention based on political speech.
March 10, 2025 at 7:33 PM
if you find yourself reluctant to support the guy at Columbia because you find some of the politics he espoused distasteful or even abhorrent, you should know that this is exactly the reaction that they hoped for in choosing him as a target for unlawful detention based on political speech.
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It’s amazing to find out at this late date how much the rule of law depended on people simply deciding, on a voluntary, daily basis, not to break the law.
March 10, 2025 at 10:26 PM
It’s amazing to find out at this late date how much the rule of law depended on people simply deciding, on a voluntary, daily basis, not to break the law.
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NEW: A source tells me that response teams for FEMA set to deploy to the South Carolina wildfires are unable to travel because their government issued travel cards have had their limits reduced to $1. FEMA response team cards were supposed to be exempt.
March 4, 2025 at 1:37 AM
NEW: A source tells me that response teams for FEMA set to deploy to the South Carolina wildfires are unable to travel because their government issued travel cards have had their limits reduced to $1. FEMA response team cards were supposed to be exempt.
Oh the sweet relief of an easier pattern before jumping into my first pattern using cable needles.
This one is so easy to "read" based on which side you are working. I'm actually enjoying the knit. #beginningknitter #learningtoknit
This one is so easy to "read" based on which side you are working. I'm actually enjoying the knit. #beginningknitter #learningtoknit
February 28, 2025 at 7:54 PM
Oh the sweet relief of an easier pattern before jumping into my first pattern using cable needles.
This one is so easy to "read" based on which side you are working. I'm actually enjoying the knit. #beginningknitter #learningtoknit
This one is so easy to "read" based on which side you are working. I'm actually enjoying the knit. #beginningknitter #learningtoknit
Is there anything worse than taking your cat to the vet? (Yes, of course there is but it's definitely on her list of least favorite things.) #CatsofBluesky #BrianaFurmaster
February 25, 2025 at 4:34 PM
Is there anything worse than taking your cat to the vet? (Yes, of course there is but it's definitely on her list of least favorite things.) #CatsofBluesky #BrianaFurmaster
I swear I'll eventually be posting something other than my knitting practice. Finished that woven panel square, not without several more mistakes. Leaving it as is, mistakes and all as a reminder that I won't be using that criss cross stitch again if I can help it.
February 24, 2025 at 12:48 AM
I swear I'll eventually be posting something other than my knitting practice. Finished that woven panel square, not without several more mistakes. Leaving it as is, mistakes and all as a reminder that I won't be using that criss cross stitch again if I can help it.
Second snowfall this winter. Enjoying the pretty for now, thinking about what will happen when this turns to ice in neighboring communities.
February 19, 2025 at 7:22 PM
Second snowfall this winter. Enjoying the pretty for now, thinking about what will happen when this turns to ice in neighboring communities.