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Karen de Lange
@karendelange.co.uk
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Author, reader, cat lover, fibre artist, anti-fascist, opinionated miscreant. She/her.
Writing: karendelange.co.uk
Crochet: classicalcatcrochet.etsy.com
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Lying on my lap having a belly rub. What a way to start Caturday.
#CatsOfBluesky
A tabby-and-white cat lying on my lap with her eyes closed in bliss, while I scritch her tummy.
November 22, 2025 at 10:13 AM
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Fidget toy that went to the States today. I love seeing what colours people choose! Time (and stock) running out if you're outside the UK and wanting to order in time for Christmas: classicalcatcrochet.etsy.com/listing/1534388230
A fidget toy made of four interlocking knitted rings, two purple and two green.
November 21, 2025 at 7:22 PM
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I wanted to put more in the shop before Christmas, but time has run away with me. Here are some of my favourites that are available at the moment. If you want to support indie artists with your gifting this year: link in bio.
A crochet lace shawl in an orange to purple sunset gradient. A crochet scarf in red, orange and purple autumn colours. A crochet lace shawl in a pink to purple ombre gradient. A crochet scarf with alternating zig zag stripes in navy and lighter blue.
November 19, 2025 at 2:41 PM
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I leave my cosy fleece on the floor for ten seconds...
#CatsOfBluesky
A tabby-and-white cat curled up on a fleece on my study floor. She's not going to let me have it back.
November 19, 2025 at 2:25 PM
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Just finished: Medea by Rosie Hewlett. I'm a sucker for the Greek myth women's-perspective retellings, and this one is particularly good.
#BookSky
Book cover of Medea by Rosie Hewlett
November 18, 2025 at 10:41 PM
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It's you, Shabana. You're the one stirring up anger, doing Reform's work for them. The problem is you.
News headline reading "Shabana Mahmood warns Labour MPs 'dark forces are stirring up anger' oblver migration
November 17, 2025 at 9:10 AM
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On a lighter note, here's Freyja enjoying a belly rub on my lap.
#CatsOfBluesky
A tabby-and-white cat, blissed out lying on my lap while I rub her belly.
November 16, 2025 at 12:36 PM
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Look. If you claim to be a left-wing government but Tommy fucking Robinson is claiming credit for your policies, maybe you're just three fascists in a trenchcoat.
Anyway join.greenparty.org.uk
Headline from The Guardian that reads: "Government set to make support for asylum seekers 'discretionary'." Illustrated with a photo of Shabana Mahmood looking irritatingly smug.
November 16, 2025 at 12:25 PM
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Little girl got a clean bill of health at her annual checkup, so enjoy her wild-eyed madness as she kills her favourite toy.
#CatsOfBluesky
A tabby cat lying on her side, eyes wide and ears back, with a feathery toy clasped between her front paws.
November 10, 2025 at 4:09 PM
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I'm supposed to be doing things, but someone has other ideas.
#CatsOfBluesky
A tabby cat, curled up in my lap, fast asleep.
October 31, 2025 at 10:34 AM
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This idiot.

#Caturday #CatsOfBluesky
A small, fluffy tabby cat with a white belly and white back legs, rolled over on her back on a grey sofa. Her little canines are showing. There are no thoughts in her head whatsoever.
October 18, 2025 at 3:48 PM
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A box and a blep.

#CatsOfBluesky
A white-and-tabby cat sits in a cardboard Amazon box. Her tongue is out, licking her own nose.
October 8, 2025 at 12:02 PM
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This is Freyja, looking intently at... something. Ghosts?
A tabby-and-white cat, sitting upright on a grey sofa, staring intently into the middle distance.
September 22, 2025 at 3:35 PM
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Home-grown carrots, from the sublime to the ridiculous.
A row of carrots ranging from very big to very small, lined up in size order on a chopping board.
September 18, 2025 at 3:38 PM
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I don’t see how this could possibly be comfortable, but what do I know?

#CatsOfBluesky
A tabby cat with a white belly and white back legs, asleep half-in and half-out of a round cat bed, in a sunbeam.
September 13, 2025 at 1:45 PM
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Paralysis by cat.

#CatsOfBluesky
I am sitting on the sofa with my legs propped up. A tabby cat is sitting on my lap, facing away from me. I'm not going anywhere any time soon.
September 10, 2025 at 12:11 PM
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Just finished: Middlegame by Seanan McGuire.

I really wish more fantasy authors would write standalones. I love knowing that I'll get a proper ending when I reach the last page.

#Booksky
Book cover of Middlegame by Seanan McGuire. The title and author name are written on a lit Hand of Glory, against a black background.
August 24, 2025 at 10:39 AM
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BTW I've had this bookmark since I was like 7 years old and it's still my favourite bookmark I've ever had, I love this bookmark. #Booksky
An open book with a bookmark in it. The bookmark has a picture of Garfield the cartoon cat, squished flat against a page of text, saying "I thought you'd never open this book again".
August 23, 2025 at 10:17 PM
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I played yarn chicken with an 800m yarn cake and I wonnnnn. 🤣🥳

#Crochet
My hand, holding a tail of black yarn about 20cm long. Behind is a piece of crochet in blue, purple and black gradient yarn.
August 21, 2025 at 6:22 PM
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Just finished Dance Of A Burning Sea by EJ Mellow.

I could see where most of it was going from very early on, but you also can't go far wrong with pirates. Lots of fun.

#Booksky
Cover of Dance of a Burning Sea by E.J. Mellow. A woman in a red dress dances against a backdrop of a ship's wheel surrounded by flames.
August 18, 2025 at 9:13 PM
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Lazy caturday time.

#CatsOfBluesky
A tabby cat with white back legs and white paws, curled up asleep on a cream carpet.
August 16, 2025 at 6:11 PM
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My new workplace gave me this little cutie as a welcome gift. They may have a higher-than-warranted opinion of my adulting skills. Thankfully I haven’t been employed on the basis of my ability to keep plants alive.
A little plant with variegated dark pink and burgundy leaves, in a cream coloured ceramic pot.
August 13, 2025 at 11:02 AM
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Sky really looking like a watercolour.

#photography
The evening sky soon before sunset, deeper blue at the zenith and lighter blue towards the horizon. Scattered with fluffy clouds, with some faint wispy clouds higher up in the atmosphere. The lowest clouds are grey and shadowed, but the higher clouds still shine in the sunlight.
August 13, 2025 at 8:09 AM
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Just finished Song of the Forever Rains by EJ Mellow.

Another one that's been on my TBR list foooorever, and is so good that I'm gutted I only just got around to it. Though at least that means I can get straight on with the second.

Also might speak to the quality of my TBR list 🤔

#booksky
Book cover for Song of the Forever Rains by E.J. Mellow. An illustration of an elegantly dressed woman holding a bird on her outstretched hand, surrounded by a sunburst design and foliage.
August 10, 2025 at 8:20 PM
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She's finally blocked and in the shop (link in bio). At least I finished before the end of summer!
Pattern credit to Red Teapot Atelier (Darjeeling Tea).
#crochet
A lace crochet shawl in ombre gradient yarn from yellow to purple.
August 8, 2025 at 7:03 PM