Kate [insert quip here]
@kate-wood.bsky.social
Viking enthusiast, phd student, British Museum and Museum of Cambridge volunteer, romance and fantasy reader, writer and editor, con-goer and conrunner, and crafter. (she/they) (storygraph: kate_wood)
How is even the commercial arbour of Inverness this pretty?
October 12, 2025 at 4:27 PM
How is even the commercial arbour of Inverness this pretty?
I have two modes when cooking for only me:
1. Cold baked beans straight from the jar
2. Mixed wholegrain rice, roasted PSB, maple butternut squash, and goat's cheese, topped with raisins, roasted pecans, an apple from my tree, and a dressing of honey & son's plum pit vinegar.
1. Cold baked beans straight from the jar
2. Mixed wholegrain rice, roasted PSB, maple butternut squash, and goat's cheese, topped with raisins, roasted pecans, an apple from my tree, and a dressing of honey & son's plum pit vinegar.
September 24, 2025 at 5:44 PM
I have two modes when cooking for only me:
1. Cold baked beans straight from the jar
2. Mixed wholegrain rice, roasted PSB, maple butternut squash, and goat's cheese, topped with raisins, roasted pecans, an apple from my tree, and a dressing of honey & son's plum pit vinegar.
1. Cold baked beans straight from the jar
2. Mixed wholegrain rice, roasted PSB, maple butternut squash, and goat's cheese, topped with raisins, roasted pecans, an apple from my tree, and a dressing of honey & son's plum pit vinegar.
A snapshot of my current project, which is turning a very boring HP-coded book nook into an altogether more exciting one. I finally got to use my jar of LEGS and I'm very happy about that.
September 15, 2025 at 10:29 PM
A snapshot of my current project, which is turning a very boring HP-coded book nook into an altogether more exciting one. I finally got to use my jar of LEGS and I'm very happy about that.
Thunderstorm, and the medieval tower you can see from my workroom window. (This is Chesterton tower. )
September 3, 2025 at 3:03 PM
Thunderstorm, and the medieval tower you can see from my workroom window. (This is Chesterton tower. )
Roadside lemon balm.
August 29, 2025 at 3:15 PM
Roadside lemon balm.
Update: half done.
August 10, 2025 at 8:44 PM
Update: half done.
Shoutout to McDougalls, who decided to make a significant change to a core product with nothing more than a little banner and a blithe reassurance that it'll work the same as normal plain flour.
(Reader, it does not.)
(Reader, it does not.)
August 5, 2025 at 5:31 PM
Shoutout to McDougalls, who decided to make a significant change to a core product with nothing more than a little banner and a blithe reassurance that it'll work the same as normal plain flour.
(Reader, it does not.)
(Reader, it does not.)
My newest project. Currently on hold because as it turns out I do not colour theory and subbed the completely wrong shade of white. Oh, well. I do love the needles though - it's their first trial and it's 100% less octopus-wrestling than DPNs.
(Co-starring Max's tiny toes.)
#knitting
#craftsky
(Co-starring Max's tiny toes.)
#knitting
#craftsky
August 3, 2025 at 1:15 PM
I have completed this curs'd project, which I have been knitting since last October.
(Pattern is Habima by Ariana Soloway. Yarns are Green Mountain Spinnery Lana (solid) and A Little Bit Sheepish BFL/merino (variegated). It's not blocked yet, it might be a little less curs'd later.)
(Pattern is Habima by Ariana Soloway. Yarns are Green Mountain Spinnery Lana (solid) and A Little Bit Sheepish BFL/merino (variegated). It's not blocked yet, it might be a little less curs'd later.)
July 27, 2025 at 7:59 PM
I have completed this curs'd project, which I have been knitting since last October.
(Pattern is Habima by Ariana Soloway. Yarns are Green Mountain Spinnery Lana (solid) and A Little Bit Sheepish BFL/merino (variegated). It's not blocked yet, it might be a little less curs'd later.)
(Pattern is Habima by Ariana Soloway. Yarns are Green Mountain Spinnery Lana (solid) and A Little Bit Sheepish BFL/merino (variegated). It's not blocked yet, it might be a little less curs'd later.)
Now is the time for everyone to sit in the same chair.
July 19, 2025 at 3:54 PM
Now is the time for everyone to sit in the same chair.
Creme brulee and qvarg havtorn. This nearly hit the ground slot 30 seconds later, but I caught it, mostly. That left me with a handful of ice cream and a nonplussed look.
(I crammed it back into its come and ate it, then dealt with the cleanup.)
(I crammed it back into its come and ate it, then dealt with the cleanup.)
June 26, 2025 at 12:49 PM
Creme brulee and qvarg havtorn. This nearly hit the ground slot 30 seconds later, but I caught it, mostly. That left me with a handful of ice cream and a nonplussed look.
(I crammed it back into its come and ate it, then dealt with the cleanup.)
(I crammed it back into its come and ate it, then dealt with the cleanup.)
I didn't know there were going to be pirates!
June 26, 2025 at 9:09 AM
I didn't know there were going to be pirates!
The front view:
June 15, 2025 at 7:26 PM
The front view:
Please enjoy this tiny house.
June 15, 2025 at 7:22 PM
Please enjoy this tiny house.
Please enjoy this tiny craft.
(Books for the book nook I'm constructing.)
(Sir Not Appearing In This Photo is Under Loch and Key, which was my test book so I wandered around waving it triumphantly and then put it down and lost it. I presume it'll turn up eventually.)
(Books for the book nook I'm constructing.)
(Sir Not Appearing In This Photo is Under Loch and Key, which was my test book so I wandered around waving it triumphantly and then put it down and lost it. I presume it'll turn up eventually.)
June 11, 2025 at 10:14 PM
Please enjoy this tiny craft.
(Books for the book nook I'm constructing.)
(Sir Not Appearing In This Photo is Under Loch and Key, which was my test book so I wandered around waving it triumphantly and then put it down and lost it. I presume it'll turn up eventually.)
(Books for the book nook I'm constructing.)
(Sir Not Appearing In This Photo is Under Loch and Key, which was my test book so I wandered around waving it triumphantly and then put it down and lost it. I presume it'll turn up eventually.)
Hi from the Calling! Go put on Military Fashion Show, I'll wait.
June 7, 2025 at 12:08 AM
Hi from the Calling! Go put on Military Fashion Show, I'll wait.
Hi from the Calling! Go put on Military Fashion Show, I'll wait.
June 6, 2025 at 11:35 PM
Hi from the Calling! Go put on Military Fashion Show, I'll wait.
The most English safety advice I've ever encountered.
May 17, 2025 at 11:07 AM
The most English safety advice I've ever encountered.
I refer to this as the full bisexual.
May 11, 2025 at 7:25 PM
I refer to this as the full bisexual.
May 10th, 2024. 11:30 at night, out at Adventurers Fen. Still the best lightshow I've ever seen, and it went on all night. (I know this because we blew two tyres getting out there and didn't get retrieved until 7 or so, so we spent the night in the fens, gawking at the sky.)
May 7, 2025 at 9:17 PM
May 10th, 2024. 11:30 at night, out at Adventurers Fen. Still the best lightshow I've ever seen, and it went on all night. (I know this because we blew two tyres getting out there and didn't get retrieved until 7 or so, so we spent the night in the fens, gawking at the sky.)
The first summer herbs. A giant pile of Swiss mint, a bit of Greek mountain tea and a few chives, a handful of roses (Sophie's perpetual) and some rosemary, oregano, and lemon balm at the back. Most to go to my son, the rest to be tied for drying or turned into rose sugar.
May 1, 2025 at 2:15 PM
The first summer herbs. A giant pile of Swiss mint, a bit of Greek mountain tea and a few chives, a handful of roses (Sophie's perpetual) and some rosemary, oregano, and lemon balm at the back. Most to go to my son, the rest to be tied for drying or turned into rose sugar.
They got my weather order!
April 23, 2025 at 12:17 PM
They got my weather order!