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K. M. Pekar
@kmpekar.bsky.social
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Professional indexer of scholarly, trade, and children’s books. Wordsmith Indexing Services.

Reader, writer, singer, spinner, knitter, aspiring birder. She/her.
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kmpekar.bsky.social
@kaine.senate.gov , please change your vote on the CR. Kicking the can down the road for a promised future discussion/vote didn’t work last time. Pole will die without the healthcare they can no longer afford. (And yes, I know fed workers aren’t being paid—several of my family members among them.)
November 10, 2025 at 5:18 PM
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kellybarnhill.bsky.social
Worth a read
November 7, 2025 at 2:11 AM
kmpekar.bsky.social
Happy Halloween!🎃
Photo of a pumpkin with a stylized cat face carved into it. The jack-o-lantern is lit from within by a candle. It sits on the weathered planks of a rustic porch or deck, with wall of grey vinyl siding behind it.
November 1, 2025 at 12:58 AM
kmpekar.bsky.social
Another #hat for #ShowMeYourKnits! This is a baby hat I made about 15 years ago. I sent it off to our niece today for their new baby, along with a #babyblanket I started 6 years ago and finally finished.
Photograph of a stuffed bear toy wearing a handknit baby hat. The hat is a soft spring green with a rolled brim and white hearts encircling it. The crown is topped with a knot. The bear is caramel brown with light tan paws and muzzle, and has a satin bow tied around its neck. Photograph of a handknit baby blanket in purple worsted-weight yarn. The pattern is “Tilly’s Blanket” by Auroraknit (available on Ravelry.) It has a seed stitch border; the main part of the blanket is stockinette stitch with a diamond pattern of small eyelet hearts.
October 24, 2025 at 4:41 AM
kmpekar.bsky.social
It’s hat week for #ShowMeYourKnits! The collection of five hats were knit for the local women’s shelter. (I knit a lot more, but I can only upload four photos, and the other ones were all the same except for the color of the yarn.) The three single hats were gifts. #hats #handknit #knitting
Hand knit beanie in self-striping yarn in heathered shades of coral, brown, olive, and blue. The brim is about 3 inches of 2 x 2 rib; the rest of the hat is in stockinette stitch. Collection of five handknit beanies: two in variegated, shades of blue, aqua, and lavender; one in ecru; one in deep burgundy/maroon; and one in variegated shades of deep blue, slate blue, deep green, maroon, and burnt orange. The brim of each hat is about 3 inches of 2 x 2 rib; the rest of the hat is in stockinette stitch. Handknit baby cap (beanie style) in mint green. The brim is 2 x 2 rib. An inch or two above it, textured hearts in reverse stockinette stitch encircle the hat. Handknit beanie in a variegated, thick-and-thin yarn in shades of sky blue, slate blue, olive green, bright orange, and golden yellow. There are glints of gold thread in the yarn. The brim is about an inch and a half to 2 inches of 2 x 2 rib; the rest of the hat is in stockinette stitch.
October 18, 2025 at 5:34 PM
kmpekar.bsky.social
If you are protesting today, thank you. I am praying for your safety.
October 18, 2025 at 4:11 PM
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govpritzker.illinois.gov
Let’s be clear: Donald Trump and Congressional Republicans forced a government shutdown tonight.

Rather than address the health care crisis that they created just earlier this year, they refuse to come to the table and do their jobs.

What happened to the art of the deal?
October 1, 2025 at 4:02 AM
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briantylercohen.bsky.social
Priorities.
October 1, 2025 at 4:39 PM
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indivisible.org
(above an image of Capitol Hill) We're in a government shutdown because Republicans demand a budget that kicks millions off their healthcare and jacks up prices for the rest of us. And the GOP is willing to hold government funding hostage until Trump gets his way.
October 1, 2025 at 4:14 PM
kmpekar.bsky.social
Well played, @merriam-webster.com !
merriam-webster.com Merriam-Webster @merriam-webster.com · Oct 1
We are thrilled to announce that our NEW Large Language Model will be released on 11.18.25.
October 1, 2025 at 6:38 PM
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phillewis.bsky.social
Jane Goodall, ethologist and conservationist, has died. She was 91
October 1, 2025 at 6:02 PM
kmpekar.bsky.social
An excellent discussion on how #publishers and #indexers can better communicate to produce the best #index for the book. Thank you to Gwen Henson of @asindexing.bsky.social ! #indexing
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From Style Sheets to Space Limits: Talking to Your Indexer Pays Off - Book Industry Study Group
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September 11, 2025 at 7:39 PM
kmpekar.bsky.social
This week’s #showmeyourknits prompt is “what’s on your needles?” My current projects are the “May I Borrow This Please” shawlette and the “Homestead Tweed Cardigan Vest.” (Photos are not up to date because I am recovering from yesterday’s Covid shot.) #knitting #handknit
Photo of a partially-completed handknit shawl along with a cake of yarn. The shawl pattern is “May I Borrow This Please” by Lorraine Whitman. The DK yarn is variegated in shades of eggplant and deep spruce; it was hand-dyed by Hairball Yarns. The shawl is on a set of nickel-plated circular needles with a purple cord. The photo is taken from above; the shawl and yarn lie on the weathered boards of a deck. Photo of a partially-completed handknit vest along with a ball of yarn in a wooden yarn bowl. The vest pattern is “Homestead Tweed Cardigan Vest, knit in deep green Homestead Tweed yarn from Plymouth Yarns. The vest is on a set of nickel-plated circular needles. The photo is taken from above; the vest and yarn bowl lie on the weathered boards of a deck.
September 6, 2025 at 8:45 PM
kmpekar.bsky.social
We got our Covid vaccines yesterday. (We both have qualifying conditions.) If you are in a state where pharmacists can’t give the vaccine right now, it’s worth checking whether you can get it through a CVS MinuteClinic, as we did. #covidvaccine #covid
September 6, 2025 at 8:26 PM
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tkingfisher.com
If you want to believe it, check it twice
::clap clap::
If you want to believe it, check it twice
::clap clap::
Doesn’t matter if it’s awful
Doesn’t matter if it’s nice
If it confirms your bias, check it twice!
::clap clap::
cheriepriest.com High Priestess, Low Patience @cheriepriest.com · Aug 18
if the rage-bait works too well it might be fake
::clap clap::
if the rage-bait works too well it might be fake
::clap clap::
look, we’ve all been fooled before
when a deep-fake makes us sore
but kindly doublecheck your source, it might be fake
::clap clap::
August 18, 2025 at 6:08 AM
kmpekar.bsky.social
More stripes for #showmeyourknits . This time, 2 scarves I knit a few years ago from my own handspun. L: multicolor scarf in moss stitch (fiber dyer unknown.) R: green scarf; fiber from Quillin Fiber Arts, pattern is One Row Handspun Scarf by S. Pearl-McPhee. #handspun #handknit #knitting
Photo of a handknit scarf in shades of blue, purple, green, and gold, knit of handspun yarn using moss stitch. The scarf lies on the gray weathered planks of a deck. The photo is taken from directly above. Photo of a hand knit scarf in shades of green and teal. I spun the Aran-weight yarn using fiber dyed by Quillin Fiber Arts, then knit the scarf following Stephanie Pearl-McPhee‘s One Row Handspun Scarf pattern.
August 19, 2025 at 1:01 AM
kmpekar.bsky.social
This week’s #showmeyourknits theme is stripes.
Photo of a pair of socks, striped in shades of magenta, purple, brown, and grey. The stripes are different on each sock. The socks lie on the silvery-grey, weathered planks of a wooden deck.
August 18, 2025 at 1:04 PM
kmpekar.bsky.social
Fiber crafts tend to proliferate. I started as a knitter, then took up spinning. Then I bought a blending board and started blending my own batts for spinning. Here’s the latest! (Loom is a 15” Cricket from Schacht, bought used. Yarn is acrylic.)

#weaving #rigidheddle
Side view of a Schacht Cricket rigid heddle loom in a wooden stand. The loom is warped with leaf-green yarn. Three or four inches have been woven so far. Top front view of a Schacht Cricket rigid heddle loom in a wooden stand. The loom is warped with leaf-green yarn. Three or four inches have been woven so far.
August 17, 2025 at 9:46 PM
kmpekar.bsky.social
Finished up these socks today. They will be lovely and warm for the fall! #handknit #knitting #knitsky #socks
Photo: a pair of purple and blue handknit socks lying on the weathered boards of a deck.
August 7, 2025 at 4:37 AM
kmpekar.bsky.social
Tour de Fleece, Day 20: Continuing the 2nd bobbin of the Malabrigo Nube in their “Boreal” colorway. I’m past the halfway point for this bobbin, and beginning to worry that this singles will be considerably longer than the first one.

#TourDeFleece #tourdefleece #handspun #handspinning #spinsky
Photograph of a wooden bobbin partially filled with a thin, single-ply yarn in shades of purple, blue, and deep magenta. The bobbin sits within the flyer of a spinning wheel; both bobbin and wheel are made of light beechwood. The photo is taken from directly above the bobbin, looking down towards the floor.
July 24, 2025 at 5:03 PM
kmpekar.bsky.social
I haven’t only been spinning recently; I’m also doing a KAL with my local spinners and weavers guild. The pattern is “May I Borrow This Please“ (you can find it on Ravelry.)

#knitting #knitsky #handknit #shawl
In Photograph of a partially completed shawl, knit with a variegated wool in shades of deep, green and purple. The shawl is curled around a ball of yarn in the same colors, and is still on a pair of circular needles. Both shawl and yarn are lying on the weathered, silvery-gray planks of a deck. Close-up photograph of a partially completed shawl, knit with a variegated wool in shades of deep green and purple. Stitch patterns used include stockinette, garter stitch, eyelet, and chain stitch.
July 23, 2025 at 9:26 PM
kmpekar.bsky.social
Tour de Fleece update, as of 7/21/2025: I finished the first bobbin of a planned three-ply and started on the second. The fiber is Malabrigo Nube in “Boreal,” and I am spinning it on my Louet Victoria travel wheel.

#tourdefleece #handspun #handspunyarn #handspinning #spinsky #teamfswg2025
Photo of a braid of merino wool carded top in shades of purple, blue, and deep magenta, next to a wooden bobbin of handspun yarn. The yarn is a single ply, very thin, and is clearly still in process because the bobbin is in the spinning wheel’s flyer. The fiber is Malabrigo Nube in the “Boreal” colorway. The spinning wheel is a Louet Victoria made from beechwood. Photo of two wooden bobbins of handspun wool yarn in shades of purple, blue, and deep magenta. The yarn on each bobbin is a single ply, very thin. The bobbin on the left is complete, and is about half full. A white female hand holds it beside the right-hand bobbin, which is about an eighth full and is still in the spinning wheel’s flyer. The fiber is Malabrigo Nube in the “Boreal” colorway. The spinning wheel is a Louet Victoria made from beechwood. Photo of a wooden spinning wheel flyer and bobbin. The bobbin holds a single, thin ply of handspun wool yarn in shades of purple, blue, and deep magenta; it is about a quarter full. The fiber used is Malabrigo Nube in the “Boreal” colorway. The spinning wheel is a Louet Victoria made from beechwood.
July 23, 2025 at 2:11 AM
kmpekar.bsky.social
Tour de Fleece 2025, Day 11 (7/15.) The Rusty Truck yarn is finished as of today; I washed it yesterday and skeined it today. It came out really well. Tonight I finished the first bobbin of the Malabrigo Nube in Boreal (about 1.33 oz, if I divided the fiber evenly. 🤞)
Photo of two skeins of handspun yarn, lying diagonally across the floorboards of a wooden deck. The yarn is multicolored, in shades of teal, grey-blue, brown, olive, and mauve. The yarn is fairly thin, probably a light fingering or even heavy lace weight. Close-up photo, of portions of two skeins of handspun yarn, lying diagonally across the floorboards of a wooden deck. The yarn is multicolored, in shades of teal, grey-blue, brown, olive, and mauve. The yarn is fairly thin, probably a light fingering or even heavy lace weight. The deck boards can barely be seen around the edges of the picture. Close-up photo of a wooden bobbin, half filled with a single ply of handspun yarn in various shades of purple and deep maroon. The yarn is spun very fine. The bobbin is made of beech. It lies diagonally on a wooden table with a light maple finish.
July 16, 2025 at 2:01 AM
kmpekar.bsky.social
Tour de Fleece, Day7. Almost done spinning the Flame batts as a thick-and-thin art yarn. I didn’t remember how much yellow there is in the second and third batts. I think I will ply it with red thread to emphasize the red. #tourdefleece #handspun #handspinning #teamfswg2025
Photo of yellow and red art yarn on a wooden bobbin. The yarn is thick and thick-and-thin, the yellow and red often twisting around one another, and occasionally shot with black. The two arms of the spinning wheel’s flyer can be seen on either side of the bobbin. The photo was taken from above, looking straight down at the bobbin.
July 12, 2025 at 2:32 AM
kmpekar.bsky.social
Tour de Fleece 2025, Day 6: I decided to spin up some art batts I created. I have three of the batts (about 2 oz. each, I think?), and I am spinning them as a thick-and-thin yarn. I have more of the base fibers, so I can spin up a plain yarn to ply it with. #tourdefleece #teamfswg2025 #handspun
Photo of a wooden bobbin, half filled with thick-and thin art yarn in shades of red and orange with a little yellow and black. The bobbin is on a spinning wheel flyer. Held next to the bobbin is a batt of unspun fiber in the same colors, with silk threads and sparkling filaments mixed in.
July 11, 2025 at 2:36 AM