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KnittingMittens (She/Her)
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Everything from knitting, spinning, permaculture, food preserving, etc. I like to explore new hobbies and see what else to fit into my limited hobby […]

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knittingmittens.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy
I've been retreating into #books this past week. I've read the first three #bloodandash books and starting the first in #fleshandfire tomorrow. Of course the stories are more drama filled than our world's realities that I'm trying to escape!
March 16, 2025 at 2:45 AM
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veroniqueb99.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy
It's getting better every day....
March 7, 2025 at 11:23 PM
knittingmittens.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy
My next spinning project. I have 10 oz of fiber in total. I'm not sure how I want to spin it and what I want to use it for. Too much for socks, not enough for a sweater. I could weave with it possibly. Open to ideas for preparing/spinning the fiber and what […]

[Original post on mastodon.social]
Two hand dyed braids of polworth top, one has been unbraided and wound into a ball. It is slightly self striping with blue, grayish brown, red, and gold. Colors are very autumn looking.
March 8, 2025 at 6:22 PM
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Bought this lineman's (guys that climb poles) phone for five bucks at the Habitat for Humanity store. No idea what to do with it (I haven't had a landline for a decade) but the 70s-80s sci-fi aesthetic is wonderful. I can just imagine picking it up and […]

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The back of a safety yellow and gray plastic phone phone handset with a 70's modern industrial design there is a dialing keypad at top, and a chrome belt clip hanging from the bottom.
March 7, 2025 at 1:00 AM
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aroundthehills.mastodonapp.uk.ap.brid.gy
I've just placed a seed order.

Two types of tomato, spring onions, yellow courgettes, chilli peppers, chives and mint.

I'll take a chance on also sowing the leftover seeds from last year (and the year before!).

I'm not growing aubergines this year. They weren't worth the greenhouse space […]
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mastodonapp.uk
March 6, 2025 at 10:32 PM
knittingmittens.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy
In addition to the #blackout day protest, and the other protests scheduled for the next few weeks, I've been trying to buy as little as possible from the beginning of March. It's interesting how this has changed my mindset around spending. For example, I ran out of heavy cream for my coffee […]
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mastodon.social
March 5, 2025 at 7:56 PM
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xankarn.mastodon.online.ap.brid.gy
Am I rooting against my country?

No, I’m rooting against the criminals and nihilists who are actively sabotaging it.

#uspol
March 5, 2025 at 1:39 AM
knittingmittens.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy
Fabric order arrived! I love the shop makeropolis.com, for secondhand fabric at a reasonable price. The yellow/green print will be a Bavarian Dirndl, and the white will be the blouse. I have decided I do not have enough time to make it for the festival I had […]

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White fabric, next to yellow fabric with a green floral design. At the top is a bundle of fabric wrapped together with an orange ribbon: pink plaid, pink floral, and blue floral
March 4, 2025 at 10:51 PM
knittingmittens.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy
I emailed my library the other day about hosting a mending workshop/free repair clinic. They are willing to help me organize and host it! 🥰 I've been trying to get involved in the community without much luck, so hopefully this will be successful and just add some positivity to this year […]
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mastodon.social
March 3, 2025 at 6:51 PM
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urbanfoxe.mastodon.ie.ap.brid.gy
I made a St Patrick's Gnome for the local Irish establishment.

@FoxeinSocks randomly found the harp and the Ireland charm on different days on the street. Came in handy.
A green Swedish gnome with a red nose and checkered hat and legs. He has a fur beard and fur around his black boots. 3 grern crocheted shamrock are on his hat. One has a gold harp on it. A tiny silver charm of Ireland hands from the point of his hat.
March 2, 2025 at 8:46 PM
knittingmittens.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy
I got pepper seeds started and planned out my planting calendar. I still need to prepare some new beds outside (including building them but the ones I buy come precut and slide into the corner posts). I'm hoping to actually direct seed peas on time this year, that's the one thing I have […]
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mastodon.social
March 2, 2025 at 6:21 PM
knittingmittens.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy
Our garage door just decided to quit working and with my family going out of town tomorrow, I'll be left without a vehicle. It's fine, I'll just craft all weekend 😁 (I could get my bike out of the garage somehow in an emergency, nothing to worry about). #fiberarts #crafting
February 28, 2025 at 11:27 PM
knittingmittens.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy
Needing a palate cleanser after today. So I am thinking about making clothes. I finished a beautiful skirt recently, and I'm almost done with a pinafore. I have a list of things I want to make for my family to avoid buying new stuff/contributing to […]

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Blue denim colored skirt laying on a blanket. It's just below the knee on the maker, with a gathered elastic waistband. Close up of the pocket of the denim colored skirt, which is a contrasting light pink fabric with black and white small scribbles.
February 28, 2025 at 9:53 PM
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stux.mstdn.social.ap.brid.gy
I stand with #zelenskyy 🇺🇦

Screw you dictator #Trump
February 28, 2025 at 6:47 PM
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juliette.mastodon.green.ap.brid.gy
The news out of the oval office tonight is both shocking and absolutely not surprising.
Europe must stand with our Ukrainian friends, more than ever.
Slava Ukraini!
February 28, 2025 at 6:43 PM
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chris.mstdn.chrisalemany.ca.ap.brid.gy
🇨🇦 Hey my Canadian friends! 🇨🇦
(And welcome back mstdn.ca!)

✋ Boycott USA Stores today! ✋

🚫No American Online Stores🚫

⛔️No American Brick and Mortar Stores⛔️

📵Cancel your American subscriptions if you can!📵

🇨🇦🚨BUY CANADIAN ALL DAY […]

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February 28, 2025 at 4:27 PM
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davidaugust.mastodon.online.ap.brid.gy
Timeline cleanser. 🐑
February 27, 2025 at 10:10 PM
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gottalaff.mstdn.social.ap.brid.gy
FEB 28!
February 27, 2025 at 11:19 PM
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gottalaff.mstdn.social.ap.brid.gy
I'm getting so sick of The News and politicians talking about Trump/Musk in normal terms as if they're part of a normal political system.

That's gone. We have remnants, and hopefully we can somehow restore it, but to report and discuss what's going on with Congress, laws, all things Trump/his […]
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mstdn.social
February 27, 2025 at 10:18 PM
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gottalaff.mstdn.social.ap.brid.gy
✔️

Via Joyce Vance:

Today is a really good day to do something. Read the Constitution. Have a talk with a stranger about DOGE. Volunteer at a food bank. Be kind to people. Whatever you do, don’t just throw your hands up in the air & assume Trump gets away with it all. We are still a rule of […]
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mstdn.social
February 27, 2025 at 4:32 PM
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veroniqueb99.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy
🎤 🎶 🎵 🎧
February 27, 2025 at 1:16 AM
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nonilex.masto.ai.ap.brid.gy
I just found out about this & it’s starting soon.

#dei #boycott PLAN Phase One

24 hr ECONOMIC BLACKOUT on FRIDAY FEB 28, from 12 AM to 11:59 PM.

This is the first step to counter attacks DEI.

Do not make any purchases.
Do not shop online, or in-store […]

[Original post on masto.ai]
DEI BOYCOTT PLAN Phase One 24 HOUR BLACKOUT on FRIDAY FEBRUARY 28, from 12 AM to 11:59 PM. THIS IS THE FIRST STEP to counter the attack on DEI (Diversity, Equity and Inclusion) Do not make any purchases. Do not shop online, or in-store No Amazon No Walmart No Best Buy No McDonalds and other fast-food stores No Gas No Major Retailers Do not use Credit or Debit Cards for non-essential spending. Try to buy all you need before Friday, February 28, but IF NECESSARY: Only buy essentials of absolutely necessary items such as food, medicine, emergency supplies) If you must spend, ONLY support small, local businesses. WHY THIS MATTERS! Corporations and banks only care about their bottom line. Disrupting the economy for even one day sends a powerful message. If they don't listen we make the next blackout longer. Our numbers are powerful. This is how we make history! SPREAD THE MESSAGE! Please share with all of your contacts. Talk about it, post about it, document your actions that day! We must use he power we do have and send an economic message with our numbers as did Dr. King!! FEBRUARY 28TH. The 24-Hour Economic Black Out Begins. DEI BOYCOTT PLAN Phase Two March 7 - 14 Amazon Boycott March 21 – 28 Nestlé Boycott April 7 – 14 Walmart Boycott April 18th - Total Economic Blackout #2 April 21 - 28 General Mills Boycott
February 27, 2025 at 12:16 AM
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stux.mstdn.social.ap.brid.gy
Mom: “No videogames, go play outside”
Me: “Ok”
February 26, 2025 at 4:08 PM
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gottalaff.mstdn.social.ap.brid.gy
🤦🏻‍♀️
Via Scott MacFarlane:

Because the U.S. House does not allow proxy voting for new moms on maternity leave… Rep Brittany Pettersen (D-CO) flew cross country from Denver to DC with her weeks-old son Sam in her arms to vote on critical budget plan last night

bipartisan group is […]
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mstdn.social
February 26, 2025 at 5:02 PM