Mercury (Emily Anne Davies)
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Mercury (Emily Anne Davies)
@mercuryzelda.bsky.social
130 followers 140 following 160 posts
Perpetually tired fat white US ➡️ UK immigrant.
Queer and chronically ill.
Knitting, video games, old music.
On-and-off learning 한국어 & 日本語.
They/them preferred, she/her okay.
https://www.mercurialknits.com/
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Anyway, I came back to post another test knit 🧶 for @perfectlyknotted.bsky.social #PerfectlyKnotted ! This is the #DKCompassCrewSweater and I absolutely loved making it and now love wearing it. Yarn is from @wildfloweryarn.bsky.social . Pattern comes out end of September!
Mercury (me), a fat white genderqueer person, stands in a 3/4 view looking at the camera. I'm wearing a white and pastel long-sleeved sweater with raised compass lines down the front, back, and sleeves - the DK Compass Crew Sweater. A back view of the sweater. A profile view of the sweater. A close-up of my right arm to show the compass line detail.
September 16, 2025 at 2:41 PM
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I finished test #knitting the #StapleTank by @perfectlyknotted.bsky.social using my gorgeous "Love Yourself... Or Else" #yarn from @sisterananseyarn.bsky.social ! I'm so pleased with it and I learned so much about shaping. The bust darts I made aren't perfect but they will be on the next one!
Mercury (me), a fat white genderqueer person, stands in a 3/4 view facing the camera. They are wearing a brightly coloured, variegated knitted tank top (the Staple Tank by Claire Jackson) in shades of yellow, green, orange, and pink, with splashes of black. The tank top has black ribbing around the collar, armholes, and bottom hem. Their arms are open wide and they are smiling. Mercury (me), a fat white genderqueer person, stands in a 3/4 view facing the camera. They are wearing a brightly coloured, variegated knitted tank top (the Staple Tank by Claire Jackson) in shades of yellow, green, orange, and pink, with splashes of black. The tank top has black ribbing around the collar, armholes, and bottom hem. Their arms are by their sides and they are smiling. Mercury (me), a fat white genderqueer person, stands with their back facing the camera. They are wearing a brightly coloured, variegated knitted tank top (the Staple Tank by Claire Jackson) in shades of yellow, green, orange, and pink, with splashes of black. The tank top has black ribbing around the collar, armholes, and bottom hem.
May 25, 2025 at 4:08 PM
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And you know what? They're going to be *perfect* with "Ogres Are Like Onions" from @creation-m-couture.bsky.social in a sweater! Look how they play off each other! 🧶 #Yarn #Knitting #HandDyedYarn #CreationMissCouture #FleurAngeApparel
Four skeins of yarn on a burgundy sofa cushion, arranged green, yellow-tan, green, and yellow-tan. The green is "Get Out of My Swamp" by Fleur Ange Apparel, and the yellow-tan is "Ogres Are Like Onions" by Création Miss Couture.
March 25, 2025 at 5:43 PM
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Super gorgeous "Get Out of My Swamp!" green yarn from @fleurange.bsky.social 😍 A yellowy green after my own heart with brown as the perfect accent! 🧶 #Knitting #Yarn #HandDyedYarn #FleurAngeApparel
Four skeins of tonal green-brown yarn ("Get Out of My Swamp" by Fleur Ange Apparel) in a plastic bag on a burgundy sofa cushion
March 25, 2025 at 5:43 PM
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What an absolutely amazing weekend at the East Anglia Yarn Festival! The biggest highlight for me was finally meeting @victoriaknits.bsky.social in person after six years of online friendship 🥹
A photo of me and Victoria at the East Anglia Yarn Festival! I dyed my hair blue, green and yellow to match my jumper, which Victoria designed. Victoria is wearing a sea green linen dress topped with her own design, a sea green lace cardigan.
March 17, 2025 at 9:24 AM
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I haven't stopped! Nearly two months more of studying kanji update:
A screenshot of the review screen from the Japanese kanji learning tool, WaniKani. It's split into five categories. The text reads: Apprentice - 39 (Radicals 8, Kanji 9, Vocabulary 22) Guru - 326 (Radicals 19, Kanji 68, Vocabulary 239) Master - 355 (Radicals 34, Kanji 69, Vocabulary 252) Enlightened - 296 (Radicals 40, Kanji 62, Vocabulary 194) Burned - 302 (Radicals 100, Kanji 78, Vocabulary 124)
March 5, 2025 at 6:01 PM
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@creation-m-couture.bsky.social also sent me a surprise in this package that I didn't expect but absolutely love and feel so grateful for 😭 This gorgeous brown yarn is called "Chestnut", and she dyed it for me after a bad experience I had with a different dyer. It's stunning!!! 🤩 🧶
Four skeins of yarn on a burgundy sofa cushion. The yarn is "Chestnut" by Création Miss Couture: a tonal warm brown. It's gorgeous and rich.
March 3, 2025 at 2:00 PM
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I just got the most beautiful package from @creation-m-couture.bsky.social 😍🧶 "Ogres Are Like Onions" from the Shrek collection! So beautiful and so soft!
Four skeins of yarn on a burgundy sofa cushion. The yarn is "Ogres Are Like Onions" by Création Miss Couture: a variegated warm yellow and tan with pops of green. It looks just like onion skins!
March 3, 2025 at 2:00 PM
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Here are some modelled photos! 🧶

I used "Pleez Halp" (black-brown variegated) & "Larimar Crystal" (aqua with red, pink, and white pops) from Sister Ananse Yarn and I loved how they worked up with the solids from Cascade Yarns.

#NorthernAttitudeBeanie #PerfectlyKnotted #SisterAnanseYarn
A photo of me, a fat genderqueer white person, wearing the aqua Northern Attitude Beanie, large glasses, and a red coat, standing in front of a sandstone brick wall. I'm smiling at the camera. A close-up of the top of the aqua Northern Attitude Beanie. You can see the lifted crown increases, and the cerise stripes contrasting with the main aqua yarn. The ribbed brim is thick and and cosy. A photo of me, a fat genderqueer white person, wearing the multicoloured Northern Attitude Beanie, large glasses, and a red coat, standing in front of a sandstone brick wall. I'm smiling at the camera. A side view of me wearing the multicoloured Northern Attitude Beanie. You can now see the cream stripes on the crown and how the brim covers my ears entirely, keeping me warm and cosy.
February 18, 2025 at 5:43 PM
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I loved this hat so much, I made two! 🧶

These are both the #NorthernAttitudeBeanie by @perfectlyknotted.bsky.social and both of them use beautiful variegated yarn from the amazing @sisterananseyarn.bsky.social 😍

#PerfectlyKnotted #SisterAnanseYarn
Two Northern Attitude Beanies (pattern by Claire Jackson - Perfectly Knotted), laying on a deep red sofa cushion. The left one uses an aqua variegated yarn and a deep pink solid; the right has a highly variegated black-brown-pink and a cream solid. Both variegated yarns are from Sister Ananse Yarn by Naima Bond Art.
February 18, 2025 at 5:43 PM
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Finally, this is Love Yourself... Or Else by @sisterananseyarn.bsky.social based on the film The Substance! 🧶 Do you really expect me to be able to resist neon green, yellow, pink and orange, especially on this amazing black-and-white base?
Four skeins of Sister Ananse Yarn, resting on a burgundy couch cushion. This colourway is called Love Yourself... Or Else and is neon green, yellow, pink, and orange, with pops of black from the black-and-white yarn base.
January 31, 2025 at 4:10 PM
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Golden, Pink and Purple assigned pooling yarn by @sisterananseyarn.bsky.social 🧶. I want to make a shawl with this!
One skein of Sister Ananse Yarn on a burgundy sofa cushion. This colourway is called Golden, Pink and Purple, and is golden yellow, pink, purple, and ocean blue.
January 31, 2025 at 4:07 PM
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This is Ace of Wands by @sisterananseyarn.bsky.social 🧶. I couldn't resist a beautiful green/brown combo!
One skein of Sister Ananse Yarn on a burgundy sofa cushion. This colourway is called Ace of Wands, and is medium brown, yellow-green, and brighter yellow with orange speckles.
January 31, 2025 at 4:07 PM
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It's one of my favourite days - a day when beautiful yarn from @sisterananseyarn.bsky.social arrives! I'm going to put each colour in its own post in this thread. This is Ace of Pentacles. 🧶
Five skeins of Sister Ananse Yarn on a burgundy sofa cushion. This colourway is called Ace of Pentacles, and is deep blue, black, red, and golden yellow.
January 31, 2025 at 4:07 PM
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If you see this, post your favourite flower!
A photo of a blue and green hybrid hydrangea.
January 24, 2025 at 11:58 AM
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I got my hair coloured! It's different now!!
A photo of Mercury, a white genderqueer person, smiling at the camera. They have short ocean blue hair.
January 23, 2025 at 4:27 PM
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So excited to test knit a new beanie pattern soon for @perfectlyknotted.bsky.social using yarn hand-dyed by @sisterananseyarn.bsky.social 😍 This yarn is called "Pleez Halp" and is based on the movie The Fifth Element! 🧶
A photo of a multicoloured skein of yarn on a purplish-red sofa cushion. The label reads "Sister Ananse Yarn by Naima Bond" and features a stylised representation of the trickster god Ananse as its logo. The yarn has shades of black, brown, pink, blue and white with speckles of many other colours.
January 15, 2025 at 9:17 PM
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After about seven (?) months off WaniKani, I got back into it at the end of December and was pleased that I've managed to remember a decent amount of kanji. I need to go back to my textbook to study Japanese grammar, but this is reassuring that not EVERYTHING fell out of my head when I left uni.
A screenshot of the review screen from the Japanese kanji learning tool, WaniKani. It's split into five categories. The text reads: Apprentice - 33 (Radicals 2, Kanji 9, Vocabulary 22) Guru - 188 (Radicals 29, Kanji 37, Vocabulary 122) Master - 98 (Radicals 10, Kanji 19, Vocabulary 69) Enlightened - 52 (Radicals 3, Kanji 20, Vocabulary 29) Burned - 298 (Radicals 100, Kanji 74, Vocabulary 124)
January 11, 2025 at 6:08 PM