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pknanse.bsky.social
@pknanse.bsky.social
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Working mom, runner, crocheter, Sci Fi/Fantasy and Mystery lover, sometimes writer, dance mom, LGBTQ Ally/relative, she/her
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A snapshot into on of the projects I am working on. 🧶🧶

I started #crocheting the Noro Jacket I saw posted here and I am loving how it is turning out. I am almost done with the body.
The body of a crocheted sweater done in shell/granny stitches done in a yarn of shifting shades of green and brown. It is a work in progress and the ball of yarn and crochet hook sits to the bottom right. The sweater lays on a wood background.
May 4, 2025 at 4:19 PM
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Stash project. I had a leftover Caron Cake from another project and didn’t know what to do with it. I decided to try a shawl not knowing how the gradient would work with the pattern. I don’t hate it.

#crochet #fiberarts
A crocheted triangle shawl in a gradient color pattern of dark green, light green, white, and pale peachy pink. It sits on a wood background
March 29, 2025 at 12:46 AM
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Three dish cloths finished in time for gifting.

Crocheting 🧶 is my sanity these days.

#crochet #crochetsky #fiberarts
Three roughly 9”x8” cotton crocheted dish clothes overlapped laying on a wood surface. The top is done in a variating pastel rainbow pattern. The middle is done in a sage green yarn and the bottom one is in a sand colored yarn.
February 28, 2025 at 10:57 PM
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Happened to be near a bookstore today and decided to start adding to my print copy collection of valuable reading material. I am losing trust in digital copies of certain things

I also picked up a little something that makes me happy, a “Legends & Lattes” stationery kit.
Two books: “Letters From Birmingham Jail” by Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. abd “Deconstructing: Leaving Church, Finding Faith” by Karls Kamstra and a fun impulse purchase of a stationary pack of “Legends & Lattes” themed itemd (stickers, a bookmark, sticky notes, and notepad) all sitting on a wood surface.
January 27, 2025 at 2:50 AM
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Some nights you just need some fresh baked chocolate chip cookies.

#baking
Two delicious fresh baked, fresh out of the oven golden brown, tollhouse chocolate chip cookies. They are resting on a cobalt and white abstract patterned plate with a stoneware tan rim. The plate sits on a navy blue quartz countertop
January 26, 2025 at 6:05 AM
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I follow B. Dylan Hollis on Instagram. I had a couple avocados so on a lark my son and I tried making the Avocado Bread.

The verdict: Aesthetically?gorgeous. Taste? Ok. Better than expected. But a bit bland and dense. Adding butter made it better.

Fun to try a new thing though. #baking
A loaf of Avocado quick bread in a blue pyrex loaf dish resting on a dark blue kitchen counter
January 21, 2025 at 12:55 AM
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What I am currently reading.

“Daindreth’s Sorceress” by Elisabeth Wheatley is my Audiobook that I listen to on my commute. I am really enjoying the series

“The House on Vesper Sands” by Paraic O’Donnell is my curl up with a book read. It was an impulse buy that I have just started. So far so good.
The cover image of the novel “Daindreth’s Sorceress” by Elisabeth Wheatley. Book Four of the series. The image is of a hardcover version of the novel “The House in Vesper Sands” by Paraic O’Donnell.
January 16, 2025 at 4:59 PM
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The world has been burning (very literally near my area) and we are days away from things getting much worse in this country. Time to de-stress with some tea and crocheting 🧶.
On a coffee table sits a cream mug with steeping tea. Next to it is a work in progress crochet item made in cream colored yarn in ab alternating shell and ridge pattern. A crochet hook with a bright red/orange handle sits on top of the work in progress. Behind those items, on the table, sits a skein of cream yarn on a wood yarn holder with and attached red wrist strap.
January 14, 2025 at 8:37 PM
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‘Tis the season to begin bejeweling costume pieces for dance competition.

#dancemomlife
On a wood table sits a grey sewing mat. On the mat are two black gloves. One has a thick band of red jewels at the top and the jewels diffuse an spread further down the glove. The second glove only has the thick band of red jewels. At the top is a white tray with bright red loose jewels and a white wax jewel picker pencil. To the right of the tray is a small tube of B7000 glue. To the right of the mat is another white tray with dark red loose jewels.
January 2, 2025 at 6:01 AM
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My brother gave my youngest a little screaming goat toy. It is really a perfect uncle gift, obnoxious and hilarious.

I think it also really expresses how many of us feel looking ahead to 2025.
January 1, 2025 at 3:39 AM
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If you need a divine Christmas Cookie recipe and love chocolate, then look no further than these Death by Chocolate Peppermint Cookies.

My teen made some yesterday and they are amazing.

www.ambitiouskitchen.com/death-by-cho...
Three Chocolate Peppermint cookies decorated with white chocolate drizzled stars and crushed peppermint candy. They sit on a blue and white patterned plate with tan stoneware edging. The plate sits on a dark blue countertop.
December 23, 2024 at 10:11 PM
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It is approaching Christmas week so why not a Christmas themed murder mystery?

This #book was a total impulse buy. I am hoping for some light enjoyable reading.
Image of a paperback book “Murder on the Christmas Express” by Alexandra Benedict, laying in a wood surface.
December 20, 2024 at 6:03 AM
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The downside to free styling a crochet 🧶 project is sometimes you have to nearly finish a section before you realize your proportions still aren’t right.

Here is hoping 3rd time is a charm on the sleeves of this sleeve shawl.
A work in progress crochet sleeve shawl in ivory with red and green puff stitch stripes draped across a lap. A blue handled crochet hook is looped through a partially do e sleeve.
December 6, 2024 at 6:24 PM
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The body of my Christmas Tree amigurumi is done. All that is left is adding some frill to the tree, and embroidering some colorful decor.

This is a variation on the linked pattern. 🧶

helloyellowyarn.com/2020/12/20/c...
A crocheted amigurumi of a Christmas tree. The tree is green with a shadowed dark brown trunk. There is a small white poof ball as the “star” on top. The crocheted amigurumi rests on a red placemat on a table.
November 30, 2024 at 7:27 AM
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Completed the annual Turkey Trot and my time of 10:13min/mile was really satisfying since I have struggled in the last 6 months to be consistently under an 11min/mile.

Now it is time to wreck the kitchen and make some tasty food.
A race medal in the shape of a running cartoon turkey wearing a pilgrim hat. The medal is attached to an orange fall themed ribbon with lighter orange leaf motif. The medal rests on a navy blue countertop.
November 28, 2024 at 7:22 PM
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The pumpkin pie is done baking. The crust got a little darker than I wished, but otherwise a lovely pie.
Image of a Freshly baked pumpkin pie with small pastry leaves lining the crust. The pie is set on a black wire cooling rack sitting on a navy blue countertop.
November 28, 2024 at 3:22 AM
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Image taken from the top of a small dock, through and arch built at the entrance to the dock, looking out at the calm Pacific ocean. It is morning and the orange sun glows and peeks through the mostly grey and cloudy sky. A sailboat is moored a short distance from the pier in the center of the picture
November 21, 2024 at 5:31 AM
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Starting the morning with some crochet and coffee. Good self care for this Sunday.

Picking up on an older stalled project because of course I have multiple projects happening at any one time.
Hand crochet shawl work in progress with red and green puff stitch stripes one a background of cream.
November 17, 2024 at 4:17 PM
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Time for a light morning #run to get the blood pumping ahead of a busy day. About a 2.5 miler today
Picture taken from the perspective of a runner looked down at their feet while standing on the sidewalk. The runner is i. Black running tights and wearing black and white running shoes
November 16, 2024 at 5:01 PM
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This line has sit with me since I read King’s novel. Tapping into our dark well can have its uses, but I think America has been allowing itself to marinate too much in that poison.
There is a dark well in everyone. I think. And it never goes dry. But you drink from it at your peril. That water is poison. ~ Stephen King “Fairy Tale”
November 15, 2024 at 5:55 PM
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This is mine. I was in a regency sleuthing sort of mood.

Your book has peaked my interest. I may have to look more into it.
Book cover of “Murder at Kings Crossing” by Andrea Penrose (a Wrexford and Sloane Mystery). On the cover is a shadowed regency era man holding a lantern peering into half open gates of an estate on an ominous evening
November 14, 2024 at 2:09 PM
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My sweater project is nearly finished. I just need to sew in the ends. I’m pretty happy with the result considering this is completely freestyle (no pattern used). #crochet
Hand crocheted sweater with fall colored wave stitch in a vertical stripe pattern
November 13, 2024 at 6:02 PM
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November 13, 2024 at 7:19 AM