@purrsnpurls.bsky.social
Cats, knitting, books, and subversion. Educator, academic, and environmentalist. Working to create change. Loves gardening and learning.
November 19, 2025 at 4:51 AM
Current #wip for #ShowMeYourKnits this week. Pattern is Moonlit Magic Mitts on Ravelry. Yarn is cascade 220 fingering and big twist sock yarn. I think I FINALLY figured out color dominance by mitt two. Only second time using DPNs. Wish I tried them sooner! 🧶
November 11, 2025 at 7:41 AM
Current #wip for #ShowMeYourKnits this week. Pattern is Moonlit Magic Mitts on Ravelry. Yarn is cascade 220 fingering and big twist sock yarn. I think I FINALLY figured out color dominance by mitt two. Only second time using DPNs. Wish I tried them sooner! 🧶
#showmeyourknits horror story week, this Haruni shawl had multiple mishaps. the white yarn became a huge tangled mess that left me in tears. At some point near the end, a stitch snapped and started unwinding. I was able to felt and stitch it back together luckily. 🧶#knit
October 26, 2025 at 10:18 PM
#showmeyourknits horror story week, this Haruni shawl had multiple mishaps. the white yarn became a huge tangled mess that left me in tears. At some point near the end, a stitch snapped and started unwinding. I was able to felt and stitch it back together luckily. 🧶#knit
Since it’s hat week for #showmeyourknits I’ll share my other hats too! I made three of these and entered these two in the county fair. These were my first colorwork project. Learned a lot! 🧶
October 21, 2025 at 7:30 PM
Since it’s hat week for #showmeyourknits I’ll share my other hats too! I made three of these and entered these two in the county fair. These were my first colorwork project. Learned a lot! 🧶
I’ve made a lot of hats, they’re usually what i practice a new skill with. This one is my favorite! #showmeyourknits 🧶🧶
October 21, 2025 at 6:35 AM
I’ve made a lot of hats, they’re usually what i practice a new skill with. This one is my favorite! #showmeyourknits 🧶🧶
I’ve never knit socks, so can’t do #showmeyourknits this week, but I’ve finally finished my first sweater (even though I had to make short sleeves). Love how it came out! Made for my cat crazy kid. #knitting #cat 🧶
October 6, 2025 at 2:41 AM
I’ve never knit socks, so can’t do #showmeyourknits this week, but I’ve finally finished my first sweater (even though I had to make short sleeves). Love how it came out! Made for my cat crazy kid. #knitting #cat 🧶
Finally my time to shine! #showmeyourknits this week is shawls. They are my favorite to knit with all the lace options. Just won a people’s choice award for one of them at my county fair too! #Knit #lace 🧶
August 3, 2025 at 8:15 PM
Finally my time to shine! #showmeyourknits this week is shawls. They are my favorite to knit with all the lace options. Just won a people’s choice award for one of them at my county fair too! #Knit #lace 🧶
She’s off the blocking mat now, wanted to show her off in my tiny porch garden. 🧶 #knit #lace #showmeyourknits #garden #porchGarden
July 1, 2025 at 2:53 AM
She’s off the blocking mat now, wanted to show her off in my tiny porch garden. 🧶 #knit #lace #showmeyourknits #garden #porchGarden
Finished my Pi shawl today. Pattern is “EZ Camping Pi Shawl” and free on Ravelry. Realized I need another set of blocking mats haha can’t believe I started knitting a year ago. #knitsky #ShowMeYourKnits #knit #lace
June 30, 2025 at 3:48 AM
Finished my Pi shawl today. Pattern is “EZ Camping Pi Shawl” and free on Ravelry. Realized I need another set of blocking mats haha can’t believe I started knitting a year ago. #knitsky #ShowMeYourKnits #knit #lace
Finished her today!
June 30, 2025 at 3:43 AM
Finished her today!
Explain what it’s like working in academia in one image #academia #policies #lol #MyPoliciesHavePolicies
June 6, 2025 at 2:22 AM
Explain what it’s like working in academia in one image #academia #policies #lol #MyPoliciesHavePolicies
I’m pretty sure I saw a hybrid goose in Washington! It was hanging with a bunch of Canada geese but was the only white one.
May 30, 2025 at 7:30 AM
I’m pretty sure I saw a hybrid goose in Washington! It was hanging with a bunch of Canada geese but was the only white one.
#showmeyourknits this week is #wip mine is a lovely lace PI shawl. I love knitting lace! Going to enter this one in the county fair. Camping shawl on Ravelry. #knitting #knit #lace
May 27, 2025 at 3:38 AM
#showmeyourknits this week is #wip mine is a lovely lace PI shawl. I love knitting lace! Going to enter this one in the county fair. Camping shawl on Ravelry. #knitting #knit #lace
#ShowMeYourKnits this week is DK. I love DK and cotton, so I have a lot of this cotton yarn. This was my first shirt I made for myself. Streamline tank on ravelry. #knitting #knit #plants #crafts 🧶
May 9, 2025 at 6:07 AM
#ShowMeYourKnits this week is DK. I love DK and cotton, so I have a lot of this cotton yarn. This was my first shirt I made for myself. Streamline tank on ravelry. #knitting #knit #plants #crafts 🧶
Inspired by @aoc.bsky.social #workinprogresswednesday #WIPWednesday post, here’s mine. Going to be a gift for a friend. #knit #knitting 🧶
April 24, 2025 at 5:52 AM
Inspired by @aoc.bsky.social #workinprogresswednesday #WIPWednesday post, here’s mine. Going to be a gift for a friend. #knit #knitting 🧶
Take me to the trees
Where the birds know not of
hold music
Music for the sake of beauty
Is for the birds
Until we all can fight
For all the beauty and light
I will go to the trees
Where the birds know not of
hold music
Music for the sake of beauty
Is for the birds
Until we all can fight
For all the beauty and light
I will go to the trees
April 23, 2025 at 3:20 AM
Take me to the trees
Where the birds know not of
hold music
Music for the sake of beauty
Is for the birds
Until we all can fight
For all the beauty and light
I will go to the trees
Where the birds know not of
hold music
Music for the sake of beauty
Is for the birds
Until we all can fight
For all the beauty and light
I will go to the trees
It’s the best cat ever’s birthday today. She is 15! This is my first cat and she became my son’s cat the second he came home. She was only waiting for him to be born for her true owner haha we love you Maui ❤️ #cat #catsky #tuxedocat
April 20, 2025 at 10:32 PM
It’s the best cat ever’s birthday today. She is 15! This is my first cat and she became my son’s cat the second he came home. She was only waiting for him to be born for her true owner haha we love you Maui ❤️ #cat #catsky #tuxedocat
#showmeyourknits prompt is gifts. Almost all of my knits are gifts! Here is my most recent gift, this shawl my kiddo saw me knitting and said he wanted a “little man shawl”. It came out better than I could have imagined! 🧶 #knitsky #knitting #lace
April 20, 2025 at 8:19 PM
#showmeyourknits prompt is gifts. Almost all of my knits are gifts! Here is my most recent gift, this shawl my kiddo saw me knitting and said he wanted a “little man shawl”. It came out better than I could have imagined! 🧶 #knitsky #knitting #lace
This poem scrawled on the side of a roadside barrier near Olympic National Forest stopped me in my tracks. I hope this beautiful land will survive for generations to come. @altnps.bsky.social #nps #nationalparks #olympicpeninsula #nature
April 15, 2025 at 3:14 AM
This poem scrawled on the side of a roadside barrier near Olympic National Forest stopped me in my tracks. I hope this beautiful land will survive for generations to come. @altnps.bsky.social #nps #nationalparks #olympicpeninsula #nature
Just learned about #showmeyourknits weekly prompts. I don’t have anything fully grey, but I made a purple and grey tank and shawl as gifts. I’ll save my new lace knit 🧶 shawl FO for another time. #knitsky #knit
April 15, 2025 at 2:06 AM
Just learned about #showmeyourknits weekly prompts. I don’t have anything fully grey, but I made a purple and grey tank and shawl as gifts. I’ll save my new lace knit 🧶 shawl FO for another time. #knitsky #knit
Pretty proud of these hats I knit for my family. Love seeing @aoc.bsky.social knitting and her amazing events. How can us knitters help the movement? Thinking about knitting hats for federal or NPS staff? Who’s with me?! #knit #resistance #fightoligarchy #knitting #nps #supportfederalworkers
March 24, 2025 at 3:44 AM
Pretty proud of these hats I knit for my family. Love seeing @aoc.bsky.social knitting and her amazing events. How can us knitters help the movement? Thinking about knitting hats for federal or NPS staff? Who’s with me?! #knit #resistance #fightoligarchy #knitting #nps #supportfederalworkers
My PNW friends check this out to help out amazing national parks. #resistancerangers #nationalparks #resistance
March 21, 2025 at 3:56 AM
My PNW friends check this out to help out amazing national parks. #resistancerangers #nationalparks #resistance
Knitting and learning Chinese are keeping me sane right now.
Here’s the most hilarious Chinese idiom I’ve learned: tuō kùzi fàngpì 脱裤子放屁 ("take off your pants to fart")
And here’s my most recent work! A bird hat that kind of looks like a pigeon 🕊️ #knittingisresistance #languagelearning
Here’s the most hilarious Chinese idiom I’ve learned: tuō kùzi fàngpì 脱裤子放屁 ("take off your pants to fart")
And here’s my most recent work! A bird hat that kind of looks like a pigeon 🕊️ #knittingisresistance #languagelearning
March 5, 2025 at 6:44 AM
Knitting and learning Chinese are keeping me sane right now.
Here’s the most hilarious Chinese idiom I’ve learned: tuō kùzi fàngpì 脱裤子放屁 ("take off your pants to fart")
And here’s my most recent work! A bird hat that kind of looks like a pigeon 🕊️ #knittingisresistance #languagelearning
Here’s the most hilarious Chinese idiom I’ve learned: tuō kùzi fàngpì 脱裤子放屁 ("take off your pants to fart")
And here’s my most recent work! A bird hat that kind of looks like a pigeon 🕊️ #knittingisresistance #languagelearning