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timewithcats.bsky.social
@timewithcats.bsky.social
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I read (55/52). Not afraid to DNF (20 this year). I make stuff.
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Modifying knitting patterns to include Totoro. This is Flower Power by Anna Johanna
A knitting chart showing a background of flowers in light and dark blue. At the bottom a Totoro in orange is peeking up.
September 16, 2025 at 12:25 AM
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Sandwich time! Did this one during a homeschool event and got lots of stares 😂 #quilting #quiltsandwich #quilt #quiltwip
The layers of a quilt lay on a plastic table. Bottom layer is a red floral. Middle is thin batting. Top is a white and green friendship star. A bag of safety pins lays close to the camera.
September 12, 2025 at 6:55 PM
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Furry sir, you’re not helping. Put the murder mittens away.
A top down shot of a woman holding a knitting project in progress. The needles and two colors of blue yarn are in her left hand. A brown cat has put his paw (with claws out) atop the needles, holding them in place.
September 8, 2025 at 2:11 AM
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The yarn is unraveled, washed, dried, and re-caked. Now what do I do with it?

It’s 50/50 wool/cotton and pills like a mofo. I don’t like it.

Try steeking? If I screw up nothing of value is lost. It’s DK weight in navy, blue, and gray.
A brown cat observes yarny stuff going on. Yarn is being hung to dry in the background. In the foreground a tangle of yarn is laid across an umbrella winder.
September 4, 2025 at 4:30 PM
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so I’m about to murder the printer
What a mess. A bottle of black ink and a long syringe lay on top of a paper towel, which is on a brown table. The paper towel is drenched in color - mostly large black splotches but some smaller blue and yellow ones as well. A white hand is palm up in the bottom corner. The fingers are also splotched.
September 3, 2025 at 8:39 PM
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Taking apart a Weekender is almost as annoying as wearing a Weekender 🧶
A blue sweater lays bunched up in a woman’s lap. There’s yarn hanging off one end
September 1, 2025 at 7:52 PM
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It worked! Go me! #quilting
A woman holds up a green and white quilt top. It’s a modified Irish chain pattern
September 1, 2025 at 1:36 AM
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Special assistant cat says it’s a good wip 🧶
A sleepy orange cat stares into the camera. His head is poked through the neck of an in progress knit shirt.
August 24, 2025 at 7:33 PM
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Sit in my way and you will become a table 🧶
A brown cat lays curled up on a yellow blanket, sleeping. On the bottom of the photo is the edge of a knitting pattern. The cat is using it as a blanket
August 21, 2025 at 10:39 PM
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Happy first day of school. All your pencil are belong to cat. #homeschool #secularhomeschool #homeschooling
A brown cat lays longways across a planner. There’s a certain look in his eye, and something in his paws you can’t quite see.
August 18, 2025 at 1:50 PM
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NOT HELPING #caturday
A brown cat rump sits on squares of quilting cloth. They belong to the cat now.
August 16, 2025 at 6:35 PM
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I have been marked for death. If this is my last message, you know who did it. #caturday
A brown cat lounges on a red recliner. He’s giving you some serious side eye. What did you do?
August 9, 2025 at 3:32 PM
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Why would I knit something new when I can make the same thing again? More Summer Sorrels! 🧶
The yoke of a shirt lays on a light yellow blanket. It’s still small. The deep pink stitches are arranged like a sunburst around the circular needles.
August 8, 2025 at 3:00 PM
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When you’re trying to modify a quilting pattern but can’t visualize it… so you make it from construction paper.

Pattern is Neon Dreams by Erika Bea, published in American Patchwork & Quilting (free online)
A quilt assembly diagram sits in the foreground, a sea of pink and white. Behind it, just out of focus, is a mess of blue and yellow squares and rectangles.
July 26, 2025 at 7:17 PM
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Making a quick dice bag using the pattern Dragonskin Dice/Treasure Bag by michaela knits. The wrong side (top) might be prettier than the right side (bottom):
July 25, 2025 at 1:58 AM
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Looks like it could kill you, is a cinnamon roll:
A white hand holds a collection of double pointed knitting needles. The needles are part of the start of a project - gray yarn is suspended between the needles with purpose. It’s going to be a dice bag, but right now it looks like a mess!
July 23, 2025 at 4:06 PM
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Kitty sir, I am trying to take a finished object picture and you are NOT HELPING 🐱🧶
A brown cat lounges across a knit shawl. The shawl is laid on a table to showcase the craftsmanship. It’s alternating stripes of gray and rainbow sparkle vomit
July 22, 2025 at 12:58 PM
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Sometimes I think I’m pretty good at math. Then I knit lace and can’t count to six 🧶
A piece of knitting sits on a wooden table. The knitter is halfway through a row, you can see the needles sticking out the top and stitch markers all down the side. The knitting is striped - alternating gray and rainbow sparkly vomit
July 18, 2025 at 7:00 PM
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No school, just play! #homeschool
A brown cat takes a bite out of a pencil, his teeth barred and claws wrapped around the object.
July 15, 2025 at 1:59 PM
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holdup I think we have the same cat
An orange and white cat peeks out from under a knit shawl
July 13, 2025 at 10:33 PM
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Special knitting assistant says it’s a good shawl 🐱 #caturday
An orange and white peeks out from under a knitted shawl. The shawl is alternating rainbow sparkle and gray stripes. The cat looks annoyed, like you interrupted his nap.
July 13, 2025 at 12:32 AM
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That’s okay, cat. I didn’t need that knitting pattern anyways. #caturday
A brown cat sleeps on a yellow blanket. You can see the edge of a piece of paper sticking out from under him.
July 12, 2025 at 3:09 PM
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NOT HELPING #homeschool #secularhomeschooling #homeschooling
A brown cat lays across a math workbook while a white hand tries to write answers using a pencil. The sun is streaming in from the top right casting long shadows across the picture.
July 9, 2025 at 3:58 PM
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Too big to spread out on the needles so here’s the back panel. This is Lada by Wolf & Faun Knits. It’s a 3/4 blanket shawl 💛 #showmeyourknits
A piece of knitting is trying to lay flat but is gathered at the edges. The left portion is a lace pattern in mottled gray. On the right are a series of vertical stripes - alternating gray and rainbow sparkle vomit.
July 5, 2025 at 11:53 AM
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On Halloween we offer the kids a trade - their candy haul (minus ten pieces of their choice) for a surprise. This is for my oldest this year:
Image shows a teal D20. The side front and center is the 20 side, featuring the pink outline of Rick Astley singing. The other visible sides are 2 with the word “never”, 14 with the word “give”, and 8 with the word “up”. It can be purchased for $8 USD from the shop DndDice on Etsy.
July 4, 2025 at 3:18 PM