KarenStrickholm

KarenStrickholm, 3 months ago to news

Just un-blocked Fixed News for under 6 minutes, and this was the alternative universe horror awaiting me...

A free children's guide from Mike Huckabee on why Trump is so wonderful. These are dangerous times, my friends. We must prepare ourselves.

#News
#Politiics
#Fascism

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RickiTarr, 3 months ago to random

There are two kinds of dogs, the one who is so excited it can absolutely not sit still for a picture, and the one that will get up, and and move to their favorite blanket to pose politely for you:

The black and white dog moved over to a bright blue blanket and is posing like I'm about to paint it's portrait

dnc, 4 months ago to hotsauce

This local grocery store in Sinaloa, Mexico has an aisle exclusively for hot sauces https://www.diningandcooking.com/1218871/this-local-grocery-store-in-sinaloa-mexico-has-an-aisle-exclusively-for-hot-sauces/

#HotSauce #sauce #spicy

davidaugust, 4 months ago to languagelearning

Could be handy.

#school #knowledge #learning

KarenStrickholm, 4 months ago to knitting

Hello #Knitterati ~ FINALLY coming out of a months-long funk involving COVID, RSV, long hospital stays, and ginormous sleep, eg 15 hours a night... Yikes!

Back at this #MinglingDaisies shawl, #StephenWest #WestKnits.

So far, easy-ish with 3 pattern bands - mingling daisies, open lattice, broken rib. Will probably add extra band of all 3, for more length in back.

In Anzula Lana, a dreamy merino-silk-yak blend.

#Knitting @Knitting #KnittingPirate #Knitstodon #FiberArts #FibreArts #Maker

nobyeni, 4 months ago to knitting

OMG.
Bought a new pattern because I so hope I will be able to knit it... (and huge discount for all in Jennifer Beale her store ending today...)

Steeks, all-over colourwork... New adventures ahead!!

I think the surprise wool I got in grey and black will work well, will get some of the same yarn as accent colours and then... let's see if I dare!! (Now only to finish my current sweater... and some other projects 😉 )

#knitting @knitting

alexisbushnell, 4 months ago to knitting

I knitted!!! Omg I'm so excited! It's taken me about 3 or 4 hours and wow was casting off nerve-wracking! But I did it!

Does it get less painful as you get better at it? Or should I just wear a glove and a thimble?

#Knitting @knitting #Makers

KarenStrickholm, 4 months ago to random

Meanwhilein #NewMexico - NM Game and Fish rescues third #Elk that got stuck in lawn furniture

"Department biologists and officers are unsure of the reason behind this sharp rise in “accessorizing” among cow elk in Ruidoso..."

https://www.krqe.com/news/new-mexico/third-elk-rescued-after-getting-stuck-in-lawn-furniture-in-ruidoso/

KarenStrickholm, 4 months ago to knitting

The Bramwell Shawl by Dee O'Keefe. Needed something squishy for this yarn, which is heavily threaded with a sparkle thread. It is soft as can be, this yarn - Nashua Handknits Grand Opera. The sparkly stuff is seen but not felt, at all. Discontinued, worth getting!

#Knitting @Knitting #Knitstodon #FiberArts #FibreArts

Bramwell Shawl on the needles
Bramwell Shawl on the needles
Bramwell Shawl on the needles

LoraHughes, 4 months ago to knitting

At the heel on my 2nd pair of owl socks. #knitting @knitting

popchicken, 5 months ago to knitting

Still thinking about this week’s #yarnuary prompts but in the meantime I have been finishing up a couple of knits for a forthcoming baby, whose mum really likes purple #knitting @knitting

KarenStrickholm, 5 months ago to knitting

Look what someone sent me for Christmas that I just opened!

#Knitting @Knitting #Crochey @Crochey #Amigurumi #Knitstodon #FiberArts #FibreArts

consumablejoy, 5 months ago to knitting

#Yarnuary where have you traveled for yarn? In 2021 I timed my annual WI trip for Wisconsin Sheep and Wool. @Pufferfish and I had an amazing haul. So fun to walk around and see all the vendors plus watch the sheepdog trials. #knitting #FiberArts @knitting @fiberarts (remove groups in reply)

consumablejoy, 5 months ago to knitting

#Yarnuary where have you traveled for yarn? Whenever I go to a place I seek out the yarn store (obviously). But in 2023 after a work trip to Seattle I spent a night on Bainbridge Island mostly to hit up two yarn stores - La Mercerie and The Lamb and Kid. I bought so much yarn, some of which i had shipped, so this is only part of the haul. #yarn #knitting #FiberArts @knitting (remove group in reply)

Lamb and kid yarn
La bien Aimee yarn - same color way but 2 different fiber preparations

terri, 5 months ago to knitting

Strawberry test knit in progress! 🍓

I did have to go ahead and make my own beading tool out of fishing line after I couldn't find my beloved "bead aid," but after putting two beads on with a crochet hook I remembered why I don't use that method any more. Thankfully I did not have to do it 30 times.

#knitting #beads @knitting

The same strawberry in the process of being knit. I've stuck a folded piece of fishing line into the loop where I intend to place a bead, and the next step would be to put a bead over the two ends of the line and use it to pull the loop of yarn through the centre of the bead.

KarenDorman, 5 months ago to crochet

Holy f*@k - I did a Thing!
I inherited a part ball of variegated yarn - which I dislike using because I feel it's disorganized, chaotic and messy looking. But I've seen this thing done online and decided to spend a day screwing around and tried it. It bloody worked. (Eventually) I'm amazed. A combination of programming and sorcery.

#crochet #yarn #art #FiberArts
@sewing
@crochet

A small panel of crochet made with green, yellow and white variegated yarn, but it is organized into an argyle pattern. The technique is called colour pooling.

KarenStrickholm, 5 months ago to random

🌀🌀🌀🌀🌀Here I am folks, coming back from THE EDGE. Day 14 in hospital.

Sitting up at last in wheelchair with an "inspiration apple." Something a bit banged up, but with a lovely ripe scent that brings life into this sterile, quarantined hospital room.

Turning the bend. That was a close one, folks.

#DisabilityMatters
#Healthcare

terri, 5 months ago to knitting

A moment of appreciation for the colour palette of my book and my knitting matching so nicely.

Also, @KarenStrickholm 's #yarnuary post reminded me: I learned to knit from a Klutz book in the car with friends on the way too/from the Very Large Array back when I lived in Albuquerque a bit more than a decade ago. There's a large cell phone/radio dead spot around the array so we had many hours in the car where all we could do was talk and I knit and reknit the same ball of yarn over and over again until my hands and brain finally clicked.

#knitting @knitting #book #bookstodon

KarenStrickholm, 5 months ago to knitting

The prompt is #Yarnuary for how we got started in #FiberCraft stuff... I believe we have @njeanneburns to thank for this? Thank you! Well here goes...

I came from the loins of a very not-crafty mother, so much of what I learned in the way of handicrafts was from those little kits they made for kids, and from Girl Scouts. We also had a set of fun books called Child Crafts that my siblings and I used to tap a lot...

#Knitting @Knitting #Knitstodon #FiberArts #FibreArts

LoraHughes, 5 months ago to knitting

These started as the dog walker's Xmas socks but turned out too ugly for her, which means I get a new pair of very warm, weirdo socks. #knitting @knitting

MsHearthWitch, 5 months ago to knitting

I... might frog my shrug and start over. I made a few mistakes with it near the beginning, and have screwed up a bit this last row.

The yarn is spendy enough, I think it's worth it. I'm worth a garment that doesn't have a bunch of mistakes.

@knitting

#knitting #SlowFashion

KarenStrickholm, 5 months ago to random

4 am in the ER, still awake but now at least put in a slightly more comfortable bed. Awaiting transfer to room as I've been admitted, but that won't happen until tomorrow (later today) sometime.Awaiting CPAP so I have a shot at falling asleep for a few hours. Still struggling to breath but not as bad. Lordy.

PS:Look how swollen I am from steroids - like a chipmunk!!
#DisabilityMatters

18+ NaturaArtisMagistra, 5 months ago to random

@KarenStrickholm

Banged-up? Understatement. Thank you for making me ashamed of my own self-pity party.

KarenStrickholm, 5 months ago to random

All wired up in the ER. Massive Albuterol inhaling (6 doses), big shot of diuretic, a pain med, repositioned in hard gurney bed... And now, we wait. TBC. At least I'm not on that terror-edge of sucking air.

#DisabilityMatters