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literary translator, budding knitting designer, longtime sometime blogger, film buff, raconteuse feltcooperative.org/lola lookyknits.blog ravelry.com/designers/lola-rogers chawedrosin.wordpress.com

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lolarusa.bsky.social @lolarusa.bsky.social · 1d

Thanks for helping test it!

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lolarusa.bsky.social @lolarusa.bsky.social · 1d

Just published my new Spare Rib sock pattern on Ravelry. Check it out!
www.ravelry.com/patterns/lib...

#knitsky #sockknitting #knitting

A photo of two feet crossed at the ankle, wearing cozy gray wool socks with cables at the ankle.

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lolarusa.bsky.social @lolarusa.bsky.social · 8d

Houston, we have five rows til separation... four... three... two...

lolarusa.bsky.social @lolarusa.bsky.social · 9d

I think it's a terrible idea.

lolarusa.bsky.social @lolarusa.bsky.social · 19d

Sample sock number 2 underway for my new sock pattern.
(Spare Rib Socks--coming out in just a couple of weeks!)

#sockknitting #knitsky #knitting

A photo of a half-finished cable-knit sock cuff in a deep blue-green yarn held on four wooden double-pointed needles.

lolarusa.bsky.social @lolarusa.bsky.social · Sep 28

I would prefer to just keep all the test knit messaging on Ravelry. It's much easier to have everyone's messages in one place. Alright with you?

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lolarusa.bsky.social @lolarusa.bsky.social · Sep 28

Just to clarify--there was a problem with the business email address I sent on Ravelry, so I sent my personal address in a new message.

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lolarusa.bsky.social @lolarusa.bsky.social · Sep 28

I've already sent my email in a Ravelry message. Just email me at that address, and I can send you the pattern. (Also, when I search for Mullaneygem on instagram, there doesn't seem to be any user by that name.)

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lolarusa.bsky.social @lolarusa.bsky.social · Sep 28

Hi! Just messaged you on Ravelry again with my email address. Hopefully it works this time.

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lolarusa.bsky.social @lolarusa.bsky.social · Sep 24

Excellent! I'll pop over to Ravelry and find you.

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lolarusa.bsky.social @lolarusa.bsky.social · Sep 24

Hi Knitters! I'm looking for test knitters for my new Spare Rib sock pattern.

They're in dk with a garter rib leg, so they're a quick knit.

Deadline: Halloween (October 31st)

More information on Ravelry: www.ravelry.com/discuss/the-...

#testknit #sockknitting #knitsky #knitting #blueskyknitting

An image of two feet crossed at the ankle, wearing cozy gray cable knit socks.

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lolarusa.bsky.social @lolarusa.bsky.social · Sep 18

From the New York Times archives. www.nytimes.com/1939/02/04/a...
#nokings #kimmel #latenight

An image of and article in the print edition of the February 3rd, 1939 issue of the New York Times, that reads "BERLIN, Feb. 3.—Propaganda Minister Joseph Goebbels today ended the professional careers of five "Aryan" actors and cabaret announcers by expelling them from the Reich's Chamber of Culture on the grounds that “in their public appearances they displayed a lack of any positive attitude toward National Socialism and therewith caused grave annoyance in public and especially to party comrades.” The five include perhaps the best known German stage comedians who survived previous Chamber of Culture purges and still dared to indulge in political witticisms—namely, Werner Finck, Peter Sachse and “The Three Rulands,” represented by Helmuth Buth, Wilhelm Meissner and Manfred Dlugi. Their expulsion means that they are henceforth forbidden to appear before the public in Germany.

Besides motivating this action in an official communiqué, Dr. Goebbels also publishes a long article in the Voelkischer Beobachter in which he denounces them as “brazen, impertinent, arrogant and tactless" and generally imitators and successors to Jews. Simultaneously he denounces the "society rabble that followed them with thundering applause—parasitic scum, inhabiting our luxury streets, that seems to have only the task of proving with how little brains people can get along and even acquire money and prominence."

As regards the details of the "crimes" of which the five are accused, Dr. Goebbels mentions that they made political witticisms about the colonial problem, the Four-Year Plan and Chancellor Hitler's monumental building program and one of them even raised the question of whether there was any humor left in Germany today.

What amused the public most, however, and presumably roiled the National Socialist authorities most—although Dr. Goebbels does not mention it—is that they deftly, but unmistakably, caricatured some gestures, poses and physical characteristics of National Socialist …

lolarusa.bsky.social @lolarusa.bsky.social · Sep 17

A colored pencil drawing of a single blackberry on the vine, purple berry with a yellow and white halo behind it.

lolarusa.bsky.social @lolarusa.bsky.social · Sep 17

Dance+Magic chawedrosin.wordpress.com/2025/09/17/d...

Dance+Magic

Tempo is a mind-bending collaboration by magician and visual artist Kalle Nio and choreographer Fernando Melo, combining choreography and magic arts, and it’s very cool. The text is by author…

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lolarusa.bsky.social @lolarusa.bsky.social · Sep 5

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#knitsky

Physicists Don’t Understand Why Knitting Works

YouTube video by SciShow

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lolarusa.bsky.social @lolarusa.bsky.social · Aug 31

Workers Over Billionaires Labor Day of action. Find an event near you at maydaystrong.org

#workersoverbillionaires #maydaystrong #laborday

A black and white image of a crowd of people holding signs that read "People Over Billionairs" Save Public Servants", and "Dump Trump". Text over the photo reads "Labor Day 2025, Workers over Billionaires."

lolarusa.bsky.social @lolarusa.bsky.social · Aug 25

Breakfast of Hermiston watermelon, plums from a friend's tree, garden cucumbers, gift of fancy meats and cheeses. Summer is delicious.

A cluttered table setting of blue and white plates in various sizes and patterns seen from above. One plate of preserved meats and cheeses, one of sliced watermelon, plums, and cucumbers, one of butter, and one small white bowl with a dollop of mayonnaise. Beside it is a glass dish of rye crisp and croccantini crackers and rye crisp, an empty plate, and a napkin.

lolarusa.bsky.social @lolarusa.bsky.social · Aug 11

Rick said, "I sent you a picture of a liverwort reproduction structure that I saw while waiting for the G Line".

We looked it up. It's called a gametophyte, and it's very cool.

#naturephotos #liverwort #photos #seattle

A photo of a bed of pale green, coral-like liverwort growing on a slope among moss-covered sticks, leaves, and grass, taken in close up.

lolarusa.bsky.social @lolarusa.bsky.social · Aug 2

I know it's just statistical, but the moment I type the letters BS into my browser, it says, You mean bluesky, right?

lolarusa.bsky.social @lolarusa.bsky.social · Jul 26

Few things are more satisfying than finding someone who has discovered one of my translations months or years after its initial publication, and given it a thoughtful and appreciative review.

#xl8 #books #translation #booksky #finland

Fishing for the Little Pike open.substack.com/pub/cheryllo...

Fishing for the Little Pike

What happens when a woman has to return to her hometown to catch a fish—or die trying?

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lolarusa.bsky.social @lolarusa.bsky.social · Jul 18

Author David Baldacci's stirring Senate testimony on tech companies selling stolen human creations. youtu.be/0fPUWSv2JCI?...

'No More Copyright Protection For Anyone': Author David Baldacci Rips Big Tech Over AI Copyright

YouTube video by Forbes Breaking News

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lolarusa.bsky.social @lolarusa.bsky.social · Jul 18

At first glance I thought you were making a fairisle shoulder bag. And now I want one.

lolarusa.bsky.social @lolarusa.bsky.social · Jul 7

This initiative to establish universal health care in Washington State sounds pretty great. wholewashington.org/faq/

Frequently Asked Questions - Whole Washington

Got questions about Whole Washington's Health Trust? The most frequently asked questions and our answers are provided here.

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lolarusa.bsky.social @lolarusa.bsky.social · Jun 19

This eloquent and humanistic take on the importance of inclusion and persuasion is one of the best political conversations I've ever heard. Highly recommended.
#nokings #Democrats #politics

www.nytimes.com/2025/06/17/o...

Opinion | Sarah McBride on Why the Left Lost on Trans Rights

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lolarusa.bsky.social @lolarusa.bsky.social · Jun 18

Summer weeds and summer foods.
#food #flowers #photos #summer

A very small blue and white porcelain vase with a handful of a variety of yellow-blossomed weeds and flowers sitting on a wooden tabletop. Includes strawflowers, calendula, hawksbeard, linden blossoms, marjoram, and unidentified other flowers.

A blue and white porcelain plate with a sauteed fliet of sockeye salmon, cubes of fried red potatoes, and stalks of steamed asparagus. The plate is on a wooden table with glasses, silverware, a salt shaker, and another plate of the same dinner in the background.