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Squeak @squ33ack.bsky.social · 2d

Have you checked with your local library? Ones near me have occasionally had knitting/crocheting 101-type classes.

Or look for local charity groups or a knitting guild. Maybe find a chapter of Project Linus in your state and see if you can donate to them? The main site only accepts $.

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Squeak @squ33ack.bsky.social · 2d

Yup! (it is under the availability section) Ravelry was the first place I could think of for easy access to free patterns.

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Squeak @squ33ack.bsky.social · 2d

I was immediately suspicious 'cause crocheting involves a lot of movement of both hand and hook, which would make it super hard to track accurately. Google came back w/ reviews & several different versions though, but none I clicked on said they'd actually do it automatically.

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Squeak @squ33ack.bsky.social · 2d

I'd like to give the US healthcare system and its insurance racket a hearty "fuck you".

Nothing like being woke up by a phone call telling you you're on the hook for $3k for an upcoming appt. #USHealthInsuranceIsAScam #AffordableHealthcareForAll

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Squeak @squ33ack.bsky.social · 2d

Except it doesn't do it for you automatically. The R and S buttons on the front are for you to push in order to keep up with the rows and stitches.

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Squeak @squ33ack.bsky.social · 7d

I was a little disappointed in how quickly I got called in for my appt this afternoon 'cause I didn't even get through a full page. 😆 I did get through a few pages between finishing vitals and the dr entering the room though.

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The Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 8d

MARGE: “Apparently I have to go into a SCIF to find out the Republican health care plan!”

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Squeak @squ33ack.bsky.social · 11d

Civic duty: complete

Bonus: talked EVs with a guy who's been driving them for over a decade.

A pale hand with chipped blue nail polish holds a sticker with the image of a peach and the text "I'm a Georgia voter" in the center and "I secured my vote" under the peach.

Squeak @squ33ack.bsky.social · 12d

Blue tea in a blue cup. At the rate I'm going, I'm going to need another bag of pea flower tea in a couple weeks, especially since the weather's forecasted to get dreary. #Tea #Pottery

Dark blueish tea in a handmade cup, the lip of which is a white with dark speckles. The cup is sitting on a light-color, dark speckled counter.

A cup that is light blue at the bottom, a medium blue band in the middle, and a mostly white band at the top sits on a light-color with dark speckles kitchen counter. The tea in the cup is a darkish blue.

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Squeak @squ33ack.bsky.social · 13d

Multitasking. #Knitting #EV #WIP

The corner of an orange moss stitch blanket with the tip of a needle sticking out is in the foreground, with an in-use EV charger in the midground. A street, trees, a nondescript office building, and blue sky are in the background.

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Alt CDC (they/them) @altcdc.altgov.info · 15d

It’s day 21 of the shut down and we are all feeling it.

🍽️Too good to go app (surplus food from local eateries/stores at ⬇️ prices)

🗺️https://myfedbenefitshelp.com/shutdown-assistance-map/

If you’re a CDC worker needing help or an ally wanting to support CDC workers 👉 www.cdcresourceportal.org

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Squeak @squ33ack.bsky.social · 18d

‘Craftivism’ draws knitters, crocheters to Portland ICE protests

Protesters can now get free crochet lessons outside the ICE building.

www.oregonlive.com

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Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · Oct 1

Let's continue to build solidarity by peacefully opposing our tyrant-in-chief at No Kings Day 2.0 on October 18. There are currently over 2,000 events planned nationwide. More details here: https://www.nokings.org

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Congresswoman Jasmine Crockett @crockett.house.gov · Oct 2

Let me be clear: this will impact ALL of us. It’s bigger than just Medicaid & Medicare. We will all pay the price.

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Squeak @squ33ack.bsky.social · Sep 30

TFW you see that you've had yarn in your stash for over a decade. Little sad to see the gray go, but it's been discontinued for years so I doubt I'd find more easily. #Knitting #NiftyKnitterDesigns #DoubleKnit

Knit square with a pink cat and border and a great background that goes from dark at the bottom to lighter at the top.

Knit square with a pink background and grey cat and border. The grey gradually gets lighter from bottom to top.

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Mrs. Betty Bowers @mrsbettybowers.bsky.social · Sep 13

JESUS: "Feed, clothe, and provide shelter to the homeless."

CHRISTIANS: "Nah, let's just KILL them instead. Glory!"

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · Sep 13

Brian Kilmeade endorses euthanizing homeless people: "Involuntary lethal injection, or something. Just kill them."

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Squeak @squ33ack.bsky.social · Aug 28

Got called "ignorant" & "fat lady" on a trail today bc she was mad I told her her dog should be on a leash, bc you know, rules. She had a leash for it w/her, so she prob. knew & was just being an EWL.

It's gotta be tough being such a bitch.

My socks, and the turtle I found were cooler than her.

Eastern box turtle looking way cooler than an entitled white lady who couldn't bothered to put her dog on a leash in a park where they're required. It has orange eyes and a light brown pattern on a dark brown shell.

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Mac🏳️‍🌈58💙💜🩷 @hesews.bsky.social · Aug 9

#sewing

Aughoti @aughoti.bsky.social · Aug 9

This is such a great look into the work that often gets glossed over in history. womenshistory.si.edu/blog/hazel-f...

Hazel Fellows and the Women Who Made the Apollo Spacesuits

Hazel Fellows has come to represent the group of women pattern cutters, seamstresses, and assemblers who made the spacesuits for the Apollo program.

womenshistory.si.edu

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Squeak @squ33ack.bsky.social · Jul 30

One day I'll figure out what I want to do next, craft-wise. I've got cross stitch projects to finish, and miles of yarn waiting for me to knit into...stuff...but I'm having a hard time deciding what to actually work on. :(

Squeak @squ33ack.bsky.social · Jul 23

Managed to close the end of one of my braids in a jar today. Might be time for a haircut. #LongHairProblems

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AltSpaceForce 🚀🇺🇲 @altspaceforce.altgov.info · Jul 18

I mean, you could cancel Paramount and support @pbs.org instead.

AltSpaceForce 🚀🇺🇲 @altspaceforce.altgov.info · Apr 29

Did you know that for $5/month, you can get PBS Passport, a service that unlocks the vastness of the @pbs.org libraries?
Feed your mind while you help PBS stay on the air.

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help.pbs.org

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Squeak @squ33ack.bsky.social · Jun 30

Always nice to find the EV spot free of rando ICE vehicles in this parking deck...me we didn't have to deal with hot stairwells or dodging cars that couldn't turn a corner responsibly. #MustangTheCarNotTheHorse #EV

A bright blue Ford Mustang Mach-E EV backed into a parking spot marked 'EV'.

Squeak @squ33ack.bsky.social · Jun 24

Social media post from Alex Giampapa on 1/6/20. It says: America just needs a mom to be like, "A new war? You got new war money? You never even finished the last two. We have plenty of war at home."

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Squeak @squ33ack.bsky.social · Jun 24

Made it through five delves on my hunter, then tried to do another..delve's missing, walked through the entrance, fell through the ground, disconnected, logged back in, and now I'm dead and can't release. Guess that's enough WoW for tonight!

A hunter with two pet birds that are taller than her look at a teal hole where a delve entrance should be.

A hunter falling from a great height after walking through the missing delve entrance. Disconnection and death are imminent.

A dead hunter floats in a large body of water with a message to summon her pets, but since she's dead and has no option to release, can't summon anything.

Squeak @squ33ack.bsky.social · Jun 24

Broke WoW on my warlock...went through the tunnel to Ringing Deeps, came out to non-loading surroundings, the zone text changed from Ringing Deeps to Dornogal, then disconnected. Now I get disconnected when I log in on her, but my others load fine. :( I just wanted to do delves! #WorldOfWarcraft

A screenshot from World of Warcraft of a translucent green manta ray with warlock skills under it flying in a grey nothingness with a white circle with sparkles sits in the middle. A minimap and quest log are on the right side, along with two bars with various buttons on them.

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