Alisa K Beer | KnitSpinQuilt
@alisakbeer.bsky.social
https://knitspinquilt.etsy.com for my project bags & notions for crafters. #KSQshop for shop posts.
Long COVID migraineuse & fiber arts multi-crafter. Medieval historian, former rare books cataloger, collector of c21 SFF(H).
Long COVID migraineuse & fiber arts multi-crafter. Medieval historian, former rare books cataloger, collector of c21 SFF(H).
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I’m a rare books librarian (IUB), former rare books cataloger (libraries & booksellers) with an MA and MPhil in medieval history from Fordham.
At the moment that’s on hold while I adjust to long COVID.
I knit, spin, quilt, sew, & bake a lot.
Find my handmade project bags & stitch markers on Etsy:
At the moment that’s on hold while I adjust to long COVID.
I knit, spin, quilt, sew, & bake a lot.
Find my handmade project bags & stitch markers on Etsy:
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Save 20% (no coupon code needed) from small business Saturday through cyber Monday at knitspinquilt.etsy.com
Shop updated tonight, and I’ll be photographing a few things new each day, so check back on Sunday and Monday!
#KSQShop
Shop updated tonight, and I’ll be photographing a few things new each day, so check back on Sunday and Monday!
#KSQShop
November 30, 2025 at 2:45 PM
Few things more embarrassing than miscutting fabric such that I have to message a customer and admit I have to either substitute or refund their order.
Few things more heartening than a customer who asks which option I presented to them is easiest for ME and is cheerful and chill about it. #KSQShop
Few things more heartening than a customer who asks which option I presented to them is easiest for ME and is cheerful and chill about it. #KSQShop
November 30, 2025 at 6:43 PM
Few things more embarrassing than miscutting fabric such that I have to message a customer and admit I have to either substitute or refund their order.
Few things more heartening than a customer who asks which option I presented to them is easiest for ME and is cheerful and chill about it. #KSQShop
Few things more heartening than a customer who asks which option I presented to them is easiest for ME and is cheerful and chill about it. #KSQShop
Save 20% (no coupon code needed) from small business Saturday through cyber Monday at knitspinquilt.etsy.com
Shop updated tonight, and I’ll be photographing a few things new each day, so check back on Sunday and Monday!
#KSQShop
Shop updated tonight, and I’ll be photographing a few things new each day, so check back on Sunday and Monday!
#KSQShop
November 30, 2025 at 2:45 PM
Late afternoon boost for #SmallBusinessSaturday , encouraging folks to #ShopSmall
My knitting 🧶 project bags and stitch markers are made by one person (me) in my living room, and at my dining room table.
Buying from a small business means supporting a human being, not a tax dodging shell company!
My knitting 🧶 project bags and stitch markers are made by one person (me) in my living room, and at my dining room table.
Buying from a small business means supporting a human being, not a tax dodging shell company!
Save 20% (no coupon code needed) from small business Saturday through cyber Monday at knitspinquilt.etsy.com
Shop updated tonight, and I’ll be photographing a few things new each day, so check back on Sunday and Monday!
#KSQShop
Shop updated tonight, and I’ll be photographing a few things new each day, so check back on Sunday and Monday!
#KSQShop
November 29, 2025 at 9:44 PM
Late afternoon boost for #SmallBusinessSaturday , encouraging folks to #ShopSmall
My knitting 🧶 project bags and stitch markers are made by one person (me) in my living room, and at my dining room table.
Buying from a small business means supporting a human being, not a tax dodging shell company!
My knitting 🧶 project bags and stitch markers are made by one person (me) in my living room, and at my dining room table.
Buying from a small business means supporting a human being, not a tax dodging shell company!
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A touchstone, as I try to convince those I care for (including myself) that we are precious & loved separate from labor or even effort.
Re-reading Becky Chambers’ *A Psalm for the Wild-Built* for class & moved again by:
“You keep asking why your work is not enough, & I don’t know how to answer that, because it is enough to exist in the world & marvel at it. You don’t need to justify that, or earn it. You are allowed to just live”
“You keep asking why your work is not enough, & I don’t know how to answer that, because it is enough to exist in the world & marvel at it. You don’t need to justify that, or earn it. You are allowed to just live”
November 29, 2025 at 5:53 PM
A touchstone, as I try to convince those I care for (including myself) that we are precious & loved separate from labor or even effort.
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THIS IS A GOOD HEADLINE.
November 29, 2025 at 5:02 PM
THIS IS A GOOD HEADLINE.
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I feel like actually access to knowledge and learning is a universal good which shouldn't be available only to the rich, to the 'time rich', to the 'clever', or to the 'hard-working'. It should literally be available to everyone to engage with, for enrichment, for knowledge, for a better world.
I wish there was more emphasis on access to education disentangled from employability and focusing instead on enrichment because people who engage with education (or have the ability to) as enrichment interact with it differently. (And that's a whole society thing, not an in-uni thing) 7/7
November 29, 2025 at 5:09 PM
I feel like actually access to knowledge and learning is a universal good which shouldn't be available only to the rich, to the 'time rich', to the 'clever', or to the 'hard-working'. It should literally be available to everyone to engage with, for enrichment, for knowledge, for a better world.
November 29, 2025 at 3:31 PM
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One labradorite pendant gone, plenty more still up for grabs!
Roll up and get your shiny things! Get your Xmas orders in early and beat the rush!
oishiny.etsy.com
#Handmade #ShopSmall #ShopIndie
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#Handmade #ShopSmall #ShopIndie
November 28, 2025 at 10:44 PM
One labradorite pendant gone, plenty more still up for grabs!
I’m a disabled former academic & librarian (long covid) & now I make project bags and stitch markers for knitters and crocheters and other crafters.
Check out my stuff on Etsy, and follow me on bsky or Instagram (www.instagram.com/knitspinquilt)
Etsy Shop:
knitspinquilt.etsy.com
Check out my stuff on Etsy, and follow me on bsky or Instagram (www.instagram.com/knitspinquilt)
Etsy Shop:
knitspinquilt.etsy.com
November 28, 2025 at 10:48 PM
I’m a disabled former academic & librarian (long covid) & now I make project bags and stitch markers for knitters and crocheters and other crafters.
Check out my stuff on Etsy, and follow me on bsky or Instagram (www.instagram.com/knitspinquilt)
Etsy Shop:
knitspinquilt.etsy.com
Check out my stuff on Etsy, and follow me on bsky or Instagram (www.instagram.com/knitspinquilt)
Etsy Shop:
knitspinquilt.etsy.com
Save 20% (no coupon code needed) from small business Saturday through cyber Monday at knitspinquilt.etsy.com
Shop updated tonight, and I’ll be photographing a few things new each day, so check back on Sunday and Monday!
#KSQShop
Shop updated tonight, and I’ll be photographing a few things new each day, so check back on Sunday and Monday!
#KSQShop
November 28, 2025 at 10:36 PM
Save 20% (no coupon code needed) from small business Saturday through cyber Monday at knitspinquilt.etsy.com
Shop updated tonight, and I’ll be photographing a few things new each day, so check back on Sunday and Monday!
#KSQShop
Shop updated tonight, and I’ll be photographing a few things new each day, so check back on Sunday and Monday!
#KSQShop
Good: appointment for a neuro consult has finally been made!
Bad: several meds refills are delayed (possibly until after Thanksgiving).
Ugly: insurance company still can’t decide if I’m allowed to have one of my maintenance meds or not, so I’m limping along without.
Bad: several meds refills are delayed (possibly until after Thanksgiving).
Ugly: insurance company still can’t decide if I’m allowed to have one of my maintenance meds or not, so I’m limping along without.
November 25, 2025 at 4:24 PM
Good: appointment for a neuro consult has finally been made!
Bad: several meds refills are delayed (possibly until after Thanksgiving).
Ugly: insurance company still can’t decide if I’m allowed to have one of my maintenance meds or not, so I’m limping along without.
Bad: several meds refills are delayed (possibly until after Thanksgiving).
Ugly: insurance company still can’t decide if I’m allowed to have one of my maintenance meds or not, so I’m limping along without.
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An excellent April Fools that has aged well!
Rummaging around for something (as one does), and stumbled on this 2012 story about a 1977 April Fools joke still infamous among the typesetting crowd. Interesting to think how long the half-lives of jokes are. I'll bet more people know font names now than in '77. www.theguardian.com/gnmeducation...
April fool - San Serriffe: teaching resource of the month from the GNM Archive, April 2012
Each month we provide resource material that can be used in the classroom. This month we are looking at the Guardian’s most successful April Fool’s joke, San Serriffe
www.theguardian.com
November 23, 2025 at 8:38 PM
An excellent April Fools that has aged well!
Vending today at Eastworks for the Hyphae Community fundraiser market!
Here until 2pm.
Next market: December 13, also at Eastworks!
#KSQShop
Here until 2pm.
Next market: December 13, also at Eastworks!
#KSQShop
November 23, 2025 at 5:15 PM
Vending today at Eastworks for the Hyphae Community fundraiser market!
Here until 2pm.
Next market: December 13, also at Eastworks!
#KSQShop
Here until 2pm.
Next market: December 13, also at Eastworks!
#KSQShop
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When I'm wounded by publishing/the internet/news, I seek solace in the work. Writing has always been my oasis-- my sanctuary-- and when it's just me and the page, everything else falls away. And if you can't write just now, the art is always there. Crochet, painting, baking. Creation is rebellion.
November 20, 2025 at 3:31 PM
When I'm wounded by publishing/the internet/news, I seek solace in the work. Writing has always been my oasis-- my sanctuary-- and when it's just me and the page, everything else falls away. And if you can't write just now, the art is always there. Crochet, painting, baking. Creation is rebellion.
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Art is an act of hope. Writing is an act of rebellion. The world will always need more stories--from real human beings, not bullshit plagiarism machines. Every book is a love story from the author, and every reader is fighting the war against cruelty, ignorance, and hopelessness. We are fighting.
November 20, 2025 at 3:26 PM
Art is an act of hope. Writing is an act of rebellion. The world will always need more stories--from real human beings, not bullshit plagiarism machines. Every book is a love story from the author, and every reader is fighting the war against cruelty, ignorance, and hopelessness. We are fighting.
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A thread to read on a Friday, whether your art is writing or any other kind of creating. #DHmakes
This is why you have to love the work. When publishing and fortune kick you in the face, the page will still be there for you. When all you get are nos, the story will be your yes. You can't count on sales or marketing money, but you can count on the feeling of flow, of creation, the joy of art.
November 21, 2025 at 6:08 PM
A thread to read on a Friday, whether your art is writing or any other kind of creating. #DHmakes
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It's not often I have the haunted woods stones in larger sizes, but look at those vertical bands - like trees in a midnight forest.
oishiny.etsy.com/listing/4404...
#HandmadeGifts #ShopIndie
oishiny.etsy.com/listing/4404...
#HandmadeGifts #ShopIndie
November 21, 2025 at 1:37 AM
It's not often I have the haunted woods stones in larger sizes, but look at those vertical bands - like trees in a midnight forest.
oishiny.etsy.com/listing/4404...
#HandmadeGifts #ShopIndie
oishiny.etsy.com/listing/4404...
#HandmadeGifts #ShopIndie
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For the Disability community, losing Alice Wong is like losing Ursula Le Guin or Octavia Butler. She was a powerhouse, a pioneer, and a mentor to many. She taught me so much. And always reminded me what we were fighting towards, as well as against. I miss her clarity, bravery, and joy.
Alice Wong
Alice Wong had an outsized impact on Disability justice. As a community organiser, activist, mentor, and co-conspirator, as writer, editor, and friend, she is irreplaceable.
nicolagriffith.com
November 16, 2025 at 7:59 PM
For the Disability community, losing Alice Wong is like losing Ursula Le Guin or Octavia Butler. She was a powerhouse, a pioneer, and a mentor to many. She taught me so much. And always reminded me what we were fighting towards, as well as against. I miss her clarity, bravery, and joy.
I’m Alisa, disabled former librarian and academic. Now I make stitch markers and project bags for knitters, and sell at craft fairs in New England.
You can peruse things at knitspinquilt.etsy.com
You can peruse things at knitspinquilt.etsy.com
November 21, 2025 at 12:31 AM
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There is no such thing as unskilled labor, only devalued labor.
“Ale" works in the carrot harvest in CA. She earns $3.05 for every box of carrots she packs. One box has 24 bunches of 7 carrots each. To earn $100 she has to pack 34 boxes or 816 bunches which represents over 5000 carrots picked in a day. #WeFeedYou
November 16, 2025 at 7:40 PM
There is no such thing as unskilled labor, only devalued labor.
Today’s pop up market, at Eastworks, is organized by the Yet Another Queer Pop Up Market organizers as a fundraiser for Hyphae, a makers market and skills studio that’s being started here at Eastworks!
We’re here 10-2 today and I’ll be here 10-2 on the 23rd as well!
#KSQShop
We’re here 10-2 today and I’ll be here 10-2 on the 23rd as well!
#KSQShop
November 16, 2025 at 4:43 PM
Today’s pop up market, at Eastworks, is organized by the Yet Another Queer Pop Up Market organizers as a fundraiser for Hyphae, a makers market and skills studio that’s being started here at Eastworks!
We’re here 10-2 today and I’ll be here 10-2 on the 23rd as well!
#KSQShop
We’re here 10-2 today and I’ll be here 10-2 on the 23rd as well!
#KSQShop
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When people say that Wuthering Heights doesn't have anything to do with race or that no film has engaged with race, what they mean is that for them Romani people do not count and they also haven't been paying attention. I'm going to share a little material from a recent talk. Content note: racism 1/
November 14, 2025 at 1:31 AM
When people say that Wuthering Heights doesn't have anything to do with race or that no film has engaged with race, what they mean is that for them Romani people do not count and they also haven't been paying attention. I'm going to share a little material from a recent talk. Content note: racism 1/
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hey did you all know that estrogen levels affect serotonin and dopamine uptake and that’s why adhd goes fucking buck wild at the end of your cycle
thank you it’s day 2 the adhd is insane
November 11, 2025 at 9:49 PM
hey did you all know that estrogen levels affect serotonin and dopamine uptake and that’s why adhd goes fucking buck wild at the end of your cycle
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okay I feel like I should add one important bit of context here for people unfamiliar with London: it’s bigger than you think. like that’s about a 30 mile stretch as the crow flies. The explosion will fuck over the area in blue but not like, London London
November 11, 2025 at 9:23 PM
okay I feel like I should add one important bit of context here for people unfamiliar with London: it’s bigger than you think. like that’s about a 30 mile stretch as the crow flies. The explosion will fuck over the area in blue but not like, London London