Kate Atherley
@kateatherley.bsky.social
Knitter, teacher, editor, writer, designer. She/her. Craft, food & feminism. Love is love. Abortions are healthcare. Trans women are women. Trans men are men. Opinions my own. Sharing a life and a very good dog with @normwilner. www.kateatherley.com
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2. It's rare for any creative, including writers, to be able to live solely off their creative income. Moreover, there is no correlation between the creative value of art and the income status of its creator. It's okay to have another gig to eat and pay bills and survive our capitalist hellscape.
November 26, 2025 at 12:35 AM
2. It's rare for any creative, including writers, to be able to live solely off their creative income. Moreover, there is no correlation between the creative value of art and the income status of its creator. It's okay to have another gig to eat and pay bills and survive our capitalist hellscape.
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I once asked a bookseller at a large indie store how many people would have to buy a book for it to get the attention of the store buyer and cause an additional order and they said: Three.
I see some book piracy discourse, and, to make a positive argument in favor of buying books, your marginal ability to influence what books get published and support the careers of writers you like is massive compared to most other forms of media.
November 25, 2025 at 11:07 PM
I once asked a bookseller at a large indie store how many people would have to buy a book for it to get the attention of the store buyer and cause an additional order and they said: Three.
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This webinar is excellent.
It's a well prepared hour, designed to provide folks with viable approaches if we are bystanders to harassment or violence.
It is well worth the time.
Bonus: free. Zoom or phone in
ps: there's no individual questions or putting anyone on the spot.
Take very good care all
It's a well prepared hour, designed to provide folks with viable approaches if we are bystanders to harassment or violence.
It is well worth the time.
Bonus: free. Zoom or phone in
ps: there's no individual questions or putting anyone on the spot.
Take very good care all
Tomorrow (Nov 25) is the UN's International Day for the Elimination of Violence against Women and the start of #16Days of Activism on Gender-Based Violence
I'm offering 2 FREE bystander intervention webinars to mark the date: 1 in English et un en français
Learn community care with me. Sign up! ⬇️
I'm offering 2 FREE bystander intervention webinars to mark the date: 1 in English et un en français
Learn community care with me. Sign up! ⬇️
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Come learn bystander intervention with me - It's free!
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November 25, 2025 at 2:39 AM
This webinar is excellent.
It's a well prepared hour, designed to provide folks with viable approaches if we are bystanders to harassment or violence.
It is well worth the time.
Bonus: free. Zoom or phone in
ps: there's no individual questions or putting anyone on the spot.
Take very good care all
It's a well prepared hour, designed to provide folks with viable approaches if we are bystanders to harassment or violence.
It is well worth the time.
Bonus: free. Zoom or phone in
ps: there's no individual questions or putting anyone on the spot.
Take very good care all
Bookmarking this.
When people are mean to you, remember the universal truth that it comes from their own fears, not from a deficiency in you. So don’t react. Chin up. Wait for the reality of their own internal conflict to take care of it.
November 23, 2025 at 3:23 AM
Bookmarking this.
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This is very cool. Often food pantries need to spend their money making sure everyone has the basics to keep them fed and healthy, but not on the spices and flavors that make an enjoyable meal. www.burlapandbarrel.com/products/don...
Donate a Holiday Spice Set • Give the Gift of Flavor | Burlap & Barrel
Help make someone's holiday meal special. When you purchase a single jar, 3-pack, or 6-pack of our equitably sourced spices, we’ll donate that exact set to a New York food pantry supporting families i...
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November 22, 2025 at 3:52 PM
This is very cool. Often food pantries need to spend their money making sure everyone has the basics to keep them fed and healthy, but not on the spices and flavors that make an enjoyable meal. www.burlapandbarrel.com/products/don...
Watching videos of cooking experts offering up "easy pastry recipes" give me a sense of how less experienced knitters probably feel about sock knitting. Looks amazing, seems mysterious, tried it once, failed utterly, am now intimidated. 😃
November 22, 2025 at 2:20 PM
Watching videos of cooking experts offering up "easy pastry recipes" give me a sense of how less experienced knitters probably feel about sock knitting. Looks amazing, seems mysterious, tried it once, failed utterly, am now intimidated. 😃
Thanks to a helpful poster, have finally found a reliable UK source for my Math for Knitters book... It's listed as a pre-order shipping next week, since they are selling the second print run. blackwells.co.uk/bookshop/pro...
Math for Knitters
Math for Knitters
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November 22, 2025 at 1:53 PM
Thanks to a helpful poster, have finally found a reliable UK source for my Math for Knitters book... It's listed as a pre-order shipping next week, since they are selling the second print run. blackwells.co.uk/bookshop/pro...
Our usual source for trifle sponges/Swiss rolls closed this year, so we needed to find another one. A new bakery recently opened up nearby, offering them in some great flavours - including mango and coffee. So I did the responsible thing, bought one and made a test trifle. #TrifleForBreakfast
November 22, 2025 at 1:35 PM
Our usual source for trifle sponges/Swiss rolls closed this year, so we needed to find another one. A new bakery recently opened up nearby, offering them in some great flavours - including mango and coffee. So I did the responsible thing, bought one and made a test trifle. #TrifleForBreakfast
I love this about Toronto. Recently explained to a New Yorker that here we will put butter chicken in/on anything. Fries. Poutine. Pizza. Salad. Burritos. Lasagna. It's all fair game and it's all delicious.
I love that Indian Pizza is becoming a thing Toronto is known for
November 22, 2025 at 4:08 AM
I love this about Toronto. Recently explained to a New Yorker that here we will put butter chicken in/on anything. Fries. Poutine. Pizza. Salad. Burritos. Lasagna. It's all fair game and it's all delicious.
Thread. I promise it's not just about my book, but offers some fascinating and really helpful insights into trans bodies and size and fit.
Socks&sizes
Out of this (embarrassing for me 🙈) conversation with @kateatherley.bsky.social , I spontaneously bought Kate's book Custom Socks. And, you guys, just reading the first chapter on foot sizes nearly made me cry w relief
She did a survey on ~500 people's feet. While they were
🧶 #knitsky
Out of this (embarrassing for me 🙈) conversation with @kateatherley.bsky.social , I spontaneously bought Kate's book Custom Socks. And, you guys, just reading the first chapter on foot sizes nearly made me cry w relief
She did a survey on ~500 people's feet. While they were
🧶 #knitsky
I really don't think "change needle to change sizes" is best practice for grading. You're asking the knitter to potentially compromise the quality of the fabric by knitting too loose and/or create issues with it by working it too tight. It is 100% possible to grade colourwork mitts & socks. 🧶
November 22, 2025 at 3:40 AM
Thread. I promise it's not just about my book, but offers some fascinating and really helpful insights into trans bodies and size and fit.
Felt annoyed, might delete later
November 22, 2025 at 3:21 AM
Felt annoyed, might delete later
Yeah, ok, I am grumpy and demanding but I really try not to make it personal or directed at a specific individual.
I really don't think "change needle to change sizes" is best practice for grading. You're asking the knitter to potentially compromise the quality of the fabric by knitting too loose and/or create issues with it by working it too tight. It is 100% possible to grade colourwork mitts & socks. 🧶
November 22, 2025 at 3:17 AM
Yeah, ok, I am grumpy and demanding but I really try not to make it personal or directed at a specific individual.
I really don't think "change needle to change sizes" is best practice for grading. You're asking the knitter to potentially compromise the quality of the fabric by knitting too loose and/or create issues with it by working it too tight. It is 100% possible to grade colourwork mitts & socks. 🧶
November 21, 2025 at 9:35 PM
I really don't think "change needle to change sizes" is best practice for grading. You're asking the knitter to potentially compromise the quality of the fabric by knitting too loose and/or create issues with it by working it too tight. It is 100% possible to grade colourwork mitts & socks. 🧶
I know it's absolutely the worst thing to do, to offer unsolicited advice. I hate when people do it to me, I really try to avoid doing it to others. But ooooh boy when you see someone doing something that is making both their lives and their knitting worse, it can be really hard to stay quiet.
November 21, 2025 at 1:55 PM
I know it's absolutely the worst thing to do, to offer unsolicited advice. I hate when people do it to me, I really try to avoid doing it to others. But ooooh boy when you see someone doing something that is making both their lives and their knitting worse, it can be really hard to stay quiet.
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Everybody should do this as now as possible.
If you use GMail, AI (Gemini) was turned on yesterday by default and now scans all of your content for machine learning. To turn off, go to Settings>General and scroll down. Uncheck the box for "Smart features."
There's other "Smart" add-ons as well, but that's the one that reads your content.
There's other "Smart" add-ons as well, but that's the one that reads your content.
November 20, 2025 at 9:01 PM
Everybody should do this as now as possible.
The pattern testing discourse is popping up again on Threads. Ugh. I wrote about it here... kateatherley.com/testing-knit...
Test Knitting and Why it's Becoming a Problem - KateAtherley.com
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November 19, 2025 at 2:17 PM
The pattern testing discourse is popping up again on Threads. Ugh. I wrote about it here... kateatherley.com/testing-knit...
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This would explain why I get so few responses.
(Psst! Do you have job? I need job!)
(Psst! Do you have job? I need job!)
Approximately 30% of all job postings are fake, with millions of ghost jobs making a tough hiring process even worse.
November 18, 2025 at 8:05 PM
This would explain why I get so few responses.
(Psst! Do you have job? I need job!)
(Psst! Do you have job? I need job!)
Today in maturity: I have had this bra for 10+ years. It was a bad fit, straight up. Band too small, straps too long. As my body changed with age the issue got worse. But it was $$$, so I held onto it and tried to wear it from time to time. I finally gave myself permission to get rid of it.
November 19, 2025 at 3:03 AM
Today in maturity: I have had this bra for 10+ years. It was a bad fit, straight up. Band too small, straps too long. As my body changed with age the issue got worse. But it was $$$, so I held onto it and tried to wear it from time to time. I finally gave myself permission to get rid of it.
And craft books. Mine are in there.
Remember: they used thousands of academic books too! If you’re a scholar, check for your books too. This isn’t just novelists and pop writers, it’s academic books too!
AI advocates have warned that if every author in the class action filed a claim, it would "financially ruin" the entire industry.
November 19, 2025 at 2:49 AM
And craft books. Mine are in there.
Lots of excellent idea but a bit disappointed that no one has figured out what Beaker might sing.
Inspired by the notion that First We Take Manhattan was written as the title song for MUPPETS TAKE MANHATTAN, @normwilner.bsky.social and I have been noodling on the idea of the Muppets doing an album of Leonard Cohen covers. It's got to be Gonzo for Hallelujah.
November 18, 2025 at 3:25 PM
Lots of excellent idea but a bit disappointed that no one has figured out what Beaker might sing.
Inspired by the notion that First We Take Manhattan was written as the title song for MUPPETS TAKE MANHATTAN, @normwilner.bsky.social and I have been noodling on the idea of the Muppets doing an album of Leonard Cohen covers. It's got to be Gonzo for Hallelujah.
November 18, 2025 at 2:06 PM
Inspired by the notion that First We Take Manhattan was written as the title song for MUPPETS TAKE MANHATTAN, @normwilner.bsky.social and I have been noodling on the idea of the Muppets doing an album of Leonard Cohen covers. It's got to be Gonzo for Hallelujah.
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Check out Knotions Magazine's detailed (and very positive!) review of MATH FOR KNITTERS, by @kateatherley.bsky.social, in their STEM issue. They say that "nearly every knitter should have a copy of this book," and obviously we agree! knotions.com/kate-atherle...
November 17, 2025 at 10:49 PM
Check out Knotions Magazine's detailed (and very positive!) review of MATH FOR KNITTERS, by @kateatherley.bsky.social, in their STEM issue. They say that "nearly every knitter should have a copy of this book," and obviously we agree! knotions.com/kate-atherle...
Nothing more hard working weary than the Dufferin Mall Santa at the end of a Sunday shift being escorted away by his elf.
November 17, 2025 at 2:46 AM
An in-depth review of Math for Knitters knotions.com?s=Atherley+&... 🧶
You searched for Atherley - Knotions Magazine
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November 16, 2025 at 1:53 PM
An in-depth review of Math for Knitters knotions.com?s=Atherley+&... 🧶
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Yes, we carry the newest ✨bestseller✨ from 🇨🇦 Kate Atherly - Math for Knitters is a practical guide that transforms intimidating knitting calculations into simple arithmetic YOU can master 😁
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November 15, 2025 at 4:24 PM
Yes, we carry the newest ✨bestseller✨ from 🇨🇦 Kate Atherly - Math for Knitters is a practical guide that transforms intimidating knitting calculations into simple arithmetic YOU can master 😁
acmefibres.com/product/math...
acmefibres.com/product/math...