Random Yarning
@randomyarning.bsky.social
I knit, I read, I sew. I've tried most textile crafts and am even half way competent at some not listed. Not tatting though or lace.
I cosplay. I read fanfic. In fact I will read almost anything.
Not qualified to give legal advice.
I cosplay. I read fanfic. In fact I will read almost anything.
Not qualified to give legal advice.
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It's your birthday, Duane.
December 20, 2025 at 3:21 PM
It's your birthday, Duane.
Knitting a sock and reading @juliethecranky.bsky.social excellent writing on ao3. #Knitting #SockKnitting
December 20, 2025 at 7:27 PM
Knitting a sock and reading @juliethecranky.bsky.social excellent writing on ao3. #Knitting #SockKnitting
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It's 20 December and here in London we have 17 hours of darkness. so, as I do, I commend to you Sing For The Coming of the Longest Night, co-written by me & my bff @krfabian.bsky.social: a solstice poly romance, complete with jolly vicars, haunted theremins, & deep, sweet, weird-ancient magic. ❄️🎄🏳️🌈
December 20, 2025 at 5:06 PM
It's 20 December and here in London we have 17 hours of darkness. so, as I do, I commend to you Sing For The Coming of the Longest Night, co-written by me & my bff @krfabian.bsky.social: a solstice poly romance, complete with jolly vicars, haunted theremins, & deep, sweet, weird-ancient magic. ❄️🎄🏳️🌈
I have been productive today! I have sewn in approximately 349,834,609,867,048,573,875 ends on several different projects (that may be a tiny exaggeration admittedly) and also blocked a knitted thing and got another knitted thing ready to block. Cast on a baby hat for a baby due January.
December 20, 2025 at 5:46 PM
I have been productive today! I have sewn in approximately 349,834,609,867,048,573,875 ends on several different projects (that may be a tiny exaggeration admittedly) and also blocked a knitted thing and got another knitted thing ready to block. Cast on a baby hat for a baby due January.
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For anyone who may be hastily returning certain books they bought as Christmas presents, here's a thread of excellent children's books I highly recommend you buy instead:
Loki A Bad God's Guide To Being Good by Louie Stowell
Funny, chaotic and a little bit naughty
okay, a lot naughty
Loki A Bad God's Guide To Being Good by Louie Stowell
Funny, chaotic and a little bit naughty
okay, a lot naughty
December 20, 2025 at 11:10 AM
For anyone who may be hastily returning certain books they bought as Christmas presents, here's a thread of excellent children's books I highly recommend you buy instead:
Loki A Bad God's Guide To Being Good by Louie Stowell
Funny, chaotic and a little bit naughty
okay, a lot naughty
Loki A Bad God's Guide To Being Good by Louie Stowell
Funny, chaotic and a little bit naughty
okay, a lot naughty
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once again screaming at people about her public document full of historical clothing references and resources (which had it's most recent update on the 12th of january last year!)
heystacks.com/doc/1247/cla...
heystacks.com/doc/1247/cla...
Claire Hummel's Historical Fashion Reference & Resources - 🟧Heystack
A comprehensive list of historical fashion resources, including patterns, textiles, embroidery and more! - 🟧Heystack
heystacks.com
December 18, 2025 at 9:50 PM
once again screaming at people about her public document full of historical clothing references and resources (which had it's most recent update on the 12th of january last year!)
heystacks.com/doc/1247/cla...
heystacks.com/doc/1247/cla...
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In case you can’t quite place the name, this is the writer of classic Trek’s Trouble with Tribbles. Let’s help him out.
David needs folks to lend a hand. https://www.gofundme.com/f/david-gerrolds-health-and-leukemia-fundraiser?lang=en_GB&ts=1765731124&fbclid=IwdGRjcAOs_FtleHRuA2FlbQIxMQBzcnRjBmFwcF9pZA8xNzM4NDc2NDI2NzAzNzAAAR6KKiZ2rx4-CeehknGhy0m7jAsLfQXTijNNB--x4dSYOZovtFMCTh0YuSl10w_aem_bDanHCEMaHX8JsZvYYD7Jg
Donate to David Gerrold's Health and Leukemia Fundraiser, organized by David Gerrold
Here is a thank you just for coming this far, a link to a short collec… David Gerrold needs your support for David Gerrold's Health and Leukemia Fundraiser
www.gofundme.com
December 17, 2025 at 6:18 AM
In case you can’t quite place the name, this is the writer of classic Trek’s Trouble with Tribbles. Let’s help him out.
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Winter sale is heeeere! I will likely forget to talk about this after this post because I'm a doofus, but you know. People can get my stuff to keep directly in the sale if they want!
Winter Sale 2025 by dovelynnwriter
A bundle by dovelynnwriter, $41.87 for 13 games
itch.io
December 18, 2025 at 11:53 AM
Winter sale is heeeere! I will likely forget to talk about this after this post because I'm a doofus, but you know. People can get my stuff to keep directly in the sale if they want!
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Spend £2 on this unique zine made by me and then raid your yarn stash and end up with a unique scarf made by you. AI couldn't take the photos I took or write the text I wrote for me and it can't crochet for you either 🧶
Looking for a very easy and very silly crochet project to amuse yourself with over the holidays?
CHAOS CROCHET.
A new zine to guide you in creating a unique scarf according to the whims of a six-sided die.
michellicopter.itch.io/chaos-crochet
CHAOS CROCHET.
A new zine to guide you in creating a unique scarf according to the whims of a six-sided die.
michellicopter.itch.io/chaos-crochet
Chaos Crochet by Michellicopter
Create a unique scarf shaped by fate
michellicopter.itch.io
December 17, 2025 at 12:11 PM
Spend £2 on this unique zine made by me and then raid your yarn stash and end up with a unique scarf made by you. AI couldn't take the photos I took or write the text I wrote for me and it can't crochet for you either 🧶
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Help me out Bluesky
looking for middle grade books where there are cool monsters
Kiddo loves: the owl house, doctor who, kipo, jentry chau vs the underworld, she-ra
Illustrations would be a plus
I've tried Percy Jackson (too scary), How to Train your dragon (boring), & Wee Free Men (boring)
looking for middle grade books where there are cool monsters
Kiddo loves: the owl house, doctor who, kipo, jentry chau vs the underworld, she-ra
Illustrations would be a plus
I've tried Percy Jackson (too scary), How to Train your dragon (boring), & Wee Free Men (boring)
December 16, 2025 at 9:06 PM
In anticipation of visitors, I need to scrub floors. Himself's state of health means the floors are, sadly, my responsibility. Bribing myself with the possibility of starting the next AK Faulkner book, Runes of Fall. Will the trauma that contains be more or less than cleaning the bathroom floor...?
December 14, 2025 at 9:59 AM
In anticipation of visitors, I need to scrub floors. Himself's state of health means the floors are, sadly, my responsibility. Bribing myself with the possibility of starting the next AK Faulkner book, Runes of Fall. Will the trauma that contains be more or less than cleaning the bathroom floor...?
Finished all the knitting on the cardigan, so now I've switched to socks, for me. I do love the stitch pattern this produces. Pattern is H's everyday sock, named by me Hermina's everyday sock after my grandmother, who used to test patterns for Patons and Baldwin. Yarn is Stylecraft Head over Heels.
December 13, 2025 at 7:30 PM
Finished all the knitting on the cardigan, so now I've switched to socks, for me. I do love the stitch pattern this produces. Pattern is H's everyday sock, named by me Hermina's everyday sock after my grandmother, who used to test patterns for Patons and Baldwin. Yarn is Stylecraft Head over Heels.
Today's #ShowMeYourKnits is cardigans, and as I'm almost finished with this cardigan I am making for my grown up child, I sharing the view of the first pocket, just finished now. The second pocket will be the last knitting on this :)
December 13, 2025 at 12:16 PM
Today's #ShowMeYourKnits is cardigans, and as I'm almost finished with this cardigan I am making for my grown up child, I sharing the view of the first pocket, just finished now. The second pocket will be the last knitting on this :)
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This.
Measles is incredibly infectious. If 1 kid in a kindergarten is infected, by the end of the day pretty much every un- or under-vaccinated classmate will be too.
Measles can be deadly & some complications can kill years later, but just an ordinary case is miserable. Why let your kid suffer?
Measles is incredibly infectious. If 1 kid in a kindergarten is infected, by the end of the day pretty much every un- or under-vaccinated classmate will be too.
Measles can be deadly & some complications can kill years later, but just an ordinary case is miserable. Why let your kid suffer?
Of 111 measles cases, 105 were in unvaccinated people. 6 were in partially vaccinated people.
Get vaccinated! Especially your kids!
Get vaccinated! Especially your kids!
Hundreds quarantined as South Carolina measles outbreak accelerates
A state epidemiologist said the spike in cases came in the wake of Thanksgiving travel and a lack of vaccinations. At least 16 cases were traced to a church.
wapo.st
December 11, 2025 at 3:51 PM
This.
Measles is incredibly infectious. If 1 kid in a kindergarten is infected, by the end of the day pretty much every un- or under-vaccinated classmate will be too.
Measles can be deadly & some complications can kill years later, but just an ordinary case is miserable. Why let your kid suffer?
Measles is incredibly infectious. If 1 kid in a kindergarten is infected, by the end of the day pretty much every un- or under-vaccinated classmate will be too.
Measles can be deadly & some complications can kill years later, but just an ordinary case is miserable. Why let your kid suffer?
I have figured out (with much assistance from YouTube and Instagram) how to put my hair up with a hair stick, and feel extremely sophisticated when I do!
December 10, 2025 at 8:28 PM
I have figured out (with much assistance from YouTube and Instagram) how to put my hair up with a hair stick, and feel extremely sophisticated when I do!
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It's #smashwords sale time! All of us @jms-books.com authors have books at 25% off - including mine! Come and browse! The sale runs through Jan 1! #BookSky
www.smashwords.com/profile/view...
(if you would like to buy direct, JMS is also having a 25% off sale: www.jms-books.com )
www.smashwords.com/profile/view...
(if you would like to buy direct, JMS is also having a 25% off sale: www.jms-books.com )
December 9, 2025 at 11:30 PM
It's #smashwords sale time! All of us @jms-books.com authors have books at 25% off - including mine! Come and browse! The sale runs through Jan 1! #BookSky
www.smashwords.com/profile/view...
(if you would like to buy direct, JMS is also having a 25% off sale: www.jms-books.com )
www.smashwords.com/profile/view...
(if you would like to buy direct, JMS is also having a 25% off sale: www.jms-books.com )
@juliethecranky.bsky.social I'm planning on visiting this exhibition over the festive break, anything you want me to photograph for you? Any of Julie's other followers want to do a Cranky meetup there?! www.vam.ac.uk/exhibitions/...
Marie Antoinette Style - Exhibition at V&A South Kensington · V&A
Shaped by the most fashionable queen in history
www.vam.ac.uk
December 7, 2025 at 8:44 AM
@juliethecranky.bsky.social I'm planning on visiting this exhibition over the festive break, anything you want me to photograph for you? Any of Julie's other followers want to do a Cranky meetup there?! www.vam.ac.uk/exhibitions/...
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worth noting the MMR scare was specifically because Andrew Wakefield wanted to sell a different vaccine - but went with it when everyone started going antivaxx completely.
one of many parallels between anti-vaxxers & those who oppose gender-affirming care: they start by pretending they have a very specific concern (MMR vaccine, puberty blockers, etc), but once given any sway or say on the matter, they quickly strive to eliminate all of it
Kennedy's zombie ACIP panel just voted to restrict hepatitis B vaccine for newborns. Experts say it will harm children for no reason. www.ms.now/news/rfk-cdc...
ACIP member Dr. Cody Meissner:
"'Do no harm' is a moral imperative. We are doing harm by changing this wording. And I vote no."
ACIP member Dr. Cody Meissner:
"'Do no harm' is a moral imperative. We are doing harm by changing this wording. And I vote no."
December 6, 2025 at 5:30 PM
worth noting the MMR scare was specifically because Andrew Wakefield wanted to sell a different vaccine - but went with it when everyone started going antivaxx completely.
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All right, crafty folks.
I need everyone who sees this to keep a look out for the following shawls. They were lost by FedEx on the way to Barcelona Knits, and have been declared "unrecoverable".
🧶
This is thoussands of euros of work & materials, not to mention their value at Trunk Shows & Workshops.
I need everyone who sees this to keep a look out for the following shawls. They were lost by FedEx on the way to Barcelona Knits, and have been declared "unrecoverable".
🧶
This is thoussands of euros of work & materials, not to mention their value at Trunk Shows & Workshops.
December 5, 2025 at 11:35 AM
All right, crafty folks.
I need everyone who sees this to keep a look out for the following shawls. They were lost by FedEx on the way to Barcelona Knits, and have been declared "unrecoverable".
🧶
This is thoussands of euros of work & materials, not to mention their value at Trunk Shows & Workshops.
I need everyone who sees this to keep a look out for the following shawls. They were lost by FedEx on the way to Barcelona Knits, and have been declared "unrecoverable".
🧶
This is thoussands of euros of work & materials, not to mention their value at Trunk Shows & Workshops.
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I'm desperate for a tolerant world that's only intolerant of the intolerant. c.org/YZG4YxW6K9 #girlguidinguk #trans #guides
Sign the Petition
Allow transgender women and girls back into GirlGuiding UK
c.org
December 2, 2025 at 9:28 PM
I'm desperate for a tolerant world that's only intolerant of the intolerant. c.org/YZG4YxW6K9 #girlguidinguk #trans #guides
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Arden will be visiting the Romancing the Gothic book group in January to talk about Flesh and Bone.
All welcome! (It's free and online!)
What a great day to buy the book (or indeed, any of Arden's books! My faves are 'The Bayou' and 'In the Pit of Your Stomach')
All welcome! (It's free and online!)
What a great day to buy the book (or indeed, any of Arden's books! My faves are 'The Bayou' and 'In the Pit of Your Stomach')
I got hit with an unexpected $200 expense today! I need to buy software to keep my new freelance job. It would be amazing to sell some books or get some new patrons to help cover it 😬
Ko-fi: ko-fi.com/ardenpowell
Exclusive fiction: www.patreon.com/ardenpowell
Books on Itchio: ardenpowell.itch.io
Ko-fi: ko-fi.com/ardenpowell
Exclusive fiction: www.patreon.com/ardenpowell
Books on Itchio: ardenpowell.itch.io
November 28, 2025 at 7:03 PM
Arden will be visiting the Romancing the Gothic book group in January to talk about Flesh and Bone.
All welcome! (It's free and online!)
What a great day to buy the book (or indeed, any of Arden's books! My faves are 'The Bayou' and 'In the Pit of Your Stomach')
All welcome! (It's free and online!)
What a great day to buy the book (or indeed, any of Arden's books! My faves are 'The Bayou' and 'In the Pit of Your Stomach')
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A man has become the 7th person to be left HIV-free after receiving a stem cell transplant to treat blood cancer. He’s also the second of the 7 who received stem cells that were not actually resistant to the virus, strengthening the case that HIV-resistant cells may not be necessary for an HIV cure.
Man unexpectedly cured of HIV after stem cell transplant
A handful of people with HIV have been cured after receiving HIV-resistant stem cells – but a man who received non-resistant stem cells is also now HIV-free
www.newscientist.com
December 2, 2025 at 7:19 PM
A man has become the 7th person to be left HIV-free after receiving a stem cell transplant to treat blood cancer. He’s also the second of the 7 who received stem cells that were not actually resistant to the virus, strengthening the case that HIV-resistant cells may not be necessary for an HIV cure.
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I read this every Christmas and the excellent BBC radio version is still available:
December 2, 2025 at 11:00 AM
I read this every Christmas and the excellent BBC radio version is still available:
I previously posted when I practiced playing instruments partly so I could go back and check my practice pattern. I used a hashtag, and later found that that same accountability hashtag is being used for political accountability, so I stopped. I need to figure out a better hashtag for me to use!
December 2, 2025 at 9:30 AM
I previously posted when I practiced playing instruments partly so I could go back and check my practice pattern. I used a hashtag, and later found that that same accountability hashtag is being used for political accountability, so I stopped. I need to figure out a better hashtag for me to use!
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For those following along, I’m wrestling with the IG algorithm-it’s nearly impossible to get timely views 🙄 so I have revamped my auction for birds.
All 7 remaining knits are available for bidding until Friday, Dec 5 at 6pmET
Proceeds to Birds Canada, all lovingly hand dyed and knit by me. 💁🏼♀️ 🧶
All 7 remaining knits are available for bidding until Friday, Dec 5 at 6pmET
Proceeds to Birds Canada, all lovingly hand dyed and knit by me. 💁🏼♀️ 🧶
November 29, 2025 at 12:12 PM
For those following along, I’m wrestling with the IG algorithm-it’s nearly impossible to get timely views 🙄 so I have revamped my auction for birds.
All 7 remaining knits are available for bidding until Friday, Dec 5 at 6pmET
Proceeds to Birds Canada, all lovingly hand dyed and knit by me. 💁🏼♀️ 🧶
All 7 remaining knits are available for bidding until Friday, Dec 5 at 6pmET
Proceeds to Birds Canada, all lovingly hand dyed and knit by me. 💁🏼♀️ 🧶