Vae
@vae.bsky.social
Coder by trade, player of games and woodwind, knitter of things, reader and writer of fanfic, hopeless optimist. Bi, ace. Invisible disabilities. Old enough to know better. Will block/mute for gen AI.
My pronouns are she/they
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My pronouns are she/they
I don't auto follow back
it's still indie week #showMeYourKnits 🧶! some of the very first hand dyed yarn I had was from Ginger Twist - Ginger's Hand Dyed is still going strong with glorious colours and lovely bases (and a fab little shop if you're ever in Edinburgh) gingertwiststudio.com/collections/...
GINGER'S HAND DYED
Ginger Twist Studio is a beautiful yarn & fabric shop in Edinburgh, Scotland selling British wool, Ginger's Hand Dyed yarns, a gorgeous selection of dressmaking fabrics and linens, as well as pattern ...
gingertwiststudio.com
November 26, 2025 at 11:39 AM
it's still indie week #showMeYourKnits 🧶! some of the very first hand dyed yarn I had was from Ginger Twist - Ginger's Hand Dyed is still going strong with glorious colours and lovely bases (and a fab little shop if you're ever in Edinburgh) gingertwiststudio.com/collections/...
Thanks, grandad. I just won a small prize on Premium Bonds that I didn't know I still had, that were given to me when I was born.
I suspect I still have them because 10 is too few to do anything with these days
I suspect I still have them because 10 is too few to do anything with these days
November 25, 2025 at 1:03 PM
Thanks, grandad. I just won a small prize on Premium Bonds that I didn't know I still had, that were given to me when I was born.
I suspect I still have them because 10 is too few to do anything with these days
I suspect I still have them because 10 is too few to do anything with these days
indie week for #showMeYourKnits 🧶so today I'm highlighting Corner of Craft, who dyes yarn as Chromatic Yarns, mostly with delightfully geeky inspirations. I've got a lot of her D&D inspired yarns, but she's also got a Stardew Valley collection chromaticyarns.co.uk/collections/...
Chromatic Yarns
Bright and vibrant yarns, lovingly hand-dyed in colourways inspired by all the things that I love.
chromaticyarns.co.uk
November 25, 2025 at 9:06 AM
indie week for #showMeYourKnits 🧶so today I'm highlighting Corner of Craft, who dyes yarn as Chromatic Yarns, mostly with delightfully geeky inspirations. I've got a lot of her D&D inspired yarns, but she's also got a Stardew Valley collection chromaticyarns.co.uk/collections/...
still indie week for #showMeYourKnits 🧶so it's time to talk about DyeForYarn/DyeForWool who dye the most gorgeous saturated colours with amazing names. Their tussah silk lace is my absolute favourite yarn for lace shawls www.etsy.com/shop/dyefory...
November 24, 2025 at 9:32 AM
still indie week for #showMeYourKnits 🧶so it's time to talk about DyeForYarn/DyeForWool who dye the most gorgeous saturated colours with amazing names. Their tussah silk lace is my absolute favourite yarn for lace shawls www.etsy.com/shop/dyefory...
look I'm working on the cables
Twitter accounts are based in Russia. BlueSky accounts are based in homes with, frankly, too many books, plants, obsolete cables, and pieces of rustic pottery, that could do with a bit of a tidying up, to be honest.
November 23, 2025 at 10:28 PM
look I'm working on the cables
Pez is an absolutete fucking delight and I wish I had enough money to dig her out. Come dig with me, if you can?
You know how you have that friend who just cannot catch a break right now and you really wish you could do just about anything for them? Yeah, that's currently one of my best friends. So once again sharing, because this week has been shit: gofund.me/50a9b0fa1
Donate to Putting the Brakes on the Breakdown, organized by Linda T
Pez. Potato. PezNo. PezYes. To know Pez is to know joy and laughter and occasionally needi… Linda T needs your support for Putting the Brakes on the Breakdown
gofund.me
November 23, 2025 at 9:36 PM
Pez is an absolutete fucking delight and I wish I had enough money to dig her out. Come dig with me, if you can?
I didn't have the patience to be a music teacher, or the skill and dedication to be a professional musician, and I'd made a few basic fansites for actors (hand coded HTML in notepad and FTP uploads), so I applied for a graduate trainee placement as a software developer
November 23, 2025 at 3:43 PM
I didn't have the patience to be a music teacher, or the skill and dedication to be a professional musician, and I'd made a few basic fansites for actors (hand coded HTML in notepad and FTP uploads), so I applied for a graduate trainee placement as a software developer
#showMeYourKnits 🧶is indie dyers and designers this week, so I need to shout out @thirdvaultyarns.com who is both a dyer and a designer! their colours are amazing, they have a good range of plant-yarns, their patterns do fun stuff with short rows & colourwork www.thirdvaultyarns.com/ourshop/cat_...
Fingering/ Sock weight - Shop
All our in stock Fingering/ Sock weight yarns in our different yarn bases.
You can either pick a specific base to see what is in stock in that base or peruse the full in stock range of Fingering/Sock...
www.thirdvaultyarns.com
November 23, 2025 at 3:04 PM
#showMeYourKnits 🧶is indie dyers and designers this week, so I need to shout out @thirdvaultyarns.com who is both a dyer and a designer! their colours are amazing, they have a good range of plant-yarns, their patterns do fun stuff with short rows & colourwork www.thirdvaultyarns.com/ourshop/cat_...
this week's #showMeYourKnits 🧶 prompt is for indie designers and dyers, so I'll highlight @leelamary.bsky.social who's also got some lovely designs available at a discount for @fastenoffyal.bsky.social this year! payhip.com/leelamarykni...
Leela Mary Knits - FO2025
As I’m sure you can tell from looking at my designs, I love shawls and brioche. The possibilities for designing are endless!You can find me on both Ravelry and Instagram as leelamary or via my website...
payhip.com
November 22, 2025 at 3:47 PM
this week's #showMeYourKnits 🧶 prompt is for indie designers and dyers, so I'll highlight @leelamary.bsky.social who's also got some lovely designs available at a discount for @fastenoffyal.bsky.social this year! payhip.com/leelamarykni...
Hey USians, wtf have you been up to while Europe slept?
November 22, 2025 at 7:06 AM
Hey USians, wtf have you been up to while Europe slept?
Argonaut Books are a truly fab bookshop with a lovely cafe and beautifully curated stock. Please support them if you can, this feels like an intentional move from Waterstones to push a competitor out of business.
@bookbugs.bsky.social and @portalbookshop.bsky.social can you share this please?
@bookbugs.bsky.social and @portalbookshop.bsky.social can you share this please?
We need your help.
@waterstones.bsky.social, without any direct communication with us, will be opening their 6th Edinburgh branch less than 100 metres from our front door at the Foot of the Walk in Leith.
Please read on for more information
www.heraldscotland.com/news/2562908...
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@waterstones.bsky.social, without any direct communication with us, will be opening their 6th Edinburgh branch less than 100 metres from our front door at the Foot of the Walk in Leith.
Please read on for more information
www.heraldscotland.com/news/2562908...
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Anger as Waterstones snaps up prime site on doorstep of independent bookshop
UK's biggest bookselling chain under fire over plans for new store beside Edinburgh tram line.
www.heraldscotland.com
November 21, 2025 at 11:09 AM
Argonaut Books are a truly fab bookshop with a lovely cafe and beautifully curated stock. Please support them if you can, this feels like an intentional move from Waterstones to push a competitor out of business.
@bookbugs.bsky.social and @portalbookshop.bsky.social can you share this please?
@bookbugs.bsky.social and @portalbookshop.bsky.social can you share this please?
Share a TV series you've watched beginning to end more than once.
November 20, 2025 at 9:20 AM
Share a TV series you've watched beginning to end more than once.
book/librarian friends, catch me up! Niece is 8 and loves reading chapter books, she shies away from peril. What should I offer her to read? She's enjoyed Cressida Cowell, but I am not up on current books for 8 year olds
November 18, 2025 at 8:31 PM
book/librarian friends, catch me up! Niece is 8 and loves reading chapter books, she shies away from peril. What should I offer her to read? She's enjoyed Cressida Cowell, but I am not up on current books for 8 year olds
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The first seal pups of 2025 have arrived on the Farne Islands!
Around 3,000 pups are expected to be born this winter. Thanks to your support, our rangers are able to monitor their numbers to help us understand and protect this important population.
Photo: Ranger Beth using a long lens
Around 3,000 pups are expected to be born this winter. Thanks to your support, our rangers are able to monitor their numbers to help us understand and protect this important population.
Photo: Ranger Beth using a long lens
November 18, 2025 at 7:45 AM
The first seal pups of 2025 have arrived on the Farne Islands!
Around 3,000 pups are expected to be born this winter. Thanks to your support, our rangers are able to monitor their numbers to help us understand and protect this important population.
Photo: Ranger Beth using a long lens
Around 3,000 pups are expected to be born this winter. Thanks to your support, our rangers are able to monitor their numbers to help us understand and protect this important population.
Photo: Ranger Beth using a long lens
what's the word for snow when it would be "drizzle" if it was rain?
anyway it's doing that now and last Monday it was 16C
anyway it's doing that now and last Monday it was 16C
November 17, 2025 at 9:38 AM
what's the word for snow when it would be "drizzle" if it was rain?
anyway it's doing that now and last Monday it was 16C
anyway it's doing that now and last Monday it was 16C
Everyone deserves healthcare (including the right to safe legal abortion), a safe place to live, a roof over their head, enough food to eat and clothes enough to be comfortable. Trans people are not a threat and no human being is illegal.
"my least woke opinion is---"
That's enough. We've had enough people indulging in the "thrill of a little conservatism", as a treat. Of considering reactionary thought to be a salacious and taboo in a world descending into reactionary mania.
Give me your MOST woke opinions. We're bringing it back.
That's enough. We've had enough people indulging in the "thrill of a little conservatism", as a treat. Of considering reactionary thought to be a salacious and taboo in a world descending into reactionary mania.
Give me your MOST woke opinions. We're bringing it back.
November 16, 2025 at 10:06 PM
Everyone deserves healthcare (including the right to safe legal abortion), a safe place to live, a roof over their head, enough food to eat and clothes enough to be comfortable. Trans people are not a threat and no human being is illegal.
this week's prompt for #showMeYourKnits 🧶is Floof, and while I'm not exactly allergic to either alpaca or mohair, both make me itch. So the closest I get to floof is cashmere, usually in a cashmere silk blend, which feels wonderfully decadent and is accordingly rare (because cost)
November 16, 2025 at 3:12 PM
this week's prompt for #showMeYourKnits 🧶is Floof, and while I'm not exactly allergic to either alpaca or mohair, both make me itch. So the closest I get to floof is cashmere, usually in a cashmere silk blend, which feels wonderfully decadent and is accordingly rare (because cost)
this sounds amazing (ht to @merchantshallyork.org )
Fast fashion is not a 21st-century problem! Join Dr Bethan Bide to explore 300 years of clothing history in Yorkshire, uncovering historical sustainability issues and pioneering solutions.
Tues 18 Nov, 6.30pm at the Merchant Adventurers' Hall, booking required.
https://ow.ly/upbP50XpbFy
Tues 18 Nov, 6.30pm at the Merchant Adventurers' Hall, booking required.
https://ow.ly/upbP50XpbFy
300 years of fast fashion in Yorkshire
Yorkshire's fashion history, from 18th-century dye pollution to modern recycling, reveals that textile sustainability issues and solutions are not new.
ow.ly
November 14, 2025 at 12:06 PM
this sounds amazing (ht to @merchantshallyork.org )
Proud to be the 131st 😻 on BackerKit for One-Shot Wonders 2: Over 100 NEW Adventures for DnD 5E. Thanks Roll & Play Press (get on bsky!)
November 13, 2025 at 7:25 PM
Proud to be the 131st 😻 on BackerKit for One-Shot Wonders 2: Over 100 NEW Adventures for DnD 5E. Thanks Roll & Play Press (get on bsky!)
this game is such a good watch!
Back to my ol' Dread Antics again.
Here's a little clip, but watch the whole thing!
youtube.com/clip/UgkxcgH...
Thank you to Project Ghostlight for inviting me out. I never had a chance to play with any of these fine folks before and it was a delightful little spooky tale in the woods!
Here's a little clip, but watch the whole thing!
youtube.com/clip/UgkxcgH...
Thank you to Project Ghostlight for inviting me out. I never had a chance to play with any of these fine folks before and it was a delightful little spooky tale in the woods!
November 12, 2025 at 8:50 PM
this game is such a good watch!
Work has given me a half day off for "wellbeing". I had to spend an hour of it in the office, but then went for a massage and am now having a very lovely hot chocolate in a quiet bookshop cafe.
Could do with a few more of these tbh
Could do with a few more of these tbh
November 12, 2025 at 4:11 PM
Work has given me a half day off for "wellbeing". I had to spend an hour of it in the office, but then went for a massage and am now having a very lovely hot chocolate in a quiet bookshop cafe.
Could do with a few more of these tbh
Could do with a few more of these tbh
that *is* a delightful little bat accountant
If we get 500 backers, we're going to put this delightful little bat accountant into the game.
Help us spread the word!
Help us spread the word!
November 10, 2025 at 9:05 PM
that *is* a delightful little bat accountant
Just had confirmation that I'm getting a full refund for my train ticket for the train to London that terminated at Chelmsford. Mixed feelings. May go looking for a charity that provides support to train crews involved in line accidents.
November 10, 2025 at 2:48 PM
Just had confirmation that I'm getting a full refund for my train ticket for the train to London that terminated at Chelmsford. Mixed feelings. May go looking for a charity that provides support to train crews involved in line accidents.