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Steven
@epicureanraccoon.bsky.social
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🧡San Francisco📌
Currently into knitting & fibre arts, public transportation, urban cycling, urbanism, food + cooking/baking, reading, movies, music, plants, mixology.

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Season of the Witch by David Talbot
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Steven @epicureanraccoon.bsky.social · Mar 21
Did an Icelandic bind off for the neck. Ignore the fact that I still didn't close the underarm.

The body is a little long... Even with a tighter gauge. Idk if I should attempt surgery given it seems that's how the style is supposed to sit.

🧶 #knitsky #knitting #knit
Mirror selfie wearing a hand knit lopapeysa sweater. Sweater is knit in lopi yarn. The colors are light grey, rust, forest green, sky blue and sunflower yellow. There's a smiley face on the person's face.
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blueskye2025.bsky.social
May 13, 2025 at 1:29 PM
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sjshancoxli.liberalcurrents.com
but i've been confidently assured that yimby policies can't make a difference on any electorally significant timescale!
louismirante.bsky.social Louis Mirante @louismirante.bsky.social · Apr 26
A relatively large amount of production of housing sunk initial rents from an average of $2800 to $2000 in just 6 years
jwbee.bsky.social Jeff Baker @jwbee.bsky.social · Apr 4
Related rent trend updated with Q1 2025 data.
April 26, 2025 at 10:53 PM
epicureanraccoon.bsky.social
I hate how weak willed I am. I went to this weaving shop to pick up my goodie bag for this workshop I had to miss because I was sick. Why did I leave with a skein because it caught my eye 🙈

🧶 #knitsky #knitting #knit
April 14, 2025 at 2:01 AM
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brenttoderian.bsky.social
“In Finland, the number of homeless people has fallen sharply. Those affected receive a small apartment & counselling with no preconditions. 4 out of 5 people affected make their way back into a stable life. And all this is CHEAPER than accepting homelessness.”

It costs less to house people.
Finland ends homelessness and provides shelter for all in need - scoop.me
In Finland, the number of homeless people has fallen sharply. Why? The country applies the "Housing First" concept agains homelessness.
thebetter.news
April 13, 2025 at 1:44 AM
epicureanraccoon.bsky.social
Started The Comfort Crisis: Embrace Discomfort to Reclaim Your Wild, Happy, Healthy Self by Michael Easter.

#booksky 📚
Book cover for The Comfort Crisis: Embrace Discomfort to Reclaim Your Wild, Happy, Healthy Self by Michael Easter.
April 11, 2025 at 5:56 AM
epicureanraccoon.bsky.social
Back from my trip that I did not want to leave. But means I can order yarn for my next project!

🧶 #knitsky #knitting
April 8, 2025 at 11:04 PM
epicureanraccoon.bsky.social
Flu derailed all my plans of the last week 🙂. -15/10, do not recommend to anyone.
March 29, 2025 at 4:16 PM
epicureanraccoon.bsky.social
I have a few days to pick yarn for an airport project. Ooof the pressure is on. And I'm already shopping around for my next sweater. Thinking of doing a sequined lace sweater by James N Watts for pride.

🧶 #knitsky #knitting #knit

www.ravelry.com/patterns/lib...
Practical Sweater pattern by James N Watts
www.ravelry.com
March 23, 2025 at 7:49 PM
epicureanraccoon.bsky.social
Did an Icelandic bind off for the neck. Ignore the fact that I still didn't close the underarm.

The body is a little long... Even with a tighter gauge. Idk if I should attempt surgery given it seems that's how the style is supposed to sit.

🧶 #knitsky #knitting #knit
Mirror selfie wearing a hand knit lopapeysa sweater. Sweater is knit in lopi yarn. The colors are light grey, rust, forest green, sky blue and sunflower yellow. There's a smiley face on the person's face.
March 21, 2025 at 7:25 PM
epicureanraccoon.bsky.social
I got to leave work early so I finished the yoke! I have to do my neck short rows, a neck band depending how I feel, underarm stitch cast off and remove the provisional yarn on my cast on.

I feel like I'll look like a grade school teacher (and not mad).

🧶 #knitsky #knitting #knit
Photo of mostly knit lopapeysa sweater in lopi yarn. It has light grey, rust heather as main color, and forest green, sky blue, sunflower yellow. The neck area is still on cabled needles.
March 20, 2025 at 10:33 PM
epicureanraccoon.bsky.social
Already in the middle of the audiobook Sociopath: A Memoir by Patric Gagne, PhD.

I'm so fascinated by psychology and it's even more interesting to get a firsthand account of someone sharing their thought process and experience. #booksky 📚
The book cover for Sociopath: A Memoir by Patric Gagne, PhD
March 19, 2025 at 6:42 AM
epicureanraccoon.bsky.social
First time having to manage 3 yarns in one row. I think I'm getting the hang of it. I cannot imagine 4 or 5 or 6!

🧶 #knitsky #knitting #knit
Upclose shot of stitches on cabled knitting needles. 3 yarns are being simultaneously used on the same row.
March 19, 2025 at 12:00 AM
epicureanraccoon.bsky.social
Add to the list of spineless, opportunistic businesses to stop supporting. We called it a very long time ago about their conditional support. They want your dollars but could not care less if your rights and livelihood are at stake. #pride 🏳️‍🌈 #SanFrancisco #SF

www.them.us/story/san-fr...
San Francisco Pride Loses $300,000 After Sponsors Drop Out: “The Tone Has Changed in This Country”
Suzanne Ford, the executive director of SF Pride, told KTVU she believes Trump's policies against DEI are the reason sponsors pulled out.
www.them.us
March 18, 2025 at 4:00 PM
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worldnetwork.bsky.social
🔥Volcanic lightning - an electrical discharge caused by colliding particles of ash and ice rather than from a thunderstorm.
March 17, 2025 at 2:00 PM
epicureanraccoon.bsky.social
Here's a progress pic of my #TerraSweater (Annika Konttaniemi) from Icelandic Knits. Currently 5 rows into the yoke. And I still have to do a three needle bind off for the underarm stitches.

🧶 #knitsky #knitting #knit
Photo of a mostly knitted lopapeysa sweater on needles. The yoke is only a few rows long. The ribbing and hem are in light grey lopi while the rest of the body is in rust heather lopi.
March 17, 2025 at 8:53 PM
epicureanraccoon.bsky.social
I finally got to the yoke colorwork of my sweater. Do y'all ever do a jogless technique for a circular yoke sweater or do you just go round to round?

🧶 #knitsky #knitting #knit
March 17, 2025 at 4:58 PM
epicureanraccoon.bsky.social
I had to share; I won the most intense game of yarn chicken and won!

🧶 #knitsky #knitting #knit
Photo of two knit sleeves on cabled needles. The yarn is a rust heather lopi with light grey heather lopi on ribbing and hem design.
March 17, 2025 at 3:07 AM
epicureanraccoon.bsky.social
I know that oftentimes we really are at the whims of income coming in to sustain ourselves. But I'd love these administrators in writing or on camera explaining what the problem is. I'd want them to come into my classroom and take it down because I'd refuse unless they provide reasoning.
davidrvetter.bsky.social Dave Vetter @davidrvetter.bsky.social · Mar 15
A teacher in Idaho has been told to remove posters reading "Everyone is welcome here" - specifically because it features different skin tones. As I wrote last week, this is a global political movement that has explicitly set the goal of eradicating the very concept of equality.
West Ada teacher stands firm after she’s told to remove ‘Everyone is welcome here’ signs
Sarah Inama said she was told by administrators that her signs “don’t allow people to express differing opinions.”
www.idahostatesman.com
March 15, 2025 at 8:20 PM
epicureanraccoon.bsky.social
I'm finding it so delightful to run into hay that likely fed the sheep in my léttlopi yarn. It makes me feel like I have a closer connection than I do to the sheep.

🧶 #knitsky #knitting #knit
March 15, 2025 at 7:30 PM
epicureanraccoon.bsky.social
I hope they lose every penny on this lawsuit. It's petulant and on the level of throwing a temper tantrum because things didn't go the way you wanted.
resnikoff.bsky.social Ned Resnikoff @resnikoff.bsky.social · Mar 13
Great example of how the California Environmental Quality Act so often works in practice: NIMBYs suing to block the environmental harm caused by *turning a road into a bike and pedestrian path* sfstandard.com/2025/03/10/p...
Great Highway closure is illegal, according to new lawsuit
The lawsuit argues that the city ignored the state's authority and unlawfully placed the measure before San Francisco voters.
sfstandard.com
March 13, 2025 at 6:38 PM
epicureanraccoon.bsky.social
Been more social than usual recently so not much progress on my #TerraSweater.

🧶 #WIPWednesday #knitsky #knitting #knit
Photo of knit lopapeysa sweater body on hold and the beginning of the sweater sleeves on cabled needles, bottom up. There are also 3 balls of rust heather lopi yarn attached to the 3 pieces. The main color is a rust heather lopi yarn and the hem/trim is a light grey heather lopi yarn.
March 12, 2025 at 7:09 PM
epicureanraccoon.bsky.social
I saw Hair (1979) for the first time this past weekend and fell in love with this performance & song.

Although this song is meant to be interpersonal, I feel like this song explains how I feel about our current moment.

#movies #musicals

youtu.be/U45CzgrLE9s?...
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March 12, 2025 at 3:06 AM
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resnikoff.bsky.social
Doing some archival research on the 1978 San Francisco downzoning for my book, and it's striking how many people were warning at the time that tighter zoning controls could ultimately end up pricing working class and middle class people out of the city.
March 10, 2025 at 8:32 PM
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jamespurvis.bsky.social
Another meme because I feel like a LOT of us have similar (if not entirely identical) stories
#HandSpunYarn #HandSpinning
A domino meme template, in the foreground a man is knowing over a small domino, the dominos gradually get bigger towards the back of the picture The small domino is labelled “learning to knit because it seems like a chill hobby” The largest domino is labelled “researching raising your own sheep and growing flax”
March 8, 2025 at 12:30 PM
epicureanraccoon.bsky.social
Body on hold and cast on the sleeves two at a time using a tubular cast on with a scrap yarn. Please clap for me. Haha.

I'm enjoying how fast everything is knitting up on aran weight.

🧶 #knitsky #knitting #knit #TerraSweater #IcelandicKnits
Photo of knitted lopapeysa sweater body on a wire on hold. On top of the knitted body is two balls of yarn attached to wired knitting needles with the beginning of the sleeve ribbing. The sleeves are being knit two at a time. The hem or ribbing is in light grey and the rest of the sweater is a rust heather color.
March 8, 2025 at 3:09 AM