Rae of Sunshine
@mmedebeauvoir.bsky.social
Lawyer linguist 🇪🇺. Knitter. Maker. Cat lady. Socialist. Feminist. #LFC. European. Bad-tempered. Foul-mouthed 🇫🇷🇪🇸🇧🇷🇮🇹🇬🇷. Dividing my time between Luxembourg and France. Views are mine. Posts will be 95% #knitting and #sewing.
Update: a bloody splendid Sunday. Liver intact. Nap on the sofa when I got home. And a normal day's work today.
November 10, 2025 at 10:08 PM
Update: a bloody splendid Sunday. Liver intact. Nap on the sofa when I got home. And a normal day's work today.
No, don't worry 🤗 it's completely normal. So unsettling and upsetting, but also fundamentally necessary when one blows up. No sense in being good at it; not sure it's an asset one would want. You work through it. As you say, it's life. Sending love xx
November 10, 2025 at 10:04 PM
No, don't worry 🤗 it's completely normal. So unsettling and upsetting, but also fundamentally necessary when one blows up. No sense in being good at it; not sure it's an asset one would want. You work through it. As you say, it's life. Sending love xx
We rowed, Yanny. We rowed. Xx
November 10, 2025 at 9:57 PM
We rowed, Yanny. We rowed. Xx
Also, aperitivo español is the greatest ever.
November 9, 2025 at 1:02 PM
Also, aperitivo español is the greatest ever.
Exactly this. Good job I'm working from home tomorrow.
November 9, 2025 at 1:01 PM
Exactly this. Good job I'm working from home tomorrow.
I drank gallons, Phil. It was the biliousness that killed me. No more white wine followed by gin.
November 8, 2025 at 8:23 PM
I drank gallons, Phil. It was the biliousness that killed me. No more white wine followed by gin.
I was horribly bilious. Three glasses of wine are the upper limit these days. My friends are wonderful people, wonderful hosts, and also those hosts who keep topping your wine glass up so you lose track... then offer you a gin. 🙈
November 8, 2025 at 7:42 PM
I was horribly bilious. Three glasses of wine are the upper limit these days. My friends are wonderful people, wonderful hosts, and also those hosts who keep topping your wine glass up so you lose track... then offer you a gin. 🙈
I'm 18 months away from 50, Shell, and the hangovers are... very rare, but seemingly interminable.
November 8, 2025 at 7:35 PM
I'm 18 months away from 50, Shell, and the hangovers are... very rare, but seemingly interminable.
Binding off my mini-swatch 🥳🧶🥳🧶🥳🧶
November 8, 2025 at 12:36 PM
Binding off my mini-swatch 🥳🧶🥳🧶🥳🧶
Thanks, Liv! I'm enjoying myself so much. Gentle colours, gentle knitting.
November 8, 2025 at 11:01 AM
Thanks, Liv! I'm enjoying myself so much. Gentle colours, gentle knitting.
It's in the queue!! 🎉🎉
November 8, 2025 at 10:53 AM
It's in the queue!! 🎉🎉
Her designs are MIND-BLOWING. I dream of knitting this: www.ravelry.com/patterns/lib...
(Now thinking it may be my long-term project for 2026)
(Now thinking it may be my long-term project for 2026)
Herzblut pattern by Wollmuschi
Complete yarn kit available.
www.ravelry.com
November 8, 2025 at 10:50 AM
Her designs are MIND-BLOWING. I dream of knitting this: www.ravelry.com/patterns/lib...
(Now thinking it may be my long-term project for 2026)
(Now thinking it may be my long-term project for 2026)
They are! And your version is so wonderful!
November 8, 2025 at 10:47 AM
They are! And your version is so wonderful!
This is GLORIOUS.
November 8, 2025 at 10:41 AM
This is GLORIOUS.
Oh that is GORGEOUS.
November 8, 2025 at 10:41 AM
Oh that is GORGEOUS.
I think so too, Daz. ❤️
November 7, 2025 at 7:21 PM
I think so too, Daz. ❤️
If memory serves, Jan may have head-butted Barton senior way back when. Obvs can't check the accuracy of my recollection.
November 7, 2025 at 7:16 PM
If memory serves, Jan may have head-butted Barton senior way back when. Obvs can't check the accuracy of my recollection.