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
this week's #showMeYourKnits 🧶is cables - I adore how cables look but I struggle to enjoy knitting them! Here's Tacit by @hunterhammersen.bsky.social in yarn from Old Maiden Aunt, Resonator from @knitty.com in yarn from DyeForYarn, and Cantilever Shawl from @leelamary.bsky.social
November 1, 2025 at 8:08 PM
this week's #showMeYourKnits 🧶is cables - I adore how cables look but I struggle to enjoy knitting them! Here's Tacit by @hunterhammersen.bsky.social in yarn from Old Maiden Aunt, Resonator from @knitty.com in yarn from DyeForYarn, and Cantilever Shawl from @leelamary.bsky.social
It started this way, thank you!
October 27, 2025 at 2:20 PM
It started this way, thank you!
Happy #wipWednesday #knitsky, here's a sock in progress for #showMeYourKnits 🧶 sock week! It's a Hermione's Everyday Sock (my go to for excellent fit and variegated yarn) in "I'm Fun Scary" from Corner of Craft's Chromatic Yarns, a BFL/nylon sock yarn
October 8, 2025 at 1:19 PM
Happy #wipWednesday #knitsky, here's a sock in progress for #showMeYourKnits 🧶 sock week! It's a Hermione's Everyday Sock (my go to for excellent fit and variegated yarn) in "I'm Fun Scary" from Corner of Craft's Chromatic Yarns, a BFL/nylon sock yarn
For #NationalPoetryDay, the poem I read this year that hit me the hardest. From here, reposted as an image here so I can add alt text www.tumblr.com/lena-oleande...
October 2, 2025 at 10:48 AM
For #NationalPoetryDay, the poem I read this year that hit me the hardest. From here, reposted as an image here so I can add alt text www.tumblr.com/lena-oleande...
Happy #socktober and #wipWednesday! I'm knitting my way down the feet of these for my mother, out of yarn bought while we were on holiday in Cornwall. Truro Wool is a fantastic little yarn shop! 🧶
October 1, 2025 at 11:33 AM
Happy #socktober and #wipWednesday! I'm knitting my way down the feet of these for my mother, out of yarn bought while we were on holiday in Cornwall. Truro Wool is a fantastic little yarn shop! 🧶
Have some fuzzy feet from Tilly
October 1, 2025 at 11:14 AM
Have some fuzzy feet from Tilly
Another autumnal knit for #showMeYourKnits 🧶 from many years ago - this gorgeous yarn was from the much missed Nerd Girl Yarns, a MCN worsted weight that was a lovely squishy knit. The pattern is sadly no longer available online.
September 24, 2025 at 12:04 PM
Another autumnal knit for #showMeYourKnits 🧶 from many years ago - this gorgeous yarn was from the much missed Nerd Girl Yarns, a MCN worsted weight that was a lovely squishy knit. The pattern is sadly no longer available online.
this week's #showMeYourKnits 🧶 theme is "autumnal" - so here's a scarf version of Coleridge knitted in the very autumnal Bursting Fig colour of Blacker Yarns' Samite blend
September 20, 2025 at 7:14 PM
this week's #showMeYourKnits 🧶 theme is "autumnal" - so here's a scarf version of Coleridge knitted in the very autumnal Bursting Fig colour of Blacker Yarns' Samite blend
this week's #showMeYourKnits 🧶 is scarves. I am bad at knitting scarves, I get bored! But I have just finished one that I have no photos of. Until I can block that, here's a modified Bay Of Fundy Scarf, a Frail Scarf, an Adventurer Scarf, and an Ashworth scarf hanging to dry
September 19, 2025 at 5:57 PM
this week's #showMeYourKnits 🧶 is scarves. I am bad at knitting scarves, I get bored! But I have just finished one that I have no photos of. Until I can block that, here's a modified Bay Of Fundy Scarf, a Frail Scarf, an Adventurer Scarf, and an Ashworth scarf hanging to dry
I think the cats would like me not to go away again
September 2, 2025 at 7:10 AM
I think the cats would like me not to go away again
Good morning from York where the sky is indeed blue
August 30, 2025 at 7:10 AM
Good morning from York where the sky is indeed blue
She's not a black cat, but I'm appreciating Spooks today anyway. And she's purring at me.
August 17, 2025 at 8:24 AM
She's not a black cat, but I'm appreciating Spooks today anyway. And she's purring at me.
Right. Bracing for the week. (this is Celsius and I'm in the UK where we are not built to handle heat)
August 11, 2025 at 6:40 AM
Right. Bracing for the week. (this is Celsius and I'm in the UK where we are not built to handle heat)
All the good wishes. Lucy had the same symptoms and we had her for years more while she had daily thyroid meds. Lively to the last day.
August 6, 2025 at 4:21 PM
All the good wishes. Lucy had the same symptoms and we had her for years more while she had daily thyroid meds. Lively to the last day.
Hello! Have a cat pic for returning
August 6, 2025 at 4:17 PM
Hello! Have a cat pic for returning
Bit of an unusual one for #wipWednesday - I knitted this Hansel hap back in 2022. And then I didn't wear it. The yarn wasn't suitable for the gauge of the pattern, and plies caught way too easily, and the shape wasn't comfortable for me to wear. So on Monday, I frogged it to reclaim the yarn.
July 30, 2025 at 10:10 AM
Bit of an unusual one for #wipWednesday - I knitted this Hansel hap back in 2022. And then I didn't wear it. The yarn wasn't suitable for the gauge of the pattern, and plies caught way too easily, and the shape wasn't comfortable for me to wear. So on Monday, I frogged it to reclaim the yarn.
Here's Spooks making sure the radiator doesn't run away, and have you watched Our Yorkshire Shop on channel 4 player? It's absolutely lovely.
July 29, 2025 at 10:37 AM
Here's Spooks making sure the radiator doesn't run away, and have you watched Our Yorkshire Shop on channel 4 player? It's absolutely lovely.
happy anniversary, #showMeYourKnits 🧶 ! Here's something I finished around the time we were getting started with the game
July 27, 2025 at 1:09 PM
happy anniversary, #showMeYourKnits 🧶 ! Here's something I finished around the time we were getting started with the game
No cheating, post the last picture of your pet (with alt text!)
July 24, 2025 at 6:23 AM
No cheating, post the last picture of your pet (with alt text!)
thank you so much! you can turn on a reminder in your Bluesky accessibility settings that will warn you if you're about to post a photo without alt text
July 21, 2025 at 10:15 AM
thank you so much! you can turn on a reminder in your Bluesky accessibility settings that will warn you if you're about to post a photo without alt text
another for #showMeYourKnits 🧶 blue week - this was a test knit I did back in 2017 of the Beechenhurst Wrap by Anthea Willis. The pattern is Ravelry only. Designed for three colours, my test was in a single colour of gorgeous Tamar yarn from Blacker Yarns www.blackeryarns.co.uk/tamar-lustre...
July 17, 2025 at 7:55 AM
another for #showMeYourKnits 🧶 blue week - this was a test knit I did back in 2017 of the Beechenhurst Wrap by Anthea Willis. The pattern is Ravelry only. Designed for three colours, my test was in a single colour of gorgeous Tamar yarn from Blacker Yarns www.blackeryarns.co.uk/tamar-lustre...
more blue for #showMeYourKnits 🧶- this is Lapis Lazuli by Martina Behm, pattern now only available on Ravelry. The gorgeous yarn is Suilven Lace from Ripples Crafts, one of the beautiful Assynt colourways www.ripplescrafts.com/index.php?ma...
July 16, 2025 at 11:37 AM
more blue for #showMeYourKnits 🧶- this is Lapis Lazuli by Martina Behm, pattern now only available on Ravelry. The gorgeous yarn is Suilven Lace from Ripples Crafts, one of the beautiful Assynt colourways www.ripplescrafts.com/index.php?ma...