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@handknitbyhannah.bsky.social

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My name is Hannah (they/them) and I am currently on a quest to knit in every public library in Vermont. I write a brief post about each visit. My hand-knitted emotional support chicken, Hen Solo, comes along. https://linktr.ee/handknitbyhannah

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Knitting in Libraries 🏳️‍🌈🧶📚🐓 @handknitbyhannah.bsky.social · 2d

It was n my bucket list! And the little free library with yarn out front *swoon*

Knitting in Libraries 🏳️‍🌈🧶📚🐓 @handknitbyhannah.bsky.social · 2d

In library 165, I asked librarians Gail & Kale for a juicy story about the library I could put on the internet. They did not disappoint! You'll never look at your board the same way again.

#knittinginlibraries #knitsky #knitting #publiclibraries #booksky #chestervt #vermont #gentlemanburglar

Library 165: The Whiting Library (Chester)

A tale of a gentleman burglar

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Knitting in Libraries 🏳️‍🌈🧶📚🐓 @handknitbyhannah.bsky.social · 29d

In library 160 there was a “shushbooth” where patrons can go to release muffled primal screams. It’s also handy for conversations about taxes and other private things, or quiet reading on a day when the library has a party.

#booksky #libraries #publiclibraries #knittinginlibraries #knitsky

Library 160! Fairlee Public Library.

The most colorful library.

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Knitting in Libraries 🏳️‍🌈🧶📚🐓 @handknitbyhannah.bsky.social · Aug 16

Library 157 has an incinerating toilet! We nearly didn’t make it inside, but Joanie saved the day by abandoning a battle with hornets in her kitchen to come down and open it for us. One of the quaintest so far. And hornet free. #publiclibraries #knittinginlibraries #vermont #knitsky

Library 157: The Tyson Library (Plymouth)

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Knitting in Libraries 🏳️‍🌈🧶📚🐓 @handknitbyhannah.bsky.social · Aug 6

This library has an incinerating toilet! My first. Library director Holly said they don’t usually incinerate when patrons are there on account of not everyone enjoying the smell of burning shit. Librarians: they know their community.

#knittinginlibraries #vermont #publiclibraries #knitsky #booksky

Library 155: Peabody Library (Thetford)

Featuring an incinerating toilet.

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Knitting in Libraries 🏳️‍🌈🧶📚🐓 @handknitbyhannah.bsky.social · Jul 16

In this library (in Noah Kahan’s hometown) I forgot about privacy laws and asked the librarian if Noah Kahan had a library card and she was like “nice try lol wtf privacy matters” and I was like “my bad not my business lol.”

#booksky #knitsky #library #knitting #noahkahan #vermont #straffordvt

Library 153: Morrill Memorial and Harris Library (Strafford)

Does Noah Kahan have a library card?

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Knitting in Libraries 🏳️‍🌈🧶📚🐓 @handknitbyhannah.bsky.social · Jul 11

In this library I learned why the mourning cloak should be the official butterfly of Vermont instead of the monarch. Please spread the word.

#vermont #booksky #knitsky #monarch #mourningcloak #knittinginlibraries

Library 151: Townshend Public Library

Mourning Cloak for state butterfly!

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Knitting in Libraries 🏳️‍🌈🧶📚🐓 @handknitbyhannah.bsky.social · Jul 9

It does make knitting on my sofa and thinking about the end of the world feel slightly less grand by comparison.

Knitting in Libraries 🏳️‍🌈🧶📚🐓 @handknitbyhannah.bsky.social · Jul 9

While knitting at this library I mostly stared at a Jaws poster and thought about the end of the world. Carnegie libraries are a nice place to do that.

Also I made friends with two crocheters! Score.

#knittinginlibraries #knitsky #booksky #publiclibraries #carnegielibraries #vermont #knitting

Library 150: Rockingham Free Public Library

I think we're going to need a bigger boat.

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Knitting in Libraries 🏳️‍🌈🧶📚🐓 @handknitbyhannah.bsky.social · Jul 7

In the darkest of times, a chipper librarian is a great remedy.

#publiclibraries #knittinginlibraries #knitting #booksky #knitsky #vermont #shoreham🧶🐑

Library 148: Platt Memorial Library (Shoreham)

Thanks for cheering me up, Robin!

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Knitting in Libraries 🏳️‍🌈🧶📚🐓 @handknitbyhannah.bsky.social · Jul 7

This library is in a town that was once famous for Merino sheep. A phenomenon— the Cornwall Dip— emerged whereby neighboring farmers dipped their sub-par fleeces into a vat of oils to try to replicate the lanolin of the Cornwall fleece.

This couldn’t have smelled good.

#publiclibrary #knitsky 🐑🧶

Library 147: Cornwall Free Public LIbrary

The Cornwall Dip

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Knitting in Libraries 🏳️‍🌈🧶📚🐓 @handknitbyhannah.bsky.social · Jun 26

This was my first conference for librarians, which is different from conferences for academics, which I usually attend.

The difference: librarians are nice.

#academia #knittinginlibraries #knitting #booksky #libraries #publiclibraries #vermont #librarians

Library 145: Sherburne Memorial Library (Killington)

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Knitting in Libraries 🏳️‍🌈🧶📚🐓 @handknitbyhannah.bsky.social · Jun 23

Haha I did not forget. But going to a library instead of a yarn store would be better on the budget! So I appreciate the suggestion.

Knitting in Libraries 🏳️‍🌈🧶📚🐓 @handknitbyhannah.bsky.social · Jun 23

Thank you for this recommendation! I hear there aren’t that many Cutter libraries and I hadn’t heard of it before I visited Danby, so I am interested in seeing others. I have been to Harrell’s and WEBS on previous visits to NoHo but not the Forbes!

Knitting in Libraries 🏳️‍🌈🧶📚🐓 @handknitbyhannah.bsky.social · Jun 22

Library #144 on my quest to knit in every public library in Vermont uses the Cutter classification system! This is rare! Also rare: a stuffed woodchuck. People don’t always chose groundhogs for the mantle. It’s usually a bird or moose. A taxidermized woodchuck is a special choice. #booksky #knitsky

Library 144: S.L. Griffith Memorial Library (Danby)

A taxidermized woodchuck.

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Mychal Threets @mychal3ts.bsky.social · Jun 5

THIS IS ONE OF THE BEST DAYS OF MY LIFE 🥹 Presenting the book cover of “I’m So Happy You’re Here: A Celebration of Library Joy,” written by myself and illustrated by my friend Lorraine Nam. Published by Random House Children’s Books 🐧💚

Preorder at bit.ly/ISHYH-Reveal 📖✨

Mychal Threets and Lorraine Nam picture book, “I’m So Happy You’re Here: A Celebration of Library Joy”

Knitting in Libraries 🏳️‍🌈🧶📚🐓 @handknitbyhannah.bsky.social · May 29

I could write an entire book about this one visit. 🐕🪀🐓🧶📚

Knitting in Libraries 🏳️‍🌈🧶📚🐓 @handknitbyhannah.bsky.social · May 27

I failed to ask this pug’s namesake!

Knitting in Libraries 🏳️‍🌈🧶📚🐓 @handknitbyhannah.bsky.social · May 27

Library 142 is home to two internet-famous pugs named Anouk and Toby. There was a giant Falkor head in the loft. It was queer. There was a bus of enthusiastic retirees. Also a yoyo. It was hard to leave.

#knittinginlibraries #knitsky #booksky #vermont #falkor

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Library 142: The Dorset Village Library

This one is about pugs, yoyos, Falkor, origami, yarn, gender, and neoliberalism.

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Knitting in Libraries 🏳️‍🌈🧶📚🐓 @handknitbyhannah.bsky.social · May 14

This is an awesome goal! But will probably take more time considering winters. I think I will be able to finish in 3 years or so.

Knitting in Libraries 🏳️‍🌈🧶📚🐓 @handknitbyhannah.bsky.social · May 14

In this library (140th on my quest to knit in every library in Vermont) I learned that time capsules are not always buried underground, and that the fries from the fundraiser were just ok. A celebration of daily ephemera.

#knittinginlibraries #knitsky #knitting #publiclibraries #timecapsules

Library 140: Chittenden Public Library

Omniscient bobcat time capsule

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Knitting in Libraries 🏳️‍🌈🧶📚🐓 @handknitbyhannah.bsky.social · May 14

In the 139th stop on my quest to knit in every library in Vermont, I read a list of old rules for libraries & offer unsolicited assessment of their relevance today. I like: libraries are for everyone. I dislike: only necessary conversation. #knittinginlibraries #knitting #publiclibraries #knitsky

Library 139: The Reading Public Library

On account of our liberties

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Knitting in Libraries 🏳️‍🌈🧶📚🐓 @handknitbyhannah.bsky.social · Apr 23

In the 138th library on my quest to knit in every library in Vermont, I read a box of letters from librarians after the 1927 flood, which ruined the collections from Waterbury, Montpelier, Johnson, & West Hartford (which was entirely swept away).

#publiclibraries #knittinginlibraries #knitting

Library 138: The Howard & Alba Leahy Library (Vermont Historical Society, Barre)

Good Flood Bad Flood

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Knitting in Libraries 🏳️‍🌈🧶📚🐓 @handknitbyhannah.bsky.social · Apr 22

Library 137! Vermont has four Carnegie libraries in operation and this is one of them. The librarian, Mary, used to stand under the the dome as a child and tap dance. Libraries last a lifetime. Let’s keep it that way.

#knittinginlibraries #teachereducation #carnegielibraries #knitting 🧶

Library 137: Fair Haven Free Library

Have faith in those who struggle.

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Knitting in Libraries 🏳️‍🌈🧶📚🐓 @handknitbyhannah.bsky.social · Apr 22

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Library 136! May Jeff always have a library.

#publiclibraries #knittingiibraries #knitting🧶

Library 136: West Rutland Free Library

I hope Jeff always has a library.

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