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Alisa K Beer | KnitSpinQuilt
@alisakbeer.bsky.social
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https://knitspinquilt.etsy.com for my project bags & notions for crafters. #KSQshop for shop posts.

Long COVID migraineuse & fiber arts multi-crafter. Medieval historian, former rare books cataloger, collector of c21 SFF(H).
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Alisa K Beer | KnitSpinQuilt @alisakbeer.bsky.social · Sep 21
I’m a rare books librarian (IUB), former rare books cataloger (libraries & booksellers) with an MA and MPhil in medieval history from Fordham.

At the moment that’s on hold while I adjust to long COVID.

I knit, spin, quilt, sew, & bake a lot.

Find my handmade project bags & stitch markers on Etsy:
knitspinquilt.etsy.com
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Hello! I am Melissa a Mixed Media Artist and illustrator. I made some silly drawings of my cats and put them on tote bags, tee shirts, stickers, and some postcards. Here are the tote bags. mrivdesigns.bigcartel.com/product/tote...
Tote Bags
My most popular tee shirt is now a tote bag. 13"x15" bag with 20" handles. Will fit over most shoulders for easy carrying. 100...
mrivdesigns.bigcartel.com
December 5, 2025 at 12:50 AM
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placecalledbliss.bsky.social
This is perfect! I have acrylic pet portrait commissions open ♡
$100 - DM or email [email protected] ☆
I also have a shop with jewelry, pottery and paintings ♤
Placecalledbliss.bigcartel.com
Slightly abstract painting of a fluffy calico Two paintings on a wall vertically stacked, the top of a Russian blue on an orange background, the bottom of a fluffy calico.
December 5, 2025 at 12:51 AM
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“Bullseye”

Available as a giclée art print in my Etsy shop.

Take advantage of my Thanksgiving Storewide 25% Off Sale going on now thru Sunday, December 7th!

Giving art makes for a unique and lasting holiday gift.

Find it here:
theartofrobhusberg.etsy.com/listing/8763...
“Bullseye” giclée art print We’re in the middle of autumnal woods and the leaves are falling. Our cat friend has been enjoying a solitary, undisturbed meander amongst the trees, savoring the sights, sounds, and smells, when a rather bold leaf has the temerity to land on and stick to the middle of his face. Such undignified effrontery! He is clearly quite consternated. A rather bemused little bird looks on from a safe distance in the branches above. Rendered in black ballpoint pen & coloured pencil. The leaf is the only thing in the drawing that’s in colour.
December 5, 2025 at 12:28 AM
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I have a couple new prints in the shop, including this happy quilt kitty!

Website: www.inprnt.com/gallery/jmor...
Painterly abstract illustration of a very happy gray cat stretched out on its back on a pale green and purple quilt
December 5, 2025 at 12:37 AM
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Huzzah!! Art Show time!!! I've got kitty jewelry available for gifting to you or your favorite cat-lover on my etsy shop, Bitten Beads! Thanks for sharing and thanks for shopping with me 😸

bittenbeads.etsy.com
A pair of small, beaded cat earrings against a white marble background. The cats are grey with green eyes and a black outline. A pair of black mother of pearl cat earrings against a dark background. They are mounted on sterling silver ear hooks and hang from rhodium-plated pins that form a tail that hugs the side of the shell body.
December 5, 2025 at 12:19 AM
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I have about 10 ornaments still available for custom orders!

cwbletters.com/product/cust...
Hand lettered wood slice ornaments feature a cat name with ears, whiskers, and nose painted on dark backgrounds
December 5, 2025 at 12:04 AM
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Happy Thursday!! 🐱

I'm JamKats & I love silly cats!! My 2 boys are the shop mascots, but I've been drawing lots of different kitties recently!

I run a monthly Sticker Club on Ko-fi. 4-5x handmade stickers/month for $7! I also have shop & commissions open~
☕️ ko-fi.com/jamkats
ℹ️ jamkats.carrd.co
One of JamKats's November 2025 Sticker Club designs. A cat-shaped gingerbread cookie is holding a small candycane in it's left hand! A photo of 2 mini button pin sets, designed and made by JamKats. Each set contains 5 pins! Most of them are cat-themed. A photo of 2 cat bookmarks, illustrated and made by JamKats. JamKats's Holiday Cats! Gift Tag Set. Each set contains 5 gift tag cards that can be attatched to gifts with twine.
December 5, 2025 at 12:01 AM
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Feeling extra pressure to push yourself past your limit? Wondering how to explain those limits to those around you? Wanting to join in the seasonal joy but not sure how to make it a SAFE reality for you? We've got you! www.meaction.net/post/facets-...

#holidays #spoonie #pwME #spoonie
Evergreen bough on each side of green text on cream background. Text at top: Tips for the holidays for people with M.E. Text in center: Categories: Baking Communication Grief Home Care Infectious Illness Loneliness Traditions Travel
December 4, 2025 at 11:51 PM
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thecatfortress.bsky.social
Hello! I am Nathan, a disabled traditional artist from Brazil

I love to draw cats and other critters, in fantastic settings or on their own! I work with a large variety of mediums

commissions are always open!
thecatfortress.carrd.co
An oil pastel study of my huge orange cat, gordito, as a peaceful mountain surrounded by clouds and birds a commission of a client's tortie cat, with flowers and her favorite blanket a commission of a client's calico cat burglar OC, stealing jewelry from a vault and storing it in VHS boxes A portrait of my siamese cat Riki, a saint of song, he is wearing a monk's robe and holding sheet music, he is surrounded by stained glass and trumpets
December 5, 2025 at 12:07 AM
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I don't have many cat shirt designs, but this is one:
www.teepublic.com/t-shirt/6215...
Jubilate Agno by viergacht
Stare deeply into the eyes of this creature.
www.teepublic.com
December 4, 2025 at 11:59 PM
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JenniferDavisArt.com 😽
December 5, 2025 at 12:00 AM
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Since the holidays coming up, here are some of my sovcat holiday cards and one of my popular posters. You can find these and other works in my Etsy shop at
nathannunart.etsy.com Thanks for taking a look. And thank you, Cats of Yore, for the show.
A soviet style holiday card. A cat dressed as Santa rides on a big red star with a blast trail of smaller red stars. He smiles as he holds his open sac and various cat toys and treats flow out. In the background is a huge moon, a starry sky, and snow flakes. Text at bottom reads "Seize the means of joy!" An old timey holiday card but with cats. Three cats in a procession trod through the snow smiling and singing. It is a chilly night but the lead cat hold a star and candle on a pole to light the way. The text at bottom reads "Sing a Song of Joy and Liberation" An old timey holiday card but with cats. Two cats embrace under a blanket with their faces smooshed together. In the background and abstract snow falls contrasting the warm colours of cats and blanket. In large type in the phrase "stay warm comrade" A cat poster in the style of a mid-century soviet propaganda poster. A grey and white cat in work overalls has his arms outstretched kneading a large pillow shaped clump of dough. Behind him is another cat that holds a bowl of baked biscuits. They stand in front of a huge red flag behind which is a graphic of rows of conveyor belts of biscuits in a biscuit factory. There is a logo for the "International Union of Biscuit Makers" and bold text at the bottom which reads "The Kneads of the People Come First - Full Bellies! - Food For All!" In smaller type various credits.
December 4, 2025 at 11:53 PM
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www.angrygatodesigns.com/kickstarter
December 5, 2025 at 12:11 AM
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Want to make an artist or artisan’s day?

Shop from the comments on this blog post, and you can be pretty darn sure someone will do a silly little dance when you hit the “buy” button.

(I know I do, when my phone tells me I’ve made a sale!)
scalzi.com John Scalzi @scalzi.com · 1d
If you're an artist/crafter/musician/other creator with things that would make great gifts this holiday season, today's the Whatever gift guide day for you to share your work with thousands! Follow the link to tell people how to get what you've got!

whatever.scalzi.com/2025/12/03/t...
The 2025 Whatever Holiday Gift Guide, Day Three: Arts, Crafts, Music and More
The Whatever Holiday Gift Guide 2025 continues, and today we move away from books and focus on other gifts and crafts — which you can take to mean just about any other sort of thing a creative pers…
whatever.scalzi.com
December 4, 2025 at 12:51 AM
alisakbeer.bsky.social
The 3rd Annual Winter Yet Another Queer Pop-Up Market is back in Easthampton on Saturday December 13

It features 70+ artists and creative makers, food vendors, and community partners!

Saturday, December 13
12 PM - 6 PM
116 Pleasant Street, Easthampton MA (RMV Entrance)

#KSQShop
A set of nine zipped flat rectangular pencil cases in assorted prints, arrayed in a fan shape. Six pairs of earrings made from silver tone charms, affixed to business cards and arranged in two rows of three each. SHOP 70+ BIPOC & 2SLGBTQIA + VENDORS! Winter MARKET SATURDAY, DEC. 13 12P- 6P YET ANOTHER QUBER POP-UP MARKET WESTERN MA 5C ARROW GALLERY Eastworks 116 PLEASANT ST. EASTHAMPTON, MA Four project bags in four sizes and four different fabric prints sit against a background of gridded cutting mats.
December 4, 2025 at 4:06 PM
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lauraashe.bsky.social
Exactly so: if you insist you can only give to the "deserving" then you commit to a lifetime of judging and distrusting others
tupped.bsky.social Simon McGarr @tupped.bsky.social · 21h
The Victorian insistence on fencing away help from the undeserving is a mental trap that causes misery for everyone, including its advocates.

Basic Income looks this in the face and says “Cash for all. No questions asked.”

It is why it works. It is why the evidence for it is never enough for them.
mtsw.bsky.social mtsw @mtsw.bsky.social · 2d
Balancing "no person with a disability should be denied accommodations" with "it's important to discourage non-disabled people from pretending to be disabled to take advantage of these accommodations" is really difficult and I don't have a great answer for what anyone should do about it.
December 4, 2025 at 7:53 AM
alisakbeer.bsky.social
Want to make an artist or artisan’s day?

Shop from the comments on this blog post, and you can be pretty darn sure someone will do a silly little dance when you hit the “buy” button.

(I know I do, when my phone tells me I’ve made a sale!)
scalzi.com John Scalzi @scalzi.com · 1d
If you're an artist/crafter/musician/other creator with things that would make great gifts this holiday season, today's the Whatever gift guide day for you to share your work with thousands! Follow the link to tell people how to get what you've got!

whatever.scalzi.com/2025/12/03/t...
The 2025 Whatever Holiday Gift Guide, Day Three: Arts, Crafts, Music and More
The Whatever Holiday Gift Guide 2025 continues, and today we move away from books and focus on other gifts and crafts — which you can take to mean just about any other sort of thing a creative pers…
whatever.scalzi.com
December 4, 2025 at 12:51 AM
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The Sick Times is out here doing top grade research and reporting on topics other publications won’t touch.

As someone with long COVID, their work is INCREDIBLY important to me. Please boost or donate, if you can.
thesicktimes.org The Sick Times @thesicktimes.org · Nov 1
We're kicking off our biggest fundraiser of the year by participating in NewsMatch, a national campaign to support newsrooms across the US run by the Institute for Nonprofit News.

We need your help to keep telling #LongCOVID stories. Will you donate today? the-sick-times.fundjournalism.org/donate/
ID 1: Purple background with white text reads: Your support powers every Long COVID story we tell. DONATE TODAY. The Sick Times + NewsMatch. ID 2: Purple background with white text reads: New donations (followed by a thermometer reaching $60K). New monthly supporters (followed by a thermometer reaching 200). Until December 31, NewsMatch and the Philanthropic Access Partner Fund will match new donations from our readers, up to $1,000 a person! At the bottom is a graphic showing how financial impact is doubled. ID 3: Purple background with white text reads: In spring 2024, we were lucky to receive a grant that has funded much of our work over the last two years. But that grant concludes this fall. We’ll be honest: we really need more reader support to help keep operating in 2026. The Sick Times + NewsMatch. ID 5: Purple background with white text reads: Other ways to support us. We understand that many people in our community aren’t able to donate. This is why we’ll never have a paywall — our stories will always be completely free to read. If you aren’t in a position to donate yourself, here are a few ways you can help: Share this email/this post with a friend/family member Tell us why you find our work valuable Send us any ideas you have for potential funding sources / connect us with potential funders
December 2, 2025 at 7:59 PM
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No matter how big or bad, I have always “pushed through” obstacles w/sheer force of will. Yet, a grocery run now can leave me collapsed in a sweating, shaking heap of anesthesia- grade fatigue & fog. I don’t expect most folks to get it, but occasional acknowledgement that this is hard would be nice.
thesicktimes.org The Sick Times @thesicktimes.org · 3d
“The problem with Long COVID is that most of society would rather not see it.”

@philipandrewhoover.bsky.social writes that he often feels that he’s living a double life. How can this sick side of him be so central, so enormous, yet so unseen by those who know and love him? bit.ly/4pf80g7
Edvard Munch’s Melancholy depicts a man sitting by himself on the seashore, resting his head on his hand, with a look of deep sadness on his face. The text reads, “The Sick Times. You know someone with Long COVID. They need you to ask about it genuinely. By Philip Hoover.” “The worst part of getting Long COVID was the cruelty of the disease, a punitive unraveling of my health and identity. The next-worst part, and just as heartbreaking, was discovering how few of my friends and loved ones could engage with my illness in ways that felt caring.”
December 1, 2025 at 8:23 PM
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It's #GivingTuesday. At @thesicktimes.org, our end-of-year fundraiser has been lagging behind; we're hoping to raise $10k today to get back on track.

Here are a few recent stories that demonstrate our unique role serving the Long COVID community. the-sick-times.fundjournalism.org/donate/ (1/10)
Purple graphic with white text. Text at the top reads, "Our reporting serves our Long COVID community. Your donation makes it possible." Below, there are two thermometers showing donation progress. The first is titled "New donations" and goes from $0 to $60k; donations so far have reached about $16k. The second is titled "New monthly supporters" and goes from 0 to 200; so far, this number has reached 44. At the bottom right, there are the Sick Times and NewsMatch logos.
December 2, 2025 at 4:52 PM
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thesicktimes.org
We're kicking off our biggest fundraiser of the year by participating in NewsMatch, a national campaign to support newsrooms across the US run by the Institute for Nonprofit News.

We need your help to keep telling #LongCOVID stories. Will you donate today? the-sick-times.fundjournalism.org/donate/
ID 1: Purple background with white text reads: Your support powers every Long COVID story we tell. DONATE TODAY. The Sick Times + NewsMatch. ID 2: Purple background with white text reads: New donations (followed by a thermometer reaching $60K). New monthly supporters (followed by a thermometer reaching 200). Until December 31, NewsMatch and the Philanthropic Access Partner Fund will match new donations from our readers, up to $1,000 a person! At the bottom is a graphic showing how financial impact is doubled. ID 3: Purple background with white text reads: In spring 2024, we were lucky to receive a grant that has funded much of our work over the last two years. But that grant concludes this fall. We’ll be honest: we really need more reader support to help keep operating in 2026. The Sick Times + NewsMatch. ID 5: Purple background with white text reads: Other ways to support us. We understand that many people in our community aren’t able to donate. This is why we’ll never have a paywall — our stories will always be completely free to read. If you aren’t in a position to donate yourself, here are a few ways you can help: Share this email/this post with a friend/family member Tell us why you find our work valuable Send us any ideas you have for potential funding sources / connect us with potential funders
November 1, 2025 at 2:39 PM
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alisakbeer.bsky.social Alisa K Beer | KnitSpinQuilt @alisakbeer.bsky.social · 6d
Save 20% (no coupon code needed) from small business Saturday through cyber Monday at knitspinquilt.etsy.com

Shop updated tonight, and I’ll be photographing a few things new each day, so check back on Sunday and Monday!

#KSQShop
Two by two square gridded image Upper left is the ksq logo, upper right is a picture of stitch markers hanging up displayed on black wire T stands Bottom left is project bags in black wire bins on a circular table Bottom rights is a rainbow gradient with the words “save 20% Saturday-Monday (no code needed)
November 30, 2025 at 2:45 PM
alisakbeer.bsky.social
Few things more embarrassing than miscutting fabric such that I have to message a customer and admit I have to either substitute or refund their order.

Few things more heartening than a customer who asks which option I presented to them is easiest for ME and is cheerful and chill about it. #KSQShop
November 30, 2025 at 6:43 PM
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alisakbeer.bsky.social Alisa K Beer | KnitSpinQuilt @alisakbeer.bsky.social · 6d
Save 20% (no coupon code needed) from small business Saturday through cyber Monday at knitspinquilt.etsy.com

Shop updated tonight, and I’ll be photographing a few things new each day, so check back on Sunday and Monday!

#KSQShop
Two by two square gridded image Upper left is the ksq logo, upper right is a picture of stitch markers hanging up displayed on black wire T stands Bottom left is project bags in black wire bins on a circular table Bottom rights is a rainbow gradient with the words “save 20% Saturday-Monday (no code needed)
November 30, 2025 at 2:45 PM
alisakbeer.bsky.social
Late afternoon boost for #SmallBusinessSaturday , encouraging folks to #ShopSmall

My knitting 🧶 project bags and stitch markers are made by one person (me) in my living room, and at my dining room table.

Buying from a small business means supporting a human being, not a tax dodging shell company!
alisakbeer.bsky.social Alisa K Beer | KnitSpinQuilt @alisakbeer.bsky.social · 6d
Save 20% (no coupon code needed) from small business Saturday through cyber Monday at knitspinquilt.etsy.com

Shop updated tonight, and I’ll be photographing a few things new each day, so check back on Sunday and Monday!

#KSQShop
Two by two square gridded image Upper left is the ksq logo, upper right is a picture of stitch markers hanging up displayed on black wire T stands Bottom left is project bags in black wire bins on a circular table Bottom rights is a rainbow gradient with the words “save 20% Saturday-Monday (no code needed)
November 29, 2025 at 9:44 PM