Jenny Blacker
@jenblacker.bsky.social
Knitter, housewife, geek, poly, bi, autistic, owned by cats. Kinda sweary. Very chatty. I also make stuff as
Jenny Wren Creates. She/her
Jenny Wren Creates. She/her
gwnes i jôc yn Cymraeg yn y dosbarth 😁
November 12, 2025 at 11:58 AM
gwnes i jôc yn Cymraeg yn y dosbarth 😁
It would seem @kariebookish.bsky.social can summon dog posts on demand...
November 12, 2025 at 2:08 AM
It would seem @kariebookish.bsky.social can summon dog posts on demand...
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Did you know I have a Facebook group? You can share project updates, get help with fellow knitters, and just hang out in a small community of supportive folks. www.facebook.com/groups/abeei...
November 11, 2025 at 6:02 PM
Did you know I have a Facebook group? You can share project updates, get help with fellow knitters, and just hang out in a small community of supportive folks. www.facebook.com/groups/abeei...
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Before people get steamy, this is a ‘page issues’ warning template. As in, ‘someone included AI content in this article, and we recognise that is a Bad Thing, so proceed with caution’. It’s not @wikipedia.org condoning AI-generated content, it’s the *opposite*.
First time seeing this large language model text notice on Wikipedia.
From en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gerryma...
From en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gerryma...
November 10, 2025 at 5:19 PM
Before people get steamy, this is a ‘page issues’ warning template. As in, ‘someone included AI content in this article, and we recognise that is a Bad Thing, so proceed with caution’. It’s not @wikipedia.org condoning AI-generated content, it’s the *opposite*.
I'm not saying I've firmly found my people here, but I had a joint rant about Pugin on Sunday, just as part of a regular conversation
#FuckPugin
#FuckPugin
November 11, 2025 at 6:04 PM
I'm not saying I've firmly found my people here, but I had a joint rant about Pugin on Sunday, just as part of a regular conversation
#FuckPugin
#FuckPugin
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It's time...
(Please do take some joy from my new erasable pen 🐝)
#HandmadeUK #WelshHandmade #CardiffPride #GayChristmas #QueerChristmas #WelshBusiness
(Please do take some joy from my new erasable pen 🐝)
#HandmadeUK #WelshHandmade #CardiffPride #GayChristmas #QueerChristmas #WelshBusiness
November 10, 2025 at 3:36 PM
It's time...
(Please do take some joy from my new erasable pen 🐝)
#HandmadeUK #WelshHandmade #CardiffPride #GayChristmas #QueerChristmas #WelshBusiness
(Please do take some joy from my new erasable pen 🐝)
#HandmadeUK #WelshHandmade #CardiffPride #GayChristmas #QueerChristmas #WelshBusiness
I'm *trying* to give this show a fair chance, but one of the contestants on the BEST KNITTER show just said SHE'S A NEW KNITTER
#GameOfWool
#GameOfWool
November 9, 2025 at 8:32 PM
I'm *trying* to give this show a fair chance, but one of the contestants on the BEST KNITTER show just said SHE'S A NEW KNITTER
#GameOfWool
#GameOfWool
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I love this podcast.
Nails the zeitgeist and issues so succinctly.
Nails the zeitgeist and issues so succinctly.
🚸 Sunday School: Trillion Dollan Manbaby 🏫
🍞 The moral panic about prisons.
💰 Elon Musk's obscene rewards.
📺 Is legacy telly making a comeback?
@pimlicat.bsky.social & @sturdyalex.bsky.social talk through the week's news.
📣 open.spotify.com/episode/6nJI...
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🍞 The moral panic about prisons.
💰 Elon Musk's obscene rewards.
📺 Is legacy telly making a comeback?
@pimlicat.bsky.social & @sturdyalex.bsky.social talk through the week's news.
📣 open.spotify.com/episode/6nJI...
🍏 podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/q...
Sunday School: Trillion Dollar Manbaby
Podcast Episode · Quiet Riot · 09/11/2025 · 1h 2m
podcasts.apple.com
November 9, 2025 at 12:52 PM
I love this podcast.
Nails the zeitgeist and issues so succinctly.
Nails the zeitgeist and issues so succinctly.
10 years ago I was running 10ks
This week I took 2 sides of A4 worth of symptoms/issues to intro myself to yet another new GP
We still have no real diagnosis beyond "fibro??"
This week I took 2 sides of A4 worth of symptoms/issues to intro myself to yet another new GP
We still have no real diagnosis beyond "fibro??"
If there was just one thing I wish every healthy person could understand, it is this: ANYONE can get a chronic illness.
Illnesses like #MECFS & #LongCovid can happen to absolutely anyone, it doesn’t matter how healthy you are.
Chronic illness can happen to good people. It could happen to you.
Illnesses like #MECFS & #LongCovid can happen to absolutely anyone, it doesn’t matter how healthy you are.
Chronic illness can happen to good people. It could happen to you.
November 9, 2025 at 2:20 AM
10 years ago I was running 10ks
This week I took 2 sides of A4 worth of symptoms/issues to intro myself to yet another new GP
We still have no real diagnosis beyond "fibro??"
This week I took 2 sides of A4 worth of symptoms/issues to intro myself to yet another new GP
We still have no real diagnosis beyond "fibro??"
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You're gonna be unpopular. Be unpopular because you're fixing things, not because you aren't.
November 8, 2025 at 1:49 PM
You're gonna be unpopular. Be unpopular because you're fixing things, not because you aren't.
A good portion of my lib degree was learning about how humans process information differently and how to work out the most appropriate answer/questions/cataloguing for the place you're working at
We spent hours analysing averts, headlines, queries, and justifying our undestandings
We spent hours analysing averts, headlines, queries, and justifying our undestandings
And this is why I stress that we cannot let genAI take over library processes. Try having genAI figure out how to catalogue that book. Humans use reasoning, our knowledge of the field, patron needs, and yes, our own biases and priorities. Cataloguing tells you a lot about a system's values.
November 8, 2025 at 2:31 AM
A good portion of my lib degree was learning about how humans process information differently and how to work out the most appropriate answer/questions/cataloguing for the place you're working at
We spent hours analysing averts, headlines, queries, and justifying our undestandings
We spent hours analysing averts, headlines, queries, and justifying our undestandings
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I’ll be at evensong on my birthday, and a perk of that is I GET TO CHOOSE* THE HYMNS
*I get to suggest them, the music director has final say
*I get to suggest them, the music director has final say
a group of frogs with their mouths open and their tongues out
Alt: a group of muppet frogs singing
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November 4, 2025 at 5:19 PM
I’ll be at evensong on my birthday, and a perk of that is I GET TO CHOOSE* THE HYMNS
*I get to suggest them, the music director has final say
*I get to suggest them, the music director has final say
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This post is going to be very honest, but not very nice. Stop doing this stupid "love locks" thing. It's not an old Parisian tradition, it's vandalism. It destroys beautiful old things and costs the city money in repairs that it could spend on schools or hospitals or social services.
November 4, 2025 at 10:19 AM
This post is going to be very honest, but not very nice. Stop doing this stupid "love locks" thing. It's not an old Parisian tradition, it's vandalism. It destroys beautiful old things and costs the city money in repairs that it could spend on schools or hospitals or social services.
Last time I checked only 2 episodes were up and YOU BET I'M BINGING THIS NOW!
It's what Game of fucking wool wants to be
It's what Game of fucking wool wants to be
Instead of watching the fumble that's #TheGameOfWool, you should watch the 26 episodes of the delightful and quirky Great Danish Knit Off on YouTube (English subtitles!)
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The Great Knit-Off (Big Knitting Contest) (Danish w/EN+DK Subs) - YouTube
After nearly 10 years, English speakers and those who need subs in Dansk or English can finally enjoy ALL(?) 25 episodes of this show!* Subs not embedded in ...
youtube.com
November 3, 2025 at 12:41 AM
Last time I checked only 2 episodes were up and YOU BET I'M BINGING THIS NOW!
It's what Game of fucking wool wants to be
It's what Game of fucking wool wants to be
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Anyway, we obviously all hated it so… see you next week everyone? #GameOfWool
November 2, 2025 at 9:05 PM
Anyway, we obviously all hated it so… see you next week everyone? #GameOfWool
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I'd really like it if Tom Daley wasn't seen as the sole fucking arbiter of knitting, quite frankly
I've been knitting for roughly 25 years and it only ever gets considered "cool" when a man does it and honestly the devaluation of the skill because it's "women's work" pisses me right off
I've been knitting for roughly 25 years and it only ever gets considered "cool" when a man does it and honestly the devaluation of the skill because it's "women's work" pisses me right off
November 2, 2025 at 8:22 PM
I'd really like it if Tom Daley wasn't seen as the sole fucking arbiter of knitting, quite frankly
I've been knitting for roughly 25 years and it only ever gets considered "cool" when a man does it and honestly the devaluation of the skill because it's "women's work" pisses me right off
I've been knitting for roughly 25 years and it only ever gets considered "cool" when a man does it and honestly the devaluation of the skill because it's "women's work" pisses me right off
For transparency, my husband earns over twice the average wage and his wages pay for ALL our mortgage/bills and is the *only* reason I can afford to 'be a creative'
My income mostly pays for 'disability tax' stuff
(he also has life insurance in case/for when he dies before me, else I'm fucked)
My income mostly pays for 'disability tax' stuff
(he also has life insurance in case/for when he dies before me, else I'm fucked)
Many full time creatives have “invisible safety nets” like bread-winning partners, trust funds, external support, etc. No shame on anyone, but it creates a false vision of success. The cost of going to cons alone on top of hoping to eat as a freelancer are untenable, IMO.
When people hear that I'm returning to part time work they often ask "are things not going well with your art?"
The problem really is things are going well, but the world is so unstable that I long for some consistency and income that I don't have to pay quarterly taxes on
The problem really is things are going well, but the world is so unstable that I long for some consistency and income that I don't have to pay quarterly taxes on
November 3, 2025 at 12:22 AM
For transparency, my husband earns over twice the average wage and his wages pay for ALL our mortgage/bills and is the *only* reason I can afford to 'be a creative'
My income mostly pays for 'disability tax' stuff
(he also has life insurance in case/for when he dies before me, else I'm fucked)
My income mostly pays for 'disability tax' stuff
(he also has life insurance in case/for when he dies before me, else I'm fucked)
I did!
It was essentially a patchwork blanket, it saved me £500 in a new cover and was an Olympics project (CO at opening ceremony, was done before the closing one)
In cheap acrylics, all garter, SC crochet to seam, 4 seater, gave me a good 3-4 years more from the sofa
It was essentially a patchwork blanket, it saved me £500 in a new cover and was an Olympics project (CO at opening ceremony, was done before the closing one)
In cheap acrylics, all garter, SC crochet to seam, 4 seater, gave me a good 3-4 years more from the sofa
November 3, 2025 at 12:19 AM
I did!
It was essentially a patchwork blanket, it saved me £500 in a new cover and was an Olympics project (CO at opening ceremony, was done before the closing one)
In cheap acrylics, all garter, SC crochet to seam, 4 seater, gave me a good 3-4 years more from the sofa
It was essentially a patchwork blanket, it saved me £500 in a new cover and was an Olympics project (CO at opening ceremony, was done before the closing one)
In cheap acrylics, all garter, SC crochet to seam, 4 seater, gave me a good 3-4 years more from the sofa
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Okay so my lukewarm take on #GameOfWool is that the title is stupid and also they’ve really fluffed on what knitters want to see. Give them more time, let them knit a proper fair isle jumper, stop calling crochet knitting.
November 2, 2025 at 9:09 PM
Okay so my lukewarm take on #GameOfWool is that the title is stupid and also they’ve really fluffed on what knitters want to see. Give them more time, let them knit a proper fair isle jumper, stop calling crochet knitting.
November 2, 2025 at 12:16 AM
YARNIES!
I have a sweater, 2/3 done, that's been *ravaged* by moths
I suspect my most sensible route is to unravel, wash, discard the weak points as I re-wind, & restart from scratch.... Does this seem like a fool's errand?? It feels less wild than darning/patching & hoping I've spotted them all??
I have a sweater, 2/3 done, that's been *ravaged* by moths
I suspect my most sensible route is to unravel, wash, discard the weak points as I re-wind, & restart from scratch.... Does this seem like a fool's errand?? It feels less wild than darning/patching & hoping I've spotted them all??
November 1, 2025 at 6:00 PM
YARNIES!
I have a sweater, 2/3 done, that's been *ravaged* by moths
I suspect my most sensible route is to unravel, wash, discard the weak points as I re-wind, & restart from scratch.... Does this seem like a fool's errand?? It feels less wild than darning/patching & hoping I've spotted them all??
I have a sweater, 2/3 done, that's been *ravaged* by moths
I suspect my most sensible route is to unravel, wash, discard the weak points as I re-wind, & restart from scratch.... Does this seem like a fool's errand?? It feels less wild than darning/patching & hoping I've spotted them all??
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Central Library Hub is a Warm Welcome Space
You are welcome to come in for warmth and a free hot drink!
Please see our timetables on-site for when hot drinks are available.
You are welcome to come in for warmth and a free hot drink!
Please see our timetables on-site for when hot drinks are available.
November 1, 2025 at 3:37 PM
Central Library Hub is a Warm Welcome Space
You are welcome to come in for warmth and a free hot drink!
Please see our timetables on-site for when hot drinks are available.
You are welcome to come in for warmth and a free hot drink!
Please see our timetables on-site for when hot drinks are available.
As someone who only moved in 2 years ago, this is so *so* true
I've found my community, my home, a sense of belonging
I've moved a lot around the UK, but never felt settled until the day we moved here. And I do mean from the *day* we moved here, the very 1st.
I've found my community, my home, a sense of belonging
I've moved a lot around the UK, but never felt settled until the day we moved here. And I do mean from the *day* we moved here, the very 1st.
This is the TRUE Cymru/Wales 🏴 Wales is in your heart,your bones, your belonging,your devotion to our land, it's language, culture, history & heritage,It's future & prosperity, It's NOT where you were born! You can be Welsh even if your not born here! Except Wales as part of you & Wales accepts YOU
“Being Welsh is not about where you were born, who your parents were or the colour of your skin. Being Welsh is about belonging.”
We are the only party with a positive vision for our future - fighting for fairness and ambition because the people of Wales deserve so much better 🏴
We are the only party with a positive vision for our future - fighting for fairness and ambition because the people of Wales deserve so much better 🏴
November 1, 2025 at 2:52 PM
As someone who only moved in 2 years ago, this is so *so* true
I've found my community, my home, a sense of belonging
I've moved a lot around the UK, but never felt settled until the day we moved here. And I do mean from the *day* we moved here, the very 1st.
I've found my community, my home, a sense of belonging
I've moved a lot around the UK, but never felt settled until the day we moved here. And I do mean from the *day* we moved here, the very 1st.
Y'all, I have read so much this month...
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November 1, 2025 at 2:39 PM
Y'all, I have read so much this month...
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