Lior 🇺🇦
@jolior.bsky.social
transfemme+genderfluid fiber poetry, design
https://www.ravelry.com/projects/joLior
Yarn support for trans+/bipoc in Europe+UK: #strickdichfrei
Feminism never lived.
cptsd, rocking crip time
Please don't ask me for money
Nonbinary since <2012, li/lir
https://www.ravelry.com/projects/joLior
Yarn support for trans+/bipoc in Europe+UK: #strickdichfrei
Feminism never lived.
cptsd, rocking crip time
Please don't ask me for money
Nonbinary since <2012, li/lir
Pinned
Lior 🇺🇦
@jolior.bsky.social
· Aug 10
I am a knitwear designer focusing on trans feminine bodies, euphoria+colorwork🧶1/6
I also use my programming and writing skills as a former physicists for tech editing and
I offer 1o1 consultation* for designers who want to make their designs more gender inclusive. This encompasses shapes/sizes/
I also use my programming and writing skills as a former physicists for tech editing and
I offer 1o1 consultation* for designers who want to make their designs more gender inclusive. This encompasses shapes/sizes/
Introduce yourself with five animals you've seen in the wild.
A pod of whales (from a plane above the Atlantic)
A deer (2m away, near village, we were both surprised)
White tailed eagle (bedroom window in the city)
A beetle looking like a scarabaeus (park, NC)
A fox (on a Berlin sidewalk, 3m away)
A pod of whales (from a plane above the Atlantic)
A deer (2m away, near village, we were both surprised)
White tailed eagle (bedroom window in the city)
A beetle looking like a scarabaeus (park, NC)
A fox (on a Berlin sidewalk, 3m away)
Introduce yourself with five animals you've seen in the wild.
Humpback whale
Iguana
Cougar
Golden silk orb-weaver / banana spider
Chestnut mandible toucan
If the spider doesn't count because it's an insect then I'll add
Capuchin monkey
Humpback whale
Iguana
Cougar
Golden silk orb-weaver / banana spider
Chestnut mandible toucan
If the spider doesn't count because it's an insect then I'll add
Capuchin monkey
Introduce yourself with five animals you've seen in the wild
Black bear
orca
Sea turtle
Indian flying fox bat
Red headed vulture
Black bear
orca
Sea turtle
Indian flying fox bat
Red headed vulture
November 29, 2025 at 5:01 PM
Introduce yourself with five animals you've seen in the wild.
A pod of whales (from a plane above the Atlantic)
A deer (2m away, near village, we were both surprised)
White tailed eagle (bedroom window in the city)
A beetle looking like a scarabaeus (park, NC)
A fox (on a Berlin sidewalk, 3m away)
A pod of whales (from a plane above the Atlantic)
A deer (2m away, near village, we were both surprised)
White tailed eagle (bedroom window in the city)
A beetle looking like a scarabaeus (park, NC)
A fox (on a Berlin sidewalk, 3m away)
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I hope this will qualify for minis/gradients for this week's #ShowMeYourKnits prompt. I made it from the handspun wool of local Blue Texel sheep and as you can see even the sheep have a gradient in their fleeces. Design my own.
#KnitSky
#Knitting
#Handspun
#SweaterWeather
#BlueSkyArtShow
#Warmth
#KnitSky
#Knitting
#Handspun
#SweaterWeather
#BlueSkyArtShow
#Warmth
November 29, 2025 at 12:27 PM
I hope this will qualify for minis/gradients for this week's #ShowMeYourKnits prompt. I made it from the handspun wool of local Blue Texel sheep and as you can see even the sheep have a gradient in their fleeces. Design my own.
#KnitSky
#Knitting
#Handspun
#SweaterWeather
#BlueSkyArtShow
#Warmth
#KnitSky
#Knitting
#Handspun
#SweaterWeather
#BlueSkyArtShow
#Warmth
This encapsulate what I love about @isasaxonists.bsky.social 's yarn dyeing: the colors have stories and roots, they don't follow a trend and I (finally) learn so much more about a time period that has been bleached out too often and in too many places. It's one thing to know, theoretically, that
Wk 4: ✨Festive Fibers Collection✨
Midnight in a Manger
In the glow of a medieval night, long before flashy pageantry, someone painted a Nativity that feels very alive. Here, the Holy Family is rendered not in the pale homogeneity of later European convention but in rich, varied tones. 🧶
1/
Midnight in a Manger
In the glow of a medieval night, long before flashy pageantry, someone painted a Nativity that feels very alive. Here, the Holy Family is rendered not in the pale homogeneity of later European convention but in rich, varied tones. 🧶
1/
November 29, 2025 at 2:35 PM
This encapsulate what I love about @isasaxonists.bsky.social 's yarn dyeing: the colors have stories and roots, they don't follow a trend and I (finally) learn so much more about a time period that has been bleached out too often and in too many places. It's one thing to know, theoretically, that
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✨TESTERS WANTED✨
Are you a #spinner? Do you like wool? Do you like spinning wool?
Your wait is finally over! Introducing roving to Yarnia!
This is 23mic 64's Merino Top superwash, so no shrinkage & it won't felt. Sorry if you want to felt. So read below for details. 🧶
1/7
#indieyarndyers #yarnsky
Are you a #spinner? Do you like wool? Do you like spinning wool?
Your wait is finally over! Introducing roving to Yarnia!
This is 23mic 64's Merino Top superwash, so no shrinkage & it won't felt. Sorry if you want to felt. So read below for details. 🧶
1/7
#indieyarndyers #yarnsky
November 27, 2025 at 7:14 PM
✨TESTERS WANTED✨
Are you a #spinner? Do you like wool? Do you like spinning wool?
Your wait is finally over! Introducing roving to Yarnia!
This is 23mic 64's Merino Top superwash, so no shrinkage & it won't felt. Sorry if you want to felt. So read below for details. 🧶
1/7
#indieyarndyers #yarnsky
Are you a #spinner? Do you like wool? Do you like spinning wool?
Your wait is finally over! Introducing roving to Yarnia!
This is 23mic 64's Merino Top superwash, so no shrinkage & it won't felt. Sorry if you want to felt. So read below for details. 🧶
1/7
#indieyarndyers #yarnsky
I'd also like to give a shoutout to www.theweeyarncompany.com who makes absolutely best use of bouclé: he carries it as a lace quality that is intended for combining with a second strand to form a DK or worsted yarn🧶
#showmeyourknits
This makes it possible for people w small income to use handdyed
#showmeyourknits
This makes it possible for people w small income to use handdyed
The Wee Yarn Company
Scottish yarn dyer, based in Nijmegen. The Wee Yarn Company makes and sells hand-dyed yarns for your favourite knitting and crocheting projects. Our hand-dyed yarns are available in a wide range of co...
www.theweeyarncompany.com
November 29, 2025 at 6:08 AM
I'd also like to give a shoutout to www.theweeyarncompany.com who makes absolutely best use of bouclé: he carries it as a lace quality that is intended for combining with a second strand to form a DK or worsted yarn🧶
#showmeyourknits
This makes it possible for people w small income to use handdyed
#showmeyourknits
This makes it possible for people w small income to use handdyed
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My promotion of a Black-owned business for Black Friday is one of my favorite yarn dyers, @lolabeanyarnco.com. Her colorways are always inspired and the yarn quality is unmatched. When I’ve pre-washed vibrant skeins, the dye has hardly bled, and the color is just as eye-catching when it dries.
🧶🧶
🧶🧶
November 29, 2025 at 1:31 AM
My promotion of a Black-owned business for Black Friday is one of my favorite yarn dyers, @lolabeanyarnco.com. Her colorways are always inspired and the yarn quality is unmatched. When I’ve pre-washed vibrant skeins, the dye has hardly bled, and the color is just as eye-catching when it dries.
🧶🧶
🧶🧶
I haven't been feeling like posting much knitting last week because I've been swatching and a bit frustrated.
Now the swatches slowly coalesce into a decision, and I'd like to take the #showmeyourknits indie design and dyer prompt to show:
These are three of ~15 swatches I made for a coat (THE coat)
Now the swatches slowly coalesce into a decision, and I'd like to take the #showmeyourknits indie design and dyer prompt to show:
These are three of ~15 swatches I made for a coat (THE coat)
November 29, 2025 at 3:32 AM
I haven't been feeling like posting much knitting last week because I've been swatching and a bit frustrated.
Now the swatches slowly coalesce into a decision, and I'd like to take the #showmeyourknits indie design and dyer prompt to show:
These are three of ~15 swatches I made for a coat (THE coat)
Now the swatches slowly coalesce into a decision, and I'd like to take the #showmeyourknits indie design and dyer prompt to show:
These are three of ~15 swatches I made for a coat (THE coat)
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You should!
I think you should buy my trans magical girl novels. They’re full of big feelings and big action and you’re directly supporting me and my work.
magicariot.com/buy
magicariot.com/buy
November 29, 2025 at 12:45 AM
You should!
PSA:
Dear fellow trans fairies, witches and gremlins, here is a list of free patterns/projects in pride colors for your empty purses.
Dear cis allies, please pay trans designers, test and sample knitters.
End of PSA
Dear fellow trans fairies, witches and gremlins, here is a list of free patterns/projects in pride colors for your empty purses.
Dear cis allies, please pay trans designers, test and sample knitters.
End of PSA
In honor of Transgender Awareness Week, Nov 13 to Nov 19, here are a selection of the knitting patterns, projects, and yarns in the colors of the trans pride flag from my transgender ally page 🧶🏳️⚧️
intheloopknitting.com/trans-ally-k...
intheloopknitting.com/trans-ally-k...
November 29, 2025 at 1:01 AM
PSA:
Dear fellow trans fairies, witches and gremlins, here is a list of free patterns/projects in pride colors for your empty purses.
Dear cis allies, please pay trans designers, test and sample knitters.
End of PSA
Dear fellow trans fairies, witches and gremlins, here is a list of free patterns/projects in pride colors for your empty purses.
Dear cis allies, please pay trans designers, test and sample knitters.
End of PSA
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one of the coolest things about ChatGPT is how you can actually just never use it. you can fill your whole entire life with simply not once using it. it's incredible.
November 25, 2025 at 4:15 PM
one of the coolest things about ChatGPT is how you can actually just never use it. you can fill your whole entire life with simply not once using it. it's incredible.
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STOP THE PRESSES & look at this gorgeous cowl. Ok, but listen, this brilliant human tweaked a pattern to create her own & added beads bc she's a fiber goddess. A feast for your eyes.
Oh & yes, this is a monthly subscriber color. The blue strips were hand placed for extra oomph. 🧶
#yarnsky #knitsky
Oh & yes, this is a monthly subscriber color. The blue strips were hand placed for extra oomph. 🧶
#yarnsky #knitsky
Fresh off the needles last night! Finished in between cooking different bits for the holiday meal. Learned the Icelandic Bind Off, and it is now my favorite bind off.
Fabulous yarn from @isasaxonists.bsky.social
#Showmeyourknits Indie Week #knitsky 🧶
Fabulous yarn from @isasaxonists.bsky.social
#Showmeyourknits Indie Week #knitsky 🧶
November 28, 2025 at 9:06 PM
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Buy Black (owned) Friday 🖤🤎🖤
Your support means everything!
Please share and tag your fav BIPOC creators! 🧶🎉
#buyblackowned #blackfriday #buyblackownedfriday #bipocknitters #bipoccrocheters #supportsmallbusinesses #buylocal
Your support means everything!
Please share and tag your fav BIPOC creators! 🧶🎉
#buyblackowned #blackfriday #buyblackownedfriday #bipocknitters #bipoccrocheters #supportsmallbusinesses #buylocal
November 28, 2025 at 12:14 PM
Buy Black (owned) Friday 🖤🤎🖤
Your support means everything!
Please share and tag your fav BIPOC creators! 🧶🎉
#buyblackowned #blackfriday #buyblackownedfriday #bipocknitters #bipoccrocheters #supportsmallbusinesses #buylocal
Your support means everything!
Please share and tag your fav BIPOC creators! 🧶🎉
#buyblackowned #blackfriday #buyblackownedfriday #bipocknitters #bipoccrocheters #supportsmallbusinesses #buylocal
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🧶 This is my most FAVOURITE hat I ever knitted. If I was not a bedbound person, I would never sell this because it is sooo good. I am pretty sure that you won't get it anywhere else. I have only made one and that is available for 45$.
#bsnm #shoplocal #smallbusiness
ko-fi.com/chembarathi/...
#bsnm #shoplocal #smallbusiness
ko-fi.com/chembarathi/...
November 28, 2025 at 1:44 PM
🧶 This is my most FAVOURITE hat I ever knitted. If I was not a bedbound person, I would never sell this because it is sooo good. I am pretty sure that you won't get it anywhere else. I have only made one and that is available for 45$.
#bsnm #shoplocal #smallbusiness
ko-fi.com/chembarathi/...
#bsnm #shoplocal #smallbusiness
ko-fi.com/chembarathi/...
That guy also has two other seemingly good accounts I also put on my genAI propaganda blocklist, in case you are wondering how they ended up there.
i blocked the account ( @awkword.bsky.social ) immediately because of course I did but honestly the way the poster defends using a deepfake is abhorrent and no, absolutely not, we are not doing second life in meatspace
This video is AI (notice her hands, spatula, background details). Misinformation is the real purpose of these tools and everyone knows it.
November 28, 2025 at 6:53 PM
That guy also has two other seemingly good accounts I also put on my genAI propaganda blocklist, in case you are wondering how they ended up there.
When going through the podcasts I listened to 4ys ago on the old phone (before brainfog took over completely) I found that Marsha's Plate is still going strong. Very happy! :)
Now go and listen and pay Diamond for all that work!
#queersky #podcast 🎙️
Now go and listen and pay Diamond for all that work!
#queersky #podcast 🎙️
Host of @MarshasPlate
Award Winning journalistic activist,
Harris County Commissioner,
Queer Feminist Joy Connoisseur,
Bright Avant-garde Maximalist Fashion Girlie,
Cultural Anthropologist, Pisces,
Raconteur,
Trans History Blerd,
diamondstylz.com/about/
Award Winning journalistic activist,
Harris County Commissioner,
Queer Feminist Joy Connoisseur,
Bright Avant-garde Maximalist Fashion Girlie,
Cultural Anthropologist, Pisces,
Raconteur,
Trans History Blerd,
diamondstylz.com/about/
November 28, 2025 at 11:16 AM
It just arrived. And I'm. I. Wow. Marna. How did I deserve this? *.*
Thank you so much <3
Aurora loves her new paper toy and I have started to open a tiny bit. And put these cut spooky cats on my shelf where I can look at them all the time🧶
@ancaitinbeag.bsky.social
PS: also, no customs trouble😊
Thank you so much <3
Aurora loves her new paper toy and I have started to open a tiny bit. And put these cut spooky cats on my shelf where I can look at them all the time🧶
@ancaitinbeag.bsky.social
PS: also, no customs trouble😊
After the other UK mail disaster, I want to share sth precious:
I ordered an advent from
@ancaitinbeag.bsky.social in early summer (payment in installments, yay) and then it got eaten by the royal mail, apparently (we don't know). Marna, when asked what was happening, immediately responded,
I ordered an advent from
@ancaitinbeag.bsky.social in early summer (payment in installments, yay) and then it got eaten by the royal mail, apparently (we don't know). Marna, when asked what was happening, immediately responded,
November 28, 2025 at 10:27 AM
It just arrived. And I'm. I. Wow. Marna. How did I deserve this? *.*
Thank you so much <3
Aurora loves her new paper toy and I have started to open a tiny bit. And put these cut spooky cats on my shelf where I can look at them all the time🧶
@ancaitinbeag.bsky.social
PS: also, no customs trouble😊
Thank you so much <3
Aurora loves her new paper toy and I have started to open a tiny bit. And put these cut spooky cats on my shelf where I can look at them all the time🧶
@ancaitinbeag.bsky.social
PS: also, no customs trouble😊
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Moin, ihr fashion victims. Bringt eure fast nicht getragenen carhartt oder was auch immer Mützen zur Seemannsmission Lübeck 🧶
Die Kiste für warme Mützen bei der Seemannsmission Lübeck ist leer…
Hat jemand in Lübeck neuwertige warme Mützen übrig?
Hat jemand in Lübeck neuwertige warme Mützen übrig?
November 28, 2025 at 4:28 AM
Moin, ihr fashion victims. Bringt eure fast nicht getragenen carhartt oder was auch immer Mützen zur Seemannsmission Lübeck 🧶
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AI slop is far more threatening than I imagined.
This video identifies 15 errors, minor and major, in an AI vid on a bomber raid on Japan.
There are, it seems, dozens of these channels churning out well-watched and well-paid bullshit and swamping people doing real history.
youtu.be/CSm1bMT_R6g
This video identifies 15 errors, minor and major, in an AI vid on a bomber raid on Japan.
There are, it seems, dozens of these channels churning out well-watched and well-paid bullshit and swamping people doing real history.
youtu.be/CSm1bMT_R6g
Fact Checking an AI generated WWII B-29 Bomber Slop History Video
YouTube video by WWII US Bombers
youtu.be
November 27, 2025 at 8:34 AM
AI slop is far more threatening than I imagined.
This video identifies 15 errors, minor and major, in an AI vid on a bomber raid on Japan.
There are, it seems, dozens of these channels churning out well-watched and well-paid bullshit and swamping people doing real history.
youtu.be/CSm1bMT_R6g
This video identifies 15 errors, minor and major, in an AI vid on a bomber raid on Japan.
There are, it seems, dozens of these channels churning out well-watched and well-paid bullshit and swamping people doing real history.
youtu.be/CSm1bMT_R6g
Yay, the Empire is still working...
We can add the Australian Broadcasting Corporation, Australia's national broadcaster, to the list of outlets now openly adopting the BBC style guide
it's fuck the ABC too, btw
November 28, 2025 at 6:16 AM
Yay, the Empire is still working...
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Niiiiiiice
Social media giants liable for financial scams under new EU law
Platforms including Meta and TikTok will be held liable for financial fraud for the first time under new rules agreed by EU lawmakers in the early hours of Thursday.
Platforms including Meta and TikTok will be held liable for financial fraud for the first time under new rules agreed by EU lawmakers in the early hours of Thursday.
Social media giants liable for financial scams under new EU law
Platforms including Meta and TikTok will be held liable for financial fraud for the first time under new rules agreed by EU lawmakers in the early hours of Thursday.
www.politico.eu
November 27, 2025 at 9:41 PM
Niiiiiiice
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Finally out into the world, the labour of many months. My long essay in the inaugural edition of the Alter Magazine on the pasts, presents, and futures of Indian science fiction.
“The Secret History of Indian Science Fiction” —
altermag.com/articles/the...
“The Secret History of Indian Science Fiction” —
altermag.com/articles/the...
The Secret History of Indian Science Fiction.
Before Asimov, there was Rokeya.
altermag.com
November 22, 2025 at 6:11 AM
Finally out into the world, the labour of many months. My long essay in the inaugural edition of the Alter Magazine on the pasts, presents, and futures of Indian science fiction.
“The Secret History of Indian Science Fiction” —
altermag.com/articles/the...
“The Secret History of Indian Science Fiction” —
altermag.com/articles/the...
Good. Drain them.
NEW: Today the Siebel Institute—the US' oldest/most prestigious brewing school & a cornerstone of the industry globally—announced its relocation from Chicago to Montreal, citing "[r]ecent regulatory changes in the US [that] have made it much more challenging for many of our international students."
November 28, 2025 at 12:08 AM
Good. Drain them.
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Now that the long-range forecast has been issued, it’s time for my annual thread of Advice on Making Mittens that Will Actually Keep You Warm. 1/...🧶
November 26, 2025 at 6:37 PM
Now that the long-range forecast has been issued, it’s time for my annual thread of Advice on Making Mittens that Will Actually Keep You Warm. 1/...🧶
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Want to learn more about mittens? I've written a book on the topic kateatherley.com/1471-2/. Next Wednesday 7-9pm EST I'm doing an online class about making mittens. Yes I will show you how to fix the holes at the base of the thumb! www.shallweknit.com/collections/... 🧶
November 27, 2025 at 3:34 PM
Want to learn more about mittens? I've written a book on the topic kateatherley.com/1471-2/. Next Wednesday 7-9pm EST I'm doing an online class about making mittens. Yes I will show you how to fix the holes at the base of the thumb! www.shallweknit.com/collections/... 🧶