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Kate Atherley

@kateatherley.bsky.social

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Knitter, teacher, editor, writer, designer. She/her. Craft, food & feminism. Love is love. Abortions are healthcare. Trans women are women. Trans men are men. Opinions my own. Sharing a life and a very good dog with @normwilner. www.kateatherley.com

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Kate Atherley @kateatherley.bsky.social · 2h

Ok so you might not want to watch NOBODY 2. You will feel very very sorry for the production crew.

Kate Atherley @kateatherley.bsky.social · 2h

In honour of spooky month, share a 4-word horror story that only someone in your profession would understand...

Not going to swatch. 😃

Matt Gabriele @profgabriele.com · 4h

In honor of spooky month, share a 4 word horror story that only someone in your profession would understand

Manuscript lost in fire.

🏰meg⚔️ @Birthright Audiobook! @impavid.us · 2d

In honor of spooky month, share a 4 word horror story that only someone in your profession would understand

I'll go first: Six page commercial lease.

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Kate Atherley @kateatherley.bsky.social · 4h

Sending sympathies. I hope the situation improves.

Kate Atherley @kateatherley.bsky.social · 20h

So excited to read this. Get your own copy here shop.ninetenpublications.ca/products/the...

A hand, mostly out of frame, rests on a modestly sized book. The book is titled The Magic of Pockets: A feminist's guide to adding pockets to clothing that really should have pockets to begin with.

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Kate Atherley @kateatherley.bsky.social · 20h

Yeah, in 1970s UK Mum said "mee-graine".

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Kate Atherley @kateatherley.bsky.social · 22h

Thank you! 😊

Kate Atherley @kateatherley.bsky.social · 22h

In which Ashleigh-ellan Kavanagh and I have a fabulous conversation about the mathematics of knitting, and my upcoming book. (You can read/listen with a free subscription) Podcast and article. ashleighellan.substack.com/p/counting-t...

Counting the Stitches: The Secret Poetry of Knitting Mathematics

What cheese sandwiches can teach us about counting stitches, solving problems, and finding beauty in knitting maths.

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Kate Atherley @kateatherley.bsky.social · 23h

Get a room you two 😂❤️⚾

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Kate Atherley @kateatherley.bsky.social · 1d

Fair! It used to be done that way to save space, and some appreciate the conciseness but I can absolutely see an argument for offering both.

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Duchess Goldblatt @duchessgoldblatt.bsky.social · 1d

Creative expression is the essence of the human experience. Try making a new dish, or stabbing an ai slopper with a wooden stake.

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Kate Atherley @kateatherley.bsky.social · 2d

Oooooh yes agree on all points!

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ceej @ceej.online · 2d

damn. hoping it at least signifies something

William Shakespeare @shakespeare.lol · 2d

It is a tale
Told by an idiot

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Kate Atherley @kateatherley.bsky.social · 2d

Yes! They are nicely reversible, once you're able to make the conceptual leap.

Kate Atherley @kateatherley.bsky.social · 2d

Oh goodness yes that would make it extra challenging!

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Kate Atherley @kateatherley.bsky.social · 2d

Yes, good points, thank you! Agree very much that symbol definitions need to be close by and easily found.

Kate Atherley @kateatherley.bsky.social · 2d

Agree, yes!

Kate Atherley @kateatherley.bsky.social · 2d

Oh yes agree! Very good points.

Kate Atherley @kateatherley.bsky.social · 2d

Ooof yeah that's infuriating!

Kate Atherley @kateatherley.bsky.social · 2d

They don't work for every brain, it's true! I agree that patterns should offer both where feasible.

Kate Atherley @kateatherley.bsky.social · 2d

That's exactly what they're doing - matching knitting direction relative to RS of work. It's why, for work done in rows, you right RS rows right to left, and WS rows left to right.

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Kate Atherley @kateatherley.bsky.social · 2d

Agreed! I played with a chart like that on one of my patterns and it does seems to make things better.

Kate Atherley @kateatherley.bsky.social · 2d

I feel exactly the same way. The symbols for brioche charts are very busy.

Kate Atherley @kateatherley.bsky.social · 2d

I will look it up, thank you!

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Kate Atherley @kateatherley.bsky.social · 2d

It is, thank you for an excellent example

Kate Atherley @kateatherley.bsky.social · 2d

It's a reasonable complaint!