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Kiala

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🧶 knitter and sewist. (she/her) Craftivist newbie, who wants climate justice and end facism. Sounds easy? 🇫🇮 🐰🐰🧵🪡🧶

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Kiala @kiala.bsky.social · Feb 16

🧶 I have collected some craftivism-themed knit and crochet items in a Ravelry bundle. Do you know of any that I haven't found yet?

#craftivism #knitting #crochet #activism
#knitsky
www.ravelry.com/bundles/acti...

A screenshot of a Ravelry bundle page showing knit patterns by different designers. A red and white hat with peace symbols by Ann Linderhjelm, green and cream Resistance is not futile mittens by Bristol Ivy, Afghan blocks with messages by The Stitchhiker.

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Kiala @kiala.bsky.social · 4d

Storygraph made me a collage of the books I listened to last month. It may look pretty and charming but I would recommend checking out content warnings for the Ill-Mannered Ladies. Those books are quite dark.

The Ladies were my favourite stories of last month, non the less.
#booksky #reading

@kialasu's 2025 October Reads. Book covers. The Benevolent Society of Ill-Mannered Ladies, Uncharmed, Yumi and the Nightmare Painter, The Ladies Road Guide to Utter Ruin, Rewitched, The Hawthorn Legacy, A Merry Little Lie.

Kiala @kiala.bsky.social · 21d

I machine knit a small swatch and a large swatch. The thumb placement was too high. And the mitten is too small. This shall be a lesson. I do not have it in me to undo the seam and rehang colourwork on the machine.

I modified a #taitopirkanmaa pattern for this

#machineknitting 🧶 #knitting #mitten

Ateal and mint knit swatch and a colourwork mitten with flower motif on wooden surface.

A colourwork mitten on wooden surface. The palm side is up. Thumb is open ended tube crafted on the mitten. The thumb is too high on the mitten to be usable.

Kiala @kiala.bsky.social · 22d

Looks beautiful! The pink and blue look warmer with yellow in between. And cooler next to each other.

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Kiala @kiala.bsky.social · Oct 5

youtu.be/r_9wkavYt4Y

The AI Industry Is Not Well

YouTube video by AI In Context

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Harare Review of Books @hararereview.bsky.social · Aug 27

Routine reminder

alex @dremenec.com · Oct 28

Generally we think of alt-text as the domain of those with accessibility needs.

However alt-text is useful for many reasons, which benefit your viewers, as well as you, the creator!

An infographic. There are six panels.

1. "Slow internet. Alt text is shown in place of unloaded images." a drawing shows a phone with poor signal, and alt text is visible where the image should have loaded.

2. "Findabillity. Alt text helps to search content." A drawing shows someone searching 'dog with banana' and a post is shown underneath without the words 'dog' or 'banana'. It is implied to be part of the alt text.

3. "Screen readers. Alt is read out to people using text-to-speech software". There is a drawing of the output a screen-reader would show when viewing an image with alt text on bluesky.

4. "Translation. Alt text can be translated". A drawing shows a post being translated. The alt text is also translated into german.

5. "Readability. Text in images can be made legible" There is a drawing of some truly awful handwriting inside a speech bubble. The alt text clarifies what the text is supposed to say.

6. "Disambiguation. Description helps clarify intent." There is a drawing of a post with a picture of a creature. This is styled after the famous optical illusion of a rabbit and a duck. The alt text clarifies that the animal is a rabbit. It definitely looks more like a duck.

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Petra Breakstone @pet57.bsky.social · Sep 10

It’s a great time to cast on the casual very comfy "Idris sweater". The pattern is free via Ravelry through September 12th. Knitted in the round from the top down.I knitted two of them already it's that good~ 🧶
#justknitting #knit #knitsky #allthingsyarn #crafting #sweaterknitting #showmeyourknits

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Kiala @kiala.bsky.social · Sep 10

I knit a beanie. Machine knit the white part and hand knit the beige part. I sew the noses, ears/eyes and the 💩. Because dogs 💩 sometimes.

The gauge being the same with both techniques was a happy coincidence.

Motif is from #stoneknits book.

#machineknitting #knitting #handknitting 🧶🪡

A white beanie with gray dog motif and beige top on a white table in soft light. On the left corner of the pic are roses in a vase. The beanie has a folded edge. The dog noses and and ears are dark bown and sewn on. One of the dogs has pooped.

Kiala @kiala.bsky.social · Aug 3

Thank you 😊❤️

Kiala @kiala.bsky.social · Aug 2

Wow!

Kiala @kiala.bsky.social · Aug 2

My Tour de Fleece spins. One of the hanks is more tightly wound. They both have about 111 g in them (3.9 oz?), but one has ~15 meters more yarn. So quite even for me. The third hank is the excess pink thread, chain plied.

Thank you all for sharing your lovely handspun 🧶❤️
#tourdefleece #handspun 🧶

Three twisted hanks of yarn on green grass. Two of the hanks are two-ply, one white and one purple-pink thread. The colour changes a lot in the yarn. The third hank is chain plied yarn using only the pink-purple thread.

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Kiala @kiala.bsky.social · Jul 29

Thanks! 😊

Kiala @kiala.bsky.social · Jul 28

Thank you 😊

Kiala @kiala.bsky.social · Jul 28

#tourdefleece first half of the spun yarn plied. This is corriedale.

One tread is spun from handdyed tops and the other is white.

I like how airy the end result is.

#spinning #handspun 🧶

A hank of handspun yarn held in hand over grassy ground. The yarn is two ply. One thread changes colour from pink to purple and white many times with no pattern. The second thread is white. Over all the colour is airy.

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Kiala @kiala.bsky.social · Jul 28

Wow!

Kiala @kiala.bsky.social · Jul 26

The drive band of my spinning wheel snapped. 2 days of #tourdefleece to go. Luckily I had purchased a spare one, when I bought extra whorls for the wheel. I bought the wheel used and thought this might happen eventually.

I took this as an opportunity to clean my wheel as well.
And on we spin 🧶

A white wool yarn on a bobbin on a spinning wheel. The rive band has snapped and is hanging off the wheel.

Pic of dusty spinning wheel wheel (red) and pedals. A spoke for bobbins is held in hand in front of the wheel. The wheel stands on a fuchsia rug/carpet.

Pic of the spinning wheel from up top. It is cleaned and there are dirty paper towels on the floor.

Pic of the spinning wheel and pedals. Now the spinning wheel wheel is dustfree and there are dirty papertowels on the floor. (And celery leaves for bunnies on the floor on the background)

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Kiala @kiala.bsky.social · Jul 26

Yep, I have to find if I have spare one.

Kiala @kiala.bsky.social · Jul 25

I found reason for the wheel acting up. The drive band snapped.

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Kiala @kiala.bsky.social · Jul 25

I feel for you ❤️ For some reason my spinning wheel's tension has been bit temperamental and at times the bobbin looks like a hedgehog and I have to unravel.

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Kiala @kiala.bsky.social · Jul 24

This is for everyone, but for Europeans especially.

What can you do today?

Email your politicians and/or support Greenpeace or other organisation. 🌍

youtu.be/pThcIgJyNME
#climatechange #climatejustice

I am Scared for Ireland...

YouTube video by Hank Green

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Kiala @kiala.bsky.social · Jul 12

It is. When it goes smoothly 😄

Kiala @kiala.bsky.social · Jul 12

This was my #tourdefleece today. I took the weel outside.
#handspun 🧶

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Kiala @kiala.bsky.social · Jul 12

It looks like candy 😍

Kiala @kiala.bsky.social · Jul 12

Thank you ❤️

Kiala @kiala.bsky.social · Jul 11

I hope the finish this corriedale braid tomorrow. It has been very nice wool to spin. 🧶
I love the colour 😍💜
#tourdefleece #handspun

Pink and purple gradient yarn on a bobbin on a spinning wheel.

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Petra Breakstone @pet57.bsky.social · Jul 10

A knitting pattern freebie~ 🎁
My new "Energy shawl" is a fun+easy knit. I do like the colors and the textures a lot, though other colors are in the shop. 🧶🧶
The pattern is free through July 11th.
www.ravelry.com/patterns/lib...
#knitsky #knit #justknitting #allthingsyarn #shawlknitting #summerknits

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