Amanda Banks
@bubzilla.bsky.social
Writer and artist working on a graduate degree. I study community economics through textiles 🖖🏻
Lies and partisan rhetoric from my senator this morning
Vote them out ✊🏻🔥🧊
Vote them out ✊🏻🔥🧊
February 5, 2026 at 4:26 PM
Lies and partisan rhetoric from my senator this morning
Vote them out ✊🏻🔥🧊
Vote them out ✊🏻🔥🧊
Took a day trip to Florence, AL to stop by the Rosenbaum house, the first Usonian home built by Frank Lloyd Wright in 1939.
I can understand why the family stayed there for 60 years. It's cool to have such an amazing example of design history so close to home!
I can understand why the family stayed there for 60 years. It's cool to have such an amazing example of design history so close to home!
February 1, 2026 at 10:47 PM
Took a day trip to Florence, AL to stop by the Rosenbaum house, the first Usonian home built by Frank Lloyd Wright in 1939.
I can understand why the family stayed there for 60 years. It's cool to have such an amazing example of design history so close to home!
I can understand why the family stayed there for 60 years. It's cool to have such an amazing example of design history so close to home!
Ice Melt Bog Jacket 🧊🔥🧥
Made from a discarded quilt and cotton thread. Guaranteed to keep you warm on long revolutionary nights 🖖🏻
Made from a discarded quilt and cotton thread. Guaranteed to keep you warm on long revolutionary nights 🖖🏻
January 31, 2026 at 6:00 PM
Ice Melt Bog Jacket 🧊🔥🧥
Made from a discarded quilt and cotton thread. Guaranteed to keep you warm on long revolutionary nights 🖖🏻
Made from a discarded quilt and cotton thread. Guaranteed to keep you warm on long revolutionary nights 🖖🏻
Reached row 92 before the weather got the best of me this weekend!
It's moving at a brisk pace of 5 rows per hour. The fabric is beautiful, and I can't wait to see how it drapes when finished.
It's moving at a brisk pace of 5 rows per hour. The fabric is beautiful, and I can't wait to see how it drapes when finished.
January 26, 2026 at 8:55 PM
Reached row 92 before the weather got the best of me this weekend!
It's moving at a brisk pace of 5 rows per hour. The fabric is beautiful, and I can't wait to see how it drapes when finished.
It's moving at a brisk pace of 5 rows per hour. The fabric is beautiful, and I can't wait to see how it drapes when finished.
Putting the work to bed for the night with 62 rows complete 🧶
I'm making slow and steady progress, and it's starting to look much more like a butterfly wing. I have to take lots of brain breaks though. Each row is divided across three pages and the stitch count in each spot also changes each row 🫠🙃
I'm making slow and steady progress, and it's starting to look much more like a butterfly wing. I have to take lots of brain breaks though. Each row is divided across three pages and the stitch count in each spot also changes each row 🫠🙃
January 13, 2026 at 7:06 AM
Putting the work to bed for the night with 62 rows complete 🧶
I'm making slow and steady progress, and it's starting to look much more like a butterfly wing. I have to take lots of brain breaks though. Each row is divided across three pages and the stitch count in each spot also changes each row 🫠🙃
I'm making slow and steady progress, and it's starting to look much more like a butterfly wing. I have to take lots of brain breaks though. Each row is divided across three pages and the stitch count in each spot also changes each row 🫠🙃
In bed with the flu today, watching lectures and crocheting a sweater for my oldest 🤒🫖🧶
This crochet pattern is The Monarch Butterfly by Byabimi on Ravelry. I can't recommend it in good faith (unless you have some serious technical chops).
I'm about 50 rows in, working three colors at a time 🖖🏻
This crochet pattern is The Monarch Butterfly by Byabimi on Ravelry. I can't recommend it in good faith (unless you have some serious technical chops).
I'm about 50 rows in, working three colors at a time 🖖🏻
January 7, 2026 at 5:37 AM
In bed with the flu today, watching lectures and crocheting a sweater for my oldest 🤒🫖🧶
This crochet pattern is The Monarch Butterfly by Byabimi on Ravelry. I can't recommend it in good faith (unless you have some serious technical chops).
I'm about 50 rows in, working three colors at a time 🖖🏻
This crochet pattern is The Monarch Butterfly by Byabimi on Ravelry. I can't recommend it in good faith (unless you have some serious technical chops).
I'm about 50 rows in, working three colors at a time 🖖🏻
I got to see the magic of NYC today ✨️ The levels of passion and talent in this community are endlessly inspirational.
December 15, 2025 at 6:09 AM
I got to see the magic of NYC today ✨️ The levels of passion and talent in this community are endlessly inspirational.
The view from my room this morning 😍
December 14, 2025 at 5:03 PM
The view from my room this morning 😍
Baby's first visit to NYC 🖖🏻
December 13, 2025 at 10:21 AM
Baby's first visit to NYC 🖖🏻
Celebrating the end of finals week by staying up WAY too late doing sweater math.
The yarn is Inka from Mirasol - a viscose/alpaca blend - worked at a gauge of 4sts/inch. It's incredible.
Making the pattern as I go, loosely based on one of Jane Kaczmarek's tops from Malcom in the Middle!
The yarn is Inka from Mirasol - a viscose/alpaca blend - worked at a gauge of 4sts/inch. It's incredible.
Making the pattern as I go, loosely based on one of Jane Kaczmarek's tops from Malcom in the Middle!
December 10, 2025 at 9:54 AM
Celebrating the end of finals week by staying up WAY too late doing sweater math.
The yarn is Inka from Mirasol - a viscose/alpaca blend - worked at a gauge of 4sts/inch. It's incredible.
Making the pattern as I go, loosely based on one of Jane Kaczmarek's tops from Malcom in the Middle!
The yarn is Inka from Mirasol - a viscose/alpaca blend - worked at a gauge of 4sts/inch. It's incredible.
Making the pattern as I go, loosely based on one of Jane Kaczmarek's tops from Malcom in the Middle!
One semester left 🙌🏻
December 5, 2025 at 4:12 AM
One semester left 🙌🏻
Accidentally matched my project to tonight's family movie selection.
Guess what we watched 😂
Guess what we watched 😂
November 20, 2025 at 4:37 AM
Accidentally matched my project to tonight's family movie selection.
Guess what we watched 😂
Guess what we watched 😂
Y'all cross all your fingers for me please 🙏🏻😭📚
November 18, 2025 at 4:22 AM
Y'all cross all your fingers for me please 🙏🏻😭📚
Year 3 of Roundtop folk festival is in the books! I'm so happy that this 7ft snowflake could spread out, get some love, and inspire my community to get creative.
November 9, 2025 at 12:10 AM
Year 3 of Roundtop folk festival is in the books! I'm so happy that this 7ft snowflake could spread out, get some love, and inspire my community to get creative.
Really proud of my city today after seeing such a massive demonstration of solidarity.
My family and I made crochet crowns to mark the moment, sharing more than 20 in the hour we were present. It was an honor and a privilege to carry on the tradition of subversive stitching!
My family and I made crochet crowns to mark the moment, sharing more than 20 in the hour we were present. It was an honor and a privilege to carry on the tradition of subversive stitching!
October 19, 2025 at 12:37 AM
Really proud of my city today after seeing such a massive demonstration of solidarity.
My family and I made crochet crowns to mark the moment, sharing more than 20 in the hour we were present. It was an honor and a privilege to carry on the tradition of subversive stitching!
My family and I made crochet crowns to mark the moment, sharing more than 20 in the hour we were present. It was an honor and a privilege to carry on the tradition of subversive stitching!
It's finals week for the most difficult term of my Master's program (so far), which means prepping my study space for virtual proctored exams.
Time to say goodbye to this board doodle from the kid 😢
Time to say goodbye to this board doodle from the kid 😢
October 8, 2025 at 6:09 PM
It's finals week for the most difficult term of my Master's program (so far), which means prepping my study space for virtual proctored exams.
Time to say goodbye to this board doodle from the kid 😢
Time to say goodbye to this board doodle from the kid 😢
Closing up shop for the night, thankful for the artistic spirit of my community ~
October 2, 2025 at 2:38 AM
Closing up shop for the night, thankful for the artistic spirit of my community ~
I need 364 more days in this city.
May 27, 2025 at 11:51 AM
I need 364 more days in this city.
One more year to go 🎓📚
May 6, 2025 at 2:54 AM
One more year to go 🎓📚
Three new works on display with @alwca.bsky.social at Lowe Mill Arts and Entertainment 🖖🏻
May 1, 2025 at 9:36 PM
Three new works on display with @alwca.bsky.social at Lowe Mill Arts and Entertainment 🖖🏻
Today, during a hike, my friend and I were talking about Fire Pink, an endangered native plant.
Five minutes later, we stumbled across a healthy population on the trail.
Five minutes later, we stumbled across a healthy population on the trail.
April 28, 2025 at 1:26 AM
Today, during a hike, my friend and I were talking about Fire Pink, an endangered native plant.
Five minutes later, we stumbled across a healthy population on the trail.
Five minutes later, we stumbled across a healthy population on the trail.
Closed two (very different) exhibitions tonight. I'm exhausted but thankful to be part of a community that celebrates creative expression in all of its forms.
April 27, 2025 at 2:24 AM
Closed two (very different) exhibitions tonight. I'm exhausted but thankful to be part of a community that celebrates creative expression in all of its forms.
I stopped in at the Legacy Institute in Montgomery over the weekend. It's a powerful place - visit if you can.
April 15, 2025 at 1:45 AM
I stopped in at the Legacy Institute in Montgomery over the weekend. It's a powerful place - visit if you can.