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If you’re in range of Easthampton, MA, I’ll be a vendor at the winter market organized by Yet Another Queer Pop Up Market!

Swing by on Saturday and we can chat about the souls of mermaids!

Or you can just browse from the 70+ small vendors who will be there from 12-6pm at Eastworks!

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SHOP 70+ BIPOC & 2SLGBTQIA + VENDORS! Winter MARKET SATURDAY, DEC. 13 12P- 6P YET ANOTHER QUEER POP-UP MARKET WESTERN MA 50 ARROW GALLERY EASTWORKS 116 PLEASANT ST. EASTHAMPTON, MA YET ANOTHER QUEER POP-UP MARKET WESTERN MA HYPHAE MUTUAL AID: FOCUS TRANSLATE GENDER HELP US SUPPORT A VITAL COMMUNITY ORGANIZATION! WINTER MARKET SATURDAY, DEC. 13 •12P- 6P
December 12, 2025 at 1:32 AM
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Cat stitch markers: knitspinquilt.etsy.com/listing/4296...

Dog stitch markers: knitspinquilt.etsy.com/listing/4296...

Star stitch markers: knitspinquilt.etsy.com/listing/6008...

Ladybugs are out of stock.

How about some roses? knitspinquilt.etsy.com/listing/4346...
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December 8, 2025 at 4:23 PM
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The 3rd Annual Winter Yet Another Queer Pop-Up Market is back in Easthampton on Saturday December 13

It features 70+ artists and creative makers, food vendors, and community partners!

Saturday, December 13
12 PM - 6 PM
116 Pleasant Street, Easthampton MA (RMV Entrance)

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A set of nine zipped flat rectangular pencil cases in assorted prints, arrayed in a fan shape. Six pairs of earrings made from silver tone charms, affixed to business cards and arranged in two rows of three each. SHOP 70+ BIPOC & 2SLGBTQIA + VENDORS! Winter MARKET SATURDAY, DEC. 13 12P- 6P YET ANOTHER QUBER POP-UP MARKET WESTERN MA 5C ARROW GALLERY Eastworks 116 PLEASANT ST. EASTHAMPTON, MA Four project bags in four sizes and four different fabric prints sit against a background of gridded cutting mats.
December 4, 2025 at 4:06 PM
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Few things more embarrassing than miscutting fabric such that I have to message a customer and admit I have to either substitute or refund their order.

Few things more heartening than a customer who asks which option I presented to them is easiest for ME and is cheerful and chill about it. #KSQShop
November 30, 2025 at 6:43 PM
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Save 20% (no coupon code needed) from small business Saturday through cyber Monday at knitspinquilt.etsy.com

Shop updated tonight, and I’ll be photographing a few things new each day, so check back on Sunday and Monday!

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Two by two square gridded image Upper left is the ksq logo, upper right is a picture of stitch markers hanging up displayed on black wire T stands Bottom left is project bags in black wire bins on a circular table Bottom rights is a rainbow gradient with the words “save 20% Saturday-Monday (no code needed)
November 28, 2025 at 10:36 PM
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Vending today at Eastworks for the Hyphae Community fundraiser market!

Here until 2pm.

Next market: December 13, also at Eastworks!

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Close up on the KnitSpinQuilt table with T shaped metal racks of stitch markers and a circular earring display. Close up on the KnitSpinQuilt table showing bins of project bags and small zipped pencil cases laid out flat. HANDMADE ITEMS FROM 20+ BIPOC & 2SLGBTQIA+ MAKERS POP-UP market NOV. 23 | 10A-2P HYPHAE Makers Market & Skills Studio 5C ARROW GALLERY YET ANOTHER QUEER POP-UP MARKET WESTERN MA EASTWORKS 116 PLEASANT ST. EASTHAMPTON SPECIAL THANKS TO BOMBYX CENTER FOR ARTS & EQUITY MUTUAL AID LET'S HELP PREVENT HUNGER IN WESTERN MASS FOOD BANK OF WESTERN MASSACHUSETTS TOGETHER, WE END HUNGER LEARN MORE ABOUT HOW TO GIVE OR GET HELP: WWW.FOODBANKWMA.ORG
November 23, 2025 at 5:15 PM
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Today’s pop up market, at Eastworks, is organized by the Yet Another Queer Pop Up Market organizers as a fundraiser for Hyphae, a makers market and skills studio that’s being started here at Eastworks!

We’re here 10-2 today and I’ll be here 10-2 on the 23rd as well!

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An array of stitch markers and earrings and dice bags on a table with a grey tablecloth. An array of project bags, dice bags, zipped pencil cases, and DPN cases laid out in black wire bins on a table with a grey tablecloth An array of project bags in black wire bins on a table with a grey tablecloth. Four of the bags are stuffed and displayed to demonstrate the different sizes of the bags. HANDMADE ITEMS FROM 30+ BIPOC & 2SLGBTQIA+ MAKERS POP-UP markets NOV. 16 | 10A-2P NOV. 23 | 10A-2P HYPHAE Makers Market & Skills Studio YET ANOTHER QUBER POP-UP MARKET WESTERN MA 50 ARROW GALLERY EASTWORKS 116 PLEASANT ST. EASTHAMPTON SPECIAL THANKS TO BOMBYX
November 16, 2025 at 4:43 PM
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Trunk show setup at Knitty City in NYC, 12-6pm today!

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I’m having such a good (and busy) time here that I’ve only managed to post now!

Knitty City has built such a wonderful community of yarn crafters, and just re-yarnbombed the tree out front!
A rectangular table with an orange tablecloth, covered in stitch markers on display trees, zipped pencil cases, and bins of project bags. A circular table covered in an orange tablecloth in which are arranged bins of project bags and metal circular tins of DPN cases.
November 8, 2025 at 8:29 PM
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Hello, NYC, I am in you!

I will be at Knitty City tomorrow, Saturday the 8th, from 12-6pm. I’m so delighted to be doing a trunk show!!

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Knitty City is one of my favorite yarn stores anywhere—an amazing variety of yarns 🧶, and a helpful and knowledgeable staff!
Two by two grid of images. Top left is the Knitty city logo, top right a photo of four project bags in sushi animal prints. Bottom left is a picture of a DPN case with snaps, bottom right the KnitSpinQuilt logo.
November 7, 2025 at 8:18 PM
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Excited to announce I’ll be doing a trunk show (aka a one-day in-store pop up market) at Knitty City on Saturday, November 8, from 12-6pm

Will you be in NYC? Stop by to say hello!!

Find info about the store here: knittycitynyc.com

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Two by two grid of images Top left, the KnitSpinQuilt logo, top right an array of four sets of stitch markers. Bottom left a stack of project bags showing an array of fabrics ; bottom right the Knitty City logo.
November 3, 2025 at 4:58 PM
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Good news: my bags are at Annie&Company, all ready for you to shop the crawl F-Sun!

Bad news: I’m having a nasty fatigue flare/crash, so I won’t be able to come see your smiling faces in person.

Can’t wait to follow the crawl hashtag this weekend to see how much fun you all have!!

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SEPT 26-28 Save the date! NYCYARN CRAWL @nycyarncrawl I'll be home in MA (I'm not feeling well) but my bags are at Annie's! Can't wait to see your posts!
September 25, 2025 at 10:03 PM
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Just packed up a 23lb box of bags to send to Annie & Company (upper east side, NYC) for a mail in trunk show this weekend for the NYC yarn crawl.

I was hoping to attend the crawl myself and see people in NYC too, but my health had other ideas, so I’m staying home. #KSQShop
September 23, 2025 at 9:25 PM
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More sweater bags in the shop, and sea-creature stitch markers to pair with the manatee bag!

(The manatee fabric has been discontinued and this is the last sweater-size/XL bag in this print that I have in stock!)

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A large drawstring bag with a black top sitting on a gridded cutting mat. The main fabric is a grey solid background on which are arrayed columns of colorful moths and butterflies. A large drawstring bag with a black top sitting on a gridded cutting mat. The body fabric is a chalkboard green color and features women of several different skin tones on ladders, apparently doing complex math among rockets and moons. A large drawstring bag with a teal top sitting on a gridded cutting mat. The main body fabric has a nearly grey background on which swim light teal manatees and floating coral sea stars. A set of five silver tone stitch markers on round lever back earring clasps. The charms are a crab, a dolphin, a turtle, a fish, and a snail shell.
August 23, 2025 at 6:00 PM
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I make project bags for knitters and crocheters (and cross stitchers and spinners and etc) and stitch markers for yarn crafters.

(The origami cat print bag is a one of a kind: that fabric won’t be back in the shop for a long time: if you like it, grab it now!)

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A drawstring bag with a solid back top and black ribbon ties, sitting upright on a gridded cutting mat. The main body of the bag is a grey fabric ornamented with geometric origami style cats in a variety of colors. Six silver tone stitch markers on round lever back earring “hooks” — all six charms are different styles of cats. A zippered box bag lying on its side on a gridded cutting mat. The main fabric is a light pink with a variety of line art cats, where the cats are the rice for various kinds of sashimi A zippered box bag lying on its side on a gridded cutting mat. The fabric is a pale tan, and is decorated with line art cats in coffee cups, a different kind of cat for each kind of coffee drink.
August 21, 2025 at 11:28 PM
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One of a kind (OOAK) sweater size project bags are updated!

How big are these bags? BIG.

The final photo shows the ELEVEN (4oz/113g) skeins of yarn you can fit into one of these bags, and still have space for another skein with needles or hook and project!

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A large drawstring bag sitting upright on a gridded cutting mat. The top is solid green and the main fabric features colorful owls. A large drawstring bag sitting upright on a gridded cutting mat. The top is black and the main fabric features a burgundy background against which is white text in all capital letters reading “coffee, work, wine, repeat” A large drawstring bag sitting upright on a gridded cutting mat. The top is grey and the main fabric features a stained-glass-esque pattern of irises. A large drawstring bag tipped over onto its side on a gridded cutting mat. Spilling out of it are eleven wound cakes of yarn, which all fit inside the bag when it is in use.
August 21, 2025 at 12:24 PM
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The dragon bag has sold, but the other OOAK bags are waiting for you!

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One of a kind (OOAK) bags are prints that are leaving the shop — bags whose fabrics aren’t coming back for one reason or another.

If you’ve got your eye on any of these fabrics, snap them up now before they’re gone! Search “OOAK” in the shop to find them all!

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A white drawstring bag with a teal top. The white fabric has a print of teal-blue cartoon spouting whales on it. A box bag standing on end. The fabric is a white background with tessellated geckos on it in orange, green, and grey. The bag’s handle is orange. A drawstring bag with a teal top. The main print is a navy background with origami dragons on it in shades of red, teal, and grey. A box bag standing on end. The white fabric is illustrated with grey construction equipment and colorful dinosaurs.
August 17, 2025 at 7:48 PM
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One of a kind (OOAK) bags are prints that are leaving the shop — bags whose fabrics aren’t coming back for one reason or another.

If you’ve got your eye on any of these fabrics, snap them up now before they’re gone! Search “OOAK” in the shop to find them all!

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A white drawstring bag with a teal top. The white fabric has a print of teal-blue cartoon spouting whales on it. A box bag standing on end. The fabric is a white background with tessellated geckos on it in orange, green, and grey. The bag’s handle is orange. A drawstring bag with a teal top. The main print is a navy background with origami dragons on it in shades of red, teal, and grey. A box bag standing on end. The white fabric is illustrated with grey construction equipment and colorful dinosaurs.
August 16, 2025 at 4:20 PM
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If you like this knitting 🧶 project bag, you can get it here, along with matching yarn! Pre-orders are only open for one more week, until August 20th, and quantities are limited. Kits will ship on October 1st.

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August 13, 2025 at 4:15 PM
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Luckily I’d also ordered a backup choice that Karin really liked and when I sewed it up into a project bag, I knew we had a winner!

Have you ever had this kind of unexpected discovery while in the process of making or designing something?

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A white quilting cotton laid flat on a table and scrunched up into a swirl at the center. The pattern printed on it is black cats and bats. A drawstring fabric bag in a deep purple spooky mushroom print with a solid black top and black and white striped drawstring ribbons. The lining is the scattered cats and bats fabric from this same post. The boldness of the cats and bats on the lining balances the strong character of the exterior mushroom print.
August 13, 2025 at 4:15 PM
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But when it arrived and I sewed it up? It was a bit lackluster. Just not the right oomph to balance out the spooky mushrooms’ bold print.

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A drawstring fabric bag in a deep purple spooky mushroom print with a solid black top and black and white striped drawstring ribbons. The lining is the scattered small dot fabric from the previous post. It looks out of place in this context.
August 13, 2025 at 4:15 PM
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But for the Halloween collaboration kit, Karin from the Periwinkle Sheep and I decided we wanted to do something a bit special for the linings.

We looked at and discarded so very many different fabrics, until I was sure I had found just the right one: a Halloween colored scattered dot.

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A white cotton quilting fabric with a speckled dot pattern. The dots are the size of pin heads and are in black grey and orange.
August 13, 2025 at 4:15 PM
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Today I’m talking about choosing project bag linings!

You may have noticed that the overwhelming majority of my bags have solid white linings.

This is to make it easier to find things inside your bags when digging around, and to make my workflow just a smidge more streamlined.

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A white piece of quilting cotton scrunched up into a swirl in the center.
August 13, 2025 at 4:15 PM
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Share with someone who you think would find these prints funny or wonderful?

All bags featured in these posts will fund a 10% donation to a local (to me) mutual aid group that’s helping relocate trans folks in unsafe places up to W Mass. #KSQShop
August 12, 2025 at 6:36 PM
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The pink houndstooth is actually tiny uteruses; the “tartan” is illustrated birth control methods, one per square. The squeal of glee I heard at my last market when a midwife found these prints was AMAZING.

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Two drawstring bags side by side. One features a small houndstooth print that is actually tessellated uteruses. The other looks like a tartan or plaid from a distance but each square contains a drawing of a different kind of birth control. A drawstring bag standing on its boxed base. It features a small houndstooth print that is actually tessellated uteruses. A drawstring knitting project bag standing on its boxed cornered base. The pink printed fabric looks like a tartan or plaid from a distance but each square contains a drawing of a different kind of birth control.
August 12, 2025 at 6:36 PM
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Sock bags (medium drawstring bags) are updated in the Etsy shop!

I had hoped these particular prints (first offered in 2016) would be out of fashion by now but … well, Current Events do keep happening, so I pulled these bags out of retirement.

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Two drawstring project bags for knitting 🧶 or crochet One is white with rainbow text reading “resist” in a variety of fonts. One is a grey print with light grey outlines of upraised fists. Both bags have black tops.
August 12, 2025 at 6:36 PM