The Darling Square library is hosting a special event in April and May: Crafting wellness: exploring gut health through knitting. Huh. I’ve seen a lot of random fibre projects in my time – coral reefs, breast prostheses, neurons, bunting with knitted leaves on it – but never a knitted gut biome!
Tag: knitting
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Google are breaking my mittens
Sonofa. Twelve years ago I knitted a pair of “self-replicating mittens” with a QR code that pointed you to the pattern for the mittens, and I entered them in the Sydney Royal Easter Show. I was pretty proud of my cleverness. In the blog post where I talked about making the mittens, I said:
I wanted my code to be as simple as possible, so I needed to use a URL shortener to mask my intended address. I settled on using Google‘s, reasoning that it was likely to be around the longest. (Though who knows these days, right?)
You can guess what’s happened, right? Google URL Shortener links will no longer be available as of August this year.
Bastards are breaking my mittens. Perhaps I’ll have to add some embroidery. 😠
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Heart Warmer Cowl
I’m making progress on this cowl, getting through the lace and cable section tonight. I’m pretty sure I somehow inserted a row in the last repeat though, probably due to excitement watching the Shoresy Season 2 finale. I reckon I’ll leave it though…
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Open Source Knitting Machine
This is so freaking cool. Someone designed and 3D-printed a knitting machine! 🧶
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New skillz
Learned a new knitting trick today: the German twisted cast-on. Biggest challenge is that the long tail needs to be about twice as long as I normally estimate, so I had to do it twice. But I figured it out!
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Non-Cooperation Brick
A knitting pattern for when you really feel the urge to throw something against the wall, like when the supposed leader of the free world sides with dictators and fascists and insults a brave man fighting for his people’s freedom. 🤬 Oh, and it’s free. Bonus.
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Random links I enjoyed recently
- Meet the adorable mascots of the 2026 Winter Olympics – STOATS!
- “The closer [to] the railway station the less tasty the Kebab is” – A Study – SCIENCE! (tl;dr – hypothesis is disproven.)
- Chris Kluwe ‘figured’ he would get arrested for protesting MAGA — and he’d do it again (exclusive) – HELL YEAH. (Not gonna lie; I immediately looked up whether this guy is single. He’s not.)
- Knorts – LOL, Kat knitted shorts! Having flashbacks to that time I knitted a bikini. (It was Not Good, and I never did wear it.)
- Darlington Stitch Club – Ooh, a monthly sewing/knitting/crafting club within walking distance of my house! Considering it…
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Intarsia
Okay, this is getting fun now! I’m sure I’ll be cursing when it comes time to weave in all those ends though. 🧶
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Textile protest
Threads of Resistance: “Knitting and embroidery are laden with stereotypes of domestic femininity – and the subversive potential for protest.”
Wonderful essay by Gemma McKenzie showcasing ways textile art has been used as a tool of protest by women. I was especially blown away by the embroidered scrolls of Lorina Bulwer – WOW. The rage!