Knien

I like sharing the I read here with sometimes a fibre arts question. I'm into , , and a bunch of other fiber crafts. The genres I'm into are varied but mostly or related. I make it a goal each year to read as diversly as possible, in as many ways as possible.

KnienKnien
2026-01-29

Trying to give advice on a sewing machine and feeling way to tempted to say: they're like printers they detect fear and important projects and will throw a fit just based on that

KnienKnien
2026-01-28

@thecrushedviolet Still not happy about supporting meta but it's better for my brain than reddit.

KnienKnien
2026-01-28

@thecrushedviolet redownloaded Instagram and set a timer of 5 minutes on the browser use for that and reddit. This (finally) stopped my reddit browsing (I do use my account so i can block certain subs). I follow real crafting people and buisnesses on Insta so it's not as inflamatory as reddit (which is mostly just opinions of people and more bots than you think).

KnienKnien
2026-01-28

@jackonskates My fundemental ideas have not changed since I was really young. It's more that the more I've learned, inside and outside of academia my opinons have become more informed. My favorite book as a kid had a futuristic sustainable society run by women.

KnienKnien
2026-01-28

Got myself a bunny bake pan that was to cute not to get but a bit expensive. Hopefully the delivery time is correct and I can use them to bake tomorrow! Also go dinosaur shaped decorations. Hyped to start

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2026-01-26
Text over an image of a forest with stars and a moon and people dancing. The text reads: 

β€œpretty shitty how baseline human activities like singing, dancing and making art got turned into skills instead of being seen as behaviors

so now it's like 'the point of doing them is to get good at them' and not 'this is a thing humans do, the way birds sing and bees make hives.”
KnienKnien
2026-01-25

@MsHearthWitch The fact that it scraped the internet for art work of real people who did not give consent will never stop bothering me.

KnienKnien
2026-01-24

Anyone read anything fun that could qualify as low stakes/urban fantasy? I've recently finished White Trash Warlock, Passing Strange and Black Water Sister. @bookstodon

KnienKnien
2026-01-24

@bomkatt @inarticulatequilter That's true! I'm also enjoying my circles of younger radical crafters πŸ’ͺ

KnienKnien
2026-01-23

@inarticulatequilter Not a tech person and was also picturing a printing sewing machine. Beside not giving money to a transphobe, I cant see who this would appeal to? HP is quite millenial coded and even if you're a clueless fan why would you want a branded sewing machine?

KnienKnien
2026-01-23

@heinragas @Frieke72 @kbnationalebibliotheek Dat is waar natuurlijk. Maar veel mensen vinden e-ink fijn lezen en weten niet dat er e-ink tablets bestaan, dus dat wilde ik graag delen. Ik heb ook heel veel boeken 'gewoon' op mijn telefoon gelezen voor ik ereaders had.

KnienKnien
2026-01-23

@Frieke72 @heinragas @kbnationalebibliotheek Het is wel duur maar met een e-ink tablet kun je de app direct op je ereader zetten. Het moet ook kunnen via een Pocket ereader en Dropbox maar dat heb ik zelf nog niet geprobeerd.

KnienKnien
2026-01-22

Went through my fabrics today to see what fabrics I have and to organize them better. It's moslty leftovers and scraps, which is a good sign for my buying habbits. After a few more scrap projects can invest in some blouse/button up fabrics or maybe a woven for a dress.

KnienKnien
2026-01-21

@MsHearthWitch I got my local book club to send each other postcards and a handmade bookmark round robin style , which was a huge succes! (You'd need some kind of communty to do that though)

KnienKnien
2026-01-21

@justmichelle I can knit lace and the chart still looks like some kind of alien language :blobaww:

KnienKnien
2026-01-21

I've started a knitting project on straight needles. I learned on them and almost quit knitting altogether before finding circular needles. But this try is going well and it keeps my intrest, though I fear I might run out of yarn 😬

KnienKnien
2026-01-21

@bearnecessities This is why Real Knitters get public transport. It takes way longer and leaves your hands free 😎 (Kidding of course πŸ˜‚ )

KnienKnien
2026-01-21

Had my first music lesson since graduating high school. Learnig the marimba was intense but also a lot of fun learning a new (and old) skill with a teacher.

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It is #WIPWednesday once again, on account of it being Wednesday again. That does keep happening.

youtube.com/watch?v=KNRfEpwmV94

#weaving #craft #handmade #yarn

KnienKnien
2026-01-20

A week ago I had the most or thing happen to me: I couldn't leave town because the road was blocked by beets πŸ˜‚

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