🧡San Francisco📌 Currently into knitting & fibre arts, public transportation, urban cycling, urbanism, food + cooking/baking, reading, movies, music, plants, mixology. Reading: Season of the Witch by David Talbothttps://bsky.app/profile/epicureanraccoon.bsky.socialhttps://bsky.app/profile/epicureanraccoon.bsky.social/post/3lmqhqgixmk2gI hate how weak willed I am. I went to this weaving shop to pick up my goodie bag for this workshop I had to miss because I was sick. Why did I leave with a skein because it caught my eye 🙈 🧶 #knitsky #knitting #knit14 Apr 2025 02:01 +0000at://did:plc:usselugbjopukmt2ntryes3t/app.bsky.feed.post/3lmqhqgixmk2ghttps://bsky.app/profile/epicureanraccoon.bsky.social/post/3lmjdi6anwk2sStarted The Comfort Crisis: Embrace Discomfort to Reclaim Your Wild, Happy, Healthy Self by Michael Easter. #booksky 📚11 Apr 2025 05:56 +0000at://did:plc:usselugbjopukmt2ntryes3t/app.bsky.feed.post/3lmjdi6anwk2shttps://bsky.app/profile/epicureanraccoon.bsky.social/post/3lmdljgl7fs23Back from my trip that I did not want to leave. But means I can order yarn for my next project! 🧶 #knitsky #knitting08 Apr 2025 23:04 +0000at://did:plc:usselugbjopukmt2ntryes3t/app.bsky.feed.post/3lmdljgl7fs23https://bsky.app/profile/epicureanraccoon.bsky.social/post/3lljq44ohq22uFlu derailed all my plans of the last week 🙂. -15/10, do not recommend to anyone.29 Mar 2025 16:16 +0000at://did:plc:usselugbjopukmt2ntryes3t/app.bsky.feed.post/3lljq44ohq22uhttps://bsky.app/profile/epicureanraccoon.bsky.social/post/3ll2z6u43bc25I have a few days to pick yarn for an airport project. Ooof the pressure is on. And I'm already shopping around for my next sweater. Thinking of doing a sequined lace sweater by James N Watts for pride. 🧶 #knitsky #knitting #knit https://www.ravelry.com/patterns/library/practical-sweater23 Mar 2025 19:49 +0000at://did:plc:usselugbjopukmt2ntryes3t/app.bsky.feed.post/3ll2z6u43bc25https://bsky.app/profile/epicureanraccoon.bsky.social/post/3lkvwvpulp22pDid an Icelandic bind off for the neck. Ignore the fact that I still didn't close the underarm. The body is a little long... Even with a tighter gauge. Idk if I should attempt surgery given it seems that's how the style is supposed to sit. 🧶 #knitsky #knitting #knit21 Mar 2025 19:25 +0000at://did:plc:usselugbjopukmt2ntryes3t/app.bsky.feed.post/3lkvwvpulp22phttps://bsky.app/profile/epicureanraccoon.bsky.social/post/3lktqws7r7k2sI got to leave work early so I finished the yoke! I have to do my neck short rows, a neck band depending how I feel, underarm stitch cast off and remove the provisional yarn on my cast on. I feel like I'll look like a grade school teacher (and not mad). 🧶 #knitsky #knitting #knit20 Mar 2025 22:33 +0000at://did:plc:usselugbjopukmt2ntryes3t/app.bsky.feed.post/3lktqws7r7k2shttps://bsky.app/profile/epicureanraccoon.bsky.social/post/3lkpldbt2y22yAlready in the middle of the audiobook Sociopath: A Memoir by Patric Gagne, PhD. I'm so fascinated by psychology and it's even more interesting to get a firsthand account of someone sharing their thought process and experience. #booksky 📚19 Mar 2025 06:42 +0000at://did:plc:usselugbjopukmt2ntryes3t/app.bsky.feed.post/3lkpldbt2y22yhttps://bsky.app/profile/epicureanraccoon.bsky.social/post/3lkouvjbkyc2bFirst time having to manage 3 yarns in one row. I think I'm getting the hang of it. I cannot imagine 4 or 5 or 6! 🧶 #knitsky #knitting #knit19 Mar 2025 00:00 +0000at://did:plc:usselugbjopukmt2ntryes3t/app.bsky.feed.post/3lkouvjbkyc2bhttps://bsky.app/profile/epicureanraccoon.bsky.social/post/3lko22g3w5c2xAdd to the list of spineless, opportunistic businesses to stop supporting. We called it a very long time ago about their conditional support. They want your dollars but could not care less if your rights and livelihood are at stake. #pride 🏳️‍🌈 #SanFrancisco #SF https://www.them.us/story/san-francisco-pride-loses-dollar300000-after-sponsors-drop-out-the-tone-has-changed-in-this-country?client_service_name=them.&client_service_id=31178&service_user_id=1.78e+16&supported_service_name=instagram_publishing&utm_medium=social&utm_social_type=owned&utm_brand=them&utm_source=instagram&utm_content=instagram-bio-link&fbclid=PAY2xjawJGd0VleHRuA2FlbQIxMAABpkJFKOtYSM9UTchnsgBMg1MqQ0k8laUYsHrxxsusbAE-iS-gLDEkD_0wIw_aem_abz_1_Nhl1TGQ9qRPHOaVw18 Mar 2025 16:00 +0000at://did:plc:usselugbjopukmt2ntryes3t/app.bsky.feed.post/3lko22g3w5c2xhttps://bsky.app/profile/epicureanraccoon.bsky.social/post/3lklzxw3jbc2jHere's a progress pic of my #TerraSweater (Annika Konttaniemi) from Icelandic Knits. Currently 5 rows into the yoke. And I still have to do a three needle bind off for the underarm stitches. 🧶 #knitsky #knitting #knit17 Mar 2025 20:53 +0000at://did:plc:usselugbjopukmt2ntryes3t/app.bsky.feed.post/3lklzxw3jbc2jhttps://bsky.app/profile/epicureanraccoon.bsky.social/post/3lklmua4dd22lI finally got to the yoke colorwork of my sweater. Do y'all ever do a jogless technique for a circular yoke sweater or do you just go round to round? 🧶 #knitsky #knitting #knit17 Mar 2025 16:59 +0000at://did:plc:usselugbjopukmt2ntryes3t/app.bsky.feed.post/3lklmua4dd22lhttps://bsky.app/profile/epicureanraccoon.bsky.social/post/3lkk6f5mf422yI had to share; I won the most intense game of yarn chicken and won! 🧶 #knitsky #knitting #knit17 Mar 2025 03:07 +0000at://did:plc:usselugbjopukmt2ntryes3t/app.bsky.feed.post/3lkk6f5mf422yhttps://bsky.app/profile/epicureanraccoon.bsky.social/post/3lkgx6cbods2pI know that oftentimes we really are at the whims of income coming in to sustain ourselves. But I'd love these administrators in writing or on camera explaining what the problem is. I'd want them to come into my classroom and take it down because I'd refuse unless they provide reasoning. [contains quote post or other embedded content]15 Mar 2025 20:20 +0000at://did:plc:usselugbjopukmt2ntryes3t/app.bsky.feed.post/3lkgx6cbods2phttps://bsky.app/profile/epicureanraccoon.bsky.social/post/3lkguf2nvys2pI'm finding it so delightful to run into hay that likely fed the sheep in my léttlopi yarn. It makes me feel like I have a closer connection than I do to the sheep. 🧶 #knitsky #knitting #knit15 Mar 2025 19:30 +0000at://did:plc:usselugbjopukmt2ntryes3t/app.bsky.feed.post/3lkguf2nvys2phttps://bsky.app/profile/epicureanraccoon.bsky.social/post/3lkbqk6zirk26I hope they lose every penny on this lawsuit. It's petulant and on the level of throwing a temper tantrum because things didn't go the way you wanted. [contains quote post or other embedded content]13 Mar 2025 18:38 +0000at://did:plc:usselugbjopukmt2ntryes3t/app.bsky.feed.post/3lkbqk6zirk26https://bsky.app/profile/epicureanraccoon.bsky.social/post/3lk7btp5okk2fBeen more social than usual recently so not much progress on my #TerraSweater. 🧶 #WIPWednesday #knitsky #knitting #knit12 Mar 2025 19:09 +0000at://did:plc:usselugbjopukmt2ntryes3t/app.bsky.feed.post/3lk7btp5okk2fhttps://bsky.app/profile/epicureanraccoon.bsky.social/post/3lk5lz3nlr22qI saw Hair (1979) for the first time this past weekend and fell in love with this performance & song. Although this song is meant to be interpersonal, I feel like this song explains how I feel about our current moment. #movies #musicals https://youtu.be/U45CzgrLE9s?si=FPTL0LLeFvaTO6hi12 Mar 2025 03:06 +0000at://did:plc:usselugbjopukmt2ntryes3t/app.bsky.feed.post/3lk5lz3nlr22qhttps://bsky.app/profile/epicureanraccoon.bsky.social/post/3ljtkdhmzcc24Body on hold and cast on the sleeves two at a time using a tubular cast on with a scrap yarn. Please clap for me. Haha. I'm enjoying how fast everything is knitting up on aran weight. 🧶 #knitsky #knitting #knit #TerraSweater #IcelandicKnits08 Mar 2025 03:09 +0000at://did:plc:usselugbjopukmt2ntryes3t/app.bsky.feed.post/3ljtkdhmzcc24https://bsky.app/profile/epicureanraccoon.bsky.social/post/3ljqv6huxfk25Almost done with the body of the #TerraSweater before it goes on hold to knit the sleeves. The construction of this lopapeysa is interesting because there are two sections of short rows for the back. Really curious how it'll sit on my body. 🧶 #knitsky #knitting #knit07 Mar 2025 01:46 +0000at://did:plc:usselugbjopukmt2ntryes3t/app.bsky.feed.post/3ljqv6huxfk25https://bsky.app/profile/epicureanraccoon.bsky.social/post/3ljkyrlose22uMaking quite fast progress on my lopapeysa-like sweater. I love the heather effect. With a stop work order, I have so much free time to knit 🙃. 🧶 #knitsky #knitting #knit #TerraSweater #lopi04 Mar 2025 17:34 +0000at://did:plc:usselugbjopukmt2ntryes3t/app.bsky.feed.post/3ljkyrlose22uhttps://bsky.app/profile/epicureanraccoon.bsky.social/post/3ljemd4nwsc2aI had my first ant infestation. One of my planters became their base next to my window. I just figured it out when I tried showering my plants; hundreds came out of the problem planter. I threw on random clothes and ran down the hallway to chuck that planter. I deserve a reward after that. Ugh.02 Mar 2025 04:35 +0000at://did:plc:usselugbjopukmt2ntryes3t/app.bsky.feed.post/3ljemd4nwsc2ahttps://bsky.app/profile/epicureanraccoon.bsky.social/post/3ljdvd6m3z22aThis is the longest set up for a cast on but I think it'll be worth it! 192sts tubular cast on with waste yarn. And learned my first lesson with lopi; do not pull too hard... 😬 🧶 #knitsky #knitting #knit01 Mar 2025 21:44 +0000at://did:plc:usselugbjopukmt2ntryes3t/app.bsky.feed.post/3ljdvd6m3z22a