Kat

I had knee surgery on 3 August and that’s the majority of my BlueSky for now, sorry

blaming Kai Havertz personally for everything, including my unreasonable delay in catching up on Bake-Off

when the fancy nail place asks if you want to keep your files you should always say yes

as if the sewing machine wasn’t enough, I just walked to Southside and back (~3 k) without my brace or crutches

latest good news from The Knee: it doesn’t mind a sewing machine pedal (yes the boning channels aren’t symmetrical, don’t @ me)

apparently anaesthesia messing with your hair is a real thing (and not my colleague’s conspiracy theory as I’d assumed). I definitely did not sign a disclaimer for that

can't believe @girlinthe.bsky.social and I missed out on giant postcards when we went to King's Lynn collections.sal.org.uk/pho.01.24.32

“first kill your fabric”

meanwhile Malka has decided that the ironing board has to stay in the living room forever

tried to prove that I can in fact knit socks but got photobombed by Penny #KnitSky

I’ve made probably 60+ pairs of socks in my life and never managed this before – knitted the heel flap, picked up gusset stitches and then … merrily started decreasing. notable omission of a heel turn, friends. paging #KnitSky for sympathy

the cricket!! (I’ve been sick so missed most of it except the really good bit)

don’t worry, this isn’t a complex hand sewing project with a deadline

picked a random episode of In Our Time to soothe me to sleep and of course one of the people on it has her portrait hanging on the wall behind my desk

I see it's been worth wfh today with the cricket on 🫠

meanwhile in cats who probably didn’t drag an entire bag of crochet-blanket-in-progress around the flat in the middle of the night

had very vivid (and stressful) dreams about travelling to Kyiv, St Petersburg and Prague. clearly just going to the office has not been enough

not *entirely* sure why iPlayer thinks I need to be introduced to In Our Time

I have been introduced to the possibility of spending £224 on a cheese advent calendar (4.2 kilos of cheese) and I am not entirely sure what to do with this information

where am I and what do I do here

someone deeply disagrees with my leaving the house

I promise I'm not sponsored by Gail's but the cheddar and kimchi croissant with a NA G&T is a perfect Sunday evening treat if you have to brace yourself for going to work (!!) tomorrow

walked all the way to Gail’s without my brace on and it was worth it 😻 (that’s a Too Good To Go bag for £7.49)

Penny especially loves snuggling when I wear my black hoodie

73 days later 💪

guardian of the latest crochet project

very good of them to wait until Bake-Off was over (assume that was the touchline discussion)

I am on a … train? 🤯

I don’t know what the hipster groceries situation is like in Uganda but mandazi with sriracha caramel syrup is 🔥🔥🔥

Meanwhile, Penny looking at me while I’m petting Malka 🥺

Malka is very concerned that I’m doing wall squats

apologies to the woman with the torn meniscus on the 44 bus who just got an enthusiastic lecture of all my knee surgery advice

out of all the Swahili signs we have for Uganda Independence Day at junior parkrun I deliberately picked the least appropriate one 🇺🇬

speaking of parkrun, I will be marshalling at Battersea for the foreseeable future so do say hi if you happen to run there

long time no waiting at a bus stop on a Saturday morning 💓