Katt Hawthorne (She/Her)

I spent my childhood being hissed into silence by the (alleged) adult caregiver in my life any time we were in a waiting room, lest I annoy the other people in the room. I was told it was rude to talk at normal volume. Just sit quietly and wait, you should have brought a book.

So wtf is it with people in her age group having full-volume conversations with each other, taking phone calls - again at full volume - and listening to audio on their devices in waiting rooms? Did the rest of her generation miss the memo, or is this some "children are better seen than heard" BS?

Like, I don't wanna hear your daily affirmation from your Magical Sky Daddy, Gladys.

Today is #PolymerClay day, and I have an assistant. #BlackCatsOfBluesky

Yes hello I have no idea how the week's theme for #ShowMeYourKnits is announced, but here's a tiny beginning for #WIPWednesday.

15 Sept

#D&D last night was *insane*. A planned heist went tits up before the party even set foot inside the door. Wouldn'ta had it any other way ^_^

14 Sept

Due to health concerns, we have had to train all of our cats on bowls that read their RFID chips. The Voids, whom we adopted at the same time (but are from different litters), are currently trying to repeat their accustomed dance of trading food bowls partway through grazing. This is not working.

14 Sept

They are pErPlExEd. Sorry, babies. You each have plenty of food, but one of your food is likely poisoning the other, so you can't share bowls anymore. You'll have to settle for bitchslapping each other and tear assing around the house like normal siblings.

31 Aug

Salmonella is no joke.

20 Aug

Signs I'm getting an adequate amount of protein. #BariatricPatient #mooncat

11 Aug

Waist tape stitched onto a corset commission. #satisfying #SewistForHire #CustomCorset

22 July

Poor little Vanta is Very Done™️ with being at the vet. (We're home now, and she's hiding somewhere comfy until she feels better.)

22 July

Whiiiiich is apparently out in the open where her brother can bother her XD

16 July

Find the cat

6 July

Enough with the fucking fireworks already.

15 June

Hot take: If your yarn/belt/other textile is vegan, that means it's made out of plastic. Polyester is a type of plastic. Check your clothing labels, you will be surprised how ubiquitous it is. [1/3]

15 June

Every piece of plastic you wear and/or wash is constantly shedding microplastics, which in turn cause a MUCH greater problem for the animals you care about than periodic shearing. ...periodic shearing that actually benefits the animals in question, mind you. [2/3]

15 June

Not tryina tell you how to live your life. But if you're going to make choices, I wish to support your ability to make INFORMED choices. [3/3]

21 May

Blocked, off the mats, finished, folded, and stowed away. This pattern was a nightmare. #KnitSky #FiberArts #knitting

19 May

15 May

My #knitting help today. #KnitSky #BlackCats #MissVantablack

14 May

Helium balloons are such a weird, archaic thing to me. Sure, let's use a limited and rapidly running out resource to temporarily inflate an object humans are known to be irresponsible with in terms of ecosystem protection. Sounds fun and worthwhile.

14 May

Pride Month is coming. Anybody need a brick? And anyway, if you're going to engage with rainbow capitalism, it might as well be with an Actual Gay™️. #PrideMonth #RainbowCapitalism #BlueskyWhyDoYourHashtagsWorkLikeTheyDo

14 May

Sorry, no buy link atm because Etsy is a tire fire, but you can DM me if you need a brick.

12 May

Off to get yet another colposcopy. Hooray -_-

13 May

About ready to be done having a cervix, tbh.

5 May

Obligatory civic duty photo. If you're in the US and today is a voting day for you, please vote if you can. #IVoted #DontLetTheBastardsGrindYouDown

@kitchenerwitch.bsky.social

5 May

Some stuff I made today. #gay

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joe is afraid

@crimson2877.bsky.social

30 Apr

learning about fabric and weaving is so interesting, particularly in regards to denim. denim is like, very mythologized (at least in america), where like it's best if you get it raw (unwashed so it fades in the cowboy way i guess) and you should wash it infrequently and yadda yadda, but

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Kitchener Witch

25 Apr

#knittinghottake While I don't think pattern designers are necessary anymore in most cases, if you give a bad rating because of a skill issue, we have a problem. Patterns are not educational. If the pattern calls for a twisted German cast on, it doesn't have to explain how to do it.

23 Apr

I have been shopping for components to make fine jewelry day collars, and now all of my site algorithms are ✨interesting✨ 🖤

23 Apr

To any riggers/rope bunnies out there: Would you see these charms in the context of day collars and think: A.) This is relevant to my interests B.) yee-haw C.) Colonel Mustard in the Library... www.etsy.com/listing/1472... #bdsm #InputNeeded #rigging #RopeBunny

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@fromthefeywild.bsky.social

21 Apr

<happy chittering noises> #goth #knitting

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From the Feywild

18 Apr

I made a TikTok account today! Which I will probably never use! But if you found me over there and that's how you found me here, hi, it's the same person, and I am terribad at social media. I'm better at making shinies.

15 Apr

Today is the day of new glasses.

14 Apr

Getting ready for an event this Saturday, held by Central Indiana Pagan Pride. New stitch markers, earrings, and necklaces will be on offer ^_^

14 Apr

Elements of this evening have been emotionally difficult. To add insult to injury, our AC is still broken.

13 Apr

Me when I'm knitting: "Man, I love that I chose to pursue knitting professionally." Me when I'm blocking: <regrets life choices> So anyway, this is on my blocking mats overnight.

9 Apr

A client just picked up this gift set they commissioned to enter into a raffle. I'm super happy with how these pretties turned out ^_^

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S.J.💙🩵💙🦋🦓

@glimmers2.bsky.social

28 Mar

@womanwalkingawire.bsky.social has offered a fabulous- and free!-crocet pattern for resistors who crochet pdf-inline.ravelrycache.com/womanwalking...

23 Mar

Sunday ❤️ With the best co-baker in the world.

21 Mar

For today's horror show, I give you: Some small business owner's idea for labeling yarn. AKA, packing tape, *directly on the single ply*. Why would anyone treat yarn this way. Get a goddamn rubber band. Or - here's a thought - THE YARN IS MADE OF STRING.

Recent customs, sent off to their homes ❤️

Recent custom stitch markers and planchette necklaces!

Pattern author: Add 1 st per Front so you'll have added a total of 26 new st by the time you reach the end of Chart A Also pattern author: Doesn't note this anywhere in the chart Me: Spends many hours and lots of RSI* finishing Chart A and only JUST notices this omission * Repeated Stress Injury

Get people to test your patterns before you publish, kids. Especially before you SELL THEM FOR ACTUAL MONEY.

Didn't realize that buying expensive carbon fiber knitting needles would mean protecting my fingertips from carbon fiber shards as I'm working, but here we are, I guess. Thanks, KnitPro?