This year, we are joining #SeptTextileLove hosted by our friends at the @seam_collective. Every day this month, we will respond to one of the prompts to celebrate our love of #textiles! Want to join us this month? Find the prompts in our bio link! #SeptTextileLove25 #STL25Day1

Eggplant, meet Tromboncino. Yeah, a butternut about 21 inches long.

We still have one board opening available! We are looking specifically for support with IT, including website design and constituent relationship management (CRM) software support. Learn more and apply at our link in bio! #BoardMember #Volunteers #SupportCKC

A lot of y’all have an unrealistic idea of how long it can take a sick person to die.

The #CKCCollarAlong is coming to a close! If you haven't already, tag us with your creations. We will be celebrating the end of the collar-along at our September #VirtualCraftCircle with Julie Rosvall! Register on our membership page!

If you're looking for a gift for someone who's perhaps prone to anxiety or low mood then one of my Victorian ink bottle kits might be for you. The booklet in the kit describes how creative activity changes brain biochemistry to improve mental health. If you know me on here & have a spare few seconds a RT would help so much. Some of my kits have sold which is fantastic (thankyou so much) but perhaps due to the financial climate not as many as usual. I know it's cringey to ask for support but I'm trying to get back on my feet after being v unwell-RTing would put my shop in front of more eyes x🌿 etsy.com/uk/shop/silverpebbl…

I’ve been struggling to keep going due to severe PMDD, burnout, depression & anxiety in the past 6 weeks but have been trying to hold on to small good things. These are hand-carved Victorian & Edwardian mother of pearl buttons, some so tiny they would have been used for baby clothes (tip of pencil bottom right for scale). Like ink bottles they’re small beautiful pieces of social history. Arranging & sorting them gave my brain some precious dopamine. Hope they do the same for your brain if it’s anxious or low rn:

This Sunday evening at 8pm UK time I’ll be opening my Etsy shop for a limited number of my Victorian ink bottle tiny posy kits designed to improve mental health & just 5 of my 2025 half calendars (29cm square, the photos can be framed afterwards). I’ve created both kits & calendars using recent neuroscientific research, to alleviate anxiety & lift mood by altering your brain biochemistry for the better. 🌿🧠

I muted the word g-r-o-k (minus the hyphens, you know), and I’m feeling pretty good about it so far.

At a funeral last weekend, the Baptist preacher comforted the bereaved. So my recent count stands at two appalling Baptist funeral sermons to one very good one.

“What are stablecoins?” Hmm. Are they related to cow patties? “What are the main benefits of stablecoins?” They get covered with manure in the stable, and sprout into money trees?

#CKCBoardMember, Gillian, just cast off for the #CKCCollarAlong! With a month left, there's still time to join us and create your #collar! Cast off date is August 31st. Tag us with your creations! #knitting #crochet #fiberarts

If you're passionate about the craft of #knitting and #crochet and looking for ways to help preserve the knowledge and creations of our craft community, consider joining our Board of Directors! Learn more at our link in bio or email nominations@centerforknitandcrochet.org.

An ad for creating “spotless photos” shows how an app can erase people from a picture. So people are just spots now? Something spotless is very clean, so those people were just dirt? Literal-mindedness can be sad at times.

This #TechniqueTuesday, we are taking a look at #IrishCrochet. Developed in the 1800's, this #crochet technique uses motifs joined with mesh and can have so many applications. In the #CKCCommunityCollection, we have this stunning use for a #Collar. Learn more in our link in bio!

Asparagus berries.❤️ #InOurGarden

Picked this up for 50¢ at the annual Desdemona community garage sale. I got acquainted with her books years ago when we lived in England. At the time I really enjoyed Ngaio Marsh’s writing. Reading this reminded me why. Excellent, just excellent. #NgaioMarsh

There's still time to register for our #VirtualCraftCircle tomorrow featuring Ayelet Waldman! Join us to learn more about Waldman's work and her current essay, Piecing for Cover. Link in bio to read the essay or register for this event!

An odd, loud noise came from the kitchen. Some lights went out. Acrid smoke wafted from a hole in the 12yo dishwasher door. RIP our dishwasher. We finally got a new one. Its door doesn’t squeal. Its top rack stays on the rails. The dishes come out clean. So weird! 🥹

The many 1000s of times people have put me down, incl. family -people who had the need to crush someone else, became way too loud in my head in the last few days & I couldn't hold on to anything good about myself at all. Tbh my mental health was 1/10 yday. I was struggling to hold on to reasons to stick around. If my photos,books or posts about mental health have ever helped you, even a little, could you maybe like this post? I know it may seem needy but I'm really really trying to change the narrative of my thoughts -find some value in myself. If I've helped someone else I can maybe try to hold on to that x