So Called Panda

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She/they 🐼🌻🧶🌹🦄 PNW on the traditional lands of The Warm Springs, Wasco, and Northern Paiute Peoples.

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So Called Panda@so-called-panda· 16d

🧶🧦 my Flock socks. On the cusp ~ would be my 4th July pair, now my First August pair. Got some great seats for the Twins & Mariners. #sockknitting #handknitsocks #knitsky

A purple pair of handknit socks at a baseball game.

So Called Panda@so-called-panda· 16d

Jimothy! From @pacificknitco.bsky.social I think I’m all Flocked out for the day. It started to get super crowded. 🧶🦝 #FlockSeattle #fiberarts

Jimothy stickers from Pacific knit co at Flock Seattle

So Called Panda@so-called-panda· 17d

On our way to Flock Seattle. Seeing the devastation of these fires has me a bit emotional. The wall of smoke is intense

Fire on the ground from the air (Oregon July 31)

So Called Panda@so-called-panda· 26d

Legit bonkers AQI right now.

So Called Panda@so-called-panda· Jul 11

My second pair of July socks at WSMFP 🧶🧦 #handkitsocks #sockknitting

A colorful pair of handknit socks with Widespread Panic in the background

So Called Panda@so-called-panda· Jul 4

Bend, too

So Called Panda@so-called-panda· Jun 26

No. 😿 Apparently there were better viewing opportunities about an hour before the alert came. Sub storms. (Venturesky said my location was at 20% an hour prior to the alert. 0% chance of aurora viewing when the alert came in.) I need to be more vigilant during active solar periods.

So Called Panda@so-called-panda· Jun 14

🧶 Today for Knit in Public day, one of our LYS sold tickets to a local baseball game & made up little swag bags. Taking a break from my sock knitting to work on a baby sweater for @spacemama.bsky.social’s GRANDBABY! 😻😻😻 I haven’t made wee knits in 20+ years. It’s so exciting!!! #knitsky #knitting

Knitting at a baseball game. Lace yarn on size 2.25mm US1 yarn is shoppel edition 6

Clear baseball themed bag. W/baseball progress keeper, baseball in glove stitch stoppers and a baseball hairclip

So Called Panda@so-called-panda· May 30

🧶🧦 Putting the finishing touches on my 4th pair of May socks ~ just in time to wear them in June 🏳️‍🌈 And just over half way through The Domestic Revolution by Ruth Goodman. (Excuse me while I go on a Ruth Goodman binge) I'm on back on track to knitting 26 pairs in 2026. #knitsky #sockknitting #26in26

A rainbow pair of handknit socks resting on top of an open book

Book cover.
The
DOMESTIC
REVOLUTION

How the Introduction
of Coal into Victorian Homes
Changed Everything
RUTH GOODMAN

The spines of 3 books all by Ruth Goodman

HOW TO BE A VICTORIAN

HOW TO BE A TUDOR
A DAWN-TO-DUSK
GUIDE TO TUDOR LIFE

HOW TO BEHAVE BADLY IN ELIZABETHAN ENGLAND
A GUIDE FOR KNAVES, FOOLS, HARLOTS, CUCKOLDS, DRUNKARDS, LIARS, THIEVES, AND BRAGGARDS

So Called Panda@so-called-panda· Apr 22

My latest read, complete with inscription “No Idle Hands” by Anne L Macdonald. And my latest socks (Third pair for April) with thrifted yarn; wool/bamboo/nylon, perfect for summer. #handknitsocks #knitsky #knitting

Cover of No Idle hands, the social history of American knitting.

August, 1988

To my darling Jan-
While you
have not inherited by passion for knitting, I hope that you share my same curiosity for what went on in the lives of our foremothers. That’s really what this book is about anyhow!

Always my love,
Mom

.

Pair of hand knit multicolored socks. Wool, bamboo, nylon yarn from the thrift store

So Called Panda@so-called-panda· Mar 28

Knitters are outraged in Bend, OR. The largest turnout I’ve seen. Including the day after his first inauguration.

A hand knit sock in bright pinks, corals, oranges and yellow. Against a backdrop of people against fascism

So Called Panda@so-called-panda· Mar 28

So Called Panda@so-called-panda· Jan 31

First sock of 2026. (Wool/silk/nylon blend. My standard 3x1 rib, heel flap & gusset, slip stitch sole) Always antifascist. A decent turnout in Bend, standing in solidarity with MLPS. We demand ICE OUT of our nation! #handknitsock #knitsky #sockknitting

A hand knit sock in shades of purple with yellow, held in front of an antifascist action flag.

So Called Panda@so-called-panda· Jan 5

Mother of all Mondays, my first sock of my personal sock a month 2026. Doing this challenge helped my sanity immensely in 2025. 2026 has already been a rollercoaster due to the dictator in chief. Hopefully this year we see his demise. #knitsky #handknitsocks #knitsocks #knitting #handknit

The beginning of a sock cuff in purple yarn.

So Called Panda@so-called-panda· Oct 18

Such a nice turn out for #NoKings in Bend, OR My third sock 🧶 🧦of socktober #handknitsocks #knitsky

A multicolor handknit sock in front of the crowd at #nokings

So Called Panda@so-called-panda· Oct 11

An image of Toad and Frog with the text

"Frog?" asked Toad.
"Yes, Toad?"
"Is it okay to punch Nazis?"
"Oh yes, Toad," replied Frog. "It is always okay to punch Nazis."

So Called Panda@so-called-panda· Oct 4

🧦 🧶 I realized when I saw the #showmeyourknits prompt for this week, that I neglected to post photos of September’s finished socks in my sock-a-month 2025 thread. #sockknitting #handknit

Multicolor hand knit socks. 2x2 cuff 3x1 leg & top of foot. Slip stitch sole.

Bright yellow handknit socks with orange stripes on the foot. 2x2 cuff, 3x1 leg and foot, slip stitch sole.

So Called Panda@so-called-panda· Oct 1

🧶 WIP Wednesday. Maude in her Sea Sheppard T, and my almost finished self drafted vest. I finished the body way back in June. Just picked it back up and it only needs 1 pocket seamed, 1 armhole ribbing, and to we washed/blocked. #handknit #knitsky

A (not quite finished) purple hand knit vest on a dress form that is wearing a Greenpeace Tee shirt

Detail of the pocket of a purple hand knit vest.

So Called Panda@so-called-panda· Sep 21

I feel this. I knit my bean. Kind of funny now.

Hand knit soft/stuffed (with wool) doll in the shape of a bean. Mauve in color, with a sprout on the top of its head.

So Called Panda@so-called-panda· Sep 18

A lot. I also knit my bean. I present Bean Ween

So Called Panda@so-called-panda· Sep 17

August’s shorty socks were finished over the weekend, last weekend. My standard pattern 2x2 rib for 4 cm, 3x1 on foot, slip stitch sole. #sockknitting #knitsky #handmade #blueskyisforknitters #sockamonth

A pair of hand knit socks in a gemstoneish colorway (Pattons kroy, don’t remember the colorway.) hanging on metal sock blockers

So Called Panda@so-called-panda· Aug 25

Focus Friend friends: Anyone else wondering what happens to the time space contium when you finish knitting a pair of socks 🧶 🧦& your bean finishes knitting their pairs of socks 🧦 attn: @hankgreen.bsky.social Are we able to get off of this timeline? #handknitsocks #knitting #focusFriend

So Called Panda@so-called-panda· Aug 17

I was bitten by the blending bug today. Normally if I’m going to card anything, it’s on my drumcarder. Today I used my blending board for the first time in years. Several hours later, I have seven oz of some floofy floof! I think I’ll make one more. (Famous last words) #fiberarts #spinsky

4 fiber batts in shades of pink and purple totaling 7 ounces.

On the left are some of the hand dyed fibers I used - silk, rambouillet wool, and merino wool. Unseen are mohair and Angelina fibers.
On the right is a halfway full blending board.
The predominant colors are pink and purple

Another view of a halfway loaded blending board. The predominant colors are pink and purple.

So Called Panda@so-called-panda· Aug 13

Thank you! Especially if they can be found here! I listen 8+hours a day while I’m at work. Audio books have saved my sanity since RTO.

Screen shot of a public library from Libby

So Called Panda@so-called-panda· Aug 13

Thanks! Just put it on hold at the library! I want to enjoy fiction again, so fingers crossed!

A screen shot of a library hold on Libby.

So Called Panda@so-called-panda· Aug 13

A lovely mail day! My copy of No fear sock knitting by @earthtonesgirl.bsky.social came! Going right next to Cookie A. #knitsky #handknitsocks #knitting

So Called Panda@so-called-panda· Aug 11

I miss Ween! It’s been a year since I couldn’t use the rest of my west coast tickets. 😿 Can we get more Gener does Joel? Something? Anything?

So Called Panda@so-called-panda· Aug 8

🧶 I just adore how this is spinning up #handspunyarn #spinsky #fiberarts

A bobbin (still on the spinning wheel) of purple yarn with colorful bits

So Called Panda@so-called-panda· Jul 25

Hey just thought I’d let you know I clicked the link in your bio and it did not bring me to your Etsy (another one from a post did) and thought you would like to know