Notices by Terry Matz (terrymatz@wandering.shop)

😍 Free knitting pattern for Pride Progress Flag by designer Lee Meredith. She's added a back and turned into a top but you can use in multiple ways. Knit with garter stitch. I love this so much! :heart_progress:
https://www.ravelry.com/patterns/library/progress-3

#Pride #knitting

May showers bring May flowers here in Kansas City. The columbines were gifts from my mother 20+ years ago ... and still growing strong.

#bloomscrolling

Feel like you have a Sword of Damocles hanging over you with everything that's going on right now?
This free knitting pattern for a Sword of Damocles banner might help you knit out your anxiety and it's soft so it won't do any damage!
Designed by Grace Lindley, it's free on Ravelry
https://www.ravelry.com/patterns/library/sword-of-damocles
#knitting #mythology

@lookitmychicken They are! They're your Marywarmers. I've credited you on the blog post. Your pattern is wonderful and works very well with the self-striping yarn. Thank you so much for sharing your design so generously!

For #TransDayOfVisiblity , I wanted to share some knitting patterns, projects, and yarns in the colors of the trans pride flag that I gathered as an ally.
https://intheloopknitting.com/trans-ally-knitting-patterns.php
#TransRightsAreHumanRights #knitting

Daffodil party on a gray day! I love how the daffodils in the middle of the photo look like they are chatting with each other.
#Spring #Bloomscrolling

Happy Birthday to Mister Rogers, born March 20, 1928. Fred Rogers started every show by putting on a hand-knit cardigan. Who knit them? His mother! “That’s one of the ways she says she loves somebody. … When I put on one of these sweaters, it helps me think about my mother. I guess that’s the best thing about things. They remind you of people.” A great testament to the power of #knitting
https://www.remindmagazine.com/article/11027/mister-rogers-neighborhood-fred-rogers-sweaters-smithsonian/

Hair's to International Wig Day! Change your look and keep your head cozy with these knit wig hats including braids and curls as well as famous characters like Leia, Spock, Elvis, Tinkerbelle, Belle, and more.
https://intheloopknitting.com/wig-knitting-patterns.php
#knitting #StarTrek #StarWars

Seems like a good time to share this free knitting pattern for the This Is Fine Sweater by Yu Jie 玉杰 inspired by the meme by KC Green (and with Green's permission). Amazing sweater on my knitting bucket list!
Link on my novelty sweater pattern post
https://intheloopknitting.com/novelty-sweater-knitting-patterns.php
#knitting #memes

Since today is the International Day of Women and Girls in Science, it's a great time to celebrate Rosalind Franklin, the British chemist who helped unlock the structure of DNA, among other discoveries.
Here are some free knitting patterns featuring the DNA double helix and chromosomes.
Links my science knitting pattern post
https://intheloopknitting.com/science-knitting-patterns.php
#knitting #WomenInScience

Free knitting pattern for the Elbe Sweater inspired by transgender pioneer Lili Elbe. Get this gorgeous wrap front pullover knitting pattern designed by Rikke Eliasen for Filcolana and learn more about Lili at this link
https://en.filcolana.dk/elbe.html
#knitting #transgender

My husband at top of stairs: "Hey, could you throw up..."
Me: *Loud retching sounds*
Husband: "...a bottle of eye drops."
Husband:...
Husband: *starts laughing* "That's one of your best."
45+ years together and the magic's still there.

Happy International Zebra Day! Stripe right with zebra knitting patterns (most are free).
https://intheloopknitting.com/zebra-knitting-patterns.php
#knitting

Need a reason to smile? I do! This pic from one of the more unusual knitting and crochet charities always makes me smile. This baby rhinoceros is wearing a patchwork blanket donated by Blankets for Baby Rhinos, a craft conservation group that supports anti-poaching and wildlife orphanages https://www.blanketsforbabyrhinos.org
#knitting

Wouldn't it be awesome to be able to walk through the inside of knitting like these tunnels? "The Common Thread" exhibit created knit passageways for the Bruges Triennial. I'm sure it was machine knit but still I'd love to walk there. Heck, I'd live in it. Read the article and see more pictures
https://archinect.com/news/article/150424821/so-il-creates-3d-knit-textile-passage-for-bruges-triennial-2024
#knitting #sculpture

Happy Mason Jar Day, the anniversary of John Landis Mason’s patent of the mason jar on Nov. 30 1858.
Celebrate with these free #knitting patterns that turn these jars into holiday lights, gift wrap for treats, beverage cozies, and more.
These and more on my Mason jar post at
https://intheloopknitting.com/mason-jar-knitting-patterns.php

Happy Doctor Who Day! On this day in 1963, the first episode of #DoctorWho aired. Celebrate with free #knitting patterns on Doctor Who themes including TARDIS, Daleks, scarf re-creations, and more. These and more on my Doctor Who pattern post at
https://intheloopknitting.com/doctor-who-knitting-patterns/

Celebrate National #Chemistry Week with free #knitting patterns from my #Science Themed Knitting blog post
https://intheloopknitting.com/science-knitting-patterns.php/

Pictured are a knit periodic table (with Tom Lehrer quote), a knit toy molecule, a cup cozy with the caffeine molecule, element blocks, a shawl inspired by lutetium tantalate, and a beer cozy with alcohol and ibuprofen molecules.

Free #knitting pattern by Laura Groff to encourage people to #vote
This Just Vote Just Cowl features the words Just Vote / Vote Just and boxes marked with X.
Laura is generously offering the pattern at her website at the link below (after the yarn info)
https://www.creativetwiststudio.com/just-vote-just-cowl
Also here's a link to the Ravelry page
https://www.ravelry.com/patterns/library/just-vote-just-cowl

In the #KansasCity metro, a #transgender teen, Tristan Young, 17, was voted 2023 homecoming queen at Oak Park High School by her classmates!
This is really wonderful news. Unfortunately, the hate followed which is the focus of this article, but, still, it's just wonderful to read about her and her classmates. It gives me hope.

https://www.kansascity.com/news/local/article279603909.html#storylink=cpy