Kate Atherley

@kateatherley.bsky.social

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Knitter, teacher, editor, writer, designer. She/her. Craft, food & feminism. Love is love. Abortions are healthcare. Trans women are women. Trans men are men. Opinions my own. Sharing a life and a very good dog with @normwilner. www.kateatherley.com

Three Bic-brand multi pens lying on a table. The one on the left is the neon variant, the one in the middle is classic; the one on the right is the new one that has a pencil as one of the four available writing tools.
The cover of a knitting magazine called PURL. The sub title on the cover is "cast on".
A woman wears a brown and white striped handknit scarf.
The card from the museum display that identifies the sweater.
A handknit sweater in black with a white trompe l'oeil bow on the front. A masterpiece designed by legendary surrealist fashion designer Elsa Schiaparelli in 1927.
An extreme close up of knitting on the needles, worked in two colours of yarn.
A pair of handknit baby socks in a multi-coloured stripey yarn.
A woman in glasses holds a book, in front of a shelf of books in a store.
The cover of the magazine Farm & Fiber Knits.
a book wrapped in turquoise tissue paper sits on top of a shipping envelope
A full but somewhat disorganized bookcase, the photo taken through a window.
A poster image advertising the Rowan Connect online knitting event April 17-19 2026.
A poster advertising a Meet Up and Book signing with kate Atherley at Knit City Toronto in the Feisty Fibres booth. Sunday March 29, 1:30-2:30pm.
A poster advertising an online knitting class - "Blocking and Fiber Care with Kate Atherley. Virtual Class March 10, 7-9pm EST".
A still from THE MUPPET CHRISTMAS CAROL
Two skeins of multi-coloured yarn, wrapped up together with a single ball band that identifies it as Timber Yarns Twin Sock. Beside it there is a progress keeper, a little stitch marker, shaped like two liquorice allsorts candies.
Taken against a plain white wall, a photograph of a red amaryllis plant with six flowers in various stages of blooming.
An amaryllis plant with three ridiculously long stalks; the centre bud is getting ready to open. It's in a small black pot, on which I have placed three large rocks in an attempt to keep it from falling over.
A photograph taken by a person sitting on a couch; you can see part of their lap, on which a clipboard with some papers is resting. There's a blue pen on the papers. A black and tan dog is snuggled up to the person's left leg, and there's a few sheets of paper resting on the dog's back.
A large stainless steel bowl filled with mixed dried fruit, intended for a fruitcake. You can't tell but it's has a lot of booze poured on it.
A behind the scenes shot in a photo studio. There are some small pieces of knitting on a table.
"Just make a swatch for the love of god" in the Zohran sign style
"too fucking early for snow" in the Zohran sign style
A pair of handknit socks in a black and orange stripe.
A promotional image: the words "I'm a tutor at the Rowan Connect weekend 17th, 18th, 19th October" in stylized text on a grey background.
A hand, mostly out of frame, rests on a modestly sized book. The book is titled The Magic of Pockets: A feminist's guide to adding pockets to clothing that really should have pockets to begin with.
A white woman with short tousled hair leans against a wall. She is wearing a black-and-white handknit sweater, that has ribbed edgings worked in a sharply contrasting shade of yellow.
A paper bag holding a large number (71) of beautiful fresh red chili peppers. They are cherry peppers, so they are rounded and plump and mercifully not too spicy.
A close-up on a piece of handknit fabric. One of the stitches has been outlined with a contrasting colour of yarn so you can see the shape of the stitch. It's pretty hard to see, but there's a perfectly placed dog hair right under the highlighted stitch.
A Scrabble rack, seven letters spelling out the word OBOECOP.
A cookbook cover. It's called The Mensch Chef, author is Mitchell Davis.
A loaf pan contains a lightly browned cake, topped with a mix of cinnamon sugar and chocolate chips. In the background you can just make out a cookbook in a stand, open to a recipe page.
A knitted toilet roll cover in the shape of a sheep.
A hand holds a book. The title is "Toilet Roll Covers", and there is a photo of a knitted toilet roll cover that looks like a pig, on the cover.
An out-take from a knitting tutorial photoshoot: A handknit sock lies on a flat surface, mostly out of frame. A hand holds another handknit sock, partially complete and off the needles, in the front of the frame. This sock is out of focus.
A piece of Aida fabric in an embroidery hoop, lying on top of a book. The book is open to a page showing instructions for an embroidery stitch. There's a number of different stitches worked on the fabric, in a variety of different colours. A loose bundle of threads sits nearby, a needle is sitting on a magnetic needle minder.
A handmade totebag featuring a lime green and purple print of raccoons smoking cigarettes.
An embroidery project in a hoop, partially completed. The motif is a pair of dandelions clocks, on a mesh fabric. The packaging for the kit sits beside it.
A promotional image. It's photograph of two feet, clad in unmatched handknit wool socks. There is text superimposed on the image, it says "Socks Intensive with Kate Atherley, small classes, expert tuition."
A mostly handsewn stuffed rat toy (nearly lifesize) made from a very light grey cotton.
Screencap excerpt from a knitting pattern. Heading "recommended needle size". In parenthesis below is says "always use a needle size that gives you the gauge listed below - every knitter's gauge in unique".
A small crocheted raccoon toy, posed on the edge of a wooden bowl.
a poster with the text "I'm a tutor, Rowan Connect weekend; 30th, 31st May & 1st June"
A pair of red handknit mittens and a small knitted swatch sit on a digital scale; the scale reads 48 g.
A selfie of a white woman with brown hair and glasses, standing in front of a yellow sign directing to a polling station.
A picture of a blue handknit lace shawl, with text superimposed "Introduction to Shawl Knitting with Kate Atherley".
Taken from an upstairs window, a photograph looking down onto a street of rowhouses. There is snow covering the small front yards and the cars. The road and sidewalks look icy.
A table of foot measurements, specifically designed for sock knitters.
A small patch of snowdrop flowers growing up through a mess of dead plants and old discarded leaves.
A handknit cardigan worked in a tweedy yarn in a citrusy-yellow shade. One of the sleeves is folded up and you can see that there's a loose end of yarn hanging from it. The sweater has seven neat little yellow buttons sewn on.
A basket of multi-coloured yarn. A rainbow-coloured one sits on top.
A dog is asleep on my lap. This is an image of the back of her head. Her right ear is extended and resting on a ball of blue yarn.
A ball of multicoloured yarn, lying on its side. In front of it, a hand holds a postcard. The postcard depicts a painting by artist W.M. Turner, titled "Storm in the Pass of St. Gotthard, Switzerland". The colours in the yarn match the colours in the painting remarkably well.
A sweater knitting project in progress. The lower ribbing is bright yellow and the body is worked in narrow black and white stripes.
A close-up of a knitting project, using a very fine and very fuzzy blue yarn.
A Scrabble letter rack. Five letters spell out GUNCH.
A rack of Scrabble tiles. It has four Us, two Is and an E.
A large cooking pot on a stovetop. It contains a large quantity of thinly sliced orange peels, covered in water. The colour of the peels of vivid.
Five non-matching randomly striped hand-knit socks, on a floor. A number of small balls of yarn sit amongst them.