Kate Mahoney

@katypi.bsky.social

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Southland-dwelling old lady, knitting, handspinning, one cat, NZ politics Tangata Tiriti Woke Leftie I have a partner, thanks, now eff off

Crochet hat in handspun wool, based on an original design by Anna-Maria Witten-Hannah, and copied from one of the original hats with permission from her children. Anna-Maria was my "other mother" and taught me her woolcrafting skills.
A list of new paint colour names to remove terms that could be offensive. Circled are a number of references to the formerly named "male" shade, now "mellow beige"
An excerpt from an article in the NZ Herald describing intended changes to employment legislation.
Several hanks of dyed merino wool fibre hanging to dry, well out of reach of the cat.
A lugubrious dog sits at a table with laptop and two phones on it, apparently preparing for a serious day's work. A Very Good Boy.
Split screen image of Duncan Garner and Shane Jones babbling about "wokeness" under an unrelated headline found directly above on my feed ”Boy with 2% Brain, Now Defying Science; Boy With no Brain" - now tell me which is which?
A smiling woman wearing a pink slug shower turban.
Cat sitting waiting at the door, less than 2m from her cat door
A small test sample of two-colour knitting to determine tension (gauge). It's for some socks intended for my grandson's birthday. Glad I did I sample because I messed up the little fish in the pattern but now I know, I'll do it the right way in the socks. (Pattern yarn should be held in my right hand, background in my left)
Some handmade merino wool and silk batts for handspinning, made in Aotearoa New Zealand the bags also contain dyed wool locks for adding to yarn during the spinning process, to make wild and woolly yarn.
An episode of some iteration of Star trek is playing in my lounge once again
A tub full of primulas and last year's self-seeded poppies in a half barrel
Side view of a phone with battery bloat. You can see that the two sides of the phone case have been pushed apart.
A list of the negative outcomes of the last National government
Strange penis-shaped silhouette against a red Aurora Australis sky
A handmade wood burning stove for a mobile home
Aurora Australis seen from Ohai, Aotearoa NZ
A home built raised bed cover that's tall enough to grow broccoli. Full of cabbages and caulis at the moment, plus some strawberries for earlier picking. Tried some silver beet seeds but was unsuccessful - too late in the season.
Labour 2023 election pledge to increase Pharmac funding to 1.2b a year
A handspun, hand knitted scarf arranged in a roughly nautilus shell shape on a plain background
A section of a variegated colour striped scarf knitted from wool/silk handspun yarn with tiny glass beads at random intervals
A spinning wheel bobbin with a little bit of fine spinning: NZ Halfbred wool with 30% tussah silk. The spinning wheel is sitting on an eastern pile carpet with a geometric design of stylised birds and flowers.
A partially completed jigsaw puzzle. It depicts a Mayan pyramid in the midst of a jungle with a spotted leopard and typical depiction of a "Mayan" in the foreground
A teenager in newly altered school uniform.
An old 4 wheel drive car parked next to ruined stone cottages in the Nevis Valley, New Zealand.
Tabby companion cat relaxing in the garden with the humans
2 navy Lycra insulin pump belts for the family diabetics. Pockets to hold the pump and a packet of glucose tablets for low blood sugar.
An unfortunate use of idiom
A cat redesigned as a Zen garden with a little rake, light raking in its fur and a heart shaped stone
Men's walk shorts, a 1970s phenomenon
If I and all Pākehā do not defend Te Tiriti, which is our founding document as much as it is for Māori, we are in danger of losing the Aotearoa we grew up in and all the things we have enjoyed as a consequence of our living here. That we have used our larger numbers to overwhelm the original purpose is a matter of deep shame that we should all feel. That the tiny steps we've taken in redress has caused such fear is a matter of deep shame. As a people, we've taken much more than we ever had a right to and we give back only when we're forced. That the new government wants to write the existing rebalance and redress right out of law is criminal in terms of international law and should be resisted to the utmost. Toitū Te Tiriti
New hardy perennial garden: nepeta, gaura, lysimachia.
Kahawai smoked and delivered hot to the door by our lovely neighbours
A very weedy garden bed where potatoes should be
Tabby cat Luna has a lot of grooming to do after being ill for a couple of days
A brief extract on human nature from "Good Omens" by Terry Pratchett and Neil Gaiman
A can of tuna: top, gross weight (not nett) middle, actual product weight minus can and spring water (256 gr) bottom: tuna nowhere near filling the can after draining. Gap of 2.5cm in a tin about 7.5cm deep.
A magnificent tabby sitting on a velvet platform designed and made by one of her humans. Black may not have been a good choice.
New plantings of gaura, lysimachia and a catnip variety. All started in the autumn or previous spring.
Tiny camper on the side of the road in Central Otago. Sleeps two and has a kitchen
Garden blanketed in a late spring snowfall, Ohai, New Zealand
Beginning of a top-down knitted sweater lying on a chair with a crocheted granny stitch throw at the top right
An Aura spinning wheel loaded with delicious natural oatmeal NZ Halfbred wool from the outstanding Haunui flock
A knitted sweater yoke in progress across a woman's knee.
Early potatoes growing in a bag
Excerpt from quoted article
Heavy rain in a Southland garden