I am a chronic knitter and frequent writer of knitting patterns, as anyone who has seen me in a seminar knows. Here are highlights as an incentive for me to continue a tangible creative pursuit alongside the intangibility of academia.
Fair Isle sweater, knitted when the Suez Canal was blocked.
Baby cable sweater w/ brioche trim.
Spring 2025 decline of the constitutional republic cardigan.
Scrap yarn cable + colorwork sweater, knit during a class on revolution + genocide.
2024 Q1 Ph.D.-admission-decision-distraction crocheted shirt.
Collared alpaca sweater, feat. Angus.
Five-day Succession-binge sweater, feat. Dadoo. I will be the first in my family to earn a Ph.D. but am the second to be in the U.A.W.
Brioche undergrad thesis dress. Is it internalized misogyny if I wrote the pattern + didn't think to add pockets for years?
Fair Isle vest, knit in a class after the professor questioned whether this knitting page belongs on the website, feat. the Ph.D. cohort bakers.
March 2020 yarn-from-the-garage blanket, feat. Chester.
Vertical garter stitch sweater, made w/ buttons from my other grandfather's home town.
Pink pussy hat, made for the January 2017 Women's March.
Detail from a Celtic cable runner.
Felted cable sweater for disappearing.
Cross-stitched mortarboards, 2018 + 2022.