Knitting in Libraries 🏳️‍🌈🧶📚🐓

*baby’s

Library 183: Concord Public Library The Dog Chapel

This library started with a story of a bay’s first steps in the library and ended with a spontaneous trip to Dog Mountain. There was crying. It was great. #knittinginlibraries #knitting #knitsky #booksky #publiclibraries #vermont #stephenhuneck #dogmountain #dogchapel

Library 182: Hartness Library at Vermont State University Williston The most subversive thing you can do is write poetry.

At stop 182 on my quest to knit in every library in Vermont I met a poet, so that’s what the post is about.

#booksky #knitsky #publiclibraries #academiclibraries

Library 54: The Billings Library (University of Vermont) On organizing queer pride festivals

Where I cried in an apse.

#knittinginlibraries #knitting #booksky #queerpride #gaypride #mooncrushtank #publiclibraries #academiclibraries

Library 179: Charles B Danforth Library (Barnard) A library is...

Library 179 on my quest to knit in every library in Vermont, I read “A Library” by Nikki Giovanni. She prompts: “A library is…”

Post 179 is an ode to libraries and queer joy. May they get us through.

#knittinginlibraries #knitting #heatedrivalry #publiclibraries #vermont

Library 178: Benson Public Library Where's Heidi?

Library 178 in my quest to knit in all of Vermont’s public libraries included a round of “The Vermont Game” where Vermonters exchange local knowledge to figure out how they are connected.

Spoiler alert: we found Heidi.

#vermont #knittinginlibraries #bensonvt #publib #knitting #booksky #knitsky

Library 177: Pawlet Public Library Here's to art teachers.

In stop 177 on my quest to knit in very public library in Vermont (37 left!) I spontaneously gave the librarian a hug on the way out.

Not sure what came over me.

Oh, it was that the library was awesome.

#artteachers #knitting #knittinginlibraries #publiclibraries #booksky #knitsky #vermont

Library 174: Springfield Town Library Booker T. Bat would like you to wash your hands.

Library 174! This library has a mascot, Booker T. Bat, which you can spot around the library reminding you to do things like wash your hands. I also learned about the best and worst ways to make a sock heel here. Spoiler: afterthought is the worst.

#knittinginlibraries #knitsky #publiclibrary

Library 173: Brooks Memorial Library (Brattleboro) Art makes a community.

173 down, 42 to go! If you’ve ever wondered what the back of an original Faith Ringgold looks like, this is a good library to find out.

#publiclibraries #knittinginlibraries #knitting #vermont #brattleboro

Yes I highly recommend! It’s been very enriching in my life in so many ways.

It’s a lot of fun! I highly recommend it if you have time and live in a relatively small state.

Knitting in Libraries YouTube video by Hannah Miller

My wife kindly made a 4-minute video showing the *quantity* of libraries I have visited in my quest to knit in every public and academic library in the state so far: 174 down, 40 to go. I have a year left. Wish me luck!

#publib #libraries #vermont #knitting #knittinginlibraries #knitsky #booksky

Library 171: Moore Free Library (Newfane) The book sale.

Library 171: the book sale was intense.

#knitsky #booksky #knittinginlibraries #vermont #publiclibraries #booksale #newfanevt

Library 168: Guildford Free Library Root hog or die.

Library 168: Guildford Free Library. In this library I saw my first library puffer fish, drank tea, and ate raspberries.

#knittinginlibraries #knitting #knitsky #publiclibrary #vermont #guilfordvt #voevest

*quest (not question)

Library 167: Pettee Memorial Library (Wilmington) A library is a thing of hope.

Library 167 on my question to knit in every library in Vermont: Pettee Memorial Library (Wilmington)

Where I heard a tragic story of yarn floating down a river.

#publib #publiclibraries #knitting #knittinginlibraries #wilmingtonvt #vermont #vermontlibraries #bannedbookweek #shetlandwool

What is the boa constrictor story?

It was n my bucket list! And the little free library with yarn out front *swoon*

Library 165: The Whiting Library (Chester) A tale of a gentleman burglar

In library 165, I asked librarians Gail & Kale for a juicy story about the library I could put on the internet. They did not disappoint! You'll never look at your board the same way again.

#knittinginlibraries #knitsky #knitting #publiclibraries #booksky #chestervt #vermont #gentlemanburglar

Library 160! Fairlee Public Library. The most colorful library.

In library 160 there was a “shushbooth” where patrons can go to release muffled primal screams. It’s also handy for conversations about taxes and other private things, or quiet reading on a day when the library has a party.

#booksky #libraries #publiclibraries #knittinginlibraries #knitsky

Library 157: The Tyson Library (Plymouth) Call the Girls

Library 157 has an incinerating toilet! We nearly didn’t make it inside, but Joanie saved the day by abandoning a battle with hornets in her kitchen to come down and open it for us. One of the quaintest so far. And hornet free. #publiclibraries #knittinginlibraries #vermont #knitsky

Library 155: Peabody Library (Thetford) Featuring an incinerating toilet.

This library has an incinerating toilet! My first. Library director Holly said they don’t usually incinerate when patrons are there on account of not everyone enjoying the smell of burning shit. Librarians: they know their community.

#knittinginlibraries #vermont #publiclibraries #knitsky #booksky

Library 153: Morrill Memorial and Harris Library (Strafford) Does Noah Kahan have a library card?

In this library (in Noah Kahan’s hometown) I forgot about privacy laws and asked the librarian if Noah Kahan had a library card and she was like “nice try lol wtf privacy matters” and I was like “my bad not my business lol.”

#booksky #knitsky #library #knitting #noahkahan #vermont #straffordvt

Library 151: Townshend Public Library Mourning Cloak for state butterfly!

In this library I learned why the mourning cloak should be the official butterfly of Vermont instead of the monarch. Please spread the word.

#vermont #booksky #knitsky #monarch #mourningcloak #knittinginlibraries

It does make knitting on my sofa and thinking about the end of the world feel slightly less grand by comparison.

Library 150: Rockingham Free Public Library I think we're going to need a bigger boat.

While knitting at this library I mostly stared at a Jaws poster and thought about the end of the world. Carnegie libraries are a nice place to do that.

Also I made friends with two crocheters! Score.

#knittinginlibraries #knitsky #booksky #publiclibraries #carnegielibraries #vermont #knitting

Library 148: Platt Memorial Library (Shoreham) Thanks for cheering me up, Robin!

In the darkest of times, a chipper librarian is a great remedy.

#publiclibraries #knittinginlibraries #knitting #booksky #knitsky #vermont #shoreham🧶🐑

Library 147: Cornwall Free Public LIbrary The Cornwall Dip

This library is in a town that was once famous for Merino sheep. A phenomenon— the Cornwall Dip— emerged whereby neighboring farmers dipped their sub-par fleeces into a vat of oils to try to replicate the lanolin of the Cornwall fleece.

This couldn’t have smelled good.

#publiclibrary #knitsky 🐑🧶

Library 145: Sherburne Memorial Library (Killington) Library 145!

This was my first conference for librarians, which is different from conferences for academics, which I usually attend.

The difference: librarians are nice.

#academia #knittinginlibraries #knitting #booksky #libraries #publiclibraries #vermont #librarians

Haha I did not forget. But going to a library instead of a yarn store would be better on the budget! So I appreciate the suggestion.