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Hello to the weekend.

I’ve just reopened the KnitSpinQuilt Etsy shop — for all your project bag and stitch marker desires!

#KSQshop

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Shop KnitSpinQuilt by KnitSpinQuilt located in Holyoke, Massachusetts. Top shop for gifts. Buyers bought gifts from this shop and gave them 5-star reviews!
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March 9, 2025 at 12:47 AM
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Went to get the mail and got one of my @romancingthevote.bsky.social items!

And immediately filled 'er up.
A rainbow dice bag and a business card from KnitSpinQuilt - Alisa Beer Instagram: @knitspinquilt Site: KnitSpinQuilt.com Same rainbow stripe dice bag with some dice in it. A d4 is held up so you can see it is a rainbow gradient set of dice.
July 18, 2024 at 1:07 AM
alisakbeer.bsky.social
Expect a small shop update tomorrow — today the KnitSpinQuilt shop is closed in solidarity with the general strike.
alisakbeer.bsky.social Alisa K Beer | KnitSpinQuilt @alisakbeer.bsky.social · Apr 30
Need more info on the general strike tomorrow? Check out maydaystrong.org

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Black text on a rainbow background reads: Shop will reopen on May 2nd, after observing the general strike on May 1st!
May 1, 2026 at 8:04 PM
alisakbeer.bsky.social
Can’t make it to Western MA? Check out my shop online!

Shop will be closed on Saturday and Sunday for the market and for post-market inventory.

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Shop KnitSpinQuilt by KnitSpinQuilt located in Massachusetts, United States. Speedy replies! Has a history of replying to messages quickly. Rave reviews! Average review rating is 4.8 or higher
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December 6, 2024 at 12:06 AM
alisakbeer.bsky.social
KnitSpinQuilt items will soon be consistently available in person at 50 Arrow Gallery in Easthampton, MA!

HYPHAE and 50 Arrow Gallery are partnering on a Turn-Key Retail Program, where art and handmade goods from BIPOC and 2SLGBTQIA+ makers will be available for purchase.
Infographic for the hyphae and 50 arrow gallery partnership, featuring images of project bags and dice bags made by KnitSpinQuilt
March 24, 2026 at 6:35 PM
alisakbeer.bsky.social
Surgery went smoothly & I’m already feeling much better! I’ve been going for small walks to enjoy the weather & the flowers & build up my strength.

I’ve got some new fabrics & bag ideas that you’ll get to see at the Yet Another Queer Pop-Up Market on May 23rd at Look Park!

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Close up of a cluster of crabapple blossoms with text overlaid reading “KnitSpinQuilt shop has reopened!”
May 4, 2026 at 6:20 PM
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It’s aliiiiiive! The Halloween collaboration is finally here!

This kit is a combination of hand-dyed fingering weight yarn and a matching project bag (you choose the size!), for your knitting or crocheting 🧶 delight!

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August 2, 2025 at 12:06 PM
alisakbeer.bsky.social
Yet Another Queer Pop Up Market is opening in mere minutes at Eastworks in Easthampton, MA! Come find KnitSpinQuilt at 50 Arrow Gallery!
Alisa sits behind a 6’ table laden with stitch markers, earrings and project bags. She is wearing an N95 mask. A 6’ table draped in a grey tablecloth with a banner reading KnitSpinQuilt across the front. The table holds a display of stitch markers and earrings and wire baskets full of fabric project bags.
December 7, 2024 at 4:59 PM
alisakbeer.bsky.social
Next event for KnitSpinQuilt #KSQShop is the Queer Artisan Market in Amherst MA on June 21st (two Saturdays from today)

Register on EVENTBRITE for more info!

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30+ ARTISANS OF THE LGBTQIA+ COMMUNITY FEATURED SATURDAY JUNE 21, 2025 QUEER ARTISAN MARKET 10AM-4PM CERAMICS - FINE ART - JEWELRY - AND MORE! HOSTED BY GENERAL STORE MILL DISTRICT & LOCAL ART GALLERY 91 COWLS ROAD, NORTH AMHERST, MA FREE ADMISSION & FAMILY FRIENDLY RSVP ON EVENTBRITE FOR MORE INFO
June 7, 2025 at 10:49 PM
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I’m a quilter and knitting accessories maker (and recovering grad student) who picks a lot of fabrics that have cats on them because who doesn’t love cats? #KSQshop

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A flattened zippered box bag, white fabric with line art of cats with yarn. The zipper and handle of the bag are black. A large drawstring bag standing up on a gridded cutting mat. The top is black, and the body of the bag is pale pink with line art of various kinds of cats dressed up as sashimi A medium drawstring bag with a solid orange top standing stuffed on a gridded cutting mat. The body of the bag is a pale orange with bookshelves showing cats sleeping on books A medium drawstring bag standing stuffed on top of a gridded cutting mat. The top is black and the body fabric of the bag is grey with line art of various cats drawn as if they are origami.
October 10, 2024 at 11:50 PM
alisakbeer.bsky.social
At Holyoke Pride today, 12-6!

It’s hot and sunny and I am delighted by the crowd and the music and performances and weather.
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One half of a 10x10 booth, including two tables with grey tablecloths; à KnitSpinQuilt banner, and project bags and stitch markers. Close up on a table with a grey tablecloth, on which are arranged wire baskets of dice bags, wooden drop spindles, and racks of earrings on individual card.
June 27, 2026 at 7:12 PM
alisakbeer.bsky.social
Knitting 🧶 a colorwork yoke sweater as a sample for White Birch Fiber Arts!

(Pattern is Aurealis by Jenn Steingass, aka knit love wool. Yarn is White Birch Fiber Arts DK weight.)

What are you working on this weekend?

#aurealissweater #knitlovewool #knitspinquilt #sampleknitting
A colorwork yoke sweater laid flat in a circle. The pale grey solid color contrasts only slightly with the colorwork accent color, a green gradient that runs from new grass green to a deeper bluer green A close up on a colorwork sweater. The pale grey solid color contrasts only slightly with the colorwork accent color, a green gradient that runs from new grass green to a deeper bluer green A close up on the inside of a colorwork sweater. The pale grey solid color contrasts only slightly with the colorwork accent color, a green gradient that runs from new grass green to a deeper bluer green
July 5, 2025 at 8:11 PM
alisakbeer.bsky.social
I’ll be at Knitty City this Saturday, July 18th, 12-6pm, for a trunk show!

I’ll have several new prints of fabric, new stitch markers, and some new DPN (or fountain pen) rolls.

Swing by and say hi, and maybe also pick up some of the new custom-dyed Knitty City anniversary yarn??

#KSQShop
Photo grid of the KnitSpinQuilt and Knitty city logos along with drawstring project bags and stitch markers.
July 15, 2026 at 4:12 PM
alisakbeer.bsky.social
Watching the #MakersForKamala livestream and thinking about what I might do.

Thinking about a dedicated print for 50% donations: would you be interested in a butterfly bag? What factors would impact your decision? #knitspinquilt

Poll on Instagram @knitspinquilt or check out the shop now on Etsy.
A green red and yellow print of tulips with butterflies with text laid over it. The top text box reads:what do you think of this print for a Harris-Walz fundraiser line? The bottom box is a poll option reading: Would you buy a bag of if I donate 59% to Kamala? I’d definitely buy a fundraiser bag! I might buy one… I’d boost it for you!
September 15, 2024 at 10:38 PM
alisakbeer.bsky.social
Why have we rescheduled?

Well, I have COVID, and I don’t want to share 😉

(Zac and the Knitty City team were amazing about rescheduling.)

I’m bummed to miss out on seeing you all on WWKIP day, but this means I’ll have more time to sew up new bags and prints for you!!

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KnitSpinQuilt trunk show at Knitty City rescheduled! Now July 18th
June 11, 2026 at 3:20 PM
alisakbeer.bsky.social
Vending today at Eastworks for the Hyphae Community fundraiser market!

Here until 2pm.

Next market: December 13, also at Eastworks!

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Close up on the KnitSpinQuilt table with T shaped metal racks of stitch markers and a circular earring display. Close up on the KnitSpinQuilt table showing bins of project bags and small zipped pencil cases laid out flat. HANDMADE ITEMS FROM 20+ BIPOC & 2SLGBTQIA+ MAKERS POP-UP market NOV. 23 | 10A-2P HYPHAE Makers Market & Skills Studio 5C ARROW GALLERY YET ANOTHER QUEER POP-UP MARKET WESTERN MA EASTWORKS 116 PLEASANT ST. EASTHAMPTON SPECIAL THANKS TO BOMBYX CENTER FOR ARTS & EQUITY MUTUAL AID LET'S HELP PREVENT HUNGER IN WESTERN MASS FOOD BANK OF WESTERN MASSACHUSETTS TOGETHER, WE END HUNGER LEARN MORE ABOUT HOW TO GIVE OR GET HELP: WWW.FOODBANKWMA.ORG
November 23, 2025 at 5:15 PM
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For NYC folks: I will be in town visiting family from September 25 to October 2

I’ll be doing a trunk show of KnitSpinQuilt project bags and notions at Woolyn on Atlantic Avenue in Brooklyn on Friday-Sunday for the NYC yarn crawl.

DM me if you’d like to meet up (masked, outdoors).
September 6, 2024 at 12:26 AM
alisakbeer.bsky.social
Check out #KSQShop small bags, pencil cases, earrings, and mask chains at 50 Arrow Gallery !!

Opening event tonight was full of art, artists & a wonderful sense of community.

Drop by during gallery hours to check out a variety of photos, clothing, stickers, books, cyanotypes, games, and more!!
A wooden display frame on which are a box of drawstring bags, a rack of carded and wrapped up mask chains and an array of fabric bookmarks. A close up on a wooden rack of mask chains, each of which is on a 3x4” card and in a clear plastic sleeve. A clear plastic rack holding four rows of KnitSpinQuilt earrings, each pair on a vertically aligned business card and in a clear plastic sleeve. An announcement graphic for hyphae at 50 arrow gallery featuring KnitSpinQuilt project bags and dice bags and a QR code to hyphae.community
April 4, 2026 at 11:34 PM
alisakbeer.bsky.social
Hello, NYC, I am in you!

I will be at Knitty City tomorrow, Saturday the 8th, from 12-6pm. I’m so delighted to be doing a trunk show!!

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Knitty City is one of my favorite yarn stores anywhere—an amazing variety of yarns 🧶, and a helpful and knowledgeable staff!
Two by two grid of images. Top left is the Knitty city logo, top right a photo of four project bags in sushi animal prints. Bottom left is a picture of a DPN case with snaps, bottom right the KnitSpinQuilt logo.
November 7, 2025 at 8:18 PM
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If you’re on Instagram, check me out there under the shop name. I often post there with more images than I put up here!!

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March 9, 2025 at 1:02 AM
alisakbeer.bsky.social
FYI, I’ve decided to donate 10% of all Etsy shop sales between now and the end of October to Vote Riders.

Vote Riders is a nonprofit that fights voter suppression and helps people register to vote and get to the polls.

The shop is here: knitspinquilt.etsy.com
A stack of folded drawstring bags in a row, showing their variety of prints. Four bags in a millefleur goat print. A large, medium, and small drawstring bag, all with a grey top and white ribbons for drawstrings, and a rectangular box bag lying on its side with a grey zipper Three rainbow knitting print drawstring bags, each with a black top and white lining. KnitSpinQuilt logo image: a quarter of an ashford traditional spinning wheel’s drive wheel centered in the lower right, against grey concrete with green foliage and white flowers in the left hand side of the image. The shop name “KnitSpinQuilt” curves around the outer edge of the spinning wheel in black letters outlined in white
September 20, 2024 at 9:52 PM
alisakbeer.bsky.social
If you like the bag in that preview image, you can snap it up here until AUGUST 20!

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The halloween kit comes with a spooky mushroom print project bag, a skein of yarn dyed to match, and a couple of fun extras.

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PRE-ORDER Limited Edition Halloween Project Bag & Yarn Kit
PLEASE NOTE THAT THIS IS A PRE-ORDER: carefully read all details below. THANK YOU!  An exciting collaboration between Alisa Beer of @knitspinquilt and Karin at The Periwinkle Sheep.  Alisa and I met a...
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August 8, 2025 at 1:00 PM
alisakbeer.bsky.social
I make project bags and stitch markers for knitters and crocheters!

I love choosing unique custom printed fabrics for the bags and dainty charms for the stitch markers!

I’m also doing several in person shows—in NYC on Nov 8, and in western MA on Nov 16, 23, & Dec 13.

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A two by two grid showing small drawstring bags, including one image showing what one such bag might hold — stitch markers, miniature altoids tins and tape measures, among other things. Four project bags, three drawstring in three different sizes, and one zippered box bag standing on its end. All bags are in different sushi themed animal prints. A stack of folded drawstring bags in a variety of prints. A two by two grid showing four different kinds of stitch markers available in the KnitSpinQuilt shop.
November 4, 2025 at 4:12 PM
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Is she a crafter? Bsky has some great crafting feeds!

If she’s on Instagram already I’m knitspinquilt there — just shop stuff and knitting/crafting posts, none of the additional medieval and rare books commentary I also post here on bsky.
May 1, 2025 at 11:52 PM
alisakbeer.bsky.social
Delighted to announce my next in person vending event: the 2nd annual Yet Another Queer Pop-Up Winter Market on December 7!

I’ll be bringing project bags, stitch markers, earrings, and drop spindles, progress keepers for crocheters, and two styles of new zippered bags

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Yet another queer pop up market Western MA Sat. December 7 Winter market 12p-7p Eastworks | 116 pleasant st Easthampton MA 50 arrow gallery December 7 12p-7p Eastworks | 116 Pleasant St Easthampton MA More than 60 makers, beverage vendors and community partners! Fundraising for hurricane relief efforts Potential sponsor? Email us! Yetanotherqueerpopupmarket@gmail.com MAKER LINEUP A DARLING DEER POTTERY AL BAHR DESIGNS ANAILA ALELUSO BECCA JACOBSON BLACKPIXELDUST ART BLOOM LOCAL CHELSEA SKAZA CURIOUS REMAINS DRAGONLIGHT DESIGNS ELLA ALK INUK LLC EMILY IS MAKING FOUND & FADED GELLYFISH ARTS GLORY HANDS HAWKSONG WEAVING IFYOUMAKEITANEARRING KNITSPINQUILT LET ME BE CRYSTAL QUEER LUPUS DEI ART M RUDDER MIMIS QUEER SHACK MOSSY BEE NICOLE BAKER OXMAN DESIGNS PILOT MAGPIE PONDWATER STUDIO PUSH FOR JOY QUEEN PERSEPHONE ARTS RABBIT COVEN CERAMICS RASKL. RAY BROD PHOTOGRAPHY ROBIN G. PHOTO ART SALTED SNAIL STUDIO SMALL VICTORIES SOOTHING NATURE LLC SWEET AND WILD CSA THE FANTASIES OF YOUTH THE GRAVEYARD HOUSE THE QUEER STITCH THEY KEEP BEES THRIFTY GIFTY WARDS AND WITCHCRAFT WILDLANDS POTTERY YARN DRAGON'S BASKET & MORE ADDED SOON! YET ANOTHER QUBER POP-UP MARKET WESTERN MA KnitSpinQuilt logo
October 24, 2024 at 8:34 PM