I blended up and spun ✨the void✨ #blendingboard #wool #handspun #yarn

Excited to announce that I’m a member of the @thecozyshire.bsky.social stream team!!

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A year ago today I nervously hit ‘go live’ on Twitch for the first time and my life forever changed. Thank you for the support, kindness, and even friendship that has come about through such an amazing community 💖

Update: one hour out in the snow and a few hours on the drying rack in the sun worked wonderfully 🌈☃️🧶The fibers are all fluffed, soft, and smelling fresh! Powdery, clean snow and temps under 25°F/-3°C are a must! #handspun #wool #crochet #fiberarts

Two feet of wintry powder here so I’m giving my warm woolies a snow wash! Snow washing is an awesome way to refresh wool garments. Gonna go back out in a bit to shake them out and let them air dry. #handspun #crochet

YES!! There’s also a crochet version now, if you’re like me and can’t knit for shit. All pattern sale proceeds are going towards those impacted by ICE in the Twin Cities. www.ravelry.com/patterns/lib...

Closeup of my current WIP: #handspun hexagon blanket. Comprised of yarns made throughout my nearly five year spindle spinning journey. The part that forms the initial hexagon shape uses one of my first ever two ply yarns. 🥹

Nearly a year later and am still feeling very much the same. On the plus side, my now eight year old has since obtained disability benefits. But it’s been… a time… to actually get those benefits in motion. Here’s hoping tomorrow’s phone call goes well.

The sky has been pretty cool tonight.

Happy Birthday to my grandma, who would’ve been 79 today 🤍 She inspires me in countless ways but her own fiber art is why I do what I do. Hope I’m making her proud.

Before and after stream today. I strayed from my typical fidget spinning 😆 and carved out this cool design to print with! Made tags for the skeins that have been named by chat in the past. #linocut #printmaking

Wonderful to be back to blending and streaming again 🌈🐑✨ #blendingboard #fiberartist

Still feeling rather inspired after my trip to the museum over the weekend. Grateful to have seen a lot of interesting art, armor, and tapestries up close… ended up being there for nearly four hours 😳

Finally writing the pattern to the ambidextrous wave stitch hat. Free to anyone who can use both hands! Finished example of the hat, made for @craftyoddmama.bsky.social shown in rainbows with magenta accents. Last stream got the first segment written, will continue in tomorrow's stream. 11am pdt.

One of my husband’s spindles has been out and about in England! It’s owner took it with them across the pond to spin with while on vacation 🥹💖

An incredible lineup of fiber art streamers crafting outdoors ONE WEEK FROM TODAY!!! I’ll be outside spinning at 6pm EST on June 14th. Hope to see you there 🚂🧶🌀✨ #fiberartist #twitch #raidtrain

Happy #Pride everyone. Nature is infinitely diverse.

Good Morning!

I’ll have a shop drop tomorrow 5/21 ✨ there will be drop spindles, a couple of gobbos, & some handspun yarn! Shop link will be live at 10am Eastern: ko-fi.com/craftyoddmama I’ll be live on Twitch too 🙂 also: I’ve never done a shop drop before aaaaa #shophandmade #crochet #handspunyarn #dropspindle

Went back to the blending board on stream today 😌🎨 Here’s what I did with some bamboo, tussah silk, Polypay, and Romeldale. I’ll be back at www.twitch.tv/craftyoddmama again tomorrow to spin it all up! #blendingboard #fiberartist

Met a lot of floofy friends at New Hampshire Sheep and Wool yesterday 😍🥰

Double rainbow after the huge storm yesterday. A micro burst and thunderstorms almost took out my booth tent but we prevailed! Will be back in ye olde Orchard Town today.

This week has been filled to the brim with prep! I streamed some of it, such as setting up the table display in my garage on Tuesday and breaking out my garb yesterday. Having friends to chat with while setting up the display helped ease my nerves a bit! Looking forward to ren faire this weekend.

My husband has been making drop spindles 🤩 So far there’s two cherry, three oak, with the remaining being maple or RI swamp maple. I’ve been testing them out and they’ve been a joy to spin with. We’re very excited to debut them at the ren faire this weekend along with my fiber art! #dropspindle

Who is Herman? They’re a goblin that I made to be sold at Ren Faire… but some friends gave them a name and wish that they can remain here in the studio. Want Herman to stay? Click here: ko-fi.com/craftyoddmam... The goal will be live until next Saturday May 3rd at 7a EDT.

"I'm gonna do short streams at night, but more often!" Famous last words 🫠🤣🤣 I did end up finishing plying this yarn though. Was raided by the sweet bean duo @jambiient.bsky.social and @superkaelyn.bsky.social 💚 When I realized how late it was we raided out to @rainb0wsheep.bsky.social Thank you!!

These are from the same skein where I once experimented with blending more muted colors before spinning them into a two ply. I really enjoyed how differently the colors worked up as I stitched along. #crochet #handspun #yarn #wool #spinner

Can you tell that Ren Faire is two weeks from tomorrow? 🤣 Featuring a mug with an amazing reminder by @gh0stglass320.bsky.social #crochet #amigurumi #handspun

It’s oddly poetic watching the snow cover the buds that have started to come through…

Hey I made a new video! youtu.be/2ZnOuzkNmEo Come along with me as I use sumac berries I gathered in the fall and use them to dye half of a fleece worth of handspun yarn! The ultimate forbidden noodles...

I was reminded today of the one time l dyed... in 2022, a friend and I foraged reed flowers from the side of the road. Then, we went back to their house and used those flowers to dye a bunch of fiber and yarn. The deep reddish purple turned everything into a sage green. #fiberart #botanicaldying

A new, somehow mightier loaf has emerged! 🌈🍞✨ #handspun #yarn #wool #spinner

I’m still recovering from this week’s shenanigans on Twitch. Particularly yesterday when I was shown a lot of love and support. I still can’t articulate fully how I feel… but wanted to give a sincere, HUGE thank you to those in the community who see me for who I am and enjoy it. It means the world💚✨

My brain cells, with Orinoco Flow playing in the background…

The first time I went into the Makers & Crafting section of Twitch, Kel's stream was the first one there. I clicked on it and haven't stop watching/ listening along since! Thank you for creating such a fun and wonderful place to spend weekday mornings at. Congratulations!!! 💚✨

Yesterday I did a lil sneaky stream because I was confident I’d be able to start (and finish) plying the new scrappy loaf in that time. Turns out when you’re distracted by friends and raids that’s not the case 😅🤣 #dropspindle #handspun #craftsky #fiberartist

look at this absolute unit

We did it 🥲 I’ll be back to my normal schedule tomorrow, wanna come by and celebrate? twitch.tv/craftyoddmama

Proud to say this account does not use artificial intelligence, but is run with human foolishness instead. 🫶

Happy Friday Pi Day! Decided to test out my new camera (an Osmo Pocket 3) on stream and had an awesome time!! I was raided by @klensyh.bsky.social and their wonderful community 🤍 later on we passed along the cozy, slightly chaotic craft vibes over to @rach-presto.bsky.social

New loaf in progress 🌈🍞✨ #handspun #yarn #wool #spinner

Celebrating 15 years(!!) of marriage today 🥰 also: my husband is a cryptid, waaaaay harder to capture on camera as we age.

I forgot how much coils eat up scraps!That means there are hidden scraps in some of these coils! 😆 I used beatiful hand dyed fibers by @jennyfields13.bsky.social #artyarn #handspunyarn #scrapyarn #fiberart #yarnsky #handspinner #spinnersofbluesky #chonkyyarn

My face when @k3lsb3lls.bsky.social and their awesome community raided my stream today! Riiiight after I sang 🎵what was I made foooor🎶 while spinning 😆 I had so much fun chatting and sharing my art!! Been streaming for a month now and am so grateful to have found such cozy, crafty chaos on Twitch!

In January I stumbled across Cosy streaming on Twitch. So grateful I did! Watching/listening along with them as they chat and needle felt has become a joyful, calm way to start my weekend mornings.

When it comes to boycotting, just a thought. It’s okay if you can’t quit a company cold turkey. In Master Gardeners, when we encourage people to switch to native plants, the goal is 70% native, not 100%. If you were shopping at a store 80% of the time and cut it back to 60%, that 20% still hurts.

This week has been completely escaping me but I’m grateful for another fun stream yesterday. #blendingboard #fiberartist

Went to a workshop today and tried something new! I brought this rogue ball of handspun with me, really enjoyed how it all worked up with one continuous strand. #fiberartist #ontheloom #weaving

Four years ago today, my journey began with a single spin. #dropspindle #spinner