My 11 year old just called my pottery wheel an “antique 3D printer” 💀

my “not the gestapo” shirt is raising a lot of questions already answered by my shirt and if you don’t stop asking them, i’ll have you disappeared.

“I asked ChatGPT” well I asked the three Fates and the one with the scissors got very agitated when I told her you were using your one precious life thread talking to that cursed thing

Went to MD sheep and wool today and picked up my first Turkish spindle. Went with a Snyder as I'd heard only good things. @senesced.bsky.social I feel like you'd approve

baby's first navajo churro spin. the grower had their flock milled into delightfully rustic carded sliver w/ just a touch of lanolin: my favorite! I'm copying @just-raeli.bsky.social by making this a spindle project. she may have lapped me on knitting ginsan, but it may finally be my time to shine 🌟

Kerri leads quarterly writing groups, two cohorts that meet monthly—through which she's built an amazing community of fantastic people, many of whom come back again and again. (And if you're interested, registration is open for the spring group: www.creativefuelcollective.com/dive-seasona...)

bev wants you to know that there are still good things

a friend had some dyed Leicester longwool that she wanted to eventually spin (with the end goal of making gloves for her partner), but she knew it had to be blended and didn't have a drum carder v proud of the results! 50% Leicester longwool 25% Corriedale cross 21% Coopworth 4% tussah silk 🧶🐑

I am furiously trying to catch up to my students in time for session two of my intro to drop spindles class on thursday we're using a kit from @akerworks.bsky.social and it's truly such a joy -- it has everything newbies need to spin & ply (not an ad, just happy customer over here)

I can't send snail mail if all of my pens are dry AND snail mail is a vital tether between me & my far flung people feelings of isolation and despair therefore lead me to cleaning pens drop me a dm if you want an inky love note

you really ought to read this.

this is the chaotic patriot energy I demand to see in this country may we all mimic the screeching calls of the bald eagle until our elected leaders listen to us 🦅

pls join tazhi and I in our handspun fleece cream cardi along

we are immediately obsessed with the cream cardi by @aliciaplum.bsky.social so we are swatching with reckless abandon this yarn is a traditional 3-ply spun on my Schacht Matchless and is descended from Tara, a CVM/Rambouillet cross from Sister Sheep CO

As a Jewish person it is so uniquely painful to exist in a world where Jews are the ones making lists of people for the government to target.

we're in legit first they came for territory and a lot of people have been failing at this test they cite all the time

Opal's fleece has the prettiest gradient of colors -- CVM/Rambouillet/Wensleydale/BFL magic 🐑

finished a handspun (in mystery wool from deep stash) musselburgh hat by ysolde, Bev would like to cuddle it 🐶🧶 how is everyone's monday? existential dread on the menu for anyone else?

Because “no worries” is no longer relevant 🫠 #weaving

The famous communist rag, the Wall Street Journal.

Brennan 🤝 ACAB

if you have ever wondered what having ADHD is like, this about sums it up if this sounds relatable, I have some news for you -- welcome to the spiral, you're in good (anxious) company 🌀

oh my god you guys why did we ever invent online, i'm climbing up a tree and never coming down

DOGE is like if Fyre Festival was a government agency.

places you can knit: in your stylist's chair 🧶

The first measles death in the US in a decade -- the tragic, preventable death of a child whose parents chose not to protect them with vaccination -- should spark an immediate nation-wide campaign to ensure all children are protected against preventable diseases. Anything less is unconscionable.

i mean, fuck

Dear Manager, 1. I drank a whiskey drink. 2. I drank a vodka drink. 3. I drank a lager drink. 4. I drank a cider drink. 5. I sang the songs that remind me of the good times; I sang the songs that remind me of the better times.

This morning at Dept of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) HQ in DC as mandatory return to office began, this video played on loop for ~5 mins on screens throughout the building, per agency source. Building staff couldn’t figure out how to turn it off so sent people to every floor to unplug TVs.

How to change a swastika that cant be removed

El Capitan displays a massive American flag upside down—the traditional signal of distress or extreme emergency.

@eco-odorologist.bsky.social + @ologies.bsky.social missed opportunity to argue for an honorary DOGTORATE for Barley?

this is the crux of it!!!

My mood all week has been an ever expanding pissed off rage I will hold a grudge over this until I die. You do not do me and my people like this. (Thanks altusfs.bsky.social for the pic).

saturday is for plying -- sampling three different methods + spinning genmaicha #spindle #handspinning 🧵🧶🍵🪿

Big protest coming to Stonewall National Monument in just an hour or two. If you are in the area, get down there, be active, show your disapproval of the removal of transgender people from all online websites for the Stonewall National Monument page!

If you still have friends/family who think this administration will help them, talk to them about money....

bannon was not “mimicking elon musk”, he was “being a nazi”. hope that helps.

it's snowing & I have lost my partner for the evening to new WoW content. the time is nigh for support spindles & tea.

combo spin update, featuring a hot pink bobbin on my lacewood Hansen miniSpinner Pro, one of the many loves of my life 🧶💗🫶🏻🧵

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i will become a total shill for whichever politician decides to become the joe mccarthy of rooting out silicon valley ideology and influence

Photos taken by a neighbor of ours here in our little mountain town during today’s local protest. She’s waiting to hear if she still has a job via more impending Forest Service cuts. Another neighbor of ours lost his FS job last week. These are public servants being treated like they’re expendable.

can I interest you in a lovely & rare hand-processed fleece batt?

back on my yarn butt batts bullshit -- support spindle by Kravelli 🫶🏻🧶

happy presidents day

as a fed contractor, my credit has been frozen since the 2020 SolarWinds cyber attack if you're an average person, go ahead and freeze your credit now. leave it frozen all of the time. you can unfreeze it for specific credit pulls. protect yourselves.

this last week has seen me more professionally stressed than I've ever been. trying to find calm with #watercolor blobs and squiggles. 🎨 ps: can you tell that I support a federally agency that maps things??? 🗺️🧭

Thank you and Happy Valentines Day to Federal workers! ♥️💙💜🖤💛💚🧡🤎🤍🩷🩶🩵