Still doing a bit of tweaking on this loom, but I'm so happy with it! This is the first time that a new web has touched the cloth beam in this century, and perhaps a lot longer than that. In pic 3, you can see the tiny decorations on the temple. 🌿 🧶 #fibersky #weaving #earlyhandloom #linen

This is so good.

This week's comic on the looming threat to the ACA:

This is that bench I picked up earlier this year, with a cushion I wove for it. Hux approves, I think. #weaving #norsehome #scandidecorating

apnews.com/article/adam... This interview tells me that a script that brings a redeemed Ben Solo back to life exists. It warms my cold, dead Star Wars fan heart to know that Adam Driver pushed for this. ❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️ #foreverteamsaveBenSolo #diemadaboutit #starwars

8 Irish damask linen napkins, never used, at the local thrift for $1 each. 😭❤️ #thrifting #linen

10/24/2025- Ballroom Dancing www.timesfreepress.com/news/2025/oc...

Thought experiment: I have one big orange tabby floof. What if I adopted two more?? ##catsofbluesky 🦁🦁🦁

First weft picks on the new loom! I'll have to size this linen warp - there's already some abrasion, and I think this 16/2 yarn is kind of crap. Still some tweaking to do, but I'm pleased with how it all feels. #Weaving #antiqueloom #fiberarts 🧶

Mushroom. Lil' mushroom. Chop it into tiny pieces and fry in butter. 🍄‍🟫 #mushroom

My goal for the rest of this year: weave off as many of my unfinished warps as possible! Got one done last night, and finished drawing in on the new loom. #Weaving 🧶

Trump's AI Poop Jet Bomber Explained. The technology used here is fascinating, folks! Please share! #NoKings

Finally drawing in the warp on the new loom. The knitted (knotted) heddles def take some getting used to. Won't be surprised at all if I find threading errors in this *plain weave* project. 🤦🏼‍♀️ #Weaving 🧶

The garden is almost done, but not quite. 1" of rain yesterday brought mushrooms. #soup

At a community meeting about the closure of our k-5 school. Sad and hard, but there are only 49 students here (only 6 in Kindergarten this year). #publiceducation #ruralschools

Timeline cleanse: a great wheel I'm repairing/restoring. It was made by a man who was a spinner and weaver in upstate NY in (I'm guessing) the late 1990s or early 2000s. It's proportions are a little unusual, but it spins nicely. #handspinning #spinningwheel 🧶

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Sick of streaming and want to physically own your media? Check out my latest article - I dive DEEP into free, thrifting, used, local, and online options for DVDs, CDs, vinyl, CD & DVD players, and more. Read it here: cutoffthespigot.substack.com/p/where-to-b... #physicalmedia #dvds #CDs #vinyl

Want to shop for Halloween costumes & decorations but don't want to go to Spirit Halloween? Cut Off the Spigot has you covered! Check out local thrift and costume stores for even more options. Sources & addt'l info: cutoffthespigot.substack.com/p/bonus-wher... #halloweencostumes

Looks like the start of a beautiful No Kings day here in Vermont. #nokings

I grew up in the Midwest, and grain elevators were a very familiar sight. Never saw this before, though! Very lucky that no one was injured.

In the studio #weaving

Let's go!!! 💥💥💥 #NoKingsOctober18th

Snuggle buddies. #catsndogs #cat #dog

My barn is an odd structure. Probably first built about the same time as my house (@1860), the approx. 30x40' bank barn burned in 1949. We cleared and stabilized the foundation walls, and my sheep live downstairs. My parents' house is on top! I've been patching 100-y.o. concrete this fall. #barns

The frost yesterday morning, and the track of a chipmunk (or a rat!) in some of the concrete I recently poured in the barn. #littlethings

We’ve reported extensively on how the FDA allowed foreign drugmakers to send generic medications to the U.S. from factories with filthy labs and contaminated equipment. This month, we’re digging deeper and could use your help. THREAD/

A trip across the mighty Sognefjord

DHS is using predator drones to spy on us. They will spy on liberal political activists, dissenters & eventually anyone. This breaks our 4th amendment, our government is subverted. If what's happening doesn't fit 'defending the constitution from threats both foreign&domestic' I don't know what would

Marlowe by the fire. The indigo planted in containers is in for the night, and geranium my parents dug up from outside, now that frost is coming. #October #autumn

First fire of the season.

Sweet Wobble was very wet after the nice rain we got. #cormosheep #sheep 🐑

Madness. One of these days this planet is going to shake us off.

Presto - the new pony is in the barn! Which is to say; I spent several hours wrassling the new antique loom together, and did it without dropping any timbers on my head, so – yay! Also, look how adorable these heddles are. #Weaving #antiqueloom

Spotted this beautiful winder at neighbor's yard sale and had to bring it home. I don't know if you can tell from the picture, but it has an adorable "clicker" design. It's a typical, 2-yard circumference, 80-yard measure. #handspinning #reel #weasle

I lifted lots of heavy things this weekend (still didn't get the firewood stacked, tho).

A sunny afternoon at the farm.

Sen. Schatz: “They have the money to cover for Trump's economic incompetence, but apparently they don't have the money to prevent a small business owner or a taxi driver or an early retiree from losing their health care.”

Such helpful dogs (lending moral support while I work in the barn).

It is with great sadness that we have been informed of the passing of the remarkable Dr. Jane Goodall, age 91, who died of natural causes in Los Angeles, CA while on her speaking tour in the United States. Photo credit: Marko Zlousic #jane #goodall #JaneGoodall #drjanegoodall #wildlife #nature

...also, now that fall is arriving, spinning time is returning. This is my Irish (Landis Valley, PA) "castle wheel." It's spinning wool right now, but it's great for fine flax. #handspinning #spinningwheel 🧶

Knitting heddles. Exciting to make something new that looks like a very old thing! I can feel a glimmer of awareness/understanding of other things related to this way of cloth-making coming into my consciousness – which is maybe just to say that old tools teach me. #Weaving #handweaver #weaver

(How it's going) look at the old reeds! About a day and a half soaking in the tank, with bricks to help them straighten. Now, clamped flat to dry. Second pic is the reed that was totally pretzeled. I'm pleased and surprised! Also, a salvaged quill wheel. #Weaving #handweaving #repair

Republicans would rather shut down the government than help millions of Americans afford health care. This article tells some of their stories, and is a good reminder of what’s at stake.

My excellent neighbors invited us to come glean tomatoes and raspberries in their garden, yay! Here's a view looking back towards my place, but you can't see my farm because it's hidden in the forest on the flank of the mountain. #gardening #Vermont #fallcolor

My parents' very chonky cat likes to sit and watch this chipmunk hole every morning. #caturday

Well, that's a mess. #Weaving #reeds

Republicans are on the wrong side of the shutdown. They control the White House, the House and the Senate, but they still need Democrats to keep the government open. All we’re asking for is their help to save healthcare for millions of families about to lose coverage. 👀

I'm very briefly quoted in this piece on natural fiber production in Vermont. :-) www.sevendaysvt.com/arts-culture...