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So Called Panda
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PNW on the traditional lands of The Warm Springs, Wasco, and Northern Paiute Peoples.
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October 18, 2025 at 10:43 PM
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Such a nice turn out for #NoKings in Bend, OR
My third sock 🧶 🧦of socktober
#handknitsocks #knitsky
A multicolor handknit sock in front of the crowd at #nokings
October 18, 2025 at 9:44 PM
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An image of Toad and Frog with the text "Frog?" asked Toad. "Yes, Toad?" "Is it okay to punch Nazis?" "Oh yes, Toad," replied Frog. "It is always okay to punch Nazis."
October 11, 2025 at 11:31 PM
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🧦 🧶 I realized when I saw the #showmeyourknits prompt for this week, that I neglected to post photos of September’s finished socks in my sock-a-month 2025 thread. #sockknitting #handknit
Multicolor hand knit socks. 2x2 cuff 3x1 leg & top of foot. Slip stitch sole. Bright yellow handknit socks with orange stripes on the foot. 2x2 cuff, 3x1 leg and foot, slip stitch sole.
October 4, 2025 at 9:25 PM
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🧶 WIP Wednesday.
Maude in her Sea Sheppard T, and my almost finished self drafted vest. I finished the body way back in June. Just picked it back up and it only needs 1 pocket seamed, 1 armhole ribbing, and to we washed/blocked. #handknit #knitsky
A (not quite finished) purple hand knit vest on a dress form that is wearing a Greenpeace Tee shirt Detail of the pocket of a purple hand knit vest.
October 1, 2025 at 7:47 PM
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I feel this. I knit my bean. Kind of funny now.
Hand knit soft/stuffed (with wool) doll in the shape of a bean. Mauve in color, with a sprout on the top of its head.
September 21, 2025 at 4:43 PM
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A lot. I also knit my bean. I present Bean Ween
Screen shot of the Focus Friend app. Hand knit stuffed bean, Bean Ween.
September 18, 2025 at 6:36 PM
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August’s shorty socks were finished over the weekend, last weekend. My standard pattern 2x2 rib for 4 cm, 3x1 on foot, slip stitch sole.
#sockknitting #knitsky #handmade #blueskyisforknitters
#sockamonth
A pair of hand knit socks in a gemstoneish colorway (Pattons kroy, don’t remember the colorway.) hanging on metal sock blockers
September 17, 2025 at 7:49 PM
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Focus Friend friends: Anyone else wondering what happens to the time space contium when you finish knitting a pair of socks 🧶 🧦& your bean finishes knitting their pairs of socks 🧦 attn:
@hankgreen.bsky.social
Are we able to get off of this timeline?
#handknitsocks #knitting #focusFriend
August 25, 2025 at 8:53 PM
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I was bitten by the blending bug today. Normally if I’m going to card anything, it’s on my drumcarder. Today I used my blending board for the first time in years.
Several hours later, I have seven oz of some floofy floof!
I think I’ll make one more. (Famous last words)
#fiberarts #spinsky
4 fiber batts in shades of pink and purple totaling 7 ounces. On the left are some of the hand dyed fibers I used - silk, rambouillet wool, and merino wool. Unseen are mohair and Angelina fibers. On the right is a halfway full blending board. The predominant colors are pink and purple Another view of a halfway loaded blending board. The predominant colors are pink and purple.
August 17, 2025 at 10:06 PM
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Thank you! Especially if they can be found here! I listen 8+hours a day while I’m at work. Audio books have saved my sanity since RTO.
Screen shot of a public library from Libby
August 13, 2025 at 2:44 AM
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Thanks! Just put it on hold at the library!
I want to enjoy fiction again, so fingers crossed!
A screen shot of a library hold on Libby.
August 13, 2025 at 2:21 AM
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A lovely mail day! My copy of No fear sock knitting by @earthtonesgirl.bsky.social came! Going right next to Cookie A. #knitsky #handknitsocks #knitting
August 13, 2025 at 1:52 AM
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I miss Ween!
It’s been a year since I couldn’t use the rest of my west coast tickets. 😿

Can we get more Gener does Joel? Something? Anything?
Unused ticket to see Ween.
August 11, 2025 at 12:28 AM
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🧶 I just adore how this is spinning up
#handspunyarn #spinsky #fiberarts
A bobbin (still on the spinning wheel) of purple yarn with colorful bits
August 8, 2025 at 11:45 PM
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Hey just thought I’d let you know I clicked the link in your bio and it did not bring me to your Etsy (another one from a post did) and thought you would like to know
Error on a web page
July 25, 2025 at 8:05 PM
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🧶 TdF stage 9:
4oz of this purple heathered shetland spun, 4oz to go.
I hope everyone is having a wildly enjoyable #tourdefleece

I am very grateful for these fibers and my crafts (and a Gilmore Girls marathon) for keeping me grounded (and not doomscrolling!)
A bobbin of purple shetland wool singles resting on the remaining unspun fiber
July 13, 2025 at 10:43 PM
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🧶 8oz of merino/alpaca, plied. Now on to the Shetland for a nice palate cleanser #tourdefleece #handspun #fiberarts
2ply sport weight merino alpaca lavender yarn 8oz of purple Shetland wool to spin.
July 13, 2025 at 2:56 AM
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🧶 TdF stage 8: Today involves some plying. After freeing up some bobbins, I’ll have to decide between the rest of my alpaca blend and some Shetland. Not a terrible position to be in. #tourdefleece #handspun #fiberarts
3 bobbins of fiber. 1 with a green blend that is plied and 2 with a purple blend (singles, waiting to be plied.)
July 12, 2025 at 9:33 PM
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🧶 One of my #tourdefleece main spins, one pound of merino/alpaca blend in a lovely purple. I only spun about 3oz today. I’m looking forward to getting a lot done this weekend. #handspunyarn #fiberarts #handcrafted #tourdefleece2025
Singles of a purple merino/alpaca blend A green silk bag overflowing with purple merino wool and natural colored alpaca, resting on a spinning wheel. A big fluffy floof of a purple merino wool & natural alpaca blend.
July 11, 2025 at 3:45 AM
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Just got home from work, and I can work on this blend of merino, camel, silk top. For my #tourdefleece ‘spin from stash’ portion of this challenge. 🧶

#fiberarts #handspunyarn #handspinning #handspun
Multicolored (greens mostly) fiber next to a bobbin of yarn spun from the fiber
July 8, 2025 at 12:11 AM
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🧶 Over 1.5 miles of yarn plied. One of the things I thought I would be able to get done before #tourdefleece started. 🙀
Hahaha. 😹 I was conveniently forgetting how much time & energy plying takes. #fiberarts #handspunyarn #handspinning #handspun #handdyed
Over 1.5 miles of 2ply multicolored yarn on 8oz bobbins.
July 6, 2025 at 4:48 PM
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My overnight kitten security system. I took the bobbins off the lazy Kate, secured them with hair ties and put them in the spokes of the wheel. 🧶
#fiberarts #handspunyarn #handspinning #handdyed #handspun
Bobbins of multicolored singles of yarn secured with hair ties and stuck in the spokes of a spinning wheel.
July 5, 2025 at 7:13 PM
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Was hoping to start #tourdefleece2025
With empty bobbins. This is as far as I got plying with 3 solid hours of treadling.
I really wanted to finish, not only to have a fresh start but I was worried the cats would get into the yarn. (It all survived!) 🧶 #fiberarts #handspinning #handdyed #handspun
Multicolored yarn, on an 8oz bobbin, in the process of being plied
July 5, 2025 at 7:08 PM
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🧶 Some of the plying I am trying to get through while I witness the death of democracy. 🙀Creating something useful, in order to keep from feeling hopeless. #fiberarts #handspunyarn #handspinning #handdyed
Multiple bobbins of multicolored wool, waiting to be plied. With a grey standard issue cat 😻
July 5, 2025 at 2:51 AM