Samantha Farmer
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highlandmagic.bsky.social
Samantha Farmer
@highlandmagic.bsky.social
Fibre artist, naturalist, making & dreaming in Scotland ☁️
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15 years ago the Supreme Court decided corporations are people under the First Amendment.

Today, billionaire political spending is up 160-fold since that ruling.

Citizens United is among the worst decisions in history. It corrupts our system every day.
April 13, 2025 at 10:00 PM
Spinning up some undyed pure cashmere today in between yarn orders ☁️ slippery and tricky spinning, but sooooo beautiful
February 17, 2025 at 11:33 AM
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“We must especially beware of that small group of selfish men who would clip the wings of the American eagle in order to feather their own nests.” -FDR, 1941
February 15, 2025 at 8:18 PM
Off it goes! A large part of 2024’s wool & fleece harvest is away to be cleaned and processed by the wonderful @border_mill 🤍

Beautiful Shetland wool from a smallholder near Glen Affric, lush Ryeland wool from Glen Urquhart, and the loveliest alpaca saddle fleece from Beauly.
February 15, 2025 at 10:45 AM
Be a part of a very tiny supply chain this year- my fleece harvest goes to the mill this weekend!

Your preorders influence how much I am able to have processed ☁️

More info & preorder form are available on my website 🤍

Let’s keep doing the best we can to fight plastic fibre! Order local 🫶🏻
February 9, 2025 at 1:26 PM
Spinning away… fresh batch of #ScottishHighlands Shetland x Cheviot wool coming soon to my shop. + todays addition to the wall 🐦
February 7, 2025 at 11:33 PM
Spinning a yarn with a broken foot… no problem 😆 out comes the Electric Eel Wheel, a #TwinPeaks rewatch, and lots of coffee. Custom production order for a wool shop in Speyside, #Scotland.

#handspunyarn #handspinner #fibrearts #fiberarts
February 5, 2025 at 5:41 PM
The making of the Meadowsweet Shawl 🌱🤍

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#fibrearts #fibreartis
February 2, 2025 at 3:46 PM
Preorders are open! Get 20% off of listed 2025 prices by getting your wool ordered ahead of time. I’m having one yarn made (a Ryeland-alpaca Aran weight knitting yarn 🥰) and three pencil rovings for weaving, spinning and felting.

All of my materials are sourced by myself from Scottish smallholders.
January 31, 2025 at 3:11 PM
Join me in July for Summer School at Comrie Art Hut! 🛖 Three days of natural dyeing, foraging, handspinning and mellow creative time.

Limited spaces available- come to Scotland at the loveliest time of year and take a sweater quantity of naturally dyed Highlands yarn home with you 🤍
January 30, 2025 at 4:02 PM
Art studio progress vid! I’ve been hobbled by fractures in both feet, but I’ll be back up there building as soon as I’m brave enough to get up the attic stairs 😆

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January 28, 2025 at 5:12 PM
This #naturallydyed & #handwoven infinity cowl and poncho are here to brighten your weekend! Some yarns used are handspun Soay wool from a heritage flock, and fluffy squidgy Shetland wool from near #glenaffric that I dyed with invasive Himalayan Balsam leaves. #handspunyarn #handspunscotland
January 26, 2025 at 2:08 PM
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I would love to be a role model for my fellow creative artists in this way: to not be consumed entirely in knee-jerk pessimistic reactivity to the collective dark night of the soul ushered in by the fascist abuser.

For more on this matter, please see my newsletter: tinyurl.com/RebelliousHopeWins
Rebellious Hope
Fighting Tenderly for What's Right
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January 22, 2025 at 11:19 PM
So I was never a Twitter user, and I have zero idea what I’m doing, but people seem interested in my renovation projects- so I’ll post more of that here! We moved into a Frankenstein-style mishmash (of 1700s, 1860s middle Victorian and 1950s Midcentury) of a house last summer. Art studio progress!
January 22, 2025 at 6:52 PM