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Lynn Siprelle
@lynniemae.bsky.social
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Writer, knitter, spinner, wife, mama, Buddhist, stroke survivor. Was @MeiLinMiranda on the bird site.
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Sun. 12-7-25 come to #SundayAfternoonKnitting 1-3 pm @ Tom's Restaurant, SE Chavez & Division in #PDX! Lovely yarn, lovelier folks! Meantime please enjoy this Pressed Flowers cardigan—I’m halfway through the last sleeve. #pdxknitting #pdxcrochet #knitting #crochet 🧶
A Pressed Flowers cardigan under construction on a 40” circular needle. The background color is dark purple, the contrasting color is a variegated rainbow. The stitch pattern is mosaic. Yarn: Briggs & Little Sport colorway Mulberry Berocco Millefiori Light colorway 6831 Pattern: Pressed Flowers cardigan https://www.ravelry.com/patterns/library/pressed-flowers-cardigan-2
December 7, 2025 at 3:05 AM
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3/ Since the stroke I have oddly become more myself. Foreign layers that accreted on me between infancy and the stroke are dissolving bit by bit. I am becoming less afraid. Sometimes. May I keep going.
December 6, 2025 at 12:47 AM
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2/ I could whine about how I’m so disabled—my eyesight, trouble walking, trouble thinking or talking when I get too tired—but in truth I have about 85% of my abilities; I was expected to die. I am deeply deeply grateful to the people who saved my life.
December 6, 2025 at 12:42 AM
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11 years ago today I had a massive stroke. My brain swelled 7.5mm to the left. I came within hours of dying but an experimental treatment saved my life; I was 497 out of 500 patients in the study and probably one of its greatest successes. 1/
December 6, 2025 at 12:35 AM
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Stickers in my bullet journal from No. 1 Daughter. ❤️
Stickers parade across a bullet journal page: Four lil mushroom people with red and white spotted caps check out their laptop, drink a coffee, do laundry, and hold a flat-top mushroom over their head against the rain. Above them is a list of what Lynn did yesterday, and below them is the date—12-2-25–and the day of the week—Tuesday. I never thought I’d be the bujo type but if I don’t fill it out daily it feels super weird. It’s also very handy for impromptu notes, though my handwriting is rather bad since the stroke. Don’t be fooled by the way the “Tuesday” looks; the early writing is far better than the later writing.
December 2, 2025 at 4:15 PM
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Today is my 33rd couples anniversary with @velvetackbar.bsky.social. We met, we fell in love almost immediately, we’re still together. May you find a good someone like you or nothing like you or kind of like you, whatever (we are a couple of goons), be blessed. We have been and we are. ❤️
November 29, 2025 at 7:43 PM
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Sun 11-30-25 come to #SundayAfternoonKnitting 1-3 pm @ Tom’s Restaurant SE Division & Chavez in #PDX! Lotsa yarn & good conversation on #knitting, #crocheting, #embroidery etc! Meantime please enjoy these Pioneer fingerless mitts under way in Malabrigo Arroyo, colorway Borrajas.
A large purple ball of yarn sits atop a closed matte silver computer; it is attached to the ribbing of a fingerless mitt being knit on a ChiaoGoo 40” circular needle. Yarn: Malabrigo Arroyo sport weight, colorway Borrajas, a (quite) tonal purple Pattern: Pioneer Gloves (really mitts) https://www.ravelry.com/patterns/library/pioneer-gloves
November 29, 2025 at 7:33 PM
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Sun 11-23-25 come to #SundayAfternoonKnitting 1-3 pm @ Tom’s Restaurant SE Division & Chavez in #PDX! Meantime please enjoy these Camp Out mitts I’ve modified to use a smaller gauge.
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A fingerless mitt on circular needles sits atop the finished mitt of the pair. The tops of each mitt are purple; the palms are green. Yarn: Ultex Shetland Wool in eggplant purple and loden green Pattern: Camp Out mitts, free on Ravelry: https://www.ravelry.com/patterns/library/camp-out-fingerless-mitts
November 23, 2025 at 3:34 AM
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Today 11-16-25 is #SundayAfternoonKnitting 1-3 pm @ Tom's Restaurant SE Chavez & Division in #PDX! Good eats & drinks, great #yarn, #knitting, #crochet & #embroidery w/bonus husband! Meantime please enjoy this fingerless mitt underway. #pdxknitting 🧶
A dark purple border is being knit onto a loden green mitt. A thicker dark purple top is already finished. Pattern: Camp Out fingerless mitts free on Ravelry https://www.ravelry.com/patterns/library/camp-out-fingerless-mitts Yarn: very old Ultex Shetland in loden green and purple.
November 16, 2025 at 5:52 PM
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2/ I wish I knew then what I do now but don’t we always say that. What I’ve learned since has been deeply humbling. I’m grateful.
November 12, 2025 at 5:18 PM
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11 years ago today our old house almost burned down with us inside. We all barely made it out alive with Henry Dog & Blackberry Kitty but Inky Kitty died. 3 weeks later I had a massive stroke & came within hours of dying myself. 1/
November 12, 2025 at 5:16 PM
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Yikes!

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November 8, 2025 at 9:55 PM
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Sun 11-9-25 is #SundayAfternoonKnitting 1-3 pm @ Tom’s Restaurant, SE Chavez & Division in #PDX! Good food, great yarn! Meantime please enjoy a skein I just finished spinning, a bump I’ve yet to spin, and two wools destined for my hands’ warmth (fingerless mitts just underway).
A skein of handspun yarn in various shades of blue, a bump of Abstract Fibers BFL and silk in colorway Fire Red to be spun next, and two skeins of Ultex Shetland in loden green and a dark mulberry.
November 8, 2025 at 8:40 PM
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Finally finished. It took me almost two years to spin this bump of Rambouillet. (I was doing other stuff too, not just this.) It’s almost lace-weight I spun it so fine. Next up: a bump of BFL and silk in fire engine red.
A skein of handspun yarn is draped over a castle-type spinning wheel. This is 100% Rambouillet from Bumblebee Acres, colorway Chicory Fairy—blue ranging from violet-blue to green-blue.
November 7, 2025 at 6:19 AM
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Sun. 11-2-25 come to #SundayAfternoonKnitting 1-3 pm @ Tom’s Restaurant SE Division & Chavez in #PDX! We got #knitting, #crochet, #embroidery & nothin' to keep you entertained. Meantime, please enjoy this damn sock I’m attempting to knit for my dad. 😑 #pdxknitting 🧶
A toe-up sock being knit on a 40” circular needle sits on a wooden coffee table. It is various shades of light gray, natural and light brown, an ombré called Aslan by Lorna’s Laces in their Shepherd Sock. I am having to tear back the gusset section; it’s too long for my dad. 😑
November 2, 2025 at 1:38 AM
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Got it in three.

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October 29, 2025 at 4:28 PM
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I voted in Oregon‘s election! Go vote, wherever you are!
A blue silhouette of the state of Oregon, “I Voted” displayed prominently in yellow over it. That’s the colors of the state flag, btw. I mean, you probably knew that. It just occurred to me. 🤷🏻‍♀️
October 28, 2025 at 3:21 PM
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Today Sun 10-26-25 is #SundayAfternoonKnitting 1-3 pm @ Tom’s Restaurant SE Division & Chavez in #PDX! #Knitting, #crochet, #embroidery & nothing etc all welcome. Meantime please enjoy this Close to You shawl for No. 2 Kid, just finished blocking. #pdxknitting 🧶
A medium close-up of a Close to You shawl designed by Justyna Lorkowska. It is in garter stitch with a scallopy toothed edge containing eight large yarn-overs. Knit in Malabrigo Sock in an unknown colorway of dark purple, dark blue, green and magenta. Pattern: https://www.ravelry.com/patterns/library/close-to-you
October 26, 2025 at 1:52 PM
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It’s time to block.
A dark purple, green, blue & magenta handknit scarf and a dark blue handknit vest are in a plastic container. The container is in a sink; the sink’s faucet is streaming water down on the knitted items which are beginning to float.
October 23, 2025 at 10:50 PM
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Gee whiz

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October 23, 2025 at 6:44 PM
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Finis: log cabin lap robe for No. 2 Child and her doggo. Now it’s time to weave in a couple of ends and throw it in the wash (it’s acrylic). #knitting #pdxknitting 🧶
A lap robe on a tile floor, knit in Lion Brand Mandala, colorway Fairy (natural, brown, grays, blue, turquoise, purples and pinks).
October 22, 2025 at 10:15 PM
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Hot diggety

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October 22, 2025 at 12:45 AM
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Exhausted doggo is exhausted
A little golden chiweenie—part dachshund part chihuahua, part God knows what—is crashed out inside a car on the feet of a person in plaid pants.
October 19, 2025 at 11:46 PM
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Tomorrow Sun 10-19-25 it's #SundayAfternoonKnitting 1-3 pm @ Tom's Restaurant crnr SE Division & Chavez in #PDX! Loads of #knitting, #crochet, #embroidery & nada--come as you are! We do! Meantime, please enjoy these fingerless mitts I knit of handspun. #pdxknitting 🧶
A pair of fingerless mitts knit of handspun yarn in rich blues and greens, though in this picture the greens look brown. WEIRD. I'm going to try to take a better picture for a future photo. Yarn/fiber: Wandering Pines Ranch Storm on the Meadow alpaca/merino Pattern: https://www.ravelry.com/patterns/library/align-mitts-2
October 19, 2025 at 5:15 AM
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At least three, maybe four times the people at the Tigard #NoKings march.
An inflatable peacock and an inflatable eagle at the No Kings march in Tigard, OR
October 18, 2025 at 5:20 PM