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🧶Fiber Artist🧶
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Finally took some real photos of my recently finished yarns!

#spinning #handspun #handmade #knitting #weaving #crochet #handdyed #rainbow #jeweltones #color #happy 🧶 #louisvillelocal #theyarnpharm
November 30, 2025 at 10:16 PM
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I have to say, I’m insanely proud of this one. Not only do I think it’s amazingly beautiful, but it’s probably the most technically perfect yarn I’ve ever made.

#spinning #handspun #handmade #knitting #weaving #crochet #handdyed #rainbow #jeweltones #color #happy 🧶 #louisvillelocal #theyarnpharm
October 22, 2025 at 3:41 AM
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It’s so pretttyyyy!

#spinning #handspun #handspunyarn #handmade #knitting #weaving #crochet #handdyed #rainbow #jeweltones #color #happy 🧶 #spinjones #daedalusspinningwheels #louisvillelocal #theyarnpharm #squishfactor #squishy
October 19, 2025 at 9:34 PM
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More plying progress. 💚🩵💙

#spinning #handspun #handspunyarn #handmade #knitting #weaving #crochet #handdyed #rainbow #jeweltones #color #happy 🧶 #spinjones #daedalusspinningwheels #louisvillelocal #theyarnpharm #squishfactor #squishy
October 12, 2025 at 10:28 PM
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Ply progress!! 💜🩷🧡💛💚

#spinning #handspun #handspunyarn #handmade #knitting #weaving #crochet #handdyed #rainbow #jeweltones #color #happy 🧶 #spinjones #daedalusspinningwheels #louisvillelocal #theyarnpharm #squishfactor #squishy
Handspun yarn on a blue 3D printed bobbin, chain plied, starting with bright purple and transitioning into vibrant fuchsia. Handspun yarn on a blue 3D printed bobbin, chain plied, from fuchsia to copper. Handspun yarn on a blue 3D printed bobbin, chain plied, from copper to gold. Handspun yarn on a blue 3D printed bobbin, chain plied, from gold to olive.
October 6, 2025 at 2:22 AM
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It’s ply time! This is going to be chain plied, which is not my comfort zone, but it was the best answer for these beautiful gradient batts.

#spinning 🧶 #handspunyarn #handspun #handmade #knitting #crochet #weaving #louisvillelocal #gradient #jeweltones #merino #silk #color #vibrant #happy
October 5, 2025 at 1:45 PM
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I think “moral asymmetry” is a really lovely way to say “hypocrisy,” what do you think?
September 14, 2025 at 2:13 AM
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September 13, 2025 at 2:39 AM
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Another beautiful day in the #pollinatorgarden ! A red spotted purple admiral #butterfly and a hummingbird #moth. My indoor #caterpillars are doing well too, with many pipevine swallowtails starting to pupate!
September 9, 2025 at 9:54 PM
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#butterfly of the day! I’m so happy my #pollinatorgarden is thriving!

#redspottedpurpleadmiral
September 5, 2025 at 10:20 PM
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Most recent #spinning - I’m hoping to get this whole project on 2 bobbins, but it will be tight. This bobbin goes from a royal blurple into teal then an olivey green, while the next will go from olive green to gold to magenta. Can’t wait to get it all plied!

#handspun #yarn 🧶 #handmade #knitting
The end of a bobbin showing color transitions from blue to dark teal. The end of a bobbin showing color transitions from navy to lighter teal. The outer layer of the bobbin, showing color transitions from grassy green to olive green.
September 5, 2025 at 3:05 AM
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VACCINES ARE SAFE AND EFFECTIVE.
September 5, 2025 at 1:00 AM
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So far I’ve successfully released 12 #monarchs - I have 13 in chrysalis and 20ish smaller #caterpillars; 2 #spicebush #swallowtails and have 7 more in chrysalis; have 2 pupated #hummingbird moths, and dozens of #pipevine swallowtail cats. Plus #tiger swallowtail and #spottedadmiral visitors!
A beautiful orange and black male monarch butterfly drinking from a bright purple butterfly bush. A red-spotted purple admiral butterfly eating from a pink butterfly bush flower.
September 1, 2025 at 10:01 PM
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August 29, 2025 at 12:25 PM
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A time lapse of a #spicebush #swallowtail #caterpillar going through the process of turning into a pupae, where it will overwinter before undergoing #metamorphosis into a #butterfly and emerging in the Spring. You can clearly see the silk harness it looped around its upper body to hold it in place.
August 23, 2025 at 1:09 PM
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A timelapse of a #spicebush #swallowtail #caterpillar preparing for #metamorphosis by attaching itself to the surface with silk at the bottom, then creating a silk sling for its upper body to hang from. It gets into a set position at the end, where it stays for several hours before it pupates.
August 23, 2025 at 1:04 PM
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These little ones were maybe my most exciting find - they are #pipevine #swallowtail #caterpillars. I watched the butterfly lay her eggs, which I was over the moon about, and then brought them in for safety. They are hatching, and there are dozens! I can’t wait to watch them grow.
Tiny orange eggs and tiny black caterpillars, freshly emerged, on a green leafy backdrop. Tiny black caterpillars! The edge of the leaf they’ve eaten is lacy with holes from their large appetites, and you can just make out their spikey sides, which don’t sting, but can look intimidating as they grow. Empty orange egg casings on a green vine, and a cluster of tiny black caterpillars on the underside of a green leaf.
August 18, 2025 at 1:33 AM
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This is a #hummingbird #moth, which I was VERY excited to find on my native honeysuckle this year. They are very similar in color to the plant they live on, and therefore hard to find. I have two - the 2nd has burrowed under the bed of leaves I made on the enclosure floor to pupate and overwinter.
A light green caterpillar stretching to eat a leaf, blending in very well with the light green vining stem of the honeysuckle plant it lives on. These look very similar to tomato horn worms, as both are types of hawk moth caterpillars, but they are not pests - please don’t squish them!
August 18, 2025 at 1:26 AM
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All of the #caterpillars I’m raising are wild - they’ve hatched on the host plants in my yard, and I bring them in to keep them safe from predators as they grow. These spicebush #swallowtails will pupate soon, and many of them will overwinter in my garage and released as #butterflies in the Spring.
Green spicebush swallowtail caterpillars on green leaves. These start as tiny brown blobs that camouflage as bird poop, then as they grow they change colors to match the leaves. They have yellow false eye markings on their backs to make themselves look larger, but their heads are actually small and brown and on the very fronts of their bodies. A green spicebush swallowtail pupae on a green leaf - it’s laying on its side because one of its anchors broke, but I’m hopeful it will emerge unharmed. It is green to match its environment. A brown spicebush swallowtail pupae anchored to the side of the enclosure. Since it anchored on a surface other than a leaf (usually a stem or branch), it’s brown for camouflage.
August 18, 2025 at 1:18 AM
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My #pollinator garden has really taken off! Enjoy this awesome timelapse that I just took of a pupating #monarch #caterpillar. It should be a tad longer but my phone died 😩. I have 25 monarchs, and as soon as they emerge as butterflies they will be off on their arduous journey to winter in Mexico.
August 18, 2025 at 12:55 AM
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Sharing my excitement! Besides 🧶, my hobby is 🦋. My front yard is full of native host 🌱 and 🌼. I bring the 🐛 inside to protect them from predators as they grow. This year so far I have 20 monarchs, 14 spicebush swallowtails, and a hummingbird moth. We’ve had lots of 🦋 visitors too!
A hummingbird moth delicately sipping from my pink butterfly bush. I saw 3 today, and found my first ever hummingbird moth caterpillar! A tiger swallowtail, with beautiful blue and black stripes, taking a rest and a snack on my pink butterfly bush. A polyphemus moth hanging out by our porch light. These guys are huge! Close to the size of your hand. I’m hoping to find that he has found a mate and that maybe she has laid eggs in my maple. A mesh enclosure full of spicebush swallowtails caterpillars. They happily curl themselves inside of the leaves for protection. Many of them are small and look like little blobs of bird poop, while the mature ones turn green, then yellow, then pupate into brown chrysalises with the changing leaves. The one at the top left is yellow and is anchoring himself in for a big change.
August 10, 2025 at 1:44 AM
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My child is amazing.

#mombrag #girlcandraw #buddingartist #thewatsonsgotobirmingham #summerhomework #middleschool
A 9 frame comic depicting a scene from “The Watsons go to Birmingham,” in which a mother loses her cool and tries to burn her son with a match as a form of punishment, but is thwarted by her younger child.
August 8, 2025 at 12:39 AM
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Slowly working into teal!

#spinning #fiberarts #handpunyarn #handspun #knitting #crochet #weaving #yarn #handmade #louisvillelocal #daedalusspinningwheels 🧶 #tourdefleece #tourdefleece2025 #merino #silk #spinjones
Handspun yarn singles, under layer royal blue, surface layer teal-blue going into teal. Bright blue sari silk slubs throughout.
July 27, 2025 at 2:42 PM
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Slow progress the last couple of days, with a lot more beach time than spinning time.

#spinning #fiberarts #handpunyarn #handspun #knitting #crochet #weaving #yarn #handmade #louisvillelocal #daedalusspinningwheels 🧶 #tourdefleece #tourdefleece2025 #merino #silk #spinjones
Blue handspun singles on a black 3D printed bobbin. Blue handspun singles on a black 3D printed bobbin.
July 26, 2025 at 8:17 PM
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Yesterday’s spinning, and my favorite 3 shell acquisitions from the trip so far!

#spinning #fiberarts #handpunyarn #handspun #knitting #crochet #weaving #yarn #handmade #louisvillelocal #daedalusspinningwheels 🧶 #tourdefleece #tourdefleece2025 #merino #silk #spinjones #shelling #marcoisland
Handspun yarn singles - a layer of royal purple peeking out from underneath a layer transitioning from royal blue to deep teal, all with pops of bright blue sari silk. Left: a perfect lace murex shell, fresh from the sea and unbleached - this shell has tan details on the body of the shell, with off-white “lacy” protrusions; middle: a wenteltrap shell, which is a tiny, bright white, conical shell with spiraling ridges; right: an alphabet cone shell - this shell is off-white with brown dots and dashes as patterning, similar in appearance to written letters.
July 24, 2025 at 6:16 PM