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Ann (she/her)
@adolina.bsky.social
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Fiber Artist.
Slow intentional living.
Garment mending enthusiast.
Whole food plant based eating.
Fibromyalgia & Major Depression Disorder.
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Finished beret modeled by me. I love the bumpy ridges of garter stitch in hand knit garments and accessories. Are you ready for autumn temps?

#creativeworkoftheday #cwotd #autumnfashion #winterfashion #bespokefashion #knitting #bespokeknitwear #fashion
A Caucasian woman with long reddish brown hair, light blue eyes and yellow edged eye glasses. She is wearing a golden yellow hand knit beret which has the bumpy ridges of garter stitch. The woman is looking off to the right with her green phone in the center frame taking the photo in a mirror.
October 3, 2025 at 6:50 PM
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Beret blocked on a dinner plate to dry. This gives the hat it's iconic disk shape.

#creativeworkoftheday #cwotd #beret #hatknitting #knitting
Golden colored beret with garter stitch bumpy ridges stretched over a dinner plate to dry. The morning sunlight is streaming in from the left, making shadows on a wooden table surface.
October 3, 2025 at 2:43 PM
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Finished the knitting on my honey bear beret. Now, to give it a bath and form it over a plate to dry. This will achieve that classic beret disc shape it clearly lacks now.

#creativeworkoftheday #cwotd #behindthescenes #handknithats #bespokeknitwear #handknitting
A clear plastic bin is filled with yellow, brown and cream yarn balls resting on a cream sheepskin. In front of the bin to the left are four balls of yarn in yellow, mustard, gold and ochre To the right of the yarn balls is a garter stitch hat that is folded and leaning against the clear plastic bin. The hat is knit with the four yarn ball colors held together, dark shades on the bottom and lighter on top.
October 2, 2025 at 9:13 PM
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Working on a series of garter stitch beret hats. Here's the latest in progress.

#creativeworkoftheday #hatknitting #fiberartist #wearableart
A partially knitting honey colored beret laid flat on a cream colored sheepskin. The beret texture is that of bumpy ridges. To the right of the hat are 3 balls of yarn in mustard, ochre, and gold colors.
October 2, 2025 at 2:27 PM
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Basket repair for the win! Keeping your processions in use longer to rebel against capitalism. I wound fabric and thread over the areas where bits had broken off. Simple and quick.
#mending #careandrepair #anticapitalism
Blonde colored oval shaped basket with three areas of repair on the rim. The repairs are made of a mustard colored cotton cloth with yellow colored thread wrapped around in the middle. The basket is sitting on a medium brown wooden table. Close up of a blonde colored oval baskets rim. There is a section wrapped with mustard colored cotton fabric and in the middle of this is wrapped yellow cotton thread. The basket is sitting on a medium brown colored table.
March 18, 2025 at 1:07 PM
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Mending madness today! Working on my husband's dress shirt which have holes along the arm seam from wear. I stitched a patch to the inside and stabilized the hole with some embroidery satin stitch. It's visible, but it'll do.
#mending #makedoandmend
Inside view of a French blue Oxford cloth shirt. There us a lighter blue Oxford cloth patch appliqued along the sleeve seam covering a hole. A needle with blue thread is pictured in progress of stitching down the patch. View of a French blue Oxford cloth men's dress shirt sleeve seam. There is a hole along the seam where the fabric has worn thin from wear. Close up view of a French blue Oxford cloth men's dress shirt seam. There is an inch long mend done along the seamline with blue thread in a satin stitch to cover the hole.
March 16, 2025 at 2:59 PM
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Duplicate Stitch/Swiss Darning a handknit wool sock for my husband. It's always nice to darn socks when the stitches have thinned, but have not broken through yet. It's so neat and tidy.
#mending #careandrepair #makedoandmend
The bottom of a gray wool men's sock heel area. There is a square mended in the middle with black yarn in duplicate stitch repairing where the yarn had thinned.
March 12, 2025 at 3:45 PM
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Let's normalize mending! Here is my fitted bed sheet with multiple patches where the fabric had torn with wear. Choose mending over throwing into landfill.
#mending #careandrepair
A fitted bed sheet of cream with vertical navy blue ticking stripes. There is one large and two small navy blue square patches sewn with cream stitches outlining the squares.
March 10, 2025 at 8:10 PM
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Rebel from the oligarchs who want you to consume more and more. This cotton sweater's cuffs lost their stretch so I sewed in shirring elastic thread making it wearable again. We need to normalize mending and caring for our belongings giving them a long and useful life.
#mending #careandrepair
Two cuffs of a navy blue striped cotton sweater are shown side by side for comparison. One is stretched out and wide and flat. The other is fixed and tightened in by added elastic thread. They are laying on the arm of a chair covered in Indian patterned cloth in shades of tan, red and green.
March 7, 2025 at 10:17 PM
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My mother purchased this wicker laundry basket in the 1960s. Bits of wicker, and the handles have broken off over the years. I mended it by weaving strips of canvas fabric through the spokes. It's in daily use for my laundry. Tending to our processions is vital.
#mending #anticapitalism
Large oval wicker laundry basket with sections of dark blue fabric woven in where there were holes. The basket is laying on top of a an oriental carpet in shades on tan, rust and hints of blue.
March 6, 2025 at 9:24 PM
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I believe mending is a form of rebellion. This basket was my grandmother's, who died in 1950 2 decades before I was born. I sewed the brim of the lid with indigo dyed cotton thread to fix the broken raffia & replaced the stained lining with some leftover scraps if quilters cotton.
#mending
A small, round, light brown raffia basket. The lid is leaning to the side. It's brim is wound with indigo cotton thread. The basket interior sides are lined with a cream, light blue and dark blue floral print cotton fabric, and the base is lined with a mustard colored cotton fabric.
March 5, 2025 at 5:24 PM
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Mending a navy blue Maggie's Organic cotton sock with heavyweight cotton thread. It is an act of rebellion to keep our garments in regular use as long as possible. I also find this kind of work incredibly meditative and rewarding.
The bottom of a navy blue cotton crew sock with light blue thread darning on the heel and ball of the foot.
March 4, 2025 at 2:09 PM
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My Opie take a snooze.

#americanbulldog #bullybreed #pittymix
A white American Bulldog Pitbull Mix dog's head asleep in the lap of a woman wearing white trousers and a yellow sweater. Her left arm is draped over the dog's shoulders.
November 19, 2024 at 8:49 PM
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New video out today on YouTube. A mellow stream of consciousness knitting vlog. Join me for a bit of relaxation - link in bio.
November 19, 2024 at 7:13 PM
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Sewed up this flower hair clip today. I'm really proud that all material used were plant dyed natural fibers.

#indigo
Indigo blue silk ribbon fluffy flower hair clip with French knot center in dark indigo, light indigo and pale yellow. It's resting on light colored sheep fleece.
November 19, 2024 at 12:13 AM
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The sun is shining so I don't need yellow, and instead am embracing my blue garments. Opie is my deaf, one eyed American bulldog. He'll show up here soon.
November 15, 2024 at 9:21 PM
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Needed a boost today so I decorated my hair with daisies.
White woman with a crown of braided hair decorated with small white daisies. She is wearing a holden hoodie with a putty colored daisy print seated on a sofa.
November 14, 2024 at 8:52 PM