Dread Cyser Empress and Cider Barrel Wrangler
@alwen-lost-arts.bsky.social
I read and play with string, surrounded by vintage sewing machines.
Spinner, knitter, bobbin lacemaker, weaver. Sometime tatter, netmaker, chair caner.
Bread maker, weather geek, chicken photographer.
Spinner, knitter, bobbin lacemaker, weaver. Sometime tatter, netmaker, chair caner.
Bread maker, weather geek, chicken photographer.
Last week when we got 11 inches of snow, Porch Cat was doing the thing where the head end of the cat is already doing a U-turn before the tail end has got all the way out the door.
December 7, 2025 at 3:54 AM
Last week when we got 11 inches of snow, Porch Cat was doing the thing where the head end of the cat is already doing a U-turn before the tail end has got all the way out the door.
Tonight, snow, and overnight low of 7°F (-14°C). Brrr.
December 7, 2025 at 3:51 AM
Tonight, snow, and overnight low of 7°F (-14°C). Brrr.
Some day I'd like it if my timeline was no longer 99% full of all the terrible crap the rump regime is doing and causing.
December 7, 2025 at 3:35 AM
Some day I'd like it if my timeline was no longer 99% full of all the terrible crap the rump regime is doing and causing.
Who else had pie for breakfast in the last couple days?
(Pumpkin. Hey, it has eggs in it, it's totally breakfast food.)
(Pumpkin. Hey, it has eggs in it, it's totally breakfast food.)
December 1, 2025 at 10:09 PM
Who else had pie for breakfast in the last couple days?
(Pumpkin. Hey, it has eggs in it, it's totally breakfast food.)
(Pumpkin. Hey, it has eggs in it, it's totally breakfast food.)
MIl is dismayed that Porch Cat's name is Porch Cat. Says we have to give her a real name since she is an indoor cat now.
Too late! Her vet records say Porch Cat !
Too late! Her vet records say Porch Cat !
December 1, 2025 at 10:06 PM
MIl is dismayed that Porch Cat's name is Porch Cat. Says we have to give her a real name since she is an indoor cat now.
Too late! Her vet records say Porch Cat !
Too late! Her vet records say Porch Cat !
I don't care if people have to re-learn how to drive in the snow every year,
as long as they are not having that learning experience right in front of my car.
as long as they are not having that learning experience right in front of my car.
November 30, 2025 at 2:03 AM
I don't care if people have to re-learn how to drive in the snow every year,
as long as they are not having that learning experience right in front of my car.
as long as they are not having that learning experience right in front of my car.
Also my brother texted me in the morning saying the truck had gotten as far as his house.
So at least it's not on the side of the road in the snow.
So at least it's not on the side of the road in the snow.
November 30, 2025 at 2:00 AM
Also my brother texted me in the morning saying the truck had gotten as far as his house.
So at least it's not on the side of the road in the snow.
So at least it's not on the side of the road in the snow.
Today I just took the trash & recycling to the transfer station, brought in firewood twice, ran, and made bread.
So much more restful.
So much more restful.
November 30, 2025 at 1:55 AM
Today I just took the trash & recycling to the transfer station, brought in firewood twice, ran, and made bread.
So much more restful.
So much more restful.
My thanksgiving:
-unexpected loveseat
-one-day dinner delay due to weather
-problems with truck delivering loveseat
-delicious turkey dinner
-return to truck, get it to my house
-follow truck *nearly* to my brother's house
-more truck problems
-drive my parents to their house
-drive home
-fall over
-unexpected loveseat
-one-day dinner delay due to weather
-problems with truck delivering loveseat
-delicious turkey dinner
-return to truck, get it to my house
-follow truck *nearly* to my brother's house
-more truck problems
-drive my parents to their house
-drive home
-fall over
November 30, 2025 at 1:54 AM
My thanksgiving:
-unexpected loveseat
-one-day dinner delay due to weather
-problems with truck delivering loveseat
-delicious turkey dinner
-return to truck, get it to my house
-follow truck *nearly* to my brother's house
-more truck problems
-drive my parents to their house
-drive home
-fall over
-unexpected loveseat
-one-day dinner delay due to weather
-problems with truck delivering loveseat
-delicious turkey dinner
-return to truck, get it to my house
-follow truck *nearly* to my brother's house
-more truck problems
-drive my parents to their house
-drive home
-fall over
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Actually heading out out tonight to a party no less. If I had a fantasy wardrobe I might choose Jean Dessès’s earl #1950s strapless cocktail dress consisting of overlapping scallops of silk. I don’t though. Sadly #V_and_A #FashionHistory 🗃️🪡
November 29, 2025 at 5:27 PM
Actually heading out out tonight to a party no less. If I had a fantasy wardrobe I might choose Jean Dessès’s earl #1950s strapless cocktail dress consisting of overlapping scallops of silk. I don’t though. Sadly #V_and_A #FashionHistory 🗃️🪡
Porch Cat tried all of us humans, and not one could open the door into summer.
November 30, 2025 at 1:37 AM
Porch Cat tried all of us humans, and not one could open the door into summer.
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There is a post circulating on Bluesky encouraging the moving of a frozen turkey straight into a pot of hot oil. We are combating this misinformation the best way we know how - through the power of dance music.
November 23, 2025 at 1:31 PM
There is a post circulating on Bluesky encouraging the moving of a frozen turkey straight into a pot of hot oil. We are combating this misinformation the best way we know how - through the power of dance music.
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what we don’t have in turkey fryer explosion videos, we make up for with 10-pound grease ball pics.
November 25, 2025 at 8:58 PM
what we don’t have in turkey fryer explosion videos, we make up for with 10-pound grease ball pics.
This is a bad plan.
November 25, 2025 at 9:11 PM
This is a bad plan.
Everybody make a fist and give the simulation a good thump on the side.
. . . I typed "Everybody make a fish" more than one time.
*thumps the simulation a little harder*
. . . I typed "Everybody make a fish" more than one time.
*thumps the simulation a little harder*
November 25, 2025 at 8:48 PM
Everybody make a fist and give the simulation a good thump on the side.
. . . I typed "Everybody make a fish" more than one time.
*thumps the simulation a little harder*
. . . I typed "Everybody make a fish" more than one time.
*thumps the simulation a little harder*
Tell me you're totally out of touch with the vast majority of Americans without telling me you're totally out of touch with the vast majority of Americans.
"elevate charismatic figures such as Alan Dershowitz"
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November 25, 2025 at 4:01 AM
Tell me you're totally out of touch with the vast majority of Americans without telling me you're totally out of touch with the vast majority of Americans.
Did I ever post the Hamilton Ross chain stitch machine I got a couple months ago? It looks like this:
It was manufactured by Gibraltar Manufacturing of New Jersey, also available with Sew-Rite cast into the arm instead of Hamilton Ross.
(See the pic's alt text for more.)
It was manufactured by Gibraltar Manufacturing of New Jersey, also available with Sew-Rite cast into the arm instead of Hamilton Ross.
(See the pic's alt text for more.)
November 25, 2025 at 2:55 AM
Did I ever post the Hamilton Ross chain stitch machine I got a couple months ago? It looks like this:
It was manufactured by Gibraltar Manufacturing of New Jersey, also available with Sew-Rite cast into the arm instead of Hamilton Ross.
(See the pic's alt text for more.)
It was manufactured by Gibraltar Manufacturing of New Jersey, also available with Sew-Rite cast into the arm instead of Hamilton Ross.
(See the pic's alt text for more.)
The funny thing about the bald eagles I saw last month was first I heard a red-tailed hawk scream, looked up, and saw a bald eagle!
So I thumped the simulation on the side to reset it,
looked some more, and saw the red-tailed hawk valiantly trying to hassle the two bald eagles.
So I thumped the simulation on the side to reset it,
looked some more, and saw the red-tailed hawk valiantly trying to hassle the two bald eagles.
While I was outside turning over the wool I washed today, I saw not one but two bald eagles.
November 25, 2025 at 2:39 AM
The funny thing about the bald eagles I saw last month was first I heard a red-tailed hawk scream, looked up, and saw a bald eagle!
So I thumped the simulation on the side to reset it,
looked some more, and saw the red-tailed hawk valiantly trying to hassle the two bald eagles.
So I thumped the simulation on the side to reset it,
looked some more, and saw the red-tailed hawk valiantly trying to hassle the two bald eagles.
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You know, I'm not sure I ever really read the Pond Rules at our local nature preserve all that closely before
November 25, 2025 at 1:24 AM
You know, I'm not sure I ever really read the Pond Rules at our local nature preserve all that closely before
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I harvested and pressed various flowers from our garden throughout the past year. Now I’m experimenting with arrangements. First up, relatively bright colors against a dark background:
November 20, 2025 at 6:41 PM
I harvested and pressed various flowers from our garden throughout the past year. Now I’m experimenting with arrangements. First up, relatively bright colors against a dark background:
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Here come the winter holidays!
To celebrate I made a gingerbread brain. Gingerbrain.
To celebrate I made a gingerbread brain. Gingerbrain.
November 20, 2025 at 9:28 PM
Here come the winter holidays!
To celebrate I made a gingerbread brain. Gingerbrain.
To celebrate I made a gingerbread brain. Gingerbrain.
How pathetic do you have to be to have your chatbot reprogrammed to claim you're best at everything.
November 21, 2025 at 1:28 AM
How pathetic do you have to be to have your chatbot reprogrammed to claim you're best at everything.
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Quick cartoon. I was hoping to stay unplugged this week but I saw some news and had to take a break to draw this out. I think we all needed to see it realized.
November 18, 2025 at 6:31 PM
Quick cartoon. I was hoping to stay unplugged this week but I saw some news and had to take a break to draw this out. I think we all needed to see it realized.
So!
*slaps hands together*
This past week, I undid the cast off, and I ripped back for-ty.rows.
Clear back into the top of Edith, the three-petal motif.
Now I'm reknitting the outside with no decreases at the edges, just hex mesh, and at the end I'll do the bind off like Duchrow 73.5.
*slaps hands together*
This past week, I undid the cast off, and I ripped back for-ty.rows.
Clear back into the top of Edith, the three-petal motif.
Now I'm reknitting the outside with no decreases at the edges, just hex mesh, and at the end I'll do the bind off like Duchrow 73.5.
November 18, 2025 at 9:30 PM
So!
*slaps hands together*
This past week, I undid the cast off, and I ripped back for-ty.rows.
Clear back into the top of Edith, the three-petal motif.
Now I'm reknitting the outside with no decreases at the edges, just hex mesh, and at the end I'll do the bind off like Duchrow 73.5.
*slaps hands together*
This past week, I undid the cast off, and I ripped back for-ty.rows.
Clear back into the top of Edith, the three-petal motif.
Now I'm reknitting the outside with no decreases at the edges, just hex mesh, and at the end I'll do the bind off like Duchrow 73.5.