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Berry Tired
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Knitter, Spinner, Baker, Artist, Nerd, Animal Lover, Witch ❤️ I like making things with my hands so my brain shuts up for a while. (They/Them)
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Celebrated my bday with my mum, brother, aunt, and boyfriend yesterday! Got to tour the Taza factory, then had a lovely dinner at mum's.

Little brother is the best, and printed me the Good & Basic Charkha parts 😍 gonna put it together soon once we get the base and spindles!

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Taza brand chocolate, 3 bars and a disk. The three bars are Lemon Cookie Crunch, Raspberry Crunch, and Cornflake Crunch. The disk is Guajillo Chili. I highly recommend checking out the Taza factory if you're ever in the area. Amazing atmosphere, wonderfully helpful and nice employees, and even better chocolate. The tours are short but well priced, the factory is quite small after all. Well worth it, since they're quite generous with the samples! The chocolate itself is a little bit pricey, but with the quality and amount of work they do its 100% the right price. #Taza #TazaChocolateFactory #chocolate #stonegroundchocolate #mexican-stylechocolate 3d printed parts for the Good and Basic Charkha spinning wheel. Top and bottom left are the accelerator wheel and drive wheel, respectively. In the center is the maiden and its base. On the top right is a small clear box with the spindle pulley and guard. Below the box is one of the mounts for the wheels. I am so excited to put this together! I just need a base, some 3/32" steel rods, and some nice glue that'll work with plastic and (probably) wood. I'm gonna spin the last of my alpaca on it and make my brother something very nice for his birthday 🥰 he's a treasure. #spinning #spinnersofbluesky #fiberarts #charkha #charkhawheel #goodandbasic #3dprinting
November 3, 2025 at 3:45 PM
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Hit up my local Filipino Grocery today! got some incredible staples. Plus I have to go back soon, those angels have a kitchen in there 😍

I know nothing of Asian brands, but I doubt they'd hate me learning by trial and error 🤣

Got some of the big tapioca boiling right now for bubble tea tomorrow 🥰
Some Asian food staples gotten at Fil-Mart Eatcetera. Back row (L to R): Instant miso soup, dried shiitake, dried chillies, chilli crisp. Front row (L to R): Rice vermicelli, canned coconut milk, large tapioca pearls, small tapioca pearls. #Filipinogrocery #FilMart
October 26, 2025 at 8:56 PM
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Keep forgetting to post, too busy tinkering!

My love's father found his old fly reel and let me borrow it for the diy charkha 🥰 so the creature got an update!
A diy charkha spinning wheel, strapped to a laptop. The main structure is made of knitting needles and popsicle sticks, tied together into a ladder-like frame. There is a ruler strapped across the center for steadiness. The mother of all is a cardboard tube with a plastic straw shoved through it. The spindle is a knitting needle with plastic-lid washers to keep everything on. The new drive wheel is a fly fishing reel tied to the back. I am using some old fly fishing line as a new drive band for better grip. #spinnersofbluesky #spinningwheel #diy
October 5, 2025 at 4:34 PM
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So while my Mum has been offering to get me a spinning wheel for the holidays...

That would just rob me of the joy of getting fed up and making my own? (No, I'm super grateful forreal, she's the best)

I'm so thankful to all the people online who have posted diy charkha instructions. Y'all rock.
A homemade charkha-like spinning wheel. Bare with me, folks. I'm gonna do my best to describe it. The base frame is made from two large knitting needles, spaced by popsicle sticks, which are secured with rubber bands. It's all secured with rubber bands. There are so many rubber bands. The maidens are two fidget spinners arranged vertically parallel to one another. The center grips have been popped out to expose the ball bearing, and another large knitting needle is shoved through it to make the spindle. There is a large bundle of plied yarn on the spindle. The yarn is oatmeal colored Shetland and spun quite fine. The drive wheel is arranged perpendicular to the spindle and is made out of an old plastic bobbin. It is slotted onto a popsicle stick that is stuck into a third fidget spinner's ball bearing. There is another popsicle stick at the top of the one used for the drive wheel shaft, attached at a 90 degre angle. That one acts like a turning handle for the drive wheel. Its drive band is yet another rubber band at the moment, but that has its issues and will be replaced soon. The whole critter is strapped to a laptop, with more rubber bands, to give it some sturdiness. #spinning #handspinning #spindlespinning #fiberarts #spinnersofbluesky #spinningwheel #charkha #diy
September 18, 2025 at 12:51 AM
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Rare non-fiber post 🥰

I was absolutely drooling over the grill today. Got stuff going for dinner and also some stuff to make husbando-prime some hot sauce 😍

More info in the alt-text, as is tradition 😘
A grill covered in meat and veggies. At the front is dry-rubbed pork tenderloin. Towards the back are seasoned Zephyr Summer squash and some red onion quarters. On the small rack on the top are shihito peppers and habanero. The seasoning mix on the pork is garlic and onion powder, s&p, paprika, brown sugar, and oil. On the squash is garlic and onion powder, s&p, a little lemon juice, and oil. The peppers and red onion are unseasoned, for they will BECOME the flavor. #cooking #food #grilling #hotsauce
September 5, 2025 at 6:50 PM
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Ack, been quiet for a while cuz I'm working on a project I can't share. It's for my Mum, and she follows all my socials 🥰

Have some more Shetland progress ❤️ perfect weather to finish off the first 50g of those lovely stuff.
A drop spindle and wool, in a hand, being held up in front of a rain-coated window. There is a large bundle of oatmeal colored yarn wrapped around the spindle shaft, and gathered above it is Shetland wool roving in the same color. #yarn #handspunyarn #handspun #handspinning #fiberarts #handmade #spinnersofbluesky #spindlespinning #Shetland
August 27, 2025 at 7:33 PM
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Rare non-fiber-arts post:

Anyone have any tips for keeping groundhogs away from my plants?

We have them in pots up on an elevated space, but the bastards figured out how to get up there.

Any success stories from hot pepper tea? (1/2)

#gardening #groundhog
July 21, 2025 at 1:29 PM
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Took a little TDF break to spin up the teeny pink skein from some recycled yarn bits 🥰

Now I'm started on the lemon lime soda blend that I dyed myself. Corriedale is such a joy to spin 😍
A small twisted skein of cool toned pink yarn. A drop spindle shaft resting on some roving. The roving is bright green with stripes of yellow shades. The drop spindle has some yarn wrapped onto it, which is made of the roving. #yarn #handspunyarn #handspun #handspinning #fiberarts #handmade #spinnersofbluesky #spindlespinning #corriedale #TDF #TourdeFleece2025
July 20, 2025 at 6:39 PM
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First finished skein of my first TDF 🥰 thanks to my lovely mum, it was even some Shetland from NH 😍 such a perfect fiber for my first TDF skein ever ❤️

Finished measurements: 85yds to just under an ounce (87m/25g for my metric cuties).

A regular amount of this would be 340yd/348m per 4oz/100g.
A twisted skein of oatmeal colored yarn. It's made of Shetland wool, from Five Sister Farm. #yarn #handspunyarn #handspun #handspinning #fiberarts #handmade #spinnersofbluesky #spindlespinning #Shetland #TDF #TourdeFleece2025
July 19, 2025 at 1:20 AM
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Yo #TourdeFleece2025 got me actually lookin forward to plying 🤣 I'm not competing, but I LOVE stats 😍

Shetland ply trucking along well 🥰 can't wait to measure it!
A drop spindle and ball of single-ply yarn. The ball of singles is wrapped around a paper towel tube, into a center-pull ball. It is being spun into a 2-ply yarn, which is wrapped around the shaft of the drop spindle. The yarn is made of an oatmeal-colored Shetland wool. #yarn #handspunyarn #handspun #handspinning #fiberarts #handmade #spinnersofbluesky #spindlespinning #Shetland #TDF ##TourdeFleece2025
July 18, 2025 at 2:43 AM
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Day 8 progress 🥰 almost done with this 25g ball of roving. I have 3 more of the Shetland (100g total).

May just ply this up as a mini-skein and then break into my lemon-lime corriedale 😍

Frau Halle, save me! I need a spinning wheel so bad 😭
A top whorl drop spindle, sitting on a small pile of roving. There is a large copp of spun yarn around the shaft of the spindle. Next to the copp is a matchbox for scale. The wool roving & the yarn made from it are an oatmeal colored Shetland wool. It comes from Five Sisters Farm in New Hampshire, USA #yarn #handspunyarn #handspun #handspinning #fiberarts #handmade #spinnersofbluesky #spindlespinning #Shetland #TDF #TourdeFleece2025
July 13, 2025 at 2:58 PM
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Back home! The spinning has been slow but steady! I have no goals except to try and do one full wrap of the copp (cop?) a day. That makes it faster every day by my math 🤣
A yarn bowl filled with Shetland wool roving. A drop spindle is nestled into the fiber. An almond-shaped copp of yarn is wrapped around the spindle shaft. Both the roving and the yarn made from it are a light oatmeal color. #yarn #handspunyarn #handspun #handspinning #fiberarts #handmade #spinnersofbluesky #spindlespinning #Shetland #TourDeFleece #TDF2025
July 11, 2025 at 2:56 AM
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Tour de fleece Day 1 progress 🥰 I'm loving the long staple length on this Shetland 😍 perfect for my first TDF!

Plus me and my love have been catsitting, so the lovely Mr. Kingston is modeling ❤️
A cat, snuggled you to a drop spindle and some roving. The roving is an oatmeal white, made of Shetland wool. Two small copps of yarn are wrapped around the shaft of the drop spindle. The cat is VERY old. His fur is long and white with gray patches that fade into the white. He has a gray sleeve on his front paw, a gray tail, and a gray face and ears. He's very handsome and I love him with all my heart. He also likes my husband more than me. #cat #yarn #handspunyarn #handspun #handspinning #fiberarts #handmade #spinnersofbluesky #spindlespinning #wool #Shetland #TourdeFleece
July 5, 2025 at 9:52 PM
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Stickers by Antony Ho.
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#JapanExpo2025
July 3, 2025 at 5:59 PM
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Less of a chance the recipient will see it here, and I'm too proud of myself to not post it 🤣

A tatted lace bookmark for my mum, as a thank you for the recent weekend getaway 🥰

Now to wet block this bad boy!
A dark blue bookmark, made of tatted lace. The lace motif looks flowery, and there is a thin braid attached to the bottom. Cotton crochet thread was used to make it. #lace #tatting #tattedlace #fiberarts
June 22, 2025 at 2:46 PM
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Well, I finally did it!

Got too excited to ply the alpaca fractal and gave myself a sore arm 🤣

Bastard woke me up this morning. I have weeding to do on Sunday, so I'm taking a crafting break 😭

Remember kids, stretch, and PACE YOURSELVES

#fiberarts #handspinning #spindlespinning
June 20, 2025 at 10:55 PM
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Natural Alpaca Fractal spun!

I'm probably gonna start plying it today because wtf she's already so gorgeous 😭😍
Two cardboard tubes, being used as bobbins for yarn singles. There is a cake-wrapped ball gathered around the middle of the tube. The yarn is 4 colors in a repeating pattern: white, beige, medium brown, and black. #alpaca #yarn #handspunyarn #handspun #handspinning #fiberarts #handmade #spinnersofbluesky #spindlespinning
June 19, 2025 at 2:47 PM
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Natural alpaca fractal is slow going, especially since my attention has to be shared with Shuttle Tatting and Balatro 🤣

Just gotta finish before TDFleece, so that my spindle is free for ✨️Shetland✨️

#fiberarts #spinnersofbluesky #handspinning #tatting #Balatro
June 14, 2025 at 6:01 PM
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I'm so hype for Tour de Fleece this year! It'll be my first time, so I'm gonna be doing it solo.

Plus I only have a tiny drop spindle, so getting my numbers in will take a HOT minute 🤣 don't wanna slow down any lovely group.

July 5 - 27! Mark your calenders!

#fiberarts
June 12, 2025 at 2:13 PM
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uggh handspinning is crazy you can literally use garbage to do it and it works. a stick and a round lump of something. a couple twigs crisscrossed. extremely human activity
June 5, 2025 at 9:40 PM
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The culmination of my turmeric & food color dyed corriedale!

I'm calling it Lemon Lime Soda 🥰 I don't sell anything, I just like naming stuff 🤣
A ball of wool roving. It is variegated lemon yellow and lime green #yarn #handspunyarn #handspun #handspinning #fiberarts #handmade #spinnersofbluesky #spindlespinning
June 5, 2025 at 11:05 PM
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Well I WAS gonna blend that Shetland I got with the dark brown alpaca...

The staple length got me. The Shetland is TWICE THE LENGTH of the alpaca 🤣

I don't have a drum carder, so jokes on me! I'm spinning them by themselves!

#fiberarts #spinnersofbluesky
June 5, 2025 at 10:00 PM
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New craft, who dis?

Shuttle tatting is gonna take over my life 🥰 Peep the DIY shuttle. I made it out of an old tupperware lid.

I refuse to pay to test a new craft before I know I love it. If I love it with my bad shuttle, I'll really love it w/ a good one.
Lace edging made by shuttle tatting. Turquoise and white gradient embroidery thread is being used to make the lace. The tatting shuttle is made out of a plastic lid, cut almond-shaped, with 2 holes punched in. A nutrition label is still visible on one side of it. #fiberarts #lace #tatting #shuttletatting #tattinglace
May 31, 2025 at 10:54 PM
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Oops more turmeric dyeing cuz I'm obsessed with the yellows I get 🥰

Plus I wanna prep some fun colors for tour de fleece, and later holiday gift making.
A copper colored saucepan sat on a stove. In it is some thin wool roving, coiled around a large bundle. The bundle is a coffee filter filled with turmeric powder. The wool has turned gold from being saturated with turmeric tea with a little salt. #wool #fiberarts #corriedale #naturaldye #handdyed
May 29, 2025 at 12:18 AM
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Latter 2 colors of the natural alpaca fractal.

I had a couple alpacas for a while growing up, and they were these colors 😭 I miss those sweet boys.
A drop spindle, with 2 bundles of 100% alpaca yarn wrapped around it. There is a strip of black roving to the left of the spindle shaft. The top, and smaller, bundle of yarn is the same inky black as the roving. The larger bundle on the bottom is a beautiful reddish brown. #yarn #handspunyarn #handspun #handspinning #fiberarts #handmade #spinnersofbluesky #spindlespinning #alpaca
May 27, 2025 at 6:53 PM