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@craftyoddmama.bsky.social
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Fiber artist 🌈☮️💖🧶✨🐉🍄
https://twitch.tv/craftyoddmama
Support my art: https://ko-fi.com/craftyoddmama
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The sky has been pretty cool tonight.
Silhouette of trees with northern lights in the background, brilliant green and red that were bright enough to see with the naked eye
November 12, 2025 at 5:59 AM
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Happy Birthday to my grandma, who would’ve been 79 today 🤍 She inspires me in countless ways but her own fiber art is why I do what I do. Hope I’m making her proud.
Black and white photo from the 1970s of a woman sitting cross legged looking off to the left. She has medium length blonde hair and is wearing sunglasses, a jacket, blouse, denim bell bottoms, and thick heeled leather shoes. This stylish woman is my grandma. There are five people either seated or standing in the background, everyone is likely watching a race.
November 6, 2025 at 9:36 PM
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Before and after stream today.

I strayed from my typical fidget spinning 😆 and carved out this cool design to print with! Made tags for the skeins that have been named by chat in the past.

#linocut #printmaking
From left to right: DJI microphone with windscreen, DJI Osmo Pocket 3 camera, standard sized Versafine black pigment ink pad, 4 by 6 inch blue “e-z carve” lino block, 1 inch circular lino block, small sized Versafine Spanish Moss pigment ink pad, and a red Speedball lino cutter tool. From left to right: 4 by 6 inch lino block carved with a swirling, pooling design. The recessed (carved away) portion remains blue while the details left are stained with black pigment ink from making prints. It sits adjacent to the full print it made on a white piece of paper. The print is inverted to the stamp, creating a cool visual effect. On the right there are four printed 1 by 2 inch tags, one flipped over that says: “orange chaos named by K3L (with cat face drawn next to it) wool, sari silk, sparkle, and scraps”. All tags were printed off the same block in different ways.
September 30, 2025 at 7:49 PM
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Wonderful to be back to blending and streaming again 🌈🐑✨

#blendingboard #fiberartist
Blended wool battling made up of neon purples, pinks, oranges, yellows, and greens laid atop a handmade wooden blending board along with a flat bristle paintbrush. The blending board also has a wool battling in process made up of the same colors with the addition of blue.
September 2, 2025 at 9:18 PM
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Still feeling rather inspired after my trip to the museum over the weekend. Grateful to have seen a lot of interesting art, armor, and tapestries up close… ended up being there for nearly four hours 😳
Nevena Prijic’s mural "Voyager," now on view between the third and fourth floors of the museum. A horned helm inside of a display case. The display reads: “Horned kulah khud, early 1900s Punjab, northern India Steel, brass, gold and silver koftgari inlay Weight: 2 lb. 6 oz. The John Woodman Higgins Armory Collection, 2014.1042”
July 22, 2025 at 7:35 PM
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Went on quite the adventure celebrating my youngest, who turned eight today!
T-Rex wearing a conductor’s hat facing the left with its mouth wide open. It roared asking for a ticket? Standing in front of white wall with an orange map of various rail lines.
July 14, 2025 at 12:55 AM
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One of my husband’s spindles has been out and about in England! It’s owner took it with them across the pond to spin with while on vacation 🥹💖
Handmade wooden drop spindle with purple hand spun yarn on its shaft. Spindle is laid on its side on a table with a cricket ground in the background.
July 1, 2025 at 10:35 PM
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Good Morning!
Person smiling, standing in front of a gigantic rhododendron bush that’s in bloom. They have long brown and gray hair, white tortoiseshell glasses, and are wearing a black t-shirt with white font that reads: Just another day of this dystopian hellscape.
May 30, 2025 at 12:26 PM
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I finished spinning this lil skein during stream last week and finally took this glamour shot today. Isn’t it wonderful?

#handspun #yarn #wool #spinner
A two ply handspun skein of yarn sits on top of a hosta. Made up of white wools and tussah silk, light blue PolyPay wool, bamboo and woolen greens, as well as multi colored sari silk bits.
May 27, 2025 at 8:19 PM
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I’ll have a shop drop tomorrow 5/21 ✨ there will be drop spindles, a couple of gobbos, & some handspun yarn! Shop link will be live at 10am Eastern: ko-fi.com/craftyoddmama

I’ll be live on Twitch too 🙂 also: I’ve never done a shop drop before aaaaa

#shophandmade #crochet #handspunyarn #dropspindle
A nine photo collage containing photos primarily of wooden drop spindles. Also featured are two skeins of handspun yarn and a green crocheted goblin.
May 20, 2025 at 3:03 PM
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Progress! The blue Polypay wool matches the carding cloth on my blending board a little TOO well 😅

#handspun #yarn #wool #spinner
A swath of floof and a spindle with some spun yarn laid on top of a blending board. The floof consists of various fibers: the deep green is bamboo, light blue is Polypay, the white that is seen is a mix of tussah silk and Romeldale. The carding cloth under the spindle and fiber matches the blue of the Polypay wool.
May 16, 2025 at 12:10 AM
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Went back to the blending board on stream today 😌🎨 Here’s what I did with some bamboo, tussah silk, Polypay, and Romeldale. I’ll be back at www.twitch.tv/craftyoddmama again tomorrow to spin it all up! #blendingboard #fiberartist
Swaths of floofy fibers spread across a wooden workbench and blending board. A bristle brush lays on top of the floof at the lower right hand side. The deep green is bamboo, light blue is Polypay, the white that is seen is a mix of tussah silk and Romeldale.
May 14, 2025 at 7:42 PM
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Met a lot of floofy friends at New Hampshire Sheep and Wool yesterday 😍🥰
A Romney sheep laying in a bed of hay, looking forward. Two Teeswater sheep laying in a bed of hay. One further to the left is looking up while the one closer to the right is looking downward. A Dorset sheep mom being sandwiched between two of their ewes. All are laid down in a bed of hay. Two Clun Forest sheep in a bed of hay. One to the right is standing and reaching their head into their feed. The one to the left is laid down but resting their head on the backside of the other sheep. Total mood.
May 12, 2025 at 2:35 PM
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The experiment ended up becoming caps to this pair of mushie buddies, who now belong to two best friends 💖

#handspunyarn #crochet #mushroom #amigurumi
Two crocheted mushie buddies sit atop a teal cabinet. Both have caps made up of the same handspun yarn that consists of blues, rusty browns, pinks, and purples. The mushie on the left has a rust brown body and the one on the right has a blue and teal ombré body. They are sitting in front of flowers that are made up of greens and purples.
May 8, 2025 at 12:42 PM
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Double rainbow after the huge storm yesterday. A micro burst and thunderstorms almost took out my booth tent but we prevailed! Will be back in ye olde Orchard Town today.
A double rainbow arches overhead amidst dark gray skies. Various tents and booths staked down to the grassy field.
May 4, 2025 at 11:45 AM
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This week has been filled to the brim with prep! I streamed some of it, such as setting up the table display in my garage on Tuesday and breaking out my garb yesterday.

Having friends to chat with while setting up the display helped ease my nerves a bit! Looking forward to ren faire this weekend.
Folding table with a white cotton tablecloth as well as a green velvet one on top to simulate moss. Atop the table there’s a display with a basket of handspun yarn, various crocheted goblins and mushie friends, a cauldron filled with wool, two glass jars filled with drop spindles, along with a orange mushroom lamp. In the front, to the right, there’s a mushroom stool with a white chalkboard sign. On the chalkboard it reads Crafty Odd Mama with an illustration of a fairy atop a pink mushroom with a snail cruising by. Smiling person with blue eyes, long brown hair, and white tortoiseshell glasses donning ren faire garb. Which includes a flower crown made of greenery and flowers in various shades of green and purple, as well as a dark green lace up vest with light green leaves of Lórien, and an off white peasant blouse. A small, bright green crocheted goblin is sticking out of the right side of the vest. Person is aiming to look like a hobbit. Person is standing in front of a pegboard display of handspun yarn.
May 1, 2025 at 11:20 PM
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My husband has been making drop spindles 🤩 So far there’s two cherry, three oak, with the remaining being maple or RI swamp maple.

I’ve been testing them out and they’ve been a joy to spin with. We’re very excited to debut them at the ren faire this weekend along with my fiber art! #dropspindle
Ten wooden top whorl spindles laid on a workbench, fanned out towards the right. Spindles from top to bottom: two cherry, three oak, two RI swamp maple, and three maple. The bottommost spindle has some spun wool on its shaft. Left hand holding up ten top whorl drop spindles in front of a white background. Looks like a spindle bouquet or as some call a “spoquet”
April 29, 2025 at 1:03 PM
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Who is Herman? They’re a goblin that I made to be sold at Ren Faire… but some friends gave them a name and wish that they can remain here in the studio. Want Herman to stay? Click here: ko-fi.com/craftyoddmam...

The goal will be live until next Saturday May 3rd at 7a EDT.
Reddish brown crocheted goblin with big ears, black eyes, long nose, and mossy green eyebrows sits atop a toadstool in front of a wall of handspun yarn. The goblin is curious about their future.
April 25, 2025 at 3:26 PM
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"I'm gonna do short streams at night, but more often!" Famous last words 🫠🤣🤣 I did end up finishing plying this yarn though.

Was raided by the sweet bean duo @jambiient.bsky.social and @superkaelyn.bsky.social 💚
When I realized how late it was we raided out to @rainb0wsheep.bsky.social Thank you!!
Woman holding up a two ply handspun yarn ball containing red wool and green, blue, and purple sari silk.
April 22, 2025 at 3:34 AM
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These are from the same skein where I once experimented with blending more muted colors before spinning them into a two ply. I really enjoyed how differently the colors worked up as I stitched along.

#crochet #handspun #yarn #wool #spinner
Two crocheted circles on top of a wooden workbench. They both use the same handspun skein of yarn with different results. The top crocheted circle starts with pinks and light purple in the center before going into blues, teals, and deep greens along with orange and brown. The bottom crocheted circle starts with the teals, brown, and orange - which takes up most of the circle until the edge where there are pink with light purples and blues again. There is a loop to the right of the bottom crocheted circle with a purple crochet hook.
April 21, 2025 at 11:59 AM
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Can you tell that Ren Faire is two weeks from tomorrow? 🤣

Featuring a mug with an amazing reminder by @gh0stglass320.bsky.social

#crochet #amigurumi #handspun
A whole menagerie of crocheted goblins and mushie buddies sit atop a teal cabinet. Furthest left there is a reddish orange goblin with green mossy eyebrows who has been named Herman, then a dark blue mushie with a multicolored handspun and eyelash yarn cap, a pale blue shroom with silver sparkle cap, a grey and black shroom, a purple and gold scrappy shroom. Then a pink shroom with a pink and white scrappy cap that is sitting in a white mug with rainbow lettering that says “never apologize for being yourself”. Above the pink shroom are a bright teal shroom as well as a brown and green shroom. Off to the right is an amanita inspired shroomie. This is somehow not even all of them!
April 18, 2025 at 2:10 PM
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It’s oddly poetic watching the snow cover the buds that have started to come through…
Snow covered crabapple tree with buds in a wintry garden walkway. There is about a few inches of snow that has accumulated.
April 12, 2025 at 11:57 AM
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I was reminded today of the one time l dyed... in 2022, a friend and I foraged reed flowers from the side of the road. Then, we went back to their house and used those flowers to dye a bunch of fiber and yarn. The deep reddish purple turned everything into a sage green.

#fiberart #botanicaldying
Sage green colored skein of wobbly, two plied handspun yarn laying on wooden planks along with two purple reed flowers to the lower right of it. A friend and I used purple reed flowers were used to botanically dye that skein green. A photo taken overhead of a pot on top of a stove. Inside are reed flowers, fiber, and fabric. The reed flowers made the water a deep reddish purple hue. As the fiber on the left soaked, the deep colored dye turned it a sage green. The fabric on the right remained white.
April 7, 2025 at 6:27 PM
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This scrappy rainbow loaf is 103 yards and weighs 6.6 ounces in total. I’m still in disbelief that it all fit on the spindle!!

#dropspindle #handspun #yarn #spinner
Woman holding up a drop spindle full of two ply, scrappy yarn. Woman is nearly finished plying the yarn. They're wearing a multicolored handspun wool hat, beige tortoiseshell glasses, and a black t-shirt. The camera focus gives off more of a bokeh effect for the background, which has a wall of handspun yarn.
April 4, 2025 at 9:46 PM
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A new, somehow mightier loaf has emerged! 🌈🍞✨

#handspun #yarn #wool #spinner
A hand spun skein of yarn that is made of Shetland wool, Teeswater wool locks, and various scraps. Such as acrylic yarns, cotton threads, ribbon, wool nepps, Angelina sparkle, and various wooly bits from other craft projects. A hand holds the skein up in front of a dark blue wall.
April 4, 2025 at 9:05 PM