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weaving, spinning, making things out of wool and clay and butter and dirt

header image description: a picture of my garden, close up on a bee pollinating a borage […]

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rebecca ravenoak 🏳️‍⚧️ @ggggbbybby.hachyderm.io.ap.brid.gy · Oct 25
I should write a new #introductions post because the last one "I'm not going to post much" was a lie, clearly

I'm Rebecca, my pronouns are they/them, I live near Oakland, on the traditional homeland of the Lisjan Ohlone people.

I make yarn, and I make things from yarn. I write code at my day […]
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winter solstice preparations are afoot. ❄️🌿✨

these are peppermint mocha brownie cookies (made from brownie mix!) and I have cleverly situated myself in front of the cooling racks for easy quality assurance.

#baking
a cooling rack with six roundish chocolate cookies with crushed peppermint candy on top
December 17, 2025 at 8:23 PM
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lmc.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy
The most San Francisco headline ever.
headline from the San Francisco Chronicle saying "mental health startup founder allegedly tried to set fire at Bay Area winery before intentionally crashing Tesla"
December 12, 2025 at 3:23 AM
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[social media shitposting]

"Banning kids from TikTok and YouTube would only push them onto PHPBB forums and personal websites" and other optimistic thoughts
December 10, 2025 at 10:02 PM
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it's advent of code season! 🎄

I just completed "Secret Entrance" - Day 1 - Advent of Code 2025 #adventofcode https://adventofcode.com/2025/day/1

https://github.com/ggggbbybby/AOC-2025/blob/main/day1.rb
AOC-2025/day1.rb at main · ggggbbybby/AOC-2025
AOC 2025. Contribute to ggggbbybby/AOC-2025 development by creating an account on GitHub.
github.com
December 2, 2025 at 2:14 AM
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did I worry it wouldn't come out? yes

did I burn my hand when it fell out of the pan because I wasn't expecting it to come out so fast? a little

it's glorious. my friends are going to be so impressed. just have to make some raspberry coulis and pack it up for tomorrow.

#baking
a yellow bundt cake with crispy brown edges and a circular crack around the center, cooling inside its pan on a cooling rack a large bundt cake, freshly removed from the pan onto a cooling rack. it has a slightly bubbly golden brown crust all the way around the outside, with a creamy yellow center
November 21, 2025 at 9:39 PM
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I had to say goodbye to my big boy Orson today. he was the biggest sweetest goofiest boy and I miss him so much. 🖤
a fluffy black cat with a greying mustache and a white goatee, looking up and meowing happily at the camera a fluffy black cat poking his face out behind my shoulder playfully a fluffy black cat with long white whiskers walking jauntily across a red and grey and blue quilt an elderly black cat with big yellow eyes standing on my lap and looking up at the camera
November 16, 2025 at 10:58 PM
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on bluesky there has been controversy over someone getting suspended over saying that they want to throw someone else into a wood chipper. that's why here on the fediverse we are adding a button that throws people into a woodchipper
November 14, 2025 at 9:35 PM
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I couldn't sleep this morning so I made a test batch of cake for friendsgiving. this is KA's lemon ricotta cake, I'm gonna do a big bundt with raspberry drizzles. the taste and texture are ace (suuuuuper moist and lemony) but it's a little soft for these tiny […]

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two small flower shaped tea cakes made from moist lemon cake
November 14, 2025 at 11:54 PM
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this was a triumph
I'm making a note here: huge success 💕

#handspinning #boucle
a big skein of fluffy nubbly handspun bouclé yarn in pastel rainbow stripes
November 14, 2025 at 10:26 PM
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I learned on my last skein not to snap wet silk, so these are having a very gentle drip dry before they get hung in the bathroom window

they came out so pretty 😍

#handspinning #boucle
two skeins of lightweight handspun bouclé yarn, damp and drying in a colandar. one skein is shades of pink and lilac, and is about twice as large as the other skein, which is green, blue, and yellow.
November 13, 2025 at 2:36 AM
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these keep getting better! there was not quite enough twist in the first ply on this one, it's verrrry soft. I am going to send the last bobbin of singles through the wheel again just to tighten up the loose bits. just fine tuning now ✨

#handspinning #boucle
a wiggly twisty skein of lightweight handspun bouclé yarn in yellow, pink, and purple, plied with white silk thread.
November 12, 2025 at 1:39 AM
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ohmigosh this is so fun. it's like an underwater candy store 🍭
a nubbly twisty skein of lightweight handspun bouclé in a rainbow gradient, sitting on top of a spinning wheel
November 11, 2025 at 4:54 AM
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me, spinning: oh this is going to be nice! I'm going to spin it fine and get lots of yardage

me, plying: fuck fuck fuck fuck goddamn why do I do this to myself
a spinning wheel bobbin wound with light blue-green yarn spiral plied with a fine white silk thread. there are probably 400 yards of yarn on the bobbin because it is tiny yarn.
November 11, 2025 at 2:53 AM
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Pica is getting what she deserves for her many crimes today. #picathecat #caturday #catsofmastodon
A brown tabby, cat with big eyes being held by me in a purple shirt I give Pica a kiss. She looks slightly annoyed by this. Pica tries to avoid the kiss Pico with eyes wide in the sunlight, realizing she can’t avoid the kiss
November 9, 2025 at 1:38 PM
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I haven't really made friends with my carder until now. initially I bought it to process fleeces but it turns out I kind of hate washing fleece and you can't card greasy wool.

I didn't know it was so great for recycling. this is fiber that bugs got into […]

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three braids of roving in a pastel rainbow gradient, sitting on a drum carder. the small drum is covered in a rainbow of waste fibers. three rainbow braids of roving and two gradient batts, one blue-green-yellow and one pink-red-purple blended with white wool
November 9, 2025 at 3:45 AM
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it's sheep posting day? sheep posting day!

#dydddefaidodon
a very fluffy valais blacknose ram with cute curly horns, standing in a fenced in pen full of hay a small jacob sheep, with a brown and white coat, a white face, and a black nose a brown and white sheep with a badger face and a soft spotty nose, looking up cheerfully three Dorper sheep, with white bodies and black heads, standing in a hay-filled pen
November 7, 2025 at 7:47 PM
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had to do some easy spinning after plying the chunky stuff this morning (ugh)

this is blended Lincoln and BFL. I'm digging the halo. 😇

#handspun
a skein of light brown handspun wool yarn hanging in front of a wooden spinning wheel. the yarn is loosely plied and has a slight halo.
November 7, 2025 at 6:41 AM
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Minute Cryptic - 6 November, 2025
"Location housing administration's leader!?" (6)
🟣🟣🟣🟣🟣🟣🟣🟣🟣
🏆 0 hints – 2 under the community par (57,318 solvers so far).
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Minute Cryptic
Solve a clue with a hidden meaning
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November 6, 2025 at 1:33 PM
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fat bouclé, v2

these spirals are not squished together at all, which makes this a very unstable yarn, but it's not done yet so that's ok. this bobbin is a hero for putting up with my nonsense.

#handspinning #artyarn
a spinning wheel bobbin packed full of soft grey spiral yarn
November 3, 2025 at 3:35 AM
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used up the last of the san marzano tomatoes. goodbye summer, hello stew season 🍲
an oval shaped pizza with cheese, onions, red bell peppers and sausage on a thick and crunchy brown crust
November 2, 2025 at 8:29 PM
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continuing my "what is the deal with art yarn" journey, my first coily beehives 🐝

this is a very silly technique. I can't imagine using it for a real project, but it is fun to spin.

#handspun #artyarn
a tiny skein of grey handspun yarn on an orange tiedye towel. the yarn varies dramatically in thickness, from tiny spirals to big chunky coils a spinning wheel bobbin wrapped with thick and thin spiraled yarn in shades of grey
November 2, 2025 at 8:18 PM
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haha oh damb

I weighed the fiber before I started. this was just over 2 oz. that's an 8oz bobbin. how.
a jumbo spinning wheel bobbin mostly full of rusty red spiral plied yarn.
November 1, 2025 at 7:32 PM
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🐺

Minute Cryptic - 31 October, 2025
"Stalked in bed, werewolf returned after we drifted off?" (6)
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🏆 0 hints – 1 under the community par (66,515 solvers so far).
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Minute Cryptic
Solve a clue with a hidden meaning
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October 31, 2025 at 1:17 PM
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Rosie has a infinite need for attention and an unlimited supply of warm snugs. no wonder she is best friends with Pearl.

#catsofmastodon
Pearl, a beige tabby cat, is licking the cheeks of Rosie, a fluffy brown tabby cat. They are lying in a pile on a bed, and both have their eyes closed. Rosie's enormous paws are stretched out towards the camera. two tabby cats, snuggling together on a bed with their paws all tangled up between the. they look extremely comfy and satisfied.
October 31, 2025 at 3:40 AM
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I'm working on consistency with this skein. practice makes perfect. ✨

#handspinning #corespinning
a bright yellow spinning wheel bobbin wrapped with rusty red singles yarn
October 29, 2025 at 7:42 PM