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Jen maps and knits
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she/her, archaeologist/geographer. Makes things with yarn, thread, and fabric.
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Some tiny, quick rainbows. Find joy where you can.
January 21, 2025 at 1:29 PM
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I set up monthly contributions, but there's a funding drive right now

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I funded abortion access
December 31, 2024 at 8:48 PM
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Happy holidays! May your days be full of light and wonder.
Cat in a window sniffing at blue paper star
December 25, 2024 at 5:20 PM
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I started this on Tuesday looking for distraction. There is something really, really satisfying about repeatedly stabbing a needle into cloth. 🧶
Partially finished black work embroidery of a Christmas ornament. Red thread on off white Aida in a hoop.
November 8, 2024 at 5:48 PM
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Hope this ridiculously cute photo of Samsa on a turtle helps #ProofOfCat
A tortie lounging on the shell of a large turtle plushie with crutches in the background.
November 6, 2024 at 9:34 AM
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Today, a week after surgery, nurse Samsa is helping me ice my knee. #ProofOfCat
Tortie cat laying between her human's legs, one of which is in sweatpants, the other is being iced.
October 15, 2024 at 4:50 PM
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POV: Nurse Samsa has decided it's time to bathe you #ProofOfCat
Tortie cat industriously licking hand of person in bed. The person is not allowed a shower until the sutures are removed from knee incision.
October 14, 2024 at 4:45 PM
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Nurse Samsa isn't sleeping on the job, she's closely monitoring my right knee. #ProofOfCat
Tortie cat sleeping next to blanket-covered knee in a brace.
October 10, 2024 at 3:41 PM
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Had ACL surgery on my right knee this morning. Now I'm under the expert care of Nurse Samsa. #proofofcat
Mostly black tortie sitting on nightstand behind a water glass, looking attentively at her patient.
October 8, 2024 at 8:54 PM
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This is so cool!!!
Jen spelled out with three Landsat satellite images
August 31, 2024 at 8:16 AM
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This is Mavroula at the Iklaina excavation in Greece.
A black and brown dog lays in the shade while people work in the sun behind her.
June 26, 2024 at 1:08 PM
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Just won yarn chicken finishing this cardigan sleeve!! 🧶
End of a sleeve of a dark red cardigan with about 6 inches/15 cm of yarn left. Victory is mine!!
March 2, 2024 at 7:29 PM
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Samsa during Saturday knitting 🧶 meet, right before she pressed the buttons for turning captioning on/off. I got notifications that captions were on/off for the next hour....
Tortie laying on keyboard of MacBook during a video call
February 12, 2024 at 5:35 PM
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Finished my first embroidery project yesterday!! 🧶
Embroidery project in a hoop of a blue octopus knitting a red project
January 16, 2024 at 1:19 PM
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Tigger passed away a year ago yesterday. We'd been together since she was 7 months old on Halloween 2004 ( when a friend dropped her off).
Tiger striped brown cat laying on desk in front of a computer and on top of fabric that is being traced for embroidery.
October 13, 2023 at 10:52 AM
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I made a pair of brioche earrings!! 🧶
Two earrings made using brioche knitting in a tonal dark orange to brick red and silver yarns
October 4, 2023 at 9:24 PM
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Samsa is snuggling this rainy morning
A tortie cat curled up on a blue blanket
September 30, 2023 at 5:14 PM
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Proof of cat, the adorable and fierce Samsa
Samsa, a mostly black tortoiseshell cat guarding my tablet on the coffee table
September 24, 2023 at 1:47 PM