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Kerr Avonsen (she/her)
@kerravonsen.mastodon.au.ap.brid.gy
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Proudly leftist southpaw. Theist. Great-Aunt. Older than Star Trek, younger than Doctor Who. Artist. Artisan. Programmer. Occasional poet. Liable to spout […]

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Glenelg, Adelaide
Having a cuppa at "Little Eatery" while I wait to be able to check in to the Motor Inn
Pine tree near park, apologies If this is blurry
November 13, 2025 at 1:11 AM
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Pretty tree while I am out.
Eucalyptus tree, in flower, blue sky and small puffy cloud behind.
October 29, 2025 at 1:21 AM
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Hooray! My hanging wire baskets have arrived! Now hanging from steel S-hooks off the end of my metal shelves, fitting exactly into the gap between the shelves and the door, and now holding ALL my spray cans (varnish, paint, glue) and all but one of my not-tiny […]

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Three black wire baskets hanging off the short side of a set of metal shelves. Inside the baskets are various spray-cans and bottles.
October 7, 2025 at 1:21 AM
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Whew! Just had a near-miss - which also demonstrates why I desperately need to do #decluttering .
I was putting away a drawer of alcohol ink, when I tripped over a box of STUFF, completely lost my balance, rammed into a set of drawers and a chair, scraped and […]

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Laid out newspaper with ink stains and two pieces of cardboard decorated in shades of brown, metallic bronze and metallic gold
October 5, 2025 at 11:20 AM
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This used to be the back of a cereal packet. Isn't it pretty? Made with permanent markers (red & blue) and alcohol ink (black, brown, neon pink, coral, & bronze) #wipwednesday
A piece of cardboard covered in smudged splotches of bronze metallic ink, over a background of reds and blacks The same piece of cardboard, taken at an angle to show how shiny it is
September 17, 2025 at 5:07 AM
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It is rather concerning, whilst online shopping, if the image does not match the title...

#onlineshopping #mistakes #ecommerce
Screencap, showing a heading "All Beads & Beading"; underneath is an image of a book cover with a piece of grey knitting in the background, titled "encyclopedia of knitting", and under that is a link to a book called "Dishcloth Dresses" Image (from the same page as previously, All Beads & Beading) of a book cover, showing the edges of many pieces of knitting, titled "Cast On, Bind Off". Underneath that is a link to a book titled "Workman Publishing 430205 Storey Publishing-Toe-Up 2-At-A-Time Socks"
September 12, 2025 at 2:39 AM
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Making matchboxes! From a cereal box, with its writing obscured by copious amounts of alcohol ink. These matchboxes will be used for storing jump-rings, probably.
Decorated pieces of cardboard, some cut out into shapes for making matchboxes. Various tools, both related and unrelated, are scattered around.
September 5, 2025 at 9:35 AM
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#wipwednesday
Working on the July square of my Sleeps blanket. A bit over half way through the month. My method is to wait until the start of the next month, collate the data for the month that just was, and then do the square for that month. I find it more […]

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Work in progress. Crocheted double-crochet mitred square, in blues, greens, purples, and greys. Above it is a box containing the yarn which is used for this piece of crochet.
August 13, 2025 at 10:05 AM
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I can has Plied and Spun! Yes, in that order. This took most of the day. I didn't notice it getting dark.

First thing I did with my new Ashford e-spinner was to increase the twist on a single-ply not-very-twisted yarn which I already owned, and then when that […]

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On the left and centre, three bobbins of yarn; on the right, an Ashford e-spinner. The two bobbins on the left contain three-ply yarn in shades of green. The bobbin on the right contains single-ply yarn spun from white crepe-paper
July 18, 2025 at 9:07 AM
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I have Made a Thing!
The ridiculousness of this is that this tool I have made is for a craft that I've only put a toe into so far - spinning.

Okay, so what is it that I've made?

On the left is a diz. I didn't make it, I'm repurposing a pendant that I had in my […]

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On the left. a polished black-lip shell disk with a hole in the middle and another smaller hole on the edge. There is a jump-ring in the small hole on the edge, attaching a larger jump-ring to the shell. On the right is a tool with a loop of tiger-tale at the top, attached to a red bone handle with glass beads at each end. At the bottom end of the tool is a jump-ring attaching a lobster-clasp to the tool.
July 12, 2025 at 7:27 AM
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@fiberarts @fibrearts @textilearts @knitting @crochet
Progress on the #hulk scarf! I have chunked up ALL the yarn, and knitted ALL the yarn, I have run out of yarn. Is the scarf big enough? I don't know.

It measures 125cm in length, 12cm in width, and 2cm in […]

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A very chunky bulky knitted scarf in shades of green and black, lying stretched out on a table, alongside various knitting and crochet-related tools, such as yarn-holders and scissors. The table has a white tablecloth on it.
June 20, 2025 at 11:36 AM
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#wipwednesday You wouldn't think such a tiny braid would take so much work, but this took me hours. Part of the reason for the long work-time cannot be seen: it was a 12-strand braid, but 4 of the strands were removed after the braid was complete; that is part of […]

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A black and white braid made of eight strands, flat but twisted. An overhand knot at one end spreads out into loose strands. A label is attached: IRENE'S LACY BRAID, White x 4, Silver-Black x 4, Thick Satin x 4
May 21, 2025 at 7:19 AM
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Is it wrong of me that I want my friends to learn Portuguese Knitting so that I can make Portuguese Knitting necklaces for them like the one I made for myself?

@knitting
Choker-style necklace with carved bone hook pendant hanging from Kumihimo braid in greens and creams. Extension chain made from Bright Aluminium rings, fastened with Elephant clasp
May 18, 2025 at 5:26 AM
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#wipwednesday working on a piece for Marvel Trumps Hate; a commissioned necklace featuring a phoenix, red (Poppy Jasper) beads, and silver and gold thread. Care to guess which character it commemmorates?
#marvel #symbolism
Incomplete necklace in progress. A laser-etched steel pendant showing a phoenix. Two strings of Poppy Jasper beads in a sequence from small to large, repeated six times; tied together with crochet lace yarn with macrame knots.
May 7, 2025 at 12:21 PM
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*Wip - Socks And Bag - 20250319 172640* - My #wipwednesday - more progress on my Spiral Sock, and more progress on my colour-pooling bag. With the bag, I've reached the end of the colour-pooling section, and am doing ribbing for the top of it. With the socks, I […]

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At the top, a transparent box with yarn in it. On the left a purple bag with blue flowers laying flat, and on top of it is a set of white double-pointed needles, and a WIP sock on steel double-pointed needles, and a skein of pale green yarn. On the right is a WIP crocheted bag, with a 6.5mm purple crochet hook laying on top of it. The bag has diagonal stripes of yellow, green, blue, indigo and purple. At the top of the bag is ribbing in more jumbled colours.
March 19, 2025 at 9:20 AM
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Okay, I've now added all the "M" art prints to my shop on https://www.fluid-visions.com - took most of the day (sigh).
I'm mentally exhausted. Eh, only 200 or so to go. (sigh). Not today though.

Want a print of this Mermaid art? Just go here […]

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Shades of blue and green, dark and pale; the silhouette of a mermaid sitting, playing with bubbles.
March 17, 2025 at 7:36 AM
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DONE! Fifty or so t-shirts are now updated on my shop. See here: https://fluid-visions.com/product-category/clothing/t-shirts/

Yes, it took me all that time. The slowness of the Printful interface made me grind my teeth, literally.

And here are some examples of how cool my t-shirts are!
A dark-skinned woman with curly black hair wearing a navy t-shirt with a brown and blue image of a duck in rain, with the words "When it rains, be like a duck" A dark-skinned woman with black curly hair wearing an olive green t-shirt with an image in shades of brown and olive and yellow, a stained-glass representation of the electron diagram of Sulfur, with the word "Sulfur" at the bottom
March 14, 2025 at 9:26 AM
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#wipwednesday My first sock! (I don't consider my loom-knit slipper-socks to count as proper socks.) I'm making things easier on myself by doing a tube-sock (spiral ribbing, with no heel). Not because I'm afraid of doing heels, but my slipper-socks showed me […]

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On the right, one sock in progress on three double-pointed needles, in pale green yarn (Ice Yarns Jazz 100% Viscose Fine). On the left, a mobile phone open on a counting app, BeeCounter.
March 5, 2025 at 5:04 AM
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Progress is being made on my bag!
1. Made backstiches with a tapestry needle on the outside rim, then did single-crochets in them with a 4mm hook
2. Turned the "corner" by putting slip-stitches into the single crochets. This is a new idea for me (I usually do it […]

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A piece of crochet in Moss/Linen stitch, in the round on a round base, making a cylinder. It is a work in progress, with a purple stitch marker holding the live stitch. On the other side of the crochet is an orange stitch marker marking the start of the round. The yarn is multi-coloured: yellow, green, blue, and purple. Planned pooling of the colours has created diagonal stripes of colour.
February 26, 2025 at 7:58 AM
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I changed my mind AGAIN. I'm still making a bag, but the bottom of the bag is going to be different. See, I remembered I had been intending to make a replacement carry-bag for my portable #marudai because my current carry-bag was showing a bit of wear-and-tear […]

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In the foreground, there is a round placemat made of straw and cane; the edges of it have been wrapped with colourful yarn. Sitting on top of the placemat is a THING with four transparent plastic legs attached to a round transparent plastic base. In the background you can see a large needle with the colourful yarn attached to it; behind that is a ruler, behind that are balls of yarn.
February 25, 2025 at 11:08 AM
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Right, that's enough doomscrolling when I should be #bloomscrolling
Here, have some flowers I took a photo of in 2018 while walking around my neighbourhood.
White flowers with yellow centres, on a low-growing cluster of plants.
February 22, 2025 at 11:42 PM
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#wipwednesday is not actually Wednesday here, but it is Wednesday somewhere, right?
This is my rolly stockinette snake. I'm doing it in self-striping yarn rather than the two colours that the pattern calls for. Easier that way.
The reason why it is bristling […]

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A long piece of knitting in stockinette which is very curled at the edges. The yarn is self-striping in yellow, green, blue, and purple. At the top of the image is a metal ruler showing inches.
February 20, 2025 at 2:21 AM
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I have MADE A SHEEP!!

It is basically a ball of shaggy scarf yarn with a face. But I did it from scratch, from my own non-design (i.e. draw-string cast on, keep knitting with the scarf yarn until I can't stand it, do the face, stuff it, the end.)
I am Quite […]

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Knitted toy sheep, made mainly on a 24-peg knitting loom, and finished on 6mm double-pointed needles. Yarn: Ice Yarns Oh La La scarf yarn (grey shades) and Lincraft All Sorts Acrylic single-strand bulky (Grey). The eyes and mouth were embroidered with BWM Luxury 8-Ply Merino (Black). Stuffed with polyfill.
February 17, 2025 at 10:35 AM
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@gracehill.bsky.social I think "heathered" is supposed to be a two-toned yarn where one colour is little bits amidst the other colour - just enough to distinguish them, but very close together. I'd consider the yarn below to be "heathered".
Mind you, you could […]

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A skein of yarn in shades of blue-green. The ball-band says "Lion Brand Yarns, Heartland".
February 15, 2025 at 7:56 AM
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Heya yarn-lovers! I need your brains.
What kind of multi-coloured-ness would you say that this yarn has?
It isn't gradient, nor self-striping, nor marled, nor speckled, nor heathered, nor tweed.
But it definitely has two distinct colours. So what would you call […]

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A ball of yarn which is both silver and purple. On the left, the ball-band says "Ice Yarns".
February 15, 2025 at 3:38 AM