Laura Gillian 🩷💜💙
@lgbookworm.bsky.social
Books, origami, interpreting, circus, baking, and whatever new hyperfocus grabs my attention this week
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My bread game is getting pretty good. My pics are nothing to write home about, but this loaf is delicious
December 7, 2025 at 2:21 AM
My bread game is getting pretty good. My pics are nothing to write home about, but this loaf is delicious
I’m stuck on this project because I haven’t come up with a perfect way to do the next step and I’m worried that if I just…start, I’ll fuck it up
December 6, 2025 at 11:03 PM
I’m stuck on this project because I haven’t come up with a perfect way to do the next step and I’m worried that if I just…start, I’ll fuck it up
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December 3, 2025 at 11:28 PM
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My tarts turned out looking very nice!
November 27, 2025 at 11:32 PM
My tarts turned out looking very nice!
Figuring out why some ideas don’t work and iterating my designs (I’m gonna have to redo the first ones, I just know it) and improving my ability to physically cut cardboard is useless in one sense but in another it’s the whole reason to do it. Anyway, here’s a trilobite in a prototype frame
November 26, 2025 at 12:07 AM
Figuring out why some ideas don’t work and iterating my designs (I’m gonna have to redo the first ones, I just know it) and improving my ability to physically cut cardboard is useless in one sense but in another it’s the whole reason to do it. Anyway, here’s a trilobite in a prototype frame
This morning my partner took me out for fancy pastries to celebrate my exam results! (In fairness to him, I expect there might have been pastries in any case if the results had been different—consolation pastry could be very cheering)
November 23, 2025 at 12:43 AM
This morning my partner took me out for fancy pastries to celebrate my exam results! (In fairness to him, I expect there might have been pastries in any case if the results had been different—consolation pastry could be very cheering)
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November 23, 2025 at 12:36 AM
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Today I got a mysterious text from my brother asking if I’d be home, and this afternoon I got some calls and texts from an unknown number that turned out to be a delivery person. So I ran downstairs and was handed these from my brother and his gf!
November 19, 2025 at 12:26 AM
Today I got a mysterious text from my brother asking if I’d be home, and this afternoon I got some calls and texts from an unknown number that turned out to be a delivery person. So I ran downstairs and was handed these from my brother and his gf!
Last night my family had a whole bakery cake and a bottle of champagne delivered to my apartment to celebrate “with” me
November 19, 2025 at 12:23 AM
Last night my family had a whole bakery cake and a bottle of champagne delivered to my apartment to celebrate “with” me
…and I’d like to express my appreciation for the bottomless well of motivation my ex provided on this journey in the following words: the hell I can’t
November 18, 2025 at 8:33 AM
…and I’d like to express my appreciation for the bottomless well of motivation my ex provided on this journey in the following words: the hell I can’t
I want to have a beautiful Natural History display instead of just a bunch of cool rocks and fossils sitting on a shelf, so yesterday I prototyped a frame for this handsome trilobite
November 17, 2025 at 7:48 PM
I want to have a beautiful Natural History display instead of just a bunch of cool rocks and fossils sitting on a shelf, so yesterday I prototyped a frame for this handsome trilobite
I’m working through my mending pile (and my sister’s mending, and my mom’s) and trying to clear the WIP backlog, but yesterday I said screw it, I’m starting on the display for my Natural History shelf out of order. And I did!
November 17, 2025 at 7:45 PM
I’m working through my mending pile (and my sister’s mending, and my mom’s) and trying to clear the WIP backlog, but yesterday I said screw it, I’m starting on the display for my Natural History shelf out of order. And I did!
There were so many interesting mushrooms everywhere in the woods today! A great day to stomp around in the underbrush, get spiderwebs in my mouth, and fill my socks with pine needles
November 10, 2025 at 1:15 AM
There were so many interesting mushrooms everywhere in the woods today! A great day to stomp around in the underbrush, get spiderwebs in my mouth, and fill my socks with pine needles
We found some!
November 10, 2025 at 12:32 AM
We found some!
I finished tatting the skull doily after idk how many attempts and false starts, and I love it! I tacked it onto a Costco sweater and it’s now my fave piece of seasonal attire
October 26, 2025 at 9:52 PM
I finished tatting the skull doily after idk how many attempts and false starts, and I love it! I tacked it onto a Costco sweater and it’s now my fave piece of seasonal attire
Progress on the skull doily. He kind of looks like Groot at this stage
October 15, 2025 at 6:57 AM
Progress on the skull doily. He kind of looks like Groot at this stage
I worked a little more on the skull doily last night! Progress is very slow because tatting takes forEVER but I love him
October 10, 2025 at 4:22 PM
I worked a little more on the skull doily last night! Progress is very slow because tatting takes forEVER but I love him
I finished the chin!
October 6, 2025 at 1:14 AM
I finished the chin!
The skull doily project continues. I don’t remember which attempt number this is, but it’s my neatest one yet and one of these days I’m going to actually finish one!
October 5, 2025 at 6:30 AM
The skull doily project continues. I don’t remember which attempt number this is, but it’s my neatest one yet and one of these days I’m going to actually finish one!
@mostlybree.kitrocha.com You know that croissant sourdough idea that took over bread Insta for a minute? Last night I grated half a stick of cold butter and added most of it to my focaccia dough during the stretch and folds. Melted the rest over the top before dimpling, and it’s SO GOOD
September 28, 2025 at 8:46 PM
@mostlybree.kitrocha.com You know that croissant sourdough idea that took over bread Insta for a minute? Last night I grated half a stick of cold butter and added most of it to my focaccia dough during the stretch and folds. Melted the rest over the top before dimpling, and it’s SO GOOD
Update: I’m in the middle of a translation project so I don’t have endless time for art projects right now, but I did remind myself how to tat
September 28, 2025 at 8:20 AM
Update: I’m in the middle of a translation project so I don’t have endless time for art projects right now, but I did remind myself how to tat
I knit my mom several pairs of cozy socks and apparently she wears them to bed every single night. She called recently, absolutely distraught that she’s worn through the heels, and I told her to send them back for mending. This will be a challenge to do well but I’ll keep you posted
September 25, 2025 at 5:15 PM
I knit my mom several pairs of cozy socks and apparently she wears them to bed every single night. She called recently, absolutely distraught that she’s worn through the heels, and I told her to send them back for mending. This will be a challenge to do well but I’ll keep you posted
Oh yeah, it’s very cool! I’m about 25% done so there’s not much to look at yet, but the pattern is by Gail Weaver. I bought it as a PDF for a few bucks and it’s very nice, color-coded and everything so it’s easy to see how things join up
September 17, 2025 at 10:43 PM
Oh yeah, it’s very cool! I’m about 25% done so there’s not much to look at yet, but the pattern is by Gail Weaver. I bought it as a PDF for a few bucks and it’s very nice, color-coded and everything so it’s easy to see how things join up