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Lucy
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Spinners, weaver, knitter, crocheter, basically anything yarn based.
In the meantime I'm butler, cook and housekeeper to a cat and dog. I live on a barge and feed the ducks.
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New project bag! #birdsofbluesky #CrochetersOfBluesky #crafts #wool
A cream cotton craft bag with WOOL written across it in black. The letters are patterned to look like skeins of yarn
April 30, 2025 at 4:43 AM
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Accidental Renaissance Cow Cat.
#cowcats
A black and white cat, more white than black, snoozes in the late afternoon sun on a blue velvet chair.
April 29, 2025 at 7:09 AM
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@markhamillofficial.bsky.social Eddie says your dogs are slacking, what about the post walk nap, pre lunch nap, post lunch nap, late afternoon nap and the pre and post dinner naps? They need to try harder! 😆
April 1, 2025 at 6:57 AM
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Three lovely skeins ready for the shop. Hand dyed by the Fibre Faery, handspun by me. The first is a blend of merino, linen and silk, the middle one is Strichen Link, and the natural one is corriedale.
#handspun #handdyed #wool
Three skeins of handspun yarn, one with pinks, blues, greens and other colours through it, one with blues, greens and yellows, one natural creamy white. All with my cardboard sleeves on with my logo, a spinnung wheel and my name , The Twist Tamer, and handspun yarns underneath.
March 30, 2025 at 7:04 AM
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From this... to this!
My beautiful friend renovated this 1950's dingy and gifted it to me! Even named her after my childhood pony Zoe. 💕#boats #dingy #rowing
An old rotting wooden row boat showing the detail of the rotton wood The same boat falling apart The same boat but repaired and mended and looking beautiful! Painted cream on the bottom and She shiney mahogany on top Same boat different angle showing the rope fender that goes round it.
March 29, 2025 at 7:08 AM
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If you see this post, quote with a bridge from your gallery.
The Great Belt Bridge between Sweden and Denmark.
March 25, 2025 at 5:40 AM
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Full moon on he river. #Boatlife #moon
A view of a river at night, it's waters are dark and swirling with the tide, the bank is high with reeds. The bright full moon shines down creating a moon path across the water. Clouds are lit brightly by the moon.
March 15, 2025 at 7:00 AM
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Finally got round to some spinning this week, with this beautiful hand dyed merino/silk/linen blend from The Fibre Fairy on Folksy.
March 9, 2025 at 7:53 AM
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Not my photo (phil gate's) but it is just up the road from me, one of the most iconic fingerpost signs.
February 7, 2025 at 8:05 AM
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Hoping my funky new bins say "i know the secrets of the fleece and have post apocalyptic life skills". (Rare photo of myself).
#spinning #wool #weaversofbluesky #KnittersofBluesky #CrochetersOfBluesky #spectacles
A stout middle aged woman with cropped purple hair and wearing a black and white stripped polo neck, shows off her new spectacles which have thick black squarish frames with white details on the side.
January 31, 2025 at 4:14 PM
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I'm obsessed with making these pocket buddies from a pattern by French Lavender Home!
Two knitted dolls, one a fox wearing a blue cable sweater the other a brown bear with a mustard coloured cable sweater with a roll neck. They are made so they look like they have their hands (paws?) In their pockets.
January 27, 2025 at 5:50 AM
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Just finished knittimg these wrist warmers in recycled yarn, cosy!
#stylecraft #ReLove #recycle #knitting #senior #darksideoftheloom.
A pair of raspberry knitted fingerless gloves or wrist warmers, knitted with a royalist stitch and cable pattern sit on a beautiful antique Welsh blanket that is turquoisecity black, cream and brown designs on it.
January 17, 2025 at 9:02 AM
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Chilly start on the river.
#RiverStour #Boatlife #RiverStour #frosty
A boat porthole shows a scene of a still river in front with the bank of grasses and reeds iced with frost. The river reflects the sky, a light blue with white and grey clouds striped across it.
January 11, 2025 at 6:55 AM
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The view from my window. #RiverLife #Bargelife #RiverStour
A deep blue night sky with a bright moon and star shinning. Blow a read bed looks dark, the dead heads silhouetted against the sky, at the bottom the cream deck of acereal barge with a plant pot on it.
January 4, 2025 at 7:20 AM
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January 4, 2025 at 7:17 AM
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Three flying fish for Christmas!
A cream coloured wall with wooden surround. Three gold coloured fish sculptures climb up it. They have tailed that curl in waves and fins that stick out to help them fly. They decrease in size large, medium and small and echo the flying duck wall plaques of the 19th century.
December 31, 2024 at 8:30 AM
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What a sky last night!
#fullmoon #clouds
A dark sky with broken clouds illuminated by a ful moon. A halo of blue and red surround the moon as it shines through.
December 15, 2024 at 8:49 AM
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Eddie Says Stay warm! #dogsofbluesky
Photo shows a black dog with grey chops (the lovely Edward) sitting in front of a roaring wood fired stove. The floor is wood and there are so e candles on a shelf behind him.
December 12, 2024 at 9:05 PM
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Chuffed to bits that none other than Sir Ian Mackellen is now a customer of The Twist Tamer (me!)
Looking suave in one my mohair and silk handwoven scarf
#SirIanMackellen #mohair #handweaving #weaversofbluesky
Photo shows the distinguished actor Sir Ian Mackellen wearing a tweed flat cap, beige raincoat, a grey/blue mohair scarf and a big smile!
December 7, 2024 at 12:50 PM
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Started decorating the boat for Christmas, thought I'd have a go at the windows. First time so be kind, the wreath is inspired by a design I found on Nikki's Plate website.
#christmaswindows #chalkpens #boatlife #itsBeginingToLookABitLikeChristmas
The photo shows a window, inside is warmly lit but it's dark outside so the window is black, on the glass a wreath of different types of foliage, Holly leaves and snowflakes has been drawn in white chalk pen. Inside the wreath it says Merry Christmas but it's written in reverse as we are looking from the inside out. Again a window looking out into the dark. On this window a cartoon barge on a river is drawn in white chalk pen. Stick figures wave from the boat windows and a cartoonist cat and dog's faces are looking out from the next window. A Christmas tree is drawn on the deck with lights strung across the boat. Snow falls from the sky and Christmas baubles are strung above the boat, drawings of Holly leaves and other stylised foliage decorate the rest of the window.
December 6, 2024 at 5:10 PM
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Snoozy Pip 💕
#catsofbluesky
Photo shows a close up of a sleeping cat. Her fur is white and she's curled up with a little pink nose and smiley mouth over a paw, tucked in.
December 5, 2024 at 1:10 PM
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The river is lovely today!
#RiverStour
Photo shows a cold, but her blue sky over a wide, calm river. The river disappears into the distance and is banked by reeds in browns and holds, a few meatless trees reflect in the water. The water reflects the blue of the sky.
November 28, 2024 at 11:25 AM
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My companion whilst I stand at the sink washing up!
#cormorant #birdsofbluesky #riverlife
Photo shows a riverbank covered in reeds and grass, the river is only just visible at the bottom, it looks muddy. On the bank stands a bird about 2 feet high, black back towards the camera, creamy white face and black head just visible. It is a cormorant resting between fishing dives for eels.
November 27, 2024 at 9:16 AM
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Vintage mohair and silk blend in the first three, the bright red is mohair and wool. All the yarn was found at a Bradderie.
Lovely and soft but I'm done with fluff for now!
#refund #schactlooms #babywolf #mohair #It'sSoFluffy
#TheTwistTamer
The photo shows four handwoven mohair scarves in green, burgundy, blue and bright red. They are folded on top of the loom they were made on. Each scarf has a small label on from the maker. The background is a messy studio.
November 27, 2024 at 8:56 AM
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Last night's calm before the storm
#bert #RiverLife #Barges
A view through a boat porthole showing a riverbank at dusk, the river is peaceful and still, blue sky with some grey clouds ahead of storm Bert
November 23, 2024 at 8:04 AM