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Lynn Siprelle
@lynniemae.bsky.social
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Writer, knitter, spinner, wife, mama, Buddhist, stroke survivor. Was @MeiLinMiranda on the bird site.
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Sun. 12-7-25 come to #SundayAfternoonKnitting 1-3 pm @ Tom's Restaurant, SE Chavez & Division in #PDX! Lovely yarn, lovelier folks! Meantime please enjoy this Pressed Flowers cardigan—I’m halfway through the last sleeve. #pdxknitting #pdxcrochet #knitting #crochet 🧶
A Pressed Flowers cardigan under construction on a 40” circular needle. The background color is dark purple, the contrasting color is a variegated rainbow. The stitch pattern is mosaic. Yarn: Briggs & Little Sport colorway Mulberry Berocco Millefiori Light colorway 6831 Pattern: Pressed Flowers cardigan https://www.ravelry.com/patterns/library/pressed-flowers-cardigan-2
December 7, 2025 at 3:05 AM
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Stickers in my bullet journal from No. 1 Daughter. ❤️
Stickers parade across a bullet journal page: Four lil mushroom people with red and white spotted caps check out their laptop, drink a coffee, do laundry, and hold a flat-top mushroom over their head against the rain. Above them is a list of what Lynn did yesterday, and below them is the date—12-2-25–and the day of the week—Tuesday. I never thought I’d be the bujo type but if I don’t fill it out daily it feels super weird. It’s also very handy for impromptu notes, though my handwriting is rather bad since the stroke. Don’t be fooled by the way the “Tuesday” looks; the early writing is far better than the later writing.
December 2, 2025 at 4:15 PM
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Today is my 33rd couples anniversary with @velvetackbar.bsky.social. We met, we fell in love almost immediately, we’re still together. May you find a good someone like you or nothing like you or kind of like you, whatever (we are a couple of goons), be blessed. We have been and we are. ❤️
November 29, 2025 at 7:43 PM
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Sun 11-30-25 come to #SundayAfternoonKnitting 1-3 pm @ Tom’s Restaurant SE Division & Chavez in #PDX! Lotsa yarn & good conversation on #knitting, #crocheting, #embroidery etc! Meantime please enjoy these Pioneer fingerless mitts under way in Malabrigo Arroyo, colorway Borrajas.
A large purple ball of yarn sits atop a closed matte silver computer; it is attached to the ribbing of a fingerless mitt being knit on a ChiaoGoo 40” circular needle. Yarn: Malabrigo Arroyo sport weight, colorway Borrajas, a (quite) tonal purple Pattern: Pioneer Gloves (really mitts) https://www.ravelry.com/patterns/library/pioneer-gloves
November 29, 2025 at 7:33 PM
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Sun 11-23-25 come to #SundayAfternoonKnitting 1-3 pm @ Tom’s Restaurant SE Division & Chavez in #PDX! Meantime please enjoy these Camp Out mitts I’ve modified to use a smaller gauge.
#pdxknitting 🧶
A fingerless mitt on circular needles sits atop the finished mitt of the pair. The tops of each mitt are purple; the palms are green. Yarn: Ultex Shetland Wool in eggplant purple and loden green Pattern: Camp Out mitts, free on Ravelry: https://www.ravelry.com/patterns/library/camp-out-fingerless-mitts
November 23, 2025 at 3:34 AM
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Today 11-16-25 is #SundayAfternoonKnitting 1-3 pm @ Tom's Restaurant SE Chavez & Division in #PDX! Good eats & drinks, great #yarn, #knitting, #crochet & #embroidery w/bonus husband! Meantime please enjoy this fingerless mitt underway. #pdxknitting 🧶
A dark purple border is being knit onto a loden green mitt. A thicker dark purple top is already finished. Pattern: Camp Out fingerless mitts free on Ravelry https://www.ravelry.com/patterns/library/camp-out-fingerless-mitts Yarn: very old Ultex Shetland in loden green and purple.
November 16, 2025 at 5:52 PM
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Sun 11-9-25 is #SundayAfternoonKnitting 1-3 pm @ Tom’s Restaurant, SE Chavez & Division in #PDX! Good food, great yarn! Meantime please enjoy a skein I just finished spinning, a bump I’ve yet to spin, and two wools destined for my hands’ warmth (fingerless mitts just underway).
A skein of handspun yarn in various shades of blue, a bump of Abstract Fibers BFL and silk in colorway Fire Red to be spun next, and two skeins of Ultex Shetland in loden green and a dark mulberry.
November 8, 2025 at 8:40 PM
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Finally finished. It took me almost two years to spin this bump of Rambouillet. (I was doing other stuff too, not just this.) It’s almost lace-weight I spun it so fine. Next up: a bump of BFL and silk in fire engine red.
A skein of handspun yarn is draped over a castle-type spinning wheel. This is 100% Rambouillet from Bumblebee Acres, colorway Chicory Fairy—blue ranging from violet-blue to green-blue.
November 7, 2025 at 6:19 AM
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Sun. 11-2-25 come to #SundayAfternoonKnitting 1-3 pm @ Tom’s Restaurant SE Division & Chavez in #PDX! We got #knitting, #crochet, #embroidery & nothin' to keep you entertained. Meantime, please enjoy this damn sock I’m attempting to knit for my dad. 😑 #pdxknitting 🧶
A toe-up sock being knit on a 40” circular needle sits on a wooden coffee table. It is various shades of light gray, natural and light brown, an ombré called Aslan by Lorna’s Laces in their Shepherd Sock. I am having to tear back the gusset section; it’s too long for my dad. 😑
November 2, 2025 at 1:38 AM
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I voted in Oregon‘s election! Go vote, wherever you are!
A blue silhouette of the state of Oregon, “I Voted” displayed prominently in yellow over it. That’s the colors of the state flag, btw. I mean, you probably knew that. It just occurred to me. 🤷🏻‍♀️
October 28, 2025 at 3:21 PM
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Today Sun 10-26-25 is #SundayAfternoonKnitting 1-3 pm @ Tom’s Restaurant SE Division & Chavez in #PDX! #Knitting, #crochet, #embroidery & nothing etc all welcome. Meantime please enjoy this Close to You shawl for No. 2 Kid, just finished blocking. #pdxknitting 🧶
A medium close-up of a Close to You shawl designed by Justyna Lorkowska. It is in garter stitch with a scallopy toothed edge containing eight large yarn-overs. Knit in Malabrigo Sock in an unknown colorway of dark purple, dark blue, green and magenta. Pattern: https://www.ravelry.com/patterns/library/close-to-you
October 26, 2025 at 1:52 PM
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It’s time to block.
A dark purple, green, blue & magenta handknit scarf and a dark blue handknit vest are in a plastic container. The container is in a sink; the sink’s faucet is streaming water down on the knitted items which are beginning to float.
October 23, 2025 at 10:50 PM
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Finis: log cabin lap robe for No. 2 Child and her doggo. Now it’s time to weave in a couple of ends and throw it in the wash (it’s acrylic). #knitting #pdxknitting 🧶
A lap robe on a tile floor, knit in Lion Brand Mandala, colorway Fairy (natural, brown, grays, blue, turquoise, purples and pinks).
October 22, 2025 at 10:15 PM
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Exhausted doggo is exhausted
A little golden chiweenie—part dachshund part chihuahua, part God knows what—is crashed out inside a car on the feet of a person in plaid pants.
October 19, 2025 at 11:46 PM
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Tomorrow Sun 10-19-25 it's #SundayAfternoonKnitting 1-3 pm @ Tom's Restaurant crnr SE Division & Chavez in #PDX! Loads of #knitting, #crochet, #embroidery & nada--come as you are! We do! Meantime, please enjoy these fingerless mitts I knit of handspun. #pdxknitting 🧶
A pair of fingerless mitts knit of handspun yarn in rich blues and greens, though in this picture the greens look brown. WEIRD. I'm going to try to take a better picture for a future photo. Yarn/fiber: Wandering Pines Ranch Storm on the Meadow alpaca/merino Pattern: https://www.ravelry.com/patterns/library/align-mitts-2
October 19, 2025 at 5:15 AM
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At least three, maybe four times the people at the Tigard #NoKings march.
An inflatable peacock and an inflatable eagle at the No Kings march in Tigard, OR
October 18, 2025 at 5:20 PM
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Among the last of the roses from the garden. No scent, alas
Three coral-tinged homegrown roses are clustered in a vase on a wood tabletop.
October 16, 2025 at 3:55 PM
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Today is @velvetackbar.bsky.social's and my 31st wedding anniversary. I could not have had a happier 31 years with anyone else. Happy anniversary, sweetheart. 💝
A portly, middle-aged woman in a purple handknit shawl and a black dress stands with her arms around a handsome, middle-aged gentleman in a navy linen suit. They are posing on a footbridge above a tranquil lake at a wedding. She has an eye patch covering the left lens of her glasses; he is wearing glasses as well as a nastily trimmed mustache and goatee. They are smiling. They are happy.
October 13, 2025 at 2:28 PM
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Tmro 10-12-25! #SundayAfternoonKnitting 1-3 pm @ Tom's Restaurant corner of SE Chavez & Division in #PDX! Get yer #knitting on—or #crochet or #embroidery or whatever—eat some good food & get yer drink on too whether it’s alcohol or non. Y’all come! Meantime please enjoy this lap robe I’m knitting.
Yarn: Lion Brand Mandala in colorway Fairy: natural, lilac, purple, pink, turquoise and brown. I’m knitting it into a log cabin lap robe/little afghan, no pattern required, on size 8/5mm 40” circular needles.
October 12, 2025 at 2:06 AM
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Tmro Sun 10-5-25 it's #SundayAfternoonKnitting 1-3 pm @ Tom’s Restaurant crnr SE Division & Chavez in #PDX! Come for the beers, wine, n/a because why not, good eats & every fiber thing you can think of— #knitting, #crochet, #embroidery, etc! Meantime please enjoy my dad‘s pedis I’m making.
A sock being knit in the round of gray Lorna's Laces Shepherd Sock at the toe, made with incs radiating from 12 sts in its center. After the toe, the sock is knit in Shepherd Sock colorway Aslan, a variegated brown, gray and cream; around the base of the toe, Ks are worked with the gray (my dad's name is Ken).
October 4, 2025 at 9:07 PM
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Hey! Sun 9-21-25 1-3 pm it’s #SundayAfternoonKnitting @ Tom's Restaurant crnr SE Division & Chavez in #PDX! Come for #knitting, #crochet & goodies! Meantime please enjoy this just-finished knit blue wool/silk cowl & brown/gray/pink wool/silk crocheted hat. #pdxknitting 🧶
A topper handknit in 2 colors of Sea Change Shoreline Sport (Aquatic and Sea Hag, both very close blue-greens) sits on a bed; a crocheted hat underway in Noro Silk Garden colorway unknown in shades of brown, gray, purple and pink.
September 20, 2025 at 10:25 PM
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#CostaRica is a beautiful place. This is the view from the little restaurant we went to with our good friend Chalo yesterday. Here till Sunday.
#vacation
A vista of San José, Costa Rica from the Monteverde Tiquicinos (I think it's Tiquicinos, my memory may be faulty). It's bigger than Portland, about 1.5 million people as opposed to 1.1 million.
September 12, 2025 at 3:41 PM
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Fun fact o’ the day: Chickens live in Costa Rica. (So do I right now.) #vacation
A broken speckled chicken struts her stuff.
September 10, 2025 at 8:06 PM
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Sun 9-7-25 it’s #SundayAfternoonKnitting 1-3 pm @ Tom’s Restaurant SE Division & Chavez in #PDX! Great eats, even better people! Y’all come! Meantime please enjoy this Dilly topper (kind of), almost done now. #knitting #crochet #embroidery 🧶
A cowl on a circular needle sits atop the pillows of a bed. The yarn is blue-green, or maybe green-blue, but probably both; they are two separate balls of Shoreline Sport, one Aquatic, one Sea Hag, by Sea Change Fibers that are almost identical. Pattern: Dilly Topper https://www.ravelry.com/patterns/library/dilly-topper This pattern is infinitely expandable and hackable. I chose to use yarn-overs instead of kfb for my increases. DM me for the details if you want them. I’m almost done!
September 7, 2025 at 3:42 AM
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I got these at #Worldcon2025 in Seattle last month. They were freebies in the disabled lounge. They’ve been on my wall ever since; I look at them several times a day, the one at right the most. Blessings on whoever came up with the disability track. I needed it so, so much. ❤️
A series of brightly colored postcard-sized pictures marches down a wall. The top one is in dark colors and has an anthropomorphic firefly; it reads, "You are absolutely worth caring for.” The next is rose pink; a little catlike figure sits to one side. It reads, “You may feel burdensome or worthless, but truthfully? You are a home for the people who love you.” Next is a soft purple card with a reclining cat among meadow flowers; it reads, “Your existence HAS never and WILL never be burdensome.” The next is a deep turquoise blue; a smiling fox sits to one side, tail curled around their legs. It reads, “You’re doing well. Keep going.” Finally, a soft yellow card features another fox, this one on their back, tongue sticking out happily. It reads, “It’s a good day because you exist.” I. Love. These. A turquoise postcard-sized print on a wall features a content-looking fox. The card reads, “You’re doing well. Keep going.”
September 4, 2025 at 4:42 AM