@neotoma.bsky.social
Birder, gardener, and fiber arts hobbyist.
Ready to start the thumb gusset on my Eclipse Endpaper mitts. I’d forgotten how much fun knitting colorwork is, and how easy it is to do on the bus. 🧶
December 11, 2025 at 1:05 PM
Ready to start the thumb gusset on my Eclipse Endpaper mitts. I’d forgotten how much fun knitting colorwork is, and how easy it is to do on the bus. 🧶
I went to the Native Art Show at the NMAI today and came away with another Peter Boone seriagraph, two miniature baskets (1 salmon leather, 1 wood), beaded birchbark earrings, a bead and quillwork pin in the shape of a remembrance poppy, a bracelet, and a set of greeting cards.
December 6, 2025 at 10:51 PM
I went to the Native Art Show at the NMAI today and came away with another Peter Boone seriagraph, two miniature baskets (1 salmon leather, 1 wood), beaded birchbark earrings, a bead and quillwork pin in the shape of a remembrance poppy, a bracelet, and a set of greeting cards.
Further along on my Eclipse Endpaper mitts: this is about an hours worth of knitting on the bus. 🧶 I’m going to try to pick up some circular needles today, because I worry about dropping one of my dpns on the bus and not being able to get it back.
December 6, 2025 at 4:08 PM
Further along on my Eclipse Endpaper mitts: this is about an hours worth of knitting on the bus. 🧶 I’m going to try to pick up some circular needles today, because I worry about dropping one of my dpns on the bus and not being able to get it back.
Started knitting Endpaper mitts with my eclipse commemorative yarn. It’s sparkly 🧶
December 3, 2025 at 12:41 PM
Started knitting Endpaper mitts with my eclipse commemorative yarn. It’s sparkly 🧶
Finished my reversible cables snood! It is knit flat, and then given a half twist before grafting together to make it a moebius strip. The yarn is Silk Road from Kiparoo Farm, a 50/50 wool silk fingering weight. 🧶
December 1, 2025 at 2:30 PM
Finished my reversible cables snood! It is knit flat, and then given a half twist before grafting together to make it a moebius strip. The yarn is Silk Road from Kiparoo Farm, a 50/50 wool silk fingering weight. 🧶
Cow-shaped custard dumplings at dinner before
November 29, 2025 at 10:58 PM
Cow-shaped custard dumplings at dinner before
Did the heels on my Tetrodotoxin socks. I took me just under 2 hours to get the boomerang heels done. 🧶🧦
November 24, 2025 at 8:51 PM
Did the heels on my Tetrodotoxin socks. I took me just under 2 hours to get the boomerang heels done. 🧶🧦
Started my first toe-up socks. The yarn is Orbit from String Theory Colorworks, in the Tetrodotoxin color, a sport weight ‘isomer’ color, where the stripes match in opposite colors. 🧶🧦
November 12, 2025 at 4:05 AM
Started my first toe-up socks. The yarn is Orbit from String Theory Colorworks, in the Tetrodotoxin color, a sport weight ‘isomer’ color, where the stripes match in opposite colors. 🧶🧦
End of summer means roast peaches on vanilla ice cream either a dust of Scramsicle spice blend from Max’s Degrees
September 1, 2025 at 7:31 PM
End of summer means roast peaches on vanilla ice cream either a dust of Scramsicle spice blend from Max’s Degrees
So much rue— I cut my plant back by half and I’m trying to dry it in my oven. Hopefully that will free îup space in my garden 🌱
August 1, 2025 at 2:30 PM
So much rue— I cut my plant back by half and I’m trying to dry it in my oven. Hopefully that will free îup space in my garden 🌱
Went to Mekong River Textile’s sale today and picked up cotton fabric to make a jacket and hemp to make a tote bag. 🧵🪡
July 19, 2025 at 9:03 PM
Went to Mekong River Textile’s sale today and picked up cotton fabric to make a jacket and hemp to make a tote bag. 🧵🪡
The rain is so heavy in Silver Spring that the street lamps came on just now.
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July 9, 2025 at 10:26 PM
The rain is so heavy in Silver Spring that the street lamps came on just now.
@capitalweather.bsky.social
@capitalweather.bsky.social
The lance-leaf loosestrife I planted in blooming; native garden 🌱 plants that are very obviously a primorose relative now that they have flowers
June 19, 2025 at 9:36 PM
The lance-leaf loosestrife I planted in blooming; native garden 🌱 plants that are very obviously a primorose relative now that they have flowers
Today’s garden 🌱 news — I found this little one munching on my dill plant.
June 14, 2025 at 6:28 PM
Today’s garden 🌱 news — I found this little one munching on my dill plant.
Finished the third row of text on the holiday cross-stitch project thread 🧵 🪡 #CraftySky
May 26, 2025 at 9:50 PM
Finished the third row of text on the holiday cross-stitch project thread 🧵 🪡 #CraftySky
More progress in the holiday cross stitching 🧵 🪡
May 19, 2025 at 12:33 AM
More progress in the holiday cross stitching 🧵 🪡
Progress on the holiday 🧵 🪡
May 17, 2025 at 3:14 AM
Progress on the holiday 🧵 🪡
Home from vacation in France and have a good start on the big cross stitch project. 🧵🪡
May 14, 2025 at 7:19 PM
Home from vacation in France and have a good start on the big cross stitch project. 🧵🪡
I got this entire word done on the train from Paris to Toulouse. 🧵🪡 my holiday cross-stitch is off to a good start
May 7, 2025 at 9:35 AM
I got this entire word done on the train from Paris to Toulouse. 🧵🪡 my holiday cross-stitch is off to a good start
While my friend takes a nap in our hotel room, I’ve started my holiday cross-stitch 🧵 🪡 project
May 6, 2025 at 3:15 PM
While my friend takes a nap in our hotel room, I’ve started my holiday cross-stitch 🧵 🪡 project
Most of what I bought at the Maryland Sheep and Wool Festival yesterday; not picture is the knitting kit for a MD flag hat that sold out before noon🧶. I think the shop really wasn’t expecting how much Marylanders love our state flag
May 4, 2025 at 4:25 PM
Most of what I bought at the Maryland Sheep and Wool Festival yesterday; not picture is the knitting kit for a MD flag hat that sold out before noon🧶. I think the shop really wasn’t expecting how much Marylanders love our state flag
Went to a native plant show this morning and picked up loosestrife, stonecrop, sempervivum, and a mini rose for my garden 🌱
April 27, 2025 at 11:23 PM
Went to a native plant show this morning and picked up loosestrife, stonecrop, sempervivum, and a mini rose for my garden 🌱
It’s is now warm enough to plant tomatoes in my garden plot 🌱 — also gigantes runner beans and 18 marigolds.
April 20, 2025 at 3:24 PM
It’s is now warm enough to plant tomatoes in my garden plot 🌱 — also gigantes runner beans and 18 marigolds.
The trees in my neighborhood are blooming; they’re always about a week behind the cherry trees at the Tidal Basin
April 10, 2025 at 4:13 PM
The trees in my neighborhood are blooming; they’re always about a week behind the cherry trees at the Tidal Basin