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Amanda Westphal (she/her)
@stitchbanshee.bsky.social
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Crochet, Knitting & Spinning 🖤🖤🖤
Colorado Hiker 🏞️
Horror & Romance Reader 📚
Video & Board Gamer 🖥️
Bi Babe 🏳️‍🌈
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Learned all about Ichthyosaurs at the @denvermuseumns.bsky.social
Did you know these mesozoic marine reptiles had the largest eyes ever recorded? 10 inches!
Two women take a selfie in front of a museum display, a large model of a ichthyosaur, a dolphin-like ancient marine reptile with a long teethed mouth and fins.
July 27, 2025 at 2:03 PM
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Made a cute cabled beanie with hand spun yarn! Just a few days of chilly weather left 😅

Modified Jerrica Hat by @norichanknits.bsky.social
A skein of hand spun, grey yarn held up against a background of spring flowers. A smiling woman wearing a grey cabled beanie. She's standing outdoors with a flowering tree in the background.
April 16, 2025 at 4:24 PM
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March's reading wrap-up 🖤

14 books this month, all ending with the #transrightsreadathon

My favorite of the month was Thirst by Marina Yuszczuk, a gothic, sapphic vampire novel set in Argentina 🦇

#booksky
A chart of a woman's reading statistics for March. She read 14 books, of LGBTQIA+, Horror, Literary, Fantasy and Historical genres.
April 4, 2025 at 2:04 PM
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Spun a skein in a week for Maker Madness with @woolberryfiber.bsky.social 👏👏👏
A bundle of purple & pink wool roving, held up with a yarn store in the background. A woman's legs and hands working a spinning wheel. She's spinning purple & pink wool into yarn. A skein of purple & pink yarn, held up with plants and a spinning wheel in the background.
April 1, 2025 at 3:34 PM
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Blep
A black and white cat sleeping with her tongue out.
March 23, 2025 at 12:10 AM
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A little windy, but still a lovely day to be out on the porch catching up with my crochet temperature blanket 🌡️☀️🌷
A point of view shot of a woman crocheting, her legs and a striped Tunisian crochet blanket. There's a bag of color theory yarn at her feet
March 22, 2025 at 10:17 PM
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February's reading wrap-up.

10 books, even with a week long reading break during vacation 😅

My favorite was Katee Robert's Neon Gods. I went through such a Greek mythology phase as a kid, and am always down for another Hades/Persephone retelling!!!

#booksky
Storygraph graphic of reading stat's. Amanda has read 10 books in February, including romance, mystery and science fiction.
March 10, 2025 at 8:02 PM
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Laughed myself silly at an amazing show put on by @renqcomedy.bsky.social and local trans comedians at the #heretopee tour.

They're taking the show to all 50 states, and it's a can't miss 🤣🤣🤣
Photo of a trans comedian on stage and the crowd watching, laughing and filming. The venue has murals on the walls and a junkyard art vibe.
March 2, 2025 at 5:26 AM
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Disney Princess 5K!!!
A crowd of people walking across a finish line. Front and center are two women in matching pink and purple shirts.
March 1, 2025 at 11:40 PM
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Just got back from an amazing Disney vacation with my mom!
We were living in the moment without social media, so now y'all get my photo slideshow over the next few days 🐭
A mother and daughter hugging in front of Disney's Cinderella Castle. They're wearing matching pink and purple shirts and smiling.
February 28, 2025 at 8:12 PM
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Finally got to the fun stripey part of my Stripetastic Sweater 😅

Pattern by @andreagaughanknits.bsky.social

And since it's mostly blue, I'll go ahead and call this my #SkyKAL project 💙🌊🐦
A work-in-progress knit sweater. It has been knit from the bottom up in a sky blue with a set of purple, blue and teal stripes most recently near the needles.
February 9, 2025 at 3:38 AM
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Learned how to use one of those neat triple-latch-hook tools to apply an I-cord directly to knitting!
(Tool is from Twice Sheared Sheep and they have video tutorials on their shop website)
February 8, 2025 at 4:19 AM
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I'm playing #WIPBingo with @positivelyyarnie.bsky.social
All my yarnie friends, come play and let's actually finish a few projects 🤣

Goals:
- Cabled I-cord Cowl
- Rainbow Ridge Scarf
- Gingham Mittens
- Rainbow Striped Sweater

#PositivelyYarnieBingo
Four yarn projects laid out next to a bingo board. In the background is a storage tub with more yarn projects.
February 5, 2025 at 1:45 AM
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January's reading wrap up.

A whopping 20 books thanks to re-reading the Series of Unfortunate Events. The nostalgia is keeping me afloat 🥰

I don't rate books, but my fav of the month was Yours for the Taking by Gabrielle Korn (sci-fi, climate-crisis-dystopia)

#booksky
A graphic showing a woman's reading statistics for January. She read 20 books. Genres including: mystery, middle grade, romance, science fiction and LGBTQIA+
February 2, 2025 at 8:04 PM
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Finally comfortable enough with my drop spindle to handle walking AND spinning!!!

#spinner #dropspindle
A pair of legs in white sneakers, walking on a treadmill. A hand is spinning white alpaca with a lavender drop spindle.
February 2, 2025 at 7:45 PM
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Intro post!
Hey all, I'm Amanda (she/her) from the Colorado 👋
I read (horror & queer romance), and I'm a hiker, a gamer, a cat mom and love all fiber arts!

I've used IG to document my stitching for years now. But I'm excited to treat bluesky as a place to be a little more casual with my posts.
Smiling woman in a hand-knit purple and black vest. She has short black hair, glasses and is standing by snowy trees.
January 28, 2025 at 1:58 PM