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allaroundartisan.bsky.social @allaroundartisan.bsky.social · 22/08/2026

Making some inappropriate stitch markers with some goodies I was gifted from Luna when she moved.

Stitch markers with lobster clasps and jump rings on a table with pliers.

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allaroundartisan.bsky.social @allaroundartisan.bsky.social · 15/07/2026

My next Tour de Fleece skein. 2oz of "Laugarvatn" from Wool & Wildflower Mercantile.

A 2 oz skein of blue and gray yarn held in hand in front of a wood style floor and a geometric carpet.

Blue and gray yarn that has just been plied on a jumbo flyer

The first bobbin of blue and gray singles for this spin.

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allaroundartisan.bsky.social @allaroundartisan.bsky.social · 13/07/2026

Tour de Fleece week one: I worked up an art bat from Vanbasti Farms and attempted to long draw some Tunis for my Shave 'Em 2 Save 'Em passport.

A multicolor skein of handspun rests on a striped pillow. The yarn is shades of pink, brown and blue.

A skein of creamy white Tunis handspun yarn rests on a striped pillow.

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allaroundartisan.bsky.social @allaroundartisan.bsky.social · 13/07/2026

I made a band heddle! I'm not a woodworker, but between my coping saw, a drill, and sand paper, I have a tiny band heddle.

A small band heddle made of "SOL Oak" from Lowe's rests in my hand after being rubbed with mineral oil.

Sanding the slots with sand paper to make enough room for yarn or string to fit

A flat needle file was used to shape the slots in the heddle.

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allaroundartisan.bsky.social @allaroundartisan.bsky.social · 25/06/2026

Progress on my 2026 bingo sheet. Behold! A pair of child sized socks in mystery fiber from my stash.

A pair of hand knit children's socks in sort of an army drab gray/green color.

A bingo sheet of crafting goals for 2026 with various cells shaded in "in progress" and done colors. There are still quite a ways to go for a bingo.

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allaroundartisan.bsky.social @allaroundartisan.bsky.social · 03/05/2026

First big project with my own handspun! Details: 4oz Ramboulet dyed by Yarn dragon Fibers in the colorway "Betelgeuse" btw, it is UV reactive! Shawlette pattern by My Fingers Fly using the "Texas Bluebonnet Shawl" pattern until I was almost out of yarn and finished with a row of single crochet.

I'm wearing a green shawl, in a green dress, and a small sheep pin.

I'm wearing g a green shawl turned around to show the back, in a green dress, sitting on a green chair.

The main portion of shawl is shown glowing green under uv light.

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allaroundartisan.bsky.social @allaroundartisan.bsky.social · 26/04/2026

Making a shawl, for me, with my own handspun. It feels Good. I didn't get a lot of what I wanted to get done this weekend, but rest counts. I don't know what blew in this weekend, but UGH.

A crumpled triangle of green, white, and black speckled crochet is spread across a hand in front of a wool hackle in the background.

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allaroundartisan.bsky.social @allaroundartisan.bsky.social · 07/04/2026

I finished my spinning wheel bag from the pieces I made on my Boom Loom in Sally West's class at this year's Texas Wool Week at The Sheepwalk Ranch

A bag woven in blues and gray hangs on a Lendrum castle style wheel on a red patterned carpet

A plain woven piece in shades of blues with my first clasped weft technique in the middle.

A twill woven piece in blues with section of gray in the middle. The twill changes direction to zig zag back and forth.

Whip stitching the side of the bag with a helper Diva on my lap.

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allaroundartisan.bsky.social @allaroundartisan.bsky.social · 16/03/2026

Dabbling... it is fun. This is not the best paper by any means but I think it is good control practice.

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allaroundartisan.bsky.social @allaroundartisan.bsky.social · 13/02/2026

I enjoy seeing the support lines. It takes a lot to feed, gear up, clothe, and mend for warrior-waifus

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allaroundartisan.bsky.social @allaroundartisan.bsky.social · 13/01/2026

Hand picking my way through some Corriedale-Merino cross fleece.

Feet up on a footstool with a wooden yarn bowl holding vegetation matter on the right from a fleece on the left.

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allaroundartisan.bsky.social @allaroundartisan.bsky.social · 01/01/2026

I didn't get a bingo last year, but I had some fun making a bingo sheet.

A grid showing a list of goals for the year, some of which are already in progress.

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allaroundartisan.bsky.social @allaroundartisan.bsky.social · 01/01/2026

The Cattens are confused and meowing at me because I'm not at work in the office. They don't get holidays or weekends very well. Happy New Year folks.

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allaroundartisan.bsky.social @allaroundartisan.bsky.social · 17/11/2025

Taming my fabric hoard yesterday with comic book boards, plastic alligator clips, and some patience. Still a lot to go.

One Ikea Billy book case shelf of fabric yardage and trim wrapped into mini bolts on standard Comic book boards contrasted with the shelf below stuffed haphazardly.

A box of 200 standard Comic book boards and a drawer full of cabbage and fat quarters.

A fold up table with a cutting mat, straight edge, rotary cutter, and a container of plastic alligator clips. A plastic bin is filled with off cut fabrics, and some neatly folded mini bolts are also on the table.

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allaroundartisan.bsky.social @allaroundartisan.bsky.social · 28/10/2025

My nine handspun skeins from my first year of spinning that made weight to enter at the Texas Fleece and Fiber Festival.

Nine untwisted hanks of handspun yarn with samples ranging from the browns of a double coated Shetland, to a gray Churro, through a mystery blue and purple, a pink-purple-blue-green Leister Longwool, and a pink and purple Polworth and silk blend.

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allaroundartisan.bsky.social @allaroundartisan.bsky.social · 26/09/2025

The sock yarn I'm knitting is Araucania Yarns Huasco Sock Prism Paints in "Hologram" which is UV reactive.

A left hand holds the Front side of a yarn skein label stating "Aracania Yarns Huasco Sock Prism Paints Hand-painted Superwash Wool Blend"

A left hand holding the backside of a yarn label. A short synopsis is 75% Superwash Wool, 25% Polymide 3.52oz/100g 433yds/396m. The colorway name shown is "Hologram"

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allaroundartisan.bsky.social @allaroundartisan.bsky.social · 25/09/2025

Starting to look like the top of a sock. I can see why second sock syndrome is a thing. I like how the colors are repeating.

The top end of a sock in progress with diagonal striping in yellow, pink, and blue on gray.

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allaroundartisan.bsky.social @allaroundartisan.bsky.social · 24/09/2025

Some progress... It looks like my best bet is to clean my craft office room and sew my medieval pants before the end of the year.

A bingo card made in Excel Sheets that shows AllAroundArtisan's 2025 Resolution Bingo Sheet progress.

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allaroundartisan.bsky.social @allaroundartisan.bsky.social · 24/09/2025

Hopefully, this will become socks. I am still working on my bingo card.

Uv reactive sock yarn rests on a tabletop swift.

The beginnings of a sock ribbing on circular needles.

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allaroundartisan.bsky.social @allaroundartisan.bsky.social · 12/09/2025

Fixed the tension rod on the rescued inkle/card loom. I worked a Ladoga pattern band in commercial 100% wool yarn, and I'm super pleased. Some of the posts are wonky, but they work.

An inkle loom with warp in shades of natural browns running through printed tablet or cards. The first few turns or picks of the card deck have been worked.

Diva, the calico cat, has decided to help with card weaving by providing a large yawn.

A brown and white belt of tablet woven wool with fringed ends.

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allaroundartisan.bsky.social @allaroundartisan.bsky.social · 07/09/2025

It is raining. I'm gonna go make a nice cup of tea about it and survey my yard as it gets watered with Zula. Very glad I got some mowing done yesterday. She can take that off anytime she wants. She just doesn't like trying to squeeze under the door with it on.

A mature grey cat is curled up in a fold of a curtain, watching rain fall outside. She is wearing a dark purple knitted cowl with a light purple squirrel motif.

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allaroundartisan.bsky.social @allaroundartisan.bsky.social · 27/07/2025

Tour de Fleece Day 23: I did it! All but one of these skeins were started and finished during this year's run. 8 skeins/mini skeins. I just sat down from wet finishing them + 2 more skeins from stash. Last spin came out of the food dye Leister Longwool in my first fractal. Diva catten is QA.

$4 skeins of brown Shetland, 1 skein gray Navajo Churro, 1 mini skein grey/red/white started from before Tour de Fleece, but single finished and plied, 1 skein brown mystery fiber that might be Alpaca/Llama, and a Pink, purple, blue and green fractal spin in Leister Longwool.$ $Holding a skein of pink, purple, blue and green fractal spun Leister longwool skein$ Singles spun on a Lendrum single treadle spinning wheel in green, blue, purple, and pink Leister Longwool

Singles spun on a Lendrum single treadle spinning wheel in green, blue, purple, and pink Leister Longwool

Diva, a young calico cat, wrestles with two skeins of brown Shetland homespun yarn.

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allaroundartisan.bsky.social @allaroundartisan.bsky.social · 27/07/2025

Tour de Fleece Day 22: I finished spinning the single and plying the unknown fiber. I think this spindle might need a notch cut to keep the cop from unwinding when spinning singles. Ms. Maia the catten is my lovely assistant showing off the completed singles.

A young dilute calico cat curled up on a light brown sheepskin with an unusual spindle full of a rich brown mystery fiber spun singles yarn.

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allaroundartisan.bsky.social @allaroundartisan.bsky.social · 26/07/2025

Toure de Fleece Day 21: I think I am figuring out this spindle. Starting to run low on the mystery fiber.

A handful of unknown brown fiber and an unusual spindle with a fairly food sized cop of spun singles yarn rest on a red and white canvas drop cloth.

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allaroundartisan.bsky.social @allaroundartisan.bsky.social · 25/07/2025

Tour de Fleece Day 20: more spinning of the unknown fiber on the experimental spindle. This is some slippery fiber. It has some guard hairs, so I wonder if it is Alpaca or Llama?

A spindle that slightly resembles a honey dipper rests on a batt of unknown brown fiber that has a few hairs in it. The batt and spindle rest on a carpet.

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allaroundartisan.bsky.social @allaroundartisan.bsky.social · 23/07/2025

Tour de Fleece Day 18: The Navajo Churro is plied, and I continued combing more of the food coloring dyed Leister longwool. I have so many skeins that need a bath!

A skein of two plied handspun gray Navajo Churro wool.

A folding table has a wooden bowl of pink dyed Leister Longwool locks, a pile of combing waste, a wool comb sitting on the table and combed wool on a comb that is clamped to the table.

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allaroundartisan.bsky.social @allaroundartisan.bsky.social · 22/07/2025

Toure de Fleece Day 17: I finished my Navajo Churro single spins with a little "Help" from Diva. I was too focused on the roving to fill the second bobbin very evenly. I see a very big plying bracelet in my future.

An unevenly filled bobbin of gray Navajo Churro wool.

An evenly filled bobbin of gray Navajo Churro wool.

Diva an orange and black calico cat inspects the orifice of the Lendrum spinning wheel.

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allaroundartisan.bsky.social @allaroundartisan.bsky.social · 21/07/2025

Tour de Fleece Day 16: Cutting it close tonight, but I put some more yrds on the bobbin for my Navajo Churro spin. Combed 1 oz dyed yesterday into forbidden cotton candy. Stuff for embroidery stand & bigger inkle loom repairs was acquired. Need energy for time with the drill press & miter saw.

An unevenly wound bobbin of gray Navajo Churro spun singles.

Combing tools and an ounce of Candy Green Leister Longwool locks on a folding tray. A Calico cat is under the table looking for wool to steal.

Green Leister longwool locks lashed onto a comb

A bump of green apple candy colored combed top of Leister longwool on a table with a bowl of combing waste and the combs used to create it.

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allaroundartisan.bsky.social @allaroundartisan.bsky.social · 20/07/2025

Tour de Fleece Day 15: I got together with my fiber friend and we did boil in bag dying with food colors and citric acid. Then we went to our local yarn store for their spinning social. I picked up some yarn for card weaving and a reed for the Bernat loom too.

A pot full of individually dying wool in ziploc bags with citric acid and food coloring

Candy colored Leister wool in grape, blue raspberry, cherry, and green apple colors.

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allaroundartisan.bsky.social @allaroundartisan.bsky.social · 19/07/2025

Tour de Fleece Day 14: I finished plying the single from my Turkish Spindle. Tomorrow is gonna be sort of a challenge day for me. Congrats on two weeks folks.

A Turkish spindle with plied yarn rest on folding table. There is a dilute calico cat resting on a red carpet out of focus in the background.

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allaroundartisan.bsky.social @allaroundartisan.bsky.social · 18/07/2025

Tour de Fleece Day 13: Today, I started plying my tiny yarn on the turkish spindle.

Yarn being plied on a Turkish spindle from a pull skein ball of singles that was created on the same spindle.

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allaroundartisan.bsky.social @allaroundartisan.bsky.social · 17/07/2025

Tour de Fleece Day 12: Simply more thread singles. I think my turtle is getting too heavy, so I might start plying it up.

A Turkish spindle with gray and pinkish thread singles sits on a table with a patterned carpet in the background.

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allaroundartisan.bsky.social @allaroundartisan.bsky.social · 16/07/2025

Tour de Fleece Day 11: Today is a rest day, but I put a couple more yards onto my turkish spindle. I also checked on how well the Leister Longwool is drying. Time was also spent figuring out the best paths for card woven bands and repairs needed on my Inkle looms.

Scoured Leister wool in a Landry drying bag.

A string maps the longest path I have figured out on my lunchbox inkle loom pegs.

A string maps out the longest path I have figured out so far on my bigger inkle loom I got from my local creative reuse store. The tension peg looks a little sketchy and needs replaced or repaired.

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allaroundartisan.bsky.social @allaroundartisan.bsky.social · 16/07/2025

So Princess Jehnna likes some of my fiber tools a little much... I wonder if she is part teething puppy... Most of her damage was done when she was pregnant past year with the 4 surprise kittens. I guess my tools have some character now.

Inkle loom pegs with tiny feline tooth impressions.

Tiny feline tooth impressions on a Lendrum spinning wheel spoke.

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allaroundartisan.bsky.social @allaroundartisan.bsky.social · 15/07/2025

Tour de Fleece Day 10: Today was a challenge day so we decided to go spindle spin at the park. I'm still making more thread for now. I'm also working on scouring the Leister tonight.

Thread-like wool single spun on a Turkish spindle at the park. The combed top being spun is in colors of red, green, black, and white.

Egyptian Geese grazing in a ditch at the park.

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allaroundartisan.bsky.social @allaroundartisan.bsky.social · 14/07/2025

Tour de Fleece Day 9: I did technically spin today because I was up very late watching anime. I also changed the water my Leister longwool is soaking in and made a Gulf Coast Native batt into roving with my diz.

Spun thread on a Turkish spindle with some red, gray, white, and black combed top.

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allaroundartisan.bsky.social @allaroundartisan.bsky.social · 13/07/2025

Tour de Fleece Day 8: Now for something completely different, back to my never-ending thread on a Turkish spindle. My missing package came in last night, and 2lbs of leister are cold soaking.

A slightly felted strip of combed top in red, orange, black, gray, and white being spun into thread on a Turkish spindle.

A plastic shelf supports 2 pounds of Leister longwool raw fleece.

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allaroundartisan.bsky.social @allaroundartisan.bsky.social · 12/07/2025

Tour de Fleece Day 7: Zula helped me out while I finished spinning the last of Cocoa's Fall 2024 fleece. Good thing I have more goodies to be spinning, including some Leister Longwool, Gulf Coast native and Navaho Churro in the stash.

Zula, a gray cat, sits on a red and pink knit blanket with a bobbin of brown singles yarn.

Zula, a gray cat, sits on her owner's left thigh while the right foot powers the treadle of a Lendrum single treadle wheel.

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allaroundartisan.bsky.social @allaroundartisan.bsky.social · 11/07/2025

Tour de Fleece Day 6: My final variation on a fleece by Cocoa fall 2024. I took my combed top and carded it into rolags for long draw. I shall probably finish the singles tomorrow evening.

Top down view of brown Shetland singles yarn on a Lendrum spinning wheel flyer.

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allaroundartisan.bsky.social @allaroundartisan.bsky.social · 10/07/2025

Tour de Fleece Day 5: I worked with some of my Forbidden cinnamon rolls (Double coated Shetland combed top) and made some long draw 2-ply yarn with that. Cocoa of Baize Shetlands' fall 2024 fleece has been a lot of fun. We took it from a raw fleece to some really fun yarns. I'm almost out, though.

A skein of brown 2 ply yarn from a double coated Shetland sheep

A lazy Kate with brown Shetland sheep singles on two bobbins.

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allaroundartisan.bsky.social @allaroundartisan.bsky.social · 09/07/2025

Tour de Fleece Day 4: I plied my long draw shetland. Plying bracelets are a saver for me when I have uneven bobbins.

Plied brown Shetland wool on a Lendrum Spinning wheel bobbin and flier.

Plied brown Shetland yarn on an antique niddy noddy.

A skein of plied brown yarn on a red and white canvas drop cloth.

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allaroundartisan.bsky.social @allaroundartisan.bsky.social · 08/07/2025

Tour de Fleece Day 3: finished up all my rolags made from my combing leftovers. Letting them rest for plying tomorrow

Two unevenly filled bobbins of brown Shetland spun singles yarn in a lazy Kate resting for plying tomorrow.

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allaroundartisan.bsky.social @allaroundartisan.bsky.social · 07/07/2025

Tour de fleece day 2: filled the first bobbin and started on my second one. I'm not counting my meters, just trying to spin each day of the 3 weeks.

Two bobbins of brown Shetland single yarn, one of which is still on the spinning wheel.

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allaroundartisan.bsky.social @allaroundartisan.bsky.social · 06/07/2025

Tour De Fleece day 1: finished prepping Cocoa's Fall 2024 fleece and started a woolen long draw spin

Picture of a bobbin on a spinning wheel with brown spun Shetland fleece.

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allaroundartisan.bsky.social @allaroundartisan.bsky.social · 16/05/2025

Stubborn as an ass is a compliment when protecting people. Tagging it as graphic because a donkey doesn't mess around. www.tiktok.com/@mndiaye_97/...

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They’re honestly honey badger horses (full video in bio) #animals#nature#learnontiktok#funfacts

TikTok video by mndiaye_97

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allaroundartisan.bsky.social @allaroundartisan.bsky.social · 19/03/2025

The results of some more forbidden cinnamon rolls this weekend. 4 oz-ish (194 yds, 2 ply) of mostly detailed Shetland.

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allaroundartisan.bsky.social @allaroundartisan.bsky.social · 10/02/2025

A small bit of happiness this morning. My rescue orchid bloomed.

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