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Berry Tired @berrytired.bsky.social · 01/09/2026

Can never have too many hobbies! Bonus: it's also a survival skill! Makin' some corn husk cordage, or as my hubs calls it, cornage. We pray that's not already a word 🤣 #fiberarts #cordage

A closeup of some corn-husk cordage. There are lots of end bits sticking out of the cord where more husk was joined.

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revolver ocelthot @rnaboursiii.bsky.social · 19/08/2026

This is what datacenters are taking from you

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Berry Tired @berrytired.bsky.social · 18/08/2026

It's peach season in my neck of the woods! Time for some kombucha, with some added tea in the 2nd ferment 🥰 #kombucha #peach #peaches #cooking

A small metal pot filled with peaches and water. It is set on a gas burner.

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Berry Tired @berrytired.bsky.social · 17/08/2026

Finished up the first half of the "Poppyseed Candyfloss" blend (named by the lovely @colorbombvelma.bsky.social) 🥰 It's ultra squishy, and super cozy! Can't wait to knit it uo into something warm for my little bro ❤️ #fiberarts #handspinning #yarn #handspunyarn #spinnersofbluesky

A twisted skein of heathered gray yarn, on a light brown suede-y blanket

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Berry Tired @berrytired.bsky.social · 16/08/2026

Took Ms. Leona outside today 🥰 beautiful spinning weather, plus my Mother-in-Law's beautiful garden. So relaxing 💕

An ashford traveler spinning wheel, with a ball of gray riving attached to it. In the background is a lovely green back yard. A picnic table and hammock are visible, as well as a cushioned swing.

#yarn #spinning #handspinning #fiber #fiberarts #ashford #spinningwheel #spinnersofbluesky

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Berry Tired @berrytired.bsky.social · 22/07/2026

Blending time 🥰 Alpaca, Merino and Lambswool! 50g of dark brown alpaca, 50g of hybrid lambswool, and 12.5g of malabrigo merino ❤️ Gotta start prepping my next spin early, I'm way faster with Leona 😍

3 roving bundles of a heathered gray wool blend.

#wool #fiberarts #alpaca #lambswool #merino #yarn #yarnspinning #handmade #spinnersofbluesky #woolroving

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Berry Tired @berrytired.bsky.social · 20/07/2026

I'm so excited to introduce you to Leona! A vintage Ashford Traditional (1975), never used, named after the lovely lady who was willing to part with her 🥰 She came still packed in Christchurch Star newspapers! All parts still together and usable, which means I got a friggin unicorn 😍

A 1975 Ashford Traditional spinning wheel. It is placed by an inner corner of a room, by a stained-black hutch. There is a pile of lemon-lime colored fiber attached to the orifice and piled on the front bar of the wheel.

#Ashford #ashfordtraditional #spinningwheel #fiberarts #vintage

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Berry Tired @berrytired.bsky.social · 02/07/2026

Finally done with the "arcade carpet" spin 😍 absolutely obsessed. Now to wet-set it! Then, the biggest challenge: finding a properly witchy shawl pattern for it 🥰 #fiberarts #handspinning #yarn #yarnspinning #handmade #wool #silk

A twisted skein of yarn. It looks like 90's arcade carpet that is being viewed from far away. It is a sari-silk blend plied with a strand of black malabrigo merino.

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Berry Tired @berrytired.bsky.social · 05/06/2026

Mum went up to Maine last weekend and got this scrumptious pile at a local shop 🥰 Ms. Ganymede is a Cormo/Romney/BFL mixed ewe, I'm not sure of dad's breed for this lamb's wool. It's frickin beautiful, though. As always, more details in the alt-text!

Closeup of the lambs fleece roving. It's like touching physical clouds!

#roving #fiberarts #lambswool #wool #handspinning #Cormo #Romney #BFL #BlueFacedLeicester

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Berry Tired @berrytired.bsky.social · 28/05/2026

Got Connie Mac (short for MacGuyver'd Contraption) back out to spin another 1oz(25g) of the Malbrigo Merino I got 🥰

This is a picture of a diy charkha-style spinning wheel, so bear with me on the description.

The structural base of the spinning wheel is a ladder made of 2 thick knitting needles with popsicle-stick rungs. The drive wheel is a fly-reel. The maidens/mother-of-all is made from a prescription bottle, with slits cut into it to allow for a quill spindle and drive-band. The quill spindle is a knitting needle, with an elastic band wrapped about an inch wide around the blunt end, so the drive band doesnt slip.

The fiber being spun is Malabrigo Nube Black, which is a fine Merino Wool fiber.

#diy #spinning #handspun #handspinning #spinningwheel #quillwheel #yarnspinning #handmade #handspun #merino #malabrigo #fiberarts #BerryTired

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Berry Tired @berrytired.bsky.social · 25/04/2026

Mum and I took a mini road trip up to @portfiber.bsky.social in Portland 🥰 Absolutely bothering their socials to gush, it was the perfect fiber shop. Packed to the gills, and owned/operated by lovely humans! Got a (perfectly 4oz) ball of dyed Merino 😍 the colors are perfect!

A 4oz (~113g) ball of dyed Merino combed top. There are several shades of cool blue and green running through it.

#spinning #fiber #fiberarts #handspinning #Merino #wool #yarn

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Berry Tired @berrytired.bsky.social · 21/03/2026

5x Time-lapse of me spinning my black #malabrigo #merino on Connie, my DIY quill wheel. Shout out to the cool band on my t-shirt Phantom Ocean 🥰 a cool artist made the art for this t-shirt by hand (it was me).

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Berry Tired @berrytired.bsky.social · 20/03/2026

All the hot peppers I germinated have thrown up a sprout 😍 Growing Jalapeños, mystery Asian chillies, and Scotch Bonnets in zone 6a, pray for me y'all 🤣 all dieties accepted. Hoping my mom lends me some prime real estate in her sunny garden beds come planting time. #gardening #hotpeppers

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Berry Tired @berrytired.bsky.social · 01/03/2026

Went on a little trip to Boston with my mum 🥰 Got some gorgeous new spinning fiber. 300g (a little>12oz) of malabrigo superwash merino, and this gorgeous blend by Keira Wiggins 😍 I'm obsessed with the arcade-carpet vibes of the Keira blend! I plan on plying it with the black Malabrigo merino 💕

A pile of spinning fiber, with its label and a drop spindle with some of the spun fiber on it.

The fiber is a Keira Wiggins blend. The blend is 60% Blue Faced Leicester wool, 15% Mulberry Silk, and 25% recycled sari silk.

The label is white, with the name Keira Wiggins embossed on it.

The spun yarn gathered on the drop spindle gives the impression of a 90's arcade carpet. This is because the recycled silk fibers are brightly colored, and the BFL fleece base is a midnight blue.

#fiberarts #dropspindle #spindlespinning #handspinning #wool #silk #BFLwool #Merino #handspun #KeiraWiggins #Malabrigo

A closup of the Keira Wiggins blend. It looks like 90's arcade carpet.

3 braids of Malabrigo superwash merino. The two on the left are natural white, and the last is jet black.

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Berry Tired @berrytired.bsky.social · 02/02/2026

I'd say that's pretty leafy so far! Almost done with the little ones. Getting pretty good at those sharp pointed turns 🥰

Dark green bobbin lace in progress. Two strups of peach fabric protect the pencil-bobbins from the pins holding the pattern down. There are several magic-loops of yellow thread, each coming off a pin. Most of the pins are metal with smaller heads, but several pins have brightly colored plastic heads.

#fiberarts #lace #bobbinlace #diy

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Berry Tired @berrytired.bsky.social · 31/01/2026

Got a new design on the pillow 🥰 My cousin commissioned a lace masquerade mask from me for Halloween, and this is a proof of concept for that mask. Gotta make sure the leaves are leafy!

A close up of a round lace pillow. A bobbin lace pattern is pinned to the center. There are light peach-colored pieces of fabric covering the pins on either side of the pattern card. The pattern is of a floral design.

#fiberarts #diy #bobbinlace #lace

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Berry Tired @berrytired.bsky.social · 31/12/2025

New lace on the pillow for the boyfriend's mum 🥰 Used the "spider and line" ground from the Jo Edkins site to make the motif in the center. The edging is @galiciabee.bsky.social's edging for the Mille Arachne bookmark! Her patterns are stunning! Check her out on YouTube too, she's a great teacher!

A close shot of a bobbin lace bookmark in progress.

The lace pillow is bright red, with a rectangle of white paper in the middle that has the pattern. To the left and right of the pattern are gatherings of no.2 pencils acting as lace bobbins.

The actual lace is a rectangle with pointed ends. A lozenge shape? I'm forgetting my geometry. The threads used are cotton embroidery thread in magenta and peach.

The magenta is used for the cloth stitch edging, as well as the half stitch lines between the "spider" motif.

The peach color is used for the spider stitches. I'm using the 8-legged spider pattern here. Along the bottom edge of the lace, where the newest stitches are, there is a gathering of sewing pins holding on the latest stitches.

#lace #bobbinlace #galiciabee #diy #fiberarts #handmade

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Berry Tired @berrytired.bsky.social · 20/12/2025

Oof I gotta get back in the habit of posting here. The issues is my brain is occupied fully by bobbin lace 🤣 My Love says it looks like I'm doing brain surgery. As always, descriptions and more deets in the alt-text!

A closeup of a strip of bobbin lace with a pointed end. It is being held down at the edges by a large number of sewing pins. It is made with dark gray cotton embroidery thread.

The lace pattern is made of torchon ground (the netting looking part), with some rose grounds down the center (flowery looking bits).

#fiberarts #handmade #lace #bobbinlace #Torchonlace

A picture of some bobbin lace in progress, the same lace as shown/described in the previous photo. Most materials for it are DIY.

The lace pillow has a base made of 2 cardboard pieces sewn together. On top is a bright red square pillow made from a broken reusable bag and old pillow fluff.

At the bottom of the lace is a group of sewing pins holding the latest stitches in place.

There are two clusters of bobbins, gathered at either side of the end of the lace. The bobbins are a bunch of pencils with thread wrapped around the middle.

None of these tools are perfect, but they do the job! To make patterns for myself, I made a grid on another piece of cardboard. I took a hat pin and poked holes where the lines on the grid crossed.

To use that to make a pattern, i tape a piece of paper over the holes, and shine light through the other so I can see the grid. It's a little wonky, but again, they do the job!

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Berry Tired @berrytired.bsky.social · 22/11/2025

Hooked back on shuttle tatting, thanks to the new diy celt-ish shuttle! Making some holiday/thank you gifts. Shaped like a celtic tatting shuttle, but way wider than the ones I've seen. Gotta love wood glue, popsicle sticks, and various nail files!

Two different strips of tatting lace. One is a bookmark made of a deep burgundy thread, in an oblong shape, with a tail of the same thread attached at one end. The other is in progress, made of light blue thread, and about half the length of the other. They are different patterns, which im struggling to find the words to describe. My sincerest apologies.

Attached to the light blue lace, is a cardboard bobbin and a wooden tatting shuttle. The tatting shuttle is made of popsicle sticks glued together, then carved with a Swiss army knife and sanded with various grits of nail files. It is a wide version of a celtic-style tatting shuttle.

#tatting #shuttletatting #fiberarts #diy

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Berry Tired @berrytired.bsky.social · 03/11/2025

Celebrated my bday with my mum, brother, aunt, and boyfriend yesterday! Got to tour the Taza factory, then had a lovely dinner at mum's. Little brother is the best, and printed me the Good & Basic Charkha parts 😍 gonna put it together soon once we get the base and spindles! Xtra info in alt text

3d printed parts for the Good and Basic Charkha spinning wheel. Top and bottom left are the accelerator wheel and drive wheel, respectively. In the center is the maiden and its base. On the top right is a small clear box with the spindle pulley and guard. Below the box is one of the mounts for the wheels.

I am so excited to put this together! I just need a base, some 3/32" steel rods, and some nice glue that'll work with plastic and (probably) wood. I'm gonna spin the last of my alpaca on it and make my brother something very nice for his birthday 🥰 he's a treasure.

#spinning #spinnersofbluesky #fiberarts #charkha #charkhawheel #goodandbasic #3dprinting

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Berry Tired @berrytired.bsky.social · 26/10/2025

Hit up my local Filipino Grocery today! got some incredible staples. Plus I have to go back soon, those angels have a kitchen in there 😍 I know nothing of Asian brands, but I doubt they'd hate me learning by trial and error 🤣 Got some of the big tapioca boiling right now for bubble tea tomorrow 🥰

Some Asian food staples gotten at Fil-Mart Eatcetera.

Back row (L to R): Instant miso soup, dried shiitake, dried chillies, chilli crisp.

Front row (L to R): Rice vermicelli, canned coconut milk, large tapioca pearls, small tapioca pearls.

#Filipinogrocery #FilMart

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Berry Tired @berrytired.bsky.social · 05/10/2025

Keep forgetting to post, too busy tinkering! My love's father found his old fly reel and let me borrow it for the diy charkha 🥰 so the creature got an update!

A diy charkha spinning wheel, strapped to a laptop. The main structure is made of knitting needles and popsicle sticks, tied together into a ladder-like frame. There is a ruler strapped across the center for steadiness. The mother of all is a cardboard tube with a plastic straw shoved through it. The spindle is a knitting needle with plastic-lid washers to keep everything on. The new drive wheel is a fly fishing reel tied to the back. I am using some old fly fishing line as a new drive band for better grip.

#spinnersofbluesky #spinningwheel #diy

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Berry Tired @berrytired.bsky.social · 18/09/2025

So while my Mum has been offering to get me a spinning wheel for the holidays... That would just rob me of the joy of getting fed up and making my own? (No, I'm super grateful forreal, she's the best) I'm so thankful to all the people online who have posted diy charkha instructions. Y'all rock.

A homemade charkha-like spinning wheel. Bare with me, folks. I'm gonna do my best to describe it.

The base frame is made from two large knitting needles, spaced by popsicle sticks, which are secured with rubber bands. It's all secured with rubber bands. There are so many rubber bands.

The maidens are two fidget spinners arranged vertically parallel to one another. The center grips have been popped out to expose the ball bearing, and another large knitting needle is shoved through it to make the spindle. There is a large bundle of plied yarn on the spindle. The yarn is oatmeal colored Shetland and spun quite fine.

The drive wheel is arranged perpendicular to the spindle and is made out of an old plastic bobbin. It is slotted onto a popsicle stick that is stuck into a third fidget spinner's ball bearing. There is another popsicle stick at the top of the one used for the drive wheel shaft, attached at a 90 degre angle. That one acts like a turning handle for the drive wheel.

Its drive band is yet another rubber band at the moment, but that has its issues and will be replaced soon.

The whole critter is strapped to a laptop, with more rubber bands, to give it some sturdiness.

#spinning #handspinning #spindlespinning #fiberarts #spinnersofbluesky #spinningwheel #charkha #diy

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Berry Tired @berrytired.bsky.social · 05/09/2025

Rare non-fiber post 🥰 I was absolutely drooling over the grill today. Got stuff going for dinner and also some stuff to make husbando-prime some hot sauce 😍 More info in the alt-text, as is tradition 😘

A grill covered in meat and veggies. At the front is dry-rubbed pork tenderloin. Towards the back are seasoned Zephyr Summer squash and some red onion quarters. On the small rack on the top are shihito peppers and habanero.

The seasoning mix on the pork is garlic and onion powder, s&p, paprika, brown sugar, and oil.

On the squash is garlic and onion powder, s&p, a little lemon juice, and oil.

The peppers and red onion are unseasoned, for they will BECOME the flavor.

#cooking #food #grilling #hotsauce

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Berry Tired @berrytired.bsky.social · 27/08/2025

Ack, been quiet for a while cuz I'm working on a project I can't share. It's for my Mum, and she follows all my socials 🥰 Have some more Shetland progress ❤️ perfect weather to finish off the first 50g of those lovely stuff.

A drop spindle and wool, in a hand, being held up in front of a rain-coated window.

There is a large bundle of oatmeal colored yarn wrapped around the spindle shaft, and gathered above it is Shetland wool roving in the same color.

#yarn #handspunyarn #handspun #handspinning #fiberarts #handmade #spinnersofbluesky #spindlespinning #Shetland

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Berry Tired @berrytired.bsky.social · 21/07/2025

Rare non-fiber-arts post: Anyone have any tips for keeping groundhogs away from my plants? We have them in pots up on an elevated space, but the bastards figured out how to get up there. Any success stories from hot pepper tea? (1/2) #gardening #groundhog

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Berry Tired @berrytired.bsky.social · 20/07/2025

Took a little TDF break to spin up the teeny pink skein from some recycled yarn bits 🥰 Now I'm started on the lemon lime soda blend that I dyed myself. Corriedale is such a joy to spin 😍

A small twisted skein of cool toned pink yarn.

A drop spindle shaft resting on some roving. The roving is bright green with stripes of yellow shades. The drop spindle has some yarn wrapped onto it, which is made of the roving.

#yarn #handspunyarn #handspun #handspinning #fiberarts #handmade #spinnersofbluesky #spindlespinning #corriedale #TDF #TourdeFleece2025

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Berry Tired @berrytired.bsky.social · 19/07/2025

First finished skein of my first TDF 🥰 thanks to my lovely mum, it was even some Shetland from NH 😍 such a perfect fiber for my first TDF skein ever ❤️ Finished measurements: 85yds to just under an ounce (87m/25g for my metric cuties). A regular amount of this would be 340yd/348m per 4oz/100g.

A twisted skein of oatmeal colored yarn. It's made of Shetland wool, from Five Sister Farm.

#yarn #handspunyarn #handspun #handspinning #fiberarts #handmade #spinnersofbluesky #spindlespinning #Shetland #TDF #TourdeFleece2025

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Berry Tired @berrytired.bsky.social · 18/07/2025

Yo #TourdeFleece2025 got me actually lookin forward to plying 🤣 I'm not competing, but I LOVE stats 😍 Shetland ply trucking along well 🥰 can't wait to measure it!

A drop spindle and ball of single-ply yarn. The ball of singles is wrapped around a paper towel tube, into a center-pull ball. It is being spun into a 2-ply yarn, which is wrapped around the shaft of the drop spindle. The yarn is made of an oatmeal-colored Shetland wool.

#yarn #handspunyarn #handspun #handspinning #fiberarts #handmade #spinnersofbluesky #spindlespinning #Shetland #TDF ##TourdeFleece2025

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Berry Tired @berrytired.bsky.social · 13/07/2025

Day 8 progress 🥰 almost done with this 25g ball of roving. I have 3 more of the Shetland (100g total). May just ply this up as a mini-skein and then break into my lemon-lime corriedale 😍 Frau Halle, save me! I need a spinning wheel so bad 😭

A top whorl drop spindle, sitting on a small pile of roving. There is a large copp of spun yarn around the shaft of the spindle. Next to the copp is a matchbox for scale.

The wool roving & the yarn made from it are an oatmeal colored Shetland wool. It comes from Five Sisters Farm in New Hampshire, USA

#yarn #handspunyarn #handspun #handspinning #fiberarts #handmade #spinnersofbluesky #spindlespinning #Shetland #TDF #TourdeFleece2025

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Berry Tired @berrytired.bsky.social · 11/07/2025

Back home! The spinning has been slow but steady! I have no goals except to try and do one full wrap of the copp (cop?) a day. That makes it faster every day by my math 🤣

A yarn bowl filled with Shetland wool roving. A drop spindle is nestled into the fiber. An almond-shaped copp of yarn is wrapped around the spindle shaft. Both the roving and the yarn made from it are a light oatmeal color.

#yarn #handspunyarn #handspun #handspinning #fiberarts #handmade #spinnersofbluesky #spindlespinning #Shetland #TourDeFleece #TDF2025

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Berry Tired @berrytired.bsky.social · 05/07/2025

Tour de fleece Day 1 progress 🥰 I'm loving the long staple length on this Shetland 😍 perfect for my first TDF! Plus me and my love have been catsitting, so the lovely Mr. Kingston is modeling ❤️

A cat, snuggled you to a drop spindle and some roving.

The roving is an oatmeal white, made of Shetland wool. Two small copps of yarn are wrapped around the shaft of the drop spindle.

The cat is VERY old. His fur is long and white with gray patches that fade into the white. He has a gray sleeve on his front paw, a gray tail, and a gray face and ears. He's very handsome and I love him with all my heart. He also likes my husband more than me.

#cat #yarn #handspunyarn #handspun #handspinning #fiberarts #handmade #spinnersofbluesky #spindlespinning #wool #Shetland #TourdeFleece

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Catsuka @catsuka.bsky.social · 03/07/2025

Stickers by Antony Ho. linktr.ee/antonyho #JapanExpo2025

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Berry Tired @berrytired.bsky.social · 22/06/2025

Less of a chance the recipient will see it here, and I'm too proud of myself to not post it 🤣 A tatted lace bookmark for my mum, as a thank you for the recent weekend getaway 🥰 Now to wet block this bad boy!

A dark blue bookmark, made of tatted lace. The lace motif looks flowery, and there is a thin braid attached to the bottom. Cotton crochet thread was used to make it.

#lace #tatting #tattedlace #fiberarts

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Berry Tired @berrytired.bsky.social · 20/06/2025

Well, I finally did it! Got too excited to ply the alpaca fractal and gave myself a sore arm 🤣 Bastard woke me up this morning. I have weeding to do on Sunday, so I'm taking a crafting break 😭 Remember kids, stretch, and PACE YOURSELVES #fiberarts #handspinning #spindlespinning

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Berry Tired @berrytired.bsky.social · 19/06/2025

Natural Alpaca Fractal spun! I'm probably gonna start plying it today because wtf she's already so gorgeous 😭😍

Two cardboard tubes, being used as bobbins for yarn singles. There is a cake-wrapped ball gathered around the middle of the tube. The yarn is 4 colors in a repeating pattern: white, beige, medium brown, and black.

#alpaca #yarn #handspunyarn #handspun #handspinning #fiberarts #handmade #spinnersofbluesky #spindlespinning

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Berry Tired @berrytired.bsky.social · 14/06/2025

Natural alpaca fractal is slow going, especially since my attention has to be shared with Shuttle Tatting and Balatro 🤣 Just gotta finish before TDFleece, so that my spindle is free for ✨️Shetland✨️ #fiberarts #spinnersofbluesky #handspinning #tatting #Balatro

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Berry Tired @berrytired.bsky.social · 12/06/2025

I'm so hype for Tour de Fleece this year! It'll be my first time, so I'm gonna be doing it solo. Plus I only have a tiny drop spindle, so getting my numbers in will take a HOT minute 🤣 don't wanna slow down any lovely group. July 5 - 27! Mark your calenders! #fiberarts

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fishy @dithering.bsky.social · 05/06/2025

uggh handspinning is crazy you can literally use garbage to do it and it works. a stick and a round lump of something. a couple twigs crisscrossed. extremely human activity

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Berry Tired @berrytired.bsky.social · 06/06/2025

The culmination of my turmeric & food color dyed corriedale! I'm calling it Lemon Lime Soda 🥰 I don't sell anything, I just like naming stuff 🤣

A ball of wool roving. It is variegated lemon yellow and lime green

#yarn #handspunyarn #handspun #handspinning #fiberarts #handmade #spinnersofbluesky #spindlespinning

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Berry Tired @berrytired.bsky.social · 05/06/2025

Well I WAS gonna blend that Shetland I got with the dark brown alpaca... The staple length got me. The Shetland is TWICE THE LENGTH of the alpaca 🤣 I don't have a drum carder, so jokes on me! I'm spinning them by themselves! #fiberarts #spinnersofbluesky

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Berry Tired @berrytired.bsky.social · 31/05/2025

New craft, who dis? Shuttle tatting is gonna take over my life 🥰 Peep the DIY shuttle. I made it out of an old tupperware lid. I refuse to pay to test a new craft before I know I love it. If I love it with my bad shuttle, I'll really love it w/ a good one.

Lace edging made by shuttle tatting. Turquoise and white gradient embroidery thread is being used to make the lace. The tatting shuttle is made out of a plastic lid, cut almond-shaped, with 2 holes punched in. A nutrition label is still visible on one side of it.

#fiberarts #lace #tatting #shuttletatting #tattinglace

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Berry Tired @berrytired.bsky.social · 29/05/2025

Oops more turmeric dyeing cuz I'm obsessed with the yellows I get 🥰 Plus I wanna prep some fun colors for tour de fleece, and later holiday gift making.

A copper colored saucepan sat on a stove. In it is some thin wool roving, coiled around a large bundle. The bundle is a coffee filter filled with turmeric powder. The wool has turned gold from being saturated with turmeric tea with a little salt.

#wool #fiberarts #corriedale #naturaldye #handdyed

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Berry Tired @berrytired.bsky.social · 27/05/2025

Latter 2 colors of the natural alpaca fractal. I had a couple alpacas for a while growing up, and they were these colors 😭 I miss those sweet boys.

A drop spindle, with 2 bundles of 100% alpaca yarn wrapped around it. There is a strip of black roving to the left of the spindle shaft.

The top, and smaller, bundle of yarn is the same inky black as the roving. The larger bundle on the bottom is a beautiful reddish brown.

#yarn #handspunyarn #handspun #handspinning #fiberarts #handmade #spinnersofbluesky #spindlespinning #alpaca

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Berry Tired @berrytired.bsky.social · 26/05/2025

First color change on the natural alpaca fractal 😍 I'm not sure I can overstate how buttery smooth this stuff is. Its almost begging to be laceweight! Living the Dream Alpaca Farm is once again blowing my mind 🥰

A drop spindle shaft, with some spun yarn wrapped around it, laid next to some alpaca roving.

The roving is a light tan color. On the spindle, there are two almond-shaped bundles of yarn. The lower bundle is larger, and an off-white. The higher under is smaller, and the same light an as the roving.

#alpaca #yarn #handspunyarn #handspun #handspinning #fiberarts #handmade #spinnersofbluesky #spindlespinning

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Berry Tired @berrytired.bsky.social · 25/05/2025

And with that, the alpaca gradient fauxlags are done! Also, I put a little plastic bit under the spindle so my singles wouldn't barf into the divot there. Makes it easier to test this wrapping orientation! I think o could get way more on this thing now, lol.

A drop spindle with a pear-shaped cop of yarn wrapped around the shaft. The yarn is a single-ply, and various shades of purple and pink.

#yarn #handspunyarn #handspun #handspinning #fiberarts #handmade #spinnersofbluesky #spindlespinning #alpaca

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Berry Tired @berrytired.bsky.social · 25/05/2025

Some very fancy goodies my mum spoiled me with 😍 The alpaca is so crazy soft, and the Shetland is a little coarser, but like beautifully smooth to the touch. Might blend the Shetland and that big ball of alpaca. I know the little alpaca rovings are gonna be a ✨️fractal✨️ because I have a ✨️problem✨️

One of the logos for Living the Dream Alpaca Farm in Quechee, Vermont. It has 2 drawn Alpaca heads encircled by a blue ribbon.

#Alpaca #fiberarts #LivingtheDreamAlpacaFarm

5 balls of alpaca roving. There is a large ball at the center, which is surrounded by 4 smaller balls.

The large center ball is a deep dark chocolate brown. The 4 smaller balls come in white, light tan, reddish brown, and black. The large ball is 2 ounces or 50 grams, and the 4 small ones add up to the same weight.

#Alpaca #fiberarts

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Berry Tired @berrytired.bsky.social · 25/05/2025

Billings Farm & Museum + Living the Dream Alpaca Farm visit photodump 🥰 Some activities during my VT weekend getaway with my mum and younger brother ❤️ Alt text has more detail, as usual!

One of the Billings Farm dairy cows, resting before her turn being milked. She's a light tan color, with a toasty brown patch on her head. What a beauty 😍 I always forget how huge cows are.

#cows #cow #dairycow #BillingsFarm&Museum

One of the nursery pens at Billings Farm, with a little brown calf. It is laying down with its head turned back resting on it's side.

These little guys are just puppy cute, I can't stand it.

#cow #calf #BillingsFarm&Museum

A pen at Living the Dream Alpaca farm, and 2 alpaca. One is to the left and a little closer, this one is a milk chocolate brown. It is walking towards the back of the pen. There is another alpaca, closer to the center of the photo, further back in the pen. That one is a reddish brown, and is leaning down to munch on some grass.

These dudes are so chill, probably because this front pen has a little feeding station. Every one of them looked so little and skinny from just being shorn 🥰

#alpaca #LivingtheDreamAlpacaFarm #fiberarts

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Berry Tired @berrytired.bsky.social · 24/05/2025

Finishing up the last bobbin of my alpaca blend rolags on a little weekend getaway with my mum and little brother 🥰 up in Vermont, not Nantucket like the mug suggests lol. Plus, some actually good decaf. I still think my mom gets this from a coffee witch of some sort.

A drop spindle, some purple rolags, and a cup of coffee on a coffee table.

The rolags are purple to pink gradient. Some of the yarn from the rolags is wrapped around the shaft of the spindle.

The mug is Robin's egg blue, with a decal for "The Inn at Harbor Hill Marina" on it.

#alpaca #yarn #handspunyarn #handspun #handspinning #fiberarts #handmade #spinnersofbluesky #spindlespinning #coffee

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Berry Tired @berrytired.bsky.social · 18/05/2025

Upcycling woes: the yarn I unraveled from that cardigan was still too skinny for the Lotus Duster 🙃 Oh well, starting the largest version of the Midsommarkrans top from Lene Tøsti on ravelry 😍

A piece of paper with a pen and some knitting on it. The paper is keeping track of the Midsommarkrans pattern, and has the name of the pattern, the pattern maker's name, and a lot of tally marks written on it.

The pen has triangles bright primary colors, some of which have Edgar Allen Poe's face in them.

The knitting is an antique petal pink. It starts as a thin strip at the bottom, but gradually widens towards the top. Down the center, then curving the follow the right edge, is a leafy lace pattern. The edges are garter stitch and i-cord.

#upcycle #knitting #lace #fiberarts

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