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consumableJoy @consumablejoy.bsky.social · 02/09/2025

It’s Week 1, Day 1 of #FinishOrFrogAlong! We're kicking off with lintros! Tell us about yourself. What should we know about you? What are your crafts of choice? Why are you interested in the Finish or Frog Along? #knitting #crochet #CrossStitch #LeatherCraft #sewing #quilting #fiberarts #crafting

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consumableJoy @consumablejoy.bsky.social · 02/09/2025

September is here, and with it, the #FinishOrFrogAlong. More active on Mastodon but I want to make sure I post here in case people are interested in participating. Open to crafters and makers of all kinds - post here or follow me @consumablejoy@wandering.shop. #knitting #fiberarts #handmade

Welcome to #FinishOrFrogAlong 2025!
Open to crafters and makers of all kinds!
Anyone with works in progress (WIPs) to finish or mindfully decide to kill.
Share what you can, when you can. Pressure-free!
Active moderation in September 2025.
Continuing the #FinishOrFrogAlong energy into October if you want to!
Follow our hashtag for Q&A, polls, and posts from like-minded crafty- and maker-friends!
Week 1: About My WIPs
• Introduce yourself!
What is your craft (or crafts) of choice?
• What are your hopes for #FinishOrFrogAlong?
Week 2: Killing Projects
• How often do you start projects and then decide you don't want to continue?
• What prevents you from "killing" projects?
What's the closest you've come to finishing a project before deciding just to can it?
Week 3: Overcoming Barriers
• What are the biggest challenges for you to getting a project over the finish line?
• What is the last thing you have to do before you consider a project "finished"?
• What are your favorite finishing tools and techniques?
Week 4: Finished Objects & New Projects
• Show off anything you've finished
• What's next in your queue? Why?
Tag posts with #FinishOrFrogAlong
If you're looking for #FallFinishAlong, you're in the right place. The hashtag was updated to be inclusive of our Southern Hemisphere crafting community!

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NPR @npr.org · 28/08/2025

On Friday, the U.S. is ending its de minimis rule that made it easy for cheap goods to reach consumers. The change will affect roughly 4 million such packages processed each day.

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What will the end of the 'de minimis' rule mean for U.S. consumers?

On Friday, the U.S. is ending its de minimis rule that made it easy for cheap goods to reach consumers. The change will affect roughly 4 million such packages processed each day.

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jae holzman @jael.bsky.social · 31/07/2025

if we can get 50 shares on this video, bluesky has the juice for music promotion

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consumableJoy @consumablejoy.bsky.social · 30/07/2025

Heg #knitsky - the past few years I’ve been hosting a Fediverse craftalong - the #FinishOrFrogAlong - in Sept. The goal is to support each other getting WIPs over the finish line or deciding it’s just never going to happen. Taking temp on bluesky to gauge interest. Anyone up for it? #knitting

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consumableJoy @consumablejoy.bsky.social · 25/07/2025

I got my first part of Birkenstocks EVER. These are oiled leather tobacco brown Arizonas with the soft footbed. Your comments on breaking them in, wearing them with (handknit) socks, and any other hints you have for being a Birkenstocks wearer are welcome and encouraged. #birkenstocks #shoes

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consumableJoy @consumablejoy.bsky.social · 22/07/2025

Finished @sarahbethdurst.bsky.social ‘s Enchanted Greenhouse in a binge and am now listening to the audiobook to catch all the details I missed as I rushed through to find out what was going to happen. Recommended if you like smart women, nice men, magic, and sentient plants. And Spellshop #booksky

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Cheekyredhead @cheekyredhead.bsky.social · 01/07/2025

Instead of buying fireworks, buy cat food to donate to a local shelter. You’ll feel much better afterwards and you won’t have scared any animals! #nofireworks #stopscaringanimals

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Animation Obsessive @ani-obsessive.bsky.social · 21/06/2025

From: Desi Oon (2025), dir. Suresh Eriyat, Studio Eeksaurus This is stop motion with wool -- the team wrote that it "spent a year developing this film, walking with the flocks and the shepherds"

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consumableJoy @consumablejoy.bsky.social · 13/06/2025

Audible recommended this book to me and I assumed it was a parody of current events. Then I realized it was published in 2019. @scalzi.com #books #booksky

An image of an Audible detail page for The President’s Brain Is Missing. Store.com original audiobook. By John Scalzi. Narrated by PJ Ochlan

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consumableJoy @consumablejoy.bsky.social · 09/06/2025

I’m going to Paris for about a week at the end of June / early July. I’ve been to a lot of the main touristy things in the past. What should I do this time? Especially anything with textiles / spinning / knitting / fiberarts or food (any price as long as it’s tasty). #travel #food #FiberArts #paris

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consumableJoy @consumablejoy.bsky.social · 02/06/2025

Here she is, my @daedalusspinners.bsky.social Starling! It took me a bit to figure out some things like how to thread the leader properly, how to fix alignment issues, and how to get the tension band working, but now, smooth and quiet as butter. It’s love! #handspinning (fiber: shaniko from YarnJam)

Cranberry colored electric spinning wheel in foreground, “Starling” visible on nameplate. Pile of pink roving on the right hand side, some pink singles wound on. Background left, project bag with a batt of fiber.

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consumableJoy @consumablejoy.bsky.social · 31/05/2025

My Daedalus Starling has arrived! I can’t set it up today but I am super excited. Planning to try it tomorrow ahead of (maybe) bringing it with me to my plying class at Estes Wool Market. Wish i could stay there till the weekend to see @daedalusspinners.bsky.social! #HandSpinning #Fiberarts

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Bluesky

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consumableJoy @consumablejoy.bsky.social · 29/05/2025

Ritual N/A gin with Fever Tree Cucumber, 1:2 ratio stirred, served over ice. Not bad! Crisp, clean, and the quinine makes it taste more like a “real” cocktail. I feel like I may end up with a series like “Ritual N/A gin with…”. This was a good one to start with. #mocktails #cocktails

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consumableJoy @consumablejoy.bsky.social · 28/05/2025

Signed up for classes at Estes Park Wool Festival - Blending board class with Clemes & Clemes - excited as this is a tool I want and can afford. And plying class with Tammy Jordan. #HandSpinning #FiberArts I wasn’t going to be able to go due to travel for work so hey #funemployment for the win!

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consumableJoy @consumablejoy.bsky.social · 23/05/2025

Have you listened to the audiobooks of Wheel of Time? Which have you heard, or, if you’ve heard both, which do you recommend? #books #WheelOfTime #audiobooks I’m running a poll over on Mastodon where polls are native. If you can’t vote on Mastodon reply here wandering.shop/@consumablej...

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consumableJoy (@consumablejoy@wandering.shop)

Listening to Wheel of Time again from the beginning (I have yet to make it to the last few books), I am reminded of how good a story it truly is. I still prefer it to the TV adaptation. Yes it’s long ...

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consumableJoy @consumablejoy.bsky.social · 10/05/2025

My Mastodon poll ended with Bacon Burner in the lead which is perfectly aligned with what I decided while the poll was running. Probably will spin it end to end and chain ply to make a gradient. #handspinning #fiber

I got these batts from Fossil Fibers - pics to follow in the thread. I am thinking of spinning them on supported spindle. They are all Studio Ghibli themed.
Which one should I start with? @fiberarts #fiber #fiberarts #spinning #handspinning (1/2)
Bacon Burner - Calcifer (purple/orange)
38%
Ponyo's Jellyfish Ride (blue/turqoise/pink)
29%
Paper Airplane Skies - the Wind Rises (sky s...
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consumableJoy @consumablejoy.bsky.social · 08/05/2025

Super excited about my Ghibli-themed batts from @fossilfibers.bsky.social. Which one should I start with? Bacon Burner (Calcifer - purplish/orangish), Ponyo’s Jellyfish Ride, (blues/turquoise/pink) or Paper Airplane Skies (the Wind Rises - sky colors blues through orange to pink)? #handspinning

Bacon Burner batt ranging from orange to purple

Ponyo’s Jellyfish Ride batt ranging from blue to turquoise with splash of pink

Paper airplane skies batt ranging from pink through orange to purple and blue

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consumableJoy @consumablejoy.bsky.social · 02/05/2025

(Warning: potential KPS spoiler) - I have been wondering what is happening that affects Kaiju Earth with a Certain President having a second term. @scalzi.com #books

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consumableJoy @consumablejoy.bsky.social · 28/04/2025

I’m staying in a hotel and took a picture of the door and number of my room so I won’t forget which one it is. Like when I take a picture of my rental car in whatever parking spot I use tomorrow. My phone photo album is my outboard brain.

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consumableJoy @consumablejoy.bsky.social · 26/04/2025

I stopped by the Woodland Handcrafts site just out of curiousity. I’ve only placed preorders and never successfully ordered but I hit the jackpot and soon will be the owner of this gorgeous morel mushroom support spindle. OMG. #handspinning #supportedspindle

Photo of a supported spindle shaped like a morel mushroom. Made of walnut and maple.

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Laura Bassett @lebassett.bsky.social · 25/04/2025

Feels like satire that a president would be pro-salmonella only because the last guy was anti-salmonella

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consumableJoy @consumablejoy.bsky.social · 23/04/2025

I read about the yarn in Ellie’s hat in The Last of Us (someone said Sweet Georgia, speculation was Malabrigo). It made me think about clothing in the post-apocalyptic age. Learning to shear, pick, spin, knit/weave/crochet is smart prep for the apocalypse #HandSpinning #knitting #crochet #weaving

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consumableJoy @consumablejoy.bsky.social · 23/04/2025

I’ve been doing a lot of comfort media (re)listening. I am back in @marthawells.com Murderbot Diaries (Artificial Condition right now) after a relisten to Cemeteries of Amalo and a brief detour to a couple of chapters of @scalzi.com ‘s Kaiju Preservation Society. #audiobooks

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consumableJoy @consumablejoy.bsky.social · 23/04/2025

Oops, drank too much caffeine today. #insomnia

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consumableJoy @consumablejoy.bsky.social · 20/04/2025

Fossil Fibers’ Ghibli collection is underway. I love Haku, Howl, and Ponyo but honestly I already have more stash than I can spin. Still, I decided to get this soot sprites kit because it really hits that target for me AND I can think of many interesting things to do with it. #handspinning #fiber

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consumableJoy @consumablejoy.bsky.social · 14/04/2025

Goal: 5 minutes a day of some kind of #fiberarts - right now the easiest is this project on my Schacht Ladybug - the roving is already attached, and all I have to do is sit down and get started right away. Even if I really only have 5 minutes it’s easy and approachable. #handspinning #handspun

Ladybug spinning wheel from Schacht. Flyer is an autowinder from level wind systems. Fiber is Shaniko from Yarn Jam

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consumableJoy @consumablejoy.bsky.social · 08/04/2025

Starting spinning my Flannel Weather rolags from Hikari Handmade. The singles look significantly different than I expected but I’m still very excited. More than 400g of fiber total so it’ll be a long project. Stay tuned. #handspun #handspinning #supportedspindle

Left, supported spindle with a partial cop. Right, rolag with colors ranging from white to pale reds and blues. Spun single gas sane colors but more intense

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consumableJoy @consumablejoy.bsky.social · 08/04/2025

I’ve ordered my @daedalusspinners.bsky.social Starling after ~ 6 months on the wait list. I am so excited! And while spending all that money I also threw in a battery pack and an Akerkate because when you’re already spending so much it feels incremental instead of expensive ;) #handspinning

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Hank Green @hankgreen.bsky.social · 07/04/2025

A tricky thing about modern society is that no one has any idea when they don’t die. Like, the number of lives saved by controlling air pollution in America is probably over 200,000 per year, but the number of people who think their life was saved by controlling air pollution is zero.

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Janelle Shane @janelleshane.com · 02/04/2025

Remembering Val Kilmer in Real Genius (1985). Somehow laser science got an astonishingly accurate pop culture movie. It didn’t have to accurately depict building and troubleshooting excimer lasers and yet somehow it did.

Three Stanford geeks with 80’s hair wear laser goggles as they watch a green beam exit a laser

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Michelle Jaworski @michejaw.bsky.social · 30/03/2025

We're nearing the end game now: With only two more days of voting left in the tournament—and one until the Championship, let me introduce you to Knit Madness' Final Four. As always, here's a 🧶🧵 to group all of the remaining contenders knitflicks.beehiiv.com/p/knit-madne...

A bracket, reading from top to bottom (and then center):

Elite Eight, March 29:

1 Knives Out
3 When Harry Met Sally... (crossed out)

9 The Wheel of Time
3 Only Murders in the Building (crossed out)

Elite Eight, March 29:

12 A Close Shave (crossed out)
2 Murder, She Wrote

1 Mister Rogers' Neighborhood
2 The Big Lebowski (crossed out)

Final Four, March 30:

1 Knives Out
9 The Wheel of Time

2 Murder, She Wrote
1 Mister Rogers' Neighborhood

Championship, March 31

A screenshot of a 64-sweater bracket, which has now whittled down to the Final Four, which is in a box in the middle of the bracket.

A bracket that reads from top to bottom (and then left to right)

Final Four, March 30:

1 Knives Out
9 The Wheel of Time

2 Murder, She Wrote
1 Mister Rogers' Neighborhood

Championship, March 31

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George Takei @georgetakei.bsky.social · 27/03/2025

Yesterday, I fondly remembered my dear friend Leonard Nimoy, who would have turned 94. His legacy lives on in our hearts. Just days ago, Bill Shatner celebrated his 94th birthday — wishing him continued health and happiness. Live long and prosper, my friends.

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consumableJoy @consumablejoy.bsky.social · 27/03/2025

Plying this set of Hikari Handmade rolags is complete. Less twist than I intended, but I’m sure it will still be fun to knit. Looking forward to getting it off the bobbin, measured, soaked, and set, figuring out the weight / WPI so I can decide what to do with it. #knitting #handspun #handspinning

Espinner with partially filled bobbin of a 2 okay yarn ranging from gray to white with yellow and red bits in it.

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consumableJoy @consumablejoy.bsky.social · 26/03/2025

Got all of the singles off one of the spindles and still have some left on the other which I will use a plying bracelet to finish up. Excited to get this yarn off the bobbin and see how skein looks. The grey with some pops of color here and there, so interesting #spinning #handspun #handspinning

Top, e-spinner with a partially filled bobbin with gray 2 ply yarn with colors. Bottom, two supported spindles in a makeshift lazy Kate made out of a cardboard box

Espinner with a partially filled bobbin with 2 ply yarn mostly gray with areas of orange and yellow

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consumableJoy @consumablejoy.bsky.social · 25/03/2025

If you see this post, quote with a bridge from you gallery

A black and white view of the Golden Gate Bridge from one end

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consumableJoy @consumablejoy.bsky.social · 25/03/2025

Bad experience plying today. Nothing seemed to go right. Not enough take up; too much take up, not enough twist in the yarn; too much tension, slowed down the flyer, spinner made funny sounds. At least I feel confident the yarn will still be usable no matter what. #handspinning #handspun

Two supported spindles in a makeshift lazy Kate made out of a cardboard box

Partially filled bobbin on an EEW 6.1 l.

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Michelle Jaworski @michejaw.bsky.social · 23/03/2025

It's both very cool—and a bit strange, mostly because I'm usually the one doing the write-ups, so I'm not at all used to being the subject—that Modern Daily Knitting wrote about Knit Madness www.moderndailyknitting.com/community/kn...

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a woman in a white shirt and floral pants says okay what are you doing ?

ALT: a woman in a white shirt and floral pants says okay what are you doing ?

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consumableJoy @consumablejoy.bsky.social · 23/03/2025

I am really enjoying @michejaw.bsky.social ‘s Knit Madness with a bracket of the best sweaters from movies. Round 1 is over (sorry I didn’t post until now) but there is still a chance to vote in upcoming rounds for what sweater will be crowned the victor! knitflicks.beehiiv.com #knitting #movies

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Knit(ting) Flicks

What I'm watching while I'm knitting—or what I'm knitting while I'm watching.

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Rainbow (plural system) 🏳️‍⚧️ @rainbowravels.bsky.social · 22/03/2025

(Fern:) Goldie the bee says hi! She hopes today is a good day for you. <3 (Goldie lives here: artisans.coop/products/sof... ) #AntiDoomPosting #Bumblebee #Bees #Amigurumi

A bumblebee knitted from fuzzy chenille yarn, about 6 inches wide. She has pink blush embroidered on her cheeks. There is a cat in the background

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Michelle @mykoh.bsky.social · 19/03/2025

There is a #knitting themed rhythm game @ #gdc from @immortalfunkgames.bsky.social - Woolderness. The rhythm game involves touching your knitting needles together in the right pattern and timing. I didn’t get to try the shepherding mechanics etc but I hope to soon. #games #gamedev

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consumableJoy @consumablejoy.bsky.social · 16/03/2025

My Everybody’s Tarot mini deck (by @sarakathleenuk.bsky.social ) is just as wonderful as I had hoped. And my custom “Connection” card, featuring two creatures knitting socks from the same ball of yarn, is amazing and so on point. Can’t wait to start using it for readings. #tarot #knitting

Tarot set open. Right and too, small box, everybody’s tarot mini social first edition. Butterfly or moth with infinity symbol. 4 cards
Visible. 5 of Wands- 5 Creatures of different colors holding branches with leaves. The fool, bird standing on a bump with a leaf coming out of its back. The magician, a multi-limbed creature holding a leaf and hiding behind a table with pentagram and other items and symbols. Connection, two creatures knitting socks from one ball of yarn, hearts in the air above them

Connection, two creatures knitting socks from one ball of yarn, hearts in the air above them

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consumableJoy @consumablejoy.bsky.social · 13/03/2025

I am halfway through these Hikari rolags. I wasn’t sure how they would spin up because I don’t have enough experience to form a real expectation. At first they seemed way more gray than i expected but now I can see the color. Super curious how it will look once plied. #handspinning #handspun

Photo of 3 rolags and 2 supported spindles with cops. Rolags vary in color from dark to light grey with highlights of red orange and yellow. Supported spindles have singles wound around in a similar color scheme butl look more gray overall.

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consumableJoy @consumablejoy.bsky.social · 12/03/2025

I ordered this spinning bowl and now I am obsessively checking the extremely inaccurate USPS tracking website to see when it will arrive. #supportedspindle #handspinning #spinning

Sceeemshot from Etsy of a bowl for a supported spindle to spin in. Wooden base, tall with a silver plate in the bowl portion. Text reads, spindle bowl: spalted worm bitten persimmon with an antique silver plate liner #5 by TheDancingGoats

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consumableJoy @consumablejoy.bsky.social · 11/03/2025

Totoro is so perfect for amigurumi I am almost tempted to do crochet again. Almost. But i have so many other projects…. #crochet #totoro #studioghibli #amigurumi

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consumableJoy @consumablejoy.bsky.social · 10/03/2025

I’m fascinated by the difference been how fiber looks in a rolag or roving, how it spins up, how it looks after plying, and then how it looks knit up. I am pleasantly surprised by how well the original tones of pink and yellow to show up so well in the knitted item #handspun #handspinning

Rolag being spun into singles on the wheel - brown; yellow, pink visible

Hexiflat knit out of the yarn. Brown with yellow and notes of pink

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consumableJoy @consumablejoy.bsky.social · 08/03/2025

My partner keeps telling me that until I have my own sheep I’m just a hipster….

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