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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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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 · 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 · 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...
33%

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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 · 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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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 · 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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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 · 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 · 06/03/2025

Anyone else making a Beekeeper’s Quilt? This is my longest-term knitting project. I am making hexiflats (unstuffed hexagons) and l need ~450-550 to make a quilt of adequate size. As of today I have 52 including these - the first two I have made out of my own handspun #knitting #handspun

Photo of two knitted hexagons without any stuffing. Top one is made from shades of white to light pink to darker pink/red. Bottom one is made from yarn with shades of gray / white / yellow / brown / pink

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consumableJoy @consumablejoy.bsky.social · 04/03/2025

Day 12 #supportedSpindle #handspinning - my first real skein of supported spindle yarn is ready! It turned out much better than I thought since the plying evened it out a lot. Rustic but people keep telling me that is the beauty of handspun. Looking forward to making something (small, yds are low)

Close up on handspun skein, plies visible

Ball of handspun wound and on a Hario scale, 13.7 g

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consumableJoy @consumablejoy.bsky.social · 04/03/2025

#supportedspindle #handspinning day 11: finished spinning the rolag, plied with my EEW 6.1 (had extra on one spindle so used plying bracelet to finish), wound onto niddy noddy, and then skeined and weighed. Approx 54 yds and 14 g. Then soaked and snapped, now waiting for the finished yarn to dry.

Two supported spindles with cops and one cushion with spinning bowl

EEW 6.1 with plied yarn wound onto the bobbin

Left hand with an Andean plying bracelet, plies running through orifice onto EEW 6.1 bobbin

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consumableJoy @consumablejoy.bsky.social · 02/03/2025

#supportedspindle #handspinning day 9: my second straddle creek spindle arrived and I started spinning on it right away. I really feel like I’m getting the hang of it now and I like the new spindle shape as well. I’m working through the second rolag on this spindle and then I’ll ply them together.

Left, rolag from Hikari handmade. Middle, straddle creek Tibetan style 2 spindle. Right, straddle creek Tibetan style 1 spindle (new). Cushion with spinning bowl.

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consumableJoy @consumablejoy.bsky.social · 28/02/2025

#supportedspindle #handspinning day 7: happy today after getting some time to spin and having some breakthroughs - more consistent flicking/spinning and successfully flicking and then drafting while the spindle kept spinning! Can’t do it consistently yet but can see the light!!!

Support spindle with a partially wound cop of a thin single

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consumableJoy @consumablejoy.bsky.social · 26/02/2025

#supportedSpindle #handspinning Day 5 - the spinning of the spindle itself is definitely going more smoothly. That said, the singles is still looking really ratty. Need more time to spin. And I expect this and the next couple spindlefulls to continue looking ratty.

Supported spindle with the start of a cop, singles are very ratty and fuzzy. Pillow with spinning jowl in the center. Top left, air pods case with Sad Potato stickers

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consumableJoy @consumablejoy.bsky.social · 23/02/2025

Day 4 #supportedspindle #handspinning - Using a rolag from Hikari Handmade makes it obvious how important good fiber prep is (so good!). Park and draft is working ok; I would do even more to loosen these rolags in future. Beyond that I am finding winding on well to be the most confusing part.

Supported spindle with a partial cop attached to rolag. Laying on top of cushion with spinning bowl. Unused portion of rolag top left.

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consumableJoy @consumablejoy.bsky.social · 23/02/2025

day 3: I wound singles onto a niddy noddy and pulled the rest off the shaft since I’m not actually going to use it. I spun on my wheel on my primary WIP. And I found extra rolags I got from Hikari Handmade and will start these with the supported spindle. #handspun #handspinning #supportedspindle

Singles wound off of my supported spindle onto a niddy noddy. Supported spindle on the side along with singles just pulled off the shaft

Thin singles on the bobbin of my firefly wheel, fiber wound.

Singles on supported spindle laying down on a pillow with a spindle bowl

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consumableJoy @consumablejoy.bsky.social · 22/02/2025

Supported spindle spinning Day 2 (yesterday): experimenting with my Kravelli and starting to get the hang of it but definitely not there yet. Envious of people’s photos of their perfect spindles with fine beautiful singles ;) but know I’m working up to it. #handspun #handspinning #supportedspindle

Photo of a pile of pink roving next to a kravelli supported spindle laying on a bowl. Spindle had a small cop of uneven singles on it

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consumableJoy @consumablejoy.bsky.social · 20/02/2025

Yesterday was “unboxing day”, today is official Day 1 of learning to use a supported spindle. The singles are lumpy and uneven but at least I have made progress on understanding how the twist gets added (instead of the fiber wrapping around the tip). #handspinning #supportedspindle

Photo of two supported spindles laying on the floor. Left, spindle on a pillow with a bowl. Spindle has the beginnings of an uneven cop. Left hand of spinner visible holding fiber. Right, second spindle laying with its base in support bowl.

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

Knitting in public is one thing, but spinning in public might be aggressively weird. At the airport using my Turkish spindle. #handspinning #spinning #turkishspindle

Turkish spindle sitting on a lap with an in progress cop and fiber attached.

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consumableJoy @consumablejoy.bsky.social · 04/02/2025

I watched a tutorial on making #handspun on a #turkishspindle - how to build a beautiful cop. I may not really have the patience to do it “right”, and felt a bit envious, until I realized that I care less about the cop and more about creating beautiful singles. It’s ok if my cop isn’t perfect.

Turkish spindle with some single wound on, definitely not a perfect cat’s eye

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consumableJoy @consumablejoy.bsky.social · 01/02/2025

I finished my first project made with my own #handspun - this Musselburgh hat! All the knitting is complete and I’m calling it done enough. Wheeeeeeee! Tbh I can’t say I love it but I’m happy with it and I’m proud to have it done. #handspinning #Fiberarts #knitting

Musselburgh hat made from handspun - brim folded up

Musselburgh hat made from handspun, brim unfolded

Pink white and black fiber Cumulus from oink pigments

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consumableJoy @consumablejoy.bsky.social · 31/01/2025

Here’s my LWS autowinder on my ladybug with a newly started bobbin in place. So far it’s been working great. Occasionally the motor doesn’t start right away when I flip the switch but a quick little tap on the yarn guide gets it going. #handspinning #fiberarts

Schacht ladybug spinning wheel from above with a view of a partially filled bobbin. The flyer is the LWS autowinder. Right hand arm has a black piece that holds the yarn and moves up and down as you spin left arm has the battery assembly. Center bottom the on off switch is visible. Uses bobbins that come with the wheel.

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consumableJoy @consumablejoy.bsky.social · 26/01/2025

I’ve been working on my first real project using my own #handspunyarn. I’ve reached the decreases for my #Musselburgh which is the best part honestly. Fiber is Cumulus from Oink. #knitting #handspinning

Photo of work in progress hat on knitter’s lap. Hat in pink, greys, whites. Mr potato head progress keeper and shark stitch markers background, orange project bag

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consumableJoy @consumablejoy.bsky.social · 24/01/2025

I recently finished spinning up fantastic rolags I got from Hikari Handmade but I haven’t figured out what to do with it yet so it’s entering my stash. It’s really only my 3rd truly finished skein of yarn so I’m quite pleased. Still lots to learn but off to a fun start #handspunyarn

Box of rolags with multiple colors in each shiny one, with browns, peach, blue, ivory

Partially filled bobbin, with browns, peach, blues, ivory

Partially filled bobbin, plying in progress, browns, peach, blues, ivory

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consumableJoy @consumablejoy.bsky.social · 02/12/2024

Since today seems to be a day for #spinning connections here, an update on my handspun - made some progress on my Musselburgh. Now that I’m knitting with it I can really tell where it’s uneven 😜 but I’m embracing it as part of what makes handspun awesome. #knitting

Knitting in progress - hat from handspun yarn in shades of pink, white, gray. Progress marker near top, pink and white puffer fish.

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consumableJoy @consumablejoy.bsky.social · 18/11/2024

I haven’t decided how much I’m going to be here because I’m not leaving Mastodon. But I might as well try to find people here who are kindred spirits, right? So here’s a post of what I’ve been up to - learning how to spin. Just got these skeins plied and off the bobbins! #spinning

Two handspun skeins of yarn, larger on left, mini on right. Pink and white and gray

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consumableJoy @consumablejoy.bsky.social · 12/06/2023

following the dictionary pays off nearly daily but today there is YARN and how it relates to the word CLUE #yarn #thread #words #dictionary #fiberarts (and some day hashtags might be a thing on bluesky)….

The word 'clue' was originally a variant spelling of 'clew,' meaning "ball of thread or yarn." Our modern sense of clue, "guide to the solution of a mystery," grows out of a motif in myth and folklore, the ball of thread that helps in finding one's way out of a maze.

Of these stories the best known is the myth of Theseus and the Minotaur.
In the myth, Theseus unravels a ball of thread as he searches for the monstrous Minotaur in the Labyrinth. After killing the Minotaur, he retraces his steps out of the maze by rewinding the thread.

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