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consumableJoy @consumablejoy.bsky.social · 16/10/2025

Ugh so sorry. On the other hand we live in the world where implants are a thing so dentures are not necessary for now. Thank god.

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consumableJoy @consumablejoy.bsky.social · 03/09/2025

Only if you want to be. I notice that here people have liked and re-posted but no one is actually answering or engaging. Much much more action over on actual Mastodon.

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

I’m excited about #FinishorFrogAlong because I have found an amazing crafting community on Mastodon, and I love supporting each other to get projects over the finish line. I primarily spin and knit. I have a few projects teed up but my focus this year is more on connecting with community.

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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

You can do non-knit projects for #FinishOrFrogAlong - lots of people do other fiberarts or even non-fiberarts. It started as a knitting / crochet thing originally but expanded.

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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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consumableJoy @consumablejoy.bsky.social · 05/07/2025

I totally have to pause and read these out to my viewing companions (my partner and occasionally also my parents if they are watching with us)

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consumableJoy @consumablejoy.bsky.social · 05/07/2025

I want to - I need a place where I can have this project sitting safely with each of the balls of yarn set up for each strip carefully. Not the at my current WIPs are randomly strewn around completely disorganized lol

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consumableJoy @consumablejoy.bsky.social · 05/07/2025

Awesome; good to know. I have so many unused mini-sets lol.

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consumableJoy @consumablejoy.bsky.social · 05/07/2025

Did you also hold it double with a mohair silk, or just used the mini set alone?

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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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consumableJoy @consumablejoy.bsky.social · 29/06/2025

Oh my god you made this! I have this on my list but am not ready to face the complexity of all the different balls of yarn, nor make the commitment to set up this project in one spot which would make managing the complexity feasible. Your example is gorgeous!

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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 · 20/06/2025

I love that you have actual chickens to model these after

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consumableJoy @consumablejoy.bsky.social · 14/06/2025

Interesting. I might have to give Sense and Sensibility another try. I always found it less compelling than Pride and Prejudice. OTOH I find the P&P movie only so so compared to the miniseries(es)

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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

I would recommend looking at @elfkin.bsky.social (I have no idea what your price range is but this clothing is terrific, albeit custom and not inexpensive)

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

Ha ha! I am still really early in spinning but i also sense I will be giving a lot of my handspun away.

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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

mdaedalusspinners.bsky.social

Bluesky

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consumableJoy @consumablejoy.bsky.social · 30/05/2025

If you never knit with it, what do you do with it? Do you keep it indefinitely? Give it away? sell it?

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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 · 25/05/2025

That seems so brilliant and also beautiful.

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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 · 23/05/2025

This movie is the one that traumatized me most as a child although many of these others (yo, watership down) did too

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consumableJoy @consumablejoy.bsky.social · 17/05/2025

Lovely! I’ll have to keep my eye out for something similar on this side of the globe (western US)

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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 · 09/05/2025

ROFL while spitting out something with shreds of old coconut inside

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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 · 07/05/2025

That pattern is looking incredible!

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consumableJoy @consumablejoy.bsky.social · 04/05/2025

How much of a “horror” vibe versus a fantasy vibe does it have? Lately I’ve been seeing a lot of books described this way and I can’t tell what to think. I would definitely not watch a horror movie for example but maybe it’s just a tense fantasy novel?

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consumableJoy @consumablejoy.bsky.social · 04/05/2025

I actually can use the u-shaped hair pins for quick up dos, but I don’t think having my hair fully up suits my face (my face looks too round, better with at least wispies around it).

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