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5% Battery @earfull.bsky.social · 15/06/2026

Knitted Langston the knitted lobster an anchor jumper. So. Many. Tiny. Sleeves. I laugh every time I see him. Loving the utter absurdity #SciArt 🧶

A multicoloured knitted lobster in shades of orange brown and red wearing a cream sweater with an anchor motif. The lobster sits on a hand knitted ocean blanket in many shades of blue

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5% Battery @earfull.bsky.social · 09/06/2026

Latest 3d printed beetle off my machine is an absolute unit. Can be a lamp! Link to free model to print your own (not my design) www.printables.com/model/168786...

Massive brown and green 3d printed stag beetle with translucent wings

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5% Battery @earfull.bsky.social · 23/05/2026

This tall 😆 I can get you exact numbers later if you need them

A can of Blood Orange sparkling water suits in front of a purple octopus lamp for scale

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5% Battery @earfull.bsky.social · 22/05/2026

I have never in my life been as photogenic as my new lamp 😆

Dramatic 3d printed octopus lamp in soft grey and purple. One arm holds a light above its head.

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5% Battery @earfull.bsky.social · 21/05/2026

My brain tolerates the squid's green light when I'm having an active migraine attack. Nice soft glow

A dark green squid with golden eyes surrounds a glowing green

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5% Battery @earfull.bsky.social · 21/05/2026

My chronic migraine situation has been utterly brutal, but I can print cool things at least. Good to have robots to do one's bidding

A 3d printed octopus lamp in soft shades of grey and purple. One arm holds a light puck pointed down, so the octopus is lit from above. She sits on a wooden coffee table and the background is dim

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5% Battery @earfull.bsky.social · 08/04/2026

When the world is inexplicable, channel your inner absurdist and knit a lobster. His name is Langston and he is HILARIOUSLY floppy

A knitted lobster photographed on a rug. The lobster is knitted in gradients of warm colours. Its antennae are bent into a heart shape above its head

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5% Battery @earfull.bsky.social · 25/03/2026

This storm is NOT JP approved. Poor Noodle 🐱🇳🇿

An extremely freaked out by thunder, lightning, heavy rain and wind for many hours white and ginger cat. His ears are pulled back and his eyes are dilated

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5% Battery @earfull.bsky.social · 09/03/2026

For a bit of whimsy, here's my Blåhaj friend McGill in the latest cardi I crocheted for him. I CADded his Goldfish crackers buttons and 3d printed them. He's hanging out with me while I rest. It's been a hell of a month. #MECFS #ChronicMigraine

An IKEA Blåhaj shark plushie sitting on a black leather couch. He's wearing a crocheted cardigan in granny square style with purple and green gradient yarn. The buttons are orange Goldfish crackers

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5% Battery @earfull.bsky.social · 03/02/2026

When your gorgeous feline* sits on your lap slow blinking at you, there's nothing to do but slow blink back and enjoy. *All felines are gorgeous, it's how felines do, as @zefrank.bsky.social would say 😺🇳🇿

A white and ginger Cornish Rex cat sitting on a lap. He has huge ears and eyes

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5% Battery @earfull.bsky.social · 25/01/2026

Meet Elvi, our Devon😆 She is a BIT evil, but also extremely cute. Rexes are addictive

An orange and white Devon Rex cat sits in a box

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5% Battery @earfull.bsky.social · 21/01/2026

The possibility of being killed by your cat is small, but never zero 😺🇳🇿

A backlit white cat with huge ears stands imperiously between two dark curtains. The look screams "we are not amused"

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5% Battery @earfull.bsky.social · 19/01/2026

Accomplishment for the day, correctly counting to six. You gotta take the wins where you can find them 🧶🇳🇿

A crocheted hexagon in shades of green and purple

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5% Battery @earfull.bsky.social · 19/01/2026

I've been having trouble with crocheting a hexagon jumper. I've taken it apart and put it back together multiple times. Should be easy, just two hexagons like this one seamed together. Been fiddling for a week. There can be consequences for making with a migraine 🧶🇳🇿

A crocheted PENTAGON in pink, purple, and black

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5% Battery @earfull.bsky.social · 11/01/2026

Blåhaj's first crochet jumper done. I'll knit one next and try get a decent pattern written down. Mr Engineer went into town and returned with yarn for me to knit one 😆

A large blue IKEA Blåhaj plushie shark wearing a crocheted jumper in pink, yellow, and green

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5% Battery @earfull.bsky.social · 10/01/2026

Me: *freehand crocheting to avoid ALL THE THINGS* Mr Engineer: Why is your shark getting a jumper? Me, warning: Why SHOULDN'T my shark get a jumper? Him: <Homer disappearing into hedge gif> Me: MAXIMUM ART, NONSENSE & SHENANIGANS ARE CALLED FOR AT THIS TIME! #peimenopause #joy #blahaj

A massive blue IKEA Blåhaj stuffed shark lies on its back. A yellow and green crochet jumper is in the process of being fitted around its white belly

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5% Battery @earfull.bsky.social · 05/01/2026

Mostly random acrylics, some random 50/50 cotton acrylic, Moda Vera Blanket and other velourish yarns. Won't be in a high traffic area. Crocheting then replacing the secondary colours as needed. Three different yarns in that section

Light red and mottled yarns crocheted together

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5% Battery @earfull.bsky.social · 05/01/2026

Migraines continue. Current project, freehand crocheting an octopus rug. Minoan pottery inspired #art #chronicMigraine

The body of a flat crocheted octopus in mottled light red with large black eyes, all outlined in cream. One as yet unattached arm spirals next to it on a background of dark blue. The style is inspired by Minoan pottery

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5% Battery @earfull.bsky.social · 01/01/2026

Elvi sends purrs to soothe you in your time of distress

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5% Battery @earfull.bsky.social · 01/01/2026

Four long cats. Seriously so long

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5% Battery @earfull.bsky.social · 01/01/2026

Mended my favourite summer tunic with Japanese Boro. 3 patches all from material salvaged from our old holey bed sheets that I then ice dyed. More tunic holes will occur, followed by more patches. A slow transformation in the beauty of imperfection #VisibleMending #Embroidery #WabiSabi

Indigo and white Shibori fabric patched with a small piece of ice dyed fabric in earthy tones stitched in a spiral with grey Perle cotton thread

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5% Battery @earfull.bsky.social · 25/12/2025

Search your first name + 'glamour shot' That's the look I always go for 🤷‍♀️

An 80s glamour shot with laser background in purples and pinks. A man and a woman are at the centre of the photo. The woman has curly hair, a dark red lip and is wearing a black leather jacket over a black crop top. She has a neon pink feather boa around her neck. The man wears a black long sleeved shirt with small white polka dots. His hair is shoulder length, curly, and a bit Kenny G. Above the couple to the left is the disembodied head of a black and brown dog, probably a dachshund

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5% Battery @earfull.bsky.social · 20/12/2025

Another migraine, so I've started a new hyperbolic plane. Mostly n=6, plus whatever I feel like throwing in as I go #MelsHyper

A light purple crochet project in progress. Long piece that is flat in the centre but is starting to ruffle out on both sides

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5% Battery @earfull.bsky.social · 20/12/2025

Cat smack o'clock, shadow boxing edition 😺🇳🇿

The shadows of two cats in mid smack fall on a green and blue rug. The shadows of their smacking paws form an X and their ears are back

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5% Battery @earfull.bsky.social · 16/12/2025

My gorgeous sea squirt buttons and a @pepperraccoon.com mushroom pin given to me by my MidWinter Santa now decorate my large knitting/crochet project bag. A boring bag until today. #SecretSantaAoNZ

A black duffel bag decorated with sea quiet buttons and a large enamel mushroom pin

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5% Battery @earfull.bsky.social · 16/12/2025

Choccies! Reese's are the only exception I have to my No Milk Choc preference. NGL, I'm hiding these... #SecretSantaAoNZ

An opened bag of Reese's miniature cups sitting inside a box with brown paper wrapping

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5% Battery @earfull.bsky.social · 16/12/2025

Elvi is pretty sure these pretty presents are for her. Most things are, you know. #SecretSantaAoNZ

An out of focus ginger and white cat smacks colourful buttons and magnets decorated with sea squirt

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5% Battery @earfull.bsky.social · 16/12/2025

My Santa also sent a lovely set of DMC embroidery skeins to start replacing my collection that was lost to the Purge. Elvi was impressed, but JP was more interested in his foot. He's like that. #SecretSantaAoNZ

Two white and ginger cats on a geometric multi-coloured rug. One has his back to the camera and is licking his foot. The other is lying next to a pile of colourful embroidery thread and smacking at them

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5% Battery @earfull.bsky.social · 16/12/2025

The sea squirts, rays, wolffish, and father lasher magnets have all gone to live on my fridge with my Hundertwasser spiral #SecretSantaAoNz

Seven round magnets decorated with rays, fish, and sea squirts, plus a smaller enamel magnet in a blue and gold spiral by Hundertwasser

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5% Battery @earfull.bsky.social · 16/12/2025

Next up, Father Lasher (sea scorpion) with Atlantic Wolffish underneath, and as best I can tell, Brown Ray, Common Stingray, and Starry Ray. They are absolutely gorgeous and also relate to my maiden name! All from The Natural History of British Fishes by Edward Donovan (1802)

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5% Battery @earfull.bsky.social · 16/12/2025

A close up of the magnets (large ones) and the buttons without the card. Looks to me like the images were isolated from the plate then placed on beautifully complementary backgrounds #SecretSantaAoNZ

Three magnets and four buttons all made from Ernst Haekel's sea squirt illustrations

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5% Battery @earfull.bsky.social · 16/12/2025

A Santa who provides credit with citations for art they've used to handmake gifts for me? Epic. They made me magnets and metal buttons from Ernst Haekel's Kunstformen der Natur (Art Forms in Nature), 1904, plate 85 Ascidea (sea squirts), a plate that is 1/2 of my card #SecretSantaAoNZ

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5% Battery @earfull.bsky.social · 16/12/2025

Technical difficulties in my morning photo shoot. Felines being the main difficulties ;) And by felines, I mean mostly Elvi. #SecretSantaAoNZ

The head and neck of a ginger and white cat is out of focus and blocking the intended subject of the photo, metal buttons made from sea squirt illustrations by Ernst Haeckel

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5% Battery @earfull.bsky.social · 16/12/2025

I wanted to take a picture of the door signs. Felines wanted treats. We got bonus feets.

Three door signs on a kitchen bench, each with words and related icons. The Green one says bedroom with a bed icon, purple says study with a pile of books icon, red days linen closet with a stack of three folded towels or sheets. The signs have the shadows of two cats over them. Six white cat feet are visible at the back of the shot. The other two feet are out of shot, don't worry

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5% Battery @earfull.bsky.social · 16/12/2025

The Restroom sign is installed. The Bedroom sign is off the build plate and the Study sign is printing in purple. I'll upload them at some point for others who might find them useful

A 10cm² 3d printed sign, green, with a white bed icon and white text saying "Bedroom"

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5% Battery @earfull.bsky.social · 15/12/2025

Do I NEED a wee Rhino hammer? I do not. Would I use a rhino hammer and squee the entire time? You are goddamned right I would fromk.co.nz/shop/househo...

A minimalist silver rhino with a gold horn. It is a hammer in disguise

A minimalist silver rhino with a gold horn hammer in action

Three minimalist rhinos with gold horns bodies in black, dark grey and white. They are hammers in disguise

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5% Battery @earfull.bsky.social · 15/12/2025

Cool the wee availability slide fits on the sign. This was unplanned

Blue and white restroom sign with an availability slider noted by a green square under the word restroom

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5% Battery @earfull.bsky.social · 15/12/2025

3d printing done on the restroom sign for the 93 yo FIL. Reckon it will do it if anything will. Now printing a sliding "available/occupied" sliding sign. But with available on both sides. He's often convinced someone is in his toilet if the door is shut

A blue and white 3d printed restroom sign with the word "restroom" and the standard man and woman icons

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5% Battery @earfull.bsky.social · 14/12/2025

This crocheted hyperbolic plane is done. I want to start one to make much larger now I've got my more rigid yarns, cotton and bamboo, to use. #MelsHyper

A crocheted hyperbolic plane in greenish blues and yellow. It starts out flat in the centre then the form begins to ruffle on subsequent rounds

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5% Battery @earfull.bsky.social · 13/12/2025

Elvi the art director and her required colour change. Good call Elvi #MelsHyper

A ginger and white cat sleeping on a lap. Resting on her tummy is a crocheted hyperbolic plane in progress with a light greenish blue centre and a bright yellow edge

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5% Battery @earfull.bsky.social · 13/12/2025

Elvi has let me know it is time for a colour change on my crocheted hyperbolic plane by chewing through my yarn when I had to get up for a minute. Thanks for your felines artistic input Elvi. Always appreciated 😆

A very unapologetic looking ginger and white cat crouching on a blue, green, and cream rug

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5% Battery @earfull.bsky.social · 13/12/2025

Getting some dimensionality on my crocheted hyperbolic plane now 🧶 #MelsHyper

A small minty green crocheted shape that is round in the centre, but the edges are staring to flare up on the edges

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5% Battery @earfull.bsky.social · 12/12/2025

Losing my mind with the rolling migraines, so I've started crocheting an n=4 hyperbolic plane. I can do it in the dark, missed stitches are fine, I can use any yarn or stitch height as I please, and it can be as big or small as I like. Proof of my existence in this endless liminal state #MelsHyper

A Night Mode long exposure pic of a small crocheted circle in progress using light green minty yarn

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5% Battery @earfull.bsky.social · 12/12/2025

Jules-Pierre is my darling boy and I'm 💯 his prime human

A white and ginger cat with striking cheekbones, massive ears and large golden eyes

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5% Battery @earfull.bsky.social · 12/12/2025

I mean just LOOK at these beauties. (No peeking inside the card has occurred. JP is watching) #SecretSantaAoNZ

A card and two of the presents are wrapped in paper with the biologist and artist Hækel's famous sea anemone drawings "Actinea".

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5% Battery @earfull.bsky.social · 12/12/2025

I can tell from the Hækel drawings on the card and the wrapping paper that my Santa 💯 gets my vibe 💜 JP is on present guard duty for the next few hours. Thank you Santa, very exciting! #SecretSantaAoNZ

A white and ginger cat snoozes on a couch. In front of him are four colourful presents and a card. The card and two of the presents are wrapped in paper with the biologist and artist Hækel's famous sea anemone drawings "Actinea".

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