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Elphia @elphia3.bsky.social · 27/09/2026

Stede in this, followed by Ed after he sees it

Kenneth MacAlpin, King of Scotland (843-63) by Jacob de Wet II. A bearded man wearing pink tights, a light mauve silk top, and a fitted vest. He’s showing a lot of his left leg in particular. His legs are partly concealed with a gold and orange wrap. His raised right hand suggests, “oh no, my wrap might fall.” He in other words appears to be a coy boy

Elphia @elphia3.bsky.social · 19/09/2026

All of the yarn I’ve gotten from Journeyman Fiber Arts is so beautiful and a joy to touch. It was handspun and hand-dyed by an artist/artisan who donated a ton of custom yarn to the OFMD craft fair. His shop is full of wonders! Please tell your yarn friends journeyman-fiber-arts.myshopify.com

A crocheted hat in yarn with dark purple, deep blues, and hints of lavender and charcoal folded over partly. It’s on a mostly cream colored blanket. The hat is crocheted mostly im double crochet with a small single crochet brim.

A crocheted hat in yarn with dark purple, deep blues, and hints of lavender and charcoal draped over a grey tuxedo cat in the sun by a window. The hat is partly finished and still attached to a yarn ball.

A small black and tan chihuahua photographed from above while wearing a crocheted kerchief as a cape. The yarn is many gently transitioning shades of lavender.

A closeup of a crocheted headband in the sun. The yarn transitions gradually from bright green to lavender, blue, snd sea foam green. It’s in Tunisian crochet simple stitch

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Elphia @elphia3.bsky.social · 09/08/2026

A day late as usual, but still

Large text: I love your chin
Small text: naked or otherwise

From the Now that’s what I call music! title generator.

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Elphia @elphia3.bsky.social · 12/07/2026

I feel like the video makes it seem paler than it is. Yarn is so hard to photograph accurately!

A green-lavender handspun yarn strip of fabric (headband) in Tunisian simple stitch. It is on a blue and white towel in the sun

A green-lavender handspun yarn strip of fabric (headband) in Tunisian simple stitch. It is on a white windowsill in the sun in front of a green hedge and Rhys Darby’s “my hat” postcard (showing a green alien with great pecs reclining on a planet reaching for a flying saucer moving away from him captioned “MY HAT!”)

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Elphia @elphia3.bsky.social · 12/07/2026

Journeyman Fiber Arts’ handspun, hand-dyed yarn is magically pretty and fun to work with. It makes me want to be a better crocheter. This is a small headband from a bonus skein. So grateful I found them via the OFMD craft fair!! 💚💜 journeyman-fiber-arts.myshopify.com/products/han...

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Elphia @elphia3.bsky.social · 20/06/2026

Amen! If only the Buffy creators had shared your vision

David Boreanaz as a topless chained up Angel in either Angel or Buffy the Vampire Slayer, with uncannily smooth underarms. His arms are above his head in a dark room. He looks sultry and determined despite minor chest injuries that look a little like contact dermatitis.

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Elphia @elphia3.bsky.social · 08/05/2026

First attempts (will try again later when they’re all a little sleepier). Thank you so much—it’s beautiful and I love it!! Fits perfectly over their ears

A brown tabby on a Persian-type rug wearing a crocheted unicorn hat with gold horn and rainbow mane. He’s attempting to eat the cord and the hat is backward

A brown tabby with mischievous golden eyes on a persian rug wearing a crocheted unicorn hat with gold horn and rainbow mane. The hat is backwards. He has the cord in his mouth (don’t worry I took it away before any was consumed) and looks like he plans to do bad things (eat a linear foreign body/destroy handmade art)

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Elphia @elphia3.bsky.social · 22/03/2026

Oh wait I think we’re talking about different yarns (both luscious though!! and by the same dyer)

Red skein of yarn in the craft far auction image format with rainbow pennants at the top and a wood backgriun. Text:

“#102ID
HAND-DYED YARN: YOU WEAR FINE THINGS WELL
BY PYRACANTHA”

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Elphia @elphia3.bsky.social · 22/03/2026

Better luck this time! I have hopes he’ll be a unicorn someday (I’ll stop after this I promise)

A grey tuxedo cat by a window sniffs a lime green crochet swatch

The same cat stoically tolerates the swatch resting on his side

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Elphia @elphia3.bsky.social · 22/03/2026

Tried to get the least relaxed cat used to the idea by gently placing a swatch on his head, and it could have gone better

A grey tuxedo cat calmly sniffs a green crocheted swatch while sitting by a window on a cat tree

The same cat in a blur swipes the swatch with a powerful arm

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Elphia @elphia3.bsky.social · 21/03/2026

Which pairs really nicely with these lovely and menacing murder widow magnets 🖤🖤

Black and white sketches of Mary and Evelyn each on their own round magnet on a brown background. Text:

“#1067
MURDER WIDOWS
MAGNET SET
BY CALY”

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Elphia @elphia3.bsky.social · 21/03/2026

Ned, my beloved!! 🤎 So grateful the seagull bolo person let me have this one

Auction listing image for a brown leather and metal bolo tie with Ned the leopard on a white background. It’s draped artistically over desert rocks against a clear blue sky. Text:

“#1440
EVELYN-THEMED BOLO TIE
BY VEEAGAINSTTHEDAY”

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Elphia @elphia3.bsky.social · 21/03/2026

If you like items going for less than their material cost (which is fine and just! I accept that by using the yarn I devalued it, like a car), this book protector (for traveling with books) and hat are available #fandommarket www.32auctions.com/organization... www.32auctions.com/organization...

A book shaped rectangular crocheted book protector in squishy bulky yarn with blue, gold, and periwinkle on a wooden desk

A bulky yarn trans pride flag adjacent toque on a blue velvet pillow

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Elphia @elphia3.bsky.social · 18/03/2026

Here’s a low quality mockup of what it might look like on a cat, if that helps!

A slightly blurry iPhone sticker of a grey tuxedo cat with his white arms crossed is pasted below the auction listing for #1307 unicorn cat hat

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Elphia @elphia3.bsky.social · 11/03/2026

I agree!! I’m such a sucker for photos of whoever grew the wool. Like this Finnsheep ewe I found yesterday. How could you not want a hat or sweater from her?? She looks wise and peaceful. A little eldritch

Grey Finnsheep ewe named Elsa standing on a wooden platform outside a barn with green grass behind her giving the camera a calm, knowing look. She has kind of golden brown eyes that set off her horizontal pupils

From https://www.etsy.com/listing/4365229603/finnsheep-yarn-elsa?ref=share_ios_native_control

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Elphia @elphia3.bsky.social · 11/03/2026

More about my scarf! Crocheted for my sister (she’s getting another). It’s undyed 100% Huacaya alpaca, a little rustic. Cream to light beige in different lights. Blocked and trimmed. Very soft! #fandommarket Yarn source: www.etsy.com/shop/RushAcr... Auction link: www.32auctions.com/organization...

Person in a green rainbow Campaign for Southern Equality shirt wearing a cream colored alpaca crocheted scarf looped around twice and loosely tied in the front

Closeup of double crochet stitches in the sun in an off white alpaca scarf

Closeup of double crochet stitches in the sun in an off white alpaca scarf showing slight ribbing effect of the double crochet rows

One of the alpacas that produced the yarn. A cream colored alpaca with friends smiling slightly looking at the camera in a stable filled with straw

From https://www.etsy.com/shop/RushAcresFarm

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Elphia @elphia3.bsky.social · 09/03/2026

Coming tomorrow! All crocheted with very soft wool very slowly by an earnest beginner. If you like owning time-intensive items, all of these involved at least 100 yards of frogging (unraveling and redoing) #fandommarket

Narrow pointy crocheted mini scarf made of cream colored wool in a patch of sunlight on a bamboo floor, with a cat’s shadow looming over on the right side

A book in a crocheted blue-periwinkle-gold book protector with a brown tabby grabbing the cord tie. All on a wooden desk in the sun

A crocheted beanie in trans pride adjacent colors (pink, white, light blue, lavender) on its side on a green blanket

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Elphia @elphia3.bsky.social · 06/03/2026

Hoping this alpaca scarf’s unintentional resemblance to the Fresno nightcrawler gets it at least one bid when it appears on Monday #fandommarket

An undyed off white crocheted mini scarf arranged (not on purpose) in a reddish blanket to look a little like the cryptozoological white walking legs known as the Fresno nightcrawler

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Elphia @elphia3.bsky.social · 02/03/2026

Finally done! Except for blocking. Soaking now. Fingers crossed there’s a market for maximalist wool book protectors #fandommarket #ofmd

A crocheted bulky wool blend book protector in shades of blue and gold on a wooden desk. A brown tabby cat’s paw is stepping on the tie cord. There’s a book inside

A crocheted wool blend book protector in shades of blue and gold on a wooden desk shot from above it has a braided tie at the top and a gold metal stitch marker-type cat with the tie through it used as a closure

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Elphia @elphia3.bsky.social · 26/02/2026

Crochet assistant lying on wet wool (the lighter one in the back) for unknowable reasons

A grey tuxedo cat laying serenely on two stocking hats on a towel on a bed

A large grey tuxedo cat looks quizzically at the camera while resting on two stocking hats on a yellow towel

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Elphia @elphia3.bsky.social · 20/02/2026

I don’t know what person over ~35 might need to hear this, but cheap 1.5x reading glasses make it possible to crochet with fuzzy yarn without weeping with rage. A miracle. Also would anyone bid on a soft wool autumn vibes cravat-type scarf? In March? After it’s blocked and trimmed? 🫥 #ofmd

A crocheted start to a fuzzy rust colored wool cravat next to a ball of yarn on a cream blanket

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Elphia @elphia3.bsky.social · 16/02/2026

Is anyone crocheting cat hats for the OFMD craft fair? I did NOT make this one, but I like it. The cats don’t like it as much. This is the first time any of them have tolerated it for more than 30 seconds

Baleful torbie cat wearing a green crocheted headband while on a faux fur wolf blanket

Torbie cat looks pensively into the distance while laying on a silver faux fur blanket and wearing a green crocheted frog headband

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Elphia @elphia3.bsky.social · 16/02/2026

About a thousand half double crochets later, it’s almost done! And there’s still yarn left! 😅 Just needs a button and closure. It’s slightly stretchy, so it fits books that are a little larger than 8.5” x 6.5” x ~1”, which includes most of mine (the ones you’d travel with at least)

A blue/periwinkle/gold book sleeve crocheted entirely in I think HDC. It’s next to a largish paperback, My Life in the Bush of Ghosts, for scale. There’s a small messy ball of yarn remaining in the lower left hand corner. All of this is on the lap of a person wearing jeans

A blue/periwinkle/gold book sleeve crocheted by hand below a tape measure reading -8.5”. There’s a small messy ball of yarn remaining in the lower left hand corner. All of this is on a wooden table. There’s a pink aluminum 5.5mm crochet hook on the fabric

A blue/periwinkle/gold book sleeve next to a foldout tape measure. It shows the short side is about 6.5”. The sleeve is on a wooden table

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Elphia @elphia3.bsky.social · 16/02/2026

Half-made book sweater with yarn that reminded me of A Damned Man. I learned to crochet (partly for the craft fair) last week, so my repertoire is limited, but the yarn saves it, surely? By Bay Farm Dye Haus in Alameda, CA. Submitting soon!

A pink Edith Wharton paperback in an unfinished book sleeve (cover saver for traveling with books) on a wooden desk. The yarn is thick dyed in a periwinkle/teal/gold colorway. The label of the yarn says:

“Slipper socks” doAK
Super bulky singles
76 yds 100g
80%o superwash meriro
20% nylon

Close up of the bay farm dye haus label in a yarn drawer

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Elphia @elphia3.bsky.social · 06/01/2026

I love pathetic Stede so much! And proud Stede. All Stedes 💙🎭 #ofmd

Cropped screenshot of Stede in a deep V silk shirt looking proud mid-sentence on board the Revenge the evening of Calypso’s Birtgday (OFMD 2x6). Not sure whose edit this is, sorry.

Stede in the rain looking pathetic in a wet dirty cream colored shirt with a torn red improvised scarf tied around his neck. He is on the brink of tears or slightly crying while gazing at Ed’s wanted poster in OFMD 2x1. (Again not sure whose edit this is, very sorry for poor record keeping)

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Elphia @elphia3.bsky.social · 04/12/2025

Thinking of Ed and Stede as I prepare to drink tea containing sugar equivalent to at least 7 cubes (I wasn’t measuring and a large clump broke free of the sugar jar) #ofmd

Green ceramic mug with a buxom but nipple-less mermaid on the front. Maybe she’s wearing a bandeau top. Her scaled tail stretches back to become the handle. It’s on a dark kitchen counter with a cryptid cocktails glass drying and a white toaster in the background. It’s daylight and an orange sweater is reflected in the shiny glaze

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Elphia @elphia3.bsky.social · 23/11/2025

In a brief sanity lapse just now I thought about doing a version of the selfie post, and this came up in my phone search for “selfie”. What a handsome bearded boy!! 💛 I’d give Rhys Darby his show back and hire him for lead romantic roles

Screenshot of @rhysiedarby’s Instagram video from August 18, 2025. He’s wearing a corduroy slouchy brown cap with an olive green Henley and a gold chain necklace. His lips are pursed as he maybe says an “ooh” or “w” sound. He’s walking down a sunny street. His text caption says BROOKLYN, NEW YORK in white at the bottom

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Elphia @elphia3.bsky.social · 23/11/2025

He is a gigantic plush toy! A very satisfying armful. Yet rarely cuddly with anyone but his tabby friend/adoptive dad

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Elphia @elphia3.bsky.social · 23/11/2025

Post a book you love from the ‘80s. No explanations, no reviews, just covers. #BookSky

A book cover of Patricia A. McKillip’s The Changeling Sea. The author’s name is in all caps white block letters at the top, the title is in a similar font bright yellow with black shadow effects. A late teen girl in a white shift dress with messy hair of indiscriminate brownish-blonde color sits by the ocean with her elbows and head on her knees looking worried and thoughtful. A golden light shines on her from a lantern to her right. To her left is a magical twig net type device she’s made out of what looks like wood and maybe seaweed and hair. Behind her two tall narrow rocks or obelisks rise out of the sea.

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Elphia @elphia3.bsky.social · 23/11/2025

The tiniest pupils and the plushest fur 💚

A grey tuxedo cat curled up on a green blanket looks directly into the morning sun. He looks peaceful and a little pensive. His pupils are minuscule and he has pale gooseberry green eyes

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Elphia @elphia3.bsky.social · 22/11/2025

Thank you for today’s class, Samba!! You’re the only person in the world who could have made Mr. Diabaté dignified, funny, and sympathetic (on Pluribus), and the only chef who could have gotten me to make profiteroles* 💚💖💚 *gluten-free dairy-free! shocked it worked! I’ve never made choux pastry

Four gold brown profiteroles with vegan cream slightly leaking out on a blue-white calamityware plate on a black kitchen counter. They are partly covered in shiny dark chocolate ganache

Four gold brown profiteroles with vegan cream slightly leaking out on a blue-white calamityware plate. They are not get covered in ganache. A pale hand is holding them midair over a reddish rug

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Elphia @elphia3.bsky.social · 17/11/2025

your last saved meme is your moral philosophy I guess aging rapidly with stoicism is a moral philosophy

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Elphia @elphia3.bsky.social · 08/11/2025

I’m probably not the first to do this

Zohran for Mayor sign generator screen cap reading “BALLS for DAYS” in gold on a royal blue background with red shadow behind the letters

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Elphia @elphia3.bsky.social · 07/11/2025

I saw some cool clouds the other day and thought of you (your request for sky pictures). And my cat was extra cuddly last night. I hope things get better soon 🫂

Thin fluffy layer of clouds over a blue sky with some trees and power lines and chimneys around the lower edge. They look almost like mackerel clouds but maybe not quite distinct enough

A large brown marble tabby dozes happily in the lap of a person wearing a grassland owl sweatshirt. The person’s hand is on his shoulder and back, keeping him from rolling off

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Elphia @elphia3.bsky.social · 25/10/2025

I was briefly confused by a small plane flying low altitude figure eights over Newark last Wednesday 6:40-6:46 pm and thought of you (just caught the tail end)

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Elphia @elphia3.bsky.social · 25/10/2025

I was trying to find my childhood brown teddy bear in my iPhone photos, and somehow the only search result was for a screen capture of Yarn Ed in a red string bikini holding a wooden serving spoon. 😹 But my more recent favorite is the Flatwoods Monster

Squishable shaped like a red spade-headed creature with glowing golden eyes wearing a teal sci-fi-esque dress. She’s on a grey faux fur blanket next to a brown tabby cat with similarly golden eyes

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Elphia @elphia3.bsky.social · 23/10/2025

Hard to believe it’s still so bad at public figure ages. I wish the explanation had to do with AI agreeing with the skeleton in The Last Unicorn about the reality of time. But it’s probably something less fun about math not meshing well with word embeddings. Anyway here’s a similar error from March

Screen capture of an AI summary for Billy Bob Thornton’s age in 2000 saying he was both 41 and 45 in that year:

“Billy Bob Thornton › Age (March 7, 2025 at 8:00 PM PST)
69 years
Date of birth
August 4, 1955
Place of birth
Hot Springs, AR

Al Overview
Billy Bob Thornton was 41 years old in 2000.
• He was born on August 4, 1955.
• Therefore, in the year 2000, he would have turned 45 years old.
• However, the question asks for his age in 2000, which would be 41.”

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Elphia @elphia3.bsky.social · 20/10/2025

Without downloading new pictures, where are you right now?

A slouching brunette person in a green jacket and white head covering with a yellow-orange flower brooch at her neck stares into the middle distance while holding a brown cat with a striped tail. He has an impish expression on his slightly human-like face, and all of his (very long) front claws are out. By Ivan Generalić

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Elphia @elphia3.bsky.social · 18/10/2025

Is this a Mandela effect, or is bus not usually pluralized this way? At a BART station last night

Sign on a concrete overhang saying EXIT on a bright green background and <- BUSSES -> on black below it

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Elphia @elphia3.bsky.social · 15/10/2025

Reminds me of this part of this poem (The Trans Poem by Michal 'MJ' Jones www.muzzlemagazine.com/michal-mj-jo...)

Black text on white background screenshot from https://www.muzzlemagazine.com/michal-mj-jones.html:

‘And when we are killed you will say "this is not what we meant, violence is not the answer"
The dictionary antonym to existence
is death
So, what is it you meant?
You just mean
un become un become un
become’

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Elphia @elphia3.bsky.social · 14/10/2025

Does anyone know of stories featuring Ed and Stede kissing in a wintry forest? Maybe in hiding posing as Croatian farmers with a cat? (this is a sincere request; also I miss them and everything reminds me of them)

LOVE IN THE FOREST by Ivan Generalić

Two people kiss on a bench in a leafless winter forest. A startled white cat watches in the lower left corner. They have a woven basket and bottle, and the bench is covered with a blanket

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Elphia @elphia3.bsky.social · 13/10/2025

The dancing boys make me so happy!! So sparkly. So in love 💖💖 (no stickers were harmed during the photo shoot, I promise, despite the flexed claw)

Five sparkly art stickers of Ed and Stede dancing with three smaller sparkly stickers of a rosy maple moth, orange slice, and white flower (maybe a water lily from the Calypso’s birthday market?). A brown dog’s fur and a green curtain are in the background

A white and black cat lying in the sun paws two sheets of the same stickers on a light wood floor. They scintillate in the sun, with the silvery sparkles turning rainbow colors in the reflected light

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Elphia @elphia3.bsky.social · 12/10/2025

My own cutest demon at the moment—coincidentally also posing for the camera while we’re away! 😻

A brown marble tabby on the back of a couch gazes majestically towards a pet camera with glowing eyes

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Elphia @elphia3.bsky.social · 09/10/2025

“The girlfriend of one of the founders of antifa”

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