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Jennifer Hill

@nyhtengale.bsky.social
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Weaver, textile obsessive, Appalachian witch, she/her North Carolina to Rural Suffolk to West Wales

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Jennifer Hill @nyhtengale.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
My daughter just reminded me that her grandfather (my dad) used to catch mice in his house and release them at the nearby Baptist church. He was a Methodist pastor and thought the Baptists were crazy. I can’t stop laughing.
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Jennifer Hill @nyhtengale.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
5mm circular knitting needles are cursed for me. Every one has either snapped, split, or is too short for the project I’m working on. So, I ordered more. Royal Mail has lost them. 🤦‍♀️
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Jennifer Hill @nyhtengale.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
Would also work with yarn.
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Jennifer Hill @nyhtengale.bsky.social · 15/09/2026
Have y’all seen this bullshit? No more Sirdar for me.
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Jennifer Hill @nyhtengale.bsky.social · 06/09/2026
You can take the white girl out of America…
A Taco Bell Crispy Chicken Burrito and a Starbucks Pumpkin Spice Frappuccino on a table in a British motorway service station
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Jennifer Hill @nyhtengale.bsky.social · 06/09/2026
Spouting a whole bunch of racist shit when your bi-racial teenage granddaughter is sitting right there is really a choice. Who needs enemies when you have a grandmother like that.
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Jennifer Hill @nyhtengale.bsky.social · 04/09/2026
One of my favourite days
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Jennifer Hill @nyhtengale.bsky.social · 02/09/2026
American citizens living abroad, make sure you’ve double checked your voter registration.
A part of an email with identifying information redacted. It says that my absentee ballot request has been received
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Jennifer Hill @nyhtengale.bsky.social · 02/09/2026
I love my husband, but he just stole part of my cupcake, and I’m afraid this is war.
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Jennifer Hill @nyhtengale.bsky.social · 30/08/2026
Overheard: “If you want to buy it, go ahead. Whatever floats your goat.”
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Jennifer Hill @nyhtengale.bsky.social · 29/08/2026
English doesn’t have a second person plural, and “y’all” fills that niche perfectly. Please learn the difference between a dialect word and an accent. My dialect doesn’t exist to sound “folksy”. It’s the way I grew up speaking. Dumbass.
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Jennifer Hill @nyhtengale.bsky.social · 26/08/2026
It’s been an utterly shit week of wonderful people dying.
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Jennifer Hill @nyhtengale.bsky.social · 25/08/2026
Fantastic mural in my hometown. I may live a few thousand miles away, but Asheville is always home.
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Jennifer Hill @nyhtengale.bsky.social · 25/08/2026
Dolly was from the Appalachians just like me. She knew the hills and hollers. She proudly spoke with a southern accent. And she brought beauty and love into a world that desperately needs both. Tonight I’m crying. Tomorrow I’m going to buy some children’s books. 💔
Dolly Parton in black and white
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Jennifer Hill @nyhtengale.bsky.social · 21/08/2026
Got word that a dear friend died. She was of an age where it wasn’t exactly surprising, but I didn’t expect it. I had only just written her name on the list of people to invite to our holiday gathering.I’m indescribably sad today.
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Jennifer Hill @nyhtengale.bsky.social · 12/08/2026
Yes, I drank the Lidl brand energy drink in Sour Worms flavour. It does indeed taste like an energy drink with sour gummy worms. Yes, I am ashamed. No, that didn’t stop me.
An off brand energy drink in Sour Worms flavour
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Jennifer Hill @nyhtengale.bsky.social · 12/08/2026
New superhero just dropped
A Facebook Marketplace listing for a wooden ottoman. However, ottoman has been misspelled as otterman
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Jennifer Hill @nyhtengale.bsky.social · 21/07/2026
A quick visit to my local
An old fashioned Welsh pub. There is a table with a dark beer in the foreground
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Jennifer Hill @nyhtengale.bsky.social · 20/07/2026
Swear to god, the test for ADHD/autism needs to be putting people with other neurodivergents and seeing how they get on. In related news, it was great seeing @surliertexan.bsky.social and @swilua.bsky.social at lunch.
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Jennifer Hill @nyhtengale.bsky.social · 19/07/2026
Having a fantastic time playing What Is Causing My Allergic Reaction. It seems to be the grapes (is that even possible?), but I’m honestly not sure.
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Jennifer Hill @nyhtengale.bsky.social · 18/07/2026
I am so thoroughly annoyed by how well this works on me.
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Jennifer Hill @nyhtengale.bsky.social · 13/07/2026
Reposting so I can remember to make this
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Jennifer Hill @nyhtengale.bsky.social · 08/07/2026
For the past few months we’ve had jackdaws regularly screaming down the chimney. Predictably, one fell in today and couldn’t get back out. In related news, our chimney has been swept, and our lounge is… untidy. Freakin birds. (Yes, it’s now out)
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Jennifer Hill @nyhtengale.bsky.social · 02/07/2026
I’m in this post and I don’t like it
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Jennifer Hill @nyhtengale.bsky.social · 27/06/2026
Just dealt with a drunk, racist, anti-immigrant twat. I’m trying to laugh it off, because he truly was an idiot. But I’m an immigrant, and I’m feeling shaky and vulnerable. Was assured that I’m “one of the good ones”. That… doesn’t make it any better.
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Jennifer Hill @nyhtengale.bsky.social · 22/06/2026
We decided to paint the deck this afternoon. And hang the laundry out.
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Jennifer Hill @nyhtengale.bsky.social · 10/06/2026
Technology has defeated me this morning, so I’ve gotten out my knitting and put away my laptop.
A close up of knitting in progress. The yarn is dark green with flecks of pale green.
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👻madeline bOoOoOoOodent👻 @oldenoughtosay.com · 03/06/2026
Art by @radicalbuttons on insta, a poster with progress pride flags and the caption “wishing all the homophobes and transphobes a super uncomfortable month”
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Jennifer Hill @nyhtengale.bsky.social · 27/05/2026
Yep
Vintage looking sign with a woman pouring coffee. The caption reads “Coffee! If you’re not shaking, you need another cup.”
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Jennifer Hill @nyhtengale.bsky.social · 25/05/2026
These taste like hotdogs and I may die from revulsion if I ever have to eat them again.
A bag of potato crisps. The flavour is Bangers and Mash
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Jennifer Hill @nyhtengale.bsky.social · 25/05/2026
Whoever said that there are no stupid questions has clearly never worked with the general public.
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Jennifer Hill @nyhtengale.bsky.social · 30/04/2026
Hoping this will inspire me, since I’m about to start hand sewing a linen dress
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Jennifer Hill @nyhtengale.bsky.social · 04/04/2026
Reposting so I’ll hopefully remember this pattern.
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Jennifer Hill @nyhtengale.bsky.social · 28/03/2026
Thank you to the two cats outside our bedroom window at 2:30 this morning. Your argument/opera/yodelling competition was really… something.
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Colin Gorrie @colingorrie.bsky.social · 18/02/2026
Written English has barely changed in 300 years. If you can read Harry Potter, you can read Robinson Crusoe (1719).
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Jennifer Hill @nyhtengale.bsky.social · 16/02/2026
Just over a month ago I lost a fight with a door and smashed up my finger fairly spectacularly. And today I’m starting another round of antibiotics, because apparently it just doesn’t want to get better. (Yes I’m whining. At this point, I’ve earned the right.)
A woman’s hand with a bandage on her middle finger.
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Debbie T Knits 🧶 @debbietknits.bsky.social · 05/02/2026
🧶 #knit #knitsky
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Jennifer Hill @nyhtengale.bsky.social · 04/02/2026
You know it’s nearly springtime when the toasters start popping up in the hedgerows.
A toaster is sitting in the hedgerow amongst ivy and dried leaves. I have no idea why it’s there.
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Jennifer Hill @nyhtengale.bsky.social · 16/01/2026
I’ve hit the point of recovery where I’m improved just enough to be bored. But I’m nowhere close to being able to do anything about it.
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Jennifer Hill @nyhtengale.bsky.social · 15/01/2026
Until my hand heals, I’m incapable of knitting, weaving, crocheting, or any of the things that normally fill my time. I’m currently doom scrolling, which is not great for my mental health.
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Jennifer Hill @nyhtengale.bsky.social · 12/01/2026
2 different A&E departments, 2 X-rays, 1 tetanus jab, and a lot of stitches. It hasn’t been the best of days.
A woman’s hand resting on a hospital cart. The middle finger has a massive bandage
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Jennifer Hill @nyhtengale.bsky.social · 03/01/2026
Rule number one of weaving: every loom can, and will, misbehave. Often in new and unexpected ways. It’s probably my fault. I confidently said that I would be finished warping in “a bit under an hour”.
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Jennifer Hill @nyhtengale.bsky.social · 28/12/2025
One of the best ways of spending a sunny winter morning
A small weaving loom in the process of threading heddles. The yarn is a dark grey, nearly black fine wool.
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Annaplexis @annaplexis.bsky.social · 17/12/2025
Turkish cast on This is an alternative to Judy’s magic cast on and is in fact really, really simple! I’ve been hesitating to use it, but thought I’d try it out on this mini project. Have you ever used the Turkish cast on in your #knitting projects? annaplexisinenglish.wordpress.com/2022/04/27/c...
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Jennifer Hill @nyhtengale.bsky.social · 12/12/2025
I had my first panic attack in ages today. An unfortunate reminder that PTSD can still lurk beneath the surface. I can’t seem to reset myself enough to sleep tonight.
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Jennifer Hill @nyhtengale.bsky.social · 09/12/2025
And I thought churches in the southern US were good at holding grudges.
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Jennifer Hill @nyhtengale.bsky.social · 04/12/2025
Just wiped out on our very slippery deck. Everything hurts and my elbow is swelling. So that’s fun.
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Jennifer Hill @nyhtengale.bsky.social · 26/11/2025
Just had a mammogram and I very definitely deserve a cookie 🍪. And a glass of wine 🍷 In all seriousness, make sure you get one if you’re eligible. They’re not fun, but they save lives.
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Jennifer Hill @nyhtengale.bsky.social · 07/11/2025
What have you ruined today, ladies?
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