ashley @rabcyr.bsky.social · 16/01/2026hello from twitter! [twitter keeps being down]media.tenor.coma man wearing a hat and a tank top is standing in front of a body of waterALT: a man wearing a hat and a tank top is standing in front of a body of water 010
ashley @rabcyr.bsky.social · 05/01/2025family was asked about new year’s resolutions. i said to learn to dye yarn (bought a natural kit in summer 2021) and to knit a sweater out of this sampler i have (bought late 2022) which will be dyed. each of the 12 yarns will be a different color. 170
Reposted by ashleyashley @rabcyr.bsky.social · 02/01/2025love this little spindle. spun 46 yards of ultra fine yarn with it. about 45 wraps per inch. estimate 720 yards per 50 grams. for comparison, malabrigo lace is about 30 wpi and 470 yards. this looks comparable to a single ply of 2/18 weaving yarn, which i also measured at 45 wpi. 031
ashley @rabcyr.bsky.social · 02/01/2025love this little spindle. spun 46 yards of ultra fine yarn with it. about 45 wraps per inch. estimate 720 yards per 50 grams. for comparison, malabrigo lace is about 30 wpi and 470 yards. this looks comparable to a single ply of 2/18 weaving yarn, which i also measured at 45 wpi. 031
ashley @rabcyr.bsky.social · 28/12/2024went to the local rural art gallery, having a fiber show right now. bought some variegated wool to spin (i’ve only spun undyed so far). the blue is super fine, the red is sorta fine. there’s some incredibly cheap handspun yarn for sale, but it’s also incredibly coarse. 020
ashley @rabcyr.bsky.social · 26/12/2024i carded waste wool and spun it. closest to the whorl was already there. then there’s fairly nice soft waste from combs (second pic). then commercial merino top scraps (not pictured). and finally some of the worst waste from the combs (last 2 pics), full of kemp and matted bits. 150
ashley @rabcyr.bsky.social · 25/12/2024merry christmas! i got a couple books and some mini wool carders. 070
ashley @rabcyr.bsky.social · 23/12/2024made 59 grams of chunky 2-ply yarn on the wheel. malabrigo rios for scale in the third pic. knitted some up on 6 mm needles. was thinking of making a blanket. math from this sample says i’d need 5 kg. that’d take me a solid week to spin. as in no sleep, no eat. 😂 1130
ashley @rabcyr.bsky.social · 21/12/2024you can just comb your hair from your comb into some merino and spin it if you want to 010
ashley @rabcyr.bsky.social · 18/12/2024ignorant take trying to stir shit up. the 2022 buffalo tops shooting is very similar to the charleston church shooting, and in the same state as the ceo assassination so we can more fairly compare. and he was charged with terrorism. en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/2022_Bu...en.m.wikipedia.org2022 Buffalo shooting - Wikipedia 101
ashley @rabcyr.bsky.social · 18/12/2024my never-ending darning project that got me into fiber arts: this smartwool hoodie 040
ashley @rabcyr.bsky.social · 18/12/2024me, thinking nothing of it: “so i tied it up in 4 places, got it wet, and thwacked it.” my spouse:media.tenor.coma close up of a man in a suit and tie talking into a microphone .ALT: a close up of a man in a suit and tie talking into a microphone . 120
ashley @rabcyr.bsky.social · 18/12/2024used the wheel to give this 1/3 skein yarn more twist. i use it for darning, figure it’ll hold up better this way. added less twist than i thought after wetting and thwacking it. 2100
ashley @rabcyr.bsky.social · 15/12/2024family watching some bbc historical show: “they mix wood ash in water, and they get caustic soda to clean dishes with” me, in the next room spinning yarn: “THEY DO NOT GET CAUSTIC SODA. THAT’S SODIUM HYDROXIDE! THEY GET POTASH, POTASSIUM HYDROXIDE!” 1402
ashley @rabcyr.bsky.social · 15/12/2024finally got the tree decorated 🎄 (why we did it with muse playing… idk) 040
Reposted by ashleyG. Willow Wilson @gwillow.me · 12/12/2024A great pet peeve of mine is when clothing companies refer to plastic garments as "vegan leather." Throwing a virtuous health halo around a petroleum product is wild. Next it'll be all-natural organic cyanide 591284187
Reposted by ashleySeelix the Seventh @seelix.com · 12/12/2024I did not sufficiently think through the implications of a niddy noddy with satisfied little faces 710121
ashley @rabcyr.bsky.social · 10/12/2024once again switching to twitter to DM an image to someone on here 200
Reposted by ashleyGoad (Legal Expert) @goad.bsky.social · 09/12/2024Wrap it up folks. We was radicalized by Tim Urban. 1865568
ashley @rabcyr.bsky.social · 08/12/2024combed a wool lock of 4.0 grams that was very matted but virtually no vm/hair/kemp into this 2.4g top surprised i got this much this is the last of the highly questionable parts of the fleece i first took to learn with 170
Reposted by ashleySurprised Eel Historian, PhD @greenleejw.bsky.social · 07/12/2024Presented without apology: When the eel is a fellow Mixed with tasty marshmallow... 1534183
Reposted by ashleyThe Last Farm @thelastfarm.bsky.social · 08/12/2024Lololol this was an assassination as performance art 0211
Reposted by ashleyCourtney Milan @courtneymilan.com · 03/12/2024So I’m not trying to dunk on this specific person, but people have such weird ideas of what emergencies will look like, and they’re largely based on idealized movies and prepper fantasies. They imagine a world where 98% of the population dies and you can pick and choose what you want. 95962108
ashley @rabcyr.bsky.social · 08/12/2024wool scouring time. here’s what i’m cleaning, front and back. i first put it in a bucket of room temperature water, let it sit 90 minutes. water quite dirty! 140
ashley @rabcyr.bsky.social · 07/12/2024but it’s december. i don’t want to go do yard work! i want to do fiber arts! stupid nice weather. 030
ashley @rabcyr.bsky.social · 03/12/2024oh it’s me. did woodworking well before fiber. got a card from the blacksmithing group at the state fair. woman said one member is in the town i’m in and likes to teach. 140
ashley @rabcyr.bsky.social · 03/12/2024“did you know that that ai website is ai?”media.tenor.coma man in a suit and tie is making a surprised face .ALT: a man in a suit and tie is making a surprised face . 000
ashley @rabcyr.bsky.social · 03/12/2024The new arbitrage is farming bangers from X to post on bsky 020
ashley @rabcyr.bsky.social · 02/12/2024got 23 pints of strong amazing stock made and canned at our normal use of stock, this will last us years gonna need to find reasons to use it 010
ashley @rabcyr.bsky.social · 01/12/2024#canning questions: i’m gonna pressure can this turkey/duck stock (with proper lids) after scraping the fat off the top. should i just leave it in the classico jars* or move to quarts? and should i mix the dark brown drippings in front with them? or save for something else? 100
ashley @rabcyr.bsky.social · 01/12/2024imagine appointing people who like you and share your vision 010
Reposted by ashleymore mr. spice guy @juniorhoncho.bsky.social · 30/11/2024fucked up to think about but there was two grinches on noah's ark 392952680
Reposted by ashleyCarson Cooper @cooperwheels.bsky.social · 29/11/2024"Sabrina III" Folding Travel Wheel. Bastogne Walnut. Past work. #Handspinning #Woodworking 2161
ashley @rabcyr.bsky.social · 30/11/2024i made 2 gallons of stock from the mesquite smoked turkey & duck and it is unbelievably amazing. 2 T butter, bit of rosemary olive oil, 2 large onions, 1 shallot, pound of carrots, most of a celery, 4 small bay leaves, some thyme and sage from the garden, 1 T salt, and 1/2 t msg. heaven. 050
