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Rach 🧶 @ranchpesto.bsky.social · 03/10/2026

I'll be at my local event bright and early! Turn up to yours, it's a good time to show solidarity! #50501harrisburg #getoutthevote #gathertogether #protest #nokings

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Rach 🧶 @ranchpesto.bsky.social · 06/07/2026

Tornado coming, see ya in Kansas!

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Rach 🧶 @ranchpesto.bsky.social · 02/07/2026

Crochet work almost done on this flowstar for a convention in August! Come see the big finish on Twitch! www.twitch.tv/ranchpesto Putting the border on today. Will spin it on stream when it's not connected to a yarn ball 🧶 #crochet #twitch #flowstar

A crocheted flowstar for spinning overhead. Laid out on a red sheet, the yarn colors are red, white, blue, splashes of pink and purple, and a hint of green. Glows in the dark!

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Rach 🧶 @ranchpesto.bsky.social · 13/02/2026

@everyone tune in tomorrow for MsCubistTV(Ari)’s first raid train. Start at CelticLassCreation's at 10am PST/1pm EST and raid into twitch.tv/RanchPesto at 11am/2pm. Moving on at 12pm/3pm to LalaDoesThings! This is MsCubistTV's 2nd streamaversary!!!!! Schedule: r3dlabs.com/events/1st-e...

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1st Ever Cubist Crew Party Bus

Twitch Raid Train Details: The 1st ever Cubist Crew Party Bus Valentines Raid Train Showcasing some of the Cubist Crew community and ending with MsCubistTV to celebrate MsaCubist 2 year streaming anni...

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Rach 🧶 @ranchpesto.bsky.social · 19/11/2025

What's your top three creator goals right now? Good question! All mundane answers from me: 1. Fix my damn bot commands 2. Write up the ding dang tailored hexi pattern 3. Fix my ko-fi

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Rach 🧶 @ranchpesto.bsky.social · 29/09/2025

Pop-up scheduling conflict stream! Probably taking Tuesday off instead of today. www.twitch.tv/ranchpesto

twitch.tv

Twitch

Twitch is the world

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Rach 🧶 @ranchpesto.bsky.social · 23/09/2025

Perfect shot! From where I sit, the spiderweb is framed like a target on my archery backstop. Archery footage to come one day soon but prob not today. Gotta get a little bit more practice in before the rains come. #PNW #IslandLife #spider #spiderweb

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Rach 🧶 @ranchpesto.bsky.social · 13/09/2025

Played yarn chicken to finish this mandala vest while camping. The yarn won. Few more inches of border to go! I have one skein at home to steal a bit of yarn from in order to finish it up. Nice lightweight outfit for the Ren Faire where it will be around 80 degrees! Oof! So much fun, sooooooon!

Trying to show the mandala vest in a mirror at camp. Pardon the day 3 hair lol!
Should pair well with a mushroom hat.

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Rach 🧶 @ranchpesto.bsky.social · 09/09/2025

SCA costume stream today! 11am pst. And then much packing. I have to leave Thurs morning so I think I will be too busy packing on Wed to stream. Will miss you all for this long weekend! Be back w/pics. I'll be back Mon next week, but more likely to stream Tues & Wed. Then, packing for MoCoCon! 🎉

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Rach 🧶 @ranchpesto.bsky.social · 08/09/2025

Meet one of the newest MoCo LoCo stream team members! Yours truly! Honored and delighted to be accepted! Truly great group of streamers led by the fabulous sibling duo of MoCoMade. If my September wasn't already mostly spoken for, I'd say someone smuggle me into mococon! 🤣 Next year!

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Rach 🧶 @ranchpesto.bsky.social · 05/09/2025

#crochetaway Theme this week is headwear. How to choose? I have so many great hats and can share 4 pictures on a post. The mushroom, the fire hat, the flower hat, and a commission.

Oversized amanita mushroom hat with lights in the gills

Fire themed vertical wave stitch hat, ambidextrous pattern

Flower hat reminiscent of the Preserver caps in ElfQuest

Commissioned chook hat with a tassel on top. Worked in Tunisian knit stitch and bargello stitch edging. My best executed custom request.

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Rach 🧶 @ranchpesto.bsky.social · 04/09/2025

Look at this little shit. Looking so cute in the first pic (toes!), he was readying for a fight, look at that little fist. He charged me after that second pic, so I charged him back and gave him a good scare. Don't run at me mf! He got up a tree and scolded me good lol! #nature #IslandLife #PNW

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Rach 🧶 @ranchpesto.bsky.social · 29/08/2025

Finished a lovely spring themed sweater. Here is test version 4 of the tailored hexi cardigan. One last little tweak and I will send it to testers. I was delighted with how many were eager to test it! I have 3 solid crocheters in the lineup. Appears to take 5-6 full skeins of Big Twist for a L/XL.

Very cozy. Worked in granny block stitch.

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Rach 🧶 @ranchpesto.bsky.social · 29/08/2025

Taking it easy today. Chilling on the patio when out of the bushes comes a fawn! Snacking on my berries. It has lived a very hard life already and has lost an eye, I don't begrudge it my pie filling. No gory pics, but let me just say I did take some and it's very gross on the other side.

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Rach 🧶 @ranchpesto.bsky.social · 25/08/2025

It was a big day Saturday, went on a Costco run and visited friends. Down day Sunday, apologies! I was exhausted. Won't be streaming Monday, but going to try playing Pandora on Discord again. If you like my stream tunes, they will be commentary free. Will be back to streaming Tuesday at 11am pst.

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Rach 🧶 @ranchpesto.bsky.social · 21/08/2025

I crocheted 🧶 the cutest and derpiest looking bird yesterday 🤣🐦‍⬛ It was great fun. Wings flip up or down, flying/roosting. Today I'll finish this lounge cat. Needs ears, tail, stitching & sewing ends. Then more hexi cardigan, longer & longer rows to do. Hope 2 see you on Twitch, starting @ 11 pst.

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Rach 🧶 @ranchpesto.bsky.social · 19/08/2025

My hands crocheted the cutest little black kitty cat stuffy! Took 3 hours and then an earbud died and took the whole show with it. 🤣🔥 Computer's fine, lesson learned: let 2nd earbud come online before disconnecting the 1st. Still giggling about getting raided! Rats! Thanks @ninepointfive.live !

Freehanded black cat stuffy with the cutest eyes

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Rach 🧶 @ranchpesto.bsky.social · 17/08/2025

Made the cutest wee little bear on stream yesterday! Traded for a delightful time with friends and some generosity. Have to bug its new owner for a destination, it is spoken for. Freehanded, second stuffy I've ever made. Came out so cute! Should try this more often. See U at 11 pdt! #crochet 🧶

Stitched on eyes and nose mark, too adorable!

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Rach 🧶 @ranchpesto.bsky.social · 16/08/2025

Purple AND red today. Thought I'd have a little fun with the hair and it turned out great! Arm feels really good after crocheting with pencil grip for a few days so I'm gonna use it or rotate grips very often. Yay! Honestly hasn't felt this good in a while. Hope to see ya later, stream at 11 pdt.

Selfie with fresh hair dye, purple front fading to red in the back

Showing the red in the back. Done it curly today for Pixie. Looks even better on webcam!

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Rach 🧶 @ranchpesto.bsky.social · 15/08/2025

Gonna do some hair maintenance today. Purple it back up. Unless ya really want to see me stream with a turbie twist towel on my head, I think I'll be back tomorrow. Will have two nice curly hair days for @yarnypixie.bsky.social , both Saturday and Sunday. 😊💜 #twitch #crochet 🧶 Twitch.tv/ranchpesto

The armpit of a tailored hexagon cardigan

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Rach 🧶 @ranchpesto.bsky.social · 12/08/2025

Making cakes on stream today, should be tasty and full of fiber! 🤣 I'll be back on at 11am pdt, missed yous! ❤️🔥 Needed some down time. I've been sleeping til 4 or 5am. Feel more rested indeed. Finished another hexi cardi model which gave me good ideas for #4, already underway. #twitch #crochet 🧶

Tailored hexi cardigan, first try with measurements. Things were learned for version 4, already on the hook

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Rach 🧶 @ranchpesto.bsky.social · 10/08/2025

What a day! Flock Fiber Festival Seattle was a blast! Got to meet some Twitch pixel people and they're real! Real cool humans! Club 47 years old! Except Luna who's just a widdle baby. I hugged em all! @sleepingluna.bsky.social @tpauofvulcan.bsky.social and CherryBelleDesign are fellow streamers. 💖

Group rest break before diving back into the fray

Found some streamers and Cherry's brother!

Bro took this shot before TPau was out of class

More streamers! Met PositivelyYarnie and DyoTheYarnDragon who were vending.

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Rach 🧶 @ranchpesto.bsky.social · 07/08/2025

I dunno, medicated but slightly groggy Rach is probably smarter and less impulsive than insomnia and weird supplements Rach. *sits on hands*

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Rach 🧶 @ranchpesto.bsky.social · 05/08/2025

I dont really style my hair properly curly very often, but today the curls go all the way to the top. Will go with my fancy dress very nicely. I have not touched a crochet hook since Sunday, so hopefully I can go on longer on stream today. 11am pdt twitch.tv/ranchpesto #twitch #crochet 🧶

Usually brushed out, I put my hair through the whole curly routine this time. Think I needed a bit more gel but this is a good start.

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Rach 🧶 @ranchpesto.bsky.social · 04/08/2025

Harvest time! This year's foxglove seed harvest gathered in a pan. It's sitting a while so the bugs depart. 😅 You can see the white and dark mix of seeds, they are white and purple flower seeds mixed together. The blackberries are coming ripe and the blueberries are not far behind. Cobbler time!

White, lavender, and purple foxglove seeds all mixed together.
Grows best in freshly disturbed dirt, takes two years to flower, poisonous as heck

Blackberry bush with half ripened berries, with wild blueberries unripe in the upper left corner.

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Rach 🧶 @ranchpesto.bsky.social · 02/08/2025

It's a good year to be a quail at my place! Quite a bumper crop of little baby chicks! Look at the cute little things! #PNW #IslandLife #birds

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Rach 🧶 @ranchpesto.bsky.social · 02/08/2025

I'll be at both Flock /and Fiber Festival events, Seattle and OR. Hoping to meet other Makers and Crafters a little too eagerly. Like a yarn nerd. I'll be the one with purple-maroon hair and a granny block stitch sweater. Face blindness is going to be a problem for me but I'll keep an eye out.

Ad for Flock Fiber Festival in Seattle WA

Ad for Flock and Fiber Festival in Albany OR

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Rach 🧶 @ranchpesto.bsky.social · 01/08/2025

That was a hilariously choppy test stream, woops. Hahaha! I gotta take a hint when I see 40% dropped frames. In theory I get fiber next year, I'll save the VR for then. Streaming VR = triple the data use of my usual streams and I've only got 2.9mb up on a good day right now, barely enough as it is.

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Rach 🧶 @ranchpesto.bsky.social · 31/07/2025

Will I make better eye contact if it's looking back at me? Hmmmm... Strim today, same bat time, same bat channel #twitch #itslookingatme

Got dem eyeballs stuck on pretty straight, haha!
Little slice of behind the scenes

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Rach 🧶 @ranchpesto.bsky.social · 29/07/2025

There's a few of these relics near me. I remember when they took a dime and lots were still rotary. Then it cost a quarter... 50c, then swiping a phone card was so modern, and then cell phones killed em. Unsurprisingly, there was no dial tone. Or most of its parts lol! #IslandLife #PNW

Posing in a defunct costume change booth

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Rach 🧶 @ranchpesto.bsky.social · 27/07/2025

Re-purpled! 💜 Wrist is quite tired so I'm gonna mix it up with some games on stream for today. Prob can't resist crochet entirely 🤣🧶 Live at 11am pacific. #crochet #twitch #hopetoseeyou

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Rach 🧶 @ranchpesto.bsky.social · 25/07/2025

If you see this, post a flower. Flower on a hat #crochet #bloomposting #fiberart

Crocheted hat in a medley of colors with a detachable flower

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Rach 🧶 @ranchpesto.bsky.social · 25/07/2025

Got on the bike, played around, didn't fall over, had fun! Got tires dirty. It's a very good bike. But I had a perfect bike for a while that got stolen. This one's quite all right though. If I had pavement I could stand still, but I have gravel, crusty grass, and deep powdered clay dust. Challenges!

Slightly dusty black bike, patio accumulations, and a summer evening.

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Rach 🧶 @ranchpesto.bsky.social · 21/07/2025

I am feeling very pleased with myself! Got a fun sample outta my brain, can't wait for a reference pic. Dear Hitch, hope you dig it. Resolution is about 16x20 pixels in a 4x4 square. I coulda sewed better, crooked processor 🤣 I'll probably put a magnet in it and give it to my dad who still tinkers.

First draft sample of circuit board rendered in yarn. Kinda poor resolution in pixels, lol!
Practiced diagonals and zigzags.zigzag.
Learned things, should have begun with light green.

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Rach 🧶 @ranchpesto.bsky.social · 21/07/2025

No stream today, taking a break, maybe a nap, and working on a prototype swatch because of inspiration in a channel chat. Should really go play around with my bike!

Sitting on the patio toking and this guy comes out all bold.

He's eating my dandelions so I guess he's alright.

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Rach 🧶 @ranchpesto.bsky.social · 21/07/2025

Crochet 🧶 content! Hats finished lately and in progress. One in Bargello stitch according to Petra Tornack Zimmermann Tunisian Crochet Colorful Pattern Mix Vol 3. One finished and one in progress regular-crochet ambidextrous wave stitch hats, designed by yours truly. #crochet #onstream #twitch

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Rach 🧶 @ranchpesto.bsky.social · 17/07/2025

Sneak peek, the purple-ing has happened! It is dark 🤔 There will be some red showing through in places, I ran out but did my best with the sample pot. Short stream tomorrow with the results! 11am pacific until a while.

Pardon my dusty mirror.
Mauve ends happening?
This will definitely be a change.

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Rach 🧶 @ranchpesto.bsky.social · 16/07/2025

Nooo! I messed up my audio tracks in OBS and my last two streams are muted! D'oh! Win some lose some, I guess. #twitch #technicaldifficulties

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Rach 🧶 @ranchpesto.bsky.social · 16/07/2025

Woah, volume up to hear the local coyote pack sounding off in the middle of the night! Then a plane came through, cut. #PNW #IslandLife #nature #night

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Rach 🧶 @ranchpesto.bsky.social · 15/07/2025

Holy smokes @carrotcleric.bsky.social thanks so much for gifting subs to my channel! Made my day! Thanks for bringing your community by, I must return the favor or at least watch your stream! Meeting so many cool streamers, delighted to be connected on bluesky. 😊 Give this streamer a follow! #twitch

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Rach 🧶 @ranchpesto.bsky.social · 15/07/2025

20/30 sub goal but chat voted purple anyways. Decided a strand test first was important, and a good thing too, it's not taking on the red! Bleach arrives tomorrow so I'll have some fun hair after that. 👱‍♂️ Y'all get a weird purple stripe for stream tomorrow. 🦨💜 #twitch

Selfie sampling hair dye, purple don't stick to red!
The last of my strawberry blonde clings to 12 o'clock but is surrounded by gray and silver.

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Rach 🧶 @ranchpesto.bsky.social · 14/07/2025

Visited by a leggy lizard guy. Turns out to be a Northern Alligator Lizard, per Google lens and comparing results. Biggest gator in these parts! #PNW #NatureMovingIn #IslandLife

Scaley little guy on my patio. Riding the sun/shade line.

Virtually the same image from a different angle as I snuck up on him.

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Rach 🧶 @ranchpesto.bsky.social · 13/07/2025

Did sawmill business until my finger got smashed. Swear I didn't smoke first, it was an accident! Nice pinch between tree and hardware, very faint bruise on my nail is all that resulted, but there was much flinging and cursing. Safe to say, work was over! Typical level of productivity around here.

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Rach 🧶 @ranchpesto.bsky.social · 12/07/2025

Auction is live! Benefiting the kids at St Jude, Twitch.tv/MoCoMade is running a fundraiser AND an auction. I have contributed a set of 4 crochet hats! Find them here with other beautiful art contributions. Make some bids, win great art! tiltify.com/@mocomade/au... #twitch #art #crochet #stjude

Variety of hats for auction, L/XL fit, 9% merino wool content in top 2 and bottom right.

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Rach 🧶 @ranchpesto.bsky.social · 11/07/2025

For your amusement, sometimes I run the power tools too! May have sawmill action pics later. Be back to my usual tame indoor pursuits Sat/Sun for stream @ 11am pdt. Partly documented just to horrify @pharewings.bsky.social ,should I share in your show and tell? 🤣🤣🤣 stream joke

Log too wide to pass through the sawmill, must be trimmed. Starting the cut.
I'm wearing chainsaw chaps, ear and eye protection, boots and gloves for safety.

Satisfyingly sharp blade, good chips flying.
This is the big boy saw, a little much for me but I can wrangle one cut.

Captured the cut-through! If you look closely the end cut has fallen.

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Rach 🧶 @ranchpesto.bsky.social · 10/07/2025

I'll be back at it today at 11am PDT, streaming crochet and chill tunes. I did nap yesterday, but then didn't sleep well at night, ha ha, thanks brain. Well, a day off was good. I've been sneaking up on what passes for "full time" streaming, but it's a lot of ON time, not great at it yet. 😊😅 wip

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Rach 🧶 @ranchpesto.bsky.social · 08/07/2025

I go for rides on boats sometimes. Also to Costco, big trip, bought all the snaaaacks! Costco was out of pesto. 🤬 Mom's got covid, rats. That's still going around. She says it's mild this time, hoping my dad doesn't catch it, he's still a bit weakened. Stream today at 11 pacific time. #twitch

Boat railing with rope. Shoreline, water and sky background.
$25 boat ride to get to Costco. It's still cheaper than shopping locally hahaha! Locals know they've got a captive market.

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Rach 🧶 @ranchpesto.bsky.social · 04/07/2025

New sub goal for fun and for my 6 month affiliate-versary on July 13th! If by some miracle I can get to a total of 30 subs, I will dye my hair purple and wear a dress to stream on one day. Currently at 9/30! Have purple! Come hang and chill, cause chaos, see silly hats! #twitch Twitch.tv/ranchpesto

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Rach 🧶 @ranchpesto.bsky.social · 03/07/2025

Live shortly, doing a couple random crochet projects and raiding Camp Chaos at 2pm pacific time. #twitch #crochet Twitch.tv/ranchpesto

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Rach 🧶 @ranchpesto.bsky.social · 30/06/2025

Finally writing the pattern to the ambidextrous wave stitch hat. Free to anyone who can use both hands! Finished example of the hat, made for @craftyoddmama.bsky.social shown in rainbows with magenta accents. Last stream got the first segment written, will continue in tomorrow's stream. 11am pdt.

Ambidextrous wave stitch hat in rainbow and magenta, with yarn, hook, and a partial hat.

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