iiinova — where your digital self keeps evolving

Reposted by Susan 🍁

CCPA — Canadian Centre for Policy Alternatives @policyalternatives.ca · 30/09/2026

Today is the National Day for Truth and Reconciliation. It is a day to pause and reflect.

Susan 🍁 @susanbytheriver.northsky.social · 22/09/2026

Greta’s new autumn sweater gives her a real confidence boost! This little Italian Greyhound is needle felted on cotton fabric and framed in an oval beechwood hoop. #art #artist #needlefelting #woolfelting #fibreart

2D sitting Italian Greyhound in colourful sweater, needle felted on turquoise fabric with a little star pattern and framed in an oval hoop. Sweater is primarily orange, with green and yellow striped areas, there’s a teal circle with a red heart inside, along with some flames as well.

081

Susan 🍁 @susanbytheriver.northsky.social · 22/09/2026

Can’t wait to read Lee’s insightful new book! ✨✨✨

000

Susan 🍁 @susanbytheriver.northsky.social · 20/09/2026

Needle felted cat on cotton! My inspiration for this design was a paper collaged cat I’d seen and tucked away in my “felting ideas” file. It was fun translating the concept of collage to a wool painting. #needlefelting #paintingwithwool #cats #art #artist

2D needle felted stylized cat in square hoop with rounded corners. Colour palette is gold, orange, red, pink, lime green, grey, brown, and dark navy.

3416

Susan 🍁 @susanbytheriver.northsky.social · 18/09/2026

Wet felted wool coasters with a touch of silk. I created a large rectangle design first, then cut it into smaller pieces and felted those some more. The finished coasters are 4.5” squares. The amazing transformation from fluff to felt never gets old! #wetfelting #woolfelting #wool #art #artist

Six wet felted square coasters with large, loose floral pattern on them: blues, pinks, yellows, and greens.

080

Susan 🍁 @susanbytheriver.northsky.social · 15/09/2026

Needle felted pendants ready for the Apples & Art studio tour! The tour happens on Sept 26/27 in Stormont, Dundas, and Glengarry counties (Ontario, Canada), and my felt art will be at Seaway Crafters Guild in Morrisburg. applesandart.ca #art #artist #felting #woolfelting #feltart

Tiny needle felted scene (of a golden field with trees and sky in the background) in a round stainless steel pendant setting. Pendant displayed on a card, held by Susan in front of a lace curtained window.

12 needle felted pendants displayed on cards.

031

Susan 🍁 @susanbytheriver.northsky.social · 13/09/2026

Trying out some needle felted wool in stainless steel pendant settings. What do you think? #needlefelting #woolfelting #pendants #art #artist

Three circular and six rectangular pendants. Needle felted wool in stainless steel settings. Circles are land and river scapes and rectangles are red, orange, yellow, green, blue, and violet.

180

Susan 🍁 @susanbytheriver.northsky.social · 11/09/2026

So many butterflies on the zinnias today. There were three monarchs visiting all at once! #butterflies #bloomscrolling #pollinators

Two monarch butterflies on orange and salmon coloured zinnias

040

Susan 🍁 @susanbytheriver.northsky.social · 10/09/2026

Day two of needle felting this autumn leaves tote bag. Aiming to finish tomorrow! #fibreart #felting #needlefelting #art #artist

Natural coloured canvas tote bag with dark red bottom and handles. Needle felted autumnal leaf design in progress.

1110

Susan 🍁 @susanbytheriver.northsky.social · 09/09/2026

Needle felted tote bag in progress. Usually I go freehand, so tracing out a design like this is a change for me. Enjoying the focus on colour as I slowly work through this pattern. My hand, wrist, elbow, and shoulder tell me that this is all I can do for today! #needlefelting #felting #fibreart

130

Susan 🍁 @susanbytheriver.northsky.social · 08/09/2026

Plum baby 👼 This little one is the third to be completed (apple, then peach before it)…and I’m the happiest with its face. I’m always amazed at the nuance in creating tiny, simple features. #felting #needlefelting #feltart #art #artist #fibreart

Wet felted purple plum pouch with fold over leaves beside a needle felted baby with a rounded, blossom pink body and a purple hood. Both on a wooden board with two red plums.

060

Susan 🍁 @susanbytheriver.northsky.social · 07/09/2026

Harvest babies! Wet felted fruit pouches with needle felted babies tucked inside…plum, apple, and peach #felting #wetfelting #needlefelting #feltart #art #artist

Three wet felted pouches with fold over leaves on top. Purple plum, red apple, and peachy pink peach. All sitting on large foxglove leaves.

Three wet felted pouches with fold over leaves on top. Small needle felted babies peek out from each pouch. Purple plum, red apple, and peachy pink peach. All sitting on large foxglove leaves.

Three wet felted pouches with fold over leaves on top. Purple plum, red apple, and peachy pink peach. Three needle felted babies rest in front. Their bodies are rounded pink shapes , the colours of fruit blossoms, and they each wear a hood that matches their fruit pouch. All sitting on large foxglove leaves.

0184

Reposted by Susan 🍁

the Mountain Goats @themountaingoats.bsky.social · 30/08/2026

this is really beautiful

71218256

Reposted by Susan 🍁

jj skolnik @supremenothing.myatproto.social · 11/08/2026

what if i do not want to be optimized. what if i want to make mistakes because that’s how you learn; what if i want to do nothing sometimes, what if i want a world that is weird and challenging and has mysteries left to reveal. what if i like taking the long way

3333541009

Susan 🍁 @susanbytheriver.northsky.social · 31/07/2026

It’s been a while since I painted a piece of furniture, and I really enjoyed this project. This 1930’s dresser belonged to my grandparents. After close to 100 years of use (whoa!), the veneer was in pretty rough shape. This refresh gives it a whole new life! #upcycling #furniturepainting

1930’s three drawer dresser with round mirror. Body of dresser painted an olive/sage green, and drawers are a green toned gold with a stripe of cream coloured leaves down the front. Wood around the mirror and along the front corner edges is simply waxed rather than painted.

1930’s three drawer dresser in original condition

050

Susan 🍁 @susanbytheriver.northsky.social · 29/07/2026

Sweet Marigold bird watching from our front porch turned catio #cats #calicocats #catsofbluesky

Calico cat sitting on a brown cushion in a screened porch and looking upwards

041

Susan 🍁 @susanbytheriver.northsky.social · 26/07/2026

Yesterday’s garden piece. The base comes from a whole Jacob sheep’s fleece that my cousin gave me. Though I plan to wash & card at least some of the fibres, I tried using some in their raw form & washing them while wet felting. Coarse and rustic, but it worked. And no more barnyard smell! #felting

Wet felted garden scene: multicoloured, kind of a water colour effect

Back of the garden scene: white, cream, brown, and black fibres from a Jacob sheep.

010

Susan 🍁 @susanbytheriver.northsky.social · 26/07/2026

Working on a wet felted piece in the garden. Lots of colourful inspiration! #woolfelting #wetfelting #feltart #garden #art #artist

Short dark haired person with glasses, wearing a blue tshirt, stands in front of a table, working on a layout of wool for a wet felted garden inspired piece. Table faces a colourful flower garden.

On a table facing a colourful flower garden, there’s a layout of wool for a wet felted garden inspired piece.

071

Susan 🍁 @susanbytheriver.northsky.social · 23/07/2026

Finally finished my little #felted woodland fairy house…it’s been close to complete since the spring. Hurray! #woolfelting #needlefelting #wetfelting #feltart #art #artist

A needle felted and wet felted sculpture of a woodland fairy house: The base looks like a tree trunk surrounded by mossy rocks and amanita muscaria mushrooms. The roof is green, tall, and pointed, with a long curly bit on top. The roof comes off and there’s a little space inside the trunk to keep tiny treasures.

060

Susan 🍁 @susanbytheriver.northsky.social · 22/07/2026

Morning visit from an osprey, perched on the church steeple two doors down. #birds #BirdsOfBluesky

Osprey on church steeple, silhouetted against a cloudy sky

010

Reposted by Susan 🍁

mothra stewart @gorl.gay · 13/07/2026

if a dragonfly asked me to guard a mossy key for 100 years i'd be like 'yeah,, i can make that work.'

0527

Susan 🍁 @susanbytheriver.northsky.social · 02/07/2026

New kind of bird visiting the bird bath. Henry extends the stare of menace from inside the house. #CatsofBluesky #cats

Dark grey short haired tabby cat with white chest sits on the edge of a concrete bird bath with his tail hanging down. Bird bath is in a grassy yard, with shrubs in the background.

Dilute ginger cat sits on a beige cat climber behind the glass of a living room window. A white porch railing is reflected in the window. Cat looks concerned and focused.

330

Reposted by Susan 🍁

Cheryl in Nova Scotia 🇨🇦🍁🍁 @minibubbly.bsky.social · 30/06/2026

Gander Social is doing their official launch -- open to everyone on Canada Day tomorrow - July 1, 2026. Link here: gandersocial.ca

This Canada Day you will find me on Gander.

Socials that'll make you smile (lawn chairs with numerous colours.)

1015172

Susan 🍁 @susanbytheriver.northsky.social · 17/06/2026

Progress on my hollyhocks! Up too late but wanted to stay in the flow 🌊 #needlefelting #paintingwithwool #fibrearts #art #artist

Needle felted pink and green hollyhocks on black felt, along with felting needles and wool on a stainless steel table top.

090

Susan 🍁 @susanbytheriver.northsky.social · 17/06/2026

Henry the cat oversees the beginning of a new #needlefelted piece, some hollyhocks for my aunt’s 80th birthday 🎂 #woolfelting #paintingwithwool #fibrearts #art #artist

Henry the ginger cat curled up in an array of pink and green wool batts. In the foreground, a rectangular piece of black felt with hollyhock stems and leaves sketched out in needle felted wool.

050

Reposted by Susan 🍁

Leah ProudLakota (she/her) @leahgazan.bsky.social · 15/06/2026

A year ago, the Liberals bulldozed Bill C-5 through parliament in violation of their duty to obtain the free, prior and informed consent of Indigenous peoples. (1/3)

13321

Reposted by Susan 🍁

Colman O'Sullivan @colmanos.bsky.social · 13/06/2026

Thousands have turned out for an Anti-Racism rally in Belfast city centre, organised by United Against Racism and supported by Trade Unions

168147133529

Susan 🍁 @susanbytheriver.northsky.social · 10/06/2026

A new needle felted whale and my branch of felted this-and-thats. #woolfelting #needlefelting #fibrearts #art #artist

Needle felted whale held by a hand in front of a sage green wall.

Leafless tree branch hanging on wall, decorated with assortment of felted objects.

060

Reposted by Susan 🍁

Avi Lewis @avilewis.ca · 27/05/2026

1/ Right now, a bill called C-22 is moving through Parliament. It would let police pull information on who you talk to, when, and where, all without a warrant. It's at committee this week. 🧵

12509340

Reposted by Susan 🍁

Matthew Remski @matthewremski.bsky.social · 13/05/2026

Through 70 years of purging anticapitalism from the Overton window, liberals and centrists have echoed the right in creating a specific kind of left subject. We must be imbalanced, unrealistic, naive. This is also a gendered discourse. youtube.com/shorts/nAXwd...

youtube.com

Punching left.

YouTube video by AntifascistDad

3146

Susan 🍁 @susanbytheriver.northsky.social · 02/05/2026

Artists, if you see this, post a bird. Any art form, no AI. A little black capped fellow in acrylic paint on a maple syrup can. #Birds #SmallBirdSaturday #TraditionalArt

Hand holding painted tin can: background paint is orange/red, mid ground some robins egg blue, and foreground a black capped bird with an orange/yellow chest and white bits around the neck.

040

Reposted by Susan 🍁

Canadian History Ehx @cdnhistoryehx.bsky.social · 25/04/2026

The St. Lawrence Seaway was one of the most important construction projects in Canadian history. It allows ships to reach the Great Lakes from the Atlantic Ocean, but the project came at a cost to 6,500 Canadians. This is the story of The Lost Villages. 🧵 1/17

Aerial view of a wide waterway with two large cargo ships traveling in the same direction along a marked channel. The ships have long, flat decks with red cargo holds and white superstructures. The water is bordered by green islands and shoreline vegetation, with narrow strips of land separating channels. In the distance, the waterway continues toward industrial structures and more ships. The sky above is partly cloudy.

111437

Susan 🍁 @susanbytheriver.northsky.social · 03/04/2026

Just finished filling a wet felted vessel with Easter treats for my grown up kid and their gf! I felted this one on an egg shaped resist and cut off the top bit to make the lid. The little egg on top is needle felted and then wet felted. 🐣 #felting #wetfelting #fibrearts #artist #art

Cylindrical wet felted vessel with lid askew, showing a glimpse of wrapped chocolate inside.

Cylindrical wet felted vessel with lid. Handle on lid is a felted egg shape. Colour is predominantly yellow with loose floral shapes and leaves in pinks, blues, mauves, and greens.

181

Susan 🍁 @susanbytheriver.northsky.social · 01/04/2026

Another colourful rabbit! I wet felted the “shells” of two rabbits at the same time with this lovely short fibre Kap Merino…it’s just taken me a little while to finish the second one. After stuffing, I needle felted the rabbit’s features, clothes, and carrot 🥕 #fibrearts #felting #art #artist

Bright pink felted rabbit with robin’s egg blue shirt, yellow collar, blue pants, and striped socks. Pink pocket in front holding a needle felted carrot.

060

Susan 🍁 @susanbytheriver.northsky.social · 31/03/2026

Wet felted springtime! My aunt visited this past weekend, and it was such a delight to do some felting together. I was trying to keep my design loose, more of a pattern than a portrait. #wetfelting #fibrearts #feltart #art #artist

Wet felted rectangle with loose flower and leaf shapes on off white background. Pinks, blues, purples, yellows.

051

Susan 🍁 @susanbytheriver.northsky.social · 24/03/2026

I made a rabbit! It’s my first #felted stuffed animal. The body is wet felted all in one piece, and the details are needle felted. Vegetables not to scale. They’re made to fit in the pocket 😄 #needlefelting #wetfelting #woolfelting #fibrearts #art #artist

Wet felted rabbit in progress. Bright pink merino with brown merino for top of head and ears, and light pink merino/mohair for inner ears.

Wet felted and needle felted stuffed rabbit. Bright pink body with brown ears and black eyes, nose, and mouth. Yellow shirt, green scarf, blue pants with suspenders, pink pocket filled with vegetables.

0110

Reposted by Susan 🍁

yipeng ge 葛义朋 @yipengge.bsky.social · 17/03/2026

For those of you who are struggling with the state of the world, and find yourselves with tears or so much emotion that it can feel overwhelming: I hope you never lose your capacity to experience empathy, because it makes you human.

14815