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mutually unrequited dryad @theherocomplex.bsky.social · 14/09/2026

spinning update: I finished the singles for my Rhinebeck sweater! twelve bobbins, each with about four ounces of fiber I'm halfway through the plying, so now I just need to find a pattern! #handspinning

twelve bobbins of handspun yarn, stacked on top of each other in a pyramid; the yarn is a rich dark brown

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mutually unrequited dryad @theherocomplex.bsky.social · 08/09/2026

one last downtown summer spin before the semester starts tomorrow

A table, on which sit a ziploc bag of colorful spinning fiber, a Turkish drop spindle with some fiber on it, and the book A Short Stay in Hell

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mutually unrequited dryad @theherocomplex.bsky.social · 11/08/2026

going through old pictures on my phone and the amount of low-quality screenshots I have of Luo Yunxi and Chen Feiyu in BTS stuff from Immortality is...wild WE COULD HAVE HAD IT AAAAAAAAALL

a screenshot of a behind the scenes moment from the Chinese drama Immortality, featuring the actors Chen Feiyu and Luo Yunxi; they are in black and white, respectively, and made up with fake blood

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mutually unrequited dryad @theherocomplex.bsky.social · 09/08/2026

I keep getting letters for one of those "you need to get this policy update on your car, but no we won't actually give you our business name heh heh" scams, so I have devised a new way of disposing of them I unleash Lady Xenomorph upon them

a fluffy white cat chomps on a yellow piece of paper; she looks very ferocious while doing so

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mutually unrequited dryad @theherocomplex.bsky.social · 28/07/2026

I finally took pictures of my Tour de Fleece spins! no idea about my actual yardage (the skeins with yellow ties aren't measured yet), but if I averaged 150 yards per skein, then I have about 3,000 yards here. I spun approximately 1.7 miles of yarn in 21 days! #handspinning #yarn #tourdefleece

a large pile of colorful handspun yarn, stacked into a rough pyramid, on a worn wooden table, against a backdrop of vivid green trees

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mutually unrequited dryad @theherocomplex.bsky.social · 18/07/2026

can I get a HELL YEAH a SHIT YEAH a FUCK YEAH

A screenshot of a custom Commander Shepard from the video game Mass Effect

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mutually unrequited dryad @theherocomplex.bsky.social · 30/06/2026

my ability to spin very very fine singles has grown SO much in the last few weeks!! granted I'll need to spin slightly thicker ones for my Tour de Fleece project but look! LOOK AT HOW FINE

a woman's hand, holding up a very thin piece of handspun yarn

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mutually unrequited dryad @theherocomplex.bsky.social · 17/06/2026

it's been a while since I showed off my latest spins, so here they are! 1. Polwarth, chain-plied, ~90 yds (I knitted this into the STURDIEST little hat) 2. Romney from an ewe named Lyra! three-ply, ~300 yds? maybe? 3. Rambouillet, chain-plied, dyed by my friend from spinning class, ~150 yds?

a skein of pink, orange, and white handspun yarn, held up against a background of green trees

a skein of grey-brown handspun yarn, held up against a background of green trees

two skeins of rich blue handspun yarn, with greenish highlights, held up against a background of green trees

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mutually unrequited dryad @theherocomplex.bsky.social · 01/06/2026

hmmm I'm in a bit of a reading slump so I think it's time to reread something I love, just to get that energy back up...which means...

the cover of the novel "The Gone World" by Tom Sweterlitsch; it is a light blue background, with the title in blue text, and a red figure holding a helmet, walking away from the viewer and into the distance

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mutually unrequited dryad @theherocomplex.bsky.social · 28/05/2026

"what do you do with all the socks you knit?" apparently I just put them in the sock box and forget they exist

a plastic tub full of colorful handknit socks, some of which are in a plastic ziploc bag

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mutually unrequited dryad @theherocomplex.bsky.social · 27/05/2026

behold! just under one pound of Romney three-ply, Annabelle for scale (yardage tbd)

A fluffy white cat with dark markings on her head, sniffing a huge bobbin of handspun grey yarn

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mutually unrequited dryad @theherocomplex.bsky.social · 26/05/2026

MY SUPER FLYER IS HERE; MY SPINNING IS ABOUT TO GO TO LUDICROUS SPEED Yes this expression is warranted

A white woman with brown hair grinning like a goober at the camera, while holding a box that says "Ashford Wheels and Looms"

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mutually unrequited dryad @theherocomplex.bsky.social · 26/05/2026

I am on a fiber diet until Rhinebeck but look at all the lovely things I got at MA Sheep & Wool!! pictured: three fiber braids from Dirty Girl Yarns, two color packs from Play at Life, and 2-ish pounds of Finn roving (in the plastic bags) that will hopefully become my Rhinebeck sweater this year!

dark brown spinning fiber, with light hairs scattered through it

several colorful braids of spinning fiber, along with two packs of spinning roving in neutral/natural colors, and two bags of shortbread cookies

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mutually unrequited dryad @theherocomplex.bsky.social · 17/05/2026

a lovely fiber-y* day yesterdayI got to hang out with @tuxkate.bsky.social and to see some spinning friends, and as I left the exhibition with my handspun skeins, a woman stopped me and said, "oh! I thought you were carrying a small, beautiful animal!" (*I bought a pound of Romney fiber, oops)

a smiling white woman with brown hair, wearing cats-eye sunglasses, holding up an armful of handspun yarn

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mutually unrequited dryad @theherocomplex.bsky.social · 15/05/2026

that said, my new phone has opened up a whole new era of Annabelle pictures

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mutually unrequited dryad @theherocomplex.bsky.social · 11/05/2026

nine months of handspun yarn -- I'm sure I missed a few skeins, but it's so cool to see them like this, oldest to newest! #yarn #handspun

several colorful skeins of handspun yarn; some are lumpy and clearly made by a beginner

several colorful skeins of handspun yarn

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mutually unrequited dryad @theherocomplex.bsky.social · 11/05/2026

getting just a wee bit emotional over how much Annabelle has grown over the past year she was so skinny and lanky and now she is filling out into a True Sylph-Like Lady

a skinny white cat, sitting on the back of a chair, looking at the viewer; the room behind her is colorful, cluttered, and filled with books

a fluffy white cat with a dark tail sits in a windowsill, staring outside

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mutually unrequited dryad @theherocomplex.bsky.social · 08/05/2026

HUGE NEWS, EVERYONE Lady Annabelle Blue is two years old today!!!

a fluffy white cat, sitting on top of a desk chair, with a pink bandanna in front of her that says "it's my birthday"

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mutually unrequited dryad @theherocomplex.bsky.social · 29/04/2026

Mr. Robert Jackson Bennett has been reading Wolf Hall, I see (I don't know if he actually has but when I read that passage from City of Blades last night, all I could think was CROMWELL)

A screenshot of a section of text from the book City of Blades by Robert Jackson Bennett: "People like you," says Signe. "You think the world's decided in fortresses, atop battlements, from far behind razor wire and fences. It's not, not anymore. The world's decided in countinghouses. We don't listen to the march of boots; we listen to type machines and calculation machines pounding out revenues and budgets. This is how civilization progresses -- one innovation at the right time, changing the very way the world changes. It just needs one big push to start the momentum. Thinadeshi herself knew that. She tried. And we are left to take up her work."

A quote from Wolf Hall, by Hilary Mantel: "
“Let's say I will rip your life apart. Me and my banker friends."
How can he explain that to him? The world is not run from where he thinks. Not from border fortresses, not even from Whitehall. The world is run from Antwerp, from Florence, from places he has never imagined; from Lisbon, from where the ships with sails of silk drift west and are burned up in the sun. Not from the castle walls, but from counting houses, not be the call of the bugle, but by the click of the abacus, not by the grate and click of the mechanism of the gun but by the scrape of the pen on the page of the promissory note that pays for the gun and the gunsmith and the powder and shot.”

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mutually unrequited dryad @theherocomplex.bsky.social · 23/03/2026

my cat, Lady Annabelle Blue, has decided that my parents' dog Arlo is her FAVORITE thing in the entire world, forever, and it gives me such joy

a large white golden retriever lies on a dark floor, with a fluffy white cat cuddled up next to him

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mutually unrequited dryad @theherocomplex.bsky.social · 22/03/2026

the Annabelle-Arlo friendship continues to grow!!

a white golden retriever and a fluffy white cat staring out a window together

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mutually unrequited dryad @theherocomplex.bsky.social · 12/03/2026

it's been a little while since I shared a picture of Annabelle so here she is! she is getting So Big and also sometimes she gets so poofy her floofy neck turns into an Elizabethan collar

a poofy white cat with dark markings on her head, staring down at the viewer; she looks both sleepy and disheveled

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mutually unrequited dryad @theherocomplex.bsky.social · 12/03/2026

"be chilled and calm always" is not something to say to a person who has been dropped from three separate chats so far this morning

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mutually unrequited dryad @theherocomplex.bsky.social · 12/03/2026

oh yes AI is an incredible invention, truly something that will stand the test of time

a screen shot of the Xfinity virtual assistant, which says Hello [Customer's First Name]!, instead of the user's actual name

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mutually unrequited dryad @theherocomplex.bsky.social · 09/03/2026

why am I not home with the love of my life, Lady Annabelle Blue

a fluffy white cat with dark marking on her head sitting awkwardly on a blue towel

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mutually unrequited dryad @theherocomplex.bsky.social · 05/03/2026

my latest finished spins! top row: the rest of the Polwarth/silk, chain-plied, probably about 100 yards? bottom row: Gnomespun wool roving (I forget the breed), also chain-plied, probably 150 yards? #handspinning #yarn

a close-up of handspun yarn, in various browns, reds, and blues

a skein of handspun yarn, in various browns, reds, and blues, on a white background

a skein of handspun yarn in earthen tones, with blues and creams mixed in

a close-up of a skein of handspun yarn in earthen tones, with blues and creams mixed in

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mutually unrequited dryad @theherocomplex.bsky.social · 26/02/2026

the newest spin -- 4oz of Polwarth/silk from Three Waters Farm, in the colorway "Quiet Contrast"; I chain-plied this to try to keep the colors together, but I love the barber-pole effect! about 92yds of a DK-ish weight yarn so glad I have another 4oz of this! #handspinning #yarn

a skein of handspun yarn, with blues, reds, and browns mixed together, on a white background

a close-up of a skein of handspun yarn, with blues, reds, and browns mixed together, on a white background

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mutually unrequited dryad @theherocomplex.bsky.social · 25/02/2026

last week at spinning class, we went to our instructor's studio and after we spent most of the night carding, I got to try the great wheel and fell COMPLETELY in love

A white woman with dark hair, wearing a dark blue sweater and a purple skirt, spins on a large and old spinning wheel with reddish fiber

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mutually unrequited dryad @theherocomplex.bsky.social · 17/02/2026

one step closer to making my coworkers worry about me

A desk area, which is decorated by several framed pictures of a fluffy cat

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mutually unrequited dryad @theherocomplex.bsky.social · 10/02/2026

never shutting up about my ~320 yards of fingering weight two-ply Gotland handspun yarn ever again #knitting #handspun

Two skeins of heathered grey handspun yarn

Three strands of heathered grey handspun yarn, held against fingers for scale. The strands are quite thin.

A close-up of a very squishy-looking grey heathered handspun yarn

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mutually unrequited dryad @theherocomplex.bsky.social · 09/02/2026

tiny little cowardly babies over at Discord -- I've sent in a support request too, saying the same thing, but does anyone know of an email that they DO read?

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mutually unrequited dryad @theherocomplex.bsky.social · 09/02/2026

poor Milo! I hope he's recovered ❤ Annabelle did the same thing right after I got her, and she ended up with a very fetching necklace for a bit

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mutually unrequited dryad @theherocomplex.bsky.social · 04/02/2026

it needs another run through the wheel to tighten up the plies a bit, but! I've spun my first fingering weight yarn!! no idea of the yardage yet, but it's a very yummy two-ply spun from Gotland roving!

two spinning bobbins sitting on a bookshelf, both full of fine grey wool yarn

three strands of fine grey two-ply yarn, wrapped around my fingers for scale

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mutually unrequited dryad @theherocomplex.bsky.social · 25/01/2026

I know it's a very small thing but uh. holy shit. I got PSLF. my student loans are GONE

A screenshot of a letter confirming I got public service loan forgiveness

A screenshot of the MOHELA website, showing no balance remaining on my students loans

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mutually unrequited dryad @theherocomplex.bsky.social · 25/01/2026

a quick timeline breather for anyone who needs it: Annabelle invites you to sit with her for a few minutes

A fluffy white cat sits awkwardly but adorably on a blue towel, staring winsomely upward

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mutually unrequited dryad @theherocomplex.bsky.social · 13/01/2026

Annabelle update: was very brave at the vet, despite barking dogs, getting her mouth poked, and having to sit in the Box of Doom (her carrier); apparently I paid $100 to be told she's fine BUT everyone admired her so much and she's gained two pounds in eight months! the best princess baby

a fluffy white cat with dark markings on her head and huge blue eyes, looking off to the side, while standing under a colorful quilt

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mutually unrequited dryad @theherocomplex.bsky.social · 24/12/2025

happy holidays from me and Lady Annabelle Blue, who has no idea she will receive a box of forty churus and at least twelve crinkle ball toys tomorrow morning

a smiling woman in a handknit black sweater with a pink pattern, holding a fluffy white cat with huge blue eyes. the cat looks unimpressed.

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mutually unrequited dryad @theherocomplex.bsky.social · 15/12/2025

might have baked a little close to the sun this weekend

several clear plastic food storage tubs stacked on top of each other. each one is packed full of cookies

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mutually unrequited dryad @theherocomplex.bsky.social · 11/12/2025

newest spin: some GORGEOUS Spun Monkey Falkland roving that I bought years and years ago, and just got around to now

a close-up of a skein of handspun yarn, with red, orange, grey, and mauve all mixed together

a skein of handspun yarn, with red, orange, grey, and mauve all mixed together

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