iiinova — where your digital self keeps evolving

yarnquester @yarnquester.bsky.social · 05/10/2026

I am at this part now, and I am IN come save the girl, sad priest

A homicide detective and a priest in sweatpants with a towel around his neck are discussing something. The camera is peering at them through a chain link fence.
A subtitle at the bottom says "facing backwards," referring to a man found dead with his head twisted fully around.

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yarnquester @yarnquester.bsky.social · 07/08/2026

Last weekend I went to a free botanical garden and had lots of fun seeing the tropical plants

Photogrsph of pitcher plants hanging above large monstera leaves.

Close-up photograph of purple and white orchids with golden speckling.

Photograph of the hot pink flower at the center of a dramatic spray of spiky leaves (sorry, I don't remember what this plant was called).

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yarnquester @yarnquester.bsky.social · 06/07/2026

I saw a pond full of tadpoles this weekend and ate much tasty food and found a plastic skull at a garage sale so it was pretty good

Tadpoles swim in a dark water pond lit by a bright summer sun. It looks kind of like the Milky Way.

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yarnquester @yarnquester.bsky.social · 29/06/2026

My feet are very tired, but I got to go see a bunch of big boats today, and wander around a graveyard So, an excellent day, really

Rigging on a tall sailing ship, seen from below looking up.

A large mortuary monument. There is a lyre, a bust of the writer, and his name, Edgar Allen Poe. Dark roses are laid above and around his name.

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yarnquester @yarnquester.bsky.social · 20/05/2026

You know what the great thing about knitting is, is I spent 3 days and now have ABSOLUTELY WHIMSICAL COZY

A selfie: I am in a rounded hat with a pointy peak and tiny little tuft. The hat is watercolorish mossy forest colors

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yarnquester @yarnquester.bsky.social · 19/04/2026

The two blank faded blocks become less important; the binding being frayed in spots reminds me that I want to care for this thing she made

The same quilt, laid out flat across the floor. It is made up of twelve big tshirt blocks, two or three of which have faded to pale blankness. Behind the blocks are interlocking frames over a dark background.

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yarnquester @yarnquester.bsky.social · 19/04/2026

It was a neat idea; I really liked it

A tshirt quilt of blues and bright tropical colors is draped messily over the back of a couch. It's hard to see what images are on the tshirts, but it's fish, whales, and dolphins.

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yarnquester @yarnquester.bsky.social · 21/03/2026

Oh my god God, practicing WORKS, LOOK HOW PRETTY IT IS 😍 I am pleased with myself (the layers are off-brand Nutella)

A layered and braided babka, enriched bread dough, of milk bread and Nutella.

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yarnquester @yarnquester.bsky.social · 14/03/2026

Aaaaaaaaaauiuuuuugh (I barely remember how to draw. This doodle turned out cute, though)

A digital sketch of a paper bag with handles and a drawn-on jack o'lantern face.

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yarnquester @yarnquester.bsky.social · 07/03/2026

Things making me happy today: NEWT!!! Turtle with a mustache!! The extremely excellent names the nature center staff have given all of these cute critters: the newt is named Fig; the turtle is Mabel

The head of a red-spotted newt is visible peeking through a gap on green leaves. In the foreground, there is a yellow button for enrichment.

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yarnquester @yarnquester.bsky.social · 15/02/2026

Also I had lots of fun exploring a quilt museum

Triangular wooden blocks arranged in a tray. White, green, and brown triangles form a 2 by 2 quilt pattern of pinwheels and diagonal stripes

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yarnquester @yarnquester.bsky.social · 01/01/2026

I read 24 books this year! (I don't typically log rereads, which I enjoy doing a fair bit when I'm stressed, so there's probably other books in there! And I don't typically track if I start a book and pause it/switch to something else)

A graph of books and pages read per month in 2025. The line dips and leaps wildly, with the most books (4) read in May, and a small drought of reading in July and August.

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yarnquester @yarnquester.bsky.social · 27/12/2025

I saw The Muppet Christmas Carol for the first time this year: alright, that's pretty fun But now it is time for MY favorite holiday tradition: The X-Files

A picture of a TV screen. On it is the opening scene to Season 6, Episode 6 of The X-Files: How the Ghosts Stole Christmas. There is a large old house dramatically lit with low rolling fog. In the lower left, it is captioned "Christmas Eve, Somewhere in Maryland."

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yarnquester @yarnquester.bsky.social · 21/12/2025

New book! And fresh pretzels ☺️

The cover for Someone You Can Build A Nest In by John Wiswell. An unsettling monster with wild hair, a smiling face, tentacles, and a witches hat long over a nice woman holding a lantern. Chains and symbols like books, skulls, and hearts surround the pair.

A cookie sheet full of homemade pretzels.

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yarnquester @yarnquester.bsky.social · 20/12/2025

Art vs. Artist I felt like I didn't do any drawing this year, so it's kinda cool to see what I did!! #ArtVsArtist

A collage of digital art: an elf riding a war-moose, a wizard surrounded by strange floating masks, two men recreating a very gorey Ghost scene, a neon mushroom landscape, and a vampire holding a snake like a feather boa, her smile dripping with blood. My picture is in the bottommost right!

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yarnquester @yarnquester.bsky.social · 07/12/2025

As is often the case, I think the sketch was better. But I liked how the colors turned out

Sketches of parts of this scene: one man looks to the side with concern, the other has his eyes closed in calm and joy. Two sets of hands overlapping.

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yarnquester @yarnquester.bsky.social · 07/12/2025

Alright, buckle in; D&D storytime. So: there's a Hot Priest in our game who, it turns out, is also mega-rich, but the really important thing about him is that he is a priest of a god who can best be described as: imagine a fucked-up deer in the forest. Now shoot it. Now cut open its guts and smile,

A digital painting: two men glance at each other while tenderly holding a ball of bloody guts together. In the background is a screenshot of the moment in Ghost with the pottery wheel.

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yarnquester @yarnquester.bsky.social · 06/12/2025

it's been ages since I drew anything new, but I've been having Ideas again, so: have an old drawing :) my new wizard, Sam IV

A digital painting by me, of a changeling with three masks of indistinct faces hovering around eir head. E clutches simple weaving tools with the workings of a spell in bright blue magic on it. E is dressed in long pale tunic, brown trousers, and a purple shawl, in vaguely Greco-Roman style.

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yarnquester @yarnquester.bsky.social · 05/12/2025

FIRST SNOW! In celebration, I have pulled out my favorite mittens

Black and white handknitted Scandinavian-style mittens. They are patterned with geometric designs featuring a pointed star.

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yarnquester @yarnquester.bsky.social · 13/11/2025

DONE! Designed and made by me 😁 off of Alice Starmore's instructions, and help from a friend writing that central fish cable This took me 5 years, several moves, and a lot of cursing like a sailor, but I'm quite proud of how it turned out I'm so excited to send it off to its recipient now 😊

An Aran fisherman's sweater, oatmeal colored and warm, hangs on a coat hanger.

Folded up, the same sweater. Details of a braided cable are visible.

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yarnquester @yarnquester.bsky.social · 08/11/2025

AT LAST!!! (for context: I started knitting this sweater in 2020; lots of life things happened, and it took much longer than I expected to finish, but THE END IS IN SIGHT)

Four panels of an intricate cabled fisherman's sweater are laid out on a carpet. There are patterns of braided rope and skeletal fish in the panels.

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yarnquester @yarnquester.bsky.social · 04/11/2025

my D&D group had to travel through a demonically-fueled mushroom forest. I wanted to draw it:

a bookmark with digital drawing in psychedelic inks, yellows, greens, reds, and dark blues. Spore dots, shelf fungi, and translucent mushroom caps lurk in little crevices.

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yarnquester @yarnquester.bsky.social · 03/11/2025

Hello, and welcome to my favorite boat movie: Master and Commander

A TV screen: over the blue sea and the silhouette of a ship is white text: Admiralty Orders, to Capt. J. Aubrey. "Intercept French Privateer Acheron en route to Pacific intent on carrying the was into those waters... Sink, Burn or take her a Prize."

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yarnquester @yarnquester.bsky.social · 31/10/2025

These will shortly be pumpkin bars, which are the first on today's list of Things That Are Making Me Happy: 2. electricity! I get to light a bunch of candles and curl up all cozy with buttered noodles and paprikash and movies! It's really quite a lovely day 3. flannel jackets 🥰

A mixing bowl and whisk filled with a creamy orange goo. It looks warm and delicious.

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yarnquester @yarnquester.bsky.social · 26/10/2025

Aww yeah: new shirt; shiny pin; paladin-time

A selfie of me, a white person with sword earrings and big headphones on. I'm wearing a collarless pale pink floral shirt.

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yarnquester @yarnquester.bsky.social · 24/10/2025

Sewing projects day! I am gonna make up a cute button-up shirt with this fabric; I'm hoping to finish it this weekend I've got a fun playlist of musicals to sing along with while I'm working too 😊

A pale pink fabric with bright flowers and bold leaves. It looks romantic and drapey.

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yarnquester @yarnquester.bsky.social · 19/10/2025

This weekend's creative crafting: pumpkin cinnamon rolls (delicious) and started a pair of new trousers

A round cake pan with homemade baked cinnamon rolls, bubbling with sugar and spices.

A not yet constructed pair of pants legs, in a taupe color. A pair of white and blue striped pockets are pinned to the pieces.

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yarnquester @yarnquester.bsky.social · 07/10/2025

My friend really liked a puffer vest that looked like a ribcage; I'm attempting to hack a pattern and make one for her Pretty pleased? It looks like the thing!!

Tracing paper patterns for a sleeveless vest are laid out on the floor. A pencil and ruled cutting mat have been used to draw a basic ribcage shape over them.

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yarnquester @yarnquester.bsky.social · 04/10/2025

Post a mage! Divination wizard :)

A digital illustration of a person in long tunic and trousers. They hold implements for weaving, with bluish magic swirling about them. Instead of a static face, e has indistinct masks hovering around eir head. The character's name is at the bottom: Sam Ivy.

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yarnquester @yarnquester.bsky.social · 01/10/2025

A thing making me happy today is: new book to read! (I reallllly really love her second book, Vampires of El Norte, which is a perfect blend of childhood friends-to-enemies-to-lovers and a road-trip horror) This one sounds like it will be more classic Creepy House/Weak Man horror

The Hacienda, by Isabel Cañas. A dark-haired woman in a red dress stands amongst yucca leaves in front of a red sky and a decrepit-looking stone house and tower. The vibes are Gothic.

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yarnquester @yarnquester.bsky.social · 28/09/2025

I have a normal amount of vampire movies now; why do you ask (I like having physical copies of things I want to see over and over)

An eclectic collection of DVD and Blu-ray discs: Murnau's Nosferatu, What We Do In The Shadows (TV series and movie), Interview with the Vampire season 1, the 2025 Nosferatu, Renfield, Abigail, Bram Stoker's Dracula, Boys from County Hell, Let The Right One In, and A Girl Walks Home Alone At Night.

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yarnquester @yarnquester.bsky.social · 26/09/2025

Pro gaming is called figuring out how to prop up the controller so I don't have to actually lift it

A clear Xbox controller lit from within with blue light. My hand holds it propped up against a pillow

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yarnquester @yarnquester.bsky.social · 20/09/2025

I also think it'd work maybe with this (nested game-within-a-game perhaps?), which is a really short ruleset I've always wanted to try

Cover for The Play's The Thing, by Mark Truman of Magpie Games. A game of Shakespearean playwrights and actors. A skeleton holds the severed head of an Elizabethan gentleman.

Back cover of the book: The Play's The Thing is a storytelling game about actors who want to rewrite the Shakespearean roles they've been given. You and your friends tell the story of an acting troupe that is scheduled to perform a new okay, but has a lot of disagreement about how that okay would go. While the Playwright might present you with a classic Shakespearean folio, you'll use your imagination and wit to craft new events and excitement in old stories. Imagine: if Ophelia never drowned...and killed Claudius herself. If Romeo never died...but fell in love with Mercutio. If Othello figured out that Iago was to blame...or secretly plotted to kill him first. In The Play's The Thing, one player takes on the role of Playwright, the writer and director of the Play, and the rest of you portray Actors (Hams, Leads, Villains, and Ingénues) who are best in roles. As you work your way through the Acts of the Play, you'll suggest changes that the Playwright has to incorporate into the work, making The Bard's stories even better.

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