mutually unrequited dryad

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mutually unrequited dryad@theherocomplex· 2d

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

mutually unrequited dryad@theherocomplex· 4d

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

mutually unrequited dryad@theherocomplex· 16d

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

mutually unrequited dryad@theherocomplex· 27d

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

mutually unrequited dryad@theherocomplex· 27d

the 90s hair alone!!!!

a screenshot from the movie Independence Day, showing a brunette white woman in a light colored shirt

mutually unrequited dryad@theherocomplex· Jun 30

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

mutually unrequited dryad@theherocomplex· Jun 17

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

mutually unrequited dryad@theherocomplex· Jun 1

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

mutually unrequited dryad@theherocomplex· May 28

"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

mutually unrequited dryad@theherocomplex· May 27

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

mutually unrequited dryad@theherocomplex· May 26

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"

mutually unrequited dryad@theherocomplex· May 26

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

mutually unrequited dryad@theherocomplex· May 17

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

mutually unrequited dryad@theherocomplex· May 15

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

mutually unrequited dryad@theherocomplex· May 11

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

mutually unrequited dryad@theherocomplex· May 11

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

mutually unrequited dryad@theherocomplex· May 8

she tired quickly of the festivities

a slightly blurry shot of a fluffy white cat, with a dark tail, running away from the camera, while carrying a pink bandanna

mutually unrequited dryad@theherocomplex· May 8

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"

mutually unrequited dryad@theherocomplex· Apr 29

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.”

mutually unrequited dryad@theherocomplex· Apr 28

baby in a box

a bird's-eye view of a fluffy white cat, with a dark tail and huge blue eyes, staring up at the viewer as she sits in a cardboard box

mutually unrequited dryad@theherocomplex· Mar 23

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

mutually unrequited dryad@theherocomplex· Mar 22

the Annabelle-Arlo friendship continues to grow!!

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

mutually unrequited dryad@theherocomplex· Mar 13

all day I am thinking about...Her

a beautiful spinning wheel with a reddish finish, sitting in the grass outside a grey wooden building; the wheel is the Polonaise model from Kromski

mutually unrequited dryad@theherocomplex· Mar 12

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

mutually unrequited dryad@theherocomplex· Mar 12

"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

mutually unrequited dryad@theherocomplex· Mar 12

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

mutually unrequited dryad@theherocomplex· Mar 9

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

mutually unrequited dryad@theherocomplex· Mar 5

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

mutually unrequited dryad@theherocomplex· Feb 27

bobbin bobbin who's got the bobbin I doooooooo #handspinning

a bobbin of freshly spun yarn, in colorful but muted tones of blue, green, reddish-brown, and cream

mutually unrequited dryad@theherocomplex· Feb 26

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