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Berry Tired

Berry Tired

@berrytired.bsky.social

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Knitter, Spinner, Baker, Artist, Nerd, Animal Lover, Witch ❤️ I like making things with my hands so my brain shuts up for a while. (They/Them)

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Berry Tired @berrytired.bsky.social · 16d

Keep forgetting to post, too busy tinkering!

My love's father found his old fly reel and let me borrow it for the diy charkha 🥰 so the creature got an update!

A diy charkha spinning wheel, strapped to a laptop. The main structure is made of knitting needles and popsicle sticks, tied together into a ladder-like frame. There is a ruler strapped across the center for steadiness. The mother of all is a cardboard tube with a plastic straw shoved through it. The spindle is a knitting needle with plastic-lid washers to keep everything on. The new drive wheel is a fly fishing reel tied to the back. I am using some old fly fishing line as a new drive band for better grip.

#spinnersofbluesky #spinningwheel #diy

Berry Tired @berrytired.bsky.social · Sep 18

I am fueled purely on how slow it is to ply on a drop spindle 🤣 usually I'd try to let that slowness tame my ADHDemons, but I wanna knitting this Shetland into a scarf before the winter holidays lmao.

Berry Tired @berrytired.bsky.social · Sep 18

So while my Mum has been offering to get me a spinning wheel for the holidays...

That would just rob me of the joy of getting fed up and making my own? (No, I'm super grateful forreal, she's the best)

I'm so thankful to all the people online who have posted diy charkha instructions. Y'all rock.

A homemade charkha-like spinning wheel. Bare with me, folks. I'm gonna do my best to describe it.

The base frame is made from two large knitting needles, spaced by popsicle sticks, which are secured with rubber bands. It's all secured with rubber bands. There are so many rubber bands.

The maidens are two fidget spinners arranged vertically parallel to one another. The center grips have been popped out to expose the ball bearing, and another large knitting needle is shoved through it to make the spindle. There is a large bundle of plied yarn on the spindle. The yarn is oatmeal colored Shetland and spun quite fine.

The drive wheel is arranged perpendicular to the spindle and is made out of an old plastic bobbin. It is slotted onto a popsicle stick that is stuck into a third fidget spinner's ball bearing. There is another popsicle stick at the top of the one used for the drive wheel shaft, attached at a 90 degre angle. That one acts like a turning handle for the drive wheel.

Its drive band is yet another rubber band at the moment, but that has its issues and will be replaced soon.

The whole critter is strapped to a laptop, with more rubber bands, to give it some sturdiness.

#spinning #handspinning #spindlespinning #fiberarts #spinnersofbluesky #spinningwheel #charkha #diy

Berry Tired @berrytired.bsky.social · Sep 5

No problem! I have personally noticed some loss in heat when cooking the hot peppers for a while, so I recommend only charring those quickly or adding another source of ouch 😊

Berry Tired @berrytired.bsky.social · Sep 5

I usually do about a 1:3 ratio of water to vinegar and about a teaspoon or two of salt per cup of liquid. I do crank up the vinegar because me and the hubs like a tangy sauce.

I'm not a professional of any sort, so as always, pickle at your own risk!

Berry Tired @berrytired.bsky.social · Sep 5

Seconded heartily, love that smoky crunch.

Berry Tired @berrytired.bsky.social · Sep 5

I usually wing it! This one has like 10 shishito peppers, 1.5 small red onions, and 2 habañero peppers. Just with like white vinegar water and salt.

Berry Tired @berrytired.bsky.social · Sep 5

They're pork tenderloin! And dont worry, they're there for color. I had a thermometer nearby for safety. Nobody was overcooked in the making of this photo 😊

Berry Tired @berrytired.bsky.social · Sep 5

Rare non-fiber post 🥰

I was absolutely drooling over the grill today. Got stuff going for dinner and also some stuff to make husbando-prime some hot sauce 😍

More info in the alt-text, as is tradition 😘

A grill covered in meat and veggies. At the front is dry-rubbed pork tenderloin. Towards the back are seasoned Zephyr Summer squash and some red onion quarters. On the small rack on the top are shihito peppers and habanero.

The seasoning mix on the pork is garlic and onion powder, s&p, paprika, brown sugar, and oil.

On the squash is garlic and onion powder, s&p, a little lemon juice, and oil.

The peppers and red onion are unseasoned, for they will BECOME the flavor.

#cooking #food #grilling #hotsauce

Berry Tired @berrytired.bsky.social · Aug 28

What a lovely problem to have, eh?

Berry Tired @berrytired.bsky.social · Aug 27

Ack, been quiet for a while cuz I'm working on a project I can't share. It's for my Mum, and she follows all my socials 🥰

Have some more Shetland progress ❤️ perfect weather to finish off the first 50g of those lovely stuff.

A drop spindle and wool, in a hand, being held up in front of a rain-coated window.

There is a large bundle of oatmeal colored yarn wrapped around the spindle shaft, and gathered above it is Shetland wool roving in the same color.

#yarn #handspunyarn #handspun #handspinning #fiberarts #handmade #spinnersofbluesky #spindlespinning #Shetland

Berry Tired @berrytired.bsky.social · Jul 25

Gorgeous spin, just as pretty as Beans! Plus, I love your kitty's name! We call our kitty "little beans" as a nickname!

Berry Tired @berrytired.bsky.social · Jul 22

Yessss I use old cardboard tubes as bobbins too! I also like the tubes from aluminum foil/parchment paper/etc. They're usually sturdier 🥰

Berry Tired @berrytired.bsky.social · Jul 21

Ooooh good idea! Maybe I'll add garlic to my spicy tea lmao. I just hope it works on these dudes. Little jerk seemed to like my spring onions just fine 🥲

Berry Tired @berrytired.bsky.social · Jul 21

Complicating factors:
-My mother in law likes them, so no relocating
-I'm a big tree hugging hippie so only humane options

It's OK if my only option is to get over it 🤣 (2/2)

Berry Tired @berrytired.bsky.social · Jul 21

Rare non-fiber-arts post:

Anyone have any tips for keeping groundhogs away from my plants?

We have them in pots up on an elevated space, but the bastards figured out how to get up there.

Any success stories from hot pepper tea? (1/2)

#gardening #groundhog

Berry Tired @berrytired.bsky.social · Jul 20

Took a little TDF break to spin up the teeny pink skein from some recycled yarn bits 🥰

Now I'm started on the lemon lime soda blend that I dyed myself. Corriedale is such a joy to spin 😍

A small twisted skein of cool toned pink yarn.

A drop spindle shaft resting on some roving. The roving is bright green with stripes of yellow shades. The drop spindle has some yarn wrapped onto it, which is made of the roving.

#yarn #handspunyarn #handspun #handspinning #fiberarts #handmade #spinnersofbluesky #spindlespinning #corriedale #TDF #TourdeFleece2025

Berry Tired @berrytired.bsky.social · Jul 19

First finished skein of my first TDF 🥰 thanks to my lovely mum, it was even some Shetland from NH 😍 such a perfect fiber for my first TDF skein ever ❤️

Finished measurements: 85yds to just under an ounce (87m/25g for my metric cuties).

A regular amount of this would be 340yd/348m per 4oz/100g.

A twisted skein of oatmeal colored yarn. It's made of Shetland wool, from Five Sister Farm.

#yarn #handspunyarn #handspun #handspinning #fiberarts #handmade #spinnersofbluesky #spindlespinning #Shetland #TDF #TourdeFleece2025

Berry Tired @berrytired.bsky.social · Jul 18

The colorway is called PEAT BOG?!? I'm obsessed 😭😍

Berry Tired @berrytired.bsky.social · Jul 18

Yo #TourdeFleece2025 got me actually lookin forward to plying 🤣 I'm not competing, but I LOVE stats 😍

Shetland ply trucking along well 🥰 can't wait to measure it!

A drop spindle and ball of single-ply yarn. The ball of singles is wrapped around a paper towel tube, into a center-pull ball. It is being spun into a 2-ply yarn, which is wrapped around the shaft of the drop spindle. The yarn is made of an oatmeal-colored Shetland wool.

#yarn #handspunyarn #handspun #handspinning #fiberarts #handmade #spinnersofbluesky #spindlespinning #Shetland #TDF ##TourdeFleece2025

Berry Tired @berrytired.bsky.social · Jul 13

Font get me wrong, I adore my drop spindle, but I'd like to spin a larger quantity sometimes 🤣

Berry Tired @berrytired.bsky.social · Jul 13

Oh man, I WISH I had the funds to relieve you of that 😭 I'm looking at an EEW nano when they come back in stock!

Berry Tired @berrytired.bsky.social · Jul 13

Day 8 progress 🥰 almost done with this 25g ball of roving. I have 3 more of the Shetland (100g total).

May just ply this up as a mini-skein and then break into my lemon-lime corriedale 😍

Frau Halle, save me! I need a spinning wheel so bad 😭

A top whorl drop spindle, sitting on a small pile of roving. There is a large copp of spun yarn around the shaft of the spindle. Next to the copp is a matchbox for scale.

The wool roving & the yarn made from it are an oatmeal colored Shetland wool. It comes from Five Sisters Farm in New Hampshire, USA

#yarn #handspunyarn #handspun #handspinning #fiberarts #handmade #spinnersofbluesky #spindlespinning #Shetland #TDF #TourdeFleece2025

Berry Tired @berrytired.bsky.social · Jul 11

Back home! The spinning has been slow but steady! I have no goals except to try and do one full wrap of the copp (cop?) a day. That makes it faster every day by my math 🤣

A yarn bowl filled with Shetland wool roving. A drop spindle is nestled into the fiber. An almond-shaped copp of yarn is wrapped around the spindle shaft. Both the roving and the yarn made from it are a light oatmeal color.

#yarn #handspunyarn #handspun #handspinning #fiberarts #handmade #spinnersofbluesky #spindlespinning #Shetland #TourDeFleece #TDF2025

Berry Tired @berrytired.bsky.social · Jul 5

Tour de fleece Day 1 progress 🥰 I'm loving the long staple length on this Shetland 😍 perfect for my first TDF!

Plus me and my love have been catsitting, so the lovely Mr. Kingston is modeling ❤️

A cat, snuggled you to a drop spindle and some roving.

The roving is an oatmeal white, made of Shetland wool. Two small copps of yarn are wrapped around the shaft of the drop spindle.

The cat is VERY old. His fur is long and white with gray patches that fade into the white. He has a gray sleeve on his front paw, a gray tail, and a gray face and ears. He's very handsome and I love him with all my heart. He also likes my husband more than me.

#cat #yarn #handspunyarn #handspun #handspinning #fiberarts #handmade #spinnersofbluesky #spindlespinning #wool #Shetland #TourdeFleece