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Kymberly Fergusson
@kymberlyfergusson.bsky.social
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Tech writer & editor, translator.
Spinner & weaver, tea lover, artist, productive gardener, cat lady.
Multi-spoonie | spondyloarthritis, PTSD, endo & adeno, breast cancer, kidney disease, lipedema, migraineur.
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Kymberly Fergusson @kymberlyfergusson.bsky.social · Dec 6
While I am mostly over on Mastodon, I thought I’d pop in here to feel the vibes.

I’m a freelance tech #writer and #editor, and #translator specialising in IT, science and research. Would love some plagiarism averse clients who want to keep their words far away from AI training databases.
kymberlyfergusson.bsky.social
That thing where life kinda overwhelms and you disappear from socials. That. Still writing regularly for patrons and clients, still doing lots of crafting, still watching winter tiptoe into the garden, still keeping on. Just quietly exhausted.
#spoonies #patreoncreator #fiberarts #balconygarden
A sunrise tinges the Leipzig city eastern horizon a reddish orange beyond the converted factory seen from a cat-net-lined balcony garden. A colourwork knitted sock in a muted pink and purple is in progress being supervised by a long-haired ginger cat. It's obviously cold - the knitter is under a pile of blankets on the sofa, much to the cat's approval. Many skeins of finished purple-heathered handspun merino yarn hang from a media stand in front of an Ashford traveller spinning wheel, a warping frame on the wall and a set of drawers supporting a pile of empty bobbins and the next spin in progress. A collection of Weck and other bottles are full of a brilliant red liquid in the morning sun - cooling shiso cordial. There were obviously not enough bottles, as a tall measuring jug has a cotton pudding cap to keep any bugs out.
October 24, 2025 at 5:47 AM
Reposted by Kymberly Fergusson
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Welcome to #WomeninTranslationMonth!

For the 31 days of August, I’ll be posting a free-to-read story a day by a Japanese woman on social media, along with a biographical snippet. Feel free to read along!

Find the "calendar" for the whole month on the RJL website. 👇
31 Short Stories for Women in Translation Month
I had so much fun reading along with RJL supporters for January in Japan, that I hope you’ll join me again for #WomeninTranslation Month. #WITMonth an annual event each August that has played its o…
readjapaneseliterature.com
August 1, 2025 at 1:41 PM
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Beautiful fiber dying and spindle spinning!
#FiberArts #Spinning
August 1, 2025 at 8:12 AM
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cathrynworrell.bsky.social
Join me on Patreon for monthly art prompts. A gentle nudge to fill another page in your sketchbook. www.patreon.com/posts/134184... #sketchbook #creativehabit #artist
Sketchbook prompt #49 | Cathryn Worrell
Get more from Cathryn Worrell on Patreon
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July 18, 2025 at 7:46 PM
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Newsletter now up with a brief garden & craft update.

With a new-retro diagnosis of #SSc with progressing #ILD, I'll take August (& likely September) to come to terms with it, deal with medication & therapy changes & the summer heat.

www.patreon.com/posts/summer...

#spoonies #chronicillness
Cookie, the black and ginger tabby Maine Coon cat with green eyes is sitting on a white Ikea chair, awaiting breakfast - she wants every mouthful to be hand fed. This is the header image for the free newsletter this quarter, with the text - Summer news and a Patreon pause, by Kymberly Fergusson, at patreon.com/learnedwords A small Weck bottle and a Hario pickling jar sit on a kitchen bench and each contain a small number of Japanese ume plums/apricots. The bottle has rock sugar in a golden liquid, with the label Umeshu + Brandy, June 28 2025. The pickling jar with a glass weight contains plums nestled in salt with the messy label umeboshi, June 28 2025. A blue sweater-back-in-progress is draped over a white Ikea chair with the remnants of a ball of blue-core black fluff Daruma Geek yarn sitting on the top. Sweater pattern is Amirisu Regolith (hoody). Johnny, the ginger and white long-haired Maine Coon cat lies in a cat cushion on a table, and stares at the camera with his arms outstretched. He doesn't like to be photographed.
July 24, 2025 at 11:24 AM
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Flowers, fruit and veg from the balcony garden, the loom awaiting a rethread, and one of my favourite obi above the TV.
Crispy summer garden update over on Patreon, crafting update later this month, along with the newsletter for free members. I’ll be taking a break in August to rest in the heat 😊🌻
A round, pale blue vase of flowers sits on a half wall between kitchen and hall. The flowers are from the garden - hydrangeas, alstroemerias, echinacea, and a wild gladioli - all in shades of pink and white. A dark purple, metallic, floral obi is draped over a wooden rod above a TV. The golden threads shine in the light coming from the side window. A table loom is in the process of being dressed, with grey-brown and dusky pink threads hanging through the white texsolv heddles. A mistake was made right at the beginning though, and the loom is in the naughty corner until it can be fully re-threaded. A handful of apricots and a small kuri pumpkin sit on a cluttered, wooden kitchen bench - produce from the balcony garden.
July 14, 2025 at 7:38 AM
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It’s always a big shake up with a rare diagnosis (SSc+ILD). While I would love to be participating in #TourDeFleece this year, slow and gentle pacing has me spinning only a little, but following others and celebrating their progress. ❤️ #spinning #FiberArts #handspun
A plastic weaving bobbin, wooden drop spindle and a red and black carbon supported spindle hold a multi-coloured handspun yarn. They rest on a wooden table in front of the original braid of fiber that is very, very slowly decreasing in size.
July 11, 2025 at 4:49 PM
Reposted by Kymberly Fergusson
my-solastalgia.bsky.social
The Imp-ress turned 1 year old today! 🎉 I cannot believe her kittenhood is already over 🙀 #caturday #catsofbluesky #kittens #kittensofbluesky #birthdaygirl
Photo: A year-old tortie sits on the kitchen counter, facing the viewer but without direct eye contact. She looks young, lithe, and full of life.
July 5, 2025 at 10:56 PM
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Eveline WIld rose - makes a good syrup!

#BloomScrolling #Florespondence
A fully opened apricot-yellow ruffled rose is surrounded by rosebuds and greenery in a balcony garden on a hot summer day under a brilliant blue sky, dotted with fluffy clouds.
June 17, 2025 at 12:55 PM
Reposted by Kymberly Fergusson
hildec.bsky.social
Have you ever wondered how medical doctors themselves would experience being sick and have to live their life as a patient?
Here’s their story:
A documentary by @anilvanderzee.bsky.social
#medsky
youtu.be/J0ywwLIfH_w
Doctors as Patients (with subtitles)
YouTube video by Anil about ME
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May 12, 2025 at 3:39 PM
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A quick summer school roundup of my goals from last year - goal setting and achieving is definitely not my thing! It's available for free and paid members over on Patreon. Perhaps you'd like to join me for an occasional cuppa over there! :)

www.patreon.com/posts/summer...

#FiberArts #spoonies
A red weighted carbon support spindle rests on a little wooden bowl near some multicoloured fiber while tea is being prepared. A cream hand-made mug with a chicken on the front and a branch on the handle sits next to a white-blue-mahogony little tea pot that is steeping a black tea with rose petals. In front is an open tea tin, filled with the delicious rose tea leaves.
June 13, 2025 at 4:56 PM
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I still have one rainbow handwoven item in my shop - a slim but sturdy and comfy lanyard woven from shiny DMC cotton on an inkle loom. ko-fi.com/s/36da122f49
#weaving #handmade #handwoven
Slim handwoven rainbow lanyard with an O ring for keys and conference tags - Kymberly 's Ko-fi Shop
Handwoven on an ankle loom using variegated shiny DMC cotton thread, this lanyard is finished with an O ring and sewn securely. The rainbow colours ...
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June 4, 2025 at 5:50 PM
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After a rough start to the month, the garden walkthrough and this month’s kimono update are up over on Patreon. Craft projects next week with a new cast on, and a wrap up of the 100 day project with a cast off and finished jumper, finally!

#Patreon #UrbanGardening #The100DayProject #spoonies
Many white strawberry flowers sit atop lush green leaves in front of a cat net on a balcony railing. A hand holds a blue-black ball of wool (it looks like two strands, but it’s not), bamboo circular knitting needles and a swatch of the same wool in front of a balcony garden with green-and red-leaved plants blurred in the background. A hand holds up kimono fabric with delicate red embroidered berries, coppery embroidered leaves, with fine gold cord for the leaf veins on top of the painted floral scene and sweeping background fabric of white and grey with soft edges mottled by touches of golden paint. Preparing to cast off with Kitchener stitch, two metal knitting needles are being used to slip knit stitches on a rib hem of a grey jumper to one and purl stitches to another. A large, fur monster (ginger cat) is sleeping on the end of the sofa in the background.
May 24, 2025 at 6:46 AM
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Such a clear, historically grounded explanation of tariffs, their impact, why production was outsourced in the first place, & why it is too risky or impossible to restart local production. It’s political, but it’s not sided. It applies across industries, and everywhere.

youtu.be/2qALHS-QJ28?...
Explaining TARIFFS with a Textile History Lesson
YouTube video by JillianEve
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May 21, 2025 at 12:58 PM
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Tasks for today - finishing the other sleeve of my jumper for #The100DayProject, and writing about this month’s kimono for Patreon. Right now, though, coffee and cat snuggling - it’s a slow start day.
A hand holds a wool needle through stitches on red-cabled knitting needles as the cuff of a grey marled knitted jumper is cast off. The light/magnifier helps the knitter work on bad-eyesight days. A hand holds a silk kimono, painted in a floral golden design and expertly embroidered with various fine threads - red for the berries, gold for the berry stems, sepia for the leaves, and gold cord for the leaf veins.
May 8, 2025 at 10:57 AM
Reposted by Kymberly Fergusson
cathrynworrell.bsky.social
It's a bank holiday weekend here in the UK so I'm offering 20% off for new paid members (or free members who upgrade) on my Patreon. No code needed, the discount will be automatically applied. Find out more about what I offer: www.patreon.com/c/cathrynwor... #WomenWhoDraw #SketchbookArtist #pwme
Get more from Cathryn Worrell on Patreon
creating illustrations and drawing in sketchbooks
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May 2, 2025 at 11:45 AM
kymberlyfergusson.bsky.social
Unsurprised that #endometriosis & autoimmune conditions are linked. #BreastCancer too I reckon, with underlying inflammation.

Endo on one side of my family, #spondyloarthritis + breast cancer on the other, I am a perfect genetic petri dish for all three.

#spoonies

www.bbc.com/news/article...
Endometriosis and immune diseases linked, study shows
Women with endometriosis were found to have up to an 80% increased risk of developing autoimmune diseases.
www.bbc.com
April 30, 2025 at 9:36 AM
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Finally laced my grandparents’ tapestry saved from a mound of rusting staples.

Please don’t trim needlework canvas when framing - it makes cleaning and reframing nigh impossible.

#fiberarts #tapestry
The front is mostly square - the bottom left corner of the tapestry was the hardest spit with the least amount of fabric to lace into. The tapestry is of an English country scene in spring or summer near a lake/river with a bridge, trees, a person and a horse. Positioning lacing underneath, and tightening lacing with a fine cotton crochet thread on top. Tapestries are rarely square and the corner opposite needed an extra diagonal pull. You can see how little of the canvas was left after the previous framer had trimmed it to the staple line. Positioning lacing with sewing thread and fine cord, centering the tapestry motif with the frame. The trimmed canvas was previously reinforced with cotton tape so the lacing could have something to hold onto that wouldn’t fray.
April 12, 2025 at 12:26 PM
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This month's hung kimono are both gorgeous examples of shibori tie dying combined with abstract painting and floral embroidery.

The photo update with both kimono, three obi and a stunning cream haori now available over on Patreon.
#KimonoCollection #FiberArts #Patreon
Hanging folds of a kimono. The bolts of textured woven silk were tied with shibori dot patterns and dyed in a vivid green and contrasting orange. Light green and gold geometric and grass-like patterns were then painted over the top. Lastly, the shiny and golden fan embroidery featuring chrysanthemum flowers completed the kimono motif.
April 11, 2025 at 11:00 AM
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While I’m still slowly knitting up (down?) the sleeves of the jumper for The100DayProject, to give my angry wrist a break, I have been continuing to spin up the colourful advent calendar.

Spinning is such a soothing thing when pain levels are too high.

#handspun #spinning #FiberArts #spoonies
Three small skeins of colourful handspun 2ply wool sit in a narrow sliver of sun on a kitchen bench. Photos can’t bring out the sparkle of the larger blue and grey skein that is flecked with reds and yellows. The middle skein is a mix of greens from yellowish to forest, and the right skein is a colourful blend of yellows, pinks and greens.
April 3, 2025 at 8:10 AM
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Lots of spinning and a #The100DayProject update in this month’s creative post over on Patreon.

Looking forward to next month too - there is now a jumper blend and spin in my future, with a new tool to learn and experiments to do.

#FiberArts #spinning #handspun #knitting #handmade
A tumble of colourful skeins of handspun yarns are spread over a desk including various wools, linen, cotton, angora and mohair, all spun from small samples. An unfinished grey hand knit jumper is hung inside out over a chair with cable knitting needles hanging from the unfinished sleeves.
March 31, 2025 at 6:06 PM
Reposted by Kymberly Fergusson
cathrynworrell.bsky.social
If you need a gentle nudge to create something, tomorrow I'm going to be sharing a new sketchbook prompt for free on Patreon.

Paid members will also get to see a video of my painting process on Sunday.

It would be lovely to have you join me over there! #sketchbook #drawing #pwme #CreativeHabit
A small corner of a sketchbook page showing paintings of a few pink flowers on a soft yellow background. The sketchbook sits on a pale grey cutting mat alongside a small dish of pencil shavings, 2 tubes of acrylic gouache, a paper towel, washi tape and a red pen.
March 27, 2025 at 7:47 PM
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Cookie surprised me while I was wandering around the balcony garden, looking at all the sakura cherry blossoms.

I’ve shared this spring update with patrons. The coming month looks to hold a lot of work!

www.patreon.com/posts/125126...

#BalconyGarden #ContainerGarden #UrbanGardening #Patreon
March 25, 2025 at 3:30 PM
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Thank you for the creativity session! It was a lovely 20 minutes spent knitting alongside you, working on my jumper arms for #The100DayProject.
michaelnobbs.bsky.social Michael Nobbs @michaelnobbs.bsky.social · Mar 20
Today I've been recording & editing a Creativity Session for my lovely patrons.

Watch this and all my other new Patreon content for free for three months by accepting my offer of a gift membership.

www.patreon.com/gogently/red...

#Artist #pwME #MECFS #GentleCreativity #ArtYear
March 21, 2025 at 3:47 PM
kymberlyfergusson.bsky.social
Happy to have mustered enough energy to photo and write up this month's kimono display over on Patreon. I hope the change of seasons isn't too rough on you - the ups and down are doing a number on my joints and head!

#Patreon #kimono #spoonies #FiberArts

www.patreon.com/posts/spring...
A close up of an embroidered kimono - vivid spring flowers with gold outlines. A hand holding a cream kimono so the embroidered sakura flower petals can catch the sunlight and shine a little. A close up of a golden obi with fan scenes showing the view to Mount Fuji from the surrounding countryside - this one with people on a boat on a lake with Mount Fuji in the distance in the center. Part of the green and gold floral obi - sakura cherry blossoms, peonies, chrysanthemums and water woven into the fabric on top of fan-like shapes in gold and white.
March 17, 2025 at 4:07 PM