Dread Cyser Empress and Cider Barrel Wrangler
@alwen-lost-arts.bsky.social
I read and play with string, surrounded by vintage sewing machines.
Spinner, knitter, bobbin lacemaker, weaver. Sometime tatter, netmaker, chair caner.
Bread maker, weather geek, chicken photographer.
Spinner, knitter, bobbin lacemaker, weaver. Sometime tatter, netmaker, chair caner.
Bread maker, weather geek, chicken photographer.
Maybe you need a snoozing cat and a 160-year-old spinning wheel in your timeline today.
December 23, 2025 at 3:42 AM
Maybe you need a snoozing cat and a 160-year-old spinning wheel in your timeline today.
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Day 20 of my Edwardian #AdventCalendar is this c. 1903 afternoon dress made from red-orange dotted cotton voile. The bodice has a blouson front and a cream lace yoke with a band collar. Museum at FIT collection. #fashionhistory
December 20, 2025 at 7:00 AM
Day 20 of my Edwardian #AdventCalendar is this c. 1903 afternoon dress made from red-orange dotted cotton voile. The bodice has a blouson front and a cream lace yoke with a band collar. Museum at FIT collection. #fashionhistory
Taking apart a dog bed I made about 20 years ago and thinking "Ha ha, this person had no idea how to fell a seam."
December 18, 2025 at 2:29 AM
Taking apart a dog bed I made about 20 years ago and thinking "Ha ha, this person had no idea how to fell a seam."
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hahahaha what the hell is this
December 18, 2025 at 2:04 AM
hahahaha what the hell is this
Anyone else hate when someone posts an ID question, and they start out with what "ChatGPT says" or "AI says" it is?
And it's always completely ridiculous and wrong.
And it's always completely ridiculous and wrong.
December 16, 2025 at 4:14 AM
Anyone else hate when someone posts an ID question, and they start out with what "ChatGPT says" or "AI says" it is?
And it's always completely ridiculous and wrong.
And it's always completely ridiculous and wrong.
The mouse's tail poem from Alice in Wonderland:
Fury said to a mouse that he met in the house
"Let us both go to law - *I* will prosecute *you*.
Come, I'll take no denial, we must have a trial
For really this morning I've nothing to do."
...
Fury said to a mouse that he met in the house
"Let us both go to law - *I* will prosecute *you*.
Come, I'll take no denial, we must have a trial
For really this morning I've nothing to do."
...
December 16, 2025 at 4:04 AM
The mouse's tail poem from Alice in Wonderland:
Fury said to a mouse that he met in the house
"Let us both go to law - *I* will prosecute *you*.
Come, I'll take no denial, we must have a trial
For really this morning I've nothing to do."
...
Fury said to a mouse that he met in the house
"Let us both go to law - *I* will prosecute *you*.
Come, I'll take no denial, we must have a trial
For really this morning I've nothing to do."
...
Putting a narrow hem on thin wool with my 1915 redeye Singer 66.
#VintageSewingMachine
#VintageSewingMachine
December 16, 2025 at 3:53 AM
Putting a narrow hem on thin wool with my 1915 redeye Singer 66.
#VintageSewingMachine
#VintageSewingMachine
Eastern bluebird that was out on the old feeder hook the other morning.
(No alt text. It's a picture of a bluebird on a feeder hanger.)
(No alt text. It's a picture of a bluebird on a feeder hanger.)
December 16, 2025 at 3:28 AM
Eastern bluebird that was out on the old feeder hook the other morning.
(No alt text. It's a picture of a bluebird on a feeder hanger.)
(No alt text. It's a picture of a bluebird on a feeder hanger.)
Four ornaments from our lace group exchange:
(tatted, knitted, bobbin lace, tatted)
(tatted, knitted, bobbin lace, tatted)
December 16, 2025 at 3:04 AM
Four ornaments from our lace group exchange:
(tatted, knitted, bobbin lace, tatted)
(tatted, knitted, bobbin lace, tatted)
Remember this kind of thing?
This is what I got on the series of tubes for.
This is what I got on the series of tubes for.
Not saying my son is awesome, but he’s 3D printed the Ea-Nasir tablet for me.
December 16, 2025 at 2:54 AM
Remember this kind of thing?
This is what I got on the series of tubes for.
This is what I got on the series of tubes for.
Last week when we got 11 inches of snow, Porch Cat was doing the thing where the head end of the cat is already doing a U-turn before the tail end has got all the way out the door.
December 7, 2025 at 3:54 AM
Last week when we got 11 inches of snow, Porch Cat was doing the thing where the head end of the cat is already doing a U-turn before the tail end has got all the way out the door.
Tonight, snow, and overnight low of 7°F (-14°C). Brrr.
December 7, 2025 at 3:51 AM
Tonight, snow, and overnight low of 7°F (-14°C). Brrr.
Some day I'd like it if my timeline was no longer 99% full of all the terrible crap the rump regime is doing and causing.
December 7, 2025 at 3:35 AM
Some day I'd like it if my timeline was no longer 99% full of all the terrible crap the rump regime is doing and causing.
Who else had pie for breakfast in the last couple days?
(Pumpkin. Hey, it has eggs in it, it's totally breakfast food.)
(Pumpkin. Hey, it has eggs in it, it's totally breakfast food.)
December 1, 2025 at 10:09 PM
Who else had pie for breakfast in the last couple days?
(Pumpkin. Hey, it has eggs in it, it's totally breakfast food.)
(Pumpkin. Hey, it has eggs in it, it's totally breakfast food.)
MIl is dismayed that Porch Cat's name is Porch Cat. Says we have to give her a real name since she is an indoor cat now.
Too late! Her vet records say Porch Cat !
Too late! Her vet records say Porch Cat !
December 1, 2025 at 10:06 PM
MIl is dismayed that Porch Cat's name is Porch Cat. Says we have to give her a real name since she is an indoor cat now.
Too late! Her vet records say Porch Cat !
Too late! Her vet records say Porch Cat !
I don't care if people have to re-learn how to drive in the snow every year,
as long as they are not having that learning experience right in front of my car.
as long as they are not having that learning experience right in front of my car.
November 30, 2025 at 2:03 AM
I don't care if people have to re-learn how to drive in the snow every year,
as long as they are not having that learning experience right in front of my car.
as long as they are not having that learning experience right in front of my car.
Also my brother texted me in the morning saying the truck had gotten as far as his house.
So at least it's not on the side of the road in the snow.
So at least it's not on the side of the road in the snow.
November 30, 2025 at 2:00 AM
Also my brother texted me in the morning saying the truck had gotten as far as his house.
So at least it's not on the side of the road in the snow.
So at least it's not on the side of the road in the snow.
Today I just took the trash & recycling to the transfer station, brought in firewood twice, ran, and made bread.
So much more restful.
So much more restful.
November 30, 2025 at 1:55 AM
Today I just took the trash & recycling to the transfer station, brought in firewood twice, ran, and made bread.
So much more restful.
So much more restful.
My thanksgiving:
-unexpected loveseat
-one-day dinner delay due to weather
-problems with truck delivering loveseat
-delicious turkey dinner
-return to truck, get it to my house
-follow truck *nearly* to my brother's house
-more truck problems
-drive my parents to their house
-drive home
-fall over
-unexpected loveseat
-one-day dinner delay due to weather
-problems with truck delivering loveseat
-delicious turkey dinner
-return to truck, get it to my house
-follow truck *nearly* to my brother's house
-more truck problems
-drive my parents to their house
-drive home
-fall over
November 30, 2025 at 1:54 AM
My thanksgiving:
-unexpected loveseat
-one-day dinner delay due to weather
-problems with truck delivering loveseat
-delicious turkey dinner
-return to truck, get it to my house
-follow truck *nearly* to my brother's house
-more truck problems
-drive my parents to their house
-drive home
-fall over
-unexpected loveseat
-one-day dinner delay due to weather
-problems with truck delivering loveseat
-delicious turkey dinner
-return to truck, get it to my house
-follow truck *nearly* to my brother's house
-more truck problems
-drive my parents to their house
-drive home
-fall over
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Actually heading out out tonight to a party no less. If I had a fantasy wardrobe I might choose Jean Dessès’s earl #1950s strapless cocktail dress consisting of overlapping scallops of silk. I don’t though. Sadly #V_and_A #FashionHistory 🗃️🪡
November 29, 2025 at 5:27 PM
Actually heading out out tonight to a party no less. If I had a fantasy wardrobe I might choose Jean Dessès’s earl #1950s strapless cocktail dress consisting of overlapping scallops of silk. I don’t though. Sadly #V_and_A #FashionHistory 🗃️🪡
Porch Cat tried all of us humans, and not one could open the door into summer.
November 30, 2025 at 1:37 AM
Porch Cat tried all of us humans, and not one could open the door into summer.
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There is a post circulating on Bluesky encouraging the moving of a frozen turkey straight into a pot of hot oil. We are combating this misinformation the best way we know how - through the power of dance music.
November 23, 2025 at 1:31 PM
There is a post circulating on Bluesky encouraging the moving of a frozen turkey straight into a pot of hot oil. We are combating this misinformation the best way we know how - through the power of dance music.
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what we don’t have in turkey fryer explosion videos, we make up for with 10-pound grease ball pics.
November 25, 2025 at 8:58 PM
what we don’t have in turkey fryer explosion videos, we make up for with 10-pound grease ball pics.
This is a bad plan.
November 25, 2025 at 9:11 PM
This is a bad plan.