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Alex 🧶🐈🐈‍⬛
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The Purrling Cat 🧶🐈🐈‍⬛
alex || 24 || she/any || EST
this is my SOAPBOX !!
cat, dog, chicken, & eel mother.
lover of mothman <3
https://alexpc.carrd.co

tired grad student. yet i persist.
scientist, chronic illness, fiber arts
i crochet, knit, and spin
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THE BABIES ARE HERE!!!! 7 one day old swedish flowerhens and 5 two week old hedemoras. #backyardchickens here i come!
a two week old white hedemora chick sitting on my shoulder! her name is cavendish and she is a wooly leg-feathered hedemora :) photo of my chick brooder with all 12 chicks snuggled up together against each other :)
June 8, 2025 at 7:50 PM
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not feeling super well today (i think i overexerted myself playing a concert!!) so im relaxing on tbe couch and miss snuggles is living up to her name 🐈‍⬛🧶
brown couch with a woodland fall patterned blanked bundling up me, a plus sized woman. i am knitting a blue sweater with the yarn next to me, and a gray tabby cat laying on my lap
June 8, 2025 at 7:47 PM
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yippie!!! i finally reached the first color change on my knit sweater! 1 hank down, 3-4 to go :) 🧶
a panel of knit chunky yarn, it is k+c splendid superwash merino wool. most of the panel is dark blue but the most recent 4 rows are a desaturated teal :) the panel is braced against a green velvet chair by a pale hand with two fingers
June 7, 2025 at 4:02 AM
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hercules BEAST. pluto and his son aa posing
a brown tabby cat shoving a catnip filled teabag into his mouth. he is so blurry from being FAST
June 3, 2025 at 2:36 PM
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+ some major things ive done that i am proud of! i organized my room so that not only do i have a desk again, but also a crafting space, and planted a hodgepodge little garden in the back yard.
the corner of my bedroom with a black desk that has my laptop and an extra monitor, a shelf full of yarn, some wooden shelves with knickknacks on them, my spinning wheel, and framed prints. one framed print is of tartaglia from genshin impact, the other has a still life print made by my friend and a print i won for completing a scavenger hunt at the international horse museum :) a mound garden with a rotting log inside that has a ton of sprouts! mostly pepper plants, but also some gourds and tomatos, hehe. im very excited. the plot has cardboard sticking out of the bottom because that was used as a barrier between the grass and the soil a different angle of my crafting corner that shows off my super comfy facebook marketplace chair, and a fat orange cat bolting away on the floor
May 27, 2025 at 4:36 PM
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more projects!
a crochet granny square that looks like an eyeball. made for a grannt square blanket at a crochet convention i attended, where every guest can donate granny squares and it will be put together into a blanket to be given out at the next convention! a crochet granny square that looks like a pink rose in a bed of grass. it got displayed as an example of creative ways to freehand additions onto grannt squares. made for a grannt square blanket at a crochet convention i attended, where every guest can donate granny squares and it will be put together into a blanket to be given out at the next convention! i promise i had shorts on! a bolero that ive been working on. i’m extending the back to turn it into a big cape:) my haul from a wool festival that i attended!!!! absolutely love everything i got
May 27, 2025 at 4:10 PM
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project dump:) 🧶
a knit project, made of k+c splendid superwash. this is my current big wip, a sweater hehe. my first knit sweater!! a rose i crocheted out of some blue lancaster wool THAT I SPUN MYSELF!!!! its so lumpy bc im still shit at spinning but EEEE. it’s hung up in my project corner now so i can always remember it SOME WOOL THAT I SPUN!!!!!!!!! a partially finished bag- it’s fully done now i just didnt take photos. i use it to carry my WIPs when i leave the house
May 27, 2025 at 4:06 PM
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hi guys i disappeared for a while bc its been insanely busy but here’s a tunisian crochet guitar strap i just finished!!! 🧶 <3
a green, blue, and white striped guitar strap with black leather and silver hardware, laying on a brown couch with an orange cat in the background. yarn is sugar and cream cotton. stitch was simple tunisian with one side bordered in single crochet and the other bordered in slip stitch
April 24, 2025 at 11:12 AM
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started watching nanbaka today
nico (25) from nanbaka in a heavily bitcrushed and vibrance edited image with a watery background and floating stickers of skulls, sparkles, confetti, fire, and flowers. noco is a mid-skinned anime boy with long green hair and one eye covered by bandages. he is in a neon orange jumpsuit. the flaming text UPADACITINIB is on the image over a white bar. his backstory being ‘all the other prisons had to give him injections but WE have oral medicine for him’ made me think of upadacitinib because nearly every JAK inhibitor for pediatric psoriatic arthritis is an injection or infusion, but upadacitinib comes in oral tablet or oral solution forms, which makes it infinitely more usable for needle-phobic kids :)
April 17, 2025 at 8:05 PM
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i am not good at spinning but BOY DO I ENJOY SPINNING !
i just have to find a way to sit at the wheel that doesnt hurt my back…

ft dr waldo butters phd helping

(took me a while because my drive band broke and the new one didnt arrive til today!)
a black cat standing on a couch, sniffing a strand of wool yarn in the process of being spun a messy living room in the background. the foreground is a black babe spinning wheel with partially (and poorly) spun yarn on it. fiber is cardinal winter in babe merino
April 12, 2025 at 1:23 AM
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the market tomorrow morning:
(the dog’s name is bear)
a big black german shepard named bear curled up on a brown couch. he is wearing a gray striped crochet sweater with a blue star wars harness underneath. you can see part of the leg and feet of a man sitting next to bear.
April 7, 2025 at 4:19 PM
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heehee… birthday gift for my little sister:) #crochet 🧶 i loved cut the rope as a kid, so as soon as i heard she also loved cut the rope, i had to make her an omnom plushie! #amigurumi
a crochet amigurumi of om nom from cut the rope made mostly in bernat blanket (i used various scrap yarns for the eyes tongue and teeth) sitting on a gray couch with white pillows a young girl in a black dress holding an amigurumi omnom plushie! the plushie’s mouth is open, i made it on a hinge so she could feed him candy :)
April 6, 2025 at 2:54 PM
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in lighter news: a bag i made for a friend of mine’s birthday! the granny square is from my Unholy Massive Stash Of Facebook Marketplace squares, but i did all the pink/teatime pieces and made it a bag with buttons <3 🧶
a crochet bag made of a large granny square. the square is unknown yarn because i bought it off of facebook marketplace but its definitely acrylic of some kind. the pink yarn is premier acrylic and the darkest yarn is hobbii teatime, i believe in the colorway darjeeling
March 31, 2025 at 7:32 PM
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current wip! it’s almost done, i just need to weave in some ends and add the tassels to the bottom hem. i am so happy to have the energy to crochet again, it’s been sooo slow lately in my brain 🧶
a crochet granny square crop top collared shirt, made of rainbow colors, being worn by a plus sized white woman. the mirror the photo was taken in is dirty the granny squares are an unknown acrylic yarn, i bought them from someone on facebook marketplace. the rest of the shirt (sleeves, hems, abdomen, tassels) was made by me using a caron anniversary cake in prismatic :) a crochet granny square crop top collared shirt, made of rainbow colors, being worn by a plus sized white woman. the mirror the photo was taken in is dirty the granny squares are an unknown acrylic yarn, i bought them from someone on facebook marketplace. the rest of the shirt (sleeves, hems, abdomen, tassels) was made by me using a caron anniversary cake in prismatic :)
March 30, 2025 at 3:05 AM
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a good evening :)
a crochet WIP at the front made of colorful granny squares with a red crochet hook. in focus in the baxkground is The Beatles “A Hard Day’s Night” film, running on a laptop on a sketchy website
March 29, 2025 at 1:28 AM
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finally putting that huge box of granny squares i bought a while back to good use! im going to moss stitch the rest of the body and sleeves to make it normal shirt sized, pretty hype
a plus sized white woman wearing a granny square crop top made of red-orange-yellow and blue-green-yellow squares, with thick white borders surrounded by thin mixed colored borders. it is partially finished, wifh hanging yarn ends. the mirror the photo was taken in is dirty, sorry
March 27, 2025 at 4:54 AM
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omg i just found a pedal spinning wheel on marketplace for really cheap. it works, i confirmed with the seller she showed me spinning on it, i pick it up saturday i am SO excited. what accessories do yall recommend for spinning wheels especially beginners?? :D !!!!
a black single-pedal babes spinning wheel in the corner of a room with five white bobbins around it
March 25, 2025 at 9:54 PM
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this thing is a creature of chaos (teething puppy) but i freehanded him a cute sweater?! (he hates it) #crochet 🧶
a huge black dog sitting on a dog bed in front of a fireplace (there is another dog bed in front of the fireplace) wearing a tan, gray and white striped crochet sweater. the belly is double crochet and the back is lemon peel stitch
March 8, 2025 at 4:09 AM
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ok i know this isnt big but earlier today i googled andrew wakefield to make sure i spelled his name right and the suggested wikipedia page ‘Andrew Wakefield’ subheading was “british fraudster” but now it’s “british former doctor”

i……. google. what are you doing?

why? why are you doing…?
a cropped screenshot of a google search on iphone safari. typed in the search box is ‘andrew wak’ the suggested wikipedia page reads “Andrew Wakefield British former doctor Wikipedia” below that is Google Suggestions Andrew Wak Andrew Wakefield
March 7, 2025 at 9:51 PM
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i think this is my breaking point actually. i hope andrew wakefield has a horrible day. i’m going to go cry now. maybe throw up. idk yet.

www.newsweek.com/under-rfk-jr...
a photo of a newsweek article headline on MSN reading “Under RFK Jr.’s leadership, CDC launches large study on vaccines and autism”
March 7, 2025 at 6:39 PM
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oh also! my joints are still evil and bad with no end in sight, but i started a large-hook crochet project (dog sweater for my toddler) and was able to get about halfway done with the first panel without pain! so… maybe on the up&up for fiber art progress… 🧶
a panel of big twist carousel in suzette stitch. i believe this is the cloudy sky colorway
March 3, 2025 at 2:50 PM
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love my pupper. he wakes up, runs around crazy for a bit, then throws a tantrum bc he’s sleepy again and doesn’t want to sleep.

also my fiancé proposed!!!! life enrolled me in the toddler and husband training program this week lol
a big black german-shepard looking dog, curled up asleep on the couch. the dog is wearing a gray heather sweater, laying on a light blue blanket with a dark blue flower pattern, and cuddling a neon orange dinosaur toy. my hand is resting on his head giving him scritches
March 3, 2025 at 2:08 PM
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due to a crazy turn of events, i am now caring for a severely malnourished puppy. his name is bear, i love him so much. yesterday was pretty rough on him, but today he’s showing interest in toys and playing. i have a lot of hope that he’ll make a full recovery over the next few months<3
bear is a big black dog with short hair, amber eyes, and a german shepard-like face and body. he is sitting on a couch with his tongue out, looking directly at the camera. my arm is reaching out to pat his side. his old leash is still on his collar in this photo, it was taken soon after he was rehomed with me and before we had gone to buy him new gear. arial view of a black dog with huge ears, curled up tightly on a couch between two humans. he is wrapped in a blue leaf-patterned blanket and resting his head on the hip of the human in a red shirt
February 28, 2025 at 4:35 PM
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it’s been a little over an hour, so it’s time for an ESA check! oh, no- it’s chronic ….
a tuxedo cat with yellow eyes, a pink nose, and a pink collar with a purple bell is standing on a gray couch and being pet by his owner. his tail is raised in the background a tuxedo cat curled up on the stomach of a woman in a gray shirt with upside down illegible black text. there is a blurry laptop in the background. i love my emotion support animal so much <3 butters really makes sure im always okay even when i feel like shit
February 21, 2025 at 9:18 PM
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my ESA has been coming over to check on me every hour or two 🥹 he comes over and stands on me purring until he’s satisfied that i’m okay, then gives me a short head bump in the face and leaves. training him to give kisses was the best thing ever actually
a tuxedo cat with yellow eyes standing on the chest of a woman wearing a pale pink sweater. she is patting the cat’s back so her hand is blurry. the cat’s eyes are half closed and his ears are airplaned
February 21, 2025 at 7:28 PM