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Rach 🧶
@rach-presto.bsky.social
Looking for fiber art friends.
Crochet and Tunisian-crochet creator of hats, woodworker sometimes.
SCA member!

twitch.tv/ranchpesto
https://ko-fi.com/rachpresto
instagram.com/rachpresto
prestodigitizer.etsy.com
curlywoodcrafts.etsy.com
And then I turned and saw a bunny doing a chill. Little round happy ball of fur. He was just chilling and chewing on somethin.
September 23, 2025 at 10:58 PM
Perfect shot! From where I sit, the spiderweb is framed like a target on my archery backstop.

Archery footage to come one day soon but prob not today. Gotta get a little bit more practice in before the rains come.

#PNW #IslandLife #spider #spiderweb
September 23, 2025 at 10:46 PM
Played yarn chicken to finish this mandala vest while camping. The yarn won. Few more inches of border to go!

I have one skein at home to steal a bit of yarn from in order to finish it up.

Nice lightweight outfit for the Ren Faire where it will be around 80 degrees! Oof!

So much fun, sooooooon!
September 13, 2025 at 8:23 PM
Meet one of the newest MoCo LoCo stream team members! Yours truly!
Honored and delighted to be accepted! Truly great group of streamers led by the fabulous sibling duo of MoCoMade.

If my September wasn't already mostly spoken for, I'd say someone smuggle me into mococon! 🤣 Next year!
September 8, 2025 at 2:39 AM
#crochetaway
Theme this week is headwear. How to choose? I have so many great hats and can share 4 pictures on a post.
The mushroom, the fire hat, the flower hat, and a commission.
September 5, 2025 at 3:08 PM
Look at this little shit. Looking so cute in the first pic (toes!), he was readying for a fight, look at that little fist. He charged me after that second pic, so I charged him back and gave him a good scare. Don't run at me mf! He got up a tree and scolded me good lol!

#nature #IslandLife #PNW
September 4, 2025 at 4:05 PM
Little guy came back quite boldly this morning. Didn't care I was right there, munched berries!
September 1, 2025 at 1:13 PM
Finished a lovely spring themed sweater. Here is test version 4 of the tailored hexi cardigan.
One last little tweak and I will send it to testers. I was delighted with how many were eager to test it! I have 3 solid crocheters in the lineup.
Appears to take 5-6 full skeins of Big Twist for a L/XL.
August 29, 2025 at 10:47 PM
Taking it easy today. Chilling on the patio when out of the bushes comes a fawn!
Snacking on my berries.
It has lived a very hard life already and has lost an eye, I don't begrudge it my pie filling.
No gory pics, but let me just say I did take some and it's very gross on the other side.
August 29, 2025 at 9:51 PM
Wore my tall shoes, which makes me exactly as tall as the snacks aisle.
Checkout lines were long, backed up into the snacks stacks.
August 25, 2025 at 10:22 AM
It was a big day Saturday, went on a Costco run and visited friends.
Down day Sunday, apologies! I was exhausted.
Won't be streaming Monday, but going to try playing Pandora on Discord again. If you like my stream tunes, they will be commentary free.
Will be back to streaming Tuesday at 11am pst.
August 25, 2025 at 3:16 AM
I crocheted 🧶 the cutest and derpiest looking bird yesterday 🤣🐦‍⬛
It was great fun. Wings flip up or down, flying/roosting.

Today I'll finish this lounge cat. Needs ears, tail, stitching & sewing ends.

Then more hexi cardigan, longer & longer rows to do.

Hope 2 see you on Twitch, starting @ 11 pst.
August 21, 2025 at 4:27 PM
My hands crocheted the cutest little black kitty cat stuffy!

Took 3 hours and then an earbud died and took the whole show with it. 🤣🔥

Computer's fine, lesson learned: let 2nd earbud come online before disconnecting the 1st.

Still giggling about getting raided! Rats!

Thanks @ninepointfive.live !
August 19, 2025 at 10:05 PM
Made the cutest wee little bear on stream yesterday!
Traded for a delightful time with friends and some generosity. Have to bug its new owner for a destination, it is spoken for.

Freehanded, second stuffy I've ever made. Came out so cute! Should try this more often.

See U at 11 pdt!
#crochet 🧶
August 17, 2025 at 1:48 PM
Purple AND red today. Thought I'd have a little fun with the hair and it turned out great!

Arm feels really good after crocheting with pencil grip for a few days so I'm gonna use it or rotate grips very often.
Yay!
Honestly hasn't felt this good in a while.

Hope to see ya later, stream at 11 pdt.
August 16, 2025 at 1:17 PM
Gonna do some hair maintenance today. Purple it back up.
Unless ya really want to see me stream with a turbie twist towel on my head, I think I'll be back tomorrow.
Will have two nice curly hair days for @yarnypixie.bsky.social , both Saturday and Sunday. 😊💜
#twitch #crochet 🧶
Twitch.tv/ranchpesto
August 15, 2025 at 3:39 PM
Making cakes on stream today, should be tasty and full of fiber! 🤣

I'll be back on at 11am pdt, missed yous! ❤️🔥
Needed some down time. I've been sleeping til 4 or 5am. Feel more rested indeed.

Finished another hexi cardi model which gave me good ideas for #4, already underway.

#twitch #crochet 🧶
August 12, 2025 at 3:09 PM
Imagine this shawl in black and those yarns.

Anyways, I have a migraine today because of how big a day it was. I don't do that kind of thing regularly enough to handle it well, haha!
I slept all the way until 5!

Don't currently feel well enough to stream today though. We'll see. Prob not.
August 10, 2025 at 3:54 PM
The haul. I spent too many monies but this will be beautiful once I do it.
Destined to become a raven wings shawl.
I need to find some dk black yarn cuz I sure damn well wasn't paying 30 a piece for solid black.
Had pizza for lunch, they did gluten free!
Also there were sheep!
#Twitch #crochet 🧶
August 10, 2025 at 3:54 PM
What a day! Flock Fiber Festival Seattle was a blast!
Got to meet some Twitch pixel people and they're real! Real cool humans! Club 47 years old! Except Luna who's just a widdle baby.
I hugged em all!
@sleepingluna.bsky.social @tpauofvulcan.bsky.social and CherryBelleDesign are fellow streamers. 💖
August 10, 2025 at 3:54 PM
Be working on this little sweater, making rounds, sewing ends.
August 5, 2025 at 11:14 AM
I dont really style my hair properly curly very often, but today the curls go all the way to the top.
Will go with my fancy dress very nicely.

I have not touched a crochet hook since Sunday, so hopefully I can go on longer on stream today.

11am pdt twitch.tv/ranchpesto

#twitch #crochet 🧶
August 5, 2025 at 11:09 AM
Harvest time!
This year's foxglove seed harvest gathered in a pan. It's sitting a while so the bugs depart. 😅
You can see the white and dark mix of seeds, they are white and purple flower seeds mixed together.

The blackberries are coming ripe and the blueberries are not far behind. Cobbler time!
August 4, 2025 at 10:44 PM
It's a good year to be a quail at my place! Quite a bumper crop of little baby chicks! Look at the cute little things!

#PNW #IslandLife #birds
August 2, 2025 at 9:17 PM
I'll be at both Flock /and Fiber Festival events, Seattle and OR. Hoping to meet other Makers and Crafters a little too eagerly. Like a yarn nerd.
I'll be the one with purple-maroon hair and a granny block stitch sweater.
Face blindness is going to be a problem for me but I'll keep an eye out.
August 2, 2025 at 9:07 PM