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TheHotMessTess
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they/them | 28 | Dedicated Crafter | Plants | Cozy Gamer | Witchy | LGBTQIA+ | AuDHD | Etsy shop https://thehotmesstess.etsy.com
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TheHotMessTess @thehotmesstess.bsky.social · Jan 20
Posting for all the new friends out there:

🧶 Crochet
🧵 Embroidery
🪡 Cross stitch
🧶 Yarn dying
🧣 Knitting
📿 Beading/Jewelry
🐔 Stardew Valley
♦️ Sims 4
🪴 Plants
🧹 Witchy
🏳️‍🌈 LGBTQIA+
🧠 Mental Health

#promosky
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I just got back on this app. Yall still here?
August 31, 2025 at 12:12 AM
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More yarn dyeing!
A hank of green and blue earthy yarn with areas that are brownish orange and yellow
May 1, 2025 at 10:14 AM
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I'm building a small mushroom village on my work desk. 🍄
Metal desk riser with a monitor on it. In front of the monitor, there is a little orange mushroom friend with a face and arms. There are 5 small mushrooms around them, either bright caps. 3 red, 1 pink, 1 yellow
April 28, 2025 at 12:23 PM
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No, I haven't finished my existing WIPs, I'm crocheting a tee shirt out of yarn I dyed myself instead. Thank you very much. 🧶
A long, thin line of crochet stitches displaying a floral lace pattern. The yarn is a warm golden yellow with subtle red and green tones blended in. A lavender crochet hook is attached, and the yarn cake is in a wooden bowl
April 15, 2025 at 3:51 PM
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I love spring flowers and storms and stuff, but also, is it Halloween yet? 🌷🎃
April 15, 2025 at 2:10 AM
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I'm working on embroidering floral patterns onto a shirt for mom! This is the breaat pocket so far. 🪡🧵🌼
#embroidery
Pale blue denim pocket in an embroidery hoop. Small white daisies, blades of grass, and blue hyacinths growing out of the pocket. All flowers are dainty.
April 7, 2025 at 10:58 AM
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A custom cross stitch order I just made and shipped out! Stitched by me, pattern by OddlySpecificXStitch on Etsy 🪡🧵🌹
#crossstitch #embroidery #needlework
Pale blue fabric with dark blue words that read "this too shall pass but like holy fuck" with a branch of leaves with a red rose on the bottom and the top.
April 4, 2025 at 4:07 PM
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A cross-stitch work in progress 🧵🪡😂
Blue cross stitch fabric with dark blue letters that say "this too ass" with a red rose above and two bare branches.
March 24, 2025 at 1:07 PM
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More yarn dyeing! I wanted golden yellow all over with subtle green and orange tones faded in. 🧶🌾💛
Spiraled yarn in golden yellow all over with subtle green and orange tones faded in. Wadded yarn in golden yellow all over with subtle green and orange tones faded in.
March 17, 2025 at 12:21 AM
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Dyeing more yarn 🧶🌾
#crochet #knitting #yarn
Unwound yarn with dark green tones, earthy yellows, a bit of pink, and brown.
March 14, 2025 at 11:26 AM
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Another yarn that I dyed! 💗🧶
A hank of merino yarn died in bright pink with sparce specks of coral and purple throughout
March 9, 2025 at 11:38 AM
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I dyed more yarn! 🧶💜💚
#indiedyed #yarn #knit #crochet
A hank of yarn in worsted weight with warm purple faded to grassy green throughout
March 4, 2025 at 11:46 AM
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I dyed some yarn 🧶💙
#crochet
#knitting
A hank of merino wool ombre dyed in aqua blue, dark blue, white, and pale purple
March 1, 2025 at 12:53 AM
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Tips for a new yarn dyer? I've done 4 so far and there is a learning curve. Anyone have beginner suggestions?🧶
February 25, 2025 at 4:31 PM
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Tell me your favorite non-canon Stardew Valley relationships between NPCs
February 21, 2025 at 7:32 PM
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I finally finished my Stardew Valley cross-stitch! 🪡🧵 this took 33 days.
Thank you for all your suggestions. What should I do next? Seasonal items? Color schemes?
#cross-stitch
#fiberarts
#embroidery
White cross-stitch fabric in an embroidery hoop. Stardew Valley images are stitched on randomly. Krobus, Harvey, Emily, blue chicken, mermaids pendant, blueberry, green junimo, void egg, frozen tear, prismatic shard, ginger ale, ruby, stardrop, plum, sunflower, pink cake, melon, gold ore, mutant carp, rainbow trout, copper ore, frog, parrot, mayor Lewis shorts, ancient fruit crop, hat mouse head, green slime, Linus, dragon tooth, cheese, tiger slime, mead, worm spot, sprouted plant, radish, baby chicken, exclamation emote, ancient seed, mussel, watering can, bone fragment, iridium ore, orange leaf, pink flower petals, radioactive ore, cherry bomb, heart, apricot, bat, emerald, miners treat, chicken egg brown, and a few tiny 4 leaf flowers in open areas.
February 21, 2025 at 6:51 PM
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Guys, I'm really, really happy with how the Stardew Valley cross stitch is turning out!
February 19, 2025 at 10:40 PM
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Tell me about the WIP you've never finished but won't frog.
#crochet
#knitting
#fiberarts
#embroidery
#cross-stitch
February 18, 2025 at 4:30 PM
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I've added A LOT, and we're almost finished. what else should I add as filler to my Stardew Valley cross-stitch? I will add small petals and leaves to the tiny spots at the end. 🧵🪡
White cross-stitch fabric in an embroidery hoop. Stardew Valley images are stitched on randomly. Krobus, Harvey, Emily, blue chicken, mermaids pendant, blueberry, green junimo, void egg, frozen tear, prismatic shard, ginger ale, ruby, stardrop, plum, sunflower, pink cake, melon, gold ore, mutant carp, rainbow trout, copper ore, frog, parrot, mayor Lewis shorts, ancient fruit crop, hat mouse head, green slime, Linus, dragon tooth, cheese, tiger slime, mead, worm spot, sprouted plant, radish, baby chicken, exclamation emote, ancient seed, mussel, and watering can.
February 18, 2025 at 1:42 PM
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February 17, 2025 at 11:50 AM
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Filler ideas for my Stardew Valley cross stitch? It's finally time! You can see where the mead is outlined. I need tiny items! Note: blueberry isn't actually tiny. Items under 16x16 pixels. 🪡🧵
White cross-stitch fabric in an embroidery hoop. Stardew Valley images are stitched on randomly. Krobus, Harvey, Emily, blue chicken, mermaids pendant, blueberry, green junimo, void egg, frozen tear, prismatic shard, ginger ale, ruby, stardrop, plum, sunflower, pink cake, melon, gold ore, mutant carp, rainbow trout, copper ore, frog, parrot, mayor Lewis shorts, ancient fruit crop, hat mouse head, green slime, Linus, dragon tooth, cheese, tiger slime, and the outline of mead
February 14, 2025 at 12:27 AM
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Alright, I started the tiger slime and finished several other requests. We are almost out of space. What are the MUST HAVES with the space we have left on my Stardew Valley cross-stitch??? 🪡🧵
I do plan on adding mead as well, per a comment promise.
#cross-stitch
#stardewvalley
White cross-stitch fabric in an embroidery hoop. Stardew Valley images are stitched on randomly. Krobus, Harvey, Emily, blue chicken, mermaids pendant, blueberry, green junimo, void egg, frozen tear, prismatic shard, ginger ale, ruby, stardrop, plum, sunflower, pink cake, melon, gold ore, mutant carp, rainbow trout, copper ore, frog, parrot, mayor Lewis shorts, ancient fruit crop, hat mouse head, green slime, Linus, dragon tooth, cheese, and the start of a tiger slime.
February 12, 2025 at 12:56 AM
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I added Linus to the Stardew Valley cross stitch! 🪡🧵
#cross-stitch
#stardewvalley
White embroidery fabric in a hoop, zoomed in on a section to the right featuring Linus as the focal point. Around him are Emily, a Prismatic shard, frozen tear, slime, ginger ale, mayor Lewis shorts, and a ruby.
February 11, 2025 at 3:27 PM
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Yall are gonna like what I'm adding to the Stardew valley cross stitch today! 🪡🧵
Can you guess based on the colors?
White cross stitch fabric in a hoop with assorted thread colors on spools across it. Shades of beige and orange, gray, yellow, and green. Behind, you can see Stardew Valley images. Harvey, junimo, pink cake, prismatic shard, ancient fruit plant, mutant carp, sunflower, ginger ale, mayor shorts, stardrop.
February 8, 2025 at 1:12 PM
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I made a lot of progress on the Stardew Valley cross-stitch today! Yall wanted the hat mouse for a while now, so I finally did 👒🐭🪡🧵
Soo, no what?
White cross-stitch fabric in an embroidery hoop. Stardew Valley images are stitched on randomly. Krobus, Harvey, Emily, blue chicken, mermaids pendant, blueberry, green junimo, void egg, frozen tear, prismatic shard, ginger ale, ruby, stardrop, plum, sunflower, pink cake, melon, gold ore, mutant carp, rainbow trout, copper ore, frog, parrot, mayor Lewis shorts, ancient fruit crop, hat mouse head, green slime
February 8, 2025 at 2:47 AM