Colin 🏳️⚧️
@transplantman.bsky.social
He/Him // AuDHD // Cat Rescue // Plants // Amateur Photographer
Hat #2! The ends roll inward because of the elastic in the yarn, so I flipped the hat inside out to make it look intentionally slouchy.
It’s 100% acrylic yarn from a thrift store sweater. I want to make a matching scarf; I have a lot of yarn left.
It’s 100% acrylic yarn from a thrift store sweater. I want to make a matching scarf; I have a lot of yarn left.
December 2, 2025 at 8:23 AM
Hat #2! The ends roll inward because of the elastic in the yarn, so I flipped the hat inside out to make it look intentionally slouchy.
It’s 100% acrylic yarn from a thrift store sweater. I want to make a matching scarf; I have a lot of yarn left.
It’s 100% acrylic yarn from a thrift store sweater. I want to make a matching scarf; I have a lot of yarn left.
Best thing I ever did for myself was looking for restaurant supply thrift stores. The secondhand stuff there is way more durable and less over-designed to make it grab a consumer’s attention.
These IKEA jars were ¥550 each and hold a week’s worth of homemade yogurt.
These IKEA jars were ¥550 each and hold a week’s worth of homemade yogurt.
December 1, 2025 at 3:19 AM
Best thing I ever did for myself was looking for restaurant supply thrift stores. The secondhand stuff there is way more durable and less over-designed to make it grab a consumer’s attention.
These IKEA jars were ¥550 each and hold a week’s worth of homemade yogurt.
These IKEA jars were ¥550 each and hold a week’s worth of homemade yogurt.
Okay so it turns out that buying a secondhand, industrial-kitchen-sized pot lets me boil a ton of vegetables but then the rest of my kitchen doesn’t have the supplies to store and puree it all into soup, so this took FIVE HOURS. 🫠
November 29, 2025 at 11:13 AM
Okay so it turns out that buying a secondhand, industrial-kitchen-sized pot lets me boil a ton of vegetables but then the rest of my kitchen doesn’t have the supplies to store and puree it all into soup, so this took FIVE HOURS. 🫠
I can never guess what Pexels will choose to spotlight (little star in the upper left corner), and I think that says a lot about how subjective art is.
They’re all free for download and personal or commercial use.
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They’re all free for download and personal or commercial use.
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November 29, 2025 at 1:45 AM
I can never guess what Pexels will choose to spotlight (little star in the upper left corner), and I think that says a lot about how subjective art is.
They’re all free for download and personal or commercial use.
www.pexels.com/@c-m-3363041...
They’re all free for download and personal or commercial use.
www.pexels.com/@c-m-3363041...
I forgot my pepper plants outside so they’re mad but still growing healthy bell peppers.
I dried the seeds from grocery store peppers, sprouted them in plastic bags, & planted them in ¥100 trash bins I drilled holes in.
If I get just two edible peppers, they’ll have paid for themselves.
I dried the seeds from grocery store peppers, sprouted them in plastic bags, & planted them in ¥100 trash bins I drilled holes in.
If I get just two edible peppers, they’ll have paid for themselves.
November 26, 2025 at 12:03 PM
I forgot my pepper plants outside so they’re mad but still growing healthy bell peppers.
I dried the seeds from grocery store peppers, sprouted them in plastic bags, & planted them in ¥100 trash bins I drilled holes in.
If I get just two edible peppers, they’ll have paid for themselves.
I dried the seeds from grocery store peppers, sprouted them in plastic bags, & planted them in ¥100 trash bins I drilled holes in.
If I get just two edible peppers, they’ll have paid for themselves.
A coworker (not the sick one) gave me some little bell peppers from her husband’s 畑 (kitchen garden) and they’re half the size of grocery store ones but Y’ALL the flavor is incredible.
Usually I’m not a fan of strong bell pepper flavor (I add them for vitamin C) but these are GOOD.
Usually I’m not a fan of strong bell pepper flavor (I add them for vitamin C) but these are GOOD.
November 26, 2025 at 11:45 AM
A coworker (not the sick one) gave me some little bell peppers from her husband’s 畑 (kitchen garden) and they’re half the size of grocery store ones but Y’ALL the flavor is incredible.
Usually I’m not a fan of strong bell pepper flavor (I add them for vitamin C) but these are GOOD.
Usually I’m not a fan of strong bell pepper flavor (I add them for vitamin C) but these are GOOD.
I wish I’d known about the Manabi Reader app a while ago because the way I learned English was hearing nonsense spoken around me and then decoding it with books.
I can’t study things in a vacuum of grammar rules and vocabulary, I require context.
I can’t study things in a vacuum of grammar rules and vocabulary, I require context.
November 25, 2025 at 11:26 PM
I wish I’d known about the Manabi Reader app a while ago because the way I learned English was hearing nonsense spoken around me and then decoding it with books.
I can’t study things in a vacuum of grammar rules and vocabulary, I require context.
I can’t study things in a vacuum of grammar rules and vocabulary, I require context.
According to YouTube videos I’ve watched on knitting, this finished yarn off the yarn winder is called a “cake.”
I going to be making a lot of cake this winter. 😂
I going to be making a lot of cake this winter. 😂
November 19, 2025 at 11:35 PM
According to YouTube videos I’ve watched on knitting, this finished yarn off the yarn winder is called a “cake.”
I going to be making a lot of cake this winter. 😂
I going to be making a lot of cake this winter. 😂
Best ¥2000 gift to myself ever. ❤️ This is a yarn winder, which does exactly what you’d think. This is faster and neater than I could ever do by hand!
New yarn is expensive but thrift sweaters are cheap. I’m literally getting a sweater’s worth of cotton-blend yarn for ¥300.
New yarn is expensive but thrift sweaters are cheap. I’m literally getting a sweater’s worth of cotton-blend yarn for ¥300.
November 19, 2025 at 11:31 PM
Best ¥2000 gift to myself ever. ❤️ This is a yarn winder, which does exactly what you’d think. This is faster and neater than I could ever do by hand!
New yarn is expensive but thrift sweaters are cheap. I’m literally getting a sweater’s worth of cotton-blend yarn for ¥300.
New yarn is expensive but thrift sweaters are cheap. I’m literally getting a sweater’s worth of cotton-blend yarn for ¥300.
I made banana bread for my coworkers but forgot they’re all blase about spreading infection so instead of leaving it out pre-sliced I’m going to have to buy individual plastic wraps and package up each slice individually so they don’t infect each other by putting their fingers on everything. 🫠
November 18, 2025 at 1:12 AM
I made banana bread for my coworkers but forgot they’re all blase about spreading infection so instead of leaving it out pre-sliced I’m going to have to buy individual plastic wraps and package up each slice individually so they don’t infect each other by putting their fingers on everything. 🫠
It’s starting to look like a hat but will it FIT like a hat? Remains to be seen. 🙃
November 17, 2025 at 12:45 AM
It’s starting to look like a hat but will it FIT like a hat? Remains to be seen. 🙃
This is what all the work has been for. ✨ 🧶 ✨ I finally got the panels apart and can start winding the yarn into balls!
November 15, 2025 at 12:18 PM
This is what all the work has been for. ✨ 🧶 ✨ I finally got the panels apart and can start winding the yarn into balls!
This isn’t staged for aesthetics, this is just ADHD. 😂
November 15, 2025 at 4:23 AM
This isn’t staged for aesthetics, this is just ADHD. 😂
So excited to take this sweater apart and use the yarn!! Look at the color!
November 13, 2025 at 4:13 AM
So excited to take this sweater apart and use the yarn!! Look at the color!
Had a horrendous day at work so I made an impromptu visit to a thrift store and hit jackpot with three sweaters ON CLEARANCE (two women’s, one men’s) that are constructed with finished panels (meaning the yarn is intact) in perfect winter colors!
Gonna wash and dismantle them this weekend!
Gonna wash and dismantle them this weekend!
November 11, 2025 at 11:30 PM
Had a horrendous day at work so I made an impromptu visit to a thrift store and hit jackpot with three sweaters ON CLEARANCE (two women’s, one men’s) that are constructed with finished panels (meaning the yarn is intact) in perfect winter colors!
Gonna wash and dismantle them this weekend!
Gonna wash and dismantle them this weekend!
Project #3: hat.
My first ever hat, so I’m shocked it turned out this well. I lost count of the knit and perl stitches on the base which is why it looks random. But it’s super comfy, I’m already wearing it around the house.
Yarn was from a thrifted sweater, so it’s recycled as well.
My first ever hat, so I’m shocked it turned out this well. I lost count of the knit and perl stitches on the base which is why it looks random. But it’s super comfy, I’m already wearing it around the house.
Yarn was from a thrifted sweater, so it’s recycled as well.
November 11, 2025 at 1:28 AM
Project #3: hat.
My first ever hat, so I’m shocked it turned out this well. I lost count of the knit and perl stitches on the base which is why it looks random. But it’s super comfy, I’m already wearing it around the house.
Yarn was from a thrifted sweater, so it’s recycled as well.
My first ever hat, so I’m shocked it turned out this well. I lost count of the knit and perl stitches on the base which is why it looks random. But it’s super comfy, I’m already wearing it around the house.
Yarn was from a thrifted sweater, so it’s recycled as well.
Me: Hey Dems Abroad, could you explain your org structure and what you mean by “chapter,” “steering committee,” etc.?
DA: omg we’re just volunteers, we can’t answer hard questions like that!!!
Democratic Socialist website: Here’s a PDF of our org structure.
www.dsausa.org/files/2020/0...
DA: omg we’re just volunteers, we can’t answer hard questions like that!!!
Democratic Socialist website: Here’s a PDF of our org structure.
www.dsausa.org/files/2020/0...
November 10, 2025 at 11:21 PM
Me: Hey Dems Abroad, could you explain your org structure and what you mean by “chapter,” “steering committee,” etc.?
DA: omg we’re just volunteers, we can’t answer hard questions like that!!!
Democratic Socialist website: Here’s a PDF of our org structure.
www.dsausa.org/files/2020/0...
DA: omg we’re just volunteers, we can’t answer hard questions like that!!!
Democratic Socialist website: Here’s a PDF of our org structure.
www.dsausa.org/files/2020/0...
From ¥300 thrift store sweater to mug cozy!
It’s all acrylic and the yarn is coming un-spun, but it’s a cheaper and less wasteful option than buying new yarn.
It was also a really good learning experience.
It’s all acrylic and the yarn is coming un-spun, but it’s a cheaper and less wasteful option than buying new yarn.
It was also a really good learning experience.
November 8, 2025 at 5:17 AM
From ¥300 thrift store sweater to mug cozy!
It’s all acrylic and the yarn is coming un-spun, but it’s a cheaper and less wasteful option than buying new yarn.
It was also a really good learning experience.
It’s all acrylic and the yarn is coming un-spun, but it’s a cheaper and less wasteful option than buying new yarn.
It was also a really good learning experience.
I need a bigger bed so I can fit all my cats on it.
November 7, 2025 at 3:05 AM
I need a bigger bed so I can fit all my cats on it.
You know, it only takes 4-6 hours to make my own yogurt at home and only an hour of that is prep. (Heat milk, cool milk, mix in yogurt starter.)
The rest is just waiting for the yogurt to ferment.
(Someday I will get a secondhand cooler to do this part, but today was not that day.)
The rest is just waiting for the yogurt to ferment.
(Someday I will get a secondhand cooler to do this part, but today was not that day.)
November 3, 2025 at 7:04 AM
You know, it only takes 4-6 hours to make my own yogurt at home and only an hour of that is prep. (Heat milk, cool milk, mix in yogurt starter.)
The rest is just waiting for the yogurt to ferment.
(Someday I will get a secondhand cooler to do this part, but today was not that day.)
The rest is just waiting for the yogurt to ferment.
(Someday I will get a secondhand cooler to do this part, but today was not that day.)
This wool kimono has a gorgeous leaf pattern that I have lots of ideas for but debatable skills to execute. 😅
It was ¥1100 (about $10) at a kimono thrift store in Tokyo.
It’s definitely a statement piece, if I can figure out what fashion statement to make!
It was ¥1100 (about $10) at a kimono thrift store in Tokyo.
It’s definitely a statement piece, if I can figure out what fashion statement to make!
November 2, 2025 at 1:45 AM
This wool kimono has a gorgeous leaf pattern that I have lots of ideas for but debatable skills to execute. 😅
It was ¥1100 (about $10) at a kimono thrift store in Tokyo.
It’s definitely a statement piece, if I can figure out what fashion statement to make!
It was ¥1100 (about $10) at a kimono thrift store in Tokyo.
It’s definitely a statement piece, if I can figure out what fashion statement to make!
Washed and dried!
These cotton yukata will become cat toys, pillowcases, wall hangings, door curtains, and anything else I can try to make!
Literal tons of kimono and yukata are thrown away annually. I bought these for ¥300 each at a flea market, and will give them new life in my home.
These cotton yukata will become cat toys, pillowcases, wall hangings, door curtains, and anything else I can try to make!
Literal tons of kimono and yukata are thrown away annually. I bought these for ¥300 each at a flea market, and will give them new life in my home.
November 2, 2025 at 1:37 AM
Washed and dried!
These cotton yukata will become cat toys, pillowcases, wall hangings, door curtains, and anything else I can try to make!
Literal tons of kimono and yukata are thrown away annually. I bought these for ¥300 each at a flea market, and will give them new life in my home.
These cotton yukata will become cat toys, pillowcases, wall hangings, door curtains, and anything else I can try to make!
Literal tons of kimono and yukata are thrown away annually. I bought these for ¥300 each at a flea market, and will give them new life in my home.
Happy Halloween!
Today I decided to dress up as a monster—the kind who disturbs little kitties who are sleeping.
Today I decided to dress up as a monster—the kind who disturbs little kitties who are sleeping.
October 31, 2025 at 4:07 AM
Happy Halloween!
Today I decided to dress up as a monster—the kind who disturbs little kitties who are sleeping.
Today I decided to dress up as a monster—the kind who disturbs little kitties who are sleeping.
Me: That’s it, I need a gd break from cat rescue, I don’t have the bandwidth OR funds for it.
This cat showing up at my doorstep hungry and very sick:
This cat showing up at my doorstep hungry and very sick:
October 29, 2025 at 9:41 AM
Me: That’s it, I need a gd break from cat rescue, I don’t have the bandwidth OR funds for it.
This cat showing up at my doorstep hungry and very sick:
This cat showing up at my doorstep hungry and very sick:
Trying to remember to upload more of my photos that people can download for free.
Not everything has to be monetized. Download whatever you like and use wherever you want!
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Not everything has to be monetized. Download whatever you like and use wherever you want!
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October 27, 2025 at 9:54 AM
Trying to remember to upload more of my photos that people can download for free.
Not everything has to be monetized. Download whatever you like and use wherever you want!
www.pexels.com/@c-m-3363041...
Not everything has to be monetized. Download whatever you like and use wherever you want!
www.pexels.com/@c-m-3363041...