a little side project to take with me on the go. baby booties using the handspun yarn I made earlier this month. the character of the handspinning is really showing and gives me handmade warm fuzzies 🥰

the spinning continues while I rest in bed for most of the day. I think I'll be done before the babies arrive. I'm spinning this as a 3-ply lace weight yarn in Merino wool that I dyed. #wool #knitting #yarnstr

Maybe I'll read some Terry Prachett this newborn season #momstr With my first, I spent a lot of time breastfeeding. After figuring out latching, positioning and all that, I found myself just scrolling on my phone, shopping on Amazon or staring off into space while he ate. I decided that I hated that so I started reading again and smashed through a bunch of The Expanse which I really enjoyed.

New yarn in today! These will become magnificent socks!

is there a Kickstarter type platform for nostr and Bitcoin? I've got ideas percolating in my mind. My thought is to set a goal that will allow me to purchase a raw fleece of a sheep raised in the US, the various equipment to process the fleece into yarn and then provide the people who funded the project with various small knitted items like hats, mittens, lounge socks, baby sets (booties + hat) I don't plan to dye anything so items would be cream or naturally colored from the fleece used. Natural dyeing with plants could be a stretch goal. This is gonna be a future project, probably in a year from now at the earliest. It would take a long time to deliver the items since I'd have to balance it with taking care of 3 kiddos under 2 years old. I think nostriches understand the value in this type of slow, close to nature, handmade work though. Proof of work at its finest. I've had such amazing support from people I've met on nostr and through Bitcoin. It makes me feel like all my dreams are possible. #sheep #wool