#indigo heather

[craftycoola]

plans for tdf '23

Y'ALL. it's time. it's an excuse to spin more. it's tour de fleece.

spinning!me is super disorganized -- i only own one (1) spinning tool (a drop spindle) -- so i'm fully prepared for a we'll-burn-that-bridge-when-we-get-to-it kind of tdf. that's not stopping me from having Plans (TM), though!

in the interest of not ruining everyone's feeds, i'm going to keep yelling below the cut.

(also, if you don't want my hopefully-daily updates on spinning, i'll be tagging everything with #tour de fleece and #tour de fleece 2023 if you want to block)

in general, i want to spin and post progress every day. i've attempted to do daily progress things on instagram, but i always chicken out because of the Aesthetics (TM). here on the hellsite i can only hope that i will not be such a terrible pedant about lighting.

PROJECT 1: MERINO/SILK FRACTAL 3-PLY

first off is finishing what's on my spindle right now. i've got about 1/3 of a ply left to go on a fingering-weight fractal 3-ply spin in merino/silk (dyed by emily c gillies for luck of the draw december 2022). i've been working on this for WAYY too long; i started spinning it in, uhh, february.

here's the breakdown of the milestones i want to hit:

07/01: finish spinning the ply

07/02: wind a plying ball and start plying

07/04: finish plying

PROJECT 2: PERUVIAN WOOL 3-PLY

next up is another wip... kind of. i'm working on a sweater quantity of handspun -- i have one skein finished, but the rest of it has been on hold while the merino/silk takes up the spindle.

this yarn is a dk-weight 3-ply in a heathered fiber (knit picks wool of the andes roving in indigo heather). i have some leftovers on two of my makeshift bobbins from my first skein, so i'm hoping i can just slide the cops back onto my spindle and connect new fiber.

i have 800 g of the fiber, and will probably need at least 700 g for the sweater project, so... i think this should probably take the rest of the month (and beyond).

nonetheless...

PROJECT 3: DORSET WOOL CHAIN PLY

i have two GORGEOUS 100 g braids of dorset (again from emily c gillies' luck of the draw, this time for june 2023). there's an orange/pink/purple/blue gradient, and there's a coordinating pastel green/blue/purple/brown tonal.

i want to spin both up into lace/fingering-weight yarns to combine in a knitted project. to preserve the gradient, that'll get chain-plied, and i think i'll do the same on the tonal just for consistency (and because how does anyone split braids in 3???)

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and i'm pretty sure there will be absolutely no time for anything else, so. that's a wrap for my @a-tour-de-fleece plans!

[byrdhousemedia]

[a-gaggle-of-trainers]

Kieran has seen some crap

[pixelnrd]

River and April received a long-overdue visit at the end of summer, from River's beloved brother Indigo. None of River's family had visited them down in San Sequoia, so it was nice to finally reuinte in happy times.

Indigo's visit brought with it some surprises. He introduced River to his now partner, Jonathan. River was so happy to see Indigo in a happy relationship, thriving in himself. But he was less happy to hear that Indi and Johnathan were moving to Evergreen Harbour. Indi explained to him that it was time to leave Sulani to start a life together in a place that would allow he and Jonathan to be themselves.

Indigo told River that he and Summer had decided to sell their parents home in Sulani as they were both going their separate ways and needed the money. But while Indi was leaving Sulani behind, Summer was staying - she had moved in with her boyfriend Sidney, after falling pregnant after their parents died. She had given birth to twins - Ziggy and Siouxie - but not long after their birth Sidney had left them, leaving Summer alone to raise her kids. Indi had stayed in Sulani to help Summer, until she got back together with Sidney and became pregnant once again. It was at that point Indi decided it was time to make his own life, rather than convince Summer to live a different life, even if it was hard to see her make these choices.

River had loved seeing his brother. He and was sad to bid him farewell, knowing it would be a long time before they might see eachother again. But he was happy that Indi was happy.

[hamilton-fluff]

some Lee's I would probably do if requested (different fandoms)

☆any males from hamilton at all EXCEPT CHARLES LEE (hamilton)

☆peri and dev (fop a New wish)

☆heather M and Heather D (heathers)

☆mark H, cesar T, Adam M, jonah M, Gabriel, Thatcher D, Dave L, intruder, any alt (mandela catalogue)

☆N >:D (murder drones)

☆rambley and Lloyd (indigo park)

☆Any hashira and Any uppermoon (demon slayer)

☆Lunar, earth, solar (R.I.P), eclipse, sun and moon (the sun and moon show)

☆Anyone (sander sides)

☆draco (krew)

☆Jax (the amazing digital circus)

☆Saint peter, Emily, angel dust, husk, and Lucifer (hazbin hotel)

☆yellow guy, duck, red guy (don't hug me I'm scared)

Thats all my fandoms I can think of rn, if u want a different fandom u can ask, but if it's one idk gimme detail on what the fandom is, btw I would be doing headcanons or approving them

Bye! :D

[pink-pone]

One thing you learn about me pretty quick is that a lot of my ocs look like they’re related (color-wise) but actually aren’t. And also vice-versa, ocs that look like that have no relation to eachother at ALL, are actually close family lol.

Take for example Heather and Benji. Look related? Absolutely. You’ve got the tans, the lighter colored wings, the fact they bothe HAVE wings, and even eye color. But nope, they are just neighbors, no relation at all.

then see Benji next to his brothers, Sour and Indigo

huh??

like, what? They look like they’ve got nothing in common haha, two unicorns and a pegasi, totally different color schemes, hairstyles, and etc! But yes, they all have the same mom (except Sour had a different dad then Benji and Indigo), but yeah!

I guess it goes to show I develop my ocs with personality in mind first, and color schemes much much later. But regardless, I make it work. XD

[samspicturesandwords]

A sign I made for a recent pro-Palestine protest outside of an !ndigo store. The CEO of Indigo Books & Music, Heather Reisman, is one of the people who started the HESEG Foundation. This organization financially supports IDF soldiers after their "service", sweetening the deal for foreign volunteers to Israel's genocidal terrorist army.

[cyanogen-miasma]

fun fact this is my first time drawing kissing

though in fact due to the length of Indigo's snoot, Heather actually ends up kissing the side of her face, which wasn't intended but oh well

waow

[giantratarts]

project nearly a year in the making-

HMU when Rainbow Magic makes a reboot with my Rainbow Fairy redesigns /jk

[hassibah]

Great poster by @michaeldeforge explaining Chapters/Indigo CEOs support for IDF.

More info here.

[kittieshauntedourfantasy]

I MET DAN DOMENECH I'M SCREAMING CRYING THROWING UP

[craftycoola]

tdf '23: day 15

plying! hopefully this'll be blocked and dried by tomorrow.

[a-gaggle-of-trainers]

Damon: “... I can fix him..”

[immaculatasknight]

One law for me, another for thee

[fantastic-fr-scries]

Nocturne Male

Lavender / Heather / Indigo , Petals / Butterfly / Glimmer

[spankymerve]

I think Indigo should sell handies.

the self care industry will sell you face masks and teas and whatnot so i'm here to remind you not to forget the most important self care activity which is masturbation