Ever had yarn so pretty that you're afraid to use it?

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Hand dyed yarn from my Tears of the Kingdom collection.🌿

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I love seeing how a hand dye works up!

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My current wip is to (hand)die for

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Second go at hand painted yarn: Cranberry spice.

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I'm thinking blanket.

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We can stay up late, swapping crochet stories, and in the morning...I'm making waffles!

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40 skeins of yarn left my house yesterday for 1 order. I had to take a picture before they left.

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Major score from someone's destash

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I got a bunch of scrapbooking paper and now I can pretend I have marble countertops 😂

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No filter, natural light, “So Blue it Hurts”

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My first ever yarn wall, and the shop owner let me do a rainbow collection!

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A comparison to show what reskeining yarn does

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Purple Dip Dye Fade!

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Sage Fade Set Drying on the rack!

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An unraveled sweater worth of alpaca yarn

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A skein of handspun Flemish sheep

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I don't think I ever shared my pride gradient yarns here, I'm really happy with how they turned out!

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Spring socks coming soon!

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My biggest order shipped today! 30 skeins of yarnie goodness.

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So cute

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Went to an alpaca farm last night and couldn’t resist!

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My most recent creation.... Pixie Dust.

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Yay for new colors! An Easter Egg Rainbow mini skein set. It's also part of the 10% off pride sale .

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I spin Superfine Laceweights.

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I bought a dropspindle today to recycle all of my yarn scraps. This is the first time i tried spinning and i really enjoyed it. Needs a lot of improvement, but i love the result.

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Summer Citrus!

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Noro Kureyon woven onto an old magazine holder.

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My last post got quite a bit of attention so I started swatching my other hand dyed colourways (in the form of scrunchies) and packing orders. 💕💕

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Got this shelf for something else and it was a lot smaller than I expected, so I used it for yarn decoration instead

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My ten year old started dyeing yarn and has gotten to be so good! People are loving her shop and I’m so proud of her! Her latest color is called Milky Way!

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My wife's horror-movie inspired collection

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I may have an obsession...

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My attempt at a Fall Colorway. Love how it turned out.

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I am LITERALLY dyeing. L i t e r a l l y. Here's a batch made with 🧅yellow onion skins, 🥑avocado pits, and 🌺hibiscus tea (which looked fuchsia but dyed blue)

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Showing off my latest colorway, Samhain. It’s part 2 of an 8 part series I’m planning. It took 5 attempts to get to a color I was pleased with, but I think it was worth it! Link in comments

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Such a sexy swatch.

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I dyed new colors for the new Stephen West MKAL. I normally don't do neutrals, but I love the bottom middle one so much.

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So vibrant, so colorful! Just having fun dyeing yarn.

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Here’s a custom order fade I dyed for a customer’s birthday. Her plans are to knit a comfort fade cardi - I can’t wait to see the results!

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Pretty rainbow yarn going out in the mail. Sometimes I wish I could keep everything I dye.

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When you get gifted a yarn winder. My wife is the best ❤️

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I Collect Yarn and Pins 💗

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Pumpkin Kisses on my Gotta Have base (sorry, reposted cause I accidentally deleted it 🤦) I'm new can you tell.

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Freshly dyed sock yarn! I call this beauty Raspberry Parfait

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Loving Knit Picks Muse Hand Painted yarn in Impulse.

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Making my first sock ever with my own dyed yarn! What do you think of the colours?

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Wanted to show off my latest colorway! It’s a variegated version of my Quibbler gradient.

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I am loving the new colors, I want to make them into everything!

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I’m getting in to the Halloween spirit! New Zombie Apocalypse colorway and the art for a new pin/sticker that’s finally in production. All inspired by my new favorite pattern book, doomsday knits (link in comments)

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This is a lot of yarn for 1 order. 64 skeins to be precise.

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Today was another rainbow dyeing day for orders. Plus 2 new rainbow yarns.

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Newest handspun, in two different plies.

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Making my hubby some Christmas socks soon! Colorway is Pacific Christmas 🎄

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Second dye ever. Dunno if it's at porn level per se, but I like it. I'll get better at skein twisting.

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Found this yarn with no label, I think it's cotton but I'm not sure. Anybody recognize it? I'm new to knitting and would like to buy more, it's super soft and comfy. Kind of flat and very brittle.

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I just got done with my latest handspun, Harvest Party!

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A special treat from Purl Soho because shipping to Canada was cheap!

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Dye experiment weekend. Tried to get as many colors on the skeins as possible. What do you think?

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“Ocean Breeze and Tangerines”- I’ve been in the mood to dye summer yarns!

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I spun and dyed this beautiful merino yarn this week 💛

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Here’s the fade from Friday all skeined up!

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I have a few skeins of yarn to get out. Everything not on an envelope is a partial order.....

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This yarn I got for a hue shift. The colors give me vibes of spring. ...And Starburst.

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Yesterday was literally the first day I have left my house since the beginning of March. Went to Walmart to get a haircut and had to sneak a peak at the yarn. I found all of these pretty babies on Clearance for about $45! Hope this gets me though another 4 months stuck at home. 😄

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Rainy Day Rainbow on the wheel

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These Pics Make Me So Happy!

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Little things like how these stitches change color bring me the most joy.

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I love how this came out! I think I might name it “Grumpy Rainbow “due to its muted, moody colours.

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My first time dyeing yarn on this base, 60% extrafine merino, 20% superkid mohair, 20% silk and it's dreeeammyy

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Another day, another fade. This one is destined to be knit into “Le Pouf”!

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Proud of my new OOAK colors

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So I did some test dyes. One of the ladies in my knitting group actually order 10 skeins lighter blue and 6 of the orange.

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Save me before I ruin myself

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Getting to swatch up skeins is probably my favourite part of dyeing 🌿

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I'm fairly new to dyeing my own yarn, but I'm really proud of this one.

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My Toto colorway that I dyed in the dark because of a power outage yesterday. No data available on the phone, no electricity, a freaking pandemic, but at least I had something to do.

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In honor of our new joint venture the other Weird Sister (it’ll make sense if you read my comment 😆) and I decided to create signature colorways. These are my contributions, a variegated and gradient. She’s working on a self stripe in the same colors. Link in comments if you want to check it out!

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Dreamboat in the dye pan. Loving those speckles.

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Knitted a sample of my ‘Hogwarts is my Home’ hand painted blank. It’s basically the longest cowl ever! I love knitting these blanks because the color placement is always a surprise, despite being the one that dyed them. Sorry about the color difference; FO pics taken on phone, yarn pics on a camera

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500 yards of buttery soft local alpaca, or how I spent my birthday cash 😍

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Every three months, I get to help friends with their alpaca yarn stall

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I visited KnitCircus in Madison, WI while passing though last month. I am so glad that I took the time to visit. Huge selection of their dyed yarns and everthing was so soft and beautiful. Even my husband was impressed! I highly recommend going or ordering from their website!

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Dyeing yak yarn is extremely satisfying. This is a Peacock gradient on a blend of yak, silk and Superwash merino.

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This blanket made of yarn by Dyetastic gets two paws up from very discerning customers. They're going to be so sad when it goes to its forever home at my dad's....

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Just got my republic of wool sock club shipment

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Royalty on Merino Extrafine 2ply :)

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I had a dyeing challenge for this album cover - I’m quite pleased with the result!! I love these challenges- it forces you to use colors you might not otherwise think of.

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I’m so obsessed with the way this yarn turned out! 😍

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Dyed my very first yarn this weekend! Luckily I'm married to a Textile Chemist in Dyeing and Finishing :)

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I got the urge to try and dye a dragonfruit gradient - pretty happy with how it turned out.

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The epitome of yarn porn

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I saw these and had to have them so I saved up. Ended up having to do a custom order for Frida (right 3) but it was worth it!

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I had a Nostalgia Attack so... I made the most 90s colorway ever...

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Custom order based on this painting...I’m in love with these! Silk blends are my favorite base to dye.

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Precious Metals- I love dyeing neutrals !

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I’ve saved some more yarn from the dumpsters at work!

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Look what I have drying. Oh I don't know what I will make with it, but it will be awesome!

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Just got my first yarn that wasn't red heart, ferris wheel in cotton candy.

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Made some nebula inspired kettle dyed sparkle yarn! Also filmed a detailed tutorial on how to create colorways based off of reference photos

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I love the way this yarn looks like a geode.

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I love my new colorway!! These reminded me of a painting by O’Keeffe

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I dyed a wound ball of yarn in Wiltons Teal. Absolutely in love with the results!

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Cashmere mountain. 90% merino 10% cashmere! ~ 20 lbs I got from work!

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My mom ordered me some gorgeous yarn from Etsy.

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I finally got all my mini skein's together where I can admire them!

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My friend's home kitchen dyed alpaca yarn has taken a giant leap forwards! Her colours are so lovely!

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A fade I dyed last weekend! Some of my favorite colors to knit with!

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These are an over-dye of a colorway I didn’t like.....and of course I love them lol. I really hope I can recreate them.

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Done putting my new yarns in balls

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A yarny photo I took for my neat wife!

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A few of my very first dye attempts!

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My first successful multicolored yarn! “Lalotai” - based on the realm of monsters in Moana

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yummy yarn that I got to open on Christmas by Grenouille Co 🐸 the last in my advent. Have you ever tried a yarn advent?

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Some of my handspun 100% Siberian Husky fur yarn! (No, my dog yarns don't smell like wet dog.)

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Fairy Witchcraft from Sock Obsession Yarns!!

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Speckle Porn

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Just bought this at my local LYS... It was love at first sight.

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Eleven months of Space Cadets never ending gradient.

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Accidental fade I put together!

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Dye Day!!!!!

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Drifting Azure- creates this by accident the other day. I love happy accidents lol.

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Obsessed with my fade palette

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I fancied some dark socks, so I dyed this today.

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Testing and swatching

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I painted/dyed ombre yarn inspired by Starry Night :D

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Soon to be a Spring Dress for My Daughter

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These arrived today 😍

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Layers of Brioche knit w/ indie-dyed Machete Shoppe

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Cool Cat Fibers If I wanted Exposure I'd Get My Tits Out regular and deconstructed mini kit. Swoon!

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I love using the flourescent dye from Dharma Trading to make nebula yarn that glows under blacklight.

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Dyed some fall colors!

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Sanderson Sisters - Amuck Amuck Amuck

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So Much Yarn, located near Pike Place Market in Seattle (1/2)

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I fell in love with this yarn the minute I saw it! Chunky alpaca hand dyed (I used flash to show the colors better)

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I can’t decide which one to use first 😍

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Started dyeing my new custom base that has recycled rose fibers. It’s soft and has a nice luster.

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Handspun (by me) rainbow on my little storm cloud

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A recent custom gradient that I dyed on Laceweight yarn - it’s time consuming to knit it into a blank but definitely worth it.

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Some worsted weight I dyed the other day

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I won an IG contest! And got super gorgeous yarn!

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My terrible /s job today: helping a friend with her stall at The Handmade Markets

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At 7 months of waiting my Madeline Tosh order finally arrived!!

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Oh boy, my new yarn is here

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Brights on grays = my favorites!

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My new Halloween yarn :))

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When a dyeing ‘accident’ turns into something beautiful!

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Just finished drop spindle spinning some quality yarn porn!

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