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Riin Gill

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She/her, knitter, spinner, weaver, crocheter, native plant gardener, Whovian, elder Gen X, vegan, geek, πŸ³οΈβ€πŸŒˆ/πŸ³οΈβ€βš§οΈ ally. Fibromyalgia, migraine, depression, anxiety, AuDHD. Friend to wildlife. riingill.substack.com.

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24.09.2025 21:45 β€” πŸ‘ 11    πŸ” 3    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

So…he wants us all to die, right? Because that’s the only logical reason I can see for any of this.

12.09.2025 22:39 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
Yarn barf

Yarn barf

Warping my loom and my yarn barfed. #weaving #yarn

12.08.2025 18:48 β€” πŸ‘ 8    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Yep. I’m 60, and when someone is described as being in their 60’s, I picture someone much older than me. Or maybe I picture myself as much younger than 60. 45, maybe?

06.08.2025 19:51 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

One good way to know you’re in a cult is when your top guy has been credibly accused of raping children and you’re still a fan.

04.08.2025 19:58 β€” πŸ‘ 430    πŸ” 118    πŸ’¬ 14    πŸ“Œ 0

My mom died in 2019, 5 days before my birthday. My birthday wasn’t the best that year.

04.08.2025 00:48 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

Get a magnet.

28.07.2025 20:42 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

and I’m ready to chuck it. I wish I had read about linen being difficult before buying this yarn. But I figured since I have it, and I want linen fabric, I’ll read about HOW to weave with linen. And it’s still a PITA. So now what? 2/2

28.07.2025 20:30 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

Turns out that everyone who says weaving with linen is a PITA is right. Usually weaving is calming and I keep looking at the cloth I’m making and thinking it’s so beautiful. With linen? Not calming. Annoying AF. And I don’t even like the way it looks. I was planning on weaving 11’. I’ve done 6” 1/n

28.07.2025 20:27 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

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27.07.2025 12:10 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

It’s just way too big. I allowed three hours between flights, and I nearly missed my connecting flight. No time to eat, no time to pee, ran half the way, got there just as the gates were closing, out of breath. Way too much stress.

22.07.2025 12:08 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

Yeah, I’ve been there a few times, but it’s a pretty long train ride. Faster by plane, but good gawd, that airport! Nope. Just nope. Not going to that airport again.

22.07.2025 01:43 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

Yikes! Yeah, here it’s about a mile away at its closest.

21.07.2025 13:09 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Southeast Michigan here.

21.07.2025 13:09 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

We hear trains a few times each night. If either of us is even half awake, we say β€œtrain!”

21.07.2025 00:28 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

I was in my grandparents’ living room. I was 4 so I didn’t really understand what all the fuss was about. I thought we had been going to the moon for years.

21.07.2025 00:23 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

I’ve got all kinds of glue. Absolutely no idea where the oil is.

21.07.2025 00:17 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

Maybe it joined my sewing machine oil, wherever that is.

20.07.2025 20:40 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

Oh. Is that why my muscles are aching?

20.07.2025 20:31 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

Once years ago I was chopping broccoli and a piece flew up into the air and went through a portal to another dimension. But I don’t remember putting the oil *anywhere*. I think it may have gone through a portal on its own.

20.07.2025 20:29 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

If you were my sewing machine oil, where would you be?

20.07.2025 15:14 β€” πŸ‘ 3    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0
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The #1 way to explain America working properly is by saying β€œcomedians can make fun of he President on TV.” A good way to explain fascism is β€œthe President forces companies to fire those comedians as a condition of allowing them to conduct business.”

18.07.2025 01:07 β€” πŸ‘ 7539    πŸ” 2241    πŸ’¬ 33    πŸ“Œ 52

My mom taught me when I was a kid, but that was in the 1970’s!

16.07.2025 02:53 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Bees are so helpful.

14.07.2025 16:24 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

That’s easy. I’m post menopausal. Everything is terrible.

08.07.2025 03:58 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

I planted mine 4-5 years ago, but it got trampled when we had the pond put in, and again when we added the waterfall. So it would have been more established by now, but I’m always happy it actually came back!

07.07.2025 21:26 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
The Michigan Lily, a lily native to Michigan, stands in my garden surrounded by other native plants in front of a pond. The flowers are orange, facing down, with the petals and sepals beginning to curve backward.

The Michigan Lily, a lily native to Michigan, stands in my garden surrounded by other native plants in front of a pond. The flowers are orange, facing down, with the petals and sepals beginning to curve backward.

My Michigan Lilies are blooming! #nativeplants #plantnative #michigan #michiganlily #nativemichiganplants

07.07.2025 14:05 β€” πŸ‘ 11    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

Repeat to yourself: β€œIt’s a boat shuttle, not a jet ski shuttle!”

25.06.2025 01:14 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
Vest made from handwoven Saori-style fabric in shades of blue, black, and white.

Vest made from handwoven Saori-style fabric in shades of blue, black, and white.

I finished my vest! I won’t be able to wear it till fall because I wove the fabric with worsted weight wool/alpaca/silk/mohair yarn and it’s 94Β°F but I’m ready! #handmade #sewing #weaving #Saori

22.06.2025 21:00 β€” πŸ‘ 34    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0