Alison Russell

Handspinner, dyer, weaver, knitter, etc., I make things for people who make things!

[Alison Russell @AliCatFiberarts]

@FreckledFiber @rleggope BFF's parents have Ring - they get push notifications anytime someone/thing triggers the doorbell camera. He started having me come to the back door after they commented "Oh I see A came to visit!" while they were on vacation. 😒

[Kingfisher & Wombat @UrsulaV]

Ah, spring! When the gardener alternates wildly between YAY THAT PLANT CAME BACK and digging through leaf litter in a panic trying to see if that one plant came back.

[Alison Russell @AliCatFiberarts]

@markangrybird @danibird03 @RomiDesigns Actually no - the q was "Why do I lose followers when *my son* is modeling shawls." Entirely different q.

[Alison Russell @AliCatFiberarts]

The Edible Houseplant Project https://t.co/8WjriLIy3q via @wordpressdotcom

[Alison Russell @AliCatFiberarts]

@SpunkyEclectic @dyedinthewool1 Yep - here too. Early Feb started stockpiling things I could neither make nor do without, bc who knew what was going to happen w something this new.

[Abby Franquemont 🇺🇸🇵🇪 @abbysyarns]

Hello, I’m a handspinner in a TV drama and I oh wait no never mind, we don’t exist kthxbye

[sarah webb @ bluesky @BearsAreRed]

there’s a mouse living in the oven mitt on our porch 🍂

[Kyle 🌱 @KylePlantEmoji]

My buddy who runs the wonderful bbq truck @swineandsteel updated their official policy

[Alison Russell @AliCatFiberarts]

@abbysyarns Which is the biggest problem with the ACA, that the GOP deliberately made worse under the guise of "individual liberty" so it would be easier to get rid of entirely later because they could then point at its failure as "proof." You were in IL? Did they do the Medicaid expansion?

[Alison Russell @AliCatFiberarts]

@abbysyarns "Better than nothing" =/= Good.

[Alison Russell @AliCatFiberarts]

@abbysyarns Yes, absolutely! While low-hanging fruit is still fruit, it's nowhere near enough, and we can't let people think that this is all the fruit we need. We absolutely need to keep the pressure on.

[Alison Russell @AliCatFiberarts]

@abbysyarns Thanks to GOP strategy of "anything that might work if done properly, and thus completely discredit our core values,sending us into existential crisis, must be broken before people see it -" yes. Again, geography matters here 🙁

[Alison Russell @AliCatFiberarts]

@abbysyarns You're not wrong, especially if that's your audience. I think I'm reaching for the same thing from the other side - pointing out that this is the low-hanging fruit, and therefore picked first.

[Alison Russell @AliCatFiberarts]

@abbysyarns Is it enough? Hell no! But it's not nothing.

[Alison Russell @AliCatFiberarts]

@abbysyarns those states, it may help. BFF lost his job in Feb, multiple health issues means no ins. not an option. No savings, living w/ parents so he can pay COBRA out of unemployment. This will definitely help him.

[Nadja Drost @nadjadrost]

I just had an incredible encounter. Our doorbell rang, so I opened the window to look below to the front stoop.
When I saw a man delivering food, I called out to him, letting him know it must be for our neighbors downstairs. This, so far, is normal.

[Alison Russell @AliCatFiberarts]

@knittymag Don't know if this counts as multi step, but my fave pantry/freezer meal is pasta + frozen leafy greens + (butter & lemon pepper, pesto, quick Alfredo sauce) Alfredo sauce = 1 part each butter, cream, parmesan or Romano cheese. Very simple.

[aDorned @i_am_aDorned]

Hey guess what!? I've survived owning a small local yarn shop for two whole years now!

Need some yarn? Check out what I've got at https://t.co/PfnFqKfVhz.