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Luthvarian

@luthvarian

Meagan is a librarian and fiber artist who has been spinning yarn for over a decade.

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Luthvarian
@luthvarian Sep 27, 2022, 2:39 AM UTC

Fiber Arts and Gaming

There is something about fiber arts and gaming that just seems to go together perfectly. Maybe it's the fact that they are both creative endeavors that allow you to escape from the real world for a w…

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Luthvarian
@luthvarian Sep 27, 2022, 2:30 AM UTC

The Revival of Natural Plant Fibers

We are seeing a revival of natural plant fibers in the world of textiles. Once, we used a much wider variety of plant fibers than we do today. What happened? In the 1960s, synthetic fabrics overshado…

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Luthvarian
@luthvarian Sep 7, 2022, 3:05 PM UTC

Fiber artist returns to Hive

It has been three years since I last posted. When I last posted, I had just become a mom and was struggling to find that balance between parenting and passion work. When I last posted, this was still…

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Luthvarian
@luthvarian Dec 13, 2019, 4:50 PM UTC

Sick Baby = Sick Mama

Say hello to my personal germ factory. This is baby Dutch. Baby Dutch, like all babies, is gross. To give you an idea of how gross babies are, Dutch started daycare in February. From February to Dece…

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Luthvarian
@luthvarian Nov 29, 2019, 2:50 PM UTC

Photograph: Plaster Relief

The in-laws brought this plaster relief, a family heirloom, when they visited us this week. My husband does painting and airbrush work, so they want him to repaint it. We're thinking of leaving the e…

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Luthvarian
@luthvarian Nov 28, 2019, 8:14 PM UTC

Photo: Thanksgiving with Baby Dutch

I'm not super into Thanksgiving for a number of reasons, but we celebrate it for our parents. Regardless of any sociopolitical reasons, it is an opportunity for our parents to visit us and visit thei…

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Luthvarian
@luthvarian Nov 27, 2019, 5:53 PM UTC

Convenience Produce - Trying Imperfect Foods

My family usually buys produce at the KC City Market, a large farmer's market located in the River Market district in Kansas City. The market offers excess produce that grocery stores won't take at r…

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Luthvarian
@luthvarian Nov 26, 2019, 6:21 PM UTC

Subcontext

---------------- Subcontext she told her story in poems and bullet journal pages in baked goods and yarn in the quiet moments between late birthday cards and secrets ruined by savvy she told her stor…

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Luthvarian
@luthvarian Nov 26, 2019, 3:09 PM UTC

Phototropism & In-door Corn

One of my projects this Autumn and Winter is to grow corn inside. So far, I've got some lovely 6-8" shoots in my dining room. I've been using a 50 watt LED grow light in a floor lamp 14-16 hours each…

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Luthvarian
@luthvarian Nov 25, 2019, 4:42 PM UTC

Cottage Loaf

There's something magical about making bread. It isn't something I do often, but I keep supplies on hand, including a sourdough starter I maintain, just in case I feel like rocking out a loaf of one…

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