Now that I (finally) have my 32" walnut stained Kromski loom put together [swoon, it is SO PRETTY] and have gotten the texsolv apron strings, I wanna warp and go!
...But now I'm waiting on warp separators. Grumble-mumble-being-patient-sucks.
What do y'all have on your loom right now or doing for craft? Pretty pictures will surely tide me over until Monday.
A terrific "deadstock" yarn and notions resource... High end fashion industry overage, mostly from Italy. Some gorgeous options here, and fun buttons too!!
NEW! To me, anyway... from the FutureFiber channel on #YouTube. Soooo funny! And clever. Are you in the chicken nugget at 3am quadrant of summer? Find out here!... "An unhinged summer knitting review."
Morning everyone! I have absolutely no self control, so I’ve put aside my autumn colourway from yesterday. Instead, I’m working on a test for the same pattern but with Lion Brand’s Mandala. I only have Gnome on hand for now, but I plan to make this up using Chimera. It’s curling just a little, and I can’t quite remember from when I was doing the Sophie’s Universe CAL if that’s normal at this point. Nevertheless, we shall persevere! @crochet#crochet#FiberArts
I really want to love this more than I am as it works up.
I'm really hoping like, more progress and blocking works miracles.
It's the same yarn as the pattern, but idk, it looks SO messy and blaaaah to me. Maybe I'm just too close to it. And maybe the yarn will really look great after blocking.
I'm just unhappy with this yarn. Maybe steaming will help, but I didn't realize it was single ply (my fault) and I'm worried about the longevity of the garment. I'm careful with clothes, but also I have a super affectionate dog.
Spending hours knitting a fingering weight cable garment for my fat-self only for it to pill and not look good shortly after finishing seems... like a waste of time?
I contacted the dyer. She actually offered to buy back any unwound skeins (which was nice considering we're well past her 10 day return window). But I've already wound most of them so I think I'll just try and destash a SQ of them all. Someone else may love this yarn!
She's going to custom dye me this same color on another of her bases. This one's a 4 ply 85/15 Merino/Nylon with a soft feel and nice drape. I think it will work much better.
I was totally just going to go with that beautiful green color if she couldn't do me a custom one cuz GOOD LORD that's pretty. But I really am in love with that warm brown for this shrug. It'll be a few weeks, but I'm excited to love this project, finally.
EDIT: I'm happy to see the attention this has been getting!
I've been unsuccessfully trying to get her to join the fediverse, as she makes a lot of cute felt critters that would be welcome here
🐕🦺🐕🦺🐕🦺 Don't miss the wonderful tale <heh heh> of Wally, the rescued Tibetan mastiff, especially part 2/3rd way through when she removes Wally's pelt. Incredible!!
I wonder if it's the same for sheep, alpacas, llamas, goats, etc. What a great dog!
Yesterday I started knitting again after years of not knitting a single stitch. I forgot how much I love it. 😁🧶
All the stitches came back to me as soon as I picked the needles up again. I didn't have to look up how to do any of it, I guess it must be muscle memory. 👀 :knitting: :ablobcatknitsweats:
Yesterday I was very creative at our demonstration table in the museum: my first collage that isn't just paper & paint. There was no audience (people probably used the rare sunshine for outdoor events), but we had fun! Now some small embroidery in gold to finish it. Should I make more collages with textile parts? 🤔 @embroidery@fibrearts@fiberarts
By sewing the third layer of leaves so that the leaves stand upward a little, I was able to give the pillow some more shape, and it all fits together much more nicely. There are still gaps between the leaves, which I hope won't make the whole pillow too fragile. But the changed geometry definitely reduced the gaps!
What a yarn! Journalists are turning to #crochet to tell data stories
“I’m really interested in these beautiful, touchable representations of data that use texture to encode information in a way that our screens cannot reproduce.”
Inner leaves of the succulent pillow - done!
there are two more layers of leaves to sew together, and then add a backing. As I add the layers and it gets more three-dimensional, the work gets more complicated!
My mom sent me her entire yarn stash ... which is lovely.
But she carefully wound most of the skeins into balls; I've only found one with its label still intact. I can figure out the weights, but the fiber content, brand, colorway, etc., are going to be subject to a lot of guesswork.