#fiber-arts — Public Fediverse posts
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Nearly 3 years ago I made myself a coat / jacket from a rather rustic yarn - rh:ool single. A simple form, faux fisherman's rib (a highly textured stitch that creates a very threedimensional fabric).
A few months ago my 25 yo son asked, if I could make him a similar garment.
Of course I can.
That's the same child that found mercerised cotton itchy when he was in grade school ...
Off to order some yarn https://www.rhool.de/shop/p/rhool-single-duesseldorf-24
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I crocheted another mesh baggy. This time a larger one. It can fit more stuff but i only found two sweaters and my yarn to show how the bag looks.
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Interesting thoughts about Kaffe Fassett.
Many years ago I could attend a talk he gave at the needleart fair "Nadelwelt" in Karlsruhe - must have been around 2008 or so.
Very inspiring, very interesting. I still can't for the life of me work with color, but I love his art.
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I finally got around to writing about the Gay & Grey Montreal Community Quilt project that I organized and facilitated back in 2025!
#ParticipatoryDesign #FiberArts #TextileArts #Quilting #LGBT #Aging
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She is finished!
I don't know which side I will use for the pillow though 😀
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Sunday, September 6
1:00 – 3:00pm#PrinciplesGICoffeeHouse
139 9th St, Brooklyn, NY 11215"A Sunday afternoon meetup for the fiber arts community. Open to all skill levels and allies, happening at #PrinciplesGI Coffee House in #Gowanus. Bring whatever project you're working on."
https://calendar.google.com/calendar/u/0/r/week/2026/9/6
#SolarPunkSunday #FiberArts #FiberArtsMeetup #GBLTQFriendly #BuildingCommunity
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#PortlandME - #FiberArtsMeetup
Twice monthly! Upcoming dates:
Saturday, September 5, 2026 and Saturday, September 19, 202610:30am–11:30am
#BurbankBranchLibrary
377 Stevens Avenue
Portland, ME 04103Program Type: Maker Club
Age Group: Adults (Ages 19+)"Love to do hand crafts? Bring your latest project and join other crafters for inspiration and conversation. #Knitting, #crochet, #embroidery, and other #FiberArts welcome, as are all skill levels."
FMI:
https://portlandme.librarycalendar.com/event/fiber-arts-meetup-12751#SolarPunkSunday #MaineLibraries #LibrariesRule #BuildingCommunity #SharingKnowledge #FiberArts
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Do I cut the fluffy tufts on Cloud 9? They are soooo good to play with though. Need to properly photograph this one, then it’ll go up on Ko-fi as my skin rashes to mohair.
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And @eclectech - the moment I saw this one, I had to get a snap for you.
"Emotional Support Chicken" by Penny Passikoff.
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The newest exhibition at the Workhouse is the Potomac Fiber Arts Guild presenting
Fiber & Identity: The Maker’s Voice,It is...amazing, gorgeous, awe inspiring, awesome, fun, and I'm running out of adjectives.
Proof positive that fiber & textile are IS ART!!
The exhibition catalog is in the link below.
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RE: https://bookstodon.com/@Annaspanner/116970419957983981
If you ever thought that #crafts would be boring or asked yourself what you could do with #crochet - voilà!
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And plied. Still needs to be finished, but I already really love it.
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Cloud 9 is off the loom, but it’s a long way from its bath. Each lace stripe needs ends sewn in, and the fringe. My sewing machine cover is awesome for cutting and twisting fringes.
#weaving #handmade #FiberArts -
Throw blankets are all finished! Whew! I felt like the finishing process took longer than the weaving (it didn’t, but it felt that way.) Twisting fringe, fixing broken threads, wet finishing, brushing, trimming fringe, steaming... It was a lot!
The thick colored yarn I had for ages and I needed a project to use it up. It’s wool, but other than that I don’t know much about it. The thinner yarn is Harrisville Shetland.
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Next spinning project.
The fiber is combed top from John Arbon - a mix of 90% British wool (Exmoor Blueface, Bluefaced Leicester, Devon Closewool and Romney) and 10% Mulberry Silk.
It's a dream to spin and even if it's only a little silk - it has a huge impact on the softness, more than I'd expected.
When I visited the shop, they'd just gotten a huge delivery, and I was allowed to go through the boxes and pick something - I felt very honored
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Over a year ago I got in on the Kickstarter for the EEW Fold project.
It's arrived! 😍
I have the older version 6.01 which I use for plying.
This new one all folds up into the base making it very portable.
Maurice has also added a rpm counter which was annoyingly missing on the 6.01. The bobbins unscrew too for easy packing away. I paid for an extra 3 bobbins. Like handbags and shoes, you can never have too many.
I'll try it out when I get an hour.
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Oh my, this is a great technique to deal with a striped top. The colors often look gorgeous in those tops but when you actually spin them, the colors get all muddy.
But some patience is required.
Questionable Blend 12 - Ice and Fire. Intentional Optical Mixing on a Bl...
https://youtube.com/watch?v=1ricOW-ThB0&is -
A day off of work, weather too hot to go outside or do anything that requires more activity than sitting in a chair - a skein of yarn is done.
I was in such a flow thati even forgot to take a picture of the singles.
I think it had about the same yardage as the other one from the toot above. And about the same softness.
We will see, how they really differ after finishing as I've used two different techniques for spinning the singles.