#fibrecraft — Public Fediverse posts

Today's impulse buy at the thrift store was this wooden doodad that I'm assuming has something to with spinning wool, though I'm not entirely sure. Is it a weird looking spindle? Something else? Any ideas?

Edit: several people have suggested a phang spindle (yay, new word!), which seems very likely. And know I have a name to do more research.

#spinning #knitting #FibreArts #FibreCraft

@venite 👀 https://www.nationaalarchief.nl/onderzoeken/nieuws/brei-een-schotse-archiefsjaal

#Knitting #FibreCraft #Shawl

Went to #Iceland in 2019, and bought a pair of woolen socks from a tiny craft stall in the #Vestfjörður. After a few years they wore out. Being knitted, not nålbinded they started to unravel. I finally got around to making my 1st repair attempt today with some WYS wool I had bought for my #nalbinding. I'm hoping that using the pure wool will allow the repairs to felt together over time. It's probably obvious, but the left one is the 1st attempt.
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#VisibleMending #FibreCraft #Wool

First finished knitting project in years: the reversible Basketweaver beanie by Westknits (https://www.ravelry.com/patterns/library/the-basketweaver-hat), with yarn from Northbound Knitting (https://www.northboundknitting.com/) and Yarnalia, purchased at Good Grief Yarn in Toronto (https://goodgriefyarn.com/).

All pics are from unblocked product, since I finished it about 45 minutes before saying goodbye to the lovely guest who stayed with me for the past few weeks, and who was the recipient of the beanie. I gave them a small bottle of Eucalan and will instruct them on how to wash and block the beanie. Hope they will enjoy it!

Have good memories especially of knitting during a Sunday afternoon of lunch, drinks, snacks and board games at my other friend's place ❤️

#Knitting #SilentSunday #Beanie #FibreCraft #Ravelry #Westknits

So, you may know that I make a lot of custom crochet toys for people who send me photos or drawings of what they would like. I use a lot of amigurumi of course, but the rest is all freeform crochet. And it all started here with this very wall hanging a few years ago. I just hooked up the various stitches and used yarn colours that suited the narrative I was trying to tell, which was a beach with cliffs and a sky above. It was completely freeing and it made me realise that I could make things without having to use patterns if I wanted to. I called it "Painting with Yarn". Now I paint and sculpt with yarn when I make the custom toys I have turned into a passion and a little money earner on the side. It's very fulfilling and a lot of fun. Give it a go when you have a mo' 😊

#Crochet #Crocheting #FibreArts #FibreCraft @crochet #FreeFormCrochet

This royal chap was a recent custom #crochet make for my lovely repeat customer Paul who sends me #manga artwork to crochet dolls from. I gave him this one as a #Chistmas gift.

#crocheting #toys #toy #fibrecraft #fibrearts @crochet