#yarnblr

[pitiplush]

Happy World Book Day! 📖❤️

Couldn't let this day pass without a special post from your truly, the bookish amigurumi artist.

If you're wondering why there's a dragon in there, it's because today is also Saint George, you know, the one who defeated the dragon, and in some parts of Spain it's tradition to gift your loved ones a rose or a book (that's why Darcy is holding a rose too!)

All of the patterns are designed by me except the dragon, that's from aradiyatoys

#amigurumi #crafts #pitiplush #artists on tumblr #yarnblr #fiber art #amigurumi artist #yarn crafts #world book day #teo #the sunbearer trials #nick nelson #charlie spring #heartstopper #elizabeth bennet #mr darcy #pride and prejudice #harrowhark nonagesimus #gideon nav #the locked tomb

[kleinergeist]

"Are you wearing the C-"

"The Cesare the Somnambulist sweater from Das Kabinet des Doktor Caligari (1920) dir. Robert Weine? Yeah, I am"

#fun fact: I knitted this based on a pattern from 1918! #the cabinet of dr. caligari #german expressionism #cesare the somnambulist #knitting #vintage knitting #crafts #knitwear #ootd #silent movies #yarnblr

[iknityounot]

(Long post, sorry y'all)

A little more than two years ago now, my grandmother passed away. She and my grandpa had moved down to my home town a few years before so we could take care of them. I brought them groceries once a week, helped them write checks, fixed tvs, and found lost things. I was really close with my grandma.

In addition to her hilarious personality and dry wit, one of my favorite things about her was that she was a painter and a crafter like me! She used to crochet, and I took her to the craft store a couple of times so she could get more yarn and books on crochet. But her arthritis and the shaking in her hands kept getting worse, so she eventually had to stop.

She kept her most recent project, a granny square blanket, safely packed away in a plastic bin. She told all of us she was going to finish it one day.

Her hands never got better, and when she got sick, and we found out it was cancer, she rapidly deteriorated.

After she passed, I went to work helping my mom clean out my grandparents apartment so we could move my grandpa in with her. In our frantic cleaning, I found that bin again:

DOZENS of granny squares, dozens of half used skeins. I asked my mom what she wanted me to do with it, and she said she didn't care. I set it aside and later took it home.

Maybe a month later, that tumblr post about the Loose Ends Project was going around. It felt like a sign--I was never going to learn to crochet in order to finish my grandmother's blanket. But they might be able to help!

So I filled out the interest form. They got back to me SUPER quick. And maybe 2 weeks later, I was paired with volunteer in my state (only 2 hours away!) and the box of yarn, granny squares, and my grandmother's crochet hook were in the mail. That was at the end of January this year.

Over the next couple of months, my "finisher" emailed me regular updates on her progress, and asked me questions on my preferences for how she constructed the final blanket.

At the end of August, the blanket was done!

I had always intended the blanket to be a gift for my mother. So I cleaned it up, put it in the only bag I had big enough to fit it, and drove to my mom's. I gave the blanket to her and she was gobsmacked. I explained to her all about Loose Ends, and how someone volunteered to finish the piece for us. She was speechless. (I was quite pleased with this, because I am not the best at giving gifts, so this was a pretty exciting reaction!)

She said that it was the most thoughtful gift she had ever been given. She said "your grandma would love this". To which I replied, "yeah, I know she really wanted to finish it a couple of years ago". But that was when my mom dropped the bomb of a century on me--she told me that my grandma had started making those granny squares OVER 30 YEARS AGO. She had started the blanket when my grandpa was staying in the hospital, but that was back when my mom was younger than I am now! My grandma had packed them all away, planning on finishing it, when my grandpa was sent home from the hospital. Then it went from house to house, from condo in Chicago to their apartment in my hometown. All that time and my grandma had wanted to finish it, but couldn't. First because she was busy, then because she forgot how to do it, then because of her arthritis, and then because of the cancer. My mom said she had given up on expecting my grandma to finish it. 

She said I brought a piece of her childhood with her mom out of the past.

And really, all of this is to say, if you have seen or heard about the Loose Ends Project and have an uncompleted project or piece from a loved one who has passed away--these are your people. They were so kind and treated my project with such care. That box probably would have been found by my own grandkids one day if I hadn't heard about Loose Ends.

Five stars, absolutely worth it!

(From what I understand, you can sign up to volunteer too! If you have time to share, it might be worth checking out!)

#loose ends #the loose ends project #joy knits #text #long post #knit #knitting #crochet #crocheting #craft #crafting #diy #crochetblr #yarnblr #yarn #knitblr

[bright-thehawksflight]

You know at first I didn't believe it when fiber artists on tumblr would tell me to be wary of the fiber art slippery slope. And yet. I hear the siren call of the spindle. Fellow crafters help me resist. Tie me to the fucking mast. Please.

#fiber arts #crafts #craftblr #yarnblr #knitting #spinning #drop spindle #i can't start learning how to spin now i just can't #please i still live with my parents i have no storage space #it is the need for new stimuli #my enclosure is small but i yearn for enrichment #lisa says the things

[ivybladewitch]

Realized I never posted this here!

It took two years, but I made the Annie's Cathedral Rose Window Afghan! First time I made a full blanket, really love it!

#crochet #crochetblr #yarn arts #Afghan #yarnblr #wip #Good god that took a long time! #Freaking 6ft diameter blanket

[shiny-rock-muncher]

person looking through blinds sweater

#i made this one with a normal sweater pattern and then made the chart for the guy myself #knitting #knit #knitblr #art #yarn #yarnblr #my art #fiber art #knitters of tumblr

[eameseames]

Posting the final product one more time because I’m so proud of it! Taught myself crochet this summer with YouTube, then spent all of this fall making Persian Tiles during my down time at work (there’s a lot). Sized it up from an afghan to a queen size because 1) go big or go home 2) worsted weight acrylic yarn is dead cheap. Learned a lot! Also talked to so many people who saw me working on it and told me their own stories about crochet- old projects of their own that fell to the wayside, the blanket their grandma made. I got inspired to make this after I saw the pattern online, then spotted a finished one at the fair in the crafts barn. Felt like full circle when someone else told me they felt inspired to pick the craft back up!

#crochet #persian tiles #yarn crafts #yarn #yarnblr #crafts #craftblr #hand crafted

[warpweighted]

what grinds my gears like nothing else is textiles manufacturers greenwashing bamboo/rayon yarn or fabric as though the fact that it's derived from plant material erases the enormously toxic manufacturing process. like the first thing you think of when you think of bamboo yarn/fabric is 'oh it must be made like any other plant fiber' but no!!! that's a semisynthetic fiber that's usually made with carbon disulfide which is extremely toxic to workers and environment both!

and there ARE less destructive bamboo processing techniques you CAN make bamboo fiber the same way you do any other bast fiber theres EVEN a less common chemical process that doesnt do the same harm that viscose rayon does but NO instead we get ~natural fiber~ greenwashing that hides behind the extremely reasonable assumptions people make about plant fibers

I will never ever in my life begrudge people who buy bamboo yarn or for that matter acrylic because (a) goddamn its fucking rough out here (b) I'd be a massive hypocrite (c) the problem is the manufacturers not the individual and (d) sometimes it IS the yarn for the job but I will never stop beating my drum about this bc we! deserve! to know!

#autism.txtile #knitting #yarnblr #gets out soapbox TEXTILES' INCREDIBLE TECHNOLOGICAL ADVANCES & HORRIFYING HUMAN & ENVIRONMENTAL DESTRUCTION CANNOT BE MEANINGFULLY SEPARATED #aiden.txt

[zosiayarn]

You're making it difficult for me to take progress photos, ma'am.

#yarnblr #knitblr #knitting #hand knit #nightshift shawl

[cumshroom]

#spoons #spoonie #cats #cats of tumblr #polls #yarnblr #crochet #fibre arts #fibromyalgia #felines #disability #chronic illness #knitting #quilting #sewing #embroidery #lgbt #come to my poll gays

[amybugz]

forfeit all mortal possessions to the long-nose dogfish....

(he's available to buy in my shop now ! amybugs.bigcartel.com )

#art #fish #illustration #artists on tumblr #fish friday #wet beasts #crochet #borzoi #sneep snorp #dogfish #crafts #fibre arts #fiber art #yarn #yarnblr #crochetblr #plush #plushie #plush friend

[blatantescapism]

okay so as someone who fits this stereotype, I’m curious.

How many of us belong to the fiber arts / neurodivergent / cat person trifecta?

(I would ask how many of us are also queer, but this is Tumblr.)

For purposes of this poll, if you make any kind of fiber / yarn / fabric / textile / sewing arts or crafts,

or if you have a strong special interest in them, regardless of ability or desire to create,

you are a Fiber Person.

And if you self-identify as neurodivergent, regardless of official diagnosis status, you are Neurodivergent.

Please reblog for a larger sample size!

#craftblr #yarnblr #knitblr #fiber art #fiber arts #textiles #textile art #tumblr polls #cats

[inaweofdiana]

This is a long shot but I’m hoping someone out there has an extra skein of this yarn they’re willing to sell or trade to me.

Yarn inspired by the Magnus Archives! An indie dyer no longer in business, Merry and Mae, made this GORGEOUS vast-inspired yarn. It is worsted weight in the colorway Ex Altiora.

I am willing to pay for the yarn and shipping, or the cost of shipping and I will make you a hat or cowl from any other yarn I have in my stash! You can pick the pattern if you want or I have a bunch of patterns you can pick from and then I will also pay shipping to send it back to you.

I’m starting to get desperate here— if you have some you are willing to part with (even just part of a skein leftover!) PLEASE let me know!

Reblogs for visibility GREATLY appreciated, especially within the tma fandom 💙

#the magnus archives #tma #the magnus protocol #tmagp #knitting #yarnblr #yarn #crochet #please I’m desperate guys orz #I’ve already tried Facebook and ravelry and contacting the business #please obi wan ken-homies you’re my only hope

[iknityounot]

I am going to make this a separate post, since the other one got so long.

So, like I mentioned there, I sent my grandma's granny squares off to my Loose Ends "finisher" with the intent of giving my mother the blanket when it was complete. I had NO thoughts in my head at all for saving something for myself.

When I received the box in August with the completed blanket, it had two additional things in it. It had a letter and a bag. The bag had two and a half skeins of left over yarn (please peep the picture of all they yarn I sent this lady, I was SO surprised she was able to use so much of it!) my grandmother's crochet hook, and a single granny square. In the letter, my finisher, Katherine, wrote that she set aside one of the original squares my grandma made--she specifically said the one she guessed may have been one of the first--in order to put it in a central place in the finished blanket. But then she forgot about it when she went to put the blank together, so now there was one left over. She said she sent it along with the blanket, hoping it would still find a home.

So, like I said in my last post, I gathered up the blanket and brought it to my mom....but I kept that lone granny square for myself. I immediately knew what I wanted to do with it:

I bought this little shadow box on Amazon, pinned in the granny square, and added my grandma's hook. I plan on hanging it in my little crafting zone in my apartment ❤️

Just another reason why the Loose Ends Project has my heart in a chokehold. There was so much thought and kindness that went into what Katherine did--for both me and my mom.

#joy knits #text #loose ends #the loose ends project #knit #knitting #knitblr #craft #crafting #craftblr #yarn #yarnblr #crochet #crocheting #crochetblr #diy #granny square #i cant not shill for them now #i just wish i was good/consistent enough to volunteer?

[wordsforrain]

I found my mom’s old granny squares crochet catalog from 1973 and boy is it the most seventies thing that ever seventiesed. That said, I feel like tumblr might like these for inspiration

#crochet #needlework #crafts #yarn #granny squares #yarnblr #crochetblr #fiber arts #fiber crafts

[ivybladewitch]

$45 for a sweater??? do i look like im MADE of money?????? absolutely not!!!!

$75+ for yarn to make a sweater you say? plus 100+ hours of work and frustration!!!!! SIGN ME THE FUCK UP!

#crochet #wip #crochetblr #yarnblr #fiber arts #yarn arts #knitting