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One of my coworkers keeps commenting on how I'm always working on some craft or other and they've literally never seen me without something next to me, and it's like... what can I tell you; each crochet or knit stitch or bit of fiber drafted out puts an extra centimeter of distance between me and the flesh eating snail that's been chasing me my whole life, and if I stop it WILL catch up within the fortnight, and it promised the first thing it will eat is my hands, so if nothing else I want a stock of socks and bags and my gloves mended and stuff. I mean you know how curses are.

#unreality #that damm snail

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Jeny’s interlock cast off exactly mirrors the long-tail (and the backward loop) cast on AND is a very good stretchy bind off.

This baby sweater is knit bottom up, but I made the sleeves top down, picking up stitches around the armhole, so to get the same edge on the ribbing, I did the long-tail cast on on the body and the interlock cast off on the sleeves.

#reference

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Reblog for bigger sample size

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Capstone Fiber Arts Survey

Hey guys, a friend of a friend is doing a Fiber Arts survey for her capstone, and it would be a huge help if those of you who do any kind of fiber/textile art could take this survey and also spread it to anybody you know who is currently or was previously involved with textile arts, from your sister who makes subversive cross stitch to your great grandpa who took up knitting when he served in the Marines.

The capstone project is on the Importance of Fiber Arts to Female Socialization in Patriarchal Societies. She is looking to gather the data on the 21st century fiber artists to see how current fiber artists are viewed and view themselves.

Thanks! 💚

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Embroidery Art // Van Eerden Collection

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horned sungem, 8x8" cotton and silk embroidery thread

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When you're lost in the darkness, look for the light.

Pedro Pascal as Joel and Bella Ramsey as Ellie in The Last of Us. Acrylic Paint and Embroidery Floss on Cotton. 12x12 inches.

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'Small Horned Owl on Maple Branch under Full Moon' by Utagawa Hiroshige, 1832

#to embroider #project ideas

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I've been working on this since January. I'm getting so close!

#embroidery #hand embroidery #fiber art #wip

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if I was a cartoon character I'd be one of the recurring background guys and my main bit would be that every episode I grip my knitting needles too tight and snap them

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Not knitting nor crochet but a secret third thing

(Finally got the hang of nalbinding--here im working with some merino i spun up with a drop spindle)

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Oh hey, do you know what time it is? It is highly specific resource time!

Today we have the Royal School of Needlework Stitch Bank! There are HUNDREDS of stitch types in the RSN Stitch Bank.

And more added regularly, let’s look at a recent addition

I picked the first one in the 25 recently added Elizabethan stitches, the Elizabethan French Stitch

The stitch bank provides written and photo tutorials as well as a video option to learn to do it yourself. There are examples of the stitch in use, resources, references, everything but a needle and thread!

rsnstitchbank.org

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Embroidery Designs for waistcoats by Jean Pillement and Charles-Germain De Saint-Aubin, ca 1780-90

From the Victoria and Albert Museum

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Embroidery Stitch Resource

A website with descriptions of the stitches, a short history of their use, and pictures and step-by-step instructions on how to make them! Really good resource for embroiderers and menders!

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it’s finally done! Thea Gouverneur’s bulbs, my first large project! by AggravatingBox2421

#gorgeous

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The reason I haven't been particularly present on here for the last few months. Finally given this to its recipient so it can go on here.

Another baby blanket. This time for @chronicwhimsy's new arrival. The picture quality isn't very good, sadly. I couldn't get a decent full picture of it and the contrast is terrible. Pale colours, my beloathed.

Double knitting, it's about 1m squared.

The folder for my designs for this one is called 'Magic Blanket', which I think is pretty self-explanatory. Trying to make a dragon look friendly is its own special challenge.