#darning

[charlemane]

listening to podcasts or audiobooks while i work on my silly little fiber crafts really makes me feel like i'm engaging in the ancient human tradition of shared storytelling while we work

⚠️this post was written by a TRANSSEXUAL DEGENERATE⚠️

#knitblr #nalbinding #darning #embroidery #textile art

[sunshineandrosesnoraincamemyway]

thinking today about how much I love literally all fiber arts. I am hopeless at almost every other kind of art, but as soon as there is thread, yarn, or string I can figure it out fairly quickly.

I learned how to knit when i was eight, started sewing at nine, my dad taught me rock climbing knots around that age, I figured out from a book how to make friendship bracelets, I've made my own drop spindle to make yarn with, and more recently I've picked up visible mending. I've learned embroidery through fixing my overalls, and this year I've learned how to darn and how to do sashiko (which I did for the first time today). After years of being unable to crochet I finally figured it out last night and made seven granny squares in just a few hours.

I want to learn every fiber art that I can. I want to quilt, I want to use a spinning wheel, I want to weave, I want to learn tatting, I want to learn how to weave a basket, I want to learn them all. If I could travel through time and meet anyone in the Bible, high on my list are the craftsmen who made the Tabernacle.

I want to travel the world and learn the fiber arts of every culture, from the gorgeous Mayan weaving in Guatemala, to the stunning batik of Java, to Kente in Ghana. I want to sit at the feet of experienced men and women and watch them do their craft expertly and learn from them.

Of every art form I've seen, it's fiber arts that tug most at my heartstrings.

#Fiber arts #fibre arts #knitting #Sewing #Mending #visible mending #sashiko #Darning #friendship bracelets #Spinning #drop spindle #embroidery #crochet #quilting #Tatting #weaving #basket weaving #Mayan fabric #Kente #Batik

[milkweedman]

These definitely deserve an actual photoshoot but I'm never gonna do that, so here's the usual 'pulled over to take pictures briefly'. Finally got my gloves back to a wearable and warm state after a couple weeks of darning (hard to call them done; im sure theyll need more work in the future). There wasn't any damage really, just severe thinning from wear, so it was a much faster mend than it could have been.

The gloves are suffolk wool naturally dyed by myself with horse chestnut hulls, prepared and spun by myself, then knit into gloves with my own pattern. The mending yarn is also entirely handspun scrap, with some of it being naturally dyed as well.

One of the gloves lost some length (or at least I think it did; there's no way it would have taken me this long to notice they're different sizes if I just made them that way); the only real difference between the two gloves is that I mended the longer one with my darning loom and the other by hand after getting annoyed with the loom. So I guess my tension by hand left something to be desired. It's not noticeable when they're on me though, so I don't care very much. No longer matching in exact size is a small price to pay for gloves that are much warmer and also look very cool B)

Additionally, they are acting slightly as hand compression gloves now, due to the fact that the woven darning doesn't stretch as much as the knit gloves. It's strong upon blocking but does stretch out with wear--interesting though. I've not had luck with medical grade hand compression gloves, so I'm curious about knitting or weaving a dedicated pair, now.

#spinning #knitting #handspun yarn #knit gloves #natural dyeing #visible mending #darning #sewing

[things-from-strings]

recent repairs 🧵🪡✨️

#visible mending #embroidery #darning #work pants #hat

[martha-anne]

Before, during, and after a darn. This beautiful sock and its' pair were knitted for me by my sister.

#darning #visible mending #before and after #solarpunk #knitting #textile art #sock darning

[shnordulji]

#mending #visible mending #patches #darning #grandmacore #ready for winter

[blurred-antics]

meant to upload these yesterday, but the patches + darn i did !

#three mends down and like another 15 to go #pray for my fingertips + joints y'all #visible mending #mending #darning #mine #rambles #sustainability #solarpunk

[scribblyfrog]

did some visible mending recently!!

i always forget to take 'before' pics but all the cuff foam was coming out and everything, so i'm rly pleased by how neat it looks now 🥰

#visible mending #shoes #crafts #mending #sewing #darning #love this shit tbh

[residentscoundrel]

How to instantly make any outfit better.

#it makes me so happy #I’m wearing my patchy socks! #visible mending #socks #darning #needlework #solarpunk #diy

[femgrotesque]

first attempt at visible mending :^) there r several mistakes but im still so happy w it!

#visible mending #darning #terrible planning on my part but looks so cool eee #embroidery #sewing

[cozypunkprints]

A collection of most of the hand-darned mending I’ve done in the past year or so.

#solarpunk #diy fashion #patches #visible mending #mending #darning #fiber art #eco fashion #sustainable fashion #sewing #slow fashion #thrifting #clothing repair

[tinyshe]

#mending #darning #visible mending #embroidery #patches #some people spend big money for this look #i get by with a little help from my friends #clothes care #frugal living

[things-from-strings]

✨️🪡🧵👖✨️

#work pants #visible mending #embroidery #darning #diy punk #slow fashion #spiral

[dippyface]

woahh

#darning #mending #visible mending

[crittirclothing]

Mended up my favorite hoodie again last night

#visible mending #darning #handmade #alternative #sewing #fashion

[gonestarroaming]

I wish there was a way to have mended knit cuffs not to wavy. Chain stitch, running stitch, and swiss darning were my go to here to maintain the stretch. It does actually match the lettering elsewhere on the shirt.

#mending #sewing #visible mending #swiss darning #darning