Finally fully finished the Starburst yarn. Looks like I have about 96 yards which it p good for chain plied I think. I'm going to start learning how to knit color work next, I think. Spoiler: Possibly big, I can't tell on mobile. Also pictured is my little knitting practice swatch. My favorite part is the "oops, forgot to purl, fuck, guess I'm doing a garter stitch now. If I repeat it a few times no one will know it wasn't on purpose" divider between the m1l/r increases and the eyelets.
I opened up emergency commissions for some money to get me to a larping event this weekend. Bought the fabric for the first one about 24 hours ago. Dyed, washed, and cut it last night. Sewed it today. I’ve never made a tunic this quickly before and have it turn out any good. Spoiler: Big
This post contains spoilers for the August fiber club box for Paradise Fibers (I can't remember if anyone else has that subscription and I'd rather be safe than sorry) so it's all going under a cut! Spoiler: August club box So this is the first month I've been sent something that is... really not my taste. The theme this month was Warhol, and that kind of color palette has never really been my aesthetic, and one of the bags of top they sent was, um, very that. I didn't even take pictures of it in its original form, but I found an image for illustrative purposes. Spoiler: chemknits unboxing screenshot On my particular piece of top, it seemed like the most clashing colors were right next to each other - the hot pink and lime green were memorably close. I couldn't find any screenshots quite like that, but this was my best attempt. But after a few minutes of "what the fuck," I got determined - I'd try taking the top apart! And that didn't go too badly, in the end, as it was not blended so much as... seamed? together. And in the process of taking it apart, I got some small-project ideas, so I guess it worked out in the end after all. Spoiler: triumph The white and gold is all silk, the black is all flax, and the rest is merino.
Hey @rainbowbarnacle I can't remember if you do the fiber crafts or not but I thought you might get a kick out of these super cool octo hats I found :D https://babyhelllboy.tumblr.com/post/186914381926/linguisticparadox-halloweencrafts-diy-crochet
oh my god those are ADORABLE FJKLS;FDSA alas I know not the yarnslinging arts but WOW thank you for showing me 8)
Oh my god Eris would die for one of those. I've been wanting to make her a yarn project for back to school coming up and I think I have it now :D
the talking about spinning dog hair reminded me that i have a drop spindle, and two cats that produce a ridiculous amount of shedding Spoiler: p sure these are huge i'm dead, cat hair is so slippy (not shown: the piles of attempted yarn where it just. pulled apart) it also looks pretty nasty in the close ups, and i think it's mostly because i don't have anything to card the fur (even just using to hair brushes against each other - i only have the one), so i didn't put much of any effort into trying to pull out guard hairs first two pics are of the length spun initially (single ply) and the second is when i plied it. the pictures were taken with lebesgue holding them up for me, and i am really happy how surprisingly balanced the double ply came out - it feels a lot more uniform than the single ply, and it doesn't turn over or twist at all for not having done any spinning in ... almost two years? i'm pretty pleased with how this came out. think i'm gonna keep spinning their fur to practice, and maybe pick up carders if something pops up on craigslist
Yeah cat is pretty notoriously difficult to spin. Most advice I have ever encountered about it boils down to, " better just don't."
sigh. I wish I could just have, like, a patron or two who paid me a salary to make them cool larping and cosplay clothes constantly and didn't have to get a stupid insurance job to pay the bills
So the problem with spending three years working on a sweater design and just barely getting past the yoke is that people change sizes over time *bangs head on desk*
I just realized we're on page 69. Nice. Got my order in! I'm going to be taking pics and posting them up once I get the dinning table cleared of all the socks I need to match up and put away lmao
I have a question for the embroidery folks: how do you all finish off a thread, like what knots do you use? I wanna embroider a skirt hem, so the embroidery needs to be at least durable enough to handwash. Would a drop of fabric glue help to keep things stable here?
I just use the same knot I use to tie off hand sewing (bring needle through to back side, pull it through the last stitch, bring the needle through the resulting loop several times, pull tight).
(crossposting from the general advice thread in case anyone has some more fibercraft-specific suggestions!) can anyone suggest good crochet gift items for someone who is very pregnant and/or has a newborn? my best friend is having a baby, and i've been working on crocheting a few baby gifts. however, her life has gotten very stressful lately-- a death in the family, another family member in the hospital-- and now i want to make something for her personally, as well. i'd like it to be something that's both comforting and useful, for the final trimester of the pregnancy and early months of parenthood. the baby is due at the end of October, and my first thought was a hot water bottle cover, or maybe a set of slippers, or something like that. but i've never been pregnant, so i'd love some suggestions on what someone who is very pregnant/a new parent would appreciate.
for general usefulness, my thought would be a stack of cotton washcloths in a tight stitch, something that can stand up to lots of washing in very hot water. cotton gets much softer when damp, and can be sterilized, so it makes a good replacement for disposable wipes if she wants to be environmentally conscious. plus they're just really useful. make them about a foot square, bigger than standard terry washcloths, so they can be wrapped around a hot bottle or ice pack. and give them in a big stack, like a dozen or more, so the recipient doesn't feel like they're precious and shouldn't be used. emphasize how very washable they are. :D
