to weave our dreams

Spinner, Crocheter, Hand and Machine Knitter, Weaver this is a side blog 🏳️‍⚧️🏳️‍🌈

[tiuhtaviuhta]

As I'm spending the summer away from my looms I thought it would be a good time to learn heddle band weaving. Goal = new shoelaces.

[batbetbitbotbut]

I haven't seen a heddle like that before! What's the purpose of the 3 different slot heights and variable spacing?

[tiuhtaviuhta]

This heddle has a pattern pick-up shed (the mid-lenght slots)

You can see that when I rise or lower the heddle, the green warp threads stay level, which makes it easier to pick up patterns. Structure behind the pattern slits is a rib weave, and I think it helps the pick-up pattern show up easier since it makes more even surface compared to plainweave.

[knittyboi]

Going through old pattern booklets i forgot i had; please enjoy this vagina cardigan

[abigail-nicole]

OP i need to knit this i need it i need it im a professional gynecologist and i need to wear a vagina sweater to work

[knittyboi]

!!! PLEASE DO THIS !!!

I will scan the pattern for you just say the word

[abigail-nicole]

Raiding my stash ready to swatch I will be held accountable for this

[knittyboi]

Go ahead and get yonic with it!! I scanned the whole booklet for yucks, there are some great late 80s patterns in there. The file sharing link should be good thru 10-06-26, if it expires just shoot me a message and I'll re-upload

https://limewire.com/d/sDP3G#4JbcmhiLHe

[allonsybadwolf]

singles in Taste the Rainbow from World of Wool spun on my supported spindle, and undyed East Friesian from Black Sheep Creamery spun woolen-style on my EEW 6

[souvenirs]

[spitfaggot]

happy birthday, gilbert baker. (june 2, 1951 — march 31, 2017)

[nonbinaryjudean]

oh btw since its pride month heres some knitting and crochet patterns for you. these are all free. note that i have not MADE or TESTED all of these.

so there are a lot of patterns for soft prosthetic breasts for breast cancer survivors, but there's no reason you cant make yourself some boobs:

Ravelry: Knitted Knockers Double pointed needles pattern by KnittedKnockers.org

Ravelry: Knockers (Crochet) pattern by Claudia Barbo

Ravelry: Tit Bits pattern by Beryl Tsang

Ravelry: Quick & Easy Round Knocker pattern by Janet Dawson

patterns for packers:

Ravelry: Perfectly Reasonable Packer pattern by Janet Dawson - this is a pattern i have actually made. i found it really easy to make and to customize/adapt for different yarns.

Ravelry: Soft Packer pattern by Marian Fournier

Ravelry: Trans Masc Packer pattern by Marcy Fank

Ravelry: Knit Packer pattern by Finn Beaton

fun pride themed patterns:

Ravelry: Progress Pride Flag Cutie pattern by Nicola Newt

Ravelry: Transgender Symbol pattern by Sara Allen

Ravelry: LGBTQ+Equality for Shawl pattern by nycraft craftivist

Ravelry: Pride & Trans Pride Flipsy pattern by kawaiicuddlebug

Ravelry: Transitions Trans Pride Cowl pattern by Elizabeth L. Schell

Ravelry: Trans Pride flag handwarmers pattern by Cassian Lotte Lodge

Ravelry: Protect Trans Folks Tapestry pattern by Ashley Gorecki

Pride Flag Knitting Chart! — TINA TSE KNITS

Ravelry: Pride Flag Hearts pattern by Grace Grommes

Ravelry: Pride Headband pattern by Indie Child

Mini Pride Progress Flag Free Crochet Pattern – Unicorn Hideout

Free patterns: Bi Bee, Enbee, Lesbeean – With Love, Feli

things are rough but we will get through it. happy pride month💙

[merildae]

Some non thirst trap progress pics and the guts of my sweater

[peachypnk]

Ooey gooey sock set by Andrea Mowry started May 11th and finished May 25th! 💜💚

First time doing colour work and it was so fun! And so relieved they fit perfectly! I did skip the welts as i feared those would be too tight but still happy with how they turned out

[mothyknits]

Just finished the Heartless Top by Emma Jaeger! I had so much fun knitting this up and love how it turned out!

Knit using Stream Sock 2.0 by Tributary Yarn in the color way Wonder Tonic. I’m absolutely obsessed with the colors and knit with two strand held double.

[allonsybadwolf]

look at how beautiful this spindle is 🐑🌈✨

(spindle is by Woodland Handcrafts and fiber is South American wool and viscose in "Taste the Rainbow" from World of Wool)

[weftist]

Wip of my first ply split basket! I'm using cord I made out of paper ribbon.

This is my latest project under the tutelage of Linda Hendrickson who had been an excellent teacher. Basket pattern is hers

[knit-bake-run-make]

Plotting my next two projects - and this one has been on my to-do list for far too long.

[barrenspinster]

always wondered how spinning youtubers ended up with more free fleeces than they could keep up with. then the wool fairy visited me. i just tripled my fleece stash

[zegalba]

Jean Paul Gaultier: Bondage Knit Sweater autumn/winter 2003

[ofchaosgoddess]

Next fleece! Another polwarth, with a multicolor (mostly med brown) fleece

I probably will try to separate out the colors during combing but this fleece is almost 7lbs so we will see how committed I am to that

[systlin]

"Sys how is your decent into fiber arts hell going"

Glad you asked. I have arrived at 'modern flax is Bullshit compared to what we had in historical textiles, the flax widely available for handspinning is basically the tow that would be discarded from textile creation and used with tar to caulk ships back in the day'

This naturally led me down a hole of 'why is the staple length of this stuff a bullshit 6 inches' and the answer is 'we have bred modern flax more for the oil than the fiber because cotton usurped the place of everyday textile thanks to slavery and the cotton gin'

Anyway, THIS led me to a rabbit hole that culminated in me finding flax seed bred for proper 30 inch tall plants for fiber, sold by some fellow minded nerds on a website that has not been updated since 1998 and you have to email them to buy anything.

Anyway how are all of you doing.

[systlin]

I FAILED YOU ALL here is the site. You can also buy flax fiber from them. The PROPER shit, not the hot garbage ass tow fiber sold as flax top for handspinners.

[systlin]

'machine combing shortens the flax fibers by several inches'

This right here is part of why modern linen is a pale shadow of historical linen. Legitimately it cannot be properly replicated by machines. It HAS to be made by human hands if you want the best quality.

[cityfaringcountrymouse]

Oh hey update. Don't use this website for flax seed purchasing. It's a failed cult.

This one, however, is a bit more legit.

Home | Landis Valley Associates

[systlin]

Oh damn thanks man good catch.

Reblogging this

[thehoneybeewitch]

I don't know if I would call them a failed cult, honestly. Having grown up near hermitage, they never presented themselves as more than a gay Moravian compound, with some nifty little gnosto-Christian flavors here and there based off some late American folklore.

The negative connotations in that person's comment, at least in my personal, actual experience living in the area, are unfounded.

[unfinishedsweaters]

[interlockingpatches]

Threshold test - Big Sheep