Ohh Save Me Fiber Arts

Ash, they/them • craft blog of knitting, crochet, sewing, spinning, and whatever else I fancy • current big project Yasha Nydoorin cosplay • main @gothighunicorntolerance

[cedarwool]

being an everything crafter is great but also sucks. like i want to get my watercolors out but i need to put away my microcrochet first. i want to do some leatherwork but my oil paints are on the table. i want to whittle but i'm using the bucket i catch wood shavings in to hold my papermaking mush. i want to write my book but my hands are too busy knitting a sweater. i want to code another video game but i'm too busy studying nalebinding. do you see my problem. the problem is that i need more hands

[ghost-in-the-library]

watched maleficient last night. has anyone explored the economic and material ramifications of getting rid of all your spinning wheels in one blow. you’re back to drop spinning now, and it takes roughly 6-10 hours of spinning for the yarn to allow a single hour weaving. everyone ought to be spinning, kids included. the housekeepers should be spinning. people waiting for their wares to sell should be spinning. guards on duty should be spinning. i must believe the only reason we don’t see all this spinning on screen is bc the camera loves watching the king’s descent into madness, which i agree with. that man is spinning something, but it ain’t fiber.

[copperbadge]

Went to a fiber arts and crafts fair and they quilted a whole ass moose.

[embroiderycrafts]

Snail with gooseberries: first of a pair. Freshly finished, still needs blocking ang framing. Based on a Victorian illustration by Anton Seder. by 9-year-cicada on reddit.

[ansitru]

Manifesting. 💆‍♀️

[sleepnoises]

slight adrenaline rush from finishing my quilt's 30 feet of handstitched binding 🏎️⚡💥

[sleepnoises]

don't ask about the tiny door... that's where i keep my ghouls

[iamasalmon]

the thing about fiber art that nobody tells you about is that every single kind of fiber art is a gateway drug to other kinds of fiber art.

[misotofu]

finally finished my first quilt! entirely handsewn lionfish :^)

[bisonwares]

Showing off the Arapaima I made! (Pattern also made by me)

This was the test of the new pattern and I love her. 🎏💕

[acanthostega-lover6003]

People who knit, how do you typically count rows?

Stitch markers

Pen/pencil and paper

Row counter device

Row counter app

I don’t count rows/just by measuring/reading my knitting

Other

I don’t knit/results

Remaining time: 3 days 11 hours

[crowcrafts]

Check out this beast

[fatmasc]

Hey i’m a fashion design student so i have tons and tons of pdfs and docs with basic sewing techniques, pattern how-tos, and resources for fabric and trims. I’ve compiled it all into a shareable folder for anyone who wants to look into sewing and making their own clothing. I’ll be adding to this folder whenever i come across new resources

https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/16uhmMb8kE4P_vOSycr6XSa9zpmDijZSd?usp=sharing

[fatmasc]

Updated just now with new hand sewing resources (mainly buttonholes) and textbook pdfs on fashion history, fashion illustration, and thinking through designs!

[bosstoaster]

OP I owe you my life

[whatchamacallitz]

OP you are the greatest person currently in my life. You beautiful, thoughtful creature.

[elodieunderglass]

Dr Glass problems (bought a large volume of very fine sashiko thread that must be wound onto something before use) require Dr Glass solutions (whittle a wooden clothes peg to fit a drill and drill the thread on)

[elodieunderglass]

Sexiest thing a man can do is tension thread

[tavina-writes]

Third shawl of the year! (I've posted about finishing this shawl before, this is just the finished object post so I can search for just photos of my finished objects.)

This is Hayley Tsang Heather's Peony – Pfingstrose Shawl. I made this shawl out of Fyberspates Gleem Lace in the colorway 733 Everglade, and used 896 6/0 Miyuki Rocailles in the color: transparent silver-lined dark gold (RR-4).

The Ravelry project page is here.

[mothman-etd]

Not sure got to feel when the hobby book says this should only take an hour but it took me 5 hours.

[gallusrostromegalus]

1. Hobby books are often written by the same people who think you can caramelize onions in 5 minutes

2. Hobby books are even more often written by people who don't have or are actively neglecting their partners/full-time jobs/pets/children/household maintenance.

3. Hobby books are often written by people with ADHD, and an hour in ADHD hyperspace is like 2-7 hours for everyone else, including other ADHD people who are not currently in the zone.

4. Hobby books are written by people who, when told by an editor to add in how long it will take, just make shit up

5. If you're doing something for the first time, you're going to take way, way longer to do it than someone who's had years of practice. Maybe it does only take an hour IF YOU'VE BEEN DOING IT FOR TEN YEARS. Think about how long it took you to make idk your first excel spreadsheet vs how long it takes now

To actually answer your question: proud. You should feel proud, because you made something, AND you did so while learning a brand-new skill! Go you!!

May I ask what the Allegedly-One-Hour project was? Both because I like hearing about what my friends are doing and I want to see how wildly inaccurate the listed time scope is.

[marlynnofmany]

Somebody's going to want to know this one.

[peridotbee]

I recently discovered it is significantly easier to think coherent thoughts when embroidering, which has resulted in all of my old pants being sacrificed for the sake of me stitching silly little pictures onto them. These are only a few of many projects from the past week- I’ve already given away several of these because I do not need anything, but I must embroider