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i don’t think i posted this when i finished it but this is a shawl i knit as a christmas present for my grandma in 2024… the pattern is butterfly | papillon by marinjaknits

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about five years ago i attempted this double knit baby blanket for one of my cousins before giving up and going with something more simple.. i’ve carried it around with me for a while but i think it’s finally time to frog her lol

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it’s been so long since i posted here.. i graduated college and moved across the country and it’s been a long time since i’ve made anything but i’m hoping i’ll be able to get back into it

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another sweater is done .. the pattern is haze sweater from the knit purl girl and the yarn is studio donegal .. i’m happy with how it turned out !

[abalone-lover]

A Weaving

James Bassler

2012

Art Institute of Chicago

From the Exhibition "Threaded Visions: Contemporary Weavings from the Collection" Feb 24–Aug 26, 2024

"A Weaving depicts an infinite loop of colorful striped thread that gives the illusion of three-dimensionality on a two-dimensional surface. As an educator and artist, James Bassler makes work that honors the historical weaving techniques that he has studied, practiced, and shared with his students throughout his career. Here, instead of the normal perpendicular crossings of warps and wefts, he used wedge weaving, which diverts the wefts to the diagonal. Thus, the work pays his respects to both ancient Peruvian and Diné (Navajo) cultural traditions from which wedge weaving originates."

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finished a sweater today :]] the pattern is ginkgo pullover by joan ho + the yarn is mirasol ushya in the goldenrod color

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~8oz falkland fiber from rusty spur ranch and creations, 2ply

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2nd quilt top (almost) done ! the main body is assembled, the border just needs to be assembled and attached, which has to wait until i go back home in the summer

the pattern is the double irish chain from eleanor butn’s quilt in a day book

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baby’s first quilt top ‼️🎉 this was made with a precut kit + only took an afternoon

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haul from a fiber festival today !! the browns are suri alpaca and the dyed is falkland

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practicing with the drop spindle in the park :]] (fiber is llama)

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~100g unknown wool, chainplied

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>50g shetland wool, chainplied

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i also got some beautiful wool from one of the professors in my department who does research with sheep :]]

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~50g of cheviot x wensleydale wool, chainplied

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my last malabrigo spin (hojas)

now they all need to get washed :]

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another malabrigo nube (pocion)

this turned into such a pretty skein .. :]