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Carlos Cruz-Diez (Venezuelan, 1923-2019), Physichromie no. 212, December 1965. Acrylic on panel and plastic strips in a metal artist's frame, 60 x 80.5 cm.

stahsm

Overlock Stitch by @clothes_reetzy

thatisuseful

Damn, that's useful

fluidstatick

Finally a hand sewing tutorial on a hemline that isn't just the ladder stitch! the ladder stitch disappears when you tighten it, but it's not meant for hemlines because it breaks really easily! The overlock stitch is more stable, so it holds much longer, and it won't pucker or warp the fabric!

the-cricket-chirps

Sophie Taeuber-Arp, Embroidery, 1918

Photo: Silvan Faessler Fine Art, Zug

behaviornerdwithahat

So many fiber arts have difficulty levels that are less about your level of skill than your ability to tolerate extreme multi-step processes.

wanderingjunkdrawer

Setting up a 4 harness loom is the #1 barrier to weaving on one.

cherryjams

‘Hands weaving magnetic-core memory, IBM, Poughkeepsie, New York,’ 1956. Photograph by Ansel Adams.

bladespark

My mother used to make computer cores as a "work from home" side business. As a child I got spending money via un-winding the ones that failed testing so that the magnetic center could be re-used. I got between $0.05 and $0.25 per core depending. Mom got more for the finished ones, of course, though I don't know how much. Her sister was an expert, and did the more complicated kind, some of which ended up in satellites and/or were used by NASA!

They were all done by hand using a kind of treadle-operated frame with a little (crochet!) hook to pull the wires around the cores. The people making them were mostly housewives who did this as a side-job in the 80s and 90s. I don't know if it's still done that way anywhere in the USA today, but the history of computing and space exploration is littered with "women's work" like this.

stahsm

Overlock Stitch by @clothes_reetzy

thatisuseful

Damn, that's useful

fluidstatick

Finally a hand sewing tutorial on a hemline that isn't just the ladder stitch! the ladder stitch disappears when you tighten it, but it's not meant for hemlines because it breaks really easily! The overlock stitch is more stable, so it holds much longer, and it won't pucker or warp the fabric!

nattevandring

scarf update

poeticsoup

current wip 🙂‍↕️ moby sweater using plymouth yarn roam

poeticsoup

sweater update!

finished the body last night and picked up for the right sleeve. i am going to have enough yarn leftover that i’ll be able to make a maggie cardigan with the same yarn after this.

i did a standard bind off because i don’t like how italian bind off looks on body hems. i plan on knitting a few extra rows on the collar and doing italian bind off on the sleeve cuffs, though.

poeticsoup

almost done! doing a few extra rows on the collar for a better fit. i’m really happy with how it’s turning out and how quickly i was able to finish :)

withbroombefore

Wall hanging set. Each is a little under two feet on each side.

Yarn: 100% wool, O'Maille Donegal Heather in oatmeal.

Panel 1: O Knot Ogee (center) and Fancy Double O (sides) from Norah Gaughan's Knitted Cable Sourcebook.

Panel 2: Large Patchwork Cable from Barbara Walker's A Third Treasury of Knitting Patterns.

Panel 3: Baroque Cable (center) and Dancing Ribbon (sides) from Barbara Walker's A Third Treasury of Knitting Patterns.

lakevida

k here it is im off to the market to fill it with onion skins

infestuous

Wally Dion, Green Star Quilt, 2019 circuit boards, brass wire, copper tube

chekhovs-raygun

I SAW THIS IN THE PORTLAND ART MUSEUM! ITS HUGE!

it shimmers like no gemstones i've ever seen: green as malachite and emerald but shot through with opal, gold, copper. photographs can't do it justice because of how it shines, as well as the way the actual material elements have their own dimensions. you can lean in and study all the fine lines of the circuits or step back and admire how the rearranged whole forms new patterns. it's one of the most beautiful creations i've ever seen.

loomingtranssexual

yardage in progress. all silk city fibers Contessa, a discontinued blend of 25% silk 75% rayon. feels amazing, so fun to weave, can’t wait to wear it. 16epi ~12ppi, 14 or 15 epi would have given me a perfectly balanced cloth but i personally lean toward a denser warp.

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