embroidery gremlin

Arts and crafts sideblog for magnetichummus. I mostly embroider these days, but once in a while I'll do a drawing or a fic! Commission status: INDEFINITE HIATUS

[strawberrydykke]

opened up ravelry to look at patterns and the very first thing i saw was

The Garment by Robert Cole

[bixbythemartian]

went to read the Ravelry and that was such a treat:

Let the Garment envelop you; experience its heft and splendor. The original Garment pattern was knit in the round, from the bottom up, and designed for someone six feet in height. A simple adjustment of the number of stitches you cast on will allow you to customize the length. Follow The Garment on Instagram: @HeftAndSplendor Update, Aug 9, 2026: Many thanks for all the Garment enthusiasm in recent days! In response to sensible feedback, I’m developing and testing two alternate versions of the pattern: one for children, and the other a top-down version. I’m not entirely sure why I chose to make the first The Garment bottom-up—it almost certainly makes more sense for sizing, etc., to make it top-down—although I will say that casting on 300 stitches for the bottom of a The Garment feels like quite a leap of faith into the great unknown. In any case, both new versions of the pattern will be included in the update and sent to everyone who’s already bought the original pattern.

The pattern for the Garment costs only five usd so if you are a knitter and you want to make something beautiful and baffling, there you go. I do almost want to learn to knit so I can make the Garment.

(Also there's more pictures of people wearing the Garment at the Ravelry page and they're all FANTASTIC.)

[nicnacsnonsense]

I hate when people ask me how long it took me to crochet something I’ve made. Frankly, that’s none of my business. I put the yarn on the hook and worked on it whenever the spirit happened to take me to and then one day it was done. How long that process took is between the yarn and god; I want no part of it.

[mathysphere]

An Incomplete List of Fonts I Would Like to Digitize Someday

All from the Antique Pattern Library

This twisty one

This pleasantly-flourished simple one. it's quirky.

I have no clue how one would include backstitching in a font, but it would look so good

This Art Deco set, from a pamphlet where it shares space with both the most stunning animal illustrations you've ever seen and also the world's most baffling, hideous borders

This one has a lowercase set, too. In a modern context this reads more as a retro game font than a cross-stitch one.

these would look INSANE stitched. more of a monogram font than one for sentences, but who cares. I could figure out some lowercases and this would absolutely COOK

Love the weight of this one. Gothic, fun, but not large enough to be unwieldy.

The first twisty font is better, I think. but if I had infinite time I'd do this one too

A very respectable twist on a classic sampler font. could get a lot of mileage out of this one

hot take but I think with a good lowercase set this one would also be good for a lot of things-- party in the capitals, but keep the lowercase legible.

a very respectable font. you could file your taxes with this one.

their bulbous forms entrance me. I REALLY like that 'H'

Another set that really should only be for monograms... but some part of me wants to believe I could make a proper font around these

LOVE the 'A', like the others. really dig that the original artist included a lowercase set, too

Bonus Monograms I like:

Blue Floral | Thick Line Red Floral | Right Angles

[chanceyknits]

every stitch, depicted and demonstrated

This database holds a ton of useful materials for embroidery! many different types of stitches in various difficulties, all incredibly useful!

[johnthestitcher]

You can always learn an new embroidery stitch to add to your repertoire.

[witchesversuspatriarchy]

Grandmas FTW ✨

[dunroamins]

Okay but for people who struggle with their co-ordination (me): GAME-CHANGER

[anais-ninja-bitch]

fuck it up granma

[awlwren]

[id: photograph captioned “This was how Granma showed me how to sew in a straight nine.” The photo shows someone sewing a simple running stitch parallel to the edge of the cloth. Their thumb rests parallel to both, just beyond where the needle is coming up, and two lines drawn on their thumbnail are matched to the edge of the cloth and the line of stitches respectively.]/end id.

[yarrow-heather-and-hollyhock]

I wanted to post about this because I know many of my mutuals are avid crafters and I don't know how much attention this endeavour is getting outside of end-of-life spaces-

The Loose Ends Project matches crafters with a project that is unfinished because of death or disability. They offer help with a spectrum of textile mediums in over 80 countries. One project I find particularly lovely: “My mom was making this octopus for me. She was 67 years old when she passed away from COPD. She was hospitalized for pulmonary rehab several times and would always take it to work on while she was there and loved to talk about it with people."

(the red heart marks the last stitch made by this person's mom) Anyway, if something like this is something you'd like to be involved in, they are always looking for more crafters <3

[the-fibre-stuff]

My favourite recent finishing project that they posted about wasn't precisely something that the crafter left unfinished. The knitter in question had had dementia, and thought she was knitting scarves. So a finisher was found to piece all the little bits of knitting together into a blanket.

[pinehutch]

LOOSE ENDS

[stitchposts]

unfortunately i have free will so im about to make art that is going to appeal to basically 4 people. let us hope those 4 people follow me.

[hyenaswine]

DMC Colors for flags

Sheet1 DMC color based on RGB of Flag using https://threadcolors.com/ converter on Jul. 21, 2019.,Flag color based on Wikipedia entry as of

found this google doc that has the dmc embroidery floss color codes for various lgbtq pride flags, thought i'd share in case others find it useful too 👍

[eskiworks]

Because of ArtFight's recent rule clarification, I've seen discussion on whether tracing your own photos is the same as references them. This is, in my opinion, a matter of semantics. Tracing your own photos IS a method of using them as reference. It is perfectly normal and doesn't hurt anyone. When it comes to self made resources (photos, sculpture, maquettes, 3D sculpts, etc) and resources made explicitly for artists to use (stock photos with appropriate permission, 3D models in CSP, etc), tracing can be ONE step of using them as a reference. It isn't a "crutch", it isn't cheating.

You can also put the photo up next to what you're drawing, and draw from sight. Or trace the photo a few times, then draw it separately. These all have value for different situations for learning, speed, and accuracy, and I recommend trying them ALL.

Regardless of what ArtFight decides, I want other artists to not be afraid of using this type of reference material in this way. It's very normal in both professional and hobby circles, it isn't harmful, and it doesn't make you a lesser artist. Hope this hasn't ruffled any feathers, keep drawing! <3

[theprofessional-amateur]

Every day I get a little closer to saying fuck it and becoming an apprentice in some at risk heritage craft or profession.

[theprofessional-amateur]

"let's have AI-"

I'm gonna go learn the art of hand engraving or thatched roofing. Maybe hand make clogs.

[trickstertime]

As a professional hand engraver, when it comes to old crafts like these, its way more accessible to get started with the basics than you'd expect. Back in the day good steel was expensive so trying something like hand engraving was expensive and difficult to justify. But now you can can just buy a good quality handpush graver online for less than a fancy coffee. Just think, for under a hundred quid you could get all the kit you need to get started with fucking up coins and stabbing yourself repeatedly!!!

Don't threaten to do it, go research it, and actually give it a go!!! Most of the books for old crafts are out of copyright. Even if you don't get a job at whatever you try, or hell, even of you don't become in any way good at it, just learning and trying something new is good for you, and it gives you a greater understanding and appreciation for things.

Fuck AI? Good. I agree. Now fucking do something about it. Return to doing human hand crafted things as an act of rebellion! Start knitting, start wood carving, start engraving, whatever the fuck. But most importantly, remember you don't need to be making money doing it to make it worth doing.

[stahsm]

Overlock Stitch by @clothes_reetzy

[thatisuseful]

Damn, that's useful

[vincentbriggs]

I saw an interesting piece of fabric at the thrift store, which I did not buy because I have no use for it, but I'm making a note of it because I want to remember! It was synthetic red velvet and it was shirred, but not in the usual parallel lines way. The shirring was meandering all over and made a lot of little loops, and because of the pile the stitches didn't show on the right side. It was stretchy in all directions and wrinkled up like a brain. I must try this sometime with my free motion foot.

Edit: Huh, I can't find a single picture of anything similar on the internet! Googling "all over shirring", "loopy shirring", or "free motion shirring" are just bringing up regular shirring, and a little bit of grid shirring.

[vincentbriggs]

Update: I went back and got some horrible photos with my flip phone!

[cinemaglow]

Collette Wolff's fabric manipulation book explains how to do this!

[vincentbriggs]

Hoohoo, so it does!!

Finally a picture of something that's actually the same technique, and with a helpful tip about using a hoop! Looks like it probably doesn't have a specific name though, alas.

[fabrickind]

oobh i got plany off bobbin thread

[moniquill]

[dannyvantass]

This Alaskan parka is windproof, waterproof — and made from bear intestines | CBC News

It's waterproof. It's windproof. It's lightweight and durable. And it's made from the intestines of two bears, painstakingly cleaned and sew

I really wanted to know more about this, especially how the water proof stitching works. Here's more information on this project, and hopefully more in the future!

[tehnakki]

This is amazing! I need to make a note to play around with that water proof stitch technology soon.

[theadhdgoblin]

[sinensis26]

"Omg thats incredible! I wish I was as creative as you!"

The first thing I ever sewed was a pouch at age 7. It was a rectangle of fabric folded in half and somehow it still turned out terrible. You dont want my creativity, you want the 41 years of failure after failure that got me to this exact moment.

[datgreenmonstah]

Still in the works, but nearly done with this, then hopefully will have the tutorial up soon.

[datgreenmonstah]

Here’s how to make one for yourself

Post by @datgreenmonstah · 1 video

💬 0  🔁 31  ❤️ 56 · Here is the tutorial, I don’t get paid doing this and I’m not an expert at this so please don’t think I can answer everyt