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yarn, gardening and other small gospodar stuff sideblog of @artist-faur

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What I do

Fiber stuff!

Mainly an embroiderer and a knitter, but I also sew.

In terms of making whole garnments, I am still learning how to make patterns and fit them properly, as well as proper techniques and such.

I have knit a lot - cumulatively speaking. I frog and abandon projects to the point that I have very few projects left.

Gardening! I am still learning how to properly take care of a garden.

I have heavy clay soil at my disposal, an overgrown garden of about 3 years with way too many vigurous plants together, and half shade on most of the usable garden.

Fishing! Very sparingly, but mainly whip fish in whatever waters I can find. I have caught exactly 2 fish so far, both smaller than my hand.

What I would like to do, and will get to at some point

Fibers - spinning! weaving! Dyeing with my own plants!

Woodworking. Of some sort.

And general crafts and tricks :).

Happy browsing whatever this is!

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don'r put strawbs on top of ur linens

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New warp on the loom! The brown and green are from my big yarn haul and the orange was a gift.

[lil-leviathan]

This is always my favorite step. So perfect and neat. I'm of two minds about the weft though.

On the one hand, if I made the weft like the warp it would make a lovely three color plaid and be a good experiment for carrying two colors at once up the sides.

On the other hand, this will be at my booth for the sale to help grab attention and it would be nice to have a project that I don't need to think about or look at too closely. The cross would still be plaid but the rest could be a single color.

I'll sleep on it! It's very much bedtime

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thank you for giving the loom clothes

[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

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[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.

[amymon-arachne]

Okay, but super curious now. What kind of path have people’s fibre arts journies taken?

For me it’s cross stitch -> tatting (only mild success) -> weaving (rigid heddle -> inkle -> 4 shaft) -> spinning -> knitting.

I did technically also do sewing in middle/high school but I don’t count it because I didn’t enjoy it enough to stick with it.

Next one I learn will either be bobbin lace or crochet, but that last one will be probably be kicking and screaming because I have to join my blanket squares together, rather than actually wanting a new hobby. Or maybe dyeing fibre with food colouring, but that depends on when I get my kitchen back from Renovation Hell.

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grandmother tried to teach me knitting as a child i did peg loom weaving then tried to learn to sew back to knitting, but I never got more than 2 finished objects done despite spending a ridiculous amount of time on it then needle felting once i moved away for uni, took knitting back up again seriously and learned more techniques (still in finished object hell) but i also actually started sewing seriously because i got access to space and good fabrics and good sewing machines

i am looking at learning frame knitting (endagered heritage craft) and Big Loom as well as spinning (flax) because all the linen I can find is HORRIBLE quality

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SOMCK.

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FIRST FULL SOCK

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[the-ninth-opossum]

"what are you even doing all day?" fighting the call of the void.

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[scribefindegil]

as someone who wants to make Every Art And Craft, Ever, All The Time it's actually suuuuuuch a relief when I come across a technique that I don't vibe with aesthetically. my pile of Things To Learn is endless and ever-growing and normally every time I see a new thing it's like well. there it goes. on the infinite pile. so on the rare occasions i see something i DON'T have a fervent and immediate desire to learn I'm just oh wow I don't like this. thank fucking god.

[time-thy-pyramids]

Hunter-gatherer's approach to manufacturing textiles:

Find a suitable 3D mass

Peel off its outer layer to get a 2D sheet

Agriculturalist's approach to manufacturing textiles:

Produce a 1D filament

Shape it into a 2D space-filling curve

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Gloves out of old, worn out jeans!

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today, we put up storage spaces. Shelves are a love language

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FINALLY FINISHED !!!

I’ve been at this since like September. Originally the plan was to do five panels but by the time I reached three I realized it was absolutely going to be too heavy. If the back bothers me then I’ll just buy some black fabric and sew it on.

I pinned it excessively since I have been warned the feathers won’t flatten unless blocked aggressively. They still don’t behave themselves 100% but again, if it bothers me I’m willing to steam block it in the future. Super fun before and after pics.

Pattern is of course the feathered wings shawl by my favorite pattern designer craftyintentions.

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mbroidery

[artist-faur]

What if you could block urself like you do a piece of wool

What if.