Artsy crafty DIY physicist

Side blog of siri-of-all-trades with more art-aligned stuff: fiber arts, drawing, gardening, cosplay etc. Tracking #craftsofsiri

[siriscrafts]

Introduction

Hello and welcome to my blog! I'm a physics student, @siri-of-all-trades is my main/study blog, but on here I'm a crafter, knitter, artist and so on. I especially love learning new fiber arts, be it lace making or engineering new knitting patterns. I strive for sustainability, diy-ing and mending what I can using local materials.

My interests include:

Knitting

Lace making (tatting & bobbin)

Sewing

Pattern design (knitting, sewing, etc)

Weaving

Natural dyeing

House plants

Foraging, wild herbs

Baking and cooking

Cosplay/costuming (occasionally)

Drawing and painting

Embroidery

Miniature wood carving, apparently??

Jewelery making

Here are some examples of stuff I've made:

You're welcome to follow along and interact! My blog is a safe space, despite doing some traditional crafts I don't welcome TERFs or the like.

Here's more about me:

You can call me Siri! (She/her)

From Finland 🇫🇮

I'm doing my master's in physics, focusing on new energy technologies. I especially like solar cells!

I've been crafting since I was little!

I take up new crafts regularly as I come accross them. Since there's so many crafts already, some are just for one project. Knitting is probably the most stable one, since I can do that on lectures and there's always new techniques to learn.

[siriscrafts]

Making good progress on my lace t-shirt knitting project! I dyed the yarns with avocado skins and pits + baking soda, turned out a lovely dusty pink!

[bedupolker]

Opposable thumbs are handy

[spoonybird]

chonker

[sastheforestspirit]

I didn't realise these are thistles before but done! I can't wait to see how the rest of the motifs look like in this yarn

[sastheforestspirit]

A few more centimetres and I will be separating back and front!

[sastheforestspirit]

Back!

[sastheforestspirit]

Repeating the colour work super excited I did this much already. It's been a month since I started.

[sastheforestspirit]

Front!

[dinchenix]

only when greens and blossoms have returned and the frog is chilling at the pond again is spring truly here 🌸🐸 (I am still waiting…)

Get the spring wallpaper pack: ko-fi.com/s/a8649a7190

[dionysus-made-flesh]

I got a new shirt for cosplay/LARP and my old shirt:

Is pretty slutty because my friend made it and got some of the dimensions wrong but I vibed with it

But i just got a new shirt today:

And even though it shows less skin its somehow sluttier?

Anyway I thought you guys would appreciate my hot nerd fit

[knitmeapony]

It is almost finished! I want to touch a little metallic paint on the pendant in the center, and I need to make sure to tie off and finish the wires on the edges, but this centerpiece for my big LARP costume is done.

Molars and big fangs made out of translucent polymer clay, small things made out of glow in the dark polymer clay. All the other beads were scavenged from seven different thrifted necklaces, including the clasp.

Since the character who is wearing it is an artist who runs the gallery, I feel like I should name the necklace. Thoughts?

[badassindistress]

Did I mention I finished my raincoat?

Fun construction facts on this coat:

It has pockets, naturally. Two notebooks sized pockets that close with a snap and an inner pocket for my phone:

Please note that I switched threads halfway through to colourmatch✨

I made the buttons myself with resin! Not a very successful experiment as I didn't quite get the ratio right and they ended up a bit soft, but they're fake buttons so it's fine

The hood is ridiculously large, but it's cute so i like it. It will not stay in my head a minute with any amount of wind, but i wear a hat for that anyway, so that's no problem

Now I just need weather that'll let me wear it out!

[siriscrafts]

Mended my blouse with a tiny woven patch! And I designed my next sewing project, a two-piece padded armor set based on the second-hand materials I got. I’m so excited to do fantasy sewing again!

[silas-knits]

Rumble raglan is all done!

I hate knitting colorwork, so this took me close to a year lol. No mods made to the pattern this time.

[auberginecrochet]

wip 🐟🐟🐟

[automatonknight]

stoat doodle i liked the shape of

[thetursithan]

[iamhisgloriouspurpose]

How long did it take them to figure out that it could actually be done? That's staggering.

[kiragecko]

[Video is titled, "four cellists play Ravel's Bolero." It's on Classic fM. They all play on the same cello, with the drum part is played by plucking strings. Two of them do small comedy fights in the background between their parts, trying to take the other's place beside the cello. It's a pretty tight fit, and at some points there are four bows almost touching as they all saw the strings.

Text on the screen reads,

four cellists play Ravel's Bolero ... on just one cello. Bolero has long been a test of endurance for snare drummers, but here, every part is played by a cellist. With only one instrument in sight, Wiener Cello Ensemble 5 + 1 leap to the task, involving a fair amount of acrobatics! Watch it all unfold ...

End ID.]

[gvalesdraws]

All that is gold does not glitter,

Not all those who wander are lost;

The old that is strong does not wither,

Deep roots are not reached by the frost.

From the ashes a fire shall be woken,

A light from the shadows shall spring;

Renewed shall be blade that was broken,

The crownless again shall be king.”

[glasmond]

New pictures with my beloved beard! (Set 1)

[baskinwoven]

The answer to "What the h*ck goes on on those islands to the North and West of mainland Scotland?" by Derek Guy @/dieworkwear on twitter [x]