Squid Fiber Arts and Black Cat Wholesaler

Tapestry, fiber arts, nonsense

[battlestar-gasmacktica]

A tattoo flash sheet, one of five I’m preparing with entirely handspun weft. I love trad tattoos and have been drawing flash sheets based on The Bowery flash book, creating some janky trad that you might see on a very old man at the beach. I have a lot of thoughts about tattoo traditions and fiber arts which I will share on my blog and then post here. Also I have a blog/website now that I’m trying to update regularly but don’t worry weaving tumblr, you’re the only place I like to be right now and I won’t be leaving you.

Flash No. 1, made by me in 2026. 30”x21.5”, cotton and handspun wool.

[ckmakes]

WIP - Columbo tapestry!! 12 epi which I've never done before (only used 8 and 6 before) so this is an adjustment. I'm glad I did it this way, I need it for the tiny shapes and his face will be difficult. I do miss being able to bundle more to make color options. I'm using 2 strands of Gist Array, compared to 3 strands for 8 epi. On the other hand, my main concern is his skin but from these images, the hand is looking like it'll work. Reminder to myself to step away from the loom to look sometimes...

[ckmakes]

Started the cigar 🚬 and the hand is looking pretty good so far I think. I am hating sewing slits however and would like to give it up (I’ve never sewn slits, always just let the holes be haha) so we’ll see..

[ckmakes]

[ckmakes]

I’m excited and scared to start his face…

[squid----s]

Omg how freaking fun

[nobrashfestivity]

Attributed to Wacochachi (Native American)  Drawing of Artist’s World, ca. 1830

[squid----s]

The grief is immense

But so is the joy

We are fragile as fuck

Swag city

(Twitter: @imniceandsmart)

[tiuhtaviuhta]

I'm now officially a Master of Arts 🫡

[kleinergeist]

After 9 months of work, my Oseberg tapestry sweater is complete!

This was my first sweater knitted in the round, first stranded colourwork project, and my first time steeking. It was definitely my most challenging project so far, and a lot of learning and research was involved. I used a colourwork chart created by the very talented Molly Gifford, which is available for free on Ravelry

For reference, this is one of the fragments uncovered from the gravesite:

Some scholars think that the Oseberg tapestry includes the earliest known artistic depiction of Odin's ravens, Huginn and Muninn. So I added them to the sleeves as a little Easter egg.

[ckmakes]

Tapestry diary - April 15 2025 to April 14 2026

[saoirseronanswife]

hieronymus bosch’s bird is so kind

[tofupixel]

a lot can change

made in aseprite

Prints // Merch // Tip Jar // Digital Store // Free Stuff

[rubacmk]

🌸☠️🌸

[yama-bato]

Maja Fjæstad

[fiberartdemon]

CHAIR

[uwmspeccoll]

Typography Tuesday

Today we present so-called Benedictine capitals, borders, and ornaments from The Manual of Linotype Typography, printed by the Plimpton Press for the Mergenthaler Linotype Company in Brooklyn, New York, in 1923. The Benedictine typeface family is a revival of a 15th-century type used by Bolognese printer Plato de Benedictis, redesigned by Joseph E. Hill for Linotype in 1915.

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[panoptinomicon]

[ckmakes]

Unhidden

Self portrait, tapestry weaving. Wool, 8 epi, mounted on an 8 inch by 10 inch canvas. January - March 2026

[riverwindphotography]

Calming Waters

(c) gif by riverwindphotography, March 2026

[sewambitious]

You know…some project failures are just lessons learned.