#fibres

[vinceaddams]

Yes I am frustrated by how much fabric is polyester, but I'm also very annoyed by people who know absolutely nothing about textiles just assuming every fabric word they don't recognize must be plastic.

Big "oooh there are CHEMICALS in my food that I can't pronounce, they must be bad!!" energy.

[ilookattextile]

Milkweed seed fibre

[leiyahime]

Wool festival Leipzig

long day! But so, so worth it! Sadly my co-worker could not come along but that gave me more flexibility. I met another dear friend and we went through everything. And we decided that next year we'll go again on sunday because of people x.x it was rather crowded...

But I met a member of my spinning group who sadly moved away, and another lady I know from the lower saxony spinners meetup.

When we were done with the hot glass hall and the crowd we left and looked for food. I tried an udon dish. After that I spent another few hours with my friend before I went almost home. I'll spend the night at my dad's so I saved an hour of driving. I left the house at 7 a.m. and came home at 10 p.m. i think that's enough.

Aaaand the loot!

Red/black: Texel from die Garnspinnerin

Light green/blue: 50%/50% merino/Tencel from Filzlinge

Turquiose: 66% 16 mic merino/34% silk from filzrausch

A sock board from zuckerzeugs. Finally able to knit socks for other people than me

2,5mm circular needles with 1m cord for a trial to knit both socks at once

2,5mm carbon dpns (forgot where I bought both of those) for when all my wooden dpns break

point protectors (is that the correct word?) In the form of scissors from doros Seifenkiste (on fb and insta)

Not pictured: 2 postcards from stefis wolle (my fibre limit was reached so I couldn't get fibres from her this time)

And an ebony wood nalbinding needle, again from "die garnspinnerin'

[thackeroy]

All my yarn samples from VeganYarnsUK in my fibre file. It's fun how many random fibres she has, I still have some new ones that I need to add from her including ginger yarn!

[nanotechnologyworld]

Self-healing, light-emitting fibre paves way for smarter textiles and robotics

An innovative fibre with a range of exceptional features, including the ability to emit light, self-repair when damaged, and respond to magn

An innovative fibre with a range of exceptional features, including the ability to emit light, self-repair when damaged, and respond to magnetic fields could open up new possibilities in fields such as robotics, fashion, and wearable technology.

[cottonkhaleesi]

I am rating these on how SOFT they Feel between my fingies (coarsest furthest away from the camera) and HOLY COW I NOW UNDERSTAND WHY MULBERRY SILK WAS THE EPITOME OF EVERYTHING 💯 💯 💯

I’m going to start with corn fibre and work my way down into bliss.

[loverboybitch]

this was done by an artist im a fan of on instagram; @/allengolder. theyve been posting about projecting concepts and designs onto pinned up patterns to “test print” ideas without wasting materials.//.