#old crafts

[lix-starshine7]

estaba ordenando cosas en mí pieza y me acordé de esas weas

y me estaba riendo porque mí gata hizo percha el aguijón del fantasma y yo lo guardé igual :v

[sarahvansloten]

My dad made my mum and SIL and I lucets and then I got really into cord-making and my partner also made me one (with an added handle).

[thatbigwitchbitch]

I *HAND STITCHED THAT*. I’m too broke for a sewing machine, and I don’t even want one anyway. Too complicated, can’t get into small spaces for detailed fixes (like plushies) But do you see how nice those stitches are? For, again, Hand Sewing? By a bitch with hand tremors? Taking it to the tailor would’ve cost 20$ or more in my area. And the plushie? Forget about it! But a sewing needle and thread? Cheap! Easy to find! You can even use dental floss in a pinch!

What I’m saying is that old-fashioned skilled labor should get more love.

anyway

[rustclaw]

Made some yarn for the first time!

Technically, I have made it before somewhat. What I had made didn’t use a spindle but was twisted by hand and NOT tight plus would unravel

So, having a drop spindle now, I’ve made two little balls of yarn!

The purple and yellow one was made using just roving

The dark purple one is made of several old hand spun ones i combined by using the drop spindle, as they were loose

Both have been plyed, so are ready to be used as far as I’m aware!

[zsorosebudphoto]

Muíño do Xardín, Penelas, Teo, 21-05-23

[artist-aoife]

This is a large project I've been working on for a while now. I'm hoping to finish it before the year is out.

[rumade]

Yesterday I started making a dead hedge. What is a dead hedge??? It is an incredibly easy, low maintenance, and completely free way of building a boundary which is permeable to smaller wildlife such as hedgehogs. It provides habitat and is a carbon sink.

Mine looks like total chaos and is still very green, so here is a picture of a neater one.

Okay so how do you make one? Mine is woven and piled against the base of some conifers that long ago were the border hedge but have grown up and left a gap large enough for chicken or man to step through or my neighbour's robot mower to escape through.

The basic principle is: make two rows of posts (don't have to be thick, 3cm diameter will do if your ground is soft), and then lay woody garden trimmings in the line between the two posts. That's it!

I used cut brambles, dog rose, these strange woody shrubs I'm removing, conifer trimmings, and various other bits. Because you're not weaving, like with hazel hurdles, the length is less important.