The Cottage

[spaceshipsandpurpledrank]

[ghostdaartist]

Ohhhhh Yeaaaaah

[punkedsolar]

The Mallorn Trees of Lothlórien

"That is the fairest of all the dwellings of my people. There are no trees like the trees of that land. For in the autumn their leaves fall not, but turn to gold. Not till the spring and the new green opens do they fall, and then the boughs are laden with yellow flowers; and the floor of the wood is golden, and golden is the roof, and its pillars are of silver, for the bark of the trees is smooth and grey." - Legolas, Lord of the Rings

[naamahdarling]

Really proud of these two bookmarks I made this week. I just need to put the backing on them and they'll be done and ready to use. They feel great! I'm getting much better at keeping everything smooth and flat and even.

[bumblebeeappletree]

#Beanie #LearnToKnit #KnitFlat

In this video I show step-by-step how to knit a ribbed beanie. This is a great tutorial for beginner knitters because this beanie is knit flat! You do not need to know how to knit in the round or use double pointed needles! I take you though each of the steps, from the cast on, to the cast off. Enjoy!

Materials Used

US 5 (3.75 mm) Straight Knitting Needles https://amzn.to/3rg0brU

Stitch Markers Used in Video http://www.floopsstitchmarkers.com/sh...

Alternate Stitch Markers: https://amzn.to/3pGSGKn

Tapestry Needle https://amzn.to/3cxumH9

Yarn Used Yarn Bee Breathe Deep

Pattern Download: https://www.knittinghousesquare.com/h...

Video Times

00:00 Introduction

02:28 Materials

03:01 Long Tail Cast On

08:58 Ribbing Repeat Row

14:34 Tip How to Read Your Knitting

15:37 Decreases

17:05 SSK (Slip, Slip, Knit)

19:20 P2T (Purl 2 Together)

21:19 K2T (Knit 2 Together)

22:40 Cast Off and Seam

Disclaimer: Some links provided are affiliate links and I receive a small commission when used. These commissions help to support the free content I offer!

[kikitr0n]

Do you have any tips on using watercolor? I’m a beginner.

Practice a lot, a LOT, like stacks and stacks of practice paintings. Get materials you can afford, but know that a good quality paper makes it easier to learn. Watch tutorials online or go to an in person class if you can. There are a ton of great watercolorists that do tutorials for free on youtube, but also a lot of good stuff on Skillshare and such. 

Don’t be afraid of the paper. Use more water than you think you need!

Good luck!

[spaceshipsandpurpledrank]

[ansitru]

NEW PATTERN ✨

This one was outta my comfort zone, but MAN was it fun to stitch.

Get it here: pattern link

[geopsych]

Early morning in late May at the lake a few years ago with bird song

I miss it but probably won’t get out there for a while, for reasons

[thisauthorisscreaming]

Another sword, another cairn. Cut up an old necklace for the chain. The background fabric is scrap fabric from a thrift shop in Edinburgh, Scotland. Photo doesn't do the fabric justice! It's very pretty!

(Also, yes - the sword CAN come out!)

[riverwindphotography]

Flowering Dogwood

(c) riverwindphotography

[eris-y-tho]

i hate my camera (plus it's evening, so the lighting is weird), the brighter pics are under the cut

[mythsandmonaidhean]

my mythological bookmarks, all together :D

[punk-pins]

apparently this is not common knowledge among punk diy sewists but if you’re sewing patches / doing any sewing that requires pushing a needle through multiple layers of fabric, use a needle grip. they’re little rubber things that have excellent grip on the metal needle so you don’t have to pinch the needle as hard. you will save your fingers soooo much unnecessary pain.

there’s two main types. the basic type is just a little circle of rubber that you fold around your needle, and the fancier type is a little rubber cap for your fingertips. they’re very cheap, under five bucks for the fancier kind and less for the basic, and they last forever. you can buy nice ones from your local craft store or steal them from the quilting section walmart idc. if you’re in a pinch (pun intended) and can’t go out, if you have a non-slip mat under a rug, cut off a little corner and that will work decently. please treat your fingers kindly <3

[earhartsease]

ooh rubber thimbles are back

[fennopunk]

If you have access to leather scraps, a piece of thin leather works too (that’s what I have atm) :)

[plantanarchy]

A lacewing on the false indigo this evening in the garden

[spaceshipsandpurpledrank]

[spaceshipsandpurpledrank]

@tartrazeen

[thistransient]

∝

[what-even-is-thiss]

I’m kinda surprised that nalbinding isn’t as popular as crochet and knitting tbh because it has an even lower barrier of entry tools wise and unlike crochet and knitting it makes fabric that you can cut.

I guess it’s because it’s slower or something.

[what-even-is-thiss]

Nalbinding aka needle binding is when you use yarn and a big sewing needle to make fabric btw

It also has a lot of different kinds of stitches you can do that make different densities of fabric.

Some people even make rugs.

[thewolfwaitsbelow]

I feel like part of it might be casual people are generally aware of the existence of crochet and knitting, even if they don’t know very much about either, but have never heard of nalbinding

[what-even-is-thiss]

Yeah I hadn’t heard of it until recently and I ordered a big bone needle for myself to try it out and that should be arriving soon.

I was surprised that I’d never heard of it though. It’s older than knitting and crocheting and even though it’s been done all over the world it’s super relevant to Nordic culture and my grandmother and I are both into keeping in touch with our roots a bit so I’m surprised I’ve never heard of it.

It seems like the sort of thing that would be popular even if not as popular as crocheting and knitting, considering the low barrier of entry.

[what-even-is-thiss]

You also don’t need a bunch of different sized needles for nalbinding or whatever. The size of the stitch is controlled either completely freehand or by pulling it against one of your fingers. Most people who have a lot of nalbinding needles seem to either have tried out wood, bone, and metal ones to see which kind they liked or they enjoy carving wood or bone and like making their own needles as an extra hobby.

It’s also a lot easier to freehand and adjust as you go than crochet or knitting and you mostly go by inches instead of rows and number of stitches so a large number of accessories like stitch markers or whatever isn’t really necessary.

Maybe the lack of accessories also makes it unpopular idk. People do like collecting things in their nests.

[the-color-of-sound-is-space]

I've been wanting to do so, I cannot find anyone who can teach me, and any books I can find on it are Ass in the Visual Learning department. Otherwise I'd be making the hell outta some nalbinded fabric

[what-even-is-thiss]

I found this channel by a nice man who makes up close tutorials

Happy Needlebinding

I create videos on YouTube to learn people how to needlebind using two fingers and your thumb. Needlebinding helps people to relax, relieve

[what-even-is-thiss]

I thought this would be kind of a niche post to make but I was quickly reminded that I’m on tumblr, the website full of gay people with one billion hobbies.