Villainous (with yarn)

they/ae/vae - xenic nonbinary transandrogynous - 18 - anti censorship

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Hi! Im Villainous, and I'll be using this blog to document Fiber Arts projects that i make.

Tags

• Text Post - Villainous yapping

• Progress Pic - toiling on my evil schemes

• Finished Project - returning to plot in my evil lair

• try-on pic - truly diabolical fits

• Queued Post - lair posting

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I've finally sat down and finished the pronoun pin!

Another step in my Agenda for Gender Neutral EVIL!

Tutorial (sorta) under the cut

After I finished the graphic I cut a rectangle of the same size out of the plastic canvas.

I took a pair of clasp pin posts (like the type on most enamel pins) and slid them through two holes on the back, around nine holes down and three in. I used the clasp to hold it in place.

I sewed the panels together with 6-strand embroidery floss, though next time I'd use 3 or 4 strands, my hands are killing me right now.

I ended by tying a knot and weaving in the end.

It was a rather quick project, the longest part was the graphic itself, finishing up the pin portion was less than an hour.

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This is probably my third finished object, though its one of my only surviving early projects.

It is a basic granny bandana, with a shell stitch border and single crochet strings. I used Bernat in the colorway Fleur de Lavande cotton for the bandana, and Red Heart Super Saver Ombre in the colorway Anemone

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A 2x1 rib cat beanie I knit back in June. No pattern, I knit it in a flat rectangle and joined it by weaving knit stitches up the side, and slipping them on the top with a 6.0mm hook.

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I made this beret last december from some leftover yarn from other gifts I made.

Pattern is AVERAGE IS LAME's Star Beret

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Started a red moss stitch scarf a few months ago, only ~40 rows left till its done

Made to measure ~60in, in Red Heart Soft yarn in colorway 9925 Really Red

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I started this probably a year ago? Ish? This is a from one of my favorite games, Get In The Car, Loser!.

Go play it if you love lesbians and fantasy and angels and nonbinary people and grey morality and trying to do the right thing and

Despite the game being entirely in pixel art, i still had to size this chart down to make it fit on my pre-stretched canvas. I've worked on it on and off, so whenever I make progress from now on I'll probably post it here.

Chart under the cut

( 180x53 st )

( made in floss cross )

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I started this 2x1 rib scarf a few weeks ago, made in bernat bulky yarn. Eventually I'll make one in beige as well.

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I was finally able to get my hands on some red heart Granny Square yarn ( in the gorgeous colorway Lily Pad ), I'm actually rather happy with it.

These are some of my completed squares.

Review under the cut

The colors are as described and look near identical to the site/packaging. The softness is average, similar to other Red Heart acrylic yarns.

I didn't use their granny square pattern (chain 3 for corners, chain 2 for spaces, chain 4 for the starting loop) as it used too much yarn with my tension/hook.

I used the reccomended hook size, 5.5mm, which is my overall preferred hook size, and used a chainless row start at the beginning of every row, including the initial round, which imo looks cleaner.

I used a basic granny square pattern, with one less chain than reccomended (chain 2 for corners, and chain 1 for spaces), only my initial row start is different.

I make a slip knot, then chain 1, drawing a long loop

I then work it like a regular double crochet, treating the loop as the thrown yarn and pull my working yarn through.

I do this for all my row starts.

I typically have a lot of one given color left over (~6-13in of any given color), so I slip st until the color changes for the next row

I finish off my square by weaving my long tail through the top of the second stitch out for a truly invisible finish.

I am, overall, rather happy with this yarn. It has enough extra of each color that it was rather easy to maneuvour my way around my issues. I would reccomend frogging the first square you make a couple of times just to find our what works best for you and your tension.

9/10, only had to weave in 2 ends for 5 colors.

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I finished this 2 years ago, i think? Its my only successful weave insofar ( i made a dishtowel, but i dont count that because of my atrocious tension ).

It's a headband i made via a homemade backstrap loom (which ive lost), with some Red Heart yarn (Papaya) and what I believe is Caron Jumbo (Blue Raspberry)?

The one thing i wish i had done is manage my tension better, in some spots its kind of wonky because i pulled my weft too tight, and not tight enough in other areas.

It was a very fun project, and I will be making more once I finish my tablet cards.

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Stopped by Goodwill recently (for exclusively evil purposes, of course) and found some nice gems.

I found these jeans, which fit comortably enough, but had an unfinished hem (which is the style, i think) and these MASSIVE knee windows. This, of course, would hinder my ability to do proper evil so I plan to sew on some granny squares, and hopefully do some embroidery around the hips and pockets.

I also found some vintage Red Heart and Bernat yarn, from the 90s and early 2000s (judging by the fact it seems to be the earlier variation of this specific yarn) respectively. I also found a BRAND NEW vintage 4" embroidery hoop from the 80s. I also found these counted cross stitch kits, though I don't know hoe old they are, that will be fun (and easy enough) to do in my down time.

This jacket fit me perfectly, and, though I'm not a fan of the rips, I'm hoping to practice visible mending on the rips. After I finish the mending I amd going to try sewing on patches and cross stitches directly onto the fabric.

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Started the background, I have to admit I kind of thought I'd be done by now, but the white stitches are kicking my ass at current.

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Making myself a they/them pin

I'm going back in with white once i finish the letters since the canvas is kinda see-through.

This is the graph for anyone who wants it •>•

( made with this pixel generator )