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Hello! My name is Jay (any pronouns) and I like to crochet and knit! main is @arcadeghosts

[madeleinefjall]

Knitted a moth sweater ✨ bought the pattern for it here!

[evilpigeongod]

so drunk rn.

Anyway, i knitted saturn devouring his sun

[silly-bus]

THE GLOVES 🙌 I made these back in spring this year for a friend and I think they're so gorgeous. It was my first ever full project on dpn and my 2nd stranded color work. They were such a joy to make

Pattern by EricaHeusserDesigns on Etsy!!

[ayy-junipei]

Yarn holder

[dinoknitting]

Baking vlog 👍

(All jokes aside, I knit these bastards by hand! Etsy link)

[nat-20s]

Behold! A man!

[yarnghost]

i have made the very bad decision of trying to make my friend socks for her birthday. i am seeing her in 10 days. wish me luck

[yarnghost]

Sock #1 complete!!

[yarnghost]

Socks complete! Woo!

[yarnghost]

i have made the very bad decision of trying to make my friend socks for her birthday. i am seeing her in 10 days. wish me luck

[yarnghost]

Sock #1 complete!!

[sicpvon]

knitting doom update time

here is my current progress, it's looking very cool. I've hit a series of multiple 0's so its the same stitch which is nice on my brain but doesn't have a pattern lol

I don't think I ever explained what I translated the code to stitches to. what I'm doing is the 0's are knit stitches and the 1's are purl stitches.

how far am I in terms of code?

I have barely dented it, but I've taken to numbering the pages of code because my note app doesn't tell me what page I am on

[yarnghost]

i have made the very bad decision of trying to make my friend socks for her birthday. i am seeing her in 10 days. wish me luck

[systlin]

So my sister wants to start sewing more, because

a. She’s 5′ 11″ and can never find pants long enough for her legs or shirts long enough for her arms.

b. She hates synthetic fibers as much as I do and it’s difficult to find natural fiber clothes that aren’t made of cotton

c. She’s a biologist and would physically fistfight microplastics if given half a chance

So her gift from mom and dad for her birthday was a sewing machine. Not a super expensive one but a good solid serviceable one.

And recently she asked “So where do I GET wool or linen and thread that isn’t polyester” and mom was like ‘go ask your sister’

And I, of course, crashed into the group text like “GET A PEN I HAVE WEBSITES FOR U” and honestly I’m thrilled about this

[systlin]

“Where did u get all this”

“Bets, u know I’m a 15th degree blackbelt of buying shit on the internet”

“oh yeah tru”

[hermesmuse]

Op can may we inquire about the website list

[systlin]

Linen; https://www.graylinelinen.com/

cotton and Silk thread; https://redrockthreads.com/

Linen thread and wool fabric; https://burnleyandtrowbridge.com/ (they’ve got wool stuffs and worsted wool fabric for $15 a yard! I just got three yards of navy worsted wool I’m making a constellation winter skirt from)

More linen thread and wool; https://wmboothdraper.com/ (just ordered wool broadcloth to make a coat)

Silk fabric (THE best place to get silk lining fabrics and raw silk fabric):https://www.dharmatrading.com/

A varying assortment of wool and silk and cotton and even some leather, use coupon code  spring2020 for 50% off your full order, worked yesterday when I bought some stuff there; https://metrotextilesnyc.com/

Wool. You want wool coating for under $20 a yard? Sure you do. It’s here. Not a huge variety of colors, most are black or brown, but hey https://www.fashionfabricsclub.com/Catalog?refinementIds=4096748&Keyword=wool&pageSize=16

[wingedtyger]

I don’t know a lot about sewing, but I want to make or have my mom make some linen pants & shirts for when I’m watering, because it gets to 105 here and we have mosquitos so I need to be covered. What type of linen do I buy? Also, linen pajama shorts, yes/no?

(I’ve been wearing my renfaire pants which are a linen mix, I think. But the frikking mosquitos that hide in the tomatoes get my arms)

[systlin]

Medium weight is what I’d go with.

And linen pajama shorts is a HARD yes.

[beggars-opera]

Renaissance Fabrics is good for all sorts of things

Mood doesn’t specialize in natural fabrics but they do have basically every fabric ever made so

[the-merry-otter]

For wools, I cannot recommend Woolsome enough! They’re a bit more expensive then the above links, but they have a spectacular range of colours and weights, as well as diamond pattern and herringbone weaves. They also have a range of linens, though not as extensive.

Woolsome

Historical fabrics for re-enactors

[justgarb]

Tiedtohistory.com has sheer voile linen

The Linen Lab has a variety of weaves, weights, and colors available

Period Fabric has a variety of wools, but switch to the full website if you’re on mobile

[tealfling]

I feel like I’ve been slowly building to this for a while. I’m going to try to make something I can wear.

[casualnepotism]

@orchidscript

[o-rchidae]

My instagram

The space feet socks with an altered toe because I ran out of my contrast colour.

Pattern by Kroopaknits

Yarn from North Shire Yarns

[xboy-herox]

🕸KNITPOSTING🌙

everyone look at the top i made IT HAS A MOTH ON IT (!!!!!!)

for my first time working with 100% wool i’m so happy with how it turned out. i had to completely frog and re-knit the ribbing for the collar and hem but it was SO worth it i’m obsessed with this thing

[catchymemes]

[yarnghost]

pics of a recent(ish) project!! pattern is sweetheart sweater by Fran Lopez on ravelry 💕💕

[fibrespace]

"What style of knitting do you use?"

dude idk I looked up how to knit on youtube in like 2014 and I've been doing exactly the way the nice lady in the video told me to for the past ten years

[fibrespace]

Turns out I'm a german aka continental knitter!

I remember watching (and failing to follow) other tutorials when I was first learning, but as a crocheter I found this style to be easier and more comfortable for me.

[solianapaeris]

Finally finished knitting my dress with ruffles 💕 now i can finally eat lol