Welcome, Beginners and Veterans

Just a dragon sitting on a pile of yarn and hissing at people who pass by. Gaaaay and okay PayPal

[florad0ra]

first project of 2026

[emilysidhe]

Knitting finished as of last night! Still need to weave in a few ends, wash, and block.

Was aiming for 48” x 60”, came out 39” x 60” so far, but I’m hoping to be able to block it to a little wider and I’m ok losing a few inches of length for that

[pisces-core]

[packs-pngs]

[peachrunes]

[targetedknowledge]

[vascarl]

Polwarth, spun very fine, chain plyed. The braid was from Kathy's Fibres.

This one drafted out beautifully, a true pleasure to spin.

I am considering submitting this skein to the Bendigo Wool show.

[mismedleym]

birth of an angel (revisited)

[tavina-writes]

Third shawl of the year! (I've posted about finishing this shawl before, this is just the finished object post so I can search for just photos of my finished objects.)

This is Hayley Tsang Heather's Peony – Pfingstrose Shawl. I made this shawl out of Fyberspates Gleem Lace in the colorway 733 Everglade, and used 896 6/0 Miyuki Rocailles in the color: transparent silver-lined dark gold (RR-4).

The Ravelry project page is here.

[infestuous]

Wally Dion, Green Star Quilt, 2019 circuit boards, brass wire, copper tube

[chekhovs-raygun]

I SAW THIS IN THE PORTLAND ART MUSEUM! ITS HUGE!

it shimmers like no gemstones i've ever seen: green as malachite and emerald but shot through with opal, gold, copper. photographs can't do it justice because of how it shines, as well as the way the actual material elements have their own dimensions. you can lean in and study all the fine lines of the circuits or step back and admire how the rearranged whole forms new patterns. it's one of the most beautiful creations i've ever seen.

[systlin]

Sudden realization that the skeins of yarn out on my laundry line to dry are. Phallic in appearance.

[systlin]

Come get your freshly scoured Churro wool dicks folks

[dabblingreturns]

[systlin]

It all makes sense now

[64mpg]

if i do something wrong they kill me

[64mpg]

[satomikawamura]

新しいたて糸で織り始めました。どうなるかな、楽しみ。

[xanaxfarts]

A redditor u/spottedgolfing shares the process of the penny floor they installed into their homes foyer.

[getwrenchd]

Re: the popular questions

[vamptits]

okay yay. I made a million mistakes but I get it now. small bird 🙂‍↕️

[vamptits]

mindset-altering sentence.

[sosuperawesome]

Feather Wing Crochet Shawl Pattern

Crafty Intentions on Etsy

[yarnoverhook]

[Braided Fishtail Toque]

[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.

[milkweedman]

Finished my linen hat on US 1 needles and picked up the sock id been knitting earlier with wool on US 3 needles and was briefly so confused due to the disconnect between my brain knowing that the needles are still fairly small and the yarn is relatively scratchy and my hands reporting that i was knitting a cloud on needles the size of broomsticks