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im watching a little doc on youtube about an 11th century castle, and theres a bit where they are talking to a group of older women who are working on a large hand embroidered tapestry commemorating its nearly 1000 years of history & into the modern era.. and off on the border they show a bit where the women have stitched themselves working on it into the piece itself, and it made me kinda emotional

how amazing to have a visual depiction of the women who spent literal years painstakingly stitching such a wonderful piece of art that historically would have gone uncredited

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crayfishcraig

The math required to knit a cat is ridiculous

#obligatory #crochet not knitting #<-#but yes. also i would like to try this.

exercise-of-trust

playing around with some more radial-symmetry socks and man i'm so happy with how these turned out :D might do some more tweaking but i think i've got the basic structure ironed out!

(also i'm working on writing up a proper pattern for these and would love to get some feedback/concrit, so if you'd like to give these a test knit, lmk and i'll send you a draft of the pattern!)

#omfg....#would LOVE to test knit but my skills are mowhere up to scratch

aeide

test weaving of penelope's tapestry on the chiusi skyphos:

reference:

there are some adjustments I need to make for tension, but I'd like to make the next version into a header band for a warp-weighted loom so I can try weaving the whole pot, including telemachus and penelope.

aeide

progress?

the proportions on the header band have improved, but I think I maybe should have doubled the weft threads for the warp.

also if anyone wants to knit the heddles for me, please be my guest. the last time I tied on heddles, I put the bar in the wrong place and had to redo the whole thing.

aeide

in true penelope fashion, I may need to unweave and start over, but at least now I've got the loom weights and heddles in place.

I started weaving the spear, penelope, and the right border via double-weave with the intent to leave the remaining warp threads unwoven (as they would be on penelope's loom on the pot), but predictably this is giving me tension problems. I either need to increase the loom weights or just weave the black layer and leave the orange warp threads unwoven, and then switch colors once I get to the heddle bars in the drawing, with the black warp threads floating on top. (I guess weft-faced tapestry would be a third option, if I add a ton more tension.)

either way, this is going to take me the full three years of penelope's stratagem, or perhaps the entire twenty years of odysseus's absence, primarily because clearing the sheds takes a monumental effort each time with this double-weave setup (which I'm not even sure is how it's supposed to be done, I kind of set it up based on vibes and what I thought made sense from floor loom setups).

aeide

I have 999 problems and warp tension is 997 of them (the other two are my selvedges).

starcatboy

Everyone look at the quilt my grandma made me!! I’ve actually had it for a few years now but I wanted to post it so y’all could admire it!

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anonknitter

Places in the world are cooking people alive but don't worry, I have finished another sweater

And some of you madlads wanted to see the inside

#those floats!

beadcrafts

Gift for a friend by tigershrimp1

sevenfromelevenisfour

I crocheted a series of hyperbolic planes and strung them up into a garland. Each module is one more round than the one before, and each round has twice the stitches as the round before.

I made eight iterations; the largest one took an entire skein of cotton yarn. I really liked how this shows the change in curvature as cross section of the plane expands.

#insanely cool

kaijuerotica

do u wanna see the gromit sweater i knitted last year

kaijuerotica

cryptic-curation

This sick bleach shirt I made. Something to showcase my undying love for prehistoric cave art.

Some of the bleach burned thru the shirt bc this was my first time bleaching anything ever, but it kinda adds to it.

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cast on the gallus jumper last night and it is goinggggg. i want to do more but alas responsibilities.

riverlarking

Hi, sock knitter person here! I saw your tags and wanted to share the pattern with you in case you're curious. They're the Basic Ribbed Socks by Kate Aetherly. They're a 3x1 rib pattern, but I used Norwegian purling to make the purl stitches sit more cleanly and give the ribbing that taught bounce-back. Cheers, L

😮 very cool! I can see where the purl stitches must be sitting now; your work is super neat! Thank you so much <3

bytethebullet

I finished knitting my first pair of socks please clap

Made them with a mystery cashmere blend yarn I bought second-hand and some kid silk mohair I wanted to use up. They are surprisingly comfy and not itchy.

#clapping!!#and asking! i assumed that was ribbing but there are no purls to be seen #does the pattern use slipped stitches?

unwell-radio-transmissions

was plan make new tote bag 4 aac go on wheelchair. Thought 'would be cool if design like computer keyboard' because fun silly have Radio's words in. Next thought 'if be computer keyboard could use as low tech AAC. Should then probably have yes/no symbols.' Then plan got out of control and now want 2 embroidery low tech AAC board for fashion (silly) and practical use.

not will rush make, just enough have project work on.

unwell-radio-transmissions

[ID: canvas bag with low tech AAC symbols and words embroidered on. Examples include feelings, 'lift' and 'toilet'. On reverse side is embroidered computer keyboard, yes/no symbols and words 'please', 'thank you' and 'sorry.' /end ID]

3 half months to finish, very very happy with result. Bag good and sturdy. Take bit of figuring out to make. Strap piece wrap all way around bag so more support for heavy AAC. Strap long enough for wear cross body.

full list of symbols & words: - happy, sad, tired, surprised or anxious, angry or frustrated, overwhelmed. - safe, unsafe. - too loud, too bright, too many people, too many choices. - lift, toilet. - love, stop - i need, to lie down, help, space, to leave, company. - I don't understand, please explain what's happening.

these are for communicate with strangers who not know sign or when body brain too tired for effective signing and as alternative to electronic AAC.

disabilityaidpositivity

Such a cool idea!

Disability aid positivity post!

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