knit 2 together

Photo: Silvan Faessler Fine Art, Zug

‘Hands weaving magnetic-core memory, IBM, Poughkeepsie, New York,’ 1956. Photograph by Ansel Adams.

They were all done by hand using a kind of treadle-operated frame with a little (crochet!) hook to pull the wires around the cores. The people making them were mostly housewives who did this as a side-job in the 80s and 90s. I don't know if it's still done that way anywhere in the USA today, but the history of computing and space exploration is littered with "women's work" like this.

Overlock Stitch by @clothes_reetzy

scarf update

current wip 🙂‍↕️ moby sweater using plymouth yarn roam

i did a standard bind off because i don’t like how italian bind off looks on body hems. i plan on knitting a few extra rows on the collar and doing italian bind off on the sleeve cuffs, though.

almost done! doing a few extra rows on the collar for a better fit. i’m really happy with how it’s turning out and how quickly i was able to finish :)

Panel 3: Baroque Cable (center) and Dancing Ribbon (sides) from Barbara Walker's A Third Treasury of Knitting Patterns.

k here it is im off to the market to fill it with onion skins

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

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.

yardage in progress. all silk city fibers Contessa, a discontinued blend of 25% silk 75% rayon. feels amazing, so fun to weave, can’t wait to wear it. 16epi ~12ppi, 14 or 15 epi would have given me a perfectly balanced cloth but i personally lean toward a denser warp.

Tapestry diary - April 15 2025 to April 14 2026

Textile patterns from the Igbo women’s weaving industry at Akwete, now in southern Abia State. National Library of the Netherlands, The Hague.

sock !

Wick Leaf Gansey

It’s spring!

how we learn is very personal, very individual. just because something worked well for you doesn't mean it will work well for everyone.

I meant to share this sooner lol but then I didn't work on any of my projects for like, a month. Any way!!! My brother is having a baby!!!! or rather, you know, he and his wife are. So I am preparing by making unnecessarily complicated knitwears. Baby is due in August/September so I made the 2-6 month old size since, you know, he probably won't want a sweater until October or so. Probably will make a bigger one after this also. I also want to do a hat and booties but I hope I have time!!!