#ethical bookbinding

Christmas Lights (I forgot to take a picture of the spine and back, so just imagine it’s adorably cute) by badhairred. Bound WITHOUT permission because I bound it for them 🤭 (Note - always get permission unless binding as a surprise for the author)

Book cloth - Amazon black with sparkles. It looks like snow falling

End pages - from a page pad book at Michael’s

Vinyl - htvront

Also orange handknit socks. In July, @momentaryeclipse helped me gauge these so that we knew they would fit, and I carried on knitting them to finish for @badhairred. These would not have turned out so lovely without his help.

A hand knit sock has about 20k stitches, so to make a pair of socks for someone, you really have to love them at least 40k times. I always tease when I gift them that I clearly love them the most because who else has done something for them 40k times?!? Here’s hoping badhairred loves them and wears them till they are holey and well loved.

All the Young Dudes - I really wanted a retro vibe with this one, and I’m happy with how it turned out.

Typeset - leticiamareeart (ig) - this is their self illustrated typeset

Book Cloth - Verona from Hollanders

End Papers Whaline Retro Floral (Amazon)

Vinyl - htvront

Paper - Church

Hi! Buying fanfiction is absolutely illegal and ethical binders recognize the threat it poses to fanfiction. Please do not do that.

It’s a hobby, and you can totally do it! Watch some tutorials, message me, check out ladybobbitt on Instagram and TikTok. Neatfreakgeek on TikTok has great tutorials as well. We all had to start somewhere, and you 💯 can do this! I still use Neatfreakgeek’s template for every bind I make! I’m a one trick pony, it works well, so I stick with it.

If you end up buying some binding supplies and want to give it a shot, I’m happy to share my typeset with you. Just send me a picture of your binding supplies, and I can email it over. Lots of binders are willing to share typesets with folks that are binding. No use reinventing the wheel!

What we don’t want to see is our typesets being used for binds sold on Etsy. It’s illegal and so disrespectful to authors, artists, and binders.

I’m linking a TikTok from messrsrobyn specifically about ethical binding. Check it out as it has a lot of good info in it.

Seriously, if you want to bind, send me a message, and I will help you in any way I can. That’s exactly how I started, messaging binders and watching tutorials. You absolutely can do this.

I really enjoy binding for a handful of friends. That’s your other option. Befriend a binder 🤭 100% free gift binds are fine (with author/artist permission).

Best of luck!