CLUCK CLUCK, Kniterati! Am loving this new pattern for an Emotional Support Little Chickie. It's a perfect-sized pocket chicken, works up with scrap yarn in a day. A very fun #FO!
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Looking for some absolutely incredible #knitting patterns? Audrey Borrego retired her entire store, and ALL of her patterns are free. There are some absolutely incredible ones here. Go forth, and enjoy!
While I’m still slowly knitting up (down?) the sleeves of the jumper, to give my angry wrist a break, I have been continuing to spin up the colourful advent calendar from das-wollschaf.de.
The grey Blue Faced Leicester was so awesomely soft and squishy, but with the sari seide flecks, looked like those compressed fabric sheets used for insulation or old cleaning rags. So I plied it with another blue blend (merino, stellina) from the calendar. The other two are merino.
Little samples are great for new spinners (or newish like me) to learn what is fun to spin - sari seide isn’t my cup of tea! And good to see what base fiber would make a lovely squishy jumper - definitely fell in love with BFL even though it wasn’t as much fun to spun as merino.
Almost finished with this piece, just have to do the border on the sides to make it a patch essentially. It’s The Protectorate symbol from Starbound. #starbound #needlepoint #handmade #patch #fiberarts #practice
Finished my second ever quilt top! Taking to a friend who will long arm quilt it at some later point.
I almost forgot #wipwednesday! Behold the C.O.U.S.! (Cross stitch Of Unusual Size)
Just discovered this *super* cool website: https://looseends.org/
Folks sign up as volunteer finishers to finish #FiberCraft projects for folks that can't finish themselves, due to death or disability or something. Sounds like an incredible way to gain experience with a craft while supporting your community in a really tactile way!
Needed a knitting palette cleanser, so knocked out this new pattern - The Emotional Support Little Chickie, a pocket-sized comfort fowl.
Mistakes were made. And that's OK... at least the safety eyes are kinda even. Now that I know the ropes, I think I might make several to surprise-gift to people here at the nursing home.
The child-like instant joy it brings to others is everything!
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#FiberGoals update: 5 minutes or more of #FiberArts 24/31 days, better than I expected. Made a couple of hexiflats including handspun ones. Made some progress on the washcloth for my dad (plus giving him an already completed one). The main thing is the regular fiberarts work, which was mostly spinning with the supported spindles but also some spinning on my wheel and some plying. Very little actual knitting. Still happy with progress! #knitting #spinning #handspun https://wandering.shop/@consumablejoy/113756208408207812
behold my latest finished (as in actually blocked and ends woven in) knit project!
a fun little tee which worked up quickly and was quite meditative
Liked | Time at the Recurse Center
https://www.fractalkitty.com/time-at-the-recurse-center/
https://reillyspitzfaden.com/interactions/2025/03/liked-time-at-the-recurse-center/
Here’s a knitting tutorial by Susanna Winter for a double increase I haven’t seen before. I think it looks nifty!
https://www.susannawinter.net/post/how-to-knit-centered-median-increase
#Fabricademy bootcamp 2025
May 19→25
Don't miss this year's bootcamp in Brussels to encounter international fellows in the field of #textile, #engineering and #biology.
I am co-organizing it through the #fablab @GreenFabric and the #fabricademy team (@fabtextiles ).
A great opportunity to test Fabricademy themes and way of working through intense hands-on workshops. It will cover #biomaterials with #mycelium #fungi, #modulardesign, #machineknitting with the #kniterate machine, using the #opensourcehardware machines that we built, #etextile with thermochromic inks.
Don't miss also the #MakerFaire on the following week-end (May 26-27) with the Fabricademy exhibition of final projects and a workshop on #softrobotics.
More info on https://bootcamp2025.textile-academy.org.
Boosts are more than welcome!
Finished! The 10 inch plate stretched it too much, I had to re-block with a smaller one. I think it might be a little small for me, I may give it away to someone with a smaller head.
Want to learn how to do Latvian Braids in #knitting?
Traci Scott has the perfect (free) pattern for you "Latvian Braids All Day Hat"
I've only once worked that stitch pattern and it looks really cool, probably good to use up some leftovers as well?
https://www.ravelry.com/patterns/library/latvian-braids-all-day-hat
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