"Check out my threads! The local library where you can borrow a new outfit"

"Check out my threads! The local library where you can borrow a new outfit"
#Scotland #CulturalHeritage #genealogy #textiles
'The Scottish Register of Tartans has reached a significant milestone as it added the ten thousandth tartan design to its database.
The milestone design was the 131 Argyle tartan, registered by the Diocesan Boys’ School of Hong Kong. The tartan celebrates the school’s long history since its founding in in 1869.'
https://www.nrscotland.gov.uk/latest-news/scottish-register-records-10-000th-tartan/
The #GatherFiberSymposium got noticed by the local media! We were psyched that they invited our lace group in to their month of fiber art celebrations. There are a ton of great events going on.
More details from The Boston Globe (or search archive.youknow for an unpaywalled version).
#BobbinLace #Textiles #knitting #sewing #crafts #makers #TextileHistory
https://www.bostonglobe.com/2025/04/03/arts/gather-2025-fiber-textile-art-symposium-greater-boston/
#clothing #fashion #textiles #WoolSkirts
"[Mae] Colburn’s mother is a clothing historian and her dad is a photographer so the project spoke to their collective skills. Together the family has catalogued and photographed 632 vintage wool skirts. The physical archive is in Colburn’s Brooklyn studio—which is occasionally open to the public for viewing—and the digital archive is online."
William Morris designs out in the wild – in pictures
'In his designs, William Morris combined his two greatest passions: the wonder of nature and a socialist belief that everyone should have access to art and beauty'
On wood panels, Tia Keobounpheng weaves colorful threads to create precise geometries in vibrating color.
https://www.thisiscolossal.com/2025/03/tia-keobounphengs-geometric-weaving/
From lengths of rope sometimes measuring thousands of meters, designer Svea Tisell, founder of the Kryss studio, creates unique furniture objects in which craft traditions and contemporary design converge.
Finished this wrap a while ago but haven't been in a posting mood 'til now. This is 36 ends per inch in wool. The final length was a bit shy of two yards. I gave it to a friend who's helped me though some really difficult times recently, and it felt so good to give her a physical manifestation of my time, care, and attention.
I'm excited about weaving more fine fabric like this. Right now I'm setting up something thicker but still pretty fine, an Angora nylon blend at 24 epi. #textiles #weaver #weaving #fiberarts #wool #plainweave #loom
I dyed a t-shirt for bob using low-water immersion after tying it in little bunches with water-soluble thread. The idea of using the water-soluble thread was to avoid white marks — I wanted it to just be “different” in some way in the tied parts, but not to block the dye completely. (Also I didn’t want to have to untie it all afterwards.)
The low-water immersion worked nicely to split out the constituent red (magenta) and blue (cobalt blue) parts of the dye, giving lots of different purples, and the little tied bunches ended up looking like cells or neurons (according to bob).
Photos here of the tied t-shirt before going in the dye bath, plus a close-up and not-close-up of the results. bob has a photo of him wearing it which no doubt he will post in this thread at some point.
Regal Portraits Evoke Myth and Power in Simone Elizabeth Saunders’ Hand-Tufted Textiles
https://www.thisiscolossal.com/2025/03/simone-saunders-hand-tufted-textiles/
Simone Elizabeth Saunders explores Black identity in relation to kinship, power, and survival.
https://www.thisiscolossal.com/2025/03/simone-saunders-hand-tufted-textiles/
Zapurza Museum of Art & Culture in Kudje, India
A huge collection of artifacts in a picturesque setting.#textiles #paintings #museums #section-Atlas
Zapurza Museum of Art & Culture
"Ghazipur landfill: The 70-acre 'garbage mountain of Delhi' - where nearby residents are being 'slowly poisoned'"
It's really tricky to spread the word about events these days! I don't support corporate social media and you don't get read attention there anyway, mailing lists aren't what they once were, and this event wants to reach people across many patterny disciplines..
Any help spreading the word across all the strange pattern-obsessed communities much appreciated!
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Algorithmic Pattern is a new festival and conference for people curious about the practice and culture of algorithmic pattern-making, across algorithmic music, arts and craft. The first edition will take place both in Sheffield UK and online, during September 2025.
The call for talks/papers is now open, deadline 2nd June - please see our website for details: https://2025.algorithmicpattern.org/call/
#textiles #weaving #algorave #livecoding #algorithmicart #cfp #conference #patterns #pattern #craft #juggling #siteswap #origami #geometry #ethnomathmatics #choreography
@embroidery @crossstitch @knitting @crochet @christianstitchers @charitystitchers @fiberart @fibrearts @fiberarts @textilearts @crafts @artsandcrafts
Doctor: Do you participate in any dangerous #Sports?
Husband: Sometimes I interrupt my wife while she's counting stitches.
(Originally found on Instagram)
@knitting @crochet @fiberart @fibrearts @fiberarts @textilearts @christianstitchers @charitystitchers @crafts @artsandcrafts
From #RedHeartYarns on Instagram.
#Knitting #Crochet #FiberArts #FiberArt #FibreArts #Textiles #Cats #Cat #Catstodon #Humor #Funny #TextileArts #Yarn #Joke #Memes #WhatDoYouMeme??? #FunnyFriday
#WIPWednesday #Quilting #Family #Sewing #Vintage #Textiles #LogCabin #Maine
This year I am reproducing my grandmother's log cabin quilt which was hand sewn in Maine around 1905.
I researched the fabrics and found these reproduction prints. Have made 64 squares in all. And have stitched them into eight strips of eight each.
Next I'll stitch the strips together to finish the quilt top!