I helped harvest fresh indigo yesterday evening with some friends. I tried the salt rub dyeing technique, and thought I'd really succeeded, before I remembered you're supposed to mordant fibers before applying natural dyes. Most of the color rinsed out. 🤦 Lesson learned, but still a fun project!

A little morning Sunshine this summer Solstice! Baby is giving a very different attitude, lol. Sunshine is overjoyed to be juicing a tangerine on my shoulder. Baby is giving me the stink eye because I woke her at 11:30 AM. I love them.

Another finished piece! This wire wrapped hair pin is ready to go to a friend who carded some wool batts for me in trade. It would also work as a shawl pin. I shaped it from aluminum wire and used beads of glass, citrine, pearl, and a few others. So happy with the results!

The Wingspan shawl and accompanying pin are complete. From spinning the yarn to adding the feathers, this took me months of work spread over a couple years, and I am so proud of the results. I used feathers saved from my late bird, Zephyr, who still holds my heart. #knitting #handspun

That escalated quickly! I knitted this shawl in a bit over a month, which is very fast for me. A tricky pattern but worth it. Now I need something like a black dress to wear under it for a photoshoot! Wingspan by Kyle Vey in handspun from @fossilfibers.bsky.social batts.

Sorry I haven't been here! I'm mostly getting my social media fix from various Discord servers these days. But I'm also spending a lot of time knitting! This Wingspan shawl is really coming along! All handspun yarn. Fun knit, once you have a system to track the short rows and staggered increases.

Here's what I'm knitting Saturday for the @knitforfood.bsky.social knitathon. Top row is a handspun gradient from @fossilfibers.bsky.social , a Wingspan shawl. Bottom left is Hedgehog Fibers sock yarn for socks. Bottom right is handspun for a hat. Check my pinned post to donate to the charities!

I'm successfully weaving! This vintage loom is functional but still finicky. I have ideas of how to improve it but will need to finish this 3 yd warp first. This cotton twill will either be a scarf or cut into face cloths, depending on how it wet finishes. #weaving #loom #slowcraft

I must be crazy, because I just signed up for a knitathon for charity. I will knit, spin, and weave for 12 hours (with breaks). I plan to post updates to socials and also do a video chat for donors on Discord. I only have a couple weeks to fundraise, so please share! givebutter.com/knitforfood2...

Oh wow, that worked. I found this idea on Pinterest, and wasn't sure it would be sturdy enough, but with strong clamps and not too much tension on the warp, it's a worthwhile hack. Admittedly I'm not sure how much the clamps I found in Dad's garage originally cost, so ymmv. #weaving

For the past few weeks, I've been refurbishing this vintage loom I got from a neighbor. Stripping rust, adjusting mechanisms, and replacing the reed (which only barely fits, note the gap on the top beater bar) Next I will make new aprons for it, with canvas from Joann (RIP) #weaving

Whimsical linden tree seed pods depicted in multimedia fiber art — pin loom weaving, hooking, embroidery. #fiberart #pinloomweaving #rughooking #art

This yarn took over two months to spin, and it was worth it! There is a second tiny skein of yarn from the remnants of the second and third bobbins, with more solid stripes because it's partially chain ply. No, idk what I'm making with it, lol. @fossilfibers.bsky.social dyed this Polwarth wool.

I finished my third bobbin last night, so it's time to ply the singles into one fine yarn. I expect this Polwarth wool to poof up during wet finishing, so what looks like a lace weight yarn will probably be fingering weight. Very pleased with my consistency so far! Dyed by @fossilfibers.bsky.social

Whew. Finally finished the second of three plies for this Polwarth wool fractal spin. I started the third this morning but didn't take a picture before it was time for work. I love spinning fine singles, which is good, because it's taking forever! #spinningyarn #wool #yarn

Sunshine was being very sweet the other day. She is a sun conure parrot and probably around ten years old. (Video intentionally mute because I was saying silly baby talk to her)

I treated myself to a new game. This is A Mending by Shing Yin Khor, a solo role-playing game. I'm on a journey to visit an old friend, and I stitch my path into this map. For every square, I draw a card and answer a prompt that illuminates the journey or my relationship with my friend. I love it!

Finished four out of five knitted lace bookmarks! The two on the right are already received and appreciated, the left two are in the mail. One more is off the needles but not finished, and will be a gift for my mother. Patterns are by Utlinde. #lace #knitting

Baby really wanted the treat I was holding next to my phone! (And she got it, of course)

I finished the bookmark, after frogging the first fifty-ish rows, and it is now blocked, starched, and tasseled. I think it's very pretty, and will make a nice gift for someone. Might knit this designer's other bookmark pattern next. #knitting #laceknitting #bookmark

Started a new project. This bookmark will probably only be five or six inches, not including the tassel I'll make at the end. 1.5 mm needles. Silk thread. It's fiddly as hell, but the results are delicate and pretty. Pattern is Kunststricklesezeichen Lace Bookmark by Utlinde. Ok, back to #knitting

I didn't get to go to the Renaissance Faire this season, so this morning before work I had a silly whim and played dress-up for a little while. I have to say: why in the world are cloaks not a thing?? I wish I were cool enough not to care about being stared at; I would wear this everywhere.

I treated myself to a fancy hardcover edition of a book I've been meaning to read for ages now. I really enjoyed The Magicians TV series, and I am all about the trend of sprayed edges in books. It feels special! Now I just need to finish like five books before I get to read this one, lol. #tbr

“What radicalized you?” Bro I was told to treat people the way I would want to be treated in kindergarten and it made sense idk what else there is to say

I'm not 100 percent satisfied with this yarn, but it is nice and squishy, and will make a fine hat. Baby says I should just be happy I'm finishing projects and not be so hard on myself. 😅

My sleepyhead dog Baby didn't want to get up this morning.

I'm new here and I'd like to get to know other crafters, nerds, and animal lovers. So this is for the crafters - some yarn I finished plying this morning. A mostly-wool batt from Fossil Fibers, with a ply of white cormo wool to cool off the neons. #handspun #spinningyarn #yarn