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After watching a random celebrity “What’s in my bag?” video, I got curious (or maybe just nosy, lol) and started asking everyone the same question. So, what’s in your bag? Or, if you’re not the type to carry one, what’s in your pockets?

Ooh this is such a fun question :> these are my everyday pocket items: glasses cloth (design is by Gwendolyn Wood!), chapstick with the label half peeled, and the pocket knife I've been carrying for 20ish years

I don't use a bag super often but this is what I usually have in my bag when I do :> zipper pouch is my basic first aid kit

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my dear friend just looked up from the hat she's crocheting for a very large spherical rock we found in the river and said, in a slightly haunted tone that revealed this was the first time she was having this thought, "i should make something for my cousin's real human baby"

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Finished one of my embroideries. Female red winged blackbird. Dont have a title for it yet but thinking “Bullrush guardian”

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Planning my next project 🤔

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Hypothetical question for you all:

Our finances could use a bit of a boost and I have a very specific set of skills and local access to the fibre supplier The Fiber Imp.

They are currently on holiday until August 5th and if there is enough interest I could take commissions for handspun made from their collection when they return.

How I imagine this working:

You select the wool you want spun from their shop and you hold your commission spot with a deposit in the amount of the wool cost in Canadian Dollars.

I would then use that money to buy your wool and I would spin the requested yarn and let you know the yardage and we can settle cost of labour on a case by case basis.

I want this to be affordable for you so really, the cost of labour will be more Tip What You Feel Is Right rather than a hard set number.

I would then slap on the shipping cost and we do payment via etransfer or paypal because I'm so old idk any other trustworthy ways to invoice.

I am unemployed and would be treating your order with all the love and attention that affords me; if you're a yarn nerd and want something specific, I am eager to test my mettle upon your iron.

Examples of handspun I've made from The Fiber Imp:

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I dont feel like taking better pics but this is a japanese maple thing i dyed/quilted

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I'll be following from my main and I'm going to try to do it sporadically throughout the day

I've been meaning to follow some of y'all back but then I see how many cool people are following me and I get scared and close the app :|

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I've been meaning to follow some of y'all back but then I see how many cool people are following me and I get scared and close the app :|

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Here's my modified bog coat! I've been wanting to turn my weaving into garments so this was a very exciting project for me and I branched out a little with fun colors and textures :>

Finished: ~6/25/25

Warp: Sleeves- Knit and Crochet Essential Cotton in Santa Fe and White Sands / Body- Valley Yarns 5/2 Valley Cotton Stonewash in Sapphire Blue

Weft: Sleeves- I don't remember the brand but it was off white yarn that I rust dyed last year / Body- Recycled sari yarn

Dent: 10

Structure: plain weave

Notes: I dragged my feet a little on some steps of the project (hand sewing) but I overall had a good time with this one! I had an incident with the warp for the body unwinding so my tension was a little weird but with the chunky uneven sari yarn I think it worked despite that. I'm trying to experiment a little with very textured yarns and embracing mistakes as added interest, which I don't think will be the way I want to weave primarily but it will be fun to do something weird in between more serious projects. I'm a costumer by trade and I absolutely know better but I did not make a mockup of the pattern beforehand so the coat actually ended up a little tight in the back for me. Despite not being an ideal fit on me I'm really glad I made this and feel like I learned a lot and now I get to make my friends wear the silly little coat I made.

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Last band was so tedious I had to do one that's 100% vibes. This is my first attempt at the "runic" technique, where you allow the rows to get as distorted by the pickup pattern as possible, rather than...yknow, the opposite of that. The result is some really wild shapes with very little effort. It's also difficult to keep the selvedge even, but eh, that's not the point.

This is intended to be a rifle strap for a friend, and his only request was that it look like some kind of mystic talisman, so this was fun! More fun than weaving usually is. I'll have to do some more of these.

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I finished my coat a couple weeks ago but I've been procrastinating on posting it T-T perhaps tonight

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I finished my tea towels!! I'm pretty happy with how they turned out.

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This is a reminder for those who handmake Christmas presents that now is not too early to start. It may in fact be a good time to start if you have a lot to make/your craft takes a long time. You should maybe start it now, whether that's brainstorming or actually doing the crafts!

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Wretched beautiful sonofabitch band, two and a half yards, took me 300 years to finish because each pattern repeat (about 2") took me at least half an hour to get through. Slap me if I ever try to do a pickup pattern with over 20 pattern threads again. But also... now that I have enough heddles, why would I ever do anything less?

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Makers under the cut!

Wildwool Farm-they had a very fun selection of handspun yarn (I believe the yarn is not available online yet but there's lots of beautiful fiber for spinning)

The orange/blue is a wool/silk/bamboo blend

The burgundy/green/yellow is a merino/corriedale/firestar blend

Wee Woollies Fiber Arts- they had a lovely selection of natural colored yarns and felted art

The yarn is Romney wool specifically from a sheep named Guinness

Little House Handmade- fun selection of handspuns

I'm unsure what the exact blend for the multicolored yarn is (i think mostly wool with some sparkle) but the brown was spun with scrap yarn (I got that one for my friend so forgot to take a better picture of it before giving it to them)

Nebo Rock Textiles- beautiful selection of natural dyed yarns (mushrooms and lichens especially!) but there's tragically no website

The yarn was dyed with Boletopsis with iron mordant and it's a beautiful sage green in person but it's hard to get color accurate pictures with my phone :<

Made By Hailey Bailey- gorgeous selection of hand dyed yarns

The yarns are 100% Superwash Merino Boucle DK in the colors Sprout and Nori

Shaggy Bear Farms- really beautiful selection with a really wide range of wools (from a lot of endangered breeds too!)

The multicolored is Romney wool

The white is a 50/50 Alpaca/Teeswater blend, I'm absolutely obsessed with the texture of this yarn I cannot wait to try it

Hubris Hearthcraft- beautiful selection of hand dyed yarn

This one is 100% non-superwash 21 micron Shaniko wool in the color Celery Salt

Little Skrunks- they make the most delightful little felted critters, highly recommend checking them out

I just wanted to make everyone look at my little bugs again :>

I had so much fun at the Black Sheep Gathering in Albany, OR! This was my first fiber festival and I'm so glad I was able to go with my friends for my birthday :> I totally forgot to take pictures while I was there but here's some pics of my haul

I'll reblog with all the makers later!

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I had so much fun at the Black Sheep Gathering in Albany, OR! This was my first fiber festival and I'm so glad I was able to go with my friends for my birthday :> I totally forgot to take pictures while I was there but here's some pics of my haul

I'll reblog with all the makers later!