#Dyeing and Weaving

[holespoles]

This is "Single robe, purple gauze ground, cat on a bamboo screen, flowering plants" (Edo period, 19th century), which was well received at the "Embroidery and Weaving: The Splendid World of Japanese Dyeing and Weaving" exhibition. The exquisitely embroidered cherry blossoms, the bamboo blind, and the cat are, of course, a scene from "The Tale of Genji. It will be interesting to see what kind of woman wore this kimono.

「繡と織－華麗なる日本染織の世界－」でご好評いただいた「単衣 紫絽地御簾に猫草花模様」(江戸時代・19世紀)です。精緻な刺繍であらわされた桜、御簾、猫はもちろん「源氏物語」の1場面。どんな女性がこの着物をまとったのか、興味は尽きません。

[anxiousangerball]

I don't know who needs to hear this, but

YOU DO NOT NEED TO START A NEW HOBBY!

STEP AWAY FROM THE TEXTILES!

YOU DON'T NEED MORE YARN!

THAT FABRIC IS NOT CALLING TO YOU! LEAVE IT ALONE!

[saltpixiefibercraft]

My first hand dyed warp!! I'm absolutely loving this stitch pattern with how it's making the warp POP

Have some weaving asmr!!

[kohanakonohana]

新しい着尺を織りはじめました。

I've just started to weave a new kimono fabric.

[durotrigan]

A lovely weekend at Dorset’s Ancient Technology Centre for a fantastic Heritage Textiles course hosted by Castle Hill Heritage! We looked at textiles and their production methods from the Palaeolithic to the Industrial Revolution!

[tinylandjellyfish]

Alright that's it. Time for some grand escapism. Who wants to start a wool farm with me? I want some sheep and alpacas and classes in spinning, weaving, dyeing, knitting, crocheting, and miscellaneous other textile history. Raise your hands. What's your cloud castle that you escape to? Wool farm is mine. What's your ideal lifetime project that you want to find the time for?

[rathenarts]

A poll, because I'm curious to know if I'm alone in my feelings about all these colourful artisan yarns I keep seeing posted on here:

(Note, this is specifically about projects where you're picking the yarn to your own taste, not gifts or commissions where you're constrained by what the eventual recipient would like! I'm interested in your personal feelings in particular.)

[lisapurdyhasa]

preparación de la trama, de los hilos para las canillas, y el tejido con el telar. no acabo de terminar los hilos blancos pero lo haré :)

en la bella Teotitlán del Valle, Oaxaca de Juaréz

[itscolossal]

The Oldest Example of a Prestigious Red Dye Was Found in a Rare 3,800-Year-Old Textile

[fiberbug]

weaving day 18(?)

just made it the halfway point the gray color is dyed with logwood and the purple with madder both mordanted with iron!

[thedrownedcathedral]

DY Begay. Tsegi Spider Rock. 2007. Wool, plant dyes, synthetic dye.

[he-said-irene]

Genuine question as a knitter but like what do people knit out of those really pretty hand-dyed or variegated yarns? Like I see sooo many really pretty skeins of yarn that are such a beautiful combo of colors but I feel like it would look weird as a hat or like as a whole sweater? Also I only usually have the money to get like one at a time.

Maybe I'll take up weaving and weave a scarf out of them? I think I prefer woven to knitted scarves. Maybe knit a shawl? Idk.

[handweavers]

would you ever wanna move back/settle down in malaysia? like i know politically it’s a mess and as a queer person it also sucks balls but i also love it here and wouldnt wanna start over anywhere else?

it's my dream to one day move home and set up a textile studio + artist residency in malaysia where i can live and work and support textile artists in seasia, either in kl or in my hometown (my family is from seremban). super cannot afford to do any of that right now but i hope that one day i'll be able to move back at the very least 🤎

[kohanakonohana]

ヌノのとこさわると

たぶん　ちょーおこられるですので

She must be angry if I would touch her fabrics on the loom...

[milkweedman]

I don't think I've ever worn a vest, sweater or otherwise, in my life, but I think they would work pretty well with how I dress now--lots of jackets bc 1) I'm cold and 2) much easier to take on and off in public than a sweater or hoodie. But I don't zip them bc zipped/buttons look bad sitting down and im Always Sitting Down. Whereas if the jacket is just hanging open it doesn't look as bad. So a vest would have the same overall appearance without the work of also doing sleeves.

Also, I think i have enough yarn for a sweater vest but probably not for a sweater.

Could also weave large squares of them on my big peg loom. And then felt most likely. I might try that first and see what kind of fabric I get.

[batbetbitbotbut]

Normal amount of dye to shed...