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I wanted to post about this because I know many of my mutuals are avid crafters and I don't know how much attention this endeavour is getting outside of end-of-life spaces-

The Loose Ends Project matches crafters with a project that is unfinished because of death or disability. They offer help with a spectrum of textile mediums in over 80 countries. One project I find particularly lovely: “My mom was making this octopus for me. She was 67 years old when she passed away from COPD. She was hospitalized for pulmonary rehab several times and would always take it to work on while she was there and loved to talk about it with people."

(the red heart marks the last stitch made by this person's mom) Anyway, if something like this is something you'd like to be involved in, they are always looking for more crafters <3

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behold, the silliest man who ever lived

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Final bit for now because I am so fucking exhausted of this and I want a post to link back to for when they get mad at me later. Terfs do not get to enjoy my work. Radfems do not get to enjoy my work. I understand that it's appealing to want to have someone who does ~womanly arts~ in your pocket as aspirational or something to share around in your fucked up circles. Your fucked up little projections of who I am and the fetishizations of my skills are your own problems, which become not my problem through blocking you sick fucks on sight. I am trans. Trans hands stitch out every centimeter of my work. A trans brain creates every design. Go fucking rot in hell so that I and my peers can fucking live in peace.

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White Squid and Carnivorous Anatomical Heart

白イカと食虫解剖心臓（2024）。

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the lady amalthea! only her name is taken from the last unicorn but it’s still two incredible pieces of media!

pattern from crochet creatures of myth and legend by megan lapp!

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req'd by @stalpra-and-100-fandoms

oooh sounds delightfully crafty!

text: If you're that scared of being boring, I can crochet your intestines into a celtic knot

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Hadal: 'love language' robe with an Arabic love poem by Palestinian poet Mahmoud Darwish embroidered onto the sleeve.

The poem reads:

قالوا: تموت بها حبـاًً، فقلـت لهـم. ألا اذكروها علـى قبـري فتحيينـي

English translation: They asked "Do you love her to death?" | said "Speak of her over my grave and watch how she brings me back to life."

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No, I am not 'hoarding craft supplies.' I am sourcing materials for a very big project that will be revealed to me at a later date- perhaps in a dream.

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Selfcarevisuals

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I hate when people ask me how long it took me to crochet something I’ve made. Frankly, that’s none of my business. I put the yarn on the hook and worked on it whenever the spirit happened to take me to and then one day it was done. How long that process took is between the yarn and god; I want no part of it.

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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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what you need to understand is that textile work is basically the closest i have seen to Real Magic and the reason old ladies in quilting spaces are either the grumpiest or the most whacky cheerful people you'll ever meet is because they're basically wizards who have studied the ancient crafts too long

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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!

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happy first quilt to me! entirely hand stitched - not a single use of the machine

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oh hey I crocheted it!

Got too high I'm sewing doctor who's blue box

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for my fiber arts followers

wife finally finished her shetland lace shawl, all made from two ply handspun lincoln longwool! she's amazing 🥰

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fiber arts is really a laundering scheme for mathematics.