#and doing craft projects

[ink-the-artist]

Love the contrast between the Americans’ “Apollo” and the Soviets’ “Sputnik.” You got the Americans naming their rocket after a Greek god trying to communicate the grandness and importance of this rocket. And you got the Soviets naming their rocket “fellow traveler.” Like a friend you go on an  adventure with together. This rocket is our little friend lol 

[valcove]

Life tip:

Doing fiber arts in a library may attract the librarians to you. This will be a positive interaction.

[theepicestmonkey]

happy valentines day!

also bonus kerdly:

[solarpunkbaby]

Free sewing resources:

[princessescomplex]

Hello, cuties! ໒꒰ྀི๑ᵔ ᵕ ᵔ๑꒱ྀིა Here is the long awaited decoden boxcutter tutorial, I hope this helps! I'm not super great with words, so my apologies in advance. I go over every step and product I did in the video. Feel free to ask any questions!

[anineillustration]

I'm taking a break from doing calendars this year - sorry about that! I've had a lot on and just ran out of time

[dabigbirb]

I am OBSESSED with the fact that bill canonically wears mascara and eyeliner so here’s some random doodles

[thescrapwitch]

Planning a very big embroidery project. Please pray for me 🙏

At least my needle-minder is on theme!

[holdonjiji]

New home for the Hermit Thrush

[thanatos-zagreus-shagreus]

had the idea of adding the glyphs from the owl house onto my denim jacket so I taught myself embroidery and did this as a first project!

here's hoping I'm not gonna randomly glow/freeze/burn alive/have a plant grow out of my shoulder I guess?

Close-ups, pic in sunlight (showing the proper colours), and fire glyph progress pics under the cut I swear I also took progress pics of the other glyphs but I can't find them rn

they're all about 5 cm in diameter and I personally think the ice glyph came out a little wobbly but it was my first embroidery ever and the fabric on that part of the jacket is also a little wobbly so I'm happy with the result

the lovely yellow lighting in my room is biting me in the ass rn bc the yellow and green are a lot lighter irl and the blue and red are a bit more vibrant

here's a photo I took in the sun that captures the colours better!

the fire glyph was the last one! I believe there were like two and a half months between finishing the third glyph and starting this one oops (but also yay bc the weather was amazing this weekend so I did a large chunk of the fire glyph while sitting in the sun!)

and a picture of the shoulder while I'm wearing the jacket! though normally the position of the fire glyph falls a little less front-facing (which is great irl bc that way it looks more interesting from the side and back instead of just from the front)

[wanderingthyme]

Setting up to start a stardew fish jacket of my own

@paintedstitches

[crow-crafting]

My first foray into dyeing fiber!

I have 4 colors of Jacquard acid dye, and I want to see what I can do with them. The colors I have are what are typically sold in one of their starter kits: Sun Yellow, Turquoise, Hot Fuschia, and Jet Black.

First up, a depth of shade exercise. I am doing five different depths of shade, 2%, 1%, 0.5%, 0.25%, and 0.125%, measured from a 1% stock solution.

I am using bare merino roving, as I do not have any bare wool yarn. I have two (approximately) 1 pound sections of this wool (actually 440g each rather than 454g which is 1 pound), so in order to do this experiment and the next one (or two, depending on how I break it apart), I tore it into approximate 10 gram sections.

I plan on separating these 10g sections lengthwise, and then spinning half of each. So I will end up with 5g of roving and 5g of yarn that was spun after dyeing. For the particular roving I was working with, 10g of wool was approximately 16.375" long. Tearing into 16.375" sections gave me pieces that weigh between 9.2g and 10.8g.

I started with 16oz leftover containers, and soaked each piece of roving. Because of work and my (lack of) energy after work, these soaked for 4 days in plain tap water.

Using the depth of shade calculations for 10g of roving, I planned to add dye as follows: 20ml for 2% dos, 10ml for 1% dos, 5ml for 0.5% dos, 2.5ml for 0.25% dos, and 1.25ml for 0.125% dos.

Using this math (20+10+5+2.5+1.25=38.75), I mixed up 0.4g of dye with 40ml of water. This did not give me much room for error with my measurements, with only 1.25ml of each color planned to be left at the end. I saved this extra dye for a possible future experiment. I weighed the dye powder with a dedicated art scale, that will never be used with food.

I gently squashed the saturated roving between my hands and added 8oz of tap water to the container I had soaked it in. I put the roving on the container's lid, next to the container. Once I had 5 container prepared, I added the appropriate amount of dye to each cup to get all 5 shades.

Once all dye had been added of one color and the containers stirred to distribute the color, I slowly lowered the roving back into the container. Because the wool was already wet, it sank into the solution easily, and the roving fluffed back up to a more normal size.

All of the roving is completely submerged, so I did not yet add any extra water or vinegar. I set the twenty containers in the garage, which seems to be about 85°F and very humid. Tomorrow morning, I might move them outside to get nice and hot.

I plan on checking the containers tomorrow at about 7pm, and added water if needed and white vinegar to assist with any dye not yet absorbed. I plan to let these soak until Monday or so, when I can get back to my dedicated dyeing equipment in order to steam set everything.

Initial note: the black seems to be a very lovely shade of dusky purple, and the yellow dye either did not dissolve fully or separated quickly, as there is quite a bit of sediment left in the yellow dye container.

Secondary note: make sure your gloves fit. Too large of gloves can make your movements clumsy, and can result in dye where you do not want it, including in the glove, and then on your hands. Remember! Acid dyes work on protein based goods, and your skin is very much protein based enough for the dye to be happy to stick and stain you. Not that I was just reminded of this, or anything. Just a random note. Pay no attention to the blue thumb.

[smuppetshowmovie]

Get ready for:

The Smuppet Show

November 9, 2024, 5pm PST (Link to convert to your timezone)

Join us for the YouTube premiere of a Homestuck-fanfic-turned-barbie-doll-movie featuring DirkJake drama, fourth-wall-breaking shenanigans, and tiny singing puppets!

This is what the refrance:

[dnp-pet-rectangle]

with the knowledge of the green dye bonanza phil went on, i think we have to acknowledge the Truth:

phil told himself "don't cry, craft"

[princessescomplex]

Hellooo! I've been receiving a lot of questions regarding my decorated boxcutters so I'll answer a few here. I'll make an in-depth tutorial later, but for now I'll answer the most common questions. I got the boxcutters at my local Daiso, but you can also purchase them on Amazon. For the charms, I used UV cured glue (originally for nail charms) to glue them on. I purchased the charms on Shein, they were originally nail charms! However, if you don't want to use Shein; you can also find materials at your local craft store/section. I used spare ribbons from old setups and blouses, and I hot glued them to the shifting gear.

Update: Tutorial is up 🙇🏻‍♀️

[thetwilightroadtonightfall]

I would like us kh mobile game fans to have one W. Just one W please