#making wool

[knithacker]

Kris Harbour visited a wool museum and it inspired him to make a DIY drum carder for his girlfriend, Dot.

[salamispots]

it got turned into a 17" x14" pillow instead haha

[afewstitchmarkersmissing]

every now and then I get fed an algorithm knitting suggestion so good it scrambles my brain:

LOOK AT IT!!

I was riding around on my little dragon girlfriend for serotonin just last evening, now you’re telling me I can take her everywhere?

anyway pattern is the Dragon Scarf by Katharina Kuntz and I will be making one imminently! if you make one first tho please show it to me *w*

[marzipanandminutiae]

no but genuinely I lose a little more patience for people who won't wear wool, leather, silk, or fur every day that I live in a world where plastic is increasingly the only damn kind of clothing you can find (or the only kind of fabric for sewing, even)

obviously, animal cruelty is horrible. I believe that even industries that rely on the deaths of animals should make their lives as good and their ends as humane as possible. and many of these industries need tighter environmental regulations on their production practices- some of the chemicals involved are highly toxic and ill-controlled at times

but at some point, you have to wake up to the fact that the only alternative we've found to date is destroying our planet

it's all plastic. and plastic is horrible for the world- the environment, humans, and especially animals. how cruelty-free is it to cause mass habitat loss? or climate change that disrupts food sources for those animals on a vast scale? how is that better than the deaths of a relatively small proportion of animals comparatively?

(and don't even start with "but pineapple leather! but cactus leather!" when those are still basically plastic due to heavy plastics use in their production processes. there is currently no non-plastic alternative to most animal-based textile products)

I've always tried to keep in mind that we all have to decide where our line is, that we all consume and there's no way of living in this world that doesn't take something from it. that for me, plastic clothing is to be avoided as much as possible, and for others, animal clothing products are to be avoided as much as possible. that the choice is equally valid

but I'm having a hard time seeing it as valid anymore when it just feels like trying to push the unpleasant part away from yourself so you can pretend your choice has no negative impacts. you're not wearing animal skin (or wool that an animal didn't even die to produce), so surely your way of doing things is better! no animals were harmed in the making of your outfit!

except. they were.

they and all the rest of us.

[wombywoo]

cleaned up

[thecrochetcrowd]

What's The Differences in Wool?

Wool Comparisons The Differences in Wool Have you been to a yarn shoppe and you look at the price of wool and your breath gets taken away with the price? You see an elevated price and think, “Is there gold mixed into it?”  Look, I’m an everyday yarn user. I love sales. The cheaper the better and for me walking into an exclusive luxury yarn shop is like walking into a forbidden place. That’s just…

[bookshelfdreams]

EVERYONE SHUT THE HELL UP

look at this free pattern:

anyone wanna make this with me?

[voidheartkisses]

Kallamar loves the lambs hair

also slight kallamar redesign

[tooturtly]

It just occurred to me that, most likely, the Lyctoral hoods are polyester. Like, the way you would get that gauzy, thin, oddly colored material would be through polyester and artificial dyes. I can’t imagine the Houses have strong silk production, or even high quality linen that could be thin and gauzy.

There’s just something about the literal symbols of sainthood, a role which is about killing planets and prolonging the life of an all consuming empire, being made of plastic, a material which pollutes and kills planets, oddly fitting. And also something I had not considered before.

[yuriartillery]

they should invent a greatcoat that's comfortable to wear in the summer

[gentle-stitches]

I love not using the recommended yarn, making a gauge swatch, or choosing the recommended size for the pattern based on my measurements! This surely will work out fine

[divineandmajesticinone]

Cha Woo-min as Pi Han UI STUDY GROUP (2025)

[salamispots]

speedrunning a bday gift for bb nephew hjdfgjh

[fashionsfromhistory]

Afternoon Dress

c.1867

France

The MET (Object Number: 1979.93a, b)

[fashion-runways]

CLARA PINTO Wool Dress - Fall/Winter RTW 2024 if you want to support this blog consider donating to: ko-fi.com/fashionrunways

[poodlepincushion]

LOOK! It’s part 3 of custom button puppets!