#my fiberart

[shiny-rock-muncher]

the zableye vest by @zableye . this one took my heart and soul but its cool so it can keep them!!

[voice-of-dissent]

knuckle tats that say "yarn" on your right hand and "over" on the left

[quantummirage]

Itty Bitty Owl

[littlebearcrochet]

First attempt at some MLP characters!

Emphasis on FIRST attempt. 😅 Tails omitted bc tiny bodies and it would look weird.

I think next time I would make Rainbow Dash a little darker sky blue.

The horn on Twilight Sparkle is just awkwardly big.

[localsuburbanmother]

Peony Field, 2023, Aida cloth, thread, glitter, and crayon, 10" x 12"

[lillesfavouritecubes]

I am absolutely in love with Cleo's Pogt in the Post office, so I had to have one for my me. Cross stitch style!

[nestingtendencies]

WIP Sunday - Mariposa Update!

The boobies now have full coverage and the perfect fit to the curves of my body continues to seduce me away from my other secret project, which actually has a deadline on it!

Still in love with this top - I think I'll always have huge sentiment for it <3

Should be plain sailing now for a little while, as the rows are neither increasing nor decreasing for at least another 2-3 colour changes.

Stay tuned!

[voodooya]

🖤. Finished this knit Cat hat today 🖤

[memcrafting]

Progress on the sweater for dad. Missing 36 rows of this pattern and then the ribbed neck.

[advisortotheadvisor]

>looking for a new pattern

>ask Google if the pattern is crochet or knit

>it doesn't understand

>pull out a diagram explaining what is crochet and what is knit

>it laughs and says "it's a good pattern sir"

>open pattern

>it's knit

[journeyman-tier-fibercraft]

Developed a pain in my left hand that’s now turned into a numbness in my pinky :(

I’ll have to stop knitting for as long as I can stand. (இ﹏இ`｡)

[voice-of-dissent]

my hands are not enjoying the way I'm holding my knitting needles...

[hibernation-fibres]

Get a Christmas gift or a Christmas treat! All these hats are still for sale on my etsy shop - 20% off until Christmas Day!!

[lgalacticjayl]

Deer in a Forest Repeat Print

7ft by 4ft, cotton, natural dyes

putting close up and process under keep reading

close up of the final project

Initial sketch of the plan. As you can see it did not quite turn out as intended but thats the thing with natural dyes or fiber is you kinda just have to accept what it gives you and it still looks great

The first step is extracting the dye in soups so here is marigold flowers soaking to be extracted and then used to dye the fabric itself (after the fabric has been scoured tannin-ed and mordant-ed)

The fabric is now dyed and a stencil can be made on transparent paper, each layer gets their own stencil

The stencil then gets put on the screen through light reactive emulsion leaving the design unreactive and washed out

Printing dye is then made, the green is indigo (which needs soybean paste and ended up washing out) and marigold. The red is cochineal (cactus bugs) and logwood (tree bark).

Some shots of the printing itself

The first layer was barely just visible

the second layer was more promising but the third I was very happy with

The last step is to steam it for an hour to set the dyes which is where the magic happens for me as you never know what it's going to look like when it comes out. The left image here is before steaming and the right is after and you can see how the logwood really overpowered the cochineal and how much the indigo washed out but then left an imprint with the first layer. It's so cool to see

Hope you have enjoyed reading the entire process of these I plan to post more like this for my own reference to look back on as well

[qmcrafts]

It's still cold out, so I made a little snowcat!

[luxlucet]

This year's storm of snowflake! They're going to a friend in her advent calendar