#weaving craft

[capricorn-0mnikorn]

Summary: A "Virtual Museum Tour" by the Metropolitan Museum of Art, focusing on the one of the tapestries in The Hunt of the Unicorn series, talking about the gallery where it's displayed, the Early 15th Century culture when it was made, the symbolism of the plants and animals depicted, the craft employed in making it, and a bit of evidence of who the master weaver was. Explained by a few of the curators at the museum, who are especially fond of this piece.

Premiered 1 August, 2020. Proper closed captions. Some eye contact (small part of the screen). ~30 minutes.

I don't usually post videos this long, but this is in my Top 5 favorite works of art, ever. And I had to share the squee.

[asoftspotforangels]

some of my favorite woven tapestries, by Cecilia Blomberg:

Point Defiance Steps

Mates

Rising Tides

Vashon Steps

[thr3adb3ar]

"Summer Shadows" by Matty Smith - Summer Shadows | This weave came out of a morning walk with … | Flickr

[curlytrek1701]

K so not to be dramatic or anything, but there's a free vintage French pattern book available on antiquepatternlibrary so if you like to crochet/weave/make pixel art/tie epic friendship bracelets don't walk- RUN.

It has scenes from aesop's fables! Cherubs doing things! Beheadings! Greek muses! Little farm people! Intricate floral pattern! Goth stained-glass window like patterns! Fun little corner pieces! Eeeeeeeeeeeeee

https://www.antiquepatternlibrary.org/html/warm/C-TT008-180.htm

[hollowedskin]

[vascarl]

Next project! A rainbow scarf.

The wool is marino three ply from Bendigo.

This pattern is probably a step or two more complex than I am ready for, but it is all skill acquisition at this point.

The left hand edge is the more consistent, all the colours changes are coming in from the right.

Does anyone have advice for keeping edges tidy when there are frequent yarn changes?

[lunaramoonlight]

So, exactly one year ago I did this:

It's a fully hand woven pride flag, and this time I went further than ever with all the work. I studied how to weave, I built the weaving loom, and only then wove the flag, which took about two full weeks. It's far from perfect, but I am so proud (pun fully intended) of how it turned out.

It's made with and of love (the rest is 100% cotton 😌); not meant for me, but ended up with me in the end

It will always be a dear memory, with all that it entails

And now, one year from there, I am so so happy ❤️

Wips:

Here for the wips of the weaving loom

Here for the part 1 of the wips of the pride flag

Here for the part 2 of the wips of the pride flag

[whatismean]

This piece brings me so much joy 🤗

Hand made by me, mushrooms made by me with polymer clay, I also stitched in the beading by hand as well.

[trashpandacraft]

i couldn't figure out why the tension on the rigid heddle was so bad, nor why it seemed worse every time i pick it up.

i think i've cracked the case.

anyhow, my next big-loom project was going to be tea towels, but now i think it's going to be a cat hammock.

[leo-fie]

We all know existential dread, but I propose (and please tell be if this is already a thing) existential awe.

Sometimes when I handsew or weave or something I get this immense feeling of connection to humanity. People for thousands of years all over the world have sat down and sewn a garment. Archeologists find needles and awls all the time. When I'm tablet weaving I have the same frustration at the arduous process of threading the tablets as the person 2600 years ago must have felt when they made the bands that were found in a celtic man's burial mount not far from my home. They probably also felt their back after a few hours of this.

[ineffectualdemon]

Princess who likes doing embroidery

She likes it too much

She stayed up all night finishing the embroidery of her gown and then spent the entire ball talking about the techniques she used and how long it took her

She slapped the visiting Prince's hand when he touched her shoulder because "that took me hours and I don't know where your hands have been!"

One of her maids introduced her to weaving and now she's skipping her lessons on statecraft to dye her own wool

She asked for a flock of sheep of her own for her birthday

Her quarters look like a textile goods shop

She hired a new maid to teach her lacemaking

She is the happiest she's ever been and her parents just want to her pay attention in her diplomacy lessons

(she is but she's always doing some kind of fibre craft at the same time and it annoys her tutor)

ETA: Everyone tagging this Sandry from the Circle of Magic books by Tamora Pierce thank you, I am now aware that the books exist, I was unaware of them before. Now; please for the love of god stop fucking tagging it

Also we can do with more fiber arts princesses. I just want more respect for fiber arts in general

[eyeballapproved]

Sam Montella

[aughtpunk]

After five weeks of constant weaving I have finished my awesome neon rainbow shawl (in time for pride no less)! I get warm happy childhood memories of arcade/bowling lane/roller rink carpets just looking at it. It's absolutely massive and I'm going to wear it everywhere as soon as it's actually chilly outside.

Also here's a close-up to give you a better idea of what the colors look like in person. It is eye-bleeding and I love it.

[pigeonsparty]

I made this for my Dad. It's starting to get cold here and he struggles with mobility - the poncho is perfect as he doesn't need to worry about trying to get his arms in pesky holes. It can just be lifted on and off for him :)

If you liked this leave a tip on my kofi page! Link below~

[thaylepo]

A few weeks ago I discovered a thing called "stick weaving", where instead of a warped loom you weave the weft through sticks. The warp threads are looped through the bottom of each stick, and you pull them through your woven weft as you go. As I've been moving around a lot lately and don't have space for an actual loom, portable hand-held methods like this are a lot of fun!

Of course, having never done this before, I decided to pair it with kilim-technique pattern weaving, where you wrap the weft threads around the warp, leaving a gap where the different colours meet and creating sharp geometric patterns (which I've also never tried to do before lol). It looks absolutely baller with a high contrast dark base and bright colours, and of course the red-blue-yellow combo is always a winner XD

I ran out of the red before I ran out of warp and switched to purple, but at this point I'm just using this piece for pattern experiments. I've already ordered a medium weight yarn instead of the fingering-weight jumper yarn, which should compress less once off the sticks, and have ideas of doing several long repeating "panels" that can be sewn together at the selvedge to make something bigger.

The best part, it tucks into a bag and needs no other tools besides a tapestry needle and something to cut the yarn!