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MOVING IMAGES CMYK Embroidery | Evelin Kasikov

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Finished this little 3D embroidered kiwi this evening. He’s the first in a set I’m doing of native birds of Aotearoa

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I've got so many other things to do but instead of doing them I'm obsessively spinning this giant 200gr rainbow roving I bought last October.

Working on my green trousers? No. Knitting my scrap socks? No. Doing my taxes? Hell no. Dinner? Probably not. D20 and rainbow yarn, nothing else.

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The lined paper blanket is finally done! It’s made to scale of a college ruled 8.5inx11in piece of paper.

No pattern used, it was entirely self drafted. This took me about 3 months to complete, working on it on and off. I probably put around 80 hours into this blanket so far, but that’s just a rough estimate.

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Some yarns I've made

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Every yarn person has some tedious ass part of the process they actually don't mind doing & I think this is evidence that we're meant to be more communal as a species. So that one freak who likes weaving the ends can do it for you

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It's finally done!! My Arwen portrait that took way too long to complete. Always loved her outfit at the end of RoTK, particularly the hair piece, and knew I wanted to attempt a portrait some day and now that day has finally come :))

8 x 15.5 frame. Acrylic paint, embroidery floss & beads on cotton.

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Inkle weaving class tonight!

I'm an Inkleteer!

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I've got so many other things to do but instead of doing them I'm obsessively spinning this giant 200gr rainbow roving I bought last October.

Working on my green trousers? No. Knitting my scrap socks? No. Doing my taxes? Hell no. Dinner? Probably not. D20 and rainbow yarn, nothing else.

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Hey, if you do crafts (especially things like crochet, knitting, embroidery, etc), make sure to look up how to identify when a listing is AI generated. You do NOT want to waste money on an incredible looking kit or pattern that is physically impossible to make, especially if you're on sites like etsy hoping to support an actual artist.

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I was thinking through what else I’m looking forward to this holiday season and I realized I haven’t mentioned it on here, just on discord, but— MY MOMS BEEN MAKING ME A REALLY COOL ART THING??

I think I’ve talked about it before, but my mom has been a quilter for most of my life and in the last few years started doing these really cool fabric collages, and it was my turn to request one so I asked for a phoenix cause I’m obsessed with this one art piece I did in art therapy ages ago

Anyway, my mom has been working on it and THIS was the last update I got???

I’m so excited for it?? Can’t wait to see where it’s at by the time I get there this weekend

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i just invented a cathedral rose window granny square pattern and i feel insane now

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Sunfish and her stars

emboidered wall hanging

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Hey i’m a fashion design student so i have tons and tons of pdfs and docs with basic sewing techniques, pattern how-tos, and resources for fabric and trims. I’ve compiled it all into a shareable folder for anyone who wants to look into sewing and making their own clothing. I’ll be adding to this folder whenever i come across new resources

https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/16uhmMb8kE4P_vOSycr6XSa9zpmDijZSd?usp=sharing

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WE DON’T GATEKEEP WEAVING TECHNIQUES IN THIS HOUSEHOLD!

So to start this is double cloth (meaning I have two different warps, they’re threaded on 4 frames and each slot in the reed has two strings, one from each warp)

Step one: lift up the entirety of one warp (for me, pedals 2 and 4), then select the design with a pickup stick/sword/the fiber only thingy

Step 2: Go to your OTHER warp (1 and 3 for me) with the stick still in and do a back and forth of plain weave, take the stick out to beat

Step 3: Pick up the background with the stick (aka anything you didn’t pick up before, 1 and 3 for me)

Step four: Plain weave with the other warp AND a different weft (2 and 4 for me) take out the stick and beat

Step 5: Repeat! You can do this with any pixel designs, provided you have enough warp strings to have 2 per square

Fair warning, be EXTREMELY careful with your selvages (edges of the warp), they pull in the sides a lot more than regular plain weave. Happy weaving!

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You think “oh it would be useful to learn how to identify my thrifted yarn and clothing” and before you know it you’ve been recruited by fiber witches giving out their spells willy nilly, again