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this is this jacket, lined mostly for opacity since the fabric (fantastic camel hair twill) let a bit of light through when i held it up to check. the lining is sandwashed cotton crepe. i constructed it by assembling the body and sleeves inside and out, then inserting the lining and basting the edges together and proceeding mostly like it was flatlined from there so that the lining would be caught in the front placket/facing. the collar, cuffs, and plackets are interfaced with mystery cotton twill in about the same colour as the crepe, which i also used for the back stay.

i finished the insides of the sleeve vents by hand (turning under the seam allowances and fell stitching the fold of the lining in place) as well as the hem facing (attached and understitched by machine, then catchstitched the top edge to the lining only so it’s invisible from the outside). sorry to my apartment neighbours for the amount of hammering involved in attaching the brass snaps.

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TERFs and Tradwives: no, you are not welcome here. I will block you immediately.

#it's literally in my about #fuck off!!

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So here it is, my great mystery project - now finished!

On my search for a new crochet project that's at least sort of unique, I had the insane idea to recreate one of my favourite works of art. And well, I did. I'm honestly pretty proud of this one too because it took obviously quite a bit of effort and I'm still a beginner at crochet. Well, I'm sure someone else did it before and most likely even better, but if so I couldn't find it ;) (Not even a crochet pattern for the full thing!)

And because my photo skills aren't the best, just as usual...here's another photo taken with flash where you can actually see the stitches pretty well. Not sure if you should actually look at them closely though, lol.

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ⓘ A sewing machine is a device that provides a several-fold increase of the speed at which you can make mistakes

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So I think I forgot to post about it here but I'm knitting my own wedding dress.

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i've completely fucked up the geometry of this damn thing, but i love it too much to frog it 🖤💜❤️🧡💛🤍

#oh nooooo #it looks so fucking good tho

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Massive cat mohair coat is finished! There may be a little bit of embroidery added to her face at a later point but for now she is done!

The pattern is titled "Priscilla" from a book from 1988 called Cat Knits by Melinda Coss. It is full of amazingly daggy cat themed patterns with a goodly amount of mohair and is available to borrow on archive.org.

The entire thing is knitted using intarsia and there were so so many ends. Mohair has permeated my entire house. I am planning to wear it into the city for the knitting guild meeting in May.

I bought the yarn and pattern together as a kit from a lady who was destashing it. She had started it for a 21st project for her daughter in the early nineties and then 30 years later I bought it.

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finally finished this little man after 2 years of art block lol! I lov u leaf dragon my childe

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Cathedral rose window Afghan in rainbow colors to compliment my stained glass window Afghan in the same color scheme.

I started this Afghan right after Christmas and worked on it off and on for 3 months before completion.

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so since retiring, my dad has gotten into crewel, which is like freestyle embroidery with yarn, and his stuff is pretty good, he made this one which is hanging in my office at work

and lately he's taken to putting himself and his dog into the landscapes and I just think it's! so! cute!

see the little man and the little dog!!!! that's my dad!!!!

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y'all said such kind words about my dad's crewel work so here are more pictures!

These are before he started putting himself and Addie (the doggo) into each one. I think my favorite is the one with the lavender fields but I'm also a big fan of the one with the stripey rocks =D

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Spring Feverish III: Little seaweed-looking mini shawl with buttons.

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She is so close to being done, I can smell it.

I am a third of the way through the (530 stitch) cast off. After that one sleeve needs sewing up, a few ends need to be woven in and she needs some embroidery to finish her face.

Then I need a moody stormy night and a trip to the theatre.

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On and off the loom.

Weaving the second part of what will hopefully become a nice poncho.

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I came across this in a book I'm currently reading and it's really stuck in my mind and I wanted to share

'Sheep in Wolf's clothing' by Judith Duffey 1986

I don't know if anyone on here is going to be interested I'm this piece or anything but I wanted to share as it struck me an an amazing piece of textile art

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March 24, 2018 - 273/300 Pokemon crocheted

#holy fuck

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Fuck it. Crochet cartilaginous stingray skeleton

#this is cool as hell op