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Jun 24, 2024: In a moment of grand clarity, I sewed the ends of my in-progress sleeves shut before I tipped my jumper upside down to start knitting the bottom …
Jun 17, 2024: Love this. Rewilding species does so much to help climate change. It stabilises ecologies and (don’t overlook this) it shows people that we CAN …
Jun 13, 2024: Trying to find actually medieval, actually from the 14-15th century, pictures of seahorses is surprisingly difficult. ‘Seahorse’ gives you …
May 27, 2024: Broke: I got a CT scan on my sinuses. Gotta wait for the results. Woke: I got my head examined. Bespoke: The eldritch machine has tested me. I do not …
May 18, 2024: Turns out that several years of recorder practice does not, in fact, make it easier to play the tin whistle. Damn fingerings are close enough that …
May 16, 2024: Dammit chicken, I’m all for supporting gender exploration, but we really, really don’t need a rooster. It’s fine. Stop trying to …
May 12, 2024: OK so I knew that “traditional” Irish tartans weren’t a thing, but I didn’t know people had started claiming Wales had …
Apr 22, 2024: “Identity is something very personal, and people attach important meanings to the terms they use to describe themselves… Understanding transgender …
Apr 21, 2024: Finished Reacher S02 last night and wow, it lives up to the first season. The dialogue is fantastic, the whole thing is as much a character study as a …
Apr 20, 2024: And so, having played with a few different fibres to get the feel of things, it’s time to put these bad boys through their paces. A hand distaff …
Apr 19, 2024: We have breached self-imposed containment and made it all the way onto the lawn. I rewarded this great display of bravery with scratch mix, and …
Apr 18, 2024: Me: I don’t like horror Also me: raved about Camp Damascus for a week straight won’t shut up about A House With Good Bones or What Moves …
Apr 17, 2024: The nice thing about pirate shirts is that they go with basically everything, including modern denim and medieval belt pouches. (I made the shirt …
Apr 15, 2024: OK, this makes me very happy. 179 turtles in total have been bred by the zoo and released back into their native river. …
Apr 14, 2024: I have had my new wool combs for less than 24 hours and they have already tasted flesh. (It was entirely user error, but they didn’t miss their …
Apr 10, 2024: If you like reading about historical clothing and the people who made it, the book “Labour of the Stitch: The Making and Remaking of Fashionable …
Apr 5, 2024: Just about finished reading Fibershed by Rebecca Burgess and Courtney White - full review coming later - and whew. This book packs a lot into its 289 …
Apr 4, 2024: Sewing Zero Waste Culottes from The Craft of Clothes Zero Waste Culottes From The Craft of Clothes Behold! Fancy pants! The pattern for these pants was one of my Christmas gifts. It comes from Liz …
Apr 4, 2024: Quite aside from how convenient it is, turns out spindle spinning is a great chance for me to practice good posture. Shoulders down, elbows in, butt …
Mar 2, 2024: Wonderful video showcasing Japanese artists, including a sakiori weaver who also grows, spins and weaves his own cotton, and a sportswear designer who …
Mar 2, 2024: Finished: Daindreth’s Outlaw by Elizabeth Wheatley 📚 I’ma be honest, while the first book was decent, I wasn’t sure if I’d …
Feb 28, 2024: Breaking in my new journal, Ursula Vernon style, to take the curse off.
Feb 27, 2024: How I Wet Finish Weaving Projects This post is based off a reply I gave to this Tumblr thread asking about wet-finishing advice for handwovens. The Tumblrite above me gave excellent …
Feb 23, 2024: A Quick and Easy Suspender Transformation I got sick of my clip-on suspenders never staying where they’re supposed to, so I had a go at modifying them for button attachments. …