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First ape to go to the watering hole with a container and put some of the water in it so that they could drink more later without returning to the watering hole must have been lauded as a fucking genius.

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I think this is going to be really pretty fabric. Might mess around and make it into a skirt. 💃

Warp: ??? (some kind of synthetic yarn that came in a mill ends bag years ago)

Weft: Malabrigo Mechita

Loom: 27" Lillstina (4-harness)

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This is how I go from fibre to yarn, first it is spun into singles (1 thread) then wound to form a centre pull ball, so I can pull the thread from the outside and inside of the ball to ply it into the finished yarn (2 threads together). I then wind it on my niddy noddy to form a big loop that can be twisted into a hank. I then dyed this particular lot (over 1.1 kgs!) in a dark jade/teal colour to be knitted into a cardigan.

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Here's my first finished project of 2025! My cozy Autumn Shawl. I wanted to make something in warm, rich colors.

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I got to hold a 500,000 year old hand axe at the museum today.

It's right-handed

I am right-handed

There are grooves for the thumb and knuckle to grip that fit my hand perfectly

I have calluses there from holding my stylus and pencils and the gardening tools.

There are sharper and blunter parts of the edge, for different types of cutting, as well as a point for piercing.

I know exactly how to use this to butcher a carcass.

A homo erectus made it

Some ancestor of mine, three species ago, made a tool that fits my hand perfectly, and that I still know how to use.

Who were you

A man? A woman? Did you even use those words?

Did you craft alone or were you with friends? Did you sing while you worked?

Did you find this stone yourself, or did you trade for it? Was it a gift?

Did you make it for yourself, or someone else, or does the distinction of personal property not really apply here?

Who were you?

What would you think today, seeing your descendant hold your tool and sob because it fits her hands as well?

What about your other descendant, the docent and caretaker of your tool, holding her hands under it the way you hold your hands under your baby's head when a stranger holds them.

Is it bizarre to you, that your most utilitarian object is now revered as holy?

Or has it always been divine?

Or is the divine in how I am watching videos on how to knap stone made by your other descendants, learning by example the way you did?

Tomorrow morning I am going to the local riverbed in search of the appropriate stones, and I will follow your example.

The first blood spilled on it will almost certainly be my own, as I learn the textures and rhythm of how it's done.

Did you have cuss words back then? Gods to blaspheme when the rock slips and you almost take your thumbnail off instead? Or did you just scream?

I'm not religious.

But if spilling my own blood to connect with a stranger who shared it isn't partaking in the divine

I don't know what is.

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blows my mind that i have little online friends who mildly care about me. it’s really nice

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I finished this quilt months ago, but never got around to taking a picture of it. It has since been covered in cat hair. My first go at free motion quilting, and it’s not the best. I do think it appears like bee buzzing swirls so I’ll take it.

Elizabeth Hartman Beehive quilt pattern with suggested fabrics

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This is extremely satisfying to read aloud. One-two-three-four-five-six, one-two-three...

Higgledy-piggledy unparliamentary green parrots quarrel outside in the trees

Squawking out epithets uncomplimentary Squads of unmannerly Oversized peas.

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I post knitting, crochet, spinning, weaving, and (soon) sewing with handwoven fabric! 🧶 I'm interested in all of the above plus homesteading (the kind where women still have rights), gardening, hobby farms, canning, etc.

Oh, and crafting while camping. 🏕️ That's a big one I like to post about.

So, with Meta going all in on the alt right bs, I am following @thefakebernadettebanner here. Maybe some crafters can reblog this so we can find one another?

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Day/Night

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"I should go sew my linen pants," she said, pulling another braid of fiber out of her bag...

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When I get to the end of my weft yarn and still have a good chunk of warp left, I play. 🌈

Up close, the pattern is kind of hard to see on the fabric, but from a distance it's plain as day. I think it would make some nice pencil bags or zip pouches if there's enough fabric for more than one item.

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This might be the most satisfying bobbin I've ever wound.

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Now that they’ve made it to her, I can finally post pictures of @geese-in-flight‘s rather belated birthday present. 6 napkins, all woven on one (very) multicolored warp, each with a different combination of weft colors. They were really pretty on the loom, and I’m so happy with how they turned out!