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[algizstudio]

Getting things done! Tackle that WIP 2nd quarterly update.

I have four finishes and four new projects, one of which is finished. And the Dear Jean is almost done, it was a mess to quilt because it is so big and heavy, but I did it!

I still can't decide what to do with the Gayle Lorraine fabric, that is a hard one to crack.

Mariposa is up next, lots of straight line quilting on that one.

Add to this three T-shirts, two pairs of shorts, some mending, eight cat shirts, an organizer for the car and some FPP for swaps and just for fun and that is the total.

[dragonmom-art]

One thing that I love crocheting is big plushies... It's so satisfying to see a big piece come to life, stitch by stitch! I realized that for the first time when I crocheted this sweet couple of monkeys that are also curtain tie backs for a commission. I want to redo them with my new skills... I think they'll turn out even better! Too bad I don't have curtains on my window...

This pattern is called "Mike The Monkey" and was created by Sugaridoo.

[quicksilversquared]

I don't know if you're doing English Paper Piercing, but Just Get It Done Quilts on youtube has a tutorial about it. She also talks about paper piercing patterns she got from Sugaridoo and a class that Sugaridoo offers, but since that class is like $99, I figured the free tutorial was better. Good luck with your new skill. (I watch quilting like people watching cooking shows.)

I think that I've finally more or less gotten the hang of it (knock on wood), but thanks! My biggest problem seems to be that I hate wasting fabric, so I tend to fuss around a ton trying to line up my fabric in a way that will have the smallest/least scraps....which is pretty much the opposite of what the tutorials say. I've put it away for tonight before I start getting tired and doing stupid mistakes, but I'm maybe 2/3 of the way through the piecing for that project...very excited about that! I'll have to get a pillow insert and pick out a backing eventually, but that should be fast and I'm happy to leave it for more last-minute. I'll try to remember to post a picture of the piecing once I'm done with it tomorrow!

[sbuzzard]

Monkeying Around

Original pattern available for purchase from Sugaridoo on Etsy.

Made with Lion Brand Vanna’s Choice in Chocolate and Beige (100% acrylic), plastic buttons, thread and polyester stuffing.

Approximately 15” x 8” x 16” (38 cm x 20 cm x 40.5 cm).

Original pattern © Irene Staal

[yes-lazystudentconnoisseur-fan]

Some Important Properties of Yarn

SUMMARY

For converting the textile fibers into fabrics some type of fiber arrangement are required. Generally the most common method is to convert fibers into yarns, afterwards which are constructed into fabrics. Yarns are very for knitted, woven or knotted structures and also for many braided ones.

Picture Courtesy:- Sugaridoo

  Yarn forms:

Many of the fibers are twisted together.

Many of the filaments are laid together without twist.

Many of the filaments are laid together with more or less twist.

A single mono filament. For example: Silk

TYPES OF YARNS:

 Yarns can also be made from short staple length fibers or from filament fibers. Mainly there are two types of yarns.

Types of Yarns :

1.Spun Yarns

2.Filament Yarns

Spun Yarn

 1.     Yarns are generally made from short length fibers and fabrics like cotton and wool.

 2.     Short fibers twisted into continuous strand, has protruding ends

Dull, fuzzy look

Lint

Subject to pilling

Soil readily

Warm (not slippery)

Loft and bulk depend on the size and twist

Do not snag readily

Stretch depends on the amount of twist.

 3.     Are absorbent

 4.     Size often expressed in yarn number

 5.     Various amount of twist used

 6.     Most complex manufacturing process

 Filament Yarn

 1.     Yarns made from long length filament fibers and fabrics are very much like silk.

 2.     Long continuous, smooth, closely

3.     Packed strand.

Smooth, lustrous

 Don not lint

 Do not pill readily

 Shed soil

 Cool, slick

 Little loft or bulk

 Snagging depends on fabric construction

 Stretch depends on the amount of twist

 4.     Absorbency depends on fiber content

 5.     Size in denier

 6.     Usually very low or very high twist

 7.     Least complicated manufacturing process

TYPES OF YARNS:

 Textured Yarns:

 Textured usually is a term for any continuous filament yarn whose smooth straight fibers have been displaced from their closely packed, it gives a parallel position by the introduction of some kind of crimp, curl, loop or coil.

Textured yarns can be manufactured either from filament fibers or staple fibers which is cut from filaments that have been given a textured configuration of some type. The majority of textured yarns are made from filament fibers. 

 Novelty Yarns:

 These kinds of novelty yarns differ from the simple yarns that their structure is characterized by many irregularities. 

Mainly in the single yarn the irregularities may occur due to the inclusion of knots, loops, curls, slubs and the like. Generally in plied yarns the irregularities may be due to a variable delivery of one or more of its components or by twisting the dissimilar single yarns together.

PROPERTIES OF SEWING THREADS:

 The performance of textile fabrics and clothing is strongly influenced by the properties of the yarns from which they are manufactured. Sewing threads require many of the yarn properties.

 Regularity : Smooth fabrics should be sewn only with very regular yarns. While in spun yarns, this is achieved by repeated doubling and drafting, and also by combing out the short fibers.

 Strength : We can say that yarn strength depends on the quality of the fibres, the yarn regularity and the twist. Folding increases the strength.

 Hardness/Twist : The twist density always affects the hardness of a yarn and hence the handle and the appearance of textiles.

 Extensibility : Extensibility and elasticity are very much important.

Elasticity : Yarn processing and utilisation. They are mainly determined by the fibre type and also with the spinning system.

[lilyrazz-blog]

Happy Saturday everyone! ☀️The sweet @sugaridoo asked me #widn and I am busy brainstorming to redo my craft room! ✨kind of hard since I WANT TO CRAFT ALL THE THINGS!! 😅 Wanna share what you're doing this Saturday @robbin_june_liv @cardsbykristi ? 😘 (at North Holland)

[buggritphooey]

Just Pinned to Plushies & Bears: Mike the Monkey Amigurumi Crochet Pattern English by Sugaridoo http://bit.ly/2uhc87L

[algizstudio]

Final list for 2023. Quite a few items finished, but far too many started. I hope I can tick off some of those next year and not put any more on the list.

[algizstudio]

I am joining Tackle That WIP hosted by Irene from Sugaridoo. https://sugaridoo.com/ Maybe I will get some projects done this year. At least I made a pretty list.

I completely forgot about the temperature/diary/daily prompt quilt I am thinking of doing, but that shows it is just a thought so far and not really a project.