Category: Fiber Arts
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Useful Links
Fiber Arts Wool Guide: Types of Wool You should Know Sustainability Susainable 3D Printer Filaments: Best of 2022 Magickal Inspiration Embedding Meaning in your Knitting or other Crafts Places St. Brigid’s Well https://stringgeekery.wordpress.com/embedding-meaning-in-your-knitting-or-other-crafts/secret-code-summary/
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Knitted Dishcloth Pattern
I’ve been working on modifying a classic lace pattern* for use in making dishclothes. I decided to use Linen Stitch for the edges, because I like to structure. Then I put slipped stitches into the lacework so that the center wouldn’t be so loose compared to the edges. This caused certain lines of the pattern…
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Physical Limitations prompting Request for Help
After yet another night of my wrist pain invading my dreams, I’ve decided I need to stop carding my own wool. I have several hanks of yarn I’ve made from it, and a ton of rolags of various colors for people who want to spin or blend their own. I also have many colors of…
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Just found this!
Knitting Patterns Dedicated to Brigid, by Mary Gildersleeve http://www.marygildersleeve.com/gallery-ii/the-brigid-collection/
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Learning about Virtual Fashion!
So for the past few weeks I’ve been looking into NFTs as a way to design and sell virtual copies of my real-life knitted items. So I was thrilled when I came across DressX. DressX is an app where you can upload a picture of yourself and put digital clothing on, much of which looks…
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Next Phase of Brigid’s Hearth Craftworks
Here is a solidification of where I want to go next. Thoughts: Please comment. Thanks. 1. Make 3D renditions of hand-made knitted items (that way I can sell more than 1). 2. Make an NFT of these so that they can be limited-edition. 3. Sell to VR users and gamers. 4. Make custom 3D items…
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Perfectly Flawed
I’ve been practicing my lace knitting technique by making little lace swatches to show what my yarn looks like in use, and I’ve noticed that it does not look like the pictures in the books. Not surprising, this, because I am far from a perfect knitter. My short-term memory is deteriorating these past years,…