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Tess 🐟 various crafts and textile projects 🧶 Wales 🏴
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I went to Wonder Wool Wales yesterday! A mighty trek from Swansea to Builth Wells, a town in mid-Wales nestled between hills and farms. When I first arrived there was so much traffic the lot of us got out of the bus and walked the rest of the way. I stopped in town for coffee before heading to the showgrounds where two local men indignantly swore “all this traffic for some sort of knitting festival??” I approached the barista and declared sheepishly, “I’m going to the ‘knitting’ festival.”
Once there I got to mingle with my favorite type of person, quirky old ladies. Flocks of white hair bobbed up the massive parking lot to the big buildings where the show was held. I forgot to take a picture of the inside so I drew this artist’s rendition.
So many people in avant-garde knitwear and hats, it was also unfortunately very cold but all the more reason to bundle up in wool. I purchased a marino wool braid for spinning
And a new drop spindle!
I bought this yarn also which will become a shawl, that I will begin after I finish my sewing projects which will be mmmmm awhile
But the best thing I purchased has to be this handmade dress, made from Harris Tweed by pinkminis in Scotland! She was incredibly nice and I love owning one of a kind garments.
This ends my craft festival going for the year I believe. I definitely have enough craft projects to keep me going till 2025 🕺🏼
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So I think I forgot to post about it here but I'm knitting my own wedding dress.
Edit to add materials: I'm using suri silk alpaca (apparently I'm slightly allergic to mohair?), and glass beads for the silvery and pearl beads.
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I've started the process of documentation on the last labyrinth, which is...an undertaking.
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Hi all! My artwork “New Perspectives” is up for auction in the 14th Annual UPwithART fundraiser supporting Unity Project London and Museum London here in Ontario!
You can view this piece in-person at the Museum's exhibition from April 26 to May 3 – free admission. Save the date for the arty-party on May 4 and get your tickets and/or donate now at UPwithART.ca !
This event will help support the unhoused members of our community access shelter and move to permanent housing as quickly as possible. Support would mean a lot for this cause. :)
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A commission with prompts including "beast," "gentle + cozy + taciturn + ancient," and "will go on a bookshelf to care for and protect the books"
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im the king of the world and can achieve anything i set my mind to (blobbily approximating the boston metropolitan area in fabric)
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Took a break from planning out and testing more complicated designs to weave this little floral band. It was a great excuse to test out a dual-color pick up technique and to try weaving with a mix of yarn types. Turns out that makes tensioning a nightmare, but the fun variety of textures on the band almost makes it worth it.
The dual-color pick up technique, on the other hand, worked out really well! It's fairly limiting if you're worried about the length of floats on the back (like me), but I'm thrilled to have found a new way to manipulate color!
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some quilts by Jonathan Shannon (1938–2016) photographed at the San Jose Museum of Quilts and Textiles
Canciones de Mi Padre, 1989
From My Garden of Earthly Delights, 1992
Amigos Muertos, 1994. Rejected from the American Quilter's Society show due to the inclusion of Shannon's red AIDS ribbon (left skeleton). Shannon had won Best in Show the year before. Shannon organized protest letters as a result and made some impact on the issue of censorship in quilting.
Shadows: Gay Men's Chorus, 1995
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person looking through blinds sweater
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Makin’ pantssss. I got sashiko thread at the stitch fest so did some on the pockets. This is a Japanese fabric which I picked up at the stitch fest as well :0)
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Trolling an auction site for more beautiful quilts
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Hey there! I'm Tess, a spinner, knitter, sewer and doer of crafts. Here is a directory of tags for my blog.
my crafts - view any crafts I have worked on
Sewing
Knitting
Crochet
Spinning
Weaving
Quilting
Sculpture
Ceramics
Embroidery
Cross stitch
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Fish patch 🐟🐟🐟
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