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oh, you want to know our pronouns? that’s so cool of you! thanks for asking. our pronouns are we/us *absorbs you into the hivemind*
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All repairs have been made. All ends have been trimmed. The shawl has been dragged through a ring.
This is a mostly accurate reproduction of an 1880s-1910s Shetland lace ring shawl.
I used Jamieson and Smith Shetland Supreme 1ply in natural white. This yarn was developed with Shetland Museum and Archives as part of the Shetland Fine Lace Project, and is a 100% Shetland wool reproduction of the original handspuns used.
For additional historical accuracy, I also had borderline severe anemia for this entire project without knowing what was wrong with me.
Dimensions are 5 foot 8 inches square.
Detail shots:
Bonus slow-mo gif of it in motion. You can kind of get a feel for how it tries to velcro to itself at the very end (the edging points are flipped up and stuck) which is the main reason I didn't try other methods of capturing the drape capabilities. You'll have to take my word for it that it's super drapey.
Ring shawls got their name from the fact that one of the ways to prove the authenticity and quality was to pull it through a wedding ring--provided, of course, that the diameter of the ring was half an inch or less.
I do not have wedding rings.
I have goth rings.
I dragged it through a size 5 (approx 1/2 inch diameter) coffin ring. I do not recommend this.
There is some BBC archive footage on YouTube of a reporter interviewing two lace knitters who demonstrate this at the end of the video. The reporter stated the shawl being used for this demonstration is 27 square feet.
Mine is a little over 32 square feet.
This was made particularly challenging by the fact I could NOT block it at max tension--the cotton thread that strings it up to the blocking frame sawed through part of the edging, and I had to stop at the dimensions I had. As a result, the density of this fabric is thicker than it would have been otherwise.
But I did it and I retain the bragging rights forever.
@battleblaze I'm going to beat you to the punch this time and tag @knottybliss myself. Thank you for the object lesson in "don't post pics when still in the pits of stress over blocking going horrifically wrong" lmao
@the-fibre-stuff Thanks! I made the frame, too! I think the skew in that very hasty photo is largely the angle--there's just not enough space without moving very heavy furniture to get a good head-on angle. But my crochet cotton DID saw through an edging point while I was trying to make sure that it was all perfectly even (and it's hard to get my frame to stay square) so I think there is a skew, but hey, if I'm the only one that knows, I'm chill. Glad to hear that it passes the galloping horse test, in any case.
@ghostrepeater I'll never tell. You can't make me.
@invisiblefoxfire I still think you said it best: This thing is determined to simply not exist at all, but my will is superior.
And finally (maybe) @lacewise as predicted, now that the finishing details have been completed, better pictures taken, I AM proud. Exhausted. But proud. It remains to be seen how often I allow this thing to leave the house.
Everyone else that complemented my very hasty, zero contrast, probably super eye-strainy "please send help and/or booze" quick pic--thank you. I legit never post anything, I truly am a habitual lurker. I've only ever gotten that many notes on boop day. I'd tag some more mutuals, but honestly, you're seeing it in more than one place.
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me & my ex wife in divorce court trying to get the dog to choose which one of us he wants to go with
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the first complaynts
are coming in:
jess thinks my rimes
are but a sin.
she canot see
the meme’s apeel.
the bredlik love
she does not feel.
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epic aro sculpture i did for class
the heart is made out of plastic bags wrapped with tape, so it's squishy ^_^ and the knife is qtips hot glued together. the knife is also removable!
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Ancient Greek Punishment: UI Edition is an odd little experience that allows you to reenact the punishments bestowed by ancient Greek gods in UI form!
Read More & Play The Full Game, Free (Browser)
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people are saying do it scared, but you also gotta do it alone. you'll miss out on so much you want to do if you wait til someone will do it with you. do it scared and do it alone.
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All the lingerie commissions I've done so far 🌷✨
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forgot to bring my jacket today so i got absolutely soaked to the bone on my walk to work. had to go into the bathroom and take my shirt off and wring it out like a fucking towel
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i love making unpolished art. lots of fun! oh and new sarah and the safe word song!! listen to it!!
my bard girl malith <3
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wish i was a late republican roman girl
i would listen to speeches by cicero at the rostra. i would read caesar's commentaries on the gallic war in the roman forum. i would fear invasions from the germanic tribes. i would marry a man with a purple bordered toga and distinguished ancestors and follow the mos maiorum. i would get proscribed and have my property confiscated and be declared an enemy of the state
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ITS OFFICIAL !!!!!
congratulations to The Forgetmenauts !!!!! Rusalka and the Shepherd Girl is THE BEST SONG EVER!!!!!!!!
Thank you so much to everyone who participated, and especially to those who have stuck around from the beginning. This has been so awesome!!
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Hello tumblr I heard you like changeling stories
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Farcille Friday!
Payback time >:-)
#reblogging this on FARCILLE FRIDAY stfu it is not past midnight <3#but as always obsessed w ur art style and LOVE the use of color. dandy stays killing it like always!!!
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sam scored a date with his crush, started drinking during breakfast, trauma dumped, went to work, filed a case about a guy self harming for weeks in exchange for cold hard cash before getting eaten by a weird metal bug or something, told his long term friend who saved his ass from destitution that he would prefer if their relationship were professional from now on, and then discussed committing treason at his government office while being recorded. king.
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Injured Crow is ruining me. the flowers came back??? the truth doesn't break me the way it used to????? ITS JUST MOMENTS PASSING? ITS JUST NOTHING LASTING??????? ROSES FOR EYES BUT THE OTHER SIDE WAS MELANCHOLY?? YOUR MEMORY IS BREAKING ME JUST LIKE IT USED TO? IVE ONLY ONE LIFE TOO LOSE??? AND NOT TO MENTION THE ACTUALLY MUSIC OF IT!!!!
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