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Fiber artist, on a no buy wardrobe quest 🧶🧵🪡🍄🧿 Knit/crochet/spin/weave/sew/embroider (she/her)

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Nova @nnnova.bsky.social · Oct 17

Thought I’d finally introduce myself:
Hi I’m Nova, (she/her), posting about fiber art, fashion, sustainability etc
🇬🇧 based
On a personal quest for a 100% handmade wardrobe
Here on Bluesky I make feeds, please check them out!

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Nova @nnnova.bsky.social · 1d

Oh she got plenty of treats for being such a good model!

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For @livrunsfast.bsky.social’s #ShowMeYourKnits headwear prompt: Ada’s embarrassing dog hat! So embarrassing she has refused to wear it since. I knitted this when I had covid and while it kept me distracted it really is the kind of thing I would only make when slightly delirious!

🧶 #Knitting

My dog, Ada the bedlington terrier, sitting on the couch. She is wearing a knitted cable jumper (store bought) and a white knitted hood that I knit. Her expression is baleful.

A side view of Ada wearing the hat. This view reveals a tassel on the back.

The hood on the bed. The neck is ribbed and the main part of the hood is moss stitch.

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Nova @nnnova.bsky.social · 1d

I want to post again. I went on holiday and lost my posting mojo but now it’s back here’s a recent selfie. This is going to be the season of mori/folksy/whimsigoth vibes! The beret, cowl, jumper and mitts are made by me, dress is 90s vintage.

#MeMadeWardrobe #ootd

Mirror selfie, from top to bottom I’m wearing: a purple beret, my long brown hair in twin braids, woven green v cowl, crochet giant granny square cropped jumper, purple and black knitted mitts, navy blue 90s maxi dress, grey tights and chunky black socks. My face is covered by my phone.

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Liv Ross @livrunsfast.bsky.social · 1d

Good morning knitters ☀️! For week 64, we’re HEADING up (😬); show me your HATS (& headwear)!

Family is super into hoods ATM. Newly finished pointy Storm Hood & old favourite Gatan Balaclava,in Cascade 220 & sport, respectively. Got Harris Hood on needles now & Bonbec next on list! #ShowMeYourKnits 🧶

Grey handknit balaclava-style hood with squared-off top and deep neck ribbing.

Oatmeal coloured balaclava with broken rib-style pattern and 1x1 ribbing at neck and face opening.

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Nothings Monstered @nothingsmonstrd.bsky.social · 1d

Roots of Entanglement — Esther Sarto, 2016

Painting of a tree large one with many Tangled branches bare leaves above the ground most of the painting is a below the ground where it's has many roots tangled around and in the roots are jumbled human bodies caught up

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Sammich Stitches @sammichstitches.bsky.social · 1d

Hello crocheters! Welcome to week 38 of #CrochetAway (the weekly crochet prompt game inspired by #ShowMeYourKnits 🧶)

Let’s see what’s on those hooks this week! Show off your current WIPs, or those projects stuck in time out 💝

I’m currently working on these stained glass squares for a baby blanket

Six crochet squares laid on the ground in two rows of 3. The pattern is meant to evoke an image of stained glass
Pattern by Erin Sharp

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Kate Strasdin @katestrasdin.bsky.social · 3d

Jean Dessès originally began to study law as a future career but in 1925 he abandoned the legal path and turned to fashion instead. Mid century design was all the richer for his decision, full of chiffon, pleats and epic drapery, #1950s @christiesinc.bsky.social #FashionHistory 🗃️🪡

The front of a sleeveless yellow chiffon dress. It has a rolled draped neckline and a trellis work bodice that fans out into a full layered skirt

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Zack Polanski @zackpolanski.bsky.social · 3d

British.

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Rachel Deering @racheldeering.bsky.social · 5d

#31DaysOfHalloween #Gothtober

Vintage Halloween card,
‘I pray you bright
flame
Now show to me
Who my future husband may be.’
‘A Jolly Halloween’
The card depicts an old Halloween tradition of divination or fortune-telling. A young woman in a formal, flowing gown is holding a lit candle and looking into an oval, floor-length mirror. Her reflection shows her in the same dress, but a different person, a well-dressed man, is shown standing behind her. The man is meant to be her future husband.
The postcard is also decorated with other Halloween imagery:
A black cat arches its back on the mantle over the mirror.
A crescent moon with an owl on it is in the center of the mantle, flanked by two lit candles and two bats.
Below the text, a carved jack-o'-lantern, a pumpkin, and ears of corn are shown.

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Sarcasm-himé @sarcasm-hime.bsky.social · 8d

It's still warm enough for me to wear this dress and jacket I recently finished! I was inspired by the Korean jogakbo patchwork technique.

Mostly hand sewn, as I was on a family holiday and needed some relaxing hand sewing. 1000 flat-felled seams may not be relaxing to some, but it is to me 😅

Woman with blue hair wearing an organza dress and jacket made of patchwork in shades of blue and purple

Patchwork fabric made of blue and purple organza

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Sammich Stitches @sammichstitches.bsky.social · 8d

Hello crocheters! Welcome to week 37 of #CrochetAway (the weekly crochet prompt game inspired by #ShowMeYourKnits 🧶)

Let’s keep with the autumn vibes and show off anything 🧡orange🧡

🍊🎃🦁🥕🔸🟠

It’s about time to break out my Southern Sunset Cardigan again so it feels like a good time to reshare!

Pattern:
Southern Sunset Cardigan by Jennifer Lovett
Photo shows author lying on her stomach sprawled while wearing a cozy burnt orange crochet cardigan and holding a mug of coffee

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Liv Ross @livrunsfast.bsky.social · 8d

It’s that time, knitters 🦇…show me your 👻 SPOOKY 👻 knits! Does it have bats? Ghosts? Skulls 💀? Is it 🖤💜? Also accepting pumpkins 🎃 , cats 🐈‍⬛, etc… Week 63, we’re getting into the spirit (👻) #ShowMeYourKnits

Atmospheric Musselburgh hat from @ysoldaknits.bsky.social in @edencottageyarns.bsky.social 🧶

Long hand knit oval that is half purple and half black that gets folded into itself to become a double-layer hat.

Double layer hand knit hat in stockinette, current folded as black hat with purple brim.

Double layer hand knit hat in stockinette, current folded as purple hat with black brim.

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derek guy @dieworkwear.bsky.social · 11d

Have you ever noticed that old clothes online sometimes look better than old clothes in your closet?

Why is that? 🧵

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Following Hadrian @followinghadrian.bsky.social · 11d

Happy #WorldOctopusDay! 🐙

Fresco from Rome with an octopus clutching a moray eel and a lobster in its tentacles. Dated to the 2nd quarter of the 2nd century AD.
Palazzo Massimo alle Terme, Rome.

An octopus on the early 4th-century mosaic floor in the Basilica of Aquileia, Italy.

Mycenaean terracotta stirrup jar with octopus 1200-1100 BC.

An octopus battling with a lobster on a mosaic from Pompeii.

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Nothings Monstered @nothingsmonstrd.bsky.social · 12d

Joan d'Arc - Marie-Christine d'Orleans, c. 1836

Bronze statue of a woman in armor above the waist and a skirt below. She is holding a sword by its blade just below the hilt and she has her head bowed in prayer.

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MyCupOfTeaLCSW @mycupoftealcsw.bsky.social · 12d

84 squares later and I have a cropped sweater/bolero thing. #crochet 🧶

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Kate Strasdin @katestrasdin.bsky.social · 13d

So much of the design of this early #1930s dress is about a trick of the eye - the trompe l’oeil - created in the illusion of pleats from the placement of the beadwork that covers the entire garment. Designed by Jean Patou it shimmers in pink and gold #V&A #FashionHistory 🗃️🪡

Beaded detail of a pink 1930s evening dress by Jean Patou. The photograph focuses on the gold beaded belt and the illusion of pleats

Full length view of the sleeveless pink and gold beaded evening dress with trompe l’oeil pleats and scoop neckline

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Moe @itsmoe.bsky.social · 13d

My box of sox, in 2021. It was 58 pairs, but I've since added 18 more. I could go 2+ months wearing a unique pair each day.😀But I have favorites. I don't have a problem, I just need a bigger box. 📦👍

Not shown, nearly as many that I've knit for others.

#knitting #knitsky #showmeyourknits #boxofsox

A plastic storage bin with one layer of colorful handknit socks inside. Outside the box is the second layer of colorful handknit socks. Light gray fabric background.

Many colorful pairs of handknit socks. Folded in half and displayed on top of a light gray comforter.

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Jurassic Knits @jurassicknits.bsky.social · 14d

This week is #creepycute for #crochetaway, & I have already shared many of my monsters, but not these!

Pattern is Ponysaur by Megan Lapp/Crafty Intentions. These are 2 of the 3 included leg options, and they are wired through the body to be poseable.

#amigurumi #crochetsky

Crochet monster called a Ponysaur has a long body with pointed tail, four pointy legs, and a single large eyeball for a head. Body is a turquoise/blue/white speckle yarn, and the eye is a turquoise safety eye.

Crochet monster called a Ponysaur has a long body with pointed tail, four pillar legs, and a single large eyeball for a head. Body is turquoise and teal striped yarn, legs are magenta with turquoise stripes, and it has a turquoise safety eye.

In front of the ponysaur are the leftover bits of yarn from failed attempts at yarn chicken.

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Andrea Myklebust @mountainheartvt.bsky.social · 14d

Spotted this beautiful winder at neighbor's yard sale and had to bring it home. I don't know if you can tell from the picture, but it has an adorable "clicker" design. It's a typical, 2-yard circumference, 80-yard measure.

#handspinning #reel #weasle

Am antique yarn winder. It is made of dark wood, has long, thing legs, and 4 arms. It's sitting next to a red woodstove in a farmhouse living room.

A detail of the mechanism of the yarn winder. When the winder is turned clockwise, a wooden gear on the side of the winder turns counter clockwise. A small wooden peg on the gear passes the arm of a weight once every 40 turns. The peg pushes a lever down, and when it passes by, a wooden knocker strikes the table of the winder. The winder is also designed with a built-in wooden handle at the top.

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Alison Fisk @alisonfisk.bsky.social · 14d

A 3,500 year-old Egyptian glass cosmetic jar with two little duck heads!

Glass was a relatively new material at that time, so this jar would have been a precious possession.

From Merit’s beauty case, found inside Theban tomb (TT8) of Merit and her husband Kha in 1906. 📷 Museo Egizio

#Archaeology

Museo Egizio Turin photo showing a small, dark-blue, core-formed, round glass jar which tapers in at the shoulders below the neck. It has yellow, white, and light blue festoon decoration trailed around the main body. There is a single yellow trail just below the neck of the jar. There is a dark-blue circular glass lid, the top of which is adorned with two dark-blue duck heads with yellow bills, a yellow trailed stripe on the top of each duck’s head, and indents for their eyes. The jar is displayed on a perspex (?) stand against a grey background. Glass jar dimensions: 7.6 cm x 9.6 cm.

Core-forming is one of the earliest glassmaking techniques. Glassmakers shaped the body of the vessel around a core, wound colored trails around it. They then let the vessel cool and removed the core.

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Sandstone @quartzen.bsky.social · 15d

Finished the inkle band I've been working on!

This is wool yarn, Koigu KPPM (colorway P375), it compressed quite a bit with lovely little sparks of color! With the variegated yarn doing all of the work for the pattern, this one was relaxing after the complicated pickup band of the last one I made!

Close up of a black handwoven band with small dashes of pink, orange, and blue throughout

Band laid out to its full length beside tools: a band shuttle, a small weaving sword, stork scissors, and Ashford Inklette loom

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Dr Farbod @emergencybod.medsky.social · 15d

The Battle of Cable Street.

A thread 🧵 with pictures and ALT text.

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On this day in 1936, the East End of London rose up against fascism. The Battle of Cable Street.

#TheyShallNotPass #NoPasaran

A packed East End street in 1936: thousands of anti-fascist residents filling the road and pavements, shopfronts behind them.

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Kathy Reid 🇨🇦🧶🚴‍♀️🏊‍♀️ @kathyreidknitter.bsky.social · 15d

For #showmeyourknits sock week - here’s a pair of shark socks I knit for a friend! 🧶🦈

Grey and white socks that look like sharks eating my legs

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Liv Ross @livrunsfast.bsky.social · 15d

Happy #SOCKTOBER knitters 🧦🧶! Surely everyone guessed this week’s theme!? #ShowMeYourKnits week 62: show me your SOCKS!

In honour of the occasion, I am ignoring all other socks in progress & starting a fancy pair of colourwork/ cable socks for myself 💅! Seward Socks by Caitlin Hunter in Exmoor Sock

About 1.5 inches of 1x1 ribbed cuff of a hand knit sock in green wool. The unknit balls of green and light grey yarn are next to it, along with an unwound skein of dusty pink yarn.

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