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scían hayes (they)
@scianhayes.bsky.social
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Aro ace agender They/them
Weaving and stitching
Medieval, bog, old Irish, and renassiance fashion
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I'm running a raffle for this kufiya inspired crios (trad irish belt) to help the Sharaf family who recentlyhad to evacuate Jabalia refugee camp with nothing. Raffle is open until October 25th. Tickets are $5.
A folded woven belt on a pebble backround. Belts is white, black, red, and green. One end is finished in five braids. The other end has a fluffy fringe. Close up of a woven belt. Pattern is black, white,red, and green. The pattern mimics the pattern of a Kufiya but is in a plain weave.
October 6, 2025 at 9:39 AM
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We are in the last 20 hrs to bid on this weaving I did inspired by the Bifröst of Nordic mythology to support the National Nordic Museum
in Seattle. This is their biggest fundraising event of the year and helps them run all their events and regular museum activity. Link in my bio!
White text in center reads "the inspiration". Image is a collage showing various images including the god Heimdall blowing a horn with a bifrost depicted as a rainbow arching in the backround. Above is an image of Freya in her chariot draw by cats riding over the rainbow bridge which appears to be aflame. There is also and image showing the whole arc of a rainbow on the backdrop of a rain dark sky. Additionally there are two small images showing the milkyway and the aurora borealis. Test on image reads "the art" show is several images of a woven belt with a rainbow knotwork pattern woven into it. The rainbow is on a dark grey backround. It's hard to see in the images but the main dark color of the band actually has many small bits of color that give it an oil slick look or the light off a crows feather vibe. On each side of the rainbow knotwork pattern is a section of the same dark backround but with a white dot pattern giving the look of stars. The border of the weaving is white and the edge has a dark dot pattern on white. It is shown on the loom. A close up of the pattern. Rolled displaying the edge dots. Tied around the waist of a person in a long dark gray sweater in that image it is wrapped around the waist twice and the long tails fall vertically in a way that is reminiscent of medieval belts. Blue header reads "Notably Nordic. Northern lights Auction to benefit the National Nodric Museum" additional text reads "the online auction to support the National Nordic Museum! Link in tree in bio. Less than 20 hrs left" an images shows the same picture of someone wearing the belt as the last image but it's labeled as it's seen in the auction. Package 63. Handwoven irish crios belt 'Bifröst'. Top bid is currently $175"
May 4, 2025 at 4:40 AM
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Current weaving! Flowers for spring!
Close up of a band weaving in progress. The weaving is pulled tight around the tension peg. About three inches of weaving length is shown. The band is about 2.5 inches wide. The shuttle is between the layers of warp where the weaving ends and the unwoven warp begins. Pattern has a cream border, a column of purple/blue flowers, a column of vines, a column of pink flowers, a column of vines, and a column of purple/blue flowers. There is cream between in column motif.
April 29, 2025 at 10:03 PM
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Today I was reminded this little gold boat from 100 BCE Ireland exists and decided to pass on the joy!

Little boat is just under 20 cm long and was found as part of the Broighter hoard on the shore of Lough Foyle in County Derry in 1896.

#archeology
Super cute gold model boat on a black backround. Body of boat is made with a hammered gold oval piece. Inside the boat are little gold bench stripes. Seven tine oars that are long and thin popping out of the visible side of the boat and are angled down as if paddling at the water. There is a tiny gold rudder of the back and a thin little mast but no sail.
April 21, 2025 at 10:35 AM
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Finished! I'm calling this one the Loch Síleann mermaids crios! The story abt them will be on my other socials soon. And it's now listed in my shop.
A white and blue to teal gradient check patterned woven belt. The ends are finished in four braids each. The belt is folded nicely and is 2 inches wide. Some person (me) wearing the white and blue to teal gradient check patterned woven belt. The ends are finished in four braids each. The belt is tied so the wnds hang down decoratively. the rest of the outfit is a mid thigh length green lace top and loose blue pants. I'm also wearing a gold quilted gorget collar. My hands are behind my back the backround is a white wall.
April 12, 2025 at 3:19 AM
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Finished!
The body of a person wears a dark grey cable knit long sweater with their hands behind their back. Tied at the waist there is a black, white and rainbow woven belt with the ends decoratively hanging down with the ends braided in five braids each. The patterns at the edge of the band depicts a black backround woth white dots evoking the night sky. The center of the pattern show a black background with a knotwork rainbow pattern raised above the res of the weaving. The finish belt laid on the stone pebble ground. The band is black, white and rainbow. The black and white edge evokes the night sky while a pattern in the venter of the braid is Scandinavian esque knotwork or a rainbow. The back side has rainbow dots.
April 12, 2025 at 3:11 AM
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Bifröst! Current pick-up weaving on the loom! I'll be donating it to the National Nodric Museums annual Northern lights auction! It's inspired by the famous rainbow bridge from Norse mythology.
Belt Weaving on an inkle loom. The belt is about 3 inches wide. It has a symmetrical pattern of a thin white border with black dots from the weft followed by a black semi opalescent field with pale gray star dots. The center of the pattern is a rainbow with purple edges and red in the center the threads are picked into a knot work pattern that is slightly puffed out from the black field of the band. The weaving is around the pale wood peg of an inkle loom and the shuttle in in the weaving where the warp threads continue past the woven section. The whole thing is on a back round of white linnen.
April 7, 2025 at 1:23 AM
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Crios weaving of the day! Color gradient variation of a black and white pattern from a 1918 crios currently at the National Museum of Ireland.
Band weaving in progress. A peg of an inkle loom displays a band of about 2.5 inches of width. The band is white and a gradient of blue to turquoise from the edges to the center in a check pattern. The weaving is incomplete with the shuttle still in-between the warp threads. After the shuttle the inwoven warp threads and pulled tight on the loom. The whole loom is sitting in the grass and sunlight makes the whole thing feel of spring.
April 3, 2025 at 2:31 AM
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Brigid of Kildare swore to never marry a man. She have one beloved her anam cara and fellow nun Darlughdach. Once Darlughdach snuck from their bed to meet a man. Only to change her mind upon discovering her shoes filled with coals. They lived all their lives together dying exactly a year apart.
A woven belt folded over it's self. It is red, white, gray, and black. The edges show a kind of gray, black and then red and black pattern. The center is pale gray with a red cross like center pattern. A close up on the belt. The belt but rolled up. Showing the dotted red and white edge.
February 8, 2025 at 2:17 AM
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I made this tiny Brigid's cross out of pine needles I found on the ground.
Tiny green Brigid' cross rests on in the palm. The arms reach from across the palm from the inside of the pinky finger to the outside of the pointer finger. It is green. The style of cross is a woven square with four arms.
February 2, 2025 at 5:11 AM
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Annual reminder to leave out a bit of cloth, a ribbon, a scarf, or even a jacket to be blessed by Brigid and to be your Brat Bhríde for the year! They ward off headaches, and do a bit of protection.

Also a kufiya makes a wonderful choice as a sign of solidarity.

#Brigid
A one inch wide woven ribbon with a brown border and a white middle. The center has a bright green cross pattern. It is hitched around a thin branch. The backround is all sticks and ivy. A house porch with a lattice railing running to the covered roof. A black and blue Kufiya is tied to the lattice work.
January 31, 2025 at 9:44 PM
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What did I do today? Reed.
No not read. Reeds.

Getting reedy to make Brigid crosses.

Did you know the iconic four armed cross was popularized by RTÉ in 1961. There are actually many types of Brigid crosses the most common being a diamond shape!

🌈☘️🧈🔥🌈

#brigid
Massive pile of reeds. The reeds are thin, dried, and a light tan color. Even looking at them gives you a splinter.
January 31, 2025 at 3:08 AM
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👀 these trews from 17th century Killery out of this nice blue and white wool? The original would have been black or blue and probably yellow.
Open book page shows front and back view of a closely fitted leg covering with a check pattern. Fits closely around the leg down to the ankle come to a point o. The thighs at center front. The crotch is loosely fitted and rather baggy. The bottom section o. A long coat is also seen but pulled up to shwcase the trews. Image description in book reads "trews from killery, co. Sligo (front and back views). Legs of check woolen fabric; the body of plain. They were probably held taut with instep strap." The rest of the image shows a blue and white check woven wool fabric layed over the bottom section of the page along with a plain blue fabric.
January 21, 2025 at 12:16 AM
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Found this image while doing medieval fashion research. They are very MLM mail loving mail. Love wins the crusade.
Two 1400's knights in plate mail. One wears a blue cote the other a cote of red, yellow, and blue. Their waists are snatched. They have helmets with no vision and stare lovingly into eachothers eyes. The one on the right has is hand on the others shoulder while in turn the one on the left has his hand on the others waist. There is no heterosexual explanation. They both wear long pionted shoes that were associated with queer people in the middle ages. Image is from a manuscript and shows signs of age and deterioration especially by the feet.
January 18, 2025 at 10:46 PM
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I've restocked my transflag book marks if anyone is interested. They are pay what you want as a donation to the Transgender Law Center. Or if you are trans and want one free let me know. Book is "Godly heathens" by H.E. Edgmon.
Bookmarks are made by my own agender they/them hands.
An interior page of a hard back book. Chapter title reads "9 there are no cis gods" layed over the page is a woven band of a bookmark showing the colors of the trans flag in the order pale blue, pink, white, then a pink and blue dot pattern. Then white, pink, pale blue. A stack of books seen from the top page side of the spin. Each book has a trans flag colored book mark in it.
January 17, 2025 at 1:15 AM
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Anyone wanting one of the Brat Bhríde I made before imbolc/brigids day should order soon! A Brat Bhríde is a irish tradition of leaving out a ribbon or bit of cloth the eve of Feb 1st. To be blessed by Brigid. These were left of last year for the 1500 anniversary of Brigid.
Round basket woven of pale reeds with a tall handle rests on stair that are trying their best to still be blue despite most of the paint having aged off. In side the basket are many absolutely stunning (im saying this because I wove them lol) hand woven warp faced ribbons of many patterns and colors. There are yellow cream ones, yellow blue white ones, green brown white ones, orange, gray white ones, black and red ones, blue and gray ones and white and gray checked ones. Also I promise they are soft.
January 13, 2025 at 10:00 PM
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A typing wrists rest I made out of a crios (traditional irish belt) weaving. I've sewn several of these in the past out of cloth, but it was fun to use my own weaving!
A close up of a woven band with a blue, purple, green and white pattern. The end closest to the viewer is finished with braids. The band is somewhat puffed up in a way that shows it is stuffed (with beans, but thats not actually visible). It is positioned in front of a open lap top where someone's wrists would rest as they type. There is also a crotchet white lace doilies part way under the laptop. And in the backround a red mug shaped like a d20 dice can be seen. The whole thing is on a medium dark wood desk looking surface.
January 3, 2025 at 7:24 PM
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My saffron flowers from back in October! In Ireland in the 1500s saffron was a huge import, but not for food. It was used as a dye to achieve a lovely yellow color that was extremely popular in clothing especially for the Léine a large shirt with big sleeves.
#irishhistory #historicfashion
A small crocus flower with six pale purple oval shaped petals. The flower is open displaying 3 bright red stigmas from which the spice and dye come. Each flower will only produce those three and they must be hand harvested which is why this relatively easy to grow flower produces a spice that is so expensive. In the picture there are three flowers and one bud. The bud is a pale purple comming up in between the grass like leaves of the paint that are sprouting up in bundles. A painting of an Irish man from 1574. In the forefront is a man wearing a knee length Léine. The Léine is light yellow and gathered. At the hip it is tied with a belt, but excess fabric is gathered above the belt simular to a Greek peplos. The upper torso is covered by a red jacket with drop sleeves that expose the large sleeves of the Léine. The man's arm is bent and a slight angle down his body and hold a sword. The sleeves of the léine drop down past the hem of the body at the knee but have a much smaller opening at the elbow.
December 17, 2024 at 1:28 AM
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I make kits to learn to weave a traditional Irish crios (belt) using the old loomless method! A crios was worn as part of the folkwear of the Aran Islands! It's comes as shown all ready to weave with about 2" prewoven to get you started!

#traditionalcraft #crios #irishcrios #weaving #folkwear
A squiggly line of a weaving kit. Along the length there are several knots. At one point half the threads are attached to much thinner threads which are in turn tied to a wooden rod. There is a several inch section that is already woven showing a black, white, green, and red pattern. The woven end is finished in a big chunky braid meant to be replaced later with smaller ones once the weaving has progressed. pattern is inspired by the Palestinian flag and the traditional Palestinian scarf kufiya (all sales in this pattern aid Palestine). It is laid out on a white linen backround.
December 14, 2024 at 8:33 AM
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You can get a lucky 4-leaf clover🍀 in my shop to help my friend Deema and her family!

#🍀 #fourleafclover
December 14, 2024 at 4:10 AM
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Queer Irish mythology inspired traditional Irish belts (criosanna) made by my own little Asexual Aromantic Agender hands!

We have liath Luachra, Bodhmall, Ferdia, the Gae Bulg, Brigid, and Bé Mannair!

These are all I'm my shop!

#irishmythology #queermythology #weaving #irishcrios
Radial pattern of layed out hand woven belts. The first to the left is in shades of grey representing the sword wielding lesbian Liath Luachra. The next belt is of the same pattern but in green, yellow, blue, red, and white representing Liath's girlfriend Bodhmall the druidess. Next is a red, white, blue and orange pattern representing Ferdia who had some very gay things to say about Cú Chulainn. The next is a rainbow pattern with a central brown and gray spear like motif representing the Gae Bulg the mythical spear wielded by Cú Chulainn. Then is a blue, green,white, yellow, brown pattern representing Brigid who was asexual and saphic in the way she rejected men, and sexuality while living her life sharing a bed and a very close connection to a fellow nun. Last is Bé Mannair a gender fluid shapeshifter who used her trasphomations to outwit their enemies. Additionally can be seen small square patches of the brigid, gae bulg, and Bodhmall designs. There is also a thin transflag weaving of the perfect size to be a bookmark. It is all laid out on a white linen backround.
December 13, 2024 at 10:15 AM
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Crios (traditional Irish belt) inspired by seeing the sunrise on the morning of the winter solstice!
It's now in my shop!
Close up of woven belt layed out in an over laping fashion. The belt has a white border followed by a grey stripe then a black to light blue gradient followed by another gray stripe then horizontal white and grey stripes then a yellow and gray center design followed by a symmetrical copy of the other half of the design. It is layed out on a rock backround. The same belt as in the first picture but from a wider perspective. It's giving blue, grey, yellow, white. This images shows that one end of the belt is finished in 5 braids and the other end in 5 tassels. The same belt as the previous images but rolled up into a cricle showing a grey and white dot pattern on the edge.
December 12, 2024 at 3:53 AM
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This crios (traditional Irish belt) is inspired by the tragedy of Sadhbh from mythology and hwr transformation to and from a deer.
It's now available in my shop.
December 10, 2024 at 10:38 PM
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Crios (traditional Irish belt) weaving in 1952 on Inis Mór! Weaver is Annie Hernon. Images from the the Ritchie Pickow collection available digitally through the University of Galway library. This is showing one of the traditional ways belts are woven on the Aran Islands!
Black and white image of a woman in front of an large white washed cooking fireplace in an Irish cottage. She is weaving a band which is looped around a chair. A large rock weighs the chair down. Black and white image of a woman in front of an large white washed cooking fireplace in an Irish cottage. She is weaving a band which is looped around a chair. A large rock weighs the chair down. Black and white close up of a band being woven in the traditional method of the Aran Islands. The warp threads are on a heddle string that is tied to a stick.
December 8, 2024 at 2:50 AM
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Looks like a changeling child turned back to sticks. 🌿🌿🌿
A blue plastic baby swing hanging from yellow rope to a large tree branch. The seat of the swig is has about a dozen two to three foot thin branches neatly piled on it. The branches rest on the arms of the swig, and have some very nice bits of moss and lichen on them.
December 8, 2024 at 1:58 AM