Since A Lot Of People Liked My Posts From The Quilt Museum Today, Here Are Some Of My Favorite Pieces

since a lot of people liked my posts from the quilt museum today, here are some of my favorite pieces from past exhibits i've seen there .

muscleroom & co

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I've had a hilarious interaction with a cashier lady at the yarn store today~

The premise is that I've thrifted several balls of mystery yarn about half a year ago, and since then I'm on a Royal Quest to figure out what's that yarn actually made from, as I've ran out of one colour pretty fast, hehe

So

My guess was that it's some kind of cotton/cotton blend, so I went to the biggest yarn store I could find to touch everything I can and compare it to my actual WIP, and after ~45 minutes of roaming I found what I thought to be an okay option, but of course I decided to ask for bits of advise before purchasing

The lady was eager to help and asked to see the WIP

IMMEDIATELY says it isn't cotton in any way 😅 My fabric is turning out stretchy - that means there is likely some sort of synthetic fiber, she also fiddled with the ends and said that they look kinda frizzy - which means there's likely some kind of wool in there...?

I was like 😃 omg how wrong could I be...

And THEN she said I should SET IT ON FIRE.

If it falls apart neatly - that's 100% wool

If it stinks of goat - that's likely alpaca (?¿?)

If it melts like a bitch - that's 100% acrylic (well she didn't say it THAT WAY, but y'know)

And if it burns nicely, but leaves a melted tip - it's a blend

I.... I love knitting, what at adventure lol

tethered

ink + sketchbook

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day 1 of knitting for the first time in like a year lol

decided to make a balaclava to try and work my way up to a sweater

a few years ago i used to make and sell knit winter hats under the name ida knits (ida is my middle name :-3)

but now i wanna try to make something bigger. i’ve known how to knit for over 10 years and ive only ever made hats and scarves!

anyways, here’s one days worth of progress knitting a balaclava (and a face reveal i guess too lol)

so far i’m really happy with it! i’m going to link the tutorial im following by jenna phipps

i’m almost finished with the decreasing. i’m going to work on it a bit more tonight and hopefully finish it tomorrow! i’ve literally been working on it since 9am this morning X0

I'm not gonna think about how long it took me to get the second sock done (second sock syndrome +cycling season+too warm inside to think about touching wool) but it is done! Fun exercise, though I found the way the heel and toe were constructed very annoying (would rather do the alternate slip/knit approach than juggle strands from the inside and outside of the ball).