Da ich die beiden Veranstalterinnen kenne ("Alte Künste" - pflanzengefärbte Strickgarne und "Frau Wöllfchen" - Spinnfasern) und deren Produkte sehr liebe, ist das ein Festival, dass in jedem Fall in meinem Kalender landen wird - vor allem weil es auch relativ gut zu erreichen ist für mich.
Dank der Damen vom @wollkanal habe ich gelernt, dass der #CCC nicht nur was für Programmierer und Entwickler ist, aber der Kongress passt zeitlich und lokal so gar nicht in unsere familiären Weihnachtstradtionen ...
Aber es gibt ja direkt hier vor Ort die #GPN22 - also bin ich mit Mitte 50 zum ersten mal auf einer "Hackerveranstaltung".
I bought the yarn during my last visit with my mom. I've knit the socks with a set of her DPNs. They are not quite the size I prefer and not the length I prefer. They are also rather well used, so the tips are already a bit blunt.
These are pretty basic sneaker socks, broken seed stitch on top, ribbing on the sole was a (successful) experiment, yarn is nothing special, I found it by chance and liked the colors.
I think I need to watch this a few more times to really understand it, but I love it, when science and textiles crafts meet and people make a deep dive into this.
I just found this older blog post about a weaving conference in 2016. It was just about braids and bands, but oh my, what a variety of techniques and ideas.
@FanCityKnits@weaving@fiberarts Hah, that looks amazing! I’ve seen people make warp-weighted looks out of a variety of things, including old walkers and tray tables … but mostly in Facebook groups about tablet weaving.
Jeden zweiten Dienstag im Monat trifft sich die Gruppe "Freising nadelt" im Gasthaus "Lerner". Von jung bis alt sind hier alle vertreten, stricken Socken, Mützen und Pullis. Auch Männer sind dabei.
But this is something special, yarn from a shepherdess from northern Germany, a crowd funding project. I went in for yarn and spinning fiber. The latter arrived some time last year, the yarn a few days ago.
2.000 m of (probably?) worsted weight yarn in natural white the smells wonderfully of sheep and lanolin - I love that.
I already have an idea: one of those 70ies style belted cardigans.
That's a top down (more or less) raglan construction, about 10 cm below the separation of body and arms.
According to the order confirmation I should have 5 cones of the yarn, though I can't find one of them at the moment. But with 500 m / 100 g I should be fine, even if that cone really doesn't reappear again.
This is so, so cool - a combination of tablet and rigid heddle weaving.
The "rigid heddle" is made up of a stack of plastic "tablets". How they are combined determines what patterns can be woven. Basically the tablets make up the shafts of a multi shaft loom. Though you can't lift several shafts - or something.
@FanCityKnits@weaving I’ve seen a version of this in English as “rotating heddle [bar]” but usually with only plain/tabby weave. The complexity of this one, and the printed construction, are delightful!