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If there's sound, don't worry about it, my husband was playing Fable 2 while I worked.
How in the hell did this get over 1000 notes?
I never get this much interaction.
Thanks everyone!
2125!!!!!!! AAAAAAAHHHHH!!!!!!!!!
( @ash-creates is my sideblog, I'm off anon to send pictures) this is my most recent piece! I like to make small woven pieces and wear them as bracelets by making a large knot at the end and pulling it through the slipknot. Unfortunately, I can't make them too long if I want to wear them like this.
Ooh, I love a consistent tension! Your weave looks nice and even all the way down. I also love the colors you chose.
I started out making belts. I never really thought to make anything smaller.
This looks lovely, thanks so much for showing me! :)
Hi! I came upon your blog randomly, and I was instantly enamored with fingerweaving, which I had never heard of before. I spent the entire weekend puzzling it out from a few YouTube videos and ended up with 3 bookmark shaped pieces of solidly mediocre quality, but now I am hooked.
I wanted to thank you for opening my world to an awesome new fiber craft and also ask if you have any resources you might recommend to a novice like me!
Bonus pic of bookmark #3 included, not yet tied off at the other end.
Hi! Absolutely! I was self taught from a few books I got over the years. I've posted about them before, but I'm more than happy to do so again. :)
The one on the left was my first book that my mom got for me when I was 11. It's a good solid start and covers the basics well. The other one I picked up in college, and it really got me into the more intricate patterns.
Most people I run into haven't heard of fingerweaving, which I find ironic since it is an indigenous Native American craft that is practiced all up and down the Appalachian Mountains. The Cherokee, Iroquois, and the Métis up in Canada are the most famous for it (at least that's what the information I found points to. I'm probably missing a whole bunch of other info.) I've only met maybe two or three finger weavers in person in the past 20 years. There aren't many out there.
So as weird as it feels to say, I'm glad I caused your new obsession 😅. Have fun learning, and don't be afraid to ask questions. I try to answer what I can.
And your bookmark looks good! I like the colors you picked, and it looks like you got the right amount of tension going. 😊 Have fun!
The first beaded piece I ever did, and it was a pain in the ass. But it did turn out pretty.
Threading the beads was the most annoying part. Yarn and seed beads don't mix very well, and I broke several beading needles working on this piece. I'm going to figure out an alternative before I do another one.
This was a commissioned scarf I made for a friend of mine. This is chunky yarn in a basic assomption pattern commonly found in Métis sashes.
Fun fact: when I first learned this pattern, it was just called "double lightning." I didn't find out the history behind the pattern until I acquired my second book and did more research.