Archive for the ‘Fiber Thursday’ Category

Fiber Thursday: A Woven Pillow

Craftster member kiss-chasing made this beautiful woven to pillow to recreate the iridescence and colors of stained glass. Isn’t it beautiful? Click here to find out more about it. You can see lots more weaving projects on the fiber boards here.

Fiber Thursday: How to Make a DIY Hackle

When it comes to ingenuity, no one can top our fiber crafting members. UntouchableFace shared her handmade hackle with us on the fiber boards and it looks great! Building your own equipment not only saves you lots of money, but it gives you extra pride when you make something using supplies and equipment you [...]

Fiber Thursday: Pole Wrapped Shibori Dyeing

Shibori is a Japanese term for a family of dyeing techniques in which the artist binds, stitches, folds, twists, or compresses fabric to create different patterns in the fabric. The most familiar of these techniques is tie dye, but there are many other types of shibori dyeing. Awesome member and frequent fiber board contributor, Ptarmic [...]

Fiber Thursday: A Handmade Lazy Kate

This week on Fiber Thursday we have another ingenious handmade tool - Astormorray’s handmade tensioned Lazy Kate! When she spent her budget on a lovely new wheel, but still knew she wanted a Lazy Kate, Astormorray put her crafty wood working skills to use and built one! Way to go Astormorray! Thanks for sharing [...]

Fiber Thursday: A Handmade Loom and Weaving

When you are a Craftster who longs to try loom weaving, but you don’t have access to a loom, what can you do? If you’re Subloke you do your research, grab what you’ve got, and build yourself a loom out of pvc pipe, some wood, some stuffing and dye, and you create something beautiful! HUGE [...]