cross-stitch AF attack on ScarletSnow76! these are so much work, i cant imagine being one of the people that ONLY does craft attacks. I am thinking about maybe doing one or two more this month tho because at my core i am a masochist. (dendenizens w/ simple ocs willing to give a random fuck their address hmu)
& 2026 will be held from October 30 to November 2, 2026, at Poly in Guangzhou. As a major fashion and lifestyle in , the serves as a for fashion , , , goods, and lifestyle categories.
There is something deeply satisfying about watching a rough piece of combed cotton turn into a soft, resilient hoodie. This Goku & Milk design is more than apparel its a tribute to a classic story, stitched with care to keep you warm and inspired.
Tilt the vessel and the roots redirect. Modulate the light, the pattern changes. The technique is simple what grows from it is anything but.
Carole Collet spent over a decade learning to work at the pace of a cactus, aerial roots, mycelium treating garden and grow-tank as studio, plant and fungus as collaborators. "Designing (for and with) Living Systems" gathers fifteen years of this inquiry: botanical studies, speculative provocations, slow-manufactured objects. Learning the plant's terms, then bending them.
Major sustainability question and stick-it-to the Epstein Class query: (How) do you avoid washing your clothes more than necessary (Washing machines and driers tend to really put wear and tear on textiles. Depending on material, this can mean additional microplastics everywhere. And generally our clothes not lasting as long as they could - which could be much longer.) If I find a good resource then I will also post here. Your tips
& 2026 will be held from October 30 to November 2, 2026, at Poly in Guangzhou. As a major fashion and lifestyle in , the serves as a for fashion , , , goods, and lifestyle categories.
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is the world's largest producer of , cultivating between 50,000 to 70,000 hectares and producing about 70% of the . The country has a well-established that includes applications in , , and .
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Color can begin in unexpected places.
In roots, leaves, bark, insects, and even vats alive with microbes, natural dyes reveal how chemistry, craft, and generations of observation can meet in a single thread.
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All About Textiles& 2026 will be held from October 30 to November 2, 2026, at Poly in Guangzhou. As a major fashion and lifestyle in , the serves as a for fashion , , , goods, and lifestyle categories.
Got to spend some time weaving this weekend
"I'd heard the secondhand shopping was good, but I actually hadn't understood simply how good it could be" surging demand for vintage Japanese apparel is changing the face of retro fashion.
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is the world's largest producer of , cultivating between 50,000 to 70,000 hectares and producing about 70% of the . The country has a well-established that includes applications in , , and .
Top 5 Countries Leading the Way in Production
50,000 years ago, humans found a way to create fabric using Hemp, and ever since then, it has become one of the most widely used for , all across the .
Right from to , to , the usage and application of hemp as a is gaining momentum at a tremendous scale.
Textiles
Does anybody love fabric I sure do, fabrics of all textures and colors. I definitely enjoy clothes, but thats actually secondary to my passion for textiles. I like clothing mostly because of how it drapes and displays the textiles.
I have dyed and painted and even etched on velvet. I have spent some time spinning and weaving, cotton, wool, and even flax, exclusively for recreational purposes. Im chuckling here, but thats how you know somebody is obsessed with textiles, they arent good at it or attempting to produce anything, they just want to deeply inhale the whole process.
Textiles tell some interesting stories about humanity in general. For example, they are ridiculously labor intensive, often very exploitative, and in general, relatively bad for the environment. Youre either growing cotton, harvesting silkworms, or shaving sheep. Because silk was such a luxurious and expensive fabric few could afford, alternatives were sought after which is what had led us to our modern synthetics.
Its kind of amusing because the invention of synthetics versus our love for natural fibers have landed us in this no mans land now called semi-synthetic. Rayon for example, is a semi-synthetic. As we love to say in the modern world, its plant based. While thats not completely untrue, it isnt exactly true either. They often begin with cellulose, which can come from wood fiber or other agricultural waste, but then it enters a chemists lab and gets liquified in a variety of ways, often involving carbon disulfide. Its a neurotoxin. Ive been told it smells like a pleasant chloroform which is why it often has stinky things added to it for your own safety.
Enter the world of natural, plant based bamboo textiles. This is basically just rayon made with bamboo cellulose. Seriously! The marketing is just phenomenal as is the bamboo textile they produce, Im just saying, theres absolutely nothing very natural about it. Very often the bamboo just goes into the carbon disulfide vat like any other cellulose source.
Ha! I probably cant even say that in my neck of the woods without offending all the natural bamboo fiber people who envision panda bears munching on their bamboo fibers in a rain forest somewhere while fairies spin the fibers theyve chewed. As Ive already said, the marketing has just been incredible.
While its slightly horrifying, Im also kind of in awe.
Anyway, my point today is not to shame any synthetic or natural fiber people, but rather to say that textiles have always been problematic, all through human history. One simply cannot be a purist about it in the sense of feeling morally superior. One might find new ways of processing fibers that are less toxic or perhaps less harmful to the environment, but there is always going to be nuance, trade offs. The very nature of textiles is at the very least, going to seriously exploit the resources and exploit the labor.
And then we promptly toss them in a landfill somewhere! The sheer volume of textile waste is a whole other story. I think people understand this on some level because whenever a natural disaster strikes, our first instinct is to donate tons of cast off textiles. I equate it to playing a game of hot potato, alleviated guilt washed down with a charity chaser.
Textile Produktionsreste in hochwertige neue Materialien berfhren
Sectional View of the Crust of the Earth (182840) by Orra White Hitchcock.
Source: Amherst College
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Last Updated: Sep 10, 2025 Study Period: 2025-2031
The China Hemp Market is expanding rapidly, driven by rising demand for hemp-based , , , and products.
and in China are opening for and .
Top 5 Countries Leading the Way in Production
50,000 years ago, humans found a way to create fabric using Hemp, and ever since then, it has become one of the most widely used for , all across the .
Right from to , to , the usage and application of hemp as a is gaining momentum at a tremendous scale.
is the world's largest producer of , cultivating between 50,000 to 70,000 hectares and producing about 70% of the . The country has a well-established that includes applications in , , and .
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Caught up on chores yesterday so I could get back to weaving today
ICYMI: A little girl longs for a and imagines her red knit mitten is a . This award winning 1967 silent by Roman Kachanov captures her imaginative companion. The classic Soviet features subtle, tender movements crafted entirely by hand.
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"awnings can reduce the energy use of air conditioning systems by 1/3 to more than 1/2 of the total"
"A study in Cordoba showed that street toldos decrease the temperature of pavement surfaces, building facades, and roofs by up to fifteen degrees C"
"we now prefer to build air-conditioned malls instead of street markets covered by toldos. Of course, we can only do these things thanks to a seemingly endless stream of fossil fuels"
ICYMI: A little girl longs for a and imagines her red knit mitten is a . This award winning 1967 silent by Roman Kachanov captures her imaginative companion. The classic Soviet features subtle, tender movements crafted entirely by hand.
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Eco-stitchers: Sustainable Textile Art on Climate Change
There is currently a super exhibition at Sheffield Central Library of the work of Eco-stitchers, a Sheffield group of textile artists who work in an environmentally conscious and sustainable way.
My favourite piece was a textile version of the Climate Stripes, which shows how the planet is heating over time. This week, during the heatwave, the constant noise from climate deniers saying that it was just as bad in 1976 has really annoyed me! Such people need to look at the science, which doesnt just show that the Earth is heating up, but it also shows that the rate at which it is heating is increasing.
We can see this clearly in the way records have been broken this week, not by a small amount, but in massive jumps. Records were broken 3 days in a row. The previous hottest day in June was 35.6C, which was reached on 28 June 1976. This has now been smashed by 1.7C. 1976 shows as a red stripe, but you can see those temperatures have now become normal.
26th June 2026 was the 6th hottest day ever recorded in the UK (37.3C), and all the hotter ones have been since 2003, with the hottest 19th July 2022 (40.3C) and the second hottest 25th July 2019. The June record was broken 3 times last week, and we had 3 days in a row of temperatures above 35C including 2 red extreme heat warnings.
The climate stripes image was created by Professor Ed Hawkins at the University of Reading in 2018. It shows how the worlds average temperatures have risen over nearly two centuries.
Ecostitchers sewed the climate stripesHow does the image work
The image shows world temperatures from 1850 to 2018. Each stripe represents the average temperature for a single year, relative to the average temperature over the period as a whole.
The blue colours indicate cooler-than-average years, while red shows years that were hotter than average. The red stripes on the right side of the image show the rapid heating of our planet in recent years.
You can see temperature changes for more than 200 countries, states and cities (available to download for free) from thewebsite. People in every country can see how their local climate is heating. You can share the image and help start conversations about climate change.
The Ecostitchers made a version in thread, inviting people to take part and fill one or more stripes, or part of a stripe, with thread using any type of stitch they chose, and this was the result.
Ecostitchers
Ecostitchers are made up of Allison James, Maria Newman, Jan Novitzky, Jude Shore and Liza Smeeton.
Their work to date has focused on themes such as climate change in marine environments, trees, no rain no flowers, and changing landscapes.
Hills and Rivers is a joint work by the 5 members of the Ecostitchers textile art group.This piece takes its inspiration from the landscape of our city. Each panel is designed separately by one of the members, drawing on their particular skills and their feelings about the landscape.
Ecostitchers adopt the principles outlined by the movement for action against climate change. In their work:
- Where possible, they resist buying new fabrics to work with.
- They repurpose, reuse and recycle materials old clothes, old bed linens, old curtains, fabric off-cuts, fabric scraps, paper, card, etc.
- They rehome materials and fabrics unwanted by other people.
This exhibition includes a selection of pieces across the different themes, made using techniques and materials such as handmade art felt, applique, silk paper making, hand and machine embroidery, and quilting.
If you want to find out more about them, or about a specific piece of work on display, you can contact them via: allisonjamestextilesgmail.
Do pop in to Central Library to see this when you are in town.
ICYMI: A little girl longs for a and imagines her red knit mitten is a . This award winning 1967 silent by Roman Kachanov captures her imaginative companion. The classic Soviet features subtle, tender movements crafted entirely by hand.
Learn more:
NEW: A little girl longs for a and imagines her red knit mitten is a . This award winning 1967 silent by Roman Kachanov captures her imaginative companion. The classic Soviet features subtle, tender movements crafted entirely by hand.
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Doily, Crocheted, unknown
This is an ecru crocheted doily made from cotton. It is circular and features a star and leaf design. The term 'doily' is quite interesting, named for a 17th century London draper who worked with very fine fabrics. Today the term can be applied equally to textile or paper objects.
Wyndham & Districts Historical Museum via DigitalNZ
High Tech Jacket Prototype Pulls Drinking Water From Thin Air Up to 1.5 Pints Per Day
Native Siberian religious objects, Russian Empire, 1899 AD
Native Siberian religious objects, Russian Empire, 1899 AD
Textiles promoting emotional wellbeing among Lucerne School of Design, Film and Art projects
Dezeen School Shows: a textile collection designed to promote emotional wellbeing is among the projects from the Lucerne School of Design, Film and Art. Also featured is a project that uses weaving
Dezeen School Shows: a textile collection designed to promote emotional wellbeing is among the projects from the Lucerne School of Design, Film and Art. Also featured is a project that uses weaving
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Rug merchants in Cairo, Egypt, 1870s
An Iron Age settlement in Denmark, with over 80 buildings, seems to have been devoted to the production of linen (and possibly other) textiles. The size of the site suggests that goods were produced for trade.