JK Monitor: Blending tradition with technology, IICT digitizes 560 old carpet designs, work underway for conversion of remaining designs with NABARD funding. In order to prevent loss of treasure trove of yore and safeguard cultural heritage, the Handicrafts and Handloom Department, Kashmir, has successfully digitized 560 carpet designs in the Indian Institute of Carpet Technology (IICT),
William Morris designs out in the wild in pictures
'In his designs, William Morris combined his two greatest passions: the wonder of nature and a socialist belief that everyone should have access to art and beauty'
One year of visualized
Hackaday: Make DIY Conductive, Biodegradable String Right In Your Kitchen. The string is an alginate-based bioplastic that can be made at home and is shaped in a way that it can be woven or knitted. Alginate comes primarily from seaweed, and it gels in the presence of calcium ions. ombates relies on this to make a goopy mixture that, once extruded into a calcium chloride bath, forms a thin
Are all T-Shirts made by Gildan now
The scanner is dusty.
Universitt des Saarlandes: Smart textiles and surfaces How lightweight elastomer films are bringing tech to life. A research team led by Professors Stefan Seelecke and Paul Motzki from Saarland University are using a highly versatile film not much thicker than household cling film to impart new capabilities to objects while saving energy in the process. When used in wearable textiles,
Erdoan, not Trump, is Europes new best friend on security #agricultureandfood #EuropeanGreenDeal #Turkishpolitics #EUConfidential #Healthsecurity #Sustainability #ForeignAffairs #Agriculture #EU-Turkey #Foodwaste #Medicines #Security #Textiles #Politics #Defense #Omnibus #Policy #WasteOn wood panels, Tia Keobounpheng weaves colorful threads to create precise geometries in vibrating color.
From lengths of rope sometimes measuring thousands of meters, designer Svea Tisell, founder of the Kryss studio, creates unique furniture objects in which craft traditions and contemporary design converge.
Visited the local museum today to see their special exhibit called Threads of TimeNew to me and discovered via MetaFilter (what, yall dont read MetaFilter): The Sampler Archive. From the front page: The Sampler Archive database has been designed to share detailed information and high-resolution images of American girlhood samplers and pictorial embroideries from the 17th, 18th, and 19th centuries.
Thread of Ancient Egyptian artifacts you've (probably) never seen before
A stunning 4,500 years old Egyptian dress
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"Can circular business models ever solve fashions big overproduction problem"
Everything you need to know about Textiles Need these too..A journey through Material District 2025 today in Utrecht. Lots of recycling ideas, repurposing waste, and biodegradable experiments. The best part is to be invited to touch and smell everything. Also to speak to exhibitors of course and find potential partners.
I dyed a t-shirt for bob using low-water immersion after tying it in little bunches with water-soluble thread. The idea of using the water-soluble thread was to avoid white marks I wanted it to just be different in some way in the tied parts, but not to block the dye completely. (Also I didnt want to have to untie it all afterwards.)
The low-water immersion worked nicely to split out the constituent red (magenta) and blue (cobalt blue) parts of the dye, giving lots of different purples, and the little tied bunches ended up looking like cells or neurons (according to bob).
Photos here of the tied t-shirt before going in the dye bath, plus a close-up and not-close-up of the results. bob has a photo of him wearing it which no doubt he will post in this thread at some point.
"How clothes that would otherwise go to the landfill end up in vintage lovers' closets"
Vivid Market Vibes.Regal Portraits Evoke Myth and Power in Simone Elizabeth Saunders Hand-Tufted Textiles
Simone Elizabeth Saunders explores Black identity in relation to kinship, power, and survival.
Zapurza Museum of Art & Culture in Kudje, India
A huge collection of artifacts in a picturesque setting.
Outfit of the day:
I finally finished my trousers, made with a tapestry fabric (allegedly from the 70's) that I found at the flea market in Navigli, Milano.
"Ghazipur landfill: The 70-acre 'garbage mountain of Delhi' - where nearby residents are being 'slowly poisoned'"
History and epidemiology can be pretty disturbing, but the more I learn the better.
Finally, no down-the-rabbit-hole study of wool blankets would be complete without a visit to Faribault Woolen Mill in Minnesota.
"Prior to the 1970s, almost all apparel and bedding that Americans purchased was produced by domestic textile companies. But as the textile industry moved overseas, primarily to China, and department stores' influence waned, Faribault Mills struggled. Though the company once produced more than half of the blankets made in America, it couldnt withstand the Great Recession. But two years after the factory was shuttered, new owners brought it back to life."
It's really tricky to spread the word about events these days! I don't support corporate social media and you don't get read attention there anyway, mailing lists aren't what they once were, and this event wants to reach people across many patterny disciplines..
Any help spreading the word across all the strange pattern-obsessed communities much appreciated!
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Algorithmic Pattern is a new festival and conference for people curious about the practice and culture of algorithmic pattern-making, across algorithmic music, arts and craft. The first edition will take place both in Sheffield UK and online, during September 2025.
The call for talks/papers is now open, deadline 2nd June - please see our website for details:
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Husband: Sometimes I interrupt my wife while she's counting stitches.
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I did some dyeing for the first time since November! My second attempt at a green (#10 in the photo), and my first attempt at an orange (#11).
Ive also added a photo of this green next to my previous attempt at a green (#9), which shows how much difference it can make to use a different blue in the mix. The blue and yellow are in the same proportions in each batch, but the cerulean blue and cobalt blue give very different results. (#9 looks nicer here than under most lighting conditions non-overcast daylight suits it, but most of the time it looks kinda ugly.)
And finally a photo of my orange and my latest green along with an extremely failed attempt at a purple (#1) I like these three together and am now pondering quilting patterns for them.
, both with *and* without embroidery floss!
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Design Milk : SHORE Dives Into New Footwear Collection Made of Recycled Rope +Fashion
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Explore the comprehensive guide on wool and rayon fabrics, delving into their origins, production processes, and unique characteristics.
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Fashion Articles by Waves Fashion Institute
Does anyone have a guess about whether an oilcloth duster, from Australian, circa 1990, is likely to have PFAS for waterproofing
This year I am reproducing my grandmother's log cabin quilt which was hand sewn in Maine around 1905.
I researched the fabrics and found these reproduction prints. Have made 64 squares in all. And have stitched them into eight strips of eight each.
Next I'll stitch the strips together to finish the quilt top!
Details.
Design Milk : Frank in the Loom Exhibition Presents Altruism in Design
Inside a washing machine/A chaos of thoughts
"Researchers transform textile waste into stronger recycled paper"
Stop ghana from becoming Europe's textile waste dumpsite