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Squishy Bug Arts
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Kirsty. She/her. 🇨🇦 Fibre artist. I love to weave, sew, knit, and upcycle. I sell my wares locally, in Kemptville, south of Ottawa, ON. I am creative, well-educated, and unafraid to call my business a micro-business. squishybugarts.square.site
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Work I progress - you can already see how a change in yarn choice for the sky is affecting the piece.

#weaving #tapestry #fibreart #ontheloom
I think I'm at a point where I'm finally satisfied with this tapestry I've been working on since September. It was picked apart and re-woven so many times I felt like I was Penelope waiting for Odysseus to come home. It's wonky, but done.

#tapestryWeaving #weaving #fibreArt
Newly finished scrappy mug rugs for Canada Day. I had to stitch on an appliqué maple leaf to make the flag. Honestly, I prefer the red and white ones.

#weaving #upcycledtextiles
One band, 7 new key fobs just in time for Canada Day.
#bandweaving #weaving
I'm still pretty green, too. The trickiest part for me is maintaining my tension, but practice makes better, so once you find your rhythm it gets easier. Have fun!
What do you think you'll make?
New band design on the inkle loom. This one is for Canada Day. I love the possibilities of plain weave.

#inkleloom #bandweaving #weaving #fibrearts
Getting back to work on this band I'm weaving to turn into a lanyard for my youngest when he returns to uni in September. I love his school colours.

#weaving #bandWeaving #inkleWeaving #beingAMum
I finished this one last summer, but only got around to photographing it today.

#weaving #circularWeaving #woven
I finally got around to weaving in the ends of this manic hanging that I made a few years ago. As the world gets more and more mad, I can foresee myself returning to making more frenetic works like this. Ugh.

#weaving #wovenWallHanging #handwoven #FinallyDone
Scarf photo shoot today. Thank goodness we are finally getting some decent weather! Time to take stock of my supply and update my website.

#weaving #handwoven #wovenscarves
I hadn't even thought about a bag for mine.
I was at a small Pride Party market on Sunday and rather than pack my pocket sized loom, I brought my inkle. It was awkward to pack, but once I pulled out one of my bins, not as awkward to use. W00t.
#weaving #weavingonthego #inkleweaving
Hello gorgeous. New woven table runner using up cycled textiles including cotton, sheets, shirts, and saris.

#weaving #tablerunner #handwoven #upcycledtextiles
We finally have a little sunshine here today. Hopefully the gardens will soon be full of colours like the ones I'm using for this table runner.

#ontheloom #rigidheddleweaving #weaving #handwoven #handmade #upcycledtextiles #tablerunner
I love this design. Gorgeous.
Show me the part of your craft you always put off as long as possible. For me, it's weaving in ends on a woven tapestry. Ugh.

#fibrearts #fiberarts #showme #weaving #weavinginends
Since then, they've become a staple at my markets. I always say my last small batch will be my last (I've almost used up my supply of mismatched socks), but I get so much joy out of making them that I keep making more.
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