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Fiber artist, on a no buy wardrobe quest
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Nova @nnnova.bsky.social · Oct 17
Thought I’d finally introduce myself:
Hi I’m Nova, (she/her), posting about fiber art, fashion, sustainability etc
🇬🇧 based
On a personal quest for a 100% handmade wardrobe
Here on Bluesky I make feeds, please check them out!
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chapps.bsky.social
They say ‘fake it ’til you make it’, which might have proved embarrassing to the woman who once wore this snake bracelet, if the gilding chipped off at a party … to reveal the bronze beneath. Discount luxury, same as it ever was. 🏺 1/

Western Greek, from Cumae. 200-100 BCE. #BritishMuseum
Gilded bronze snake bracelet, with curved snake head terminals at either end. The body of the coiled bracelet is made of two medium thick wires of bronze twisted about one another. There’s a feather or vegetal pattern on the backs of the snake head terminals, reminiscent of the ‘agathadaemon’ snakes, which brought luck and fertility. Chips of gilding have worn off to reveal the dark bronze beneath.
December 2, 2025 at 6:03 AM
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I'm not sure if she's doing it this year, but I always look forward to @janenx01.bsky.social resharing the advent calendar her mom made in the '70s!
janenx01.bsky.social a full-on monet @janenx01.bsky.social · Dec 1
Every year I look forward to sharing my Advent Calendar online. My mother made this by hand in 1976 or 1977. There no Velcro or glue - everything is sewn onto the panels in her tiny little stitches. Day One is a very content looking felt cow with a tiny French knot for her eye. #AdventCalendar
A banner-type Adcent calendar with the first day turned over to reveal a black and white cow. A black and white cow made from pieces of felt sewn onto a gold felt background.
December 2, 2025 at 1:50 AM
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smoothdunk2.bsky.social
COMING SOON: AI + Guy™
6 Panel Comic Panel 1: A Purple Dude and a Green Dude in an electronics shop. The Purple Dude is holding a box containing a new laptop. Purple Dude: You’re all set. Here’s your new AI laptop and your guy. Green Dude: My what? Panel 2: A severe looking Red Dude in cap and shades has appeared behind Green Dude. Purple Dude: Your guy. Every new AI laptop comes with a guy. Panel 3: Green Dude is back at home. We see him through the window working at his new laptop. Panel 4: Interior of kitchen. Green Dude continues to work at his laptop. The Red Dude is standing next to him. Panel 5: Close up of laptop screen. Green Dude is about to turn off the AI features. Panel 6: Red Dude produces a gun and presses it to Green Dude’s temple. He hisses: Don’t you fucking dare.
December 1, 2025 at 1:11 AM
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livrunsfast.bsky.social
It’s DECEMBER on Monday 😳?!? Do you have a yarn advent calendar this year? 🎄🎁

In celebration, show me your MINIS, GRADIENTS, things knit w/minis, gradients, etc…🧶

I had one from Fibre Fox in 2021 & Skein Queen in 2023. Be Kind Rewind shawl & Sugar Pop Wrap from the former. #ShowMeYourKnits
A grey triangular garter stitch shawl hangs on a brown fence on a sunny day. It has wide stripes in a gradient from blue to pinky-purple variegated yarn. An oaty brown rectangular garter stitch shawl hangs on a brown wooden fence. It has wide lace stripes with decorative borders in a gradient from cream through pinky-orange to brown variegated yarn.
November 29, 2025 at 8:14 AM
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briagha1994.bsky.social
I got some pictures of my Ravenwood Dragon Cloak in daylight, although not ideal pics of me necessarily. I'm very happy that I added the extra repeats, as I like the fit.

#knitting #knit #knitlife #🧶 #yarn #knitters #handknitting #handknitters #RavenwoodDragonCloak #TourdeFleece2025
Denise in her completed Ravenwood Dragon Cloak in hand dyed merino and silk yarn, in blues, teals and purple from the front. Denise in her completed Ravenwood Dragon Cloak in hand dyed merino and silk yarn, in blues, teals and purple, from the back, holding her arms out to the sides. Denise in her completed Ravenwood Dragon Cloak in hand dyed merino and silk yarn, in blues, teals and purple from from a partial front/side view holding one arm out to the side. Denise in her completed Ravenwood Dragon Cloak in hand dyed merino and silk yarn, in blues, teals and purple from the back, but a close-up view.
November 27, 2025 at 8:26 PM
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katestrasdin.bsky.social
Described as light orange crepe with light orange tulle this sounds like a festive dessert. It was designed by Mainbocher in 1946 and includes an integral jewel positioned at the neck @chicagomuseum.bsky.social #FashionHistory 🗃️🪡
Back view of a pale orange crepe dress with small cap sleeves, a fitted bodice and skirt and a bustle like ruffle centre back of the skirt Front view of the pale orange crepe dress with small cap sleeves and plain front other than a teardrop shaped orange gem centre front of the neck A close up of the teardrop shaped gem that decorates the neckline A detail of the ruffle that decorates the centre back of the skirt
November 27, 2025 at 7:43 PM
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secondnaturemb.bsky.social
Another story in four parts. This polar bear mom went from seemingly sound asleep to full meerkat mode in seconds. Her nose is always on the alert for potential danger to her and her 11-month-old cubs. #Mammals #BearSeason2025 🌿
A female polar bear sleeps stretched out in the snow on a frozen lake. Her two young cubs were snuggled into her hind end. Momma bear in full meerkat mode sniffing the snow-filled air as her two cubs watch. The sudden snow squall swirls around them. Mom resettles and checks on her cubs as the closest one stretches in the snow. The snow still swirls around them. Mom and one cub have resettled back in their sleeping spot while the cub on the end looks out towards the photographer. The snow has eased off again.
November 26, 2025 at 5:56 PM
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oldukprintads.bsky.social
Nov 1965: Bread ad from The Flour Advisory Bureau

«USE YOUR LOAF
for health and energy»
An advertisement featuring a basket filled with various types of bread, encouraging viewers to try new kinds. It emphasizes the health and energy benefits of bread consumption. The text "USE YOUR LOAF" is repeated multiple times along the sides and edges. USE YOUR LOAF for health and energy THERE'S VARIETY IN BREAD buy a loaf today you've never tried before THE FLOUR ADVISORY BUREAU, 21 ARLINGTON STREET, LONDON, S.W.1
November 26, 2025 at 9:55 PM
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kaitlinruiz.bsky.social
here's how I made these guys (and you can too!), starting with supplies. you'll need:

• reasonably sturdy paper (think cardstock)
• non-woven fabric, like felt
• sashiko or embroidery thread (multiple colors)
• an embroidery needle
• stuffing (I use textile scraps)
• twine or cord (for hanging)
kaitlinruiz.bsky.social Kaitlin Ruiz @kaitlinruiz.bsky.social · 6d
making some Christmas ornaments for sharing :)
close-up of a handmade Christmas ornament: a five-pointed star sewn from yellow felt, adorned with orange embroidery and blue beads two more yellow felt stars; one is quite simple, bearing a few stripes. the other is host to a multitude of tiny purple stitches.
November 26, 2025 at 3:00 AM
nnnova.bsky.social
#SewAndTell Repair week is timely - this morning I heard an awful rip when I put on my coat, the armpit seam popped! The fabric was undamaged so it was just a matter of ladder stitching the seam shut again. I used this vintage synthetic silk doubled for extra strength.

🧶 #Sewing #InvisibleMending
Outer armpit of a black winter coat, the armpit seam is popped and the back-side of the lining of visible in the hole. Same armpit seam now completely sewn shut, the hand sewing is invisible. My hand holding a wooden bobbin of vintage synthetic silk (probably polyester) thread. The label says: THE BRITISH THREAD MILLS LTD. LEICESTER SUPERFINE 24 SILK SUBSTITUTE
November 24, 2025 at 4:59 PM
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rrhiza.bsky.social
#SewAndTell Week 14 - Repairs
The weekly Sewing Prompt Game
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I don't like black week (mildly speeking).
So instead of buying new stuff, let's repair what we already have.
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I got lucky with these cuffs, just had a pretty good colour match laying around.
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#sewing #Sewsky #Mending #VisibleMending
Before the repair khaki sleeves of a longarmshirt with wristbands that have some wear and tear. After the repair. The same sleeves with new wristbands that aren't a perfect but a pretty close colour match
November 24, 2025 at 9:07 AM
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dieworkwear.bsky.social
A friend who teaches theology shared with me a post about CS Lewis's Mere Christianity, which discusses foundational Christian logic across denominations. It reminded me of Dale's tweet below, and I wanted to share some thoughts here regarding modesty and respectability, which are often hot topics.
Dale Partridge on Twitter writes: "Feminist media is BIG mad about me saying that women shouldn’t wear underwear (leggings and sports bras) as outerwear. As Pearl says, “It’s amazing how hard women will fight to be naked.” Immodest ladies, read 1 Tim. 2:9, repent, and follow Christ." Attached are two images. Image 1 headline: “Outraged pastor slams worker at quaint coffee shop for wearing ‘sinful’ leggings and sports bra in front of kids” Image 2 headline: “‘Make sin shameful again’: Pastor sparks row after sports bra complaint”
November 23, 2025 at 7:35 PM
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berneri.horse
wolf mitosis
#art ✧ #painting ✧ #wolf ✧ #frames ✧ #flowers
Photo of a 30x25cm wide painting with a black wolf in it. There are colorful ornamental frames with different shapes going around the sides. There are squares, dots, stars and flowers. In the middle on a dark cyan background there is black wolf standing whose head is split in half, in a non gory way. There is a tall red flower growing between the halves. The background also has some other similar flowers and stars. The wolf is staring at the viewer with piercing yellow eyes.
November 23, 2025 at 8:15 PM
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katestrasdin.bsky.social
Sparkling like a festive bauble, Victor Stiebel’s early #1960s cocktail dress deploys a heap of embellishment not just in the form of beadwork at the bodice but a textured cloqué fabric as well. Sold via #AugustaAuction #FashionHistory 🗃️🪡
A side by side image that shows the front and back of a pale turquoise sleeveless cocktail dress. It has a blue at neckline at the front and a deep V at the back. The bodice is embellished with a metallic geometric beadwork A close up detail of the centre back of the pale turquoise cocktail dress which shows the zip and the matching silk bow at the back of the bodice. It shows the grid like beadwork. A detail of the embroidered beadwork that embellishes the bodice of the cocktail dress in silver filigree pattern with pearl beads
November 23, 2025 at 8:51 PM
nnnova.bsky.social
Surprise guest! 🦊
A photo of a fox peering in through a glass door
November 22, 2025 at 7:59 PM
nnnova.bsky.social
Fav indie designer is probably Fabel Knitwear.
I’ve knit the Montmartre Jumper and it is very dramatic! I recently got her book, Romantic Knits, and there are a few designs in there I want to knit, time permitting!

🧶 #ShowMeYourKnits
Montmartre Jumper, inspired by Victorian cycling jumpers is tight fitting in the body, wide ribbing at the waist, crew neckline with big voluminous puffed sleeves with long cuffs. My version has purple neckline, cuffs and waist ribbing with the main body and sleeves knit with alternating black and red/white/black yarn stripes. Pattern: Montmartre by Fabel Knitwear Yarn: Mayflower Easy care Merino Wild Atlantic Yarns Grainne 4 ply
November 22, 2025 at 5:22 PM
nnnova.bsky.social
Continuing this WIP for #ShowMeYourKnits; these socks are knit with hand-dyed yarn from Ewe Felty Thing, an excellent LYS in Conwy, Wales. The colourway is called Autumn so it is perfect paired with this pumpkin orange.

🧶 #Knitsky
In progress pic of a pair of socks being knitted on a blanketed lap. The sock underneath is finished, just needs ends weaving in. The one on top is part way through the foot, being knitted toe-up. The toes and heels are orange, there are a couple of orange stripes just above the toe, and the main body of the sock is variegated yarn in orange, green, brown and cream. Pattern: Cirriform Yarns: Ewe Felty Thing and West Yorkshire Spinners
November 22, 2025 at 5:11 PM
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livrunsfast.bsky.social
I’ve wanted to do designer spotlight 🔦 for a while. In this week of corporate & commercial greed, show me your favourite INDIE DESIGNERS & DYERS! 🎉What r u excited about? #ShowMeYourKnits

New to me this yr👇
I’ve got Renaissance, Golden Poppy & Art Deko on the list 😬!
www.ravelry.com/designers/el...
Ravelry: Designs by Elenor Mortensen
www.ravelry.com
November 22, 2025 at 7:57 AM
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katestrasdin.bsky.social
I have always imagined this #1920s Callot Soeurs gown as some beautiful ornament or a piece of stained glass, the jewelled colours framed in gold feel like a precious stone rather than a woven garment @drexeluniversity.bsky.social #FashionHistory 🗃️🪡
A tubular 1920s evening dress made of velvet in tones of blue and aqua embossed with gold motifs
November 20, 2025 at 10:37 PM
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davis.social
Well put by @drrachelbarr.bsky.social
cinema_nasties 1d Al defenders are so embarrassing j.paulmonter 2h All you are saying is that you want to gatekeep creativity. That's not good. drachelbarr & 20h • •• Neuroscientist here... creativity is a process. A process. A FUCKING PROCESS. Not an output. Nobody is gatekeeping the process - Al simply invites you to skip to the end, to the output. Which, as mentioned, is not creativity. Nobody cares if the output is aesthetically pleasing, because the process, the act itself, the limitation of a single human mind and the resulting creations that capture that one single inimitable human experience... is what makes a creation worth paying attention
November 19, 2025 at 11:02 PM
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dieworkwear.bsky.social
The people who make Shein's clothes labor for ten to twelve hours per day (in violation of China's labor laws), some up to seven days a week, and earn as little as 15 to 30 cents per t-shirt.
Excerpt from a BBC article: ""We usually work, 10, 11 or 12 hours a day," says a 49-year-old woman from Jiangxi unwilling to give her name. "On Sundays we work around three hours less." She is in an alleyway, where a dozen people are huddled around a row of bulletin boards. They are reading the job ads on the board, while examining the stitching on a pair of chinos draped over it. This is Shein's supply chain. The factories are contracted to make clothes on order - some small, some big. If the chinos are a hit, orders will ramp up and so must production. Factories then hire temporary workers to meet the demand their permanent staff cannot fulfil. The migrant worker from Jiangxi is looking for a short-term contract - and the chinos are an option. "We earn so little. The cost of living is now so high," she says, adding that she hopes to make enough to send back to her two children who are living with their grandparents. "We get paid per piece," she explains. "It depends how difficult the item is. Something simple like a t-shirt is one-two yuan [less than a dollar] per piece and I can make around a dozen in an hour.""
November 20, 2025 at 12:07 AM
nnnova.bsky.social
@jillianeve.bsky.social’s spinning frolic this month is to make a yarn inspired by falling leaves 🍂. Luckily I already had some appropriate fibre in my stash.
Bobbin of my Louet Victoria seen from above. On the bobbin is a fine orange merino single with occasional fat slubs of brown wool 3 bumps of fibre on my lap. I am wearing a plaid skirt. The bumps are: One mega rolag of brown wool with yellow and green combed yarn ends blended in 3 rolags of brown wool with cream yarn ends and brown alpaca blended in A nest of orange, yellow, red and brown commercially blended merino
November 19, 2025 at 8:26 PM
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edmorrish.bsky.social
A photo of a squirrel, with a speech bubble to make it look like it’s saying the post below.
November 18, 2025 at 1:10 PM
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rrhiza.bsky.social
#SewAndTell Week 13 - Everyday Heros
The weekly Sewing Prompt Game
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Let's shine a light on these functional pieces.
The one used daily or worn to death. The ones making life a bit easier.
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#sewing #SewSky #SewingTools #GarmentSewing #QuiltSky
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A open roll up pouch filled with sewing tools (multiple scissors, a seam ripper, textile markers, pin needles, a rotary cutter etc.) The pouch is made from black jeans with a light coloured edge binding
November 17, 2025 at 8:36 AM
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shaunvids.bsky.social
don't give labour a single vote under any circumstances
November 16, 2025 at 10:51 AM