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Saralexis
@saralexis.bsky.social
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She/her, AuDHD, trans rights enthusiast, socialist, feminist, eco-worrier. Fibre, yarn and thread glutton. Careful spoons manager. GNU Terry Pratchett & Iain M Banks.
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It is interesting fabric- really stretchy
The edge of some sprang fabric being pulled sideways to show the shape of the weave and the stretch. The fabric is still on the frame and being made. It is woven from colour changing cotton yarn in green, gold, brown and white
November 28, 2025 at 10:16 PM
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Sprang!!!

Actually Sprang II, The Resprangining

Sprang in spring colours…

After this one I’m going to award myself basic knowledge status and try making some interlaced sprang or some sprang lace…

It’s pleasing to do something I hadn’t even heard of before and which works up so fast

#Sprang
Sprang in progress. Variegated threads in golds whites and greens are tensioned on a frame and four or five rows of twists have been made at the top, kept in place by a metal knitting needle.
November 28, 2025 at 9:14 PM
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First #sprang creation. A little pouch for my shed bars- once I work out what I’m going to use
Long narrow red pouch lying on dark fleece Long narrow maroon pouch hanging by a small handle on the side of a tapestry frame, two fat plastic knitting needles are inside it
November 28, 2025 at 1:16 PM
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Craft things I have learned today:
1. Sprang exists as a craft and history
2. You don’t need new equipment
3. You can experiment and get nice twists and shapes
4. My weird add colour/new yarn method worked
5. Balance is key
6. Plastic knitting needles are too weak for shed bars
#sprang #fiberArts
Piece of woven narrow fabric still stretched on a frame with a bit of broken plastic knitting needles keeping the middle from unravelling
November 28, 2025 at 11:50 AM
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I prefer pictures and text really, videos are either too slow or too fast- or usually both! I’ve already made my first mistake!
Maroon threads on a loom crossed around a bar. One is clearly out of place!
November 28, 2025 at 11:44 AM
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www.solrhizaarts.com looking at this lady’s tutorials
Tapestry frame with maroon thread wound neatly round it longways, held up by a yellow clad arm
November 28, 2025 at 10:07 AM
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Bobbin lace, starting out. My first half stitch panel with charming error included(!)… #lacemaking #bobbinlace I bought the beginner’s kit from www.mainlylace.co.uk and so far the instructions are very clear and helpful.
Bobbins with spangles set up ready to start on a blue cushion A short length of lace, imperfectly made, with pins still in place
November 20, 2025 at 4:32 PM
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There is much better lace out there, but I learned a lot doing it and my next will be better..!
The finished lace, shades of pale blue and vaguely floral, needs a press
November 18, 2025 at 11:07 AM
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I am learning to make needle lace… and being a miserable sinner I am inventing my own approach by experimentation instead of seeking the wisdom of my forefibres. The first lesson I learned is that you really do need sticky back plastic… Forgive my wobbly fills and uneven stitch counts.
Hand drawn design for lace. There is an abstract curling line along the top and three strands coming down from it with floral and leaf elements The same design outlined in grey cord and partly finished in colour changing blue embroidery thread. Many learning opportunities can be discerned if you look closely…
November 17, 2025 at 6:04 PM
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Hyperbole and a Half is an actual genius. I wish she was actively writing but there is plenty online and in her fantastic books

Essential reading:
- hyperboleandahalf.blogspot.com/2010/09/part...
- hyperboleandahalf.blogspot.com/2010/10/god-...
- hyperboleandahalf.blogspot.com/2011/10/adve...
Six almost identical and deceptively childish cartoon images of a blonde person wearing with blankly staring eyes. Most have small additions to reflect the title: 1. “Sun” featuring a smiling sun in the corner 2. “Birthday” with party hat and noisy thing 3. “Sounds” 4. “Not sounds” 5. “Your hair is spiders” featuring spiders on her small spike of yellow hair 6. “Everything is spiders” with a spider on her face just below her downturned mouth and several on the brown wall behind her.
November 13, 2025 at 9:39 AM
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Three stages, obviously all ongoing at once because why would you finish #spinning before starting to #crochet!!
I may be wearing this to a #wedding, if I like it when it’s done…
#handspinning #ebayrescue
Wool rovings in flecked pale mustard, beside the same spun and plied and wound into a ball which is on a rotating holder, and beside that there part of the final crocheted garment.
November 12, 2025 at 8:45 PM
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Like this (the shape is easy, look up biscornu)
Small biscornu pincushion with a simple white sashiko squares design on the top and pale blue on the bottom
November 5, 2025 at 1:26 PM
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I made a hat. Hairband, spare cushion cover (shaved off the bobbles with my new lint shaver) and some scraps. #wedding #recycling #scraps #makedoandmend #sewing #needlefelting
Tilted navy blue hat with a large blue net flower and several small yellow felted flowers. Currently being worn by a felt pumpkin who is also wearing a yellow flower felted necklace to match. The overall look is vaguely 40’s but not entirely. Wholesome femme fatale.
November 5, 2025 at 11:27 AM
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Silly gift for a kind friend. #needlefelting #SpiritedAway
Long white and blue felted dragon curled around the top of a spinning wheel. The same dragon but fluffier because it’s not quite finished, wrapped like a bracelet around my wrist to test the concept.
November 4, 2025 at 2:01 PM
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Finished now I think. All from left over fibres and yarn
#fo #needlefelting #handmade #recycling
A coiled felted green cord which ends in a couple of leaves, two three dimensional flowers and one bud.
October 30, 2025 at 9:52 AM
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Felted flower scarf
#needlefelting
I think I want to add some more detail but I’m going to try and sleep first
Large purple pink felted 3d flowers and leaves on the end of a felted cord that circles the neck of a dressmakers dummy twice
October 30, 2025 at 2:29 AM
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A reversible bag as a gift for a special bride
#wedding #needlefelting #embroidery #handembroidery
Wrist bag with uneven straps (one goes through the other) with a version of Van Gogh’s Starry Night as an embroidered and felted design The same bag with the closing method shown The same bag turned inside out to show cream lace background with a little swirly beading and embroidery in yellow orange and blue, around a somewhat 3d flower made from the same lace
October 28, 2025 at 9:45 PM
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Couldn’t sleep last night so I’ve been making felted necklaces. Excuse the terrible lighting
#needlefelting #wedding
A circle of felted material in swirls of blue with five yellow flowers and two leaves, that forms a necklace. The necklace is pictured on a disembodied white neck. A circle of felted material with nine bluebell flowers and a few leaves, that forms a necklace. A felted representation of a thin blue ribbon spirals around the right hand side. The necklace is pictured on a disembodied white neck.
October 26, 2025 at 6:22 PM
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Experiments and practices for the big project
#embroidery #handembroidery #wedding
Two scraps of Aida fabric with various stitch patterns in shades of blue. There is some leaf shaped edging which improves in quality towards the top. Some repeating leaf fill, some jacquard and a small lamb in a diagonal fill stitch
October 25, 2025 at 12:16 PM
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A bag for an upcoming special occasion
To vaguely coordinate with this fabric and some yarn I’m spinning for a while poncho shrug thing I’m still conceptualising.
Now to get me fit to wear it all!
#needlefelting #crochet
Small wrist bag hanging from a white arm. The bag has a crocheted top with a strap that goes round the wrist, the body of the bag is tubular with a yellow felted top embroidered with blue flowers that have shading in felt of blue and white. The bottom half is felted in the same blue as the crocheted top and covered felted and embroidered flowers and and tiny insects with beads as part of the design. The skirt of a navy blue dress with a tulle overlay embroidered with yellow flowers
October 24, 2025 at 3:31 PM
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Awake in the night for a while so I did some midnight crafting… this is normal. The basis is an old cardigan and spare cushion pad. The design is mainly odds of fleece left over from spinning #upcycling #sewing #needlefelting
The basic stool from the original post, now with a thick cushioned top which has a felted design on the top and a cream knitted edge. The picture has green hills , trees and sheep around the edge and a blue cloudy sky above them with a large yellow sun in the centre The stool shown from the top with the sub in the centre, surrounded by clouds and some swirly colours. There are trees and sheep just about visible at the edge
October 20, 2025 at 3:47 AM
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As well as warping the loom today I have formulated a plan for my very cheap and boring stool-for-spinning. I shall be using only scraps and leftovers… like the stool which was bought for eldest’s piano before he got a nicer option
#upcycling #recycling #needlefelting #sewing
Very boring plain black folding stool with metal legs forming an X and a faux leather rectangular seat
October 19, 2025 at 6:43 PM
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Victory
I need a week off now
Warped loom in various natural shades - browns creams and greys
October 19, 2025 at 5:22 PM
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Once again I’m pushing the boundaries and innovating in the field of stupid ways to warp a loom. No advice required- I know exactly in what way and to what level I’m unnecessarily making my life harder. #rigidheddleloom #weaving #handweaving #warping
Big hank of somewhat tangled yarn draped over a large rigid heddle loom and attached to a stick on the other side of the room. The yarn is hand woven and in many natural shades
October 19, 2025 at 12:03 PM
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If you’re interested, this is before:
The same footstool before the design was added. The background is brown and there are pastel flowers and leaves in a wreath. The overall effect is muted and maybe vaguely 70s
October 18, 2025 at 7:49 AM