Elwidar Crafts

It's been a while... I've been sewing a lot lately, but haven't woven nor dyed in two years. Yesterday it happened again ! I needed some bright, warm yellow, which I got on cotton (left) and merino wool (right) with a lot of curcuma and a bit of onion peels. The white yarn is the merino wool before the dye, for comparison. Happy with the result ! Soon pics of the weaving.

Färgat med gurkmeja + liiite lökskal på bomull (vänster) och merinoull (höger), med ofärgad merino för referens.

Teinture curcuma + quelques pelures d'oignon sur coton mercerisé (gauche) et laine mérino (droite), pelote de mérino blanc pour comparer.

https://www.norwegianamerican.com/sami-heritage-is-not-a-cute-fashion-statement/

Sámi heritage is not a “cute” fashion statement - The Norwegian American Lynn Gleason Pacific Sámi Searvi The latest Sons of Norway magazine Viking had a very nice article about Norwegian bunads. One thing I found interesting was that it said it is fine for someone...

The ancient fabric that no one knows how to make Nearly 200 years ago, Dhaka muslin was the most valuable fabric on the planet. Then it was lost altogether. How did this happen? And can we bring it back?

Some leftovers of candles became new candles and I'm testing different ways of dyeing with walnuts ! Also lots of sewing giving nothing to be shown in pictures (trust me, it's just stitches).

This is the most incredible and beautiful textile work I've ever seen (and I watch lotus silk videos). The craftmanship is astounding at all steps and the final result is dreamy. Just a bit sad that it's a white woman who gets to wear it in the end and also that we don't know how life goes for the spiders after completing silk-giving duty. Silk is amazing but I'd rather have it cruelty free.

How was it made? Golden spider silk Discover how the largest pieces of golden spider silk cloth were made – from collecting the silk from the spiders, spinning the threads and weaving, to embro...

Still not much to show, but making progress on these trousers... Patterning and mock-uping are hard, and tedious, and take a long time, but I think the result will be worth it !

Pretty accurate summary of my life these days. I've not been weaving for months, but sewing quite a lot and especially learning something : PATTERNING. It's hard and it takes absolutely ages, but I do believe in its magical powers of making fitted clothes in the end. Sadly, patterning and its annoying sibling called mockuping are both extremely unflattering in pictures in general - hence the few images posted on this Page lately. I hope to have nice trousers to show in a few weeks though !