Saturday 27 October 2018

Internet Round up

Here is an assortment of things I’ve found online that cb of interest to folks who rughook and/or like fibre-related things:

This is a time-lapse video of an artist working on a very large quilted piece. An interesting process and a lovely finished piece!

Time Goes By - Produced and Directed by Teresa MacInnes and Kent Nason from Sea to Sea Productions

Here’s an interesting video on dyeing with Wilton’s cake decorating stuff. It has been done with yarn, but the same technique could easily be applied to fabric.
https://youtu.be/5WALORl2Spw

If you like photos of rugs, check out these 2 links to photos taken st TIGHR, in England this year,
 https://www.facebook.com/123343344431852/posts/1524130827686423/

https://www.facebook.com/123343344431852/posts/1522392907860215/

We all feel better when we do rug hooking, right?  Well here’s an article by a psychologist on the mental health benefits of rag rug making. Granted, it’s about weaving, but all of the points made apply equally well to rug hooking.
https://blogs.psychcentral.com/crafting/2018/10/5-ways-rag-rug-weaving-improves-mental-health/

Here’s an article about new fibres that are being developed from live organisms! https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/the-environments-new-clothes-biodegradable-textiles-grown-from-live-organisms/

More photos. These are from Hooked in the Mountains XIX in Vermont. http://gmrhg.org/


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