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Fiber: 100% merino wool and 100% polyester sewing thread

Colorway: Rose Quartz

Supplier: Carolina Homespun

Finished yarn: 2-ply; one skein at 25 yards

what happens when you turn your back on the 3 yr old in the sewing room!

original spool, ends, and Star cotton wide spool

I took these pictures to make new business cards.

 

Prints are available in my etsy shop

the new Overlocker wanted thread

 

Thread a spoke-nipple onto the spoke, just enough so that it doesn't fall off. It doesn't matter that it gets all gunked-up with the compound--that's actually what we want.

Mandrel for my peanut crusher

Thread waisted wasp (Prionyx sp.) covering it's burrow

The thread ran this way and that way. it weaved up and down. At the end of this yarn it was caught in the eye of the needle and could not escape until it was sewn up.

Thread Earrings, handmade in Peru

My father used to use these to store petrol. The neck and cap were brass so that there was no chance of a spark igniting the contents, with the handle and body made of steel. Little more than the neck of this one has survived. They often had a petrol company name and logo stamped on them.

Day 26/365.

Assemblage of Utero Bob.

The is a 2.5" thread bear crocheted from size #16 Finca perle cotton. His collar is also crocheted from the same size perle cotton and embellished with 3mm Swarovski crystals. He is fully jointed, has black onyx bead eyes and an embroidered nose. He is stuffed with polyester fiberfill weighted with steel shavings for a heavy-in-your-hand feel.

scribbles on stabilizer...

dissolved...

Crochet thread coin purse. Yes *with* a zipper! Probably to be given as a gift.

Quilt top completed! Planning quilting...

Petit point (needlepoint) stitched with silk threads on silk gauze, inserted into a jewelry charm.

 

info on silk gauze:

www.kreinik.com/kshop/product.php?productid=182&cat=0...

www.kreinik.com/articles/news.php?newsid=81

 

I love these old threads, especially when in such pristine condition. This is actually from a separate lot (and in a different shade) from the other orange Bear threads I put on my Flickr photostream a year or so back. What are the chances of turning up two such lots?

 

2011 Jun Minolta 047

cotton thread for crochet ... i'm not really sure what size it is, as i got this stuff from an ebay seller in paraguay (each ball of thread is 44 yds and made in brasil).

i want to make little things ... though i don't know what kind of little things ...

Sorting the colors of my mother's and my spools of thread was fun and productive.

Close up of thread velvet machine embroidery on pants. Design is from Husqvarna Viking.

Taken at Threads, DQ nightclub, Sheffield

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I took this for an assignment at uni.

 

For anyone interested, this tool used for cutting a 'thread' on a metal rod so that a nut can be screwed on.

 

Taken at Threads, DQ nightclub, Sheffield

Landsdowne Park - Ottawa, ON

"I don't know, but let's aim it at ourselves and push this button."

I found my Sally Doll (from the Nightmare Before Christmas) so I decided to take pictures of her c:

 

(the watermark at the top is my tumblr URL)

Approximately 7.5in tall.

 

12K stitches

 

Approximately 250 hours of work.

 

Worked in Size 10 & Size 20 crochet thread.

Pin&Thread Typography made by our A2 Applied Art and Design Students who are currently developing experimental typography for their Good Luck Card Project

Taken at Threads, DQ nightclub, Sheffield

A new Hozan spoke threader after a test rethreading (taking a 290mm spoke down to 282)

Threads for Somalia Fashion Show was presented by Ka Joog and Mohamed Hersi on October 29th, 2011 at the Cedar Cultural Center in Minneapolis. Photo by Poet Nation.

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