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Heyyyy mastodon!

It’s time for a snapshot #introduction of me, and how I'm hoping to contribute to this platform

My name is Cassie and I run a Philadelphia based community craft and art group. The group started 9 years ago on another well known platform and over the years it stopped serving our purposes. My hope is that this space can help connect our local community and inspire others to follow suit.

I prefer she/her and they/them pronouns and I default to using they/them pronouns with new people that don’t specify a preference.

I'm an #artist, #crafter, #organizer, and #designer. In order of most experienced to least, I utilize and teach the following skills: #leatherwork #accessorydesign #handembroidery #chainstitchembroidery #basketweaving #handbuildingclay #bookmaking #printing #surfacedesign #naturaldyeing #felting #spinningyarn #painting #drawing

I like to create, I have a love of aquatic fish, mushrooms, bugs, bones, prismatic colors, texture, line work, anything tufted, and gin is the way to my heart.

I look forward to sharing my creations and offering support with questions about any skillsets that I am able!

Repaired my favorite handspun fingerless mitts. 🥰
I made them 15 years ago from a „trash batt“ I carded, throwing in everything I had lying around. Merino, white and brown alpaca, some pink mystery fiber, silk, cotton. I plied it with some leftover blue-green merino silk, and knit fingerless mitts from it.
They are so ugly 🫣, but they are warm and cozy and have been in use every winter since I made them.
I wore them through at the thumb bind-off, or maybe moths got into them over the summer, I don’t know.

I unpicked the bind-off, tinked a round to get a long enough yarn tail, joined in two strands of different handspun, re-knit the round and bound off. As good as new 😊

As repair yarn, I used leftovers of the original blue-green merino silk ply, and a pink-purple-ish merino.

#knitting #stricken #repair #reparieren #spinning #spinningyarn #spinnen #handspun #handgesponnen

New to this server as I was informed my old one was going to go away at some nebulous future time. Still trying to figure out this platform and how to find people to follow. My #hobbies include pretty much anything that has to do with #yarn or #fabric, including a passion for using old sewing machines
(especially hand crank and treadles, primarily Singer these days). #knitting #crochet #weaving #quilting #linenfabric #sewing #sewingclothing #spinningyarn #handcranksewing #treadle #sewingmachines #sewingmachinerepair #introduction #MaineCoonCats #catsofmastodon #cats