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Slouchy “TIRED” Hat (II)

A hand-knit hat being modeled from the front. The hat is black, with white text that reads TIRED in all capital letters. The model is pale, with dark hair.ALT
The same model and hat, but viewed from the side, ahowing off the hat's natural slouch.ALT
The hat is shown being worn under over-ear headphones.ALT

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Behold it in all of its unblocked glory.

After many years, the TIRED hat has been remade. The finer gauge (Light weight yarn, size three needles) allows it to fit under headphones easier. Made without any actual pattern, and charted the text myself, but would still call it a success.

(Original seen here.)

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Role-Swap Tunic

This depiction of Zelda is from @ovegakart’s role-swap AU. The making process for all of the parts is (vaguely) documented here. Sans shoes, all parts were hand-sewn or knitted by me out of natural fibers and materials. Similarly to my last project, I intend to wear most of the garments in my day-to-day life.

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A figure posing in front of a wooden door that has iron detailing. The figure is wearing a red outer tunic over a knitted tunic that imitates chainmail, and an off-white base layer. The figure also wears black boots, brown arm wraps, and carries a sunflower.ALT
The same figure faces a window, showing off the outer-tunic's side, as well as a hat made of the same red suiting. The sunflower faces the viewer.ALT
A picture of the outfit from the back, with a waist bag as the focal point. The figure walks forward towards a stone building across frosty ground.ALT
The figure reclines against a low, stone wall, displaying the outfit, but facing away from the viewer.ALT
The figure sits on a stone slab near the waterfront, holding the knitted tunic that looks like chainmail in front of them.ALT
On the same slab, the figure poses with legs crossed, holding a sunflower. This picture shows the base layer in full, off-white linen made to look vaguely like a high-collared asymmetrical gambeson.ALT

My gratitude to my partners for the photography and travel once again.

would call this another case of not-a- cosplay (this is how i justify the fact that I did not actually make armor or real chainmail) (along with the fact that I will be wearing all parts of this... just... around) i just saw that outer-tunic and my eyes went wide the rest followed. because it looks nice both together and individually. anyhow image described id in alt text artisticshenanigans fashion knitting hand sewing craftblr sewblr knitblr twilight princess legend of zelda role swap au

Role-Swap Tunic Project - Process

This is my second round of not-a-cosplay-I-swear, though this time I have significantly less plausible deniability. As with my last multi-item project, most of these are garments that will be worn for their own sake.

Pictures of the ensemble as a whole will linked in the future. [Edit: This is the full outfit.]

The artist’s design for this tunic really piqued my interest, but the outfit as a whole has really neat elements. Starting off though:

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Outer Tunic

Two front panels of a coat in red. One side has a slightly v-shaped slope, the other has a much more square neckline, with a notch at the front.ALT
A close-up of red fabric being un-stitched with a steel knitting needle.ALT

As deeply tempting as it was to weave again, the outer tunic was actually made from one of my older projects that was just… Not agreeing with my brain. The material was good (suiting interlined with linen), the techniques were good (English and top-stitching), but the final product just did not suit me. It was a long coat with long, laced-in sleeves, and an asymmetrical hemline. Thus, the entire garment was unstitched, and the pieces were shifted and flipped to make the best use of the fabric. (Revised neckline is the one on the right of the first picture.) The armscye is roughly copied from the measurements of an early Tudor coat’s pattern on the initial garment, and vaguely copied for the revised edition.

A back panel, black linen side-up, which has been basted at the seam lines down the armscye and side.ALT
An example of English-stitch, the needle being shown at an angle as it closes the outer and lining fabrics together to be treated as one.ALT
The needle from the prior picture is now angled in the opposite direction.ALT

The prior garment was only stitched inside on the front seam and the neckline, but I ended up basting the armscyes and side shaping too for the revised garment. There was a frankly absurd amount of futzing with these seams, and the left, front armscye was redone about seven times before I was pleased with it. When everything lined up nicely, the seams were English-stitched together, which treats the interlining and outer-fabric as one.

The edge of the red fabric being top-stitched with a back-stitch in black silk.ALT
A design is being chain-stitched into the red fabric, again, with black silk thread.ALT

The edges were top-stitched, and a design was chain-stitched, both using silk quilter’s twist. The hook-and-eye closures are from here. A herringbone stitch was added to the inside to secure the lining and outer fabric better, as the closures are only sewn to the inner fabric.

Other pieces are under the cut. In order: Hat, Under-Tunic, Pants, Faux-Chainmail, Belt, Wraps, and Bonus Round: Bag.

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Finishing up (hand) sewing a garment which is part of a larger project, and when I tell you that this thing went through so many iterations,

I absolutely mean it.

xie lian did not know whether to laugh or cry and neither do I two of these were finished products straight up. vest. long coat. it is now adhering to the original-original plan. which is not-a-cosplay once again. so many mock-ups folks. hand sewing artisticshenanigans fashion artistic shenanigans

Corduroy coat, recently completed, in better lighting. Pattern is a modified Merchant & Mills “Foreman”. Outer fabric is deadstock, lining is hand-dyed.

Photograph in color of a figure walking away from a garden. Their face is mostly out of frame. They wear flip-flops, a black tank and shorts, and are modeling a shin-length, olive, corduroy coat, worn open.ALT
The figure strikes a Riker-pose on top of a raised garden bed so as to show off the coat's bright orange lining.ALT
The figure once again models the coat's lining, sprawled across a tall, wire chair in the middle of a crispy backyard.ALT
A picture of the closed coat from the back, the figure looking at a sunflower.ALT
The figure sits on the edge of the balcony with ankles crossed. The coat is buttoned closed.ALT

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A photograph in color of a figure reading a black book on a covered front porch. They wear a buttoned-up olive, corduroy coat that reaches mid-shin. Their free hand is tucked into one of the patch pockets.ALT
The figure holds the coat open to show off the orange lining, as well as the pressed-open and felled seams.ALT
The figure models the open coat, one hand in a pocket, and a closed book in the other. Most of their face is just out of frame.ALT

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My most recent hand-sewn project! A slightly modified “Foreman” from Merchant & Mills using deadstock olive corduroy, with hand-dyed silk for the lining.

The pattern was lengthened ~35cm, and rather than buttoning up to the collar, the top portion was flattened to a lapel. As opposed to the pattern instructions, the garment was flatlined, and all seams were finished. Pockets lined. Edges are top stitched in olive, silk quilter’s twist.

(Also featuring five other projects: Hat, Loft’s necklace, tunic, pants, and rebound Steinbeck.)

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A Series of Close Encounters with Redemption - Chapter 1 - MxEmerald - Homestuck [Archive of Our Own]

An Archive of Our Own, a project of the Organization for Transformative Works
Organization for Transformative Works

In honor of the holiday, this is me plugging the first chapter of my Dirkkat horror AU. Check it out if you like speedrunning slow-burns, the ghost of someone’s alternate future-self haunting the narrative, or the deconstruction of the monster/human dichotomy.

Source: archiveofourown.org
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A photograph in color of a wooden trunk lid adorned by metal straps resting against the side of a house, along with two other wood pieces, as well as the sides of the trunk barely in frame on the left. All of the wood has recently been refinished, and is vibrant in color.ALT

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Round two of boiled linseed oil on this trunk off of Craigslist—disassembled and sanded. A more sensible person would have pried the metal strips off too, but it was not clear whether the metal bits could be replaced.

Oh well.

Might just get at the inside with some essential oils too, because even after sanding, it smelled like nothing.

Still debating on popping on some pre-made furniture legs for the sake of air circulation.

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Loft’s Tunic

The finished product! Loft is a Link from @bonus-links by @ezdotjpg. The weaving process is detailed here for the alpaca overtunic. The undertunic was hand sewed in linen, and the amber necklace is hemp. Pleated pants were from a past project. Sadly, I do not own a Goddess Harp, so a Turkish lyre will have to do.

A figure in crouching in the leaf covered ground in a forest, next to the fern-y base of a tree. They wear an amber necklace, mossy green tunic, cream undertunic, and brown pleated pants.ALT
The same figure on top of a large stump, curled up and stroking a lyre.ALT
The same figure reclining on some wooden steps on a dirt trail, backlit by the sun.ALT
The same figure standing so as to show the full length of the green overtunic.ALT
The same figure on the steps again, playing the lyre again, this time without the overtunic. The undertunic is vaguely dirty from crawling around the forest for pictures.ALT

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Much gratitude to one of my partners for driving me out to Huckleberry Reserve Faron Woods and taking pictures.

still not a cosplay T sadly has not given me Loft's looks i could maybe pass as mage i just like em's depiction SO MUCH he looks SO COMFY i do not even like sksd i just saw his tunic and was like 'hehe warm' weaving artistic shenanigans artisticshenanigans sewing fashion sewblr craftblr rigid heddle natural fibers tunic loom yarn hand sewing bonus links bonus loft id in alt text