Stitching Through Time 🪡
This decorative embroidery stitch forms a series of X-shaped stitches and is often used to recreate pixel art.
What is Cross Stitch?
This synthetic fiber is known for being stretchy and is often blended into athletic wear.
What is spandex?
This practice involves unraveling old projects or thrifted knits to reuse the yarn or fix a mistake.
What is frogging?
The name of what creates the starting row of most crochet projects, typically written in patterns as "ch 5 + 1"
What is a foundation chain?
This type of yarn is wound into a loose twist and must be rolled with a yarn swift before use.
What is a hank?
This fiber art uses a single hook instead of two needles.
What is crochet?
This natural fiber comes from sheep and has natural insulating properties.
What is wool?
This term describes the practice of falsely marketing a product as environmentally friendly.
What is greenwashing?
The basic loop pulled through another loop that forms the foundation of most crochet projects.
What is a stitch?
This global online platform is widely used for tracking projects and patterns.
What is Ravelry?
This ancient textile technique involves interlacing two sets of yarn horizontally and vertically.
What is Weaving?
This process uses friction, heat, or water to turn fibers into a dense fabric without weaving or knitting.
What is felting?
This process involves turning old, worn-out garments or fabric into new, usable materials, reducing waste and extending the life of textiles
What is upcycling?
This technique involves working stitches into the same space to increase the number of stitches by 1.
What is an increase?
This term refers to public art installations made with yarn, often covering trees or signs.
What is yarn bombing?
Originating in Japan, this visible mending style turns repairs into decorative designs.
What is sashiko?
This fiber, derived from bamboo pulp, is considered semi synthetic & is harmful to those in contact with it during the manufacturing process due to harsh chemicals
What is rayon? (or viscose!)
This type of pollution, largely invisible to the naked eye, is released from synthetic textiles during washing and ends up in oceans, where it is consumed by marine life and enters the food chain
This finishing step uses a needle to secure loose yarn ends into the project.
What is weaving in ends?
This term describes yarn dyed in multiple colors in uneven sections.
What is variegated yarn?
This European lace-making method uses bobbins to twist and cross threads into patterns.
What is bobbin lace?
This plant based fiber is used to make denim but is incredibly water intensive to grow.
What is cotton?
This type of fabric, made from petroleum-based materials has a significantly higher carbon footprint compared to natural fibers
What are synthetic fabrics (or What is polyester, nylon, etc.)?
This term describes how a finished piece falls or flows due to fiber and stitch choice.
What is drape?
This month is officially recognized in the U.S. as National Craft Month.
What is March?