Stitching Through Time 🪡
The name of the traditional cross-stitch patterns originating from Palestine
What is Tatreez?
This common synthetic material sheds microplastics in the wash.
What is polyester?
This term refers to the mass production of cheap, trendy clothing that often leads to environmental pollution, excessive waste, and unethical labor practices
What is fast fashion?
The tension in yarn is a real-world example of this physics concept.
What is force?
This movement uses craft as a form of protest and community healing
What is craftivism?
This stitch is the most basic in embroidery and resembles a dashed line
What is a running stitch?
This natural protein fiber is produced by silkworms.
What is silk?
This environmentally friendly shopping method involves buying second hand clothing, reducing textile waste and demand for new production
What is thrifting?
The resistance of yarn to movement when rubbed against a surface is an example of this force.
What is friction?
This very strong natural fiber from the flax plant is mostly cellulose (like cotton) but even more crystalline. It resists stretching and absorbs about 12% of its weight in moisture
What is linen?
Embroidery has existed for thousands of years. The earliest known examples were found in this country and is believed to be where Crochet originated from as well.
What is China?
The fashion industry is the second largest consumer of this precious resource.
What is water? (+BONUS QUESTION!)
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? (+BONUS QUESTION!)
This property describes how well a fiber returns to its original shape after being stretched.
What is elasticity (or resilience)?
This term refers to public art installations made with yarn, often covering trees or signs.
What is yarn bombing?
A type of crochet technique that originated in Europe some time in the mid 1800s, and is thought to have roots in how Fishermen mended their nets using specific knots. It was then picked up by their wives and eventually was adapted into what we know it as today
It creates a grid-like fabric by alternating between open mesh spaces (made with chain stitches) and solid "blocks" (filled in with double crochet stitches), allowing you to create images/patterns in a way similar to pixel art.
It's often used to make delicate, lacy items like doilies, tablecloths, & curtains
What is Filet Crochet?
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
The twisting of yarn involves this physics principle relating to circular motion.
What is torque?
What we call yarn that is put into a cylindrical shape with a yarn winder.
What is a yarn cake?
The name of the Chinese embroidery technique which led to the creation of Crochet
What is Tambouring?
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 property describes how a fiber reacts to being pulled or stretched.
What is tensile strength?
This month is officially recognized in the U.S. as National Craft Month.
What is March?