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Emily @whatemilyisdoing.bsky.social · 12/04/2025

I’m making 100 native wildflower seed packets to give out at work on Earth Day this year, and I had a great time designing the packaging today 🌸

A small packet of wildflower seeds, featuring a cardboard tag with an intricate floral illustration

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Emily @whatemilyisdoing.bsky.social · 08/04/2025

The results of my next dye experiment using spent espresso grounds. The resulting color is a little lighter in person, but it’s still lovely. The plant is my favorite CA native grass, Danthonia californica 😊 #naturaldye #nativeplants

An image painted onto linen using an orange iron mordant paste. The image is of a California oat grass plant, above and below ground

An image of California oat grass painted onto linen and dyed with spent espresso grounds

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Emily @whatemilyisdoing.bsky.social · 29/03/2025

I am going on a short tidepooling trip in May to look for Hopkin’s rose nudibranchs, so I wanted to weave myself a small patch for good luck. Wow this was challenging!! With two colors, each row becomes two rows, so this small friend took about 4 hours 😬 #nudibranch #weaving

A small weaving of a hopkins rose nudibranch, roughly the width of a quarter. The nudibranch is pink and is woven onto a white background

A gridded design of a hopkins rose nudibranch, made for band weaving

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Emily @whatemilyisdoing.bsky.social · 24/03/2025

I had a great time doing a natural dye experiment today- I work at a coffee shop and have infinite access to used espresso grounds. The process we tried was painting iron mordant paste onto beige linen and then immersing them in a strong, tannic brew of the grounds. It worked out well! #naturaldye

Pieces of beige linen with a rust colored iron mordant paste painted on in floral patterns, waiting to be dyed in coffee

The start of a wall hanging featuring olive green/grey floral designs on beige linen. The designs were dyed using an iron mordant paste and used espresso grounds

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Emily @whatemilyisdoing.bsky.social · 21/03/2025

It’s done! 45-thread heddle cut out of maple wood 😊 Featuring a polyphemus moth with oak leaves, which are one of the species’ host plants. I’m excited to use this with my box loom once the wax finish cures a little more! #woodburning #weaving #sciart

A handmade wooden rigid heddle featuring a polyphemus moth and oak leaves, with 45-thread capacity

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Emily @whatemilyisdoing.bsky.social · 20/03/2025

My work hours are finally decreasing, so I’m trying to pick up momentum on my heddles again. Working on a very ornate one for myself to get back in the groove 😊 #woodburning #weaving

A work in progress of a moth being wood burnt onto a maple rigid heddle

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Emily @whatemilyisdoing.bsky.social · 16/03/2025

I knit this hat for my partner out of some textured handspun yarn (I rushed the wool preparation process… many neps were created 😅). I finished it off with a little double sided woven tag- featuring rough skinned newt and big-headed ant, two of his favorites 😊 #knitting #weaving #spinning

A textured white knit hat with a little woven tag, featuring a newt. There is a rigid heddle loom in the background.

Close up of a woven garment tag with the image of a newt woven into it.

Close up of a woven garment tag with the image of a big-headed ant woven into it.

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Emily @whatemilyisdoing.bsky.social · 12/03/2025

Another crotch seam repair, this one done by hand. The fabric had unraveled along the seam and created a hole, so I placed a black fabric patch underneath and reinforced with running stitches- aiming for subtlety! #mending

A hand sewn crotch seam repair on a pair of yellow and black gingham pants. The stitching is color matched to the gingham

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Emily @whatemilyisdoing.bsky.social · 10/03/2025

Did a lot of machine darning for friends this weekend! It’s not the most exciting form of mending, but it does a really good job on inner thigh holes and it feels great to get many pairs of pants back to a wearable state ✨

A gray pair of jeans with holes in the inner thigh, being repaired with machine darning

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Emily @whatemilyisdoing.bsky.social · 08/03/2025

I made a quick little pouch out of my woven ant bands! I designed 8 pixel charts of different ant species for this project, sized so that each band would be the same length. I chose species with, in my opinion, some of the coolest morphology- especially love the big heads 🐜 #weaving #sewing #ants

A brown quilted zipper pouch with tan trim. The zipper is lined with two hand woven bands featuring images of 8 different ant species.

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Emily @whatemilyisdoing.bsky.social · 06/03/2025

Because “no worries” is no longer relevant 🫠 #weaving

A small woven band with “all worries” woven in fancy letters

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Emily @whatemilyisdoing.bsky.social · 02/03/2025

Not a ton of creative work going on these days, but I did weave this tiny sturgeon for a coworker’s birthday. I am thinking it would be cute sewn onto clothing, but I guess the sky is the limit for this 2-inch long fish textile! #weaving #sturgeon #sciart

A narrow band featuring a 2” woven sturgeon, in steel gray on an off white background.

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Emily @whatemilyisdoing.bsky.social · 15/02/2025

Working through this very long Krokbragd warp! This sample is using yarn was spun (by mill) incorrectly, it is fingering weight so I’m using two strands held together. The defect only appears when the yarn is washed, so my hope is that sturdy weft faced weaving is a viable use for it 🤞 #weaving

A krokbragd sample using naturally colored wool. The background is grey and it has alternating columns of dark brown and white.

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Emily @whatemilyisdoing.bsky.social · 11/02/2025

One project I have actually managed to complete is this set of ridiculous ant valentines, made for my coworkers who aren’t ant people but do enjoy wacky puns. If I had to pick a favorite it would probably be the honeypot ant, just because repletes are so weird and cool ✨ #ants #sciart

8 different ant themed valentines, modeled after candy hearts. Each one has a pun and an image of a special species of ant.

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Emily @whatemilyisdoing.bsky.social · 09/02/2025

I’ve been working full time and thus not creating a lot these days, but here’s a throwback from the employee art show at our cafe last year- I got to hang up a collection of my weaving tools! I think my favorite are the ones with the Batrachoceps slender salamanders 💕 #weaving #sciart

8 handmade wooden rigid heddles hang on a wall, they are all decorated with nature themed wood burning. Bands hang from them to show how they are used.

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Emily @whatemilyisdoing.bsky.social · 03/02/2025

My band is underway! This is 97 threads of 8/2 cotton and it’s roughly 1 1/8” wide when woven, which seems ideal for a nice sturdy tote bag strap :) #weaving

A strap is being woven on a Glimakra band loom, using 16 different colors of 8/2 cotton.

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Emily @whatemilyisdoing.bsky.social · 31/01/2025

Winding a fun 97-thread warp to see how (nearly) max heddle capacity on my treadle band loom turns out width-wise! I’m using 8/2 cotton here, in every color I have :) #weaving

A rainbow warp for bandweaving is wound on a warping board, using many colors of 8/2 cotton packed tightly together.

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Emily @whatemilyisdoing.bsky.social · 28/01/2025

I made this heddle back in 2023 at the height of my ciliate obsession and it hasn’t seen a ton of use yet! I got a sweatshirt at a clothing swap that is missing a hoodie string, so I figured a super thin band would work well as a replacement :) #weaving #ciliate #sciart

A rigid heddle for weaving that is woodburnt to resemble a ciliate. A thin multicolored band is being woven on it.

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Emily @whatemilyisdoing.bsky.social · 27/01/2025

When love of weaving collides with love of insects 🐜✨ I’ve been so fascinated by ants with really unique morphology and I wanted to interact with them artistically. I design a pixel image for each ant and then weave them into a teeny tiny overshot band 😊

A woven band featuring small ornate images of four different ant species. The background is white and the ants are woven in brown. The band is being woven on a homemade loom with an oak leaf motif.

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Emily @whatemilyisdoing.bsky.social · 25/01/2025

I used my first turned Krokbragd strap to make a tote bag! I wove the strap on my treadle band loom- it mostly went well but I had some useful learning moments too. It felt great to turn it into something! #weaving #krokbragd #sewing

12ft of woven band in the style of turned Krokbragd is bundled up in a person’s hand. The band’s colors are cream and olive, and the design looks like tiny flowers.

A handmade tote bag hangs outdoors. A cream and olive Krokbragd band is used
For the strap, and the rest of the bag is sewn with olive green corduroy and natural canvas.

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Emily @whatemilyisdoing.bsky.social · 24/01/2025

Working on a Krokbragd sample on my floor loom. I really enjoy this style of weaving but am not sure what to do with my finished pieces! I’ve never sewn with fabric this thick. Maybe I’ll cut this sample off and experiment before proceeding with the rest of the warp 🤔 #weaving #krokbragd

A sample of Krokbragd weaving on a floor loom. It is woven with grey, white, and brown wool in alternating columns. A wooden shuttle rests on the weaving.

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Emily @whatemilyisdoing.bsky.social · 18/01/2025

I made this wooden rigid heddle for a friend who loves badgers! It has 45-thread capacity and is made from cherry wood :) #weaving #bandweaving #weavingtools

A wooden rigid heddle for band weaving, with decorative wood burning of a badger and berries. It sits on top of a fabric storage envelope along with a matching wooden shuttle

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Emily @whatemilyisdoing.bsky.social · 17/01/2025

Bandweaving on a Glimakra band loom! I love the mechanics of weaving sideways although controlling the selvedge is a lot harder. This band makes me think of ribbon candy :) #weaving #bandweaving

A narrow red and pink band being woven on a two-shaft treadle band loom

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Emily @whatemilyisdoing.bsky.social · 11/12/2024

Warping up a navy/rainbow band to accompany a sewing project! #bandweaving #rigidheddle

A wooden rigid heddle decorated with a salamander, with a rainbow warp running through it

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