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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 · 08/04/2025

Omg, so much talent!! That’s so cute :)

Emily @whatemilyisdoing.bsky.social · 06/04/2025

This is one of the most incredible garments I’ve ever seen, truly amazing!!

Emily @whatemilyisdoing.bsky.social · 06/04/2025

That’s awesome to hear that that’s a good spot! I’ve never experienced tides as low as they’re forecasted to be, I can’t wait ✨

Emily @whatemilyisdoing.bsky.social · 06/04/2025

Ahh it’s so beautiful!! I have been dreaming of seeing one. Do you have any suggestions of favorite tidepooling spots in NorCal? We are heading to the Half Moon Bay area in late May to check out Pillar Point :)

Emily @whatemilyisdoing.bsky.social · 05/04/2025

Oh wow, this is so awesome!! Congratulations!

Emily @whatemilyisdoing.bsky.social · 31/03/2025

Thank you so much, I really appreciate it! :)

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Emily @whatemilyisdoing.bsky.social · 30/03/2025

Thank you!! It’s a really fun technique, though very meticulous and time consuming- but if you don’t mind those factors I think it’s super enjoyable :)

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 · 27/03/2025

Oh that is so pretty!! Was it fun to do? I haven’t tried it but am curious :)

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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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That’s such a beautiful yarn!

Oh wow that is so fun!! I love the color you chose, it looks so cohesive and well done :)

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That’s a huge part of the fun of natural dye, just seeing what happens and learning about the impact of all the possible variables 😁

I’m eager to read how the avocado experiment goes! I have a lot of saved pits as well but haven’t tried yet :)

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

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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Thank you so much, I really appreciate it 💕

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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

Thank you!! I’ve never tagged anything before either, but it does feel fun and like a neat polished feature 😊

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

Thank you!! That’s one of my favorite things about fiber arts, all the love present in all the hours :)

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 · 10/03/2025

Oh my gosh that’s so incredibly gorgeous!!

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Emily @whatemilyisdoing.bsky.social · 09/03/2025

Thank you!! I’m using a small rigid heddle, and using a knitting needle to lift certain threads for the pattern rows :)

Wait that’s so impressive, wow! That’s such a creative use for double weave tubes. It’s so challenging not to rely on sewing but to plan things ahead of time like that!

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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It’s a little box loom I built for using with small rigid heddles! Here is a photo of the whole thing :)

A handmade box loom with a wooden rigid heddle

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Ahh I love it!! Messenger bag is such a good use that piece of fabric, and the band works so well with it! There is nothing cooler than an item handmade in entirely like this 😁

Emily @whatemilyisdoing.bsky.social · 07/03/2025

I love that band, the effect of the variegated yarn is very cool!

Emily @whatemilyisdoing.bsky.social · 07/03/2025

It’s a pickup technique using a supplementary weft! I alternate between one row of pattern and one row of plain weave. Bandweaving is so enjoyable and so versatile, I hope you enjoy it once you get to try it out!

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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

Oh my gosh this is a brilliant use for that band!!

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 · 24/02/2025

That’s so kind of you to say, thanks! 💕

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Emily @whatemilyisdoing.bsky.social · 20/02/2025

That’s such a beautiful spin, wow 😍

Emily @whatemilyisdoing.bsky.social · 19/02/2025

Your mending looks so great!! One of my favorite yarns for darning is Laine St. Pierre- it does contain nylon which I don’t love, but is splittable into 4 strands so it works with a lot of weights of fabric you might need to repair :)

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Emily @whatemilyisdoing.bsky.social · 17/02/2025

This sounds like such an intense project, but it is looking so good!! Going to be such a great feeling to weave on it when it is done :)