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ferrous1972.bsky.social
Cozza 🏳️‍🌈 (she/her)
@ferrous1972.bsky.social
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Southern hemisphere. Bundjalung Country in unceded Australia.

Knitting (Portuguese style), visible mending, sashiko.

Sanctimonious vegan.

“Snacks always help.”
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ferrous1972.bsky.social
My most comfy shorts tore at the bottom of the leg, so today is reinforce with sashiko day!

You can see the other leg is also about to tear just above the cuff, so that one will be next.

It’s around this point where I desperately want to wash the lines off.

#VisibleMending #CraftSky 🧶
A pair of very creased and worn light blue denim shorts are laid out on a table with a blue and white gingham tablecloth. The leg of the shorts on the left of the image have a 1cm x 1cm grid drawn on them in dark blue washable marker, and stitches along the grid that can barely be seen (poor choice of marker colour on my part 🤦🏼‍♀️) as they’re almost the same colour as the marker. The leg of the shorts on the right side of the image don’t have lines drawn, but we can see a very worn part on a crease that’s near the cuff. The rest of the table has various sewing accoutrements such as scissors, small fabric containers, packets of needles, etc, scattered around its surface.
November 16, 2025 at 8:17 AM
ferrous1972.bsky.social
I made a tiny, fabric bowl from scraps, and did boro style #sashiko on it.

#reduce #reuse #recycle #CraftSky #australian 🧶
On a blue and white gingham table cloth is a tiny, rounded-square bowl made from fabric. The inside is off-white, and has stitching around the inside edge in variegated green sashiko thread. Inside the bottom of the bowl is stitching in the same colour in a spiral shape. Held by a white person’s hand against a blue and white gingham table cloth, is a tiny, rounded-square bowl made from fabric. We see the rounded bottom of the bowl has three colours of checked fabric (green and white, navy and off-white, and beige and white) sewn roughly together and reinforced from the middle all the way to the outside edges in a running stitch spiral done in variegated green sashiko thread. Held by a white person’s hand, against a blue and white gingham table cloth, is a tiny, rounded-square bowl made from fabric. The inside is off-white, and has stitching around the inside edge in variegated green sashiko thread. Inside the bottom of the bowl in stitching in the same colour is a small spiral shape.
November 15, 2025 at 8:41 AM
ferrous1972.bsky.social
And speaking of my little dog (two posts ago), she got her staples out today and the wound (from her melanoma removal) is finally looking really good after it split open six days after the procedure.
We see a small, creamy white dog from the back, wearing a bright pink collar. A large section of the hair on her back is clipped short, and in the middle of that section is a skinny scar that’s a bit darker than the area around it due to small scabs stuck in the growing hair.
November 12, 2025 at 5:57 AM
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I found this feather earlier today. So bright and amazing. I then discovered that it was probably from the aforementioned dead bird.
A white person’s hand holds a small, bright green (with a sort of blue sheen) feather between their finger and thumb. In the background, not focussed, is some ground with greenery on it.
November 12, 2025 at 5:33 AM
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My little dog started to rub herself all over something gross today, and as I pulled her out of it, I started to say, ‘No! We don’t roll in…’ was going to say ‘poop’, but I realised what it was and ended with ‘dead birds’.

Thankfully it was kind of dried out. Poor old rainbow lorikeet.

#DeadThings
In some grass with a bunch of fallen leaves, in various shades from green to bright yellow, lies a very flat bird. It’s a rainbow lorikeet with a red beak, blue head, and green wings. Its head faces to the left, and its wings are slightly extended. It’s actually a bit camouflaged against the plant detritus on the ground.
November 12, 2025 at 5:26 AM
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It’s finished!! It’s a gift for a friend which is made from mostly her own fabric scraps, and some of mine.

It can be used as a cleaning cloth, for drying hands, or maybe as a placemat for dinner. It’ll be up to her to decide.

#sashiko #patchwork #HandStitching #CraftSky #australian 🧶
Shown from an angle is a scrappy patchwork cloth which is made from fabric in shades of mostly blue and white, but also beige, green, and red. Some of the fabric is floral, some with a simple line-drawing of a farm scene, and some in a woven check. The piece has sashiko stitching done across its entire surface with straight lines that intersect to form squares and triangles. Where each line intersects with a total of eight lines, the intersection resembles a simple flower. At the back of the scene is a pair of jade and blue scissors, a twist of variegated sashiko thread in various blues, a small packet of Japanese needles, and a ring thimble. These are all displayed on a bright, white table. Shown from an angle is a scrappy patchwork cloth which is made from fabric in shades of mostly blue and white, but also beige, green, and red. Some of the fabric is floral, some with a simple line-drawing of a farm scene, and some in a woven check. The piece has sashiko stitching done across its entire surface with straight lines that intersect to form squares and triangles. Where each line intersects with a total of eight lines, the intersection resembles a simple flower. At the back of the scene is a pair of jade and blue scissors, a twist of variegated sashiko thread in various blues, a small packet of Japanese needles, and a ring thimble. The back corner of the finished piece is folded over so that we see the back of the piece. These are all displayed on a bright, white table. Shown from a low angle is a a close up of part of a scrappy patchwork cloth which is made from fabric in shades of mostly blue and white, but also beige, green, and red. Some of the fabric is floral, some with a simple line-drawing of a farm scene, and some in a woven check. The piece has sashiko stitching done across its entire surface with straight lines that intersect to form squares and triangles. Where each line intersects with a total of eight lines, the intersection resembles a simple flower. Shown directly from above is a scrappy patchwork cloth in the shape of a rectangle, which is made from fabric in shades of mostly blue and white, but also beige, green, and red. Some of the fabric is floral, some with a simple line-drawing of a farm scene, and some in a woven check. The piece has sashiko stitching done across its entire surface with straight lines that intersect to form squares and triangles. Where each line intersects with a total of eight lines, the intersection resembles a simple flower. This piece is displayed on a bright, white table.
November 8, 2025 at 5:06 AM
ferrous1972.bsky.social
Some #VisibleMending over a hole in a tea towel/dish cloth. First pic is the hole, second is the repair from the front, third is the repair from the back.

#CraftSky #australian 🧶
A mostly white tea towel with woven, thick stripes in pale yellow, navy, and sky blue is shown with a rough hole about the diameter of a thick marking pen, that is located on the edge of the dark blue stripe. A mostly white tea towel with woven, thick stripes in pale yellow, navy, and sky blue is shown with a woven repair over what was a hole on the edge of the dark blue stripe. The repair is woven with sashiko thread of dark blue, grey, and yellow, in five warp and weft threads of each colour. The middle of the repair is square, and each of the four sides has a line of small stitches lined up with each edge of the square as a decorative feature. A mostly white tea towel with woven, thick stripes in pale yellow, navy, and sky blue is shown with a woven repair over what was a hole on the edge of the dark blue stripe. The repair is woven with sashiko thread of dark blue, grey, and yellow, in five warp and weft threads of each colour. The middle of the repair is square, and each of the four sides has a line of small stitches lined up with each edge of the square as a decorative feature. We see this repair from the back, so can see only a small section of the main square of woven repair through the original hole.
November 7, 2025 at 10:38 AM
ferrous1972.bsky.social
I quite like the back of this. It looks interesting.

Next up is to fold it in half, sew it up, and do some reinforcing #sashiko. It won’t be decorative, just functional, but it’ll still make it look cool.

#CraftSky #australian 🧶
We see patchworked pieces of fabric stitched (with a very amateur herringbone stitch) onto a piece of blue and white fabric with a tiny checked pattern. The fabric pieces stitched onto the front side of it vary from large checks in blues and green, some plaint off-white and burgundy fabric, and two printed fabrics, one of a farm scene in simple line drawings and the other of small florals on deep blue.
November 5, 2025 at 6:30 AM
ferrous1972.bsky.social
The nesting chicken here at the house sit I’m at had three chicks and I can’t believe how cute they are!!!!
A brown chicken with a reddish head and some black feathers around her neck looks on at her three tiny chicks which hatched a day or two ago. One chick is bright yellow, one is black with some lighter coloured feathers on its wings, and one looks to have similar brown and black as its mum.
November 5, 2025 at 2:14 AM
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This is made from all scrap pieces (and the backing fabric was op shopped). I’ve started stitching each raw edge down down with herringbone stitch, will do some sashiko on most or all of the pieces, then fold it double to become a boro style zokin (Japanese cleaning cloth).

#sashiko #CraftSky 🧶
A long and colourful patchwork piece lies across the end of a white table. The colours are mostly blue, beige, and green plaid, with some feature pieces of plain burgundy. The patchwork pieces are lying on top of a woven blue and white, tiny plaid piece of fabric. There is a pair of scissors lying across one edge of the large piece that has blue and teal handles.
November 2, 2025 at 10:44 AM
ferrous1972.bsky.social
Speaking of Halloween, and the recent story of my little doggo’s burst incision being put together again, her staples are kind of perfect for Halloween.

She dressed up as a FrankenDog!
We see the back of a small, cream-coloured dog wearing a bright pink collar. A large portion of her hair has been shaved from her back, and in the middle of the shaved section is a large incision that is held together with surgical staples
October 31, 2025 at 11:34 PM
ferrous1972.bsky.social
Is it just my imagination, or did they make the Bluesky app icon a darker blue? Also, the butterfly has a shadow shading now.
We see a partial screenshot of apps on an iPhone, the main one of interest being the Bluesky app icon of a white(-ish) butterfly against a deep blue background. Other apps in the screenshot show most of Settings, Telegram, Gmail, YouTube, and ATO (Australian Tax Office).
October 29, 2025 at 8:41 PM
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Look what my kid did! She did her very first hand sewing project!

I started from scratch with showing her how to thread a needle, and so she made this tiny pouch. She put her $10 earnings (for feeding the cats for the lady next door) into it. 🥰
We see the hands of a young teen with long, brown hair, a mustard yellow t-shirt, and amazing fingernails, holding a small, simple pouch in front of her made from off/white fabric. The pouch has large running stitches on it in dark sewing thread, and contains two scrunched up $5 notes poking out the top.
October 27, 2025 at 10:41 AM
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Uh oh. She managed to reach her incision from her melanoma surgery yesterday and started licking it quite enthusiastically. So with equal parts sadness and hilarity, I’ve had to fit the cone of shame.

My poor little doggo.
A small, fluffy, white Maltese x Shih-Tzu lies on a brown and white carpeted floor. We see her from down low, straight into her face, which is surrounded by a clear plastic Elizabethan collar, AKA, the cone of shame. She looks sad.
October 25, 2025 at 2:10 AM
ferrous1972.bsky.social
These are the two face and hand cloths that I made (and decorated with #sashiko) from an old, worn out t-shirt that my kid used to wear.

We use cloth instead of paper towels to wipe our hands when we eat, and these are now really pretty. 🥰

#reduce #reuse #recyle #upcycle #CraftSky #australian 🧶
Two cloth serviettes made from a tye died t-shirt in pink, yellow, and blue sits on a deep-coloured wooden table. One has straight lines done in running stitch with pink, yellow, and green thread, and is outlined at the edge with blue thread, which all form large squares divided by two lines to make each square have four triangles inside. The other one has double curved lines that cross each other and sway back and forth, done in the same colours of thread.
October 24, 2025 at 10:23 AM
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Today I finished a second cloth serviette made from the same old t-shirt I used for the first one.

This time with straight #sashiko lines rather than the curved ones on the previous one.

#upcycle #CraftSky #australian 🧶
A cloth serviette made from a tye died t-shirt in pink, yellow, and blue sits on a deep-coloured wooden table and is viewed from directly above. It has straight lines done in running stitch with pink, yellow, and green thread, and is outlined at the edge with blue thread. The lines of the stitching intersect so that they form large squares divided by two lines to make each square have four triangles inside. A cloth serviette made from a tye died t-shirt in pink, yellow, and blue sits on a deep-coloured wooden table. It has straight lines done in running stitch with pink, yellow, and green thread, and is outlined at the edge with blue thread. The lines of the stitching intersect so that they form large squares divided by two lines to make each square have four triangles inside. At the back of the image we see the pink, yellow, and green threads wrapped up and lying at the top edge of the cloth. A close up of a cloth serviette made from a tye died t-shirt in pink, yellow, and blue sits flat. It has straight lines done in running stitch with pink, yellow, and green thread, and is outlined at the edge with blue thread. The lines of the stitching intersect so that they form large squares divided by two lines to make each square have four triangles inside. This close up, we can see that where eight lines of stitching intersect, it forms what looks like a very simple flower shape. At the back of the image we see the pink, yellow, and green threads wrapped up and lying at the top edge of the cloth.
October 24, 2025 at 10:19 AM
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She’s a bit glassy-eyed and sleepy still, but my little doggo is now back with me and doing well. They reckon she won’t be able to reach the incision where the melanoma was removed, so no cone of shame unless she starts licking or biting at it.

I’m so glad she’s back. I was fretting for her.
A small creamy-white dog with a bright pink collar lies on her side on a teal blanket. Her eyes are partly closed. We see part of her two front legs and a small shaved part at the upper end of one leg where a cannula was inserted for a medical procedure. A small creamy-white dog with a bright pink collar lies on her side on a floral quilt. We mostly see her back and a shaved area at the lower back with an adhesive bandage on it where she had a melanoma removed.
October 24, 2025 at 4:11 AM
ferrous1972.bsky.social
My first #sashiko with a rounded pattern. This is one of two identical tea towels for my van. The second one will have a different pattern and be done with green thread to match the green and blue theme in my van.

Back included for those interested.

#VanLife #CraftSky #australian 🧶
A large, medium grey tea towel hangs over the back rest of an off-white recliner. It has sashiko stitching done on it in deep blue thread of a pattern consisting of circles, each circle interlocked with four circles evenly spaced around it. It gives a look of either diamonds with rounded, concave sides, or of four-petalled flowers, depending on how the viewer looks at it. The tea towel has a pair of green/blue scissors resting on it top of it to keep it in place on the seat. We see a close up of the grey tea towel. It has sashiko stitching done on it in deep blue thread of a pattern consisting of circles, each circle interlocked with four circles evenly spaced around it. It gives a look of either diamonds with rounded, concave sides, or of four-petalled flowers, depending on how the viewer looks at it. We see the back of a large, medium grey tea towel. There are small blue stitches picking through from the pattern stitched on the front of it, but the pattern is less obvious from this side due to the more textured, loop finish of the fabric.
October 19, 2025 at 7:17 AM
ferrous1972.bsky.social
Wow, scammers. Wordy much??

Show this to anyone who you think might be vulnerable to this kind of thing. It’s a scam. It’s not real!
A screenshot of a scam text message reads: AusPost ® at 10.15. We tried to deliver your AusPost package. Unfortunately, we could not reach you personally and the package requires a signature upon delivery. Therefore, the delivery could not be completed. Please arrange a new delivery date now. Select a new date here: https://mypost.wrapfn.homes/au-track You have the following options: • Select a new desired date and/or desired period for delivery. • Redirect the package to a AusPost pick-up station. Simply answer with 'Y', close the SMS and reopen it - then the link will be activated. If it doesn't work, copy the link and paste it directly into Safari Important note: • Your package will be in our local warehouse by 18.October preserved. • If no new appointment is agreed by this date, your shipment will be returned to the sender. • Make sure your contact details for delivery updates via AusPost are up to date. Thank you for your trust in AusPost. We value delivering your shipment on time and in perfect condition.
October 17, 2025 at 5:21 AM
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I needed a better storage solution for my sewing kit (previously a small tin) which continues to grow with more cotton, so I hand stitched and did sashiko on this little pouch. All #reclaimed stuff!

I really like the end result. 🥰

#sashiko #patchwork #scrappy #HandStitching #CraftSky #australian 🧶
We see a split image of four different angles of a small hand stitched pouch. The fabrics used include pale blue woven squares, deep blue floral, white with grey circle print, plain burgundy, a colourful small flower print, and plain chocolate brown strips from the hem of a pillow. The pouch has yellowish beige zip. We see the open top of a small, zippered, hand stitched pouch, and inside are various reels of thin cotton, and some other small sewing notions. We see a close up one side of the hand stitched pouch to show the scrappy nature of it with raw edges in place, stitched down with running stitch and herringbone stitch. We can also see some sashiko stitching on two of the pieces.
October 13, 2025 at 1:13 AM
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A friend lent me this book today. It’s so gloriously dated!! I absolutely love it.

I adore 70s stuff. 🥰 This was first published 1972.

#CrossStitch #needlepoint #stitching #CraftSky 🧶
We see a photo of a book from above. The book is The New World of Needlepoint, 101 Exciting Designs in Florentine, Grospoint and Other Repeat Patterns, by Lisbeth Perron. The cover shows a 5 by 5 grid of small sample stitches.
October 9, 2025 at 8:14 AM
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Possibly a bit late, but here’s my little cutie. ❤️
A sweet, small white dog rests her head on a colourful knitted cardigan. She’s looking almost directly at the camera, and we see mostly her face and front paws with the rest her body behind and not visible to the camera.
October 8, 2025 at 1:36 AM
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The creative and practical things I’ve been up to in the past four or five days. Two lots of weaving and one mostly hand stitched pillow case for a bolster pillow.

Descriptions in the alt text.

#VisibleMending #weaving #CraftSky #australian
We see a long oval, cloth-covered container, with a zipper around most of it, held in a white person’s hand. On the left side of the image, the cloth covering is grey, which is what the container looked like on both sides, originally. On the right side of the image, we see that a large patch of houndstooth weave in bright purple and cobalt has been stitched on the top side. I wove and stitched the new fabric to it so that I can easily tell which side is the top side of the container. I have nail tools stacked inside, and if I zip open the container facing the wrong way up, some of the tools easily fall out. We see three pillows on a bed, leaned up against each other in front of a wrought iron bed head, all of different sized and shapes. The large cushion at the back is navy blue with a bright and colourful Scandinavian style image of a female and a male presenting person standing either side of a very large flower. The pillow in front of that is a normal pillow that has been narrowed to make it into a bolster pillow, or a guling; its cover is white with a paisley pattern in shades of grey. The pillow at the very front is a travel-sized pillow covered in dark grey marle stretch fabric. I made the pillow case for the bolster pillow from an IKEA pillow case in standard sizing. I cut it to the correct size and shape and hand stitched all the new seams. We see the back of a pair of pale blue jeans and most of the two back pockets, focussed mainly on the left pocket. There is a patch on the left pocket of a stylised bird, cut from a large piece of vintage 70s fabric. A new patch has been placed to the lower right of the patched pocket, woven in pale blue and red cotton yarn, to cover a new hole. The weaving is done in a houndstooth style.
October 8, 2025 at 1:31 AM
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I have been (and do often continue to be) a word snob. Friends have pointed out to me the reasons I’m wrong in this, and I eventually started learning. Which meant I was open to continuing to learn from this comment on a short video I just watched. (Link in thread.)
A comment from @conspiracypanda1200 states: The thing about linguistics is that you aren't a real enthusiast unless change excites you. Because language is constantly changing and evolving! But if you prefer language to be still and stagnant at a specific point that fits your tastes, you don't care about language, you are just uncomfortable with or even fearful of change, and you are only an enthusiast for a sense of control.
September 27, 2025 at 10:41 PM
ferrous1972.bsky.social
I bought myself a treat of my own Polaroid Go (mini #Polaroid camera) after my kid’s dad got her one a few weeks ago.

I experimented with distance, framing, and flash or no flash. It’s so different to being able to simply reframe with digital cropping! Fun, though. 😊

#photography #instant
Shot from directly above, as in a flat lay, on a light wooden table sits a small Polaroid Go instant camera at the top left, three similar shots of some ceramic cacti decorations taken with that camera on the bottom left, and part of the brightly coloured paper manual at the top right. The Polaroid Go camera is black with a bright red shutter button, and a matching wrist strap, and also with a small band of stripes of colour (red, orange, yellow, green, blue) over the middle front of it. The instruction manual shows the same colours.
September 24, 2025 at 5:34 AM