A seaside town on the Izu Peninsula is undergoing a quiet revival, thanks in part to non-Japanese residents creating new spaces for connection. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/community/2026/02/09/issues/ito-revival-izu-peninsula-foreign-businesses/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #community #issues #izupeninsula #ito #tourism #expats #smallbusinesses #crafts #bubbleera

Eating spoon carved from cherry wood.





#craft #crafts #woodcarving #greenwoodcarving #spooncarving #woodenspoon #eatingspoon #cherry #trähantverk #slöjd #sloyd #handmade #handcraft #sustainability

Watch as this traditional felt Top Hat is meticulously handcrafted the old fashioned way
@TheFigen_ #globalmuseum #hats #costume #hatmaking #crafts

Watch as this traditional felt Top Hat is meticulously handcrafted the old fashioned way
@TheFigen_ #globalmuseum #hats #costume #hatmaking #crafts

Small stirring spoon carved from cherry wood.





#craft #crafts #woodcarving #greenwoodcarving #spooncarving #woodenspoon #stirringspoon #cherry #slöjd #sloyd #handmade #sustainability

Living in the country of the "Tricoteuses", the famous knitting women of the French Revolution, I have a soft spot for #craftivism like this: https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026/jan/29/ice-knitting-protest-immigration

#Handicrafts and #fiberArts are dangerous for authoritarian regimes because they connect and enable people.

@fiberarts @textileart @knitting

#community #empowerment #resistance #FuckICE #crafts #knitting

Living in the country of the "Tricoteuses", the famous knitting women of the French Revolution, I have a soft spot for #craftivism like this: https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026/jan/29/ice-knitting-protest-immigration

#Handicrafts and #fiberArts are dangerous for authoritarian regimes because they connect and enable people.

@fiberarts @textileart @knitting

#community #empowerment #resistance #FuckICE #crafts #knitting

Small stirring spoon carved from cherry wood.





#craft #crafts #woodcarving #greenwoodcarving #spooncarving #woodenspoon #stirringspoon #cherry #slöjd #sloyd #handmade #sustainability

🧶🧶🧶 FINALLY back in the saddle with knitting. Nasty old shoulder injury cropped up about a month ago. Ugh, soooo painful.

Started this new Stephen West shawl, #Icelandscape, only to realize I don't have enough yardage of colors, so am subbing in some solid sections which should work fine. It's good to have needles back in my hands, and to be back with all y'all!!

#Knitting @Knitting #Knitstodon #FiberArts #FibreArts #NeedleArts #Maker #Creator @Crafters #Crafts #HandMade #SurfFeeds

🧶🧶🧶 FINALLY back in the saddle with knitting. Nasty old shoulder injury cropped up about a month ago. Ugh, soooo painful.

Started this new Stephen West shawl, #Icelandscape, only to realize I don't have enough yardage of colors, so am subbing in some solid sections which should work fine. It's good to have needles back in my hands, and to be back with all y'all!!

#Knitting @Knitting #Knitstodon #FiberArts #FibreArts #NeedleArts #Maker #Creator @Crafters #Crafts #HandMade #SurfFeeds

RE: https://social.growyourown.services/@FediTips/115951929075113659

if you’re new here, @FediTips are a very good first follow. they're indispensable for columbusing the nooks and crannies of the #fediverse.

but do you know what are really wonderful follows?

HASHTAGS

i follow dozens of them like #sewing #crafts #embroidery. am known as a political commentator but i have a whole other life with #fiberArts and i’ve found wonderful folks thru those tags.

the fediverse doesn’t have techbro algorithms boxing you into a category.

ENJOY!

#welcome #newHere

!!! This just in !!!

I found out folks who both #crochet and #knit are called bi-stitchual and… AMAZING

#crafts #lgbtq #bisexual

!!! This just in !!!

I found out folks who both #crochet and #knit are called bi-stitchual and… AMAZING

#crafts #lgbtq #bisexual

Beaded flower boots

#beading #sewing #handmade #crafts #indigenous

Beaded flower boots

#beading #sewing #handmade #crafts #indigenous

I recently found out that you can make boxes from dried citrus rind. This is a traditional Italian craft originally used to make snuff / tobacco boxes out of bergamot orange skin (the outside goes on the inside, and the contents pick up the scent of the oils). You can use any citrus fruit with a smooth rind (I mean, in principle you could use something wrinkly, but it might be harder to work with). I made these out of ruby grapefruit.



The procedure (aggregated from multiple online sources):

1. Halve the fruit (from pole to pole, not across the equator, so that you don't end up with a flaw right in the middle of each half) .
   
2. Eat the contents with a spoon.
   
3. Remove the membranes and carefully pick off most of the pith.
   
4. Soak the empty skins in hot water with a little baking soda for about half an hour.
   
5. Invert and stretch each half carefully over the base of an appropriately-sized jar, and use some rubber bands to hold the edge in place.
   
6. Wait until dry.
   
7. Apply a few layers of paper mache to the outside of each half to strengthen the box and reinforce any cracks, and wait until that dries.
   
8. Trim the edges to make them even.
   
9. Optionally sand the edge and outside lightly, and paint / further decorate the outside.
   

More details based on my experiences so far:
* If you don't have two jars that are conveniently sized to give you a base and lid that fit together, you can wrap a taped loop of cardboard around one of two identical jars, to provide extra space around the rim of the lid. You could also do this only when adding the paper. I don't recommend trying to reshape one half while it's half-dry; that's a great way to tear it.
* Make sure you put the halves back on their moulds to dry, or they will warp.
* You can use a warm iron to smooth out wrinkles in the paper mache.
* I used tissue paper (split into layers) and a blend of wallpaper paste and white wood glue for the paper mache. The glue doubles as a finish.

More info in descriptions.

#crafts

I recently found out that you can make boxes from dried citrus rind. This is a traditional Italian craft originally used to make snuff / tobacco boxes out of bergamot orange skin (the outside goes on the inside, and the contents pick up the scent of the oils). You can use any citrus fruit with a smooth rind (I mean, in principle you could use something wrinkly, but it might be harder to work with). I made these out of ruby grapefruit.



The procedure (aggregated from multiple online sources):

1. Halve the fruit (from pole to pole, not across the equator, so that you don't end up with a flaw right in the middle of each half) .
   
2. Eat the contents with a spoon.
   
3. Remove the membranes and carefully pick off most of the pith.
   
4. Soak the empty skins in hot water with a little baking soda for about half an hour.
   
5. Invert and stretch each half carefully over the base of an appropriately-sized jar, and use some rubber bands to hold the edge in place.
   
6. Wait until dry.
   
7. Apply a few layers of paper mache to the outside of each half to strengthen the box and reinforce any cracks, and wait until that dries.
   
8. Trim the edges to make them even.
   
9. Optionally sand the edge and outside lightly, and paint / further decorate the outside.
   

More details based on my experiences so far:
* If you don't have two jars that are conveniently sized to give you a base and lid that fit together, you can wrap a taped loop of cardboard around one of two identical jars, to provide extra space around the rim of the lid. You could also do this only when adding the paper. I don't recommend trying to reshape one half while it's half-dry; that's a great way to tear it.
* Make sure you put the halves back on their moulds to dry, or they will warp.
* You can use a warm iron to smooth out wrinkles in the paper mache.
* I used tissue paper (split into layers) and a blend of wallpaper paste and white wood glue for the paper mache. The glue doubles as a finish.

More info in descriptions.

#crafts

Previously on “Farah’s crafty things”:

#CrossStitch #crafts