Post AyGu10vUTnBTMuki5A by maysonic@twit.social
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 (DIR) Post #AyFLY0SrWgLBwHOlSi by futurebird@sauropods.win
       2025-09-16T00:10:53Z
       
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       Someday I will stop underestimating the complexity and skill required for the "crafts" that I do. I taught them how to sew sections for book binding, which is more complex than it sounds, but I think I can refine the lesson a bit. And unexpected bonus is they take notes with more care when they made the notebook themselves. (Last term I just bought notebooks, this time I thought "why not sew them?")
       
 (DIR) Post #AyFkjV1Il9swkE5H16 by jakobtougaard@mastodon.online
       2025-09-16T04:52:59Z
       
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       @futurebird Sounds like a very good idea! Out of curiosity: how do you do this as a group activity? Just recently took up #bookbinding and it is overwhelming A) how many special tools are required, and B) how many processes there are, separated by waiting for the glue to dry.Are you sewing the books without the frame holding the twine strings for the back? (see picture, I have no idea what these things are called in English 😁).
       
 (DIR) Post #AyFzxCLWU45ICAX57Y by futurebird@sauropods.win
       2025-09-16T07:43:36Z
       
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       @jakobtougaard Yeah, no frames, I have a punch to make holes for the stitches so they will be aligned, then we just sewed a single signature.  When they have a few signatures we'll bind them together.
       
 (DIR) Post #AyG4J9ssiYbIkNrYIK by jakobtougaard@mastodon.online
       2025-09-16T08:32:24Z
       
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       @futurebird Nice. Maybe you also then sew around a ribbon rather than a string, Japanese style? I will consider this. I would like to teach others, but feel the learning curve for the traditional European style I have learned is steep. The master who taught me is a retired professional bookbinder. I mainly salvage old paperback books. Such a pleasure to transform them into what feels like a new book.
       
 (DIR) Post #AyGu10vUTnBTMuki5A by maysonic@twit.social
       2025-09-16T18:11:46Z
       
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       @futurebird Re: complexity and skill, I’m still amazed by my mother’s creation of two suits for herself and my kid brother’s wife. She bought a raw fleece (well not completely raw, it had been washed to remove the crud and most of the lanolin). She then carded it (aligning the fibers), and spun it on her ancient spinning wheel. Then she dyed it, using natural dyes that she made from scratch. Then she wove a lot of fabric, cut it, sewed it, added lining and buttons, and celebrated.