r/JewishCrafts

Made by me.

Having grown up in a traditional Conservative shul, I love a good old-fashioned lacy kippah. I also love working with crochet thread. Thus: DIY-ing doily kippot!

This was my most ambitious doily to date and made for a beautiful kippah for my mom. Free pattern by Viktoriia Gul on Ravelry, stitched with second-hand mystery thread and Aunt Lydia’s no. 10 for the border on a 1.5mm hook.

I've been making shirts recently, and it's been very fun. Combination of screen printing and bleach printing. I make some for my shop, but the second one is a personal one for me.

I made it to specifically bother a man who was very gross to me, questioning the origin of my / Jewish DNA. I know any mention of anything Jewish bothers him because he was fine with me until I mentioned my synagogue, and then he couldn't contain himself. I'll be wearing this (and other similar) shirt(s) every time I'm at an event I think he'll be at, and any issue he has with it only reflects his own bigotry. It also makes me happier to enter spaces I know he'll be in, instead of dreading it.

If anyone has suggestions for additional positive or inspiring Hebrew quotes I could make into a shirt I would love more suggestions!

I just finished a new kippah. It was inspired by the book Comet in Moominland by Tove Jansson.

Yarn: DMC coton perlé no 8
Hook: 1.25 mm
Technique: tapestry crochet

More pictures here:

https://imgur.com/a/NnR7Etc

Hi everyone,

Thought you might appreciate this piece of technical and personal history. These are photos and clips from a handwritten patternmaking notebook that belonged to my grandmother, Naima, dated 1943 in Iraq.

The notebook features drafting instructions written in Arabic, structural diagrams, and miniature paper toile made from kraft paper. The flaps are functional, you can lift them.

My grandmother was part of the Iraqi Jewish community. Following the establishment of Israel in 1948, the political situation for Jews in Iraq deteriorated rapidly, leading to systemic persecution, loss of citizenship, and the freezing of assets. Between 1950 and 1951, the vast majority of Iraqi Jews fled the country via airlift. The Iraqi government legally barred emigrants from taking wealth, property, or valuables, and each person was strictly limited to just one suitcase and a minimal amount of cash.

With her assets confiscated and her life packed into a single suitcase, she chose to use a portion of that limited space for this notebook, which represented her education and her trade.

I live in Israel and knitted my wedding shawl during the last flare up with Iran, I even took it with me to the shelters. I actually finished it on the first day of the ceasefire, but seeing the other wedding related posts here made me want to share. My username alone makes posting in the regular fibre arts subs stressful...

I used a traditional Shetland lace pattern and the yarn is Shetland lace 1 ply natural white. Both yarn and pattern from Jamieson and Smith Shetland wool brokers.

✡︎ shalom friends ✡︎
i recently found out about other jews hand making jewish items for special occasions, specifically their wedding chuppah. i know that it's common to crochet/knit our headwear, but a chuppah crafted over many years had never occurred to me as an option. i've always adored the crafting of ritual objects across many faiths/cultures.
so i decided earlier this evening to finally learn how to read lace knitting pattern charts (this specific swatch pattern is found in the book screenshotted), and concluded that i will be hand knitting the chuppah cloth for my wedding by scaling up the swatch's math. this is kind of silly of me because i'm not even engaged lol! but i'm always finding crochet thread at my local thriftstores, and i figured by the time i'm done with this lace project on 2.75mm needles, i'll have met someone by then ;3
the full finished piece will be massive, with a knit garter stitch border + crochet scalloped edging.
- ahuva

Jewelry and shoots made by me

Model- Mayumi ♡

Speaking of Eurovision, here is gorgeous Netta with my jewelry. It is thanks to her that I met my muslim bestie that ran her stan twitter ♡ sending love to Noam

Painting process for a ketubah design. This one is based on a Renaissance-era ketubah that had a painting of the Old City. The final ketubah will have gold leaf on the roof tops.

These are just sketch drafts I am working on to see if I can figure out how the story Im writing for fun would go

*"If you have ever been to Ben Guiron airport, you'll know it's like most airports, and not very remarkable....except that it is full of cats. If you have ever been to Ben Guiron airport, you may have seen Yosef, the cat schlepper there"*

I have no idea what im doing, so its just a thing I do/ adding to the story in my sketchbooks. Drawing Yosef shepherding cats around the airport and trying and failing to stop them from boarding flights to Guam or other distant lands, where he will have to go and pick them up from to bring them back home.