Textile Makerspace at Library 'Technology' pop-up exhibit
Quinn Dombrowski, March 7th 2023The Textile Makerspace brought its loom and knitting machines to Hohbach Hall for the Special, Unique and Rare: Technology pop-up exhibit, giving visitors a chance to try out this textile technology. ... read more
LeClerc Mira counterbalance loom comes to the Textile Makerspace
Quinn Dombrowski, March 1st 2023Newly arrived at the Textile Makerspace is a 45" ~1960s vintage LeClerc Mira counterbalance loom, which was so wide it had to be partially disassembled to get through the door. The loom is the first piece of equipment to be stationed in the newly-renamed Textile Makerspace Annex... read more
Textile Makerspace celebrates data and textiles at the Love Data Week Fair
Quinn Dombrowski, February 14th 2023The Textile Makerspace participated in the Love Data Week Fair on Valentine's Day, with a station dedicated to textiles and data. As part of the event, we surveyed library staff, followers on Mastodon and on Twitter... read more
Textile Makerspace hosts a blanket-making volunteer activity
Quinn Dombrowski, February 2nd 2023The Textile Makerspace hosted a Hands-On Bay Area no-sew blanket-making volunteer activity on February 2nd, with optional additional embroidery or appliqué for those inspired to do so. The blankets will be donated to local shelters for our unhoused neighbors... read more
Textile Makerspace gets a Brother KX-350 knitting machine
Quinn Dombrowski, January 11th 2023Thanks to a generous gift from Ryan Lieu from Stanford Libraries' Preservation group, the Textile Makerspace now has a Brother KX-350 knitting machine! Come by to try it out. ... read more
making@stanford grant for the Textile Makerspace
Quinn Dombrowski, November 17th 2022We are excited to share the news that the Textile Makerspace has received one of the pilot making@stanford grants, as part of a joint proposal with Miller Makers (at the Hopkins Marine Station) and the Terman MakerBar (in the engineering library)... read more
Textile Makerspace at the Library's Textiles Pop-Up
Quinn Dombrowski, November 8th 2022On November 8th, the Textile Makerspace held a hands-on pop-up event as part of Stanford Libraries Special, Unique and Rare: Textiles and Fashion event in Hohbach Hall. We brought perler beads and had patterns from vintage weaving manuals on hand... read more
Textile Makerspace welcomes David Wrisley
Quinn Dombrowski, October 21st 2022On October 21st, digital humanities scholar and multilingual DH activist David Wrisley visited the Textile Makerspace from NYU Abu Dhabi, reuniting with Dr. Cheese Bones, the Textile Makerspace skeleton who won the award for most innovative poster at the DH 2019 conference... read more
Textile Makerspace at the JEDI fair
Quinn Dombrowski, October 11th 2022On October 11th, the Textile Makerspace had a station at the Stanford Libraries Justice, Equity, Diversity, and Inclusion (JEDI) Fair, with the guestbook loom giving visitors a place to express how they were feeling... read more
Friendship bracelet workshop
Quinn Dombrowski, September 28th 2022On September 28th, Alix Keener led a workshop on creating friendship bracelets. The jellyfish friendship bracelet was especially popular, using a cardboard wheel cut out by our Cricut Make. ... read more