Tag: always learning
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Process over Product
I’ve always loved lace. I think it’s beautiful, I love the delicate intricacies and variations. I love lace clothes, lace curtains, lace tablecloths. For my wedding I queered up my outfit by wearing a cathedral length lace veil over my butch tailored pants and vest. However, I’ve never been much into doilies. They’re pretty, but…
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Always Learning
I made an upsetting discovery this week, that I’ve been knitting (or, rather, purling) wrong for years. Every knit design is made from a foundation of just two stitches, knit and purl, and they are supposed to be basically mirror images of each other. Apparently, on my purl stitch, I’ve been wrapping the yarn the…
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Tree of Life
It’s been a long few months, friends. The world is on fire, both figuratively and literally. Things are hard right now, politically and personally. And yet my day to day life carries on, eerily unchanging. I’ve been leaning pretty heavily into crafting as I cope with everything, and I’ve got several big projects that I’ll…
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Island Weaver
Do you have someplace that you consider your heart-home? A destination or a community or even a region, that isn’t where you live your day-to-day life, isn’t even necessarily someplace you’ve ever actually lived long term, but is nonetheless “home”? I’ve got a few of those places; Camp Celo is one (where I spent my…
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Magic Bracelet of +1 Calm
Today I’m going to show you a finished product that didn’t turn out at all the way I’d hoped. I’m showcasing it even though it’s not up to my usual standards because I really want to share with you all that I’m learning something new and it’s far from perfect and I’m still proud that…
The Owl Weaver 