Beginnings
I need to start something. Get thoughts out of my head and into my hands. I’ve tried to make a starter circle for a basket a couple of times and made mistakes that caused...
Category: Making
Good morning
I forgot this little crabapple turns a delightful orange in November after most of the other leaves have dropped. It looked like a beacon this morning against the dark forest and rainy sky. I...
I heart weaving
This started out to be a triangle but somewhere along the line it turned into a heart. The weft is the four gradations of Gist Yarn’s Array in Burgundy. One thing I learned is...
Patchwork progress
I am having a great time stitching together patches. Feeling really aligned with the weather. This patch reminded me so much of the frosty mornings we are having lately. So I photographed it on...
Je n’ai pas peur
Confession: my relationship with words is broken. I used to write poetry, but I haven’t written any in a long time. Except for a few feeble attempts at haiku that don’t have staying power....
The khaki world
I found the pants I was looking for. In the ragbag. Of course. One half leg is gone, but plenty remains to be cut and ironed and turned into squares or strips. This khaki...
Horseradish interlude
I’ve had this sheaf of dried horseradish ribs hanging around in the house for almost a year now and the time finally came to process it into usable fiber. I reviewed my posts from...