Story about what I'm doing with threads and fabrics and colors:
I'm still working small and smaller.
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This one is about 6" wide
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This one is about 2" wide, copper hanger
That chair, by the way, is in my house. The colors have been changed to indulge my imagination. I wish that pillow existed in the real world. I am finding pleasure in reimagining the everyday items from my life. I started a little list on a scrap of paper of things I want to draw and reproduce as little fabric pictures—shoes, suitcase, lamps, backpack, hat...
Knitting story:
When I started knitting a couple years ago, in a quest for a form of creative meditation, I started with inexpensive yarn, so I could make lots of mistakes and knit a lot. Repetition and perseverance are, I believe, the only way to master hand skills. Then a lovely friend gave me a gift of a ball of extraordinarily beautiful yarn that knits up as a color gradation from one color to another. I was very much afraid of ruining it, so it took me awhile to gather courage to use it, and time to find a pattern worthy of it. There are mistakes in this scarf, but I can overlook them and be happy every time I look at it. The color thrills me. The pattern confounded me and ultimately taught me.
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Next up, I needed an easier, less stressful project, so I knitted a shawl to cover the foot of our bed and keep my always cold feet warm. Since mastering that fancy lacy motif in my scarf, I decided to incorporate it into the foot-warmer.
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Encouraged by the relative success of both of these projects, I took a gift card my daughter gave me two years ago to my favorite yarn shop and bought the deliciously soft, outrageously expensive, silk/cotton yarn needed to knit a large lace shawl. It is very challenging and I'm going to be plugging away at it for awhile.
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And that serene, meditative knitting state I was after? I have not yet achieved that. When following the complicated chart for this shawl, i try to keep my hands, arms and shoulders relaxed, but I find my toes are clenched and beginning to cramp. I stop, uncurl my feet, shake out the tension and resume. Serenity is not achieved without effort!
Spring story:
Finally.
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Lovely knitting!
ReplyDeleteFinding serenity...a sometimes elusive state of mind. It seems the only place I find it is sitting in the swing by our pond and watching the frogs watch me back. I don't knit, but I do crochet and it can be a peace finding mission for me. It rarely stresses me. Tedious tasks relax me. I love your tiny stitches. You have done a lot of them. What are you doing with these patches? You have stories.. Sometimes I escape from blogging. I'm not sure why. But I am addiced to reading blogs.
ReplyDeleteHappy Mother's Day.
xx, Carol
Welcome back. You've been missed. If you ever find that pillow on the chair, let me know where it is as I would love to have one, too.
ReplyDeleteI love your tiny chair and you could make that pillow if you wanted ;-) Julie
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