Category: projects
what grows slowly
Late spring in southern Westchester is its own micro-season (often several in the same day). Peonies are ready to pop. I blink and the lawn is overgrown and in need of a trim. It’s everything all at once and still waiting for the beauty to fully surround me. Things are coming up everywhere, in my…
Progress on Experiments and Play
My experiments in natural dyes and inks are progressing slower than I expected. It’s ok, I’m learning at every step. There have been a few unexpected yet welcome turns as I play with the entire process. The lessons have slowly helped me figure out how to approach these two projects using the same materials: cause…
In Progress (02 July 2021)
Since May we’ve been dealing with several family medical issues behind the scenes. Yesterday, Shadow’s surgery for sarcoma was successful. He’s now home and resting, when he’s not removing his cone and trying to escape from his recovery space. It’s been a lot at once and impacted my progress on everything. Please be patient! New…
Experiments and Play
Play is one way we learn, yes even as adults. While I love structure, I also find it fun to simply see what will happen. A few months ago, when I wrote about Journeys in Natural Dyeing, I also shared my plans for experiments and play. It took longer than I expected to gather materials…
In Progress (09 April 2021)
As Spring emerges and warmer weather begins to slowly become the norm, I find I’m trying to work on everything at once. This happens to me every spring. I wake up with ideas in my head and I have to force myself to put away my work and stop creating so I can sleep each…
focus on finishing
At the first hints of spring, I struggle to focus on my knitting and crochet projects. It’s not that I want to abandon my needles and hooks, no — I want to work on everything! The desire is to begin new projects and finish everything that I’ve been working on over the long winter nights.…