More apocalypse, less angst
I took a lunch break today and worked on the shawl pictured with this post – an afghany thing made of flower motifs that I’ve been working on through the holidays. It felt good to take my scheduled hour off, even in the midst… Continue Reading “Post #1976: Taking a whole lunch hour”
This might very well be my favourite make of 2014 – a Dala horse, hand sewn for my 3-year-old (horse-crazy) niece Grace. While she is much too young to appreciate such an endeavour – I will point out to you that the saddle is… Continue Reading “Post #1975: Five (six) favourite makes from 2014”
I came to work this morning and I cried. I want to say that I don’t know why that happened, but I do — it’s because I’m working two jobs at the same time and I’ve got a crazy to-do list full of things… Continue Reading “Post #1974: In 2015, let there be air.”
Over the last few months I have made many things but haven’t been showing them off here. These include: I have come to realize that despite the lack of perfection in everything I make – it all gets a lot of use and over… Continue Reading “Post #1971: Many handmade things”
I cannot count the number of quasi-violent encounters in my life (they are numerous but require too much explanation) and so the below list is not as long as it could be, but if I reflect on just the very overt cases of violence… Continue Reading “Post #1970: The violence I have suffered.”