Grateful to have learned from you last year(?) in a gleaning course that gave me confidence to keep sewing, and grateful today for reading these words. Thank you for sharing this authentic, beautiful, messy time. All we have is each other and our joy.
Your sweater is gorgeous! I'm a knitter so I get you. Knitting is a mental health preserver, and grounding force for me. Do I have roughly three plastic bins chock full of handknit sweaters and shawls? Yes I do. Will I continue to knit sweaters and shawls and socks? Yes I will. Your writing helped me feel a bit more validated. Thank you. ❤️🙌
A big yes to all of this!! In the summer I keep my hands busy in the garden and in the winter it's usually hand sewing. Perhaps I will pick up knitting again, but I find the process too calming and tend to collapse into napping. Your photos of knitted things keep me from giving away my yarn stash though; I'm sure someday I'll finally make myself a wearable sweater... <3
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Grateful to have learned from you last year(?) in a gleaning course that gave me confidence to keep sewing, and grateful today for reading these words. Thank you for sharing this authentic, beautiful, messy time. All we have is each other and our joy.
Your sweater is gorgeous! I'm a knitter so I get you. Knitting is a mental health preserver, and grounding force for me. Do I have roughly three plastic bins chock full of handknit sweaters and shawls? Yes I do. Will I continue to knit sweaters and shawls and socks? Yes I will. Your writing helped me feel a bit more validated. Thank you. ❤️🙌
Beautifully written! Glad you're doing ok, and what a nice sweater! Thanks for the ink to the proportions method!
A big yes to all of this!! In the summer I keep my hands busy in the garden and in the winter it's usually hand sewing. Perhaps I will pick up knitting again, but I find the process too calming and tend to collapse into napping. Your photos of knitted things keep me from giving away my yarn stash though; I'm sure someday I'll finally make myself a wearable sweater... <3
Have never thought of designing my own jersey until this moment. Thanks for sharing.