I think it was Anne Kennedy who said, in a podcast or something, that “struggle is the Christian world for failure.” I don’t know if she meant that in a negative sense, like it’s the Christianese word, but I’ve found this thought comforting in these past few weeks. I think, “I’m failing at this,” then … More Struggle
I have this habit of using the adjectival form of the season of Lent: “Lenten.” In Rebecca’s private language (my Inuit friends might call it uliipikatitut), “Lenten” means this: anything difficult or a with a sense of privation, with the result of causing reflection. During Lent, suddenly anything even slightly less than awesome is “Lenten.” It’s … More Lenten
The first two weeks after Ash Wednesday didn’t really feel like Lent. I tried to be penitential, but my efforts to induce reflective suffering were repeatedly thwarted. The things we gave up – too much phone, TV for the kids – were a relief to be rid of. Putting them down didn’t feel much like … More Penitence and the Green Dragon
Last week you read about how I fell in love with a yarn sample I made, combining a Polwarth top from Pigeonroof Studios with a crazy art batt from Tempting Ewe Yarns, but how it was super-annoying to combo draft them. I went on the hunt for a way to get those same wonderful results, … More Four Baby Dragon Eggs
Now that my precious punis are DONE DONE DONE! I’m ready to move onto the next project, one that I’ve been meditating on for nearly a month now. I have Lenten meditations, But they’re as yet too personal and informed to really write about well. Can I share these wooly meditations with you instead? As … More Two Baby Dragon Eggs
It’s Ash Wednesday today, but I’m writing this on Shrove Tuesday, for reasons you will soon see. I don’t know about you, but I’ve become very curved in on myself this winter. I’ve become very focused on myself and my personal pursuits, often to the detriment of attention that my family or others need or … More Stepping Back
It’s Shrove Tuesday today. We’re making pancakes for dinner, and thinking about what we should give up for Lent. There’s a sense of completion, in finishing a few things right before starting a new season. Punis are done, and I took a few glamour shots of them the other day. The color of pancake batter … More Punis and Pancakes
Next time I get some exciting idea for a knitting project that requires a bunch of finishing involving extra fabric and sewing machine etc., just say two words: “laptop bag”. That should get me to back away slowly. The knitted bag pictured above is adapted from an Interweave Knits pattern called Grace’s Bag; knitting described here. … More Bag in the Bag
It turns out, being well enough to sit upright at a wheel does not by itself provide time to spin. Somehow, between yesterday and today I snuck away for long enough to finish spinning the punis and ply them. These proved an interesting puzzle to spin, because I don’t know exactly what’s in them. The … More Second Guessing the Third Ply
Ugh. Writing all these posts about unfinished things lit a fire under my bum to do something about these projects. (Not counting the Kidlet; she’s not supposed to be finished.) I don’t want pretty knitted things to just sit around unused for lack of a little extra work! So a few days ago, N and … More A Hat: …Really Finished
Osborn Fiber Studio 