There seems to be an ebb and flow to creating. For weeks, you are knitting something (or several somethings) stitch by stitch. You hop from project to project, keeping it interesting. In my case, I also bounce from drawing to knitting, from painting to crochet, from typing up a new design to making cards and prints … Continue reading Ebb & Flow
Category: Artful Living
Knitterly Sketch Journal Pages
I'm gonna try to catch you up on my yarny travels of late by way of my sketch journal devoted solely to the items I've finished knitting or crocheting. FINISHED is the key word here. A fiber project I'm working on does not get to be drawn into the journal until it is ALL DONE! … Continue reading Knitterly Sketch Journal Pages
Stemming the Tide? or Riding the Wave?
The above drawing illustrates how I'm experiencing my days lately. The reasons for this are many and varied, not the least of which is just trying to get back up to speed with normal everyday living in the aftermath of major surgery. Life as a pastor's wife, a mother of three incredibly talented musical kids, … Continue reading Stemming the Tide? or Riding the Wave?
Where I Sit…
You might enjoy meandering over to my drawing/art blog to read about an amaryllis that's been blooming above me on the piano. It certainly speaks of knitting too! Click Here to read it! Have an Artful Day!
Where I Sit…
From where I sit, here in my studio sunroom, an amaryllis blooms above me. It sits on the piano grinning broadly at me while I knit, draw, write. It has been there a while, maybe a month or more. For the longest time, an inch of green shoot sat nestled in the loam. I watched … Continue reading Where I Sit…
Sketch Journal Your Life in Yarn
I have wanted to do this for a long time! Actually, I do it all the time, in separate journals, some for writing, some for drawing. But I have wanted them to be all in one sketchbook, instead of in and around all the other drawings I make on a daily basis. (Cover of newly … Continue reading Sketch Journal Your Life in Yarn
The Invisible Thread
Just a few days prior to this last surgery in December, I re-read The Princess and the Goblin by George MacDonald. I did not realize the significance it would have until several days ago. I won't describe the story in detail here. You would do well to read it yourself and will enjoy doing so! The main … Continue reading The Invisible Thread
Sunrise
“The world...is full of resurrections... Every night that folds us up in darkness is a death; and those of you that have been out early, and have seen the first of the dawn, will know it - the day rises out of the night like a being that has burst its tomb and escaped into … Continue reading Sunrise
The Only Way
The means for getting anywhere is: one step at a time one foot in front of the other three steps forward, one step back line upon line stitch by stitch stroke after stroke note by note There is no other way. There are no shortcuts. I'm still listening. "Your place in heaven will seem to … Continue reading The Only Way
Rhubarb
The blogging community is a delightful place! Though you send out posts to what seems like a void, there are folks who resonate with your writings/art and take the time to let you know. They also will add their own marvelous perspectives and I am enriched by their sharing. This happened to me yesterday as … Continue reading Rhubarb