I often stand in a place of beauty and I see it in fibers. Wools, cottons, silks, acrylics pop out of the landscape or garden I'm viewing. Colors and textures get translated into yarns. And when I go to my favorite LYS I see them: the bright colors of cocks comb and cosmos, the lovely … Continue reading Knature & Knitting
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Knitting Up the Un-Ravelled Sleave…
After last week's move of three kids into their new "homes", I've needed this week to mend. Oldest daughter is now happily situated at Wingate University for her final year. Middle son is LOVING his first days as a freshman at East Carolina University. And youngest is enjoying her new "big kid" room she moved into … Continue reading Knitting Up the Un-Ravelled Sleave…
Turning Fifty
I know, I know. It's just a number. yet for some reason this number has been looming in my mind for a year now. Probably longer. The thought of turning a half century old has discombobulated me in such a manner I can only describe with the phrase (so telling of my age and generation): … Continue reading Turning Fifty
Slowing Time
"Time is a relentless river. It rages on, a respecter of no one. And this, this is the only way to slow time: When I fully enter time's swift current, enter into the current moment with the weight of all my attention, I slow the torrent with the weight of me all here. When I'm … Continue reading Slowing Time
May Knitterly Arts Newsletter!
My Knitterly Arts Newsletter for the month of May is now out and about! Be sure to subscribe to receive it every month FREE in your email box. Wishing you an artful day! *** Jennifer
Let Go
I woke up this morning with these words in my head: "Sometimes we have to let go of the original plan in order to allow the newer, cooler design to come out." I was remembering meeting some new folks on Sunday, having lunch with the couple after church. The young gal had a crocheted purse that was lovely. I commented on it … Continue reading Let Go
Ebb & Flow
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
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
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!
Yarned In!
I don't know what comes over me! If there's even the slightest prediction of snow accumulation above one inch, I seem to go into a trance. A yarn trance that is. Creative cogs in high gear, I pull down yarns from various sections of the house, putting them in my big white bowl to see … Continue reading Yarned In!