Why do you knit?
Why do you knit ?
I knit because it’s magic.
It’s transformation. Turning one thing into another. String into stitches, stitches into fabric, and fabric into a picture.
Why do you write?
I write because it’s magic.
Stringing words into phrases, that communicate ideas, that you can then read, and understand. Linking my brain to yours, using your eyes, my fingers, some pixels, and words as many words as we can get our hands on.
Why do you dream?
I dream because dreams are where acts of magic are born.
Why do you dream?
a collection about possibility
knitting like a woman obsessed.
Riffing off of the idea of instant gratification from yesterday. I adore a project I can sink my teeth into.
A project that inspires nothing short of commitment, adoration, and borderline obsession.
A project to sink your teeth into.
It’s part of why I knit shawls, they aren’t quick by any stretch of the imagination, and they don’t requite piecing like most sweaters do. No second sleeve syndrome with a shawl. Just a beginning, and an end, with an expanse of fabric to play with in the middle.
I’m currently working on a collection that’s pulling out this kind of obsessed focus. The kind of focus where you can’t concentrate on anything else. The kind of project that has you staying up late and waking up early to work on it.
I see a small pattern collection accompanied by lots of writing.
A collection centered around simplicity, elegance, grace, drape, ease, flexibility, adaptability, possibility, experimentation, curiosity, and play.
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Instant gratification
Instant gratification and knitting.
I’m a huge fan of instant gratification. But when we talk about instant gratification and knitting we’re usually talking about “instant gratification projects,” the projects you can start and finish in a sitting, quick-y little projects that give you a finished object “NOW.” The projects that are the antithesis of big shawls on tiny needles, I like knitting.
But really even these tiny projects aren’t instant gratification.
Four or five hours for a hat is about as delayed as instant gratification could get.
And I like my gratification a little more instant than that.
I don’t look for instant gratification from finishing my projects (mostly cause I wouldn’t find it.)
Gratification and satisfaction? Absolutely.
Instant gratification? Not so much.
I much prefer the instant gratification I get from the act of knitting.
The yarn, the needles, the movement, the rhythm.
It’s kind of like instant happy brain.
Knitting isn’t so good for instant object gratification.
But it’s fabulous for instant feelings gratification. Which is what knitting is really about, right?
Because if what we were after, was really the hat (right now), we’d just go buy the damn thing.
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I sent these coupon codes to the mailing list yesterday afternoon, but figured I’d share them here too:
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These coupon codes apply to my individual self published patterns on Ravelry.
They’ll expire this evening at 5(EST), so treat yourself now.
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