ON THE THRESHOLD OF ALL THAT'S BEEN & ALL THAT'S YET TO COME
I can’t ever imagine going off-grid, and I wouldn’t call myself a Luddite, but I’ve definitely been spending some solid time assessing the digital spaces I’ve found myself in and created. I mentioned this about a year ago in my attempt at Removing Pennies from Dirty Pockets. Since then, my focus has ebbed and flowed…
Alright, it’s not complete yet, but my lace crochet project is coming along… Slowly. I’ve missed stitches and frogged. I’ve added too many stitches and frogged again. And I’m sure there are mistakes in there I haven’t caught yet but will notice later. But it sure is pretty, isn’t it? The pattern I’m following called…
Apparently, according to all the cool people, lace is all the rage these days! Did you know? All I know is that I’ve never crocheted lace before and so am giving it a go as part of the Stitchwell Social Club’s make along challenge this month. I also know that I’ve never learned how to…
I have a confession to make: I have been unmotivated to make making a priority. I want to want to do things, but recently I just haven’t. I’ve not been sad or stressed or too darn busy, I’ve just been choosing to do other things that don’t involve active creativity… Like reading… Or playing Block…
Remember the 50 things I want to accomplish before I turn 50 bucket list I posted in June? The simple, affordable, novel, and achievable experiences I outlined to get out of my box and actually do the things that have been/are easily put off until “another time”? Well, with a few months behind us and…
I have the faintest memories of learning a few embroidery stitches in my youth. I don’t remember who I learned them from, but I think it may have been my grandma… or my Girl Scout Troop Leader… or maybe it was my mom? Regardless, it’s been decades, so when I added “learn to embroider” to…